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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
1
UPI and editors face Senate action over access after a rules committee move. Senators La Follette and Johnson oppose the measure, seeking press presence and contesting the discipline. Cor respondents discuss mass meetings to protest.
Preparations for the fifty fifth annual Corry High School Alumni Association reunion are under way. The Thursday event includes a program with Rev Frank A Winner Song Lucia Murray address, music by John M Loveland, a memorial tribute to Mrs Mary Swisbury Pond, and anniversaries of 1879 and 1904 graduates.
General Chiang Kai-shek accepted the challenge from Peng Yih-hsien and Chi Taishen’s Nationalist faction. The Nanking government dismissed leaders and empowered the state council to subdue the opposition as war loomed. Rebel forces moved on Henan and Guangxi areas while Beijing faced a broader crisis.
The Corry Woman's Club held its annual dinner meeting with elegant decorations and a varied menu. Mrs R S Danny led group singing while Miss Myrtle Buller presented officer gifts and Mr Milo L Brown spoke on fellowship and city service to a large audience.
NBC WEAF NEC networks present daily schedule with WIZ and WEAF at 6:30 PM EST. The Sentinels join at 7:30 PM with Jessi Dragonetts, then The Revellers and Orchestra at 8:00 PM CST on WABC and CBS networks. Marine Band at 8:30? EST features detective drama at 9:00.
Memorial Day committees are asked to meet at the home on West Washington Street at 8 o clock to finalize plans for the program. Glarescs Willis, general chairman, issued the call and urged participation. Arrangements are well advanced for services in City Park with a weather contingency to the State Armory. Earl MacDonald, War William Warren Attorney, will deliver the Memorial Day address. Band music is being arranged and the Friday meeting will complete the day’s program for Saturday publication.
The Kiwanis Club held a luncheon focused on general club activities with RW Brown and JH Martin addressing members. Assembly singing and discussion followed before adjournment. Charles Shuss, foot manager of A I Root Furniture, was reported as a recipient in the lab at today's meal.
Members of Menbos of the Bugle and China Corps of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will rehearse at the State Armory at 7 o'clock Friday evening. The group aims for a 20 to 30 piece organization and asks all members to attend. Fe W. Brown named drum major for the new corps as it advances its Memorial Day parade plans.
Old Orchard Maine May 23 reports say the monoplane Green Hinsh used for a long trans Atlantic plan faced cloud cover delaying the start. Dr James Kimball notes miles of clouds over the route as pilots Roger Williams and Lewis Yancey await clear skies to proceed toward Rome and beyond.
Friday marks the final regular day as exams start Monday in multiple buildings. Tests run through the week and into the next. schools close Wednesday June Ath for graduation, with Baccalaureate Sunday evening speaker Rev. Roger F Cressey of First Presbyterian Church. Semér High School class nominates student council candidates. election held upon fall reopening.
Washington May 23 final arguments in the Ware Wilson election contest for the U S Senate from Pennsylvania opened before the Senate privileges and elections sub committee. Mour hours were allotted on each side. Attorney for Wilson the Democratic candidate opened today. Attorneys for Yare the Republican candidate are scheduled to be heard tomorrow.
The Cleveland Clinic disaster inquiry resumes with expected recall of Dr. Wim H. Lower and Dr. Geo Crile to clarify testimony about the Ohnie incident. Oberlin provisions include new building projects and oxygen tents rushed from distant cities. A $300,000 gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. is announced to aid the school amid the tragedy.
Graf Zeppelin on return voyage to Towson Airdrome after forcing a stop at Friedrichshafen due to motor trouble. The airship faced rough conditions over France, delaying its passage and complicating plans for the second trans Atlantic flight.
In Washington the House speeds to push a tariff bill toward early passage to enable summer revisions. Republicans attach twenty amendments to calm farm and other groups while the Senate clashes over executive secrecy and a three cent sugar rate. The sliding scale proposed by the Ways and Means Committee aims to defuse the dispute as leaders anticipate approval by May 28.
A track worker in Sutton was crushed when a rail jack handle slipped while lifting rails east of the city. The injured man received first aid locally from Dr. John Kiblar and was ordered transferred to Comy hospital for further treatment.
State Police and York County officers bombed rural woods toward the Mason-Dixon line in a manhunt for Jacoby Troup 80 accused of shooting Motorcycle Policeman Curtis Sowers 29 who was serving a warrant near York. A witness report of a man resembling Troup crossing a field south of Balt Hill aided the pursuit.
Reg Robbins and Jim Kelly aimed to extend the Fort Worth monoplane flight beyond 101 hours in an attempt to beat the Question Mark record. By midmorning they neared the 10 hour mark with minor incidents reported, including a nap interruption and a small burn from a rocker arm.
Corry High School entrants Max Harvey and O K Murray proceed to Harrisburg for the state finals after winning violin and trumpet honors in the regional contests. Accompanied by Miss Lucile Murray and Ralph S Dewey, the group also includes contestants from Erie and nearby districts as hundreds compete statewide.
M A Kornreich of Warren opens local law offices on the second floor of the remodeled Lana building at North Center Street. A Dickinson Law School graduate, he has practiced in Warren for a year with C M Shawkey and is admitted to practice before the Tri County bar.
Report from Cleveland details a power clash at Wheeling and Lake Erie stockholders meeting. Taplin group ousts Van Sweringen faction, elects new directors, while old board seeks injunctions and police guard offices amid legal fights over control and property.
May 2 reports indicate strong earthquake tremors in Mendoza Province. Telephonic communications described the event with few details in initial reports. Mendoza, the provincial capital near the Chilean border, once faced a devastating quake in 1861 and had a population over 60,000.
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