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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1938
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a college commencement and a public event led by a president. Readers see garbled names and dates, with references to restoration and a beauty queen. The readable parts suggest a campus ceremony around late month, possibly a public appearance by a college figure amid events and education.
The 9 Orr ee ee ee ee Le ee eee ee ee ee Ohl, promoting the largest class in Junior High history, about 156 students, will receive certificates at a June 7 promotion in the school building. The ceremony features an original play Corry Juniors On Trial with all graduates, supervised by Principal Harold G. Wolf and the faculty. Ralph S. Dewey will present certificates. an exhibit of student projects will accompany the event. admission is by ticker.
Work on the 27 foot connecting link between the east city sewer line and the intersection of West Church and Spring streets and the seneca line to Seneca street is nearing completion. City Engineer N R Dickson said many WPA workers are on the project. Concrete flooring and sidewalls are in place, but rain delayed pouring. weather may allow completion in a few days.
New York court session sees Donald Carroll aged 16 facing murder charges after a fatal incident with Charlotte Matthiesen’s 15 year old child. The Carroll and Matthiesen families seek leniency, blaming education gaps while prosecutors prepare to select jurors, questioning potential biases and the death penalty context.
United Press reports Washington May 23 that the House voted 322 to 73 to discharge the labor committee and take up the wage hours bill. The decisive vote sent the measure from the rules committee to the floor, initiating a fast-paced drive for passage with four hours of general debate split between parties. No record vote was kept on the motion.
Capt W Stuart Houghton first Lieut Robert Brown and Second Lieut Tess Fehlman joined about 100 Pennsylvania National Guard officers for a June meeting. They discussed July encampment plans and rapid mobilization to Indiantown Gap. Army planes from Philadelphia failed to demonstrate due to poor flying conditions. Col M A Means presided. Majors Nichols and Aggers were among the speakers.
Large crowds attended the opening of the Forty Hour devotion at Bt. Elizabeth's church with processions, multiple Masses, and clergy from nearby parishes. Rev. Father Tunswild led the 7 o'clock service and Rev. Michael Dalley, Rev. Joseph Seybold, and local clergy assisted. Additional masses were held at 6:30, 7, and 8 o'clock with Carl L. Heidt, Victor Miller, and James Hoping in charge respectively. Services continue Tuesday in the same church building with further venerations planned.
The Supreme Court issued two major rulings expanding federal authority to tax state instrumentalities and their employees. It affirmed NLRB orders against Remington Rand and other firms by declining to review lower court rulings. The decision also vacated a pending FPC inquiry into Pennsylvania gas affiliates and denied tests of state tax applications and public works projects.
Three Corry High School students Harriet Anderson Rachel Graft and MacBain Sears won $100 scholarships to Allegheny College Meadvile for top marks in a Tri State area exam. Principal Howard J Sheen announced the awards noting Corry High led in scholarships among similar enrollments. It is unclear if all three will attend Allegheny. Walter Bamcock returns from Union City tonight.
May 23 report notes authority given the state labor and industry secretary to grant exemptions under the 14 hour work limit. SevenLast delegation to one man questioned as unconstitutional by courts. Harrisburg session opened. verdicts awaited on grand jury probe into graft in Gov Warte administration.
President Roosevelt met with congressional leaders to discuss relief issues and the New Deal drive for wage hour and spending bills. Senate began work on a 5,247,025,000 recovery bill while the House pushed wage hour legislation, with adjournment not expected before June 11 to 20.
Dr H H Bagger told 400 delegates at the 98th convention in Butler that the church is on a plateau rather than climbing. He noted rejection of the ministerial pension plan, plans to be substituted in Baltimore, and mergers reducing Pennsylvania synods to three. The synod reported 182442 baptized and 93520 confirmed members, property value gains, and benevolence and apportionment increases. Four pastors have served over 50 years, three still active.
In London Kentucky on May 28 defendants in the Harlan feud case were shown by the government as plotting in a "whispering room" to threaten