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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1933
Page
3
Corry Evening Journal page notes publication from West South Street Corry Pennsylvania under editor A D Colegrove factual historic newspaper reference shows local paper location and editor in chief.
Reports state the Reichstag will meet Wednesday for a special session where Hitler is expected to make a vital announcement. Observers note Germany continues an isolationist path contrary to other powers, affecting disarmament talks and concerns over events in Danzig. May signal a shift toward peace or escalate tensions.
A veteran Republican, Samuel M. Vauclain of Baldwin Locomotive Works, praises Franklin D. Roosevelt, saying he supports the President now and believes his policies will pull the country from four years of economic chaos. He argues values have risen, business has adjusted, and Roosevelt can shape a durable party foundation if results prove successful.
The speaker notes two political parties will align differently as changes loom and progress is the goal. He admires the President's decisive actions, credits Republican Congressmen, and forecasts shifts in industry and railroad funding. He says railroads must be funded to smooth industrial backbone and wage growth.
Questions about Dr Brinker practice on First Avenue and timing of C B Porter fourth ward appointment. Inquiries on C H Bagley as office manager of Ar axton wards and James Edwards managing The Phoenix Hotel. Old $20 bill from 1850 found in Gloucester estate. Samuel Hannon sought banks to exchange it for an elderly official change.
Memorial Day address to be delivered by Judge Emory A Walling in this city. Intruders early Monday night entered the Wesger family flat over the Dyre theatre and shared a large lunch without waking residents. Railroad police probe the death of Oscar Gustafson of Taniestown who was fatally injured in a BR,R accident. John King entertains guests honoring Mrs Walter Jewett. McKay and Van Tissel had a narrow escape on Maple Avenue crossing when a quick engineer stop prevented a crash. C L Witigate, employed at the Brown Garage, reports a violent incident. Say he is now in St Josephs Michigan in a good job. Seven arrests last night at a disturbance near the old evaporator at the west end. Frank Parsons starts dismantling the old Kurtz plant on Hast Pleasant Street. W W Frankding of Bassitet celebrates 18th birthday. A ward from Mrs L R Biles says Corry Masons reached Bradford for dinner on the Crossing trip. Ladies of the Macistees planning a big party Friday evening. Glaude Porter Doc Eleher and W H Gale drive to Brownell Run for trout. E A Gohneon, a noted breeder of Orpingtons, sent a box of fifteen eggs to Mendon Lid Monday. Seniors of the High School Honey found in cottage Swansea. Preston Gardner opened his summer home and bees on roof boards yielded more than 50 pounds of honey. Taylor suffers a badly injured finger from a mining accident a few days ago.
Washington news editors note that Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President, was not photographed by news photographers in 1918. While many war canteen workers were pictured, no image of Mrs Roosevelt appeared in the Red Cross lantern slides shown at a reunion. She had attended a tea and later a guest event, and she is preserving a daily diary of White House life for future generations.
Poona May 18 The ailing Mahatma Gandhi grows weaker on the eighth day of his purification fast. He appeared on the top terrace of the marble palace, his condition observed as deteriorating while hunger rules his ritual vigil.
In Tacoma Washington E J Sands wrestles a 26 pound Tyee salmon after a lengthy fight. The fish is hauled into the boat as the crew logs the dramatic catch and the angling effort. This report captures the moment of victory and the prowess of the fisherman.
Hollywood May 15. United Press staff correspondent Alanson Edwards profiles farmer characters in a discussion centered on Agricultural America and the men who run it. Phil Stong, a noted author, notes farmers’ isolation and distinct mindset compared with city dwellers while describing farmers as poor yet comfortable. Stong lives on a 400 acre Kansas farm, purchased with gold from the 1849 rush, and paints a vivid portrait of rural life.
Two Warren County men died by suicide in separate incidents over the weekend near Sheffield and Jackson Road. Vincent L. Stenger, 24, shot himself with a shotgun in his Sheffield home amid domestic difficulties, with death ruled a self-inflicted wound. Thomas A. Osborne, 45, of Jackson Road near North Warren killed himself with a 2040 army rifle after an argument with his wife. a neighbor had lent him the rifle months earlier, and the weapon was used to end his life on an embankment near Jackson. Authorities noted no stated motive beyond domestic troubles in both cases.
Northampton May 15 Police probe a blaze that destroyed the sewing room at the D and D shirt factory owned by the Dashersky brothers. Dasheisky charged but offered no evidence. Fire chief Hale Guss investigates a $25 000 loss. The plant is the Lehigh Valley’s only factory with continuing strife over child labor and mill labor conditions amid an agreement raising pay and lowering a minimum wage.
Cromwell Y. Paulgom a former teller at Lie old National Bank New Brighton Pennsylvania was sentenced to one year and a day in a federal penitentiary after pleading guilty to embezzling more than 1500 dollars. He admitted embezzling a total of 1935 dollars in several payments including 100 211 1300 and 225. He was indicted about ten days earlier and pled guilty before Federal Judge FP Schuonmaken.
Pittsburg May 15 A Pittsburgh Teachers Association resolution denounces the state legislature for failing to pass any sweatshop reform measures. It calls for a minimum wage law hours limits for women and stronger enforcement of child labor laws. Also included is a public notice from Corry Penn'a inviting sealed bids for coal for the Corry School District building project with specifications and bid deadline.
Rocco Balcastro, brother of James Belcastro, a Chicago crime figure linked to bombings and liquor law violations, was found slain in a car on Carroll Avenue. He was bound with electric wires and clothes line, head and body pierced by bullets, the car motor running, police suspect a quick murder and rough disposal likely after a Speakeasy shooting.
Sixteen men from First Presbyterian Church joined a Erie Presbytery rally at Cambridge Springs Presbyterian Church on Sunday. Twenty five churches answered the roll call. E Whittlesey of Corry led the rally with Homer M. Welsh directing singing. Talks were given by Rev R F P Galbreath president of Westminster College and Prof LH Beeler of Grove City College with Rev W M Cleavelans as Synodical Secretary.
Wayne A. Manizan, 30, of Homestead Parish, was killed when a ladder slipped as he painted his house. He suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries and died en route to Homestead Hospital.
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