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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1939
Page
1
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A large barn on the Elijah M. Miller farm at Miller's Corners, 114 miles east of Beaverdam, was destroyed by a fire on Saturday evening. The cause remains undetermined, with neighbors reporting a possible explosion. The miller family was away, and firefighters could only prevent spread to nearby structures. Earlier in the week a fire burned a barn on the Joseph Carnegie farm along Sciota road.
United Press reports about 13 000 Briggs Manufacturing Co workers striking on CIO UAW orders. Emil Mazey ordered the action at 9 am after a breakdown in negotiations since May 18. Plymouth division of Chrysler warned of shutdown, risking idle workers. strike cited grievances over alleged unfair discharge.
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Senate reconvenes at 3 p m EDT to tackle a logjam of disputed issues. The House, resuming at 9 p m, plans to advance the $20,000,000 general appropriations bill on a second reading along with other controversial measures.
State motor and local police set up patrols on Corry Spartansburg and Titusville Union City roads after a report of Isla Aylesworth a 13 year old New York schoolgirl believed kidnapped. The girl was found safe Sunday near a gas station in Piuc King L T after wandering with a young man described as about 25 Thursday near the New York World's Fair. The family once lived in Avalon Pa.
An elderly Oklahoma woman died at Meadville hospital after a crash near Cambridge Springs. Her daughter Evelyn Reichel of Susquehanna Pa and granddaughter Ruth Reichel were injured with varying injuries. The deceased was Mrs Addis Huling of Olmull Oklahoma.
Harrisburg May 22 Foresters and Waters Secretary Albert Stewart defending the dismissal of Presque Isle State Park Superintendent Ambrose Mulligan of Erie charged that park management had been wasteful and inefficient. He said Erie state park and harbor commission members opposed to the dismissal were using it as a smoke screen and that the dismissal is minor compared to the issue the commission faced at a social session last Friday.
A Lewis Bros circus menagerie showcases six week old lion quadruplets arriving with mother Sadie kept separate. Cubs, playful and milk fed, display early tastes for raw meat while Max Gruber trains Lulu the famed elephant star in a two hour, three ring program with twenty four acts.
The five Dionne quints kissed Queen Elizabeth at a royal audience in Ottawa. Dr Allan Dates guarded the children as they, one by one, reached for the queen, who bent to embrace each child. Spectators watched as the royal moment unfolded in the Governor General’s drawing room.
Erie Pa May 22 officers of the Lake Shore Ice Cream company reported theft of 850 dollars from a cash register and 70 dollars in buglary losses. Entry was gained through an unlocked front door while the night watchman was away and checks were stolen along with cash.
William Devanecy McGinnis age 70, former newspaper publisher, banker, and coal and coke operator, died Saturday night at Connellsville State Hospital after a year of illness. Funeral services were arranged today in Connellsville.
Milk producers await a U S Supreme Court ruling on the appeal from a Federal judge invalidating a federal state milk marketing order for New York. The March price drop to 84 cents a gallon follows a 25 cent cut, while a Nassau Aden bill faces a quick hearing in New York.
A New York tri-state labor convention by 125 delegates from 50 lodges of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee urged a third party Labor party and a 30 hour work week with base pay of one dollar per hour for steel workers. They backed preserving the National Labor Relations Act but urged the AFL to purge itself of alleged “sinister forces” before talks resume. J J Follett returned from Newport, Florida after a severe visit with his navy brother-in-law W J McCloskey.
Director of Safety Richard Ross notes the Spring Clean-up Days yielded around eighty loads of refuse removed from the city dump over two days. The figure surpasses last year and reflects use of larger equipment, with officials praising the extended operation and party owner support.
Works to complete this week a granite and marble mausoleum in the southeast corner of Pine Grove Cemetery. Builders Mr and Mrs C F Bliss of Maple Avenue Curry and Grazie of Meadville hold the contract, represented by Charles Myers, with plans for three crypts and a bronze door. The structure will allow removal of their son Murray Bliss before Memorial Day.
Two Jamestown aviators Bryan V. Anderson and Woodrow Spitz died when their Taylor Cub crashed near Jamestown airport during a stunt. Eyewitness Kennedy Schroeder and Frederick Lagsan reported the plane failed to pull out and nosedived about 2,000 feet, with authorities noting the wing-overwing maneuver before the fatal impact near the Paleontoinibull Stine road.
The Forty Hours devotion at St Elizabeth's opened with a solemn procession of children from the parish, drawing a capacity crowd at Sunday mass and another large turnout Sunday evening. Services continue through Tuesday, culminating in a closing exercise. The altar is decorated and the choir, under Clifton Wesley, prepared a fine program. Speakers include Rev Thilitt Herman of St Joseph's Meadville Rev Joseph Seytild of Meadville and Rev John Ie of North East. Public invited to attend.
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