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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1933
Page
1
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President Roosevelt submitted to Congress a two fold unemployment relief program anchored by a 3.8 billion public works plan and a nationwide cooperative initiative across industry to spur re employment. He urged quick adoption before the special session adjourns. The industrial plan calls for a shorter work week a revised wage scale to support it prevention of unfair competition and over production and limits on anti trust enforcement.
Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania seeks Roosevelt’s inquiry into bituminous coal fields due to weak demand and overstaffing. He cites oil competition from East Texas and praises the president for his wartime posture and the world economic conference message.
United Press reports Roosevelt considering asking states to quicken repeal efforts. Other items note soldiers’ duties committee rejecting forestry jobs deal, hopes for industrial aid fading, death of Rep Charles H Brand in Georgia, and Roosevelt naming Benatar Johnson to the American delegation at the World Economic Conference.
Corry's Civilian Conservation Corps contingent for reforestation is set to depart for training. About two hundred men are slated to leave Erie on Thursday for Fort Washington, with seven Corry locals selected and sent to county officials. The rest of the county quota including Corry residents will follow within a week for transport to forest camps.
Police investigate a shooting on Spring Street around 3 20 PM. Lee Munsee is believed shot in the hand with unknown severity. James Flaherty, 21, is in custody and Gen Sisley sought as a participant. A revolver was found on Flaherty after he attacked officers with rocks.
Corry Post of the American Legion and many bands and bugle corps plan a huge public rally at Wesleyville High School Auditorium Thursday evening for the installation of a new post with about 60 charter members. District Commander Lloyd Stowe will oversee the ceremony, with Rockwell Hart presiding. a pre parade program in Bayrence Park precedes the 7:30 p.m. parade. A telecast over WLBW Erie is planned. Separate note: AT T dividends declared, payable July 15 to stockholders of record June 20.
Harrisburg May 17 Republican state organization leaders fired back at Governor Pinchot in a dispute over sweat shop conditions in Pennsylvania. They defended Mar sh and Turner against Pinchot claims while accusing the governor of misrepresenting the Turner bill and noting existing labor provisions.
Federal Judge orders subpoenas for re election records in four Pittsburgh area districts for use in a grand jury probe into alleged vote fraud in last November's election. Investigation to begin June 12 targets charges of ballot tampering and related acts in the 32nd and 50th districts.
Washington officials expressed new hope for the Geneva disarmament conference after Hitler's Reichstag speech. They saw acceptance of Roosevelt's nonaggression plan and a more moderate German stance as paving the way for a solution to arms equality under the MacDonald plan, with reservations from Japan possible.
The House adopted the conference report unopposed, sending Roosevelt’s Tennessee Valley Authority program to the White House for signature. A government commission will control the project, creating the TVA and enabling construction and operation of plants, transmission lines, and power distribution across the region.
Assemblyman John H. King and County Commissioner Helen Sehluroff along with Senator Joseph H. Ziesenheim met at the courthouse in Rile to push the federal aid program for Wise county. Officials expect a paving plan linking Beaverdam and Wattsburg roads with Route near Corry, plus West Lake road and West Twelfth Street extension to the airport, subject to Pinchot township allocations.
City wide interest centers in a special school board session at the library building tonight. Actions expected include the 1998-04 tax assessment and budget, selection of teaching staff, and decisions on teacher salary reductions up to 25 percent. The board previously discussed the tax question in an executive session Monday evening and aims to outline next year’s program.
Gaston Means and Norman Whitaker were found guilty of conspiring to obtain 35 000 dollars in a Lindbergh kidnapping hoax. Judge Daniel O Donoghue scheduled sentencing for Friday with possible delays on motions. Means, already sentenced to 15 years for a prior swindle, faced two years to ten thousand dollars in fines if convicted.
Testimony finished yesterday at Drie in the action brought by Hen F Swarts register of wills contesting the will of the late Hh Ot Norton of Ohio City. A date with for the arguments follows, after which an opinion will be written by Mr Swirtt.
Press editorials praise Roosevelt peace plan and disarmament call. The New York Herald Tribune lauds the proposals as more important than delivery, while The New York Times says Roosevelt fired a decisive shot toward European cooperation and warns Germany risks isolation.
Rev G L Boyd pastor First Presbyterian to deliver baccalaureate sermon for Corry High School class of 1933. Services Sunday evening June 1 at Senior High Auditorium with union sponsorship by the Corry Ministerial Association. Program includes orchestra hymn Holy Holy Holy scripture reading and male quartet selections followed by sermon Guide Posts and benediction.
The steel industry in the United States operates at 25 percent of capacity, the highest since the week ending June 28, 1921. Iron Age reports production rose to 25 percent from 81 percent the prior week, compared with 25 percent of capacity for the same week in 1934 and a low of 1d percent on March 21. Plate production runs about 65 percent of capacity.
Berlin May 17 Chancellor Hitler addressed the Reichstag calling for full German equality before the Versailles terms. He accepted Roosevelt’s nonaggression framework and the MacDonald plan only if Germany’s demand for equality is met, threatening to quit the League if denied. The Reichstag endorsed the speech and adjourned.
Memorial Day plans for a Pine Grove cemetery GA R memorial dedication may be postponed due to quarry labor troubles delaying monument delivery. Committee members pressed for a date change as preparations continue and the observance may shift to after Memorial Day.
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