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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1939
Page
2
Budget secretary asked to estimate yields of a flat 2 per cent income tax with exemptions. A proposal to exempt living expenses of each wage earner was discussed to meet constitutional requirements. Althuy H. James greeted Pennsylvania businessmen with a message urging residents to stay and benefit from relief.
A May meeting in Pittsburgh established separate Protestant and Catholic groups to aid European refugees declared persecuted Jews among the victims. The organizers emphasized nonsectarian aims and urged public support for relief efforts.
Continued report notes Nazi demands driving Lithuania and Poland toward a broader clash. Warsaw seeks pledges of military aid from Britain, France, and Russia to form a stop Hitler front. Britain and France weigh a four power pledge and potential consultations if Nazi aggression continues.
City and Vicinity items include 29¢ peanut butter and 14-07 glass sales, local deaths and injuries, police activity on dog licenses, multiple used car listings with models from 1934 to 1937, new airmail service details, narcotics sentencing, hospital updates, church meetings, wallpaper and decor ads, home deliveries, estate proceedings, labor disputes, school audiometer testing, police promotions, bakery offerings, fire losses, railroads talk, civic events, and scheduled concerts and socials.
Nopris S. Bongalter, 6, division passenger agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad and a well known figure in railroad circles across the East, died in Harrisburg today from a bullet wound believed self-inflicted. The incident occurred at the capital, with authorities investigating possible causes.
Wallace Schmidt, a laborer at the Tianesta dam, was admitted to Oil City hospital with injuries to his left side and a possible fractured rib. The meeting at the Tree of Life synagogue featured Rabbi Burton Levinson speaking on Jewish life in Europe. Mrs. Lowlise Gardner was burned when her clothes ignited at an open gas fire in her front room. John H. Leathem, 19, of James Town, was arrested for turning in a false fire alarm and released on $200 bond.
Corry school leaders push relief legislation to boost subsidies for second and third class districts and raise fourth class funding from 46 2 3 to 51 2 percent. Edmonds cites funding gaps and urges comprehensive study while Gov James surveys the crisis. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia would gain larger grants, with Pittsburgh potentially receiving 201000 more to reach 4220000. A legislative panel is urged to investigate school finances amid reports of arrears and looming closures.
Mrs Rose Soper died at 6 o clock last evening at 433 East Pleasant street after a long illness. Born December 9, 1872 in Corry she lived there most of her life and was a member of St. Fans Lutheran church and the Ladies Aid Society. Surviving are five children Harold Soper Dorothy Boland Ruth Soper Marion Soper George Soper and three grandchildren Barbara Boland John Boland Barbara Soper, with funeral Friday at 2 20 PM from her home and burial in the family lot of the local cemetery. Her husband David L. Soper died in June 1933.
Philadelphia March 22 The Petrillo murder trial for Herman Petrillo a 40 year old spaghetti sauce maker and alleged member of a $100000 murder for hire ring was expected to go to the jury today after the defendant Matty Petrillo seized on arsenic poisoning in his defense Petrillo testified implicating his accusers and said a federal informer tried to set him up with cash to “bump off” victims.
March 22 report by David H. Walter of Pennsylvania State College notes that 61 percent of Crocked Creek soil area in Centre County has only 2 to 75 percent of topsoil, with virtually all Crocked Creek zone in Clearfield, Armstrong counties badly eroded. The Soil Conservation Service area, established in 1933 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, aims to demonstrate erosion control methods.
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