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Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1938

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Favorable Naval Expansion Bill Backed by Committee

The House Naval Affairs Committee favors a $1.06 billion naval expansion measure to fund 46 war vessels, 3,000 planes, and related arms. A rival May bill to tax profits of war faced debate as defense priorities and a policy of fighting as you go were discussed.

United Press Washington House Naval Affairs Committee Roosevelt House Amfrew J) May Hunke Military Siairs Committee May Carl Vinson Congress United States William G. Dushose Naval Instruction

Parents Of 13 Pupils Set Hearing In Kane County

Justice Haille Stanger announced a hearing for tomorrow for six fathers who kept 14 children from Morrison one room school in protest of reinstating dismissed teacher Christine Prentice. Parents prefer fines to returning children to her class as the strike, begun after the tenure-board ruling, enters its second week with 13 pupils remaining out.

Kane Mar. J Peave

Bethlehem Steel Posts Best Profit Since 1828

United Press report from New York states Bethlehem Steel Corporation paid taxes in 1987 equal to a year's wages for 12,000 workers. President Eugene Grave said the firm operated at its most profitable level since 1828, with SOM taxes rising from 36,123,410 to 19,687,125 over the final three years.

United Frees New York Bethlehem Steel Corporation Eugene G Grave Im& Statement Antifaw

Nine aboard missing plane eyed in snowy ascent

Fresno reported that hope centers on the Transcontinental and Western Air plane, carrying nine aboard, which vanished Tuesday night east of the city. Bud Rhoades, hearing an aircraft near Hass Lake, said a crash followed seconds later, while officials searched the Shaver Lake region for a craft believed near Bakersfield en route from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

United Press Fresno Calif Mar Here Bud Rhoades Rhoades Hass Lake E Hass Lake Bass Lake Shaver Lake San Francisco Los Angeles J. D. Graves Tehachapi Mountains Seizo Inter Bakersfield

Fitzgerald Is Choice of Dems for Congress Nomination

Fitzgerald, a former East Side assemblyman and member of the state workmen's compensation board, was chosen by Erie county Democrats as their nominee in the Vie-Crawford district. He is active in labor circles and begins signing petitions to run for Congress.

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Firemen's Assn 18 Threatened Union Meeting Tonight

Members of the Erie County Volunteer Firemen's Association are alerted to a meeting tonight to organize a Tyin Town Volunteer Firemen's Association. The move seeks cooperation among Wesleyville Lawrence Park and Hamburg communities, with Lawrence Park having resigned earlier in 1937.

Bs Ry Erie County Volunteer Firemens Association Jim Wesleygilly Tyin Town Lawrence Patt. Habercroe Lawrence Park Wesleyville Hanborcreek Erie County Volunteer Firemen's Association Hanbor Hambercrack

State labor with Kennedy dems informed

Harrisburg March 8 The Pennsylvania labor movement remains on record for gubernatorial candidate Thomas Kennedy though Kennedy has not announced. UMWA official John Lewis urged endorsement while John Phillips of the Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council stated labor’s view in response to demands from affiliated unions.

Harrisburg Democratic State Committee Charles Alvin Jones Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Labor Movement Thomas Kennedy Kenedy United Mine Workers of America Chieftain John Lewis Labor Cemge H. Earle U.S John 4. Phillips Pennsylvania Industoural Union Council Etats Federation of Labor William Dren American Federation of Laban Ue Labor Movement

Hitler Hopes For Good Relations With U S

Berlin March 3 Fuehrer Adolf Hitler and new American ambassador Hugh S Wilson expressed mutual hope for improved American German relations as Wilson presented credentials at the presidential palace. Hitler said Wilsons knowledge of Germany would aid his effort to promote a new understanding between the nations.

Vannesa Freie Berlin Fuehrer Adolf Hitler Hugh R. Wilson Wilson Hitler Germany

Ex-German Ambassador to Russia Admits Charges

Moscow report describes Meholas Kyrestinsky, longtime Soviet ambassador to Germany, reversing a prior stance and admitting all espionage and wrecking charges in the Treason trial of Bolshevik leaders. Prokopy Zubarev, alleged czarist agent, admits plotting to murder Stalin and top Soviet officials.

