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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1938
Page
1
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The Works Progress Administration launches an extensive dirt road improvement program in Concord township. Three fifty man gangs begin work on two major projects this week, with a fourth gang planned for the Union City end of the county line road. Work targets routes 25.046 and 25-045, expanding and drainage improvements. thousands of dollars will be spent and the program is expected to run for months, employing many local workers.
Roosevelt’s naval program moves toward approval as debate ends. The bill authorizes 46 new fighting ships 22 aircraft carriers and 90 planes while a policy section signals support for international disarmament talks but rejects halting construction.
Mexico city dispatch reports President Lazaro Cardenas expropriated today the foreign oil industry with foreign investments totaling 40 million dollars. The Bank of Mexico halted buying and selling old dollars and foreign exchange as part of a government policy clash with foreign capital. The decrees signal a climate of economic crisis and a government showdown with foreign interests, with American ambassador Josephus Daniels closely engaged.
London reports say the British cabinet does not fear a general war is imminent and hopes for improvement in Europe. An imminent statement by Prime Minister Chamberlain is anticipated to clarify Britain's policy amid the Polish Lithuania crisis and recent developments.
Pittsburgh March 19 The Oil Well Supply Company of Oil City Pa and the Wilson Snyder Company of Ram in Pa will sign collective bargaining contracts with the steel workers organizing committees today SWOC announced Both companies are subsidiaries of the United States Steel Card but have not been under prior contracts according to the SWOC notice
Federal agents arrested Stanley Thomas Jasosky, 22, in Newark on extortion charges tied to the kidnapping of 7 year old Peter Levine from New Rochelle New York. Six ransom letters demanded payments totaling 30,000 to be paid at Newark locations with bail set at 25,000.
United Press reports that in Pennsylvania during last year industrial accidents reached 131,152, more than double the highway toll of 65,000, according to Labor and Industry Secretary Ralph M Bashore.
Charles H L Dnglish Belo Fn president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association will speak at the association's banquet Wednesday night in Pittsburgh. The announcement came today from the group.
A citywide gasoline price war ends as Autdrew dealers settle at 19 cents per gallon. The Corry Automotive Association reached the agreement after weeks of reductions, with larger distributors adopting the 19 cent rate and smaller stations moving to join by noon. The move keeps the city’s price half a cent below the previous market rate.
Report from Barcelona dated March 19 notes Loyalist cabinet divisions over ending the war at any price while another faction seeks to continue. The city endured three days of air bombings, forcing thousands to flee to surrounding mountains as more than a quarter of the population sought safety away from the Loyalist capital.
Harvey Katz a 42 year old man faces arraignment on inciting to riot charges after a riot at a private Bund meeting in Pittsburgh. He suffered lacerations from glass panels as a mob gathered outside Bund headquarters amid pro Nazi and anti war veteran protests. Police dispersed the crowd as veterans were invited inside to hear Bund aims. Kunze spoke for the Berlin led group denying radical intent.
The National Bank announces a mortgage rate cut to 4 percent on new loans. This move follows earlier reductions and aims to stimulate real estate activity in the area.
Prague reports a March 19 measure to boost German minority representation in government posts across national, provincial, and local administrations. The plan aims to allocate posts proportionally to the German population, with Prague province cited at 39 percent and certain districts nearing full German representation.
Harrisburg March 19 The Public Utility Commission ordered Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania to reduce its long distance rates to align with American Telephone and Telegraph Company. The change aims to limit revenue loss to about 600,000 annually. The new schedule must be filed by March 31.
Corry police launch spring campaign to enforce Pennsylvania motor code. JT Blythe says arrests rise but accidents drop since enforcement began. Four more officers, including Hollman and Irwin, will join the unit to patrol high risk areas and Saturday night venues. Sub stations will be set in Lawrence Pan, with eighteen officers stationed locally amid fifty patrolmen across the district.
Corry residents receive direct relief totals 78, up nine from a week ago, as Robert Catlin of the Department of Public Resistance announces. The weekly relief load rose from 257 to past cases, still about a hundred below a year ago when 360 families were served, with shifts to work relief rolls anticipated as nearby WEA projects open.
In INAS Lithuania March 19 the seimas accepted Poland's ultimatum under pressure amid the international situation. A resolution condemning no more than acceptance passed as Vice Premier Jok Ubai Stanischaukis announced Lithuania's reply note. Outside, crowds waited. Nationalist Volunteers urged arms to oppose invasion. Poland, massing troops on the border, expected Lithuania to yield before the 3 pm EST deadline.
Irene Mahle of Corry was fined 25 dollars after a jury found her reckless driving in a Route 20 crash with a truck driven by George Crawthers of Nothingville near Fredonia. The jury dissolved at the first hearing before Justice Lemis Monroe.
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