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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1938
Page
3
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Unemployment compensation totaling $1,551,200 was paid to 172 applicants during the week of February 19. The State Employment Service reports 442 checks totaling $140.08 distributed through February 20. Local averages ran $35.97 weekly with regional totals including Berle $99,280.10 across 8985 checks and Meadville $17,480.40 from 1, AZ checks.
A young man caught peeping and attempting to break into a window on West Pleasant Street faces arrest and prosecution. Police tie this incident to a prior case on Malt Street and link both to other window peeping attempts in the Second and Third wards.
In Huntingdon Pa on March 12 District Attorney Samuel H Stewart postponed moves toward charges in the Daniel De Maury death case awaiting a state police report. Gov George H Earle had dismissed Deputy Superintendent Samuel M Washabaugh and requested his arrest for manslaughter. Stewart said the state investigation should file the charges and not an independent grand jury action.
Thripas Garrity of the Stanford Hore Company was jolted from the Second Ward fire truck while answering a night alarm. He pitched toward a fire extinguisher and sustained multiple cracked ribs on impact.
United Press reports from Prague note observers stressing the divergence between Czechoslovakia and its allies. The cabinet held an extraordinary session until dawn to align policy with Western powers while noting alliances with major states. Friction with Germany and shifts in diplomatic channels are discussed amid war tensions.
About 100 delegates from nearby churches gathered at Corry Baptist Church for a conference of the Fellowship of Independent Baptist Churches of northwestern Pennsylvania and southwestern New York. Rev James Jeremiah presided. afternoon talks by Rev Stanley Thorpe and Rev Robe J. Ketcham. evening address by Ben Ketcham. Next conference set for April 25 at Bethel Baptist Church in Fife with representation from the United Church.
City finances block a WPA plan to index all property in the town with full descriptions. Mayor Frank E. Hepler noted WPA officials discussed the effort, begun in 1930, but lack of $1,020 to cover the expense prevents starting. About 27 workers would be hired for three months if funded.
Washington March 12 Charles B Heaford Tr han again announced his resignation as chairman of the National Mining and Coal Commission. He refused to confirm or deny a resignation letter to the president. He had previously attempted to resign but President Roosevelt persuaded him to stay on.
Europe faced its gravest diplomatic crisis since 1914 as Hitler's coup in Austria unsettled chancelleries from London to the Black Sea. Britain, France and Mussolini sought to avoid war while observers warned that Nazification could hasten upheaval, with Washington maintaining a hands off policy.
Washington March 12 Sen George Norris father of the Tennessee Valley Authority demands the resignation of TVA Chairman Arthur E Morgan. Norris says if Morgan does not resign he will introduce a senate resolution to remove him. President Roosevelt had earlier released a transcript of a long conversation and Morgan refused to resign despite mounting congressional pressure.
United Press from Harrisburg reports a broad slate forming for four Aultenville nominations and a US Senate race. Guffey, backed by CTO opposition and Labor, seeks neutral roll in Democratic state committee selections while Kennedy and others test candidacy, with talks of Lt. Gov. and secretary positions amid industry and labor figures.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania mayor Daniel J. Shields testified before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee that he personally destroyed records relating to gold and steel plant violence and deputy actions to “protect the good names.” He said the destruction occurred after the situation was cleared and he felt a responsibility to prevent misinterpretation.
Health Officer John D. Flanigan reported eleven new measles cases in Corry today. Patients include Martin Whiteley age 5 Charles age 3 Jane age 14 Barbara group 4 Arline Doyle 6 Mather Long 7 8p Marion street and Joan Frances Mallick 2 443 South Center street. Several other cases noted in McElroy and Benson homes. Tuberculosis illnesses also listed for Charles Armstrong 12 and Robert Armstrong 14 of 144 North Center Street.
The 1938 tax bill aimed at raising about 8.8 billion in revenue and easing some business taxes. It went to the Senate Finance Committee with plans for speedy action after a 294 to 8 vote with amendments attached.
A report notes that James 0 pledged support to the Republican nominee in the May 17 primaries and indicated backing the party’s candidate in all public statements. The claim references statements from a campaign release and local party quarters.
Freight schedules change as several southbound trains move from the Chauquiqua branch to the Olean branch between Oil City and Buffalo. Only two trains affected, Nos BW7 and BOB, while northbound through trains stay on the Olony route. Local freight service remains unaffected and overall service is said to be faster on the Olean route despite a longer distance than via Corry.
The California State Assembly voted to grant a legislative pardon to Thomas J. Mooney, the San Francisco Preparedness Day bomber. After two days of heated debate Mooney a supporters in the gallery pressed to keep the chamber in session until a majority could be secured, with efforts to fly an ally from a hospital in San Francisco to obtain the aye vote. Leg Hoylen returned home last evening from a two week eastern business trip.
Ordway has been named deputy sealer in charge of weights and measures for several counties including Venango Warren Crawford Meilean and Erie with duties to assist sealers in enforcing state weights and measures laws. The appointment was announced by Secretary of Trade Thomas A Logue amid a Harrisburg conference with O P Cullen Erie officials and county officers planning tougher enforcement.
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh sailed for England quietly to holiday in December. They boarded the Bremen at 12 80 and reached the pier without public notice. Only a few recognized them as they moved to their cabin, while the ship’s harbor journey remained discreet and unpublicized.
German forces parade through Vienna as Adolf Hitler arrives in Austria to inaugurate Nazi rule. Chancellor Schuschnigg is detained, Austrian officials are arrested or placed under house arrest, and widespread suspensions of business and public life mark the consolidation of Nazi power across the country.
The Jacob Baker estate case returns to federal court as six Western Pennsylvania men face fraud charges. Defendants Fred F. Sprenger, Win Sprengel, Henry Wolford, and David J. Anderson from Johnstown, Norman H. Blotgty of Dav idaville, and Wile Thon Miller of Pittsburgh are linked to the long-running matter.
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