Russia United Frese Moscow Fap Meholas WN Khrestinsky Germany Kyestinsky Ila Prokopy Zubarev Gaulstant ¢Ominlasar of Agriculture Josef Stalin Commissariat of Agriculture Stalin Lesar Kaganovich

Father Makes New Contact In Peter Levine Kidnapping

New Rochelle New York March 3 report claims a ransom has been demanded for 12 year old Peter Levine abducted a week ago. Rabbi Abraham Nowak declined comment while investigators review a cryptic note from the child urging his father to pay. A $60,400 ransom allegedly involves mixed denominations and a Bronx money drop plan.

United Press New Rochelle Peter Levine Abraham Nowak Muney Levine Nowak Evelyn Avis Bethel Peter Petey Re‘newell Comer Bronx New York City

No Opposition to Appointment of R H Jackson

Washington reports no opposition to the nomination of Robert Jackson for solicitor general. A tougher fight looms over the reappointment of Whert E Burlew as assistant secretary of the interior. Both nominations have faced delays from investigations and Senate scrutiny. The Jackson nomination has some support from the judiciary committee but faces potential opposition in the full Senate. Burlew’s nomination is tied to an extended inquiry into alleged misdeeds in the Interior Department. Debate on Jackson’s approval will continue as the Senate moves through government reorganization matters.

Jackson Interior United Press Washington Teady Robert Kay Pittman D. New Burlew Interior Department Senate

Pastor Faces Breach of Promise Suit Now

In Steubenville Ohio on March 2 Rev Harold Cleaver Zies faces testimony in a $100,000 breach of promise case filed by New York socialite Cora Lukien Burnham. Burnham, 43, alleged the portly pastor jilted her after a seven year engagement to marry Omman Carter Sharpe, a wealthy 20th century notable.

Sy United Rex Sthubenville Harold Cleaver Zies New York Lvorcee Cora ‘Lukien Burnham Ommam Carter Sharpe Aculite

Students Enjoy Fine Operetta at Senior High

Forty two Senior High students perform The Sun bonnet Girl in full operetta style with a 15 piece orchestra. Carlton Chaffee directs the production with Mrs Chaffee on piano and Mary Curran choreographing dances. The show promises splendid music, stage effects, and a engaging plot that holds interest to the end.

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Ex China leader to head Japan backed Provisional government

Shanghai reports Tong Shao-i, premier after the 18/1 revolution, agreed with Japanese leaders to head a Chinese provisional government to be based in Nanking Wing, an elderly statesman and Columbia University graduate, is seen as likely to head a permanent regime in Peiping.

Wy Unites Press Shanghai, Man & Japanese Leallers Tong Shao-¥i Shui

Lay Storm Sewer Tile Across Center Street Delays Planners

Work on the big storm sewer project on Center Street faces delays as a substitute contractor is sought after the Works Progress Administration advised that a contract with Altoona District Products Company may be delayed. Excavation is well advanced from Spring Street westward toward the intake, with temporary shifts possible to Spring Street if delivery lags. Construction offices move from East Booth Street to Spritz Street as the project progresses.

Pleasant Street Bern Altoona Ato WEA East Booth Street Franz Lot Spritz Street

Measles cases rise in town with seven named patients

New measles cases announced by health authorities list seven individuals including Hotchkiss at 3, 108 Brock Street and Morton at 671 East South Street with others on Brock and West Pleasant streets. Two more cases are noted but records are incomplete, reported in Lundy Grove Street and Maya Concord Street.

Viagil Hotchkiss Brock Street Robert Joseph Mee Morton East South Street Ar-thut Nollinger Chudrch Street Russell White Columbus Aven Y Dnald Phillips West Pleasant Street Richard Walters Grove Street Concord Street

Pershing Gains Strength Amid Health Battle in Arizona

Tucson dispatch reports General John J. Pershing showed renewed strength today in his fight against a damaged heart and failing kidneys. Friends expressed optimism for convalescence and eventual recovery as his longtime aide Sergeant Crawford Shaeffer said Pershing had regained his old spirits.

Tucson Ariz John Pershing Crawford Shaeffer Pershurg

Flood Strikes Southern California Killing Dozens

A devastating flood swept southern California turning streets into torrents from the mountains to the ocean. Dozens are dead and up to 18,000 homeless with property losses estimated between 15 and 30 million dollars. Riverside and Los Angeles endured the worst damage as relief agencies organized amid communication blackouts.

Alan McElwain United Press Los Angeles Mir Bydie Telephone San Francisco California Ha Mountains Alda Wenthar Duvelly Santa Ana Riverside Amileur Vaio Sheriff's Office Doctors Am Long Beach William Evans

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