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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1938
Page
1
The report outlines a contested legal and military affair with references to a US ordered action, involving G. Robert and a luds commission. Details mention a 24 hour window, payroll, a body in transit, and questions about governance and responsibility amid broader Harmless nccess themes.
Mayor LaGuardia urged a permanent recovery study panel to draft a summer plan and seek a bill in October for special session enactment. He backed Roosevelt’s 4.5 billion relief program, said most PWA projects could begin immediately, and emphasized prudent spending to avoid repeating current hardship. Green also supported the relief effort.
Theumumary work has been started at St Thomas church on the Daniel Brennan Memorial. A chapel and mausoleum will be built on the west side, contractor Arlo Williams to handle the project costing several thousand dollars from the late Bernard Brennan of Bridgeport. The memorial honors Daniel Brennan, with earlier gifts for an organ and a home education fund. Preliminary sewer work began last week, with chapel construction to begin soon.
A First Church of Christ, Scientist on Park Street reports complaints about youths damaging shrubs and flowers. Church officers have spent funds to beautify the grounds and appeal to parents and city residents to enlist children’s cooperation. police will act if disruptions continue.
Spanian Nationalist leaders in Vinaroz predict the war will drag on for months. They claim confidence in victory and outline a first phase expanding from Gerona Catalonia Pare ragon Castellon Valencia toward the south along the Mediterranean coast.
The Carry Rotary Club announces National Boys Week events with Marble championship for Junior High at Marble Park this afternoon. Activities include a 4:80 pm smashball match between Concord and Washington schools, a Friday 4:15 pm hike and fishing trip starting at Washington Street, a 9:10 am Saturday marble championship at Washington grounds, 10:00 am mushball tournament, 3:40 pm egg and marble hunt in City Park, and a 2:00 pm combined athletic test for ages 8 10 12 and 17 18 14.
John W. Leary, chairman of the executive committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, opened the 20th annual meeting with a plea for freedom of business from government supervision. He warned that NFA era oversight hampered progress and urged immediate tax reductions as the chamber pressed for economic recovery within the American business system.
Detroit May report mourns Capt Ed ward J Donoghue veteran of Great Lakes sailboats dies aged 78 Funeral services set for Wednesday in Detroit with interment at Arlington His son was born and he served aboard schooner Genre Washington City Dispatch notes his long maritime career and family details
Hitler travels to Rome to confer with Mussolini as Berlin seeks dominance in eastern Europe, while Britain forges a defensive pact with France. Britain may mediate the China war as tensions rise in Spain and Shanghai.
Eighty couples attended a spring party at the Corry Country Club Saturday night, sponsored by the Junior Welfare League under Mrs. J. Frederick Kinley. The event featured dancing to The Courhandéra from 9:30 to 12, with attendees from multiple neighboring towns including Doris Carlson and several named residents.
Franklin Pennsylvania reports that Breene faces a new trial for involuntary manslaughter. District Attorney Maurice P. Briond, of Venan WO, is leading the case on the rerebuilt trust and connections with Leis trafic Getter of Cipatily 1, Hart 60, as details emerge from the courtroom.
Washington May 1 Supreme Court delays ruling in Mackay Riding Telegraph Co. case testing NLRB powers. Court reconvenes May 4 and may set earliest date to present decision. Possible impact on reemployment rights for employees who voluntarily leave union jobs and effect on Wagner Act procedure.
President Roosevelt expressed support for a petitioned effort to override a hostile rules committee and send the wage hour bill to the House floor. The measure would set a 40 cent minimum wage for a 40 hour week within three years, and had stalled in committee after a late Friday vote.
Seven men pleaded guilty in a federal court lottery case linked to Rev. James R. Cox. Trial set for three promoter salesmen, including Walter Cox and Thomas A. Harkins of Pasadena. Participants paid 1 dollar to submit three names for monastery dons at St Patrick church. Remaining defendants include C A Pierman, Herbert Shear aid, P E Shoeyherd.
A spring blizzard hit eastern California and northern Nevada, with winds up to 30 mph. The storm stretched from Blue Canyon to Cisco, piling deep snow and forcing residents to retrieve winter gear from storage while travel remained hazardous.
In Rome on May 2 rescue teams found the remains of 19 people, including Helen Lindhelm of New York, who died when a Tirana plane crashed and caught fire on Mount Maranola. Among losses were diamonds valued at $1,092,000 once owned by Pavis and Vien, and jewels King Zog had chosen for his bride, Countess Geraldine Apponyi.
Averome relatives and friends gathered at Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Spencer home in Corry to honor the forty fifth wedding anniversary of the couple Mr. Spencer aged 72 and Mrs. Spencer turning 70 later this month. A daughter Gladys died about twelve years ago. Family members include sons Boyd and Smith Spencer and daughters Miss Mable Spencer and Mrs. Z R Sorenson of Reynoldsalcs Pa. Refreshments were served during the day.
Pittsburgh May 2 A city parking lot strike tied to wage demands by the Downtown Parking Association plus a looming trolley and bus strike caused a traffic crisis. Teamsters Local 128 backed wage increases and pickets halted about five garages and 20 open lots. mediation by Mayor Camelina D. Scully failed, with future talks set.
Harrisburg May 2 United Press staff correspondent Ross Downing reports Penny wania’s primary campaign faces multiple investigations into Democratic factional charges. Dauphin county grand jury ordered by Chas Margiotti will probe law actions dating to 1935 as primary nears. Erie gravel scandal may join probes as Dauphin DA Shelley gains charge of grand jury inquiries with Major Lynn Adams’s earlier findings guiding the investigation.
Harrisburg May 2 State Treasurer F Clair Ross urged a conference with Labor and Industry Secretary Ralph Bashore and Attorney General Guy Bard to address alleged illegal provisional unemployment compensation appointees. He vowed to push for a report on civil service appointments and merit system delays.
The secret police of Germany Japan? and Italy tightened security for Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini during their Rome visit, as Gestapo Cyra and others boost protective detail. The report notes heightened measures around Josef Stalin, described as the world’s most guarded man, amid growing terrorism concerns.
Three men died in weekend accidents in the district. Alex Molnar, 32, of New Kensington, drowned when the canoe he rode with drift overturned at Henry's Bend. Irvin Brown tried to save him but failed. Fred Eivet, 84, of Vernon County, was killed when struck by a car driven by Robert W. Davis, 17, of Knox, who was not found at fault. Crawford, 29, of Mudville, died after his car left a road near Union City and hit a telephone pole. he succumbed before assistance arrived. Simultaneous investigations by local coroners noted internal injuries and accidental causes in the respective deaths.
A police report highlights confusing highway signs causing drivers to miss turns and travel extra miles from Detroit to Chicago and Wisconsin via Union City Riceville Corners Spartansburg and Corry, signaling a need for faster corrections by the state highways department.
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