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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1933
Page
1
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United Press reports Imperial Airways City of Liverpool with 15 aboard crashed near Dixmude Belgium. Eyewitnesses saw bodies fall from flames and wreckage. Victims include one Belgian three Germans eleven English. cause unknown with many passengers from Cologne Brussels.
United States protest over an air raid on the American mission at Taotonying near Peiping prompted a Japanese pledge to protect Americans. Nine Chinese civilians were killed in the bombing. the American mission chiefs escaped injury. Japan cited warnings for Americans to leave danger zones near the Great Wall as Chinese troops fought Japanese forces in the region.
In Brunswick mutinies and anti Jewish actions intensified national politics as Nazi headquarters denounced boycotts of Jewish shops and repressive moves spread from Schwerin and Greiz Upper Silesia. Violence erupted outside a public health building with police surrounding 200 Stahlhelm members and 1,050 others, clashes with Nazis continued into the night leaving several injured and one shot. The government extended the ban on the Social Democratic press indefinitely.
Washington dispatch reports Congress moving to pass roforestation job program and 250000 new jobs with funds for needy states. In Youngstown, Ohio, John M Knapp remains unfound delaying a hearing on involuntary manslaughter charges over a Union City crash that killed Thomas Cochran. A $30,000 damage suit was filed by Cochran’s widow.
In Gallipolis Ohio on March 28 two robbers seized six people at gunpoint inside the First National Bank, taking 10700 dollars before locking victims in a vault. Merchant John Rue discovered the scene ten minutes later and released the hostages.
Fire today destroyed the Simplex Battery Manufacturing Company plant in New Castle, leaving 60 workers idle. Damage was estimated at 15,000 dollars as water shortages hampered firefighting. another nearby plant was threatened before the blaze was confined to the pottery works.
A 15 year old high school student admitted sending threatening letters to Mrs. Lindbergh in a plot to extort 23000 dollars from Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife. Postal inspectors intercepted the note and arrested him at the intended drop address in Delaware and New York, while he claimed he did not know the Lindberghs' proper residence.
A United Press survey shows millions flowing into new enterprises and thousands of jobs opening as the beer and related industries surge. Highlights include orders for $100,000 worth of refrigeration gears, 400,000 beer bottles and 400,000 closures, and brewery investments across Milwaukee Chicago and Charleston.
Rotary Club members heard an illustrated talk on the Century of Progress exposition opening in Chicago in June. Frank Priest of Jamestown and two Erie Reelmed members presented two reels of film and remarks by Mr Hemmond. Other local guests included Frank T. England FC Chapin A. J. Benton and Ly Bishop, with talks from forestry officials expected next week.
In Harrisburg on March 4 a pair of bills proposed license issuance by the state revenue department with a 2.50 per barrel tax. Rep James McChure Allegheny introduced the bills based on Schnader draft. Governor Pinchot and legislative leaders planned to meet to align on the coalition tax and control bill amid broad discussions.
March 28 report from Washington cites the American Cotton Cooperative Association backing the administration’s farm bill and urging Senate approval for a robust agricultural policy. A Renton Blalock testifies that farmers need a flexible general agriculture bill and machinery to lift commodities. other groups urge price signals and livestock adjustments. In New York, a six year old girl is found fatally assaulted in a Brooklyn tenement basement, a sack used as a grim weapon recalling recent gangland murders. police and doctors work to save Barbara Wiles, while the mother seeks help and the father is unemployed.
United Press dispatch from Harrisburg on March 28 details two income tax plans filed in the House. One by Rep Surface and Snyder envisions a 6 percent graded tax with a constitutional amendment, while Rep Hoopes proposes a comprehensive tax with a 2 percent rate on the portion of income over 50,000. Additional measures seek aviation funding, enforcement of the state ale code, a malt tax of one dollar per barrel, and stricter penalties and inspections tied to food and prisons.
United Press dispatch reports a conference before the state emergency relief board with about one hundred attendees from eight counties including Crawford, Warren and Mercer. Bishop Ward presided. W B Rogers outlined plans and E H Biddle described relief efforts, as the model community market discussed local solutions to relief needs.
Complicated rate schedules offered by Penna Gas Company through the Public Service Commission. Four different proposals are received. City councils face possible rejection as hearings proceed and rate case details unfold.
A public service commission backed revision aims to save consumers about 60000 annually but Erie Corry and Warren councils must ratify. Four proposed schedules set minimum charges and tiered rates. Erie council meets Friday while Warren and Corry decide next Monday. Officials fear the plan may burden small private consumers and doubt council approval.
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