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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1932
Page
1
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Erie city solicitor announces next Monday heard before the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission on the long dispute over gas rates. Warren and Gerry join Erie as co-complainants alleging excessive charges since 1917, with earlier rate hikes from 37 to 50 cents and later to 75 cents per thousand cubic feet.
Committees of Pro Woman's Club prepare for a large gathering in Chevy, with four to five hundred representatives from clubs in the Northwestern District of the State Federation. The twentieth annual conference runs March 1 and 18 at the Woman's Club home and First Methodist Episcopal Church, with sessions and a conference dinner coordinated by Bess B. Kincaid and others.
United Press reports the Coast Guard patrol boat 218 was towed toward Nantucket by the Dakotaian after a five day storm voyage from Cape May New Jersey. Seven crew members, battered but safe, were rescued as the Dakotaian relayed details via Mackay Radio. The distressed vessel was sighted about 400 miles southeast of New York.
Police nationwide renew aid appeal as New Jersey state police disclose 24 hour results were unproductive. Officials say they have no control over Col Lindbergh or his representatives yet investigations extend to three states. A sense grows that the culprits may soon negotiate for safety.
A house fire at Springville near Montrose Pa last night killed four members of the Newman Jacoby family and Warren Fike. The victims include three brothers and a sister aged between 70 and 80. Norman Pike suffered second degree burns.
Soviet dispatches report a Chinese revolt against the Manchurian regime formed under Japanese tutelage. Ten Japanese officers and two civilians were killed as Chinese troops seized Sukhalien, began pressing Sakhalin, and attacked the government headquarters near Changchun where Henry Pu Yi is chief executive. fighting continued after Thursday night and unrest spread to Blagoveshchensk areas as foreigners sought refuge.
Four policemen were wounded seriously while attempting to break up a demonstration at the Japanese consular headquarters at noon today. Three tugboats raced toward the Hamburg American liner Harborg drifting off Nova Scotia with a broken rudder shaft. Ivar Kreuger, famed Swedish industrialist, was found shot to death and believed to have killed himself. Salaries paid to executives of cooperative and stabilization corporations sponsored by the federal farm board were denounced in the Senate as legalised graft. George Younes, 50, shot and killed Catherine Yerosoty, 24, then shot and injured others at Masue Pier.
Corry High lost both opening debates in the Inter-High School League. At the Corry Senior High auditorium the local affirmative team was defeated by Oil City High, while Corry’s negative team fell to Oil City’s affirmative at Oil City. Judges favored Oil City two to one.
In Altoona Pa on March 12 two fires caused about $50,000 damage. A third floor blaze at Standard Furniture sparked the sprinkler system, smoke and water ruined stock across three downtown stores totaling $36,000. FL W Hockenberry and his family fled their home after it was destroyed, with damages to his home and central store and gas station reaching around $15,000.
Riverton New Jersey March 12 an employe discharged earlier by artist Claude J. Anderson was sought by detectives for questioning in the attempted kidnapping of Andersons six year old son Challon The former worker supposedly had a full set of house keys returned three weeks after discharge and the intrusion occurred while the family slept with the dog present but quiet prior attempts had been made to enter the home Anderson suspects the kidnapper may have been drugged and escaped through a rear unlocked door
Mayor Ben F. Starr reports the State Highway Department will not push a major grade change or new bridge over the tin J near St. Pierre property. The city lacks funds for a new bridge, expects minor alterations to the existing structure, and awaits approved plans for bid advertisements and property releases as construction outlook remains cautious.
Paris reports state funeral honors for Aristide Briand as representatives of 30 governments attended a solemn ceremony at the foreign office and Passy cemetery. Briand to be buried near peasants at Cocherel. Cardinal Verdier gave absolution. Premier Andre Tardieu delivered a eulogy praising Briand as a postwar internationalist amid vast sombre crowds.
The fire department answered two alarms today with total damage around 150 dollars. An alarm from box 42 sent units to Warren Thomas property at Second Avenue and West Church Street where a basement fire in Paul Williams apartments caused about 100 dollars damage from an overheated furnace. Early afternoon a call to W Gronastar 151 West Wayne Street reported a chimney fire causing about 20 dollars damage.
New York report says Mrs Ia B Wood a frail 22 year old recluse in Herald Square Hotel is seriously ill with pneumonia. She keeps nearly a million dollars in cash and valuables in her rooms, withdrawn during the 1907 panic. Her nephew seeks admin oversight as large estates surface.
In Butler Pennsylvania on March 12, the trial of Charles H. Kline and Bertram L. Succop was postponed from March 14 to May 2. Judge Finletter cited the jury panel investigation into alleged tampering, as the grand jury probes the so-called jury fang. Six indictments are expected and one guilty plea may be entered, with charges of malfeasance in office over alleged city purchase irregularities.
UPI 1332 notes five top radio programs across networks. Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra at 8:15 p.m. on WABCO, Pryor's Band airs at 10:00 a.m. on WHARF, and the Public Affairs Institute features on WABC at 10:20 a.m. Dance hour with Walter Wine chal is on WEAP at 8:00 p.m. NBC's WIZ schedules a late-night silent slot.
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