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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1933
Page
1
The seventh annual exhibit at the Second Ward building drew over a thousand parents and friends for the opening program. The operetta Penny Buns and Roses thrilled a packed auditorium while the Industries shop display drew keen attention. The High School band opened the program with a strong medley and patriotic selections earning long applause.
The Pennsylvania State Highway Department opened bids for seven road projects totaling 17.10 miles across Lancaster Warren Lackawanna Dauphin Mercer Crawford Jefferson Allegheny and sponsors include Solaza Construction Pittsburgh D W Challis and Sons Sewickley Minns Brothers DuBois and Russell Williamson Youngstown Ohio. Low bidder estimates suggest about 1350000 total though the exact figure was not stated in dispatches.
President Roosevelt signed the currency inflation farm relief bill at the White House in a ceremony. The act refiances farm debts and allows mortgage creditors to exchange mortgages for federal land bank bonds with guaranteed interest. Lower rates and more lenient terms are promised for bond holders and farmers alike.
Feiladiaphta May 12 A plot to extort 75000 from the Pennsylvania railroad by threats of blasting trains was foiled with the arrest of James Vanderslice 31 a unemployed trial driver who confessed. Detectives tracked a series of threats to the railroad's eastern division general manager W G Higginbot tom as part of the probe. Vanderslice was captured near street lunch wagons after a 24 hour surveillance. The plan aimed to extract money to support his family. In a separate note trader Haye M Hisey Mt Lebanon died at West Penn Hospital from a stroke after a long career on the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange.
General Edward A. Martin former state treasurer and Republican chairman addressed Rotary and Kiwanis at Hotel Corry urging business in government but keeping government out of business. He planned to speak again at a Veterans gathering at the Corry Country Club at eight this evening.
Japanese forces moved toward Peiping as a Nipponese plane dropped leaflets warning collapse of the city if resistance continued. Peiping’s base hospitals prepared evacuations and discharged wounded while new casualties arrived from the front. United States Minister Nelson Johnson and diplomats observed from foreign quarters as the Japanese army pressed within fifty miles of Peiping amid heavy artillery and air attacks.
Bulletin items report key moves across nations and agencies with Ottoway notes: London adopts tariff trice by unanimous committee action while Harrisburg seeks removal of public service chair Clyde Li Hing. Geneva hosts four power wheat pact talks and Washington previews a new agriculture post for George N Poet of Molino.
Washington inquiry opens into whether Andrew Mellon evaded taxes by registering losses from selling securities and repurchasing them later. Charles E. Mitchell faces separate tax evasion charges in New York. Names of others under review were not disclosed.
Erie May 12 Dr FW Burke confronted a stranger who burst into his office wielding a pistol and demanding veronal. The physician subdued the man and fled to a car with three other persons, escaping unharmed.
London May 12 The organizing committee of the world economic conference discussed a general economic truce to June 12 and reported hopeful progress as Britain the United States and Italy already agreed Germany and France prepared to join. Washington May 12 Germany will accept the world tariff truce with minor reservations said Dr Hjalmar Schacht speaking before meeting Secretary Hull. He denied reports of obstruction and said German reservations were not more drastic than those of France or Britain.
Unita Pre reports Gaston B Means testified that he was told the Lindbergh child died when kidnapped men moved it from its concealment and that he confronted an alleged participant who claimed little truth to Means recounts. Investigators doubt much of Means story and say it may originate in his imagination.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Corry Hospital plans the annual Tag Day fundraiser. Committee members include Mrs. J A Loveland Mrs H H Keppel Mrs W Bracken and Mrs Joe Guignon with help from Mrs G G Barker Mrs B Roelofs and a group of high school girls and hospital nurses. The sale runs Saturday from 1 until 6 with a booth at Keister’s Store and at the Rex Theater.
Tod Lucerne reports a car with two women, one driving and another firing a machine gun, terrorized townsfolk. A pedestrian Ethel Witters and housewife Dora Minor were struck but not seriously hurt as the would be robbers fled.
In St Paul leaders of the farm strike council await a telegram from President Roosevelt that could decide the protest’s fate. Milo Reno leadas the campaign urging a moratorium on foreclosures and costs concessions, with 900000 farmers poised to join the boycott, “buy nothing, sell nothing, do nothing.”
Two forgery charges against Paul J. Murphy, former principal of Titusville High, were set for trial Monday per District Attorney Stuart A. Culbertson. Murphy was acquitted yesterday in Meadville on four counts of fraudulent conversion. additional prosecution counsel, Garvaine G. Martin of Franklin, has been retained.
President Roosevelt expected to name J Walter Doyle of Honolulu as collector of customs for Hawaii and W A Julist of Ohio as treasurer of the United States in a May 1 announcement.
Administration plans to oust Emmanuel Levin a leading member of the Bonus Army amid a drive to clear Washington of marchers. The right wing group seeks refuge downtown as Roosevelt offers reforestation jobs for 25000 veterans, a move seen as political maneuvering.
Elwood Indiana May 12 A mother Mia Soebe 42 and her daughters Marjorie 8 Bouian 19 Mamie 17 died in a blaze that trapped them on the second floor as fumes swept through their home.
The Corry School District won state authority to reduce teacher and staff salaries up to 25 percent for the coming year after a conference with Deputy Superintendent D. Crosley. President H B Smith and Supt R S Dewey led local officials in presenting local conditions and theTaxpayers Union supported the case. Final action remains with the Corry board although the state consent is in place.
President HB Smith of the Board of Education announced that during his visit to Hexburg the insurance policies for Mesohadl property placed with a mutual company of Ohio were submitted to the State Commissioner of Insurance and fully approved by Deputy Commissioner Ritter. The board was given approval to take out the policies in the mutual concern, with officials noting no need for a special reserve fund or additional premium payments.
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