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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1938
Page
1
Amid county events a strike and public notices surface. Charles J. Ony, Bub Goy, and wider committee actions drive discussions on schooling and executive resolutions, with prices listed for goods including beef, corn, and produce.
U S Senator James J Davis of Pittsburgh announced today he will seek another term in the U S Senate in the May 17 Republican primary. He declined a gubernatorial bid while noting heavy support across the state and urged petition circulation to qualify. Gov Earl faces light Democratic challenge from Bid McCloskey, former Johnstown mayor.
A rancher near Goat s Mountain reported sighting an object resembling an airplane, possibly the Transcontinental and Western Air craft that disappeared last Tuesday night with nine aboard. A searching party left for the mountain as Capt John Sears noted a break in clouds revealing the object about 1,500 feet above Bans Latio.
Chicago dispatch reports Theodore Dan Jelaen a 16 year old boy faces psychiatric evaluation and grand jury review as prosecutors say the state will not seek the electric chair for killing a mother. Assistant District Attorney Morris Meyers calls the crime nonpremeditated and notes the defendant is of vicious character though not premeditated.
Two men allegedly stole a tray of diamonds valued at 2500 dollars from F. G. Copeland Jewelry in Kane Pa. as they visited to have a watch adjusted. While one man distracted the jeweler, the other cleaned the tray. the theft was not found for three hours.
United Press reports that President Roosevelt has adopted a hands off policy toward Congress as emergency pressures ease. Indications show congressional uneasiness over proposed reforms and cabinet doubt about methods to tackle unemployment and business recession. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau advocates federal economy and opposes pump priming or subsidy support for housing and rail industries.
Murray Legilie, father of 12-year-old Péter kidnapped February 24, expresses belief his son may still be alive. He told reporters a ransom note demanded $30,000 and no contact from kidnappers has occurred since the note's discovery. Legilie says there were indications the boy was alive and that he is dealing with the right parties.
Uniontown Pa March 7 Counsellor Martha Harris a 27 year old unwed mother of Fayette County s atonement child today asked that the mother be tried at a separate trial on a charge of cruelty to a child. Miss Harris and her father David Filly Farmer were indicted after humane society agents said they beat the woman s account of Alice 8 Copd up in a windowless attic from the time of being their custody.
Loyalist authorities reported a major naval action in which the torpedoing of the Baleares or Canarias crippled Nationalist forces. British flotilla ships Kempenfelt and Boreas rescued survivors after a sustained air and sea attack, with Able Seaman George G. Long fatally wounded. Defense Minister Indalecia Prieto signaled plans for an offensive to strain the Nationalist blockade.
A citizenship ceremony was held yesterday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars home honoring Joseph Konopka who was admitted to citizenship on February 5. Allan Spencer gave welcome, with talks on continuing education and naturalization by Postmaster James Sullivan, who also sang. The program included Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, musical solos, and a side flag and citizenship manual presentation to Konopka by Mrs. James Mainnes.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports on March 7 that all 48 steel firm contracts have been renewed or extended from 80 to 80 days. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee held conferences to renew expiring pacts. B J Lever, district director in Philadelphia, led talks with Crumble Steel Co. officials in New York for the 10,000 workers. Also present were reps from Union Chopars Bammer Co. of Grove City, Pennsylvania.
Twenty new measles cases reported since Saturday with majority under Health Officer Branigan. One whooping cough case listed. Total quarantined since February 1 reaches 284 as health authorities release several measles patients this week. Names and addresses of new cases include Norman Pier, 815 Marion Street. Jacqueline Howard, 12. Dolores Rouse, 40 715 East Wayne Street. Judith Alam, 2, 129 Guild Street.
TVA chairman Arthur E Morgan rejects resignation demanded by co directors and accuses them of false reports to president and Congress. He calls for a congressional investigation and urges examination of TVA leadership and electrical program administration.
Freezing weather halted high water on the Allegheny River at Franklin Pennsylvania as rainfall reached record levels on Saturday. The river rose near the banks, with the stage reported at about five feet and the oil Creek area also experiencing spills along the waterways.
Corry club representation highlights Townsend plan support at Erie meeting. Townsend Clubs in 29th Congressional District formily back General Welfare Act H.R. 4153 as unions rally behind the Townsend program. Westmoreland County firms and Pittsburgh unions join, with 218 signatures needed to discharge committees and bring the bill to floor.
Carlisle Pa March 7 John Marsh Blue Ridge mountaineer who said he would rot in jail rather than submit high year iron in vaccination was freed today due to school authorities failing to press charges after serving 866 days in Cumberland County prison The 40 year old cannery worker served eight months in 1934 and four more this winter after opposing compulsory vaccination under state school laws His release followed the end of his 74 day terms The refusal to vaccinate stemmed from his belief it would be harmful to his children Professor oles Carilishe Pa Mark 1 Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Peadtond 7 professor of English aid college for 8 years
Mass funerals started today for victims in a vast flood disaster across southern California. About 189 people were listed as missing across a 30 000 square mile area with estimates of more than 20 dead. National Guardsmen sheriff’s deputies and posses patrolled towns to deter sightseers and looters as survivors trudged through mud and debris and two women and four men emerged from Tujunga Canyon reporting nine others drowned when a torrent swamped a camp northwest of Los Angeles. The survivors had endured two days with little food, living on water and coffee.
Representative Wright Patman proposes an amendment to President Roosevelt’s naval bill to end private profits on all war goods from bullets to battleships in peace and war. He aims to lower private profit limits from 1 percent to about 0.5 percent or less while Congress weighs navy expansion. Senator Borah warns of a tough Senate fight over the issue and broader naval authorization.
City Council is expected to take initial action on a $22,600 bond issue to fund completion of the storm saver project. Other items on the agenda are anticipated to be routine and largely routine in nature.
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 2 decision written by Chief Justice Hughes, reversed earlier tax rulings affecting profits from leases on oil lands operated by private entities. The decision, challenging Gillespie Oklahoma and Burnett Corollary Oil precedents, broadens federal tax reach while drawing a strong dissent from Justice Butler and McReynolds.
Chicago police report Mack Hickerson, 49, ex-convict, confessed to raping and murdering Anne Ruchite, an 18-year-old student nurse, by striking her with a chair leg after entering her dormitory room through a fire escape. He also admitted to rapes of other women and additional attempted rapes.
Lieut. Col. Thomas Kennedy, secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers, said he would announce by Wednesday his candidacy for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. John Lewis supports him, while Charles Alvin Jones and Charles Margiott already run. On the Republican side, Ildford Pinchot and Judge Arthur James face a hard race, with James declining to switch to the U. S. Senate.
Washington March 7 The administration’s new revenue bill faces its first major test in the House with amendments to aid business on undistributed profits tax The 19 page bill would tax corporations earning over 25000 a year at 20 percent with four percent dividend credits possibly lowering the rate Republicans plan a strategy meeting before the House session Minority Leader Bertrand Snell and Rep Allen T Treadway among others from the Ways and Means committee were set to discuss attack plans.
B Porter, clerk to the Board of Health, announced today that in the past seven days he is reporting to the State Department of Health a total of fourteen measles cases. The report notes an epidemic showing increases and warnings for the public to seek vaccination and medical care.
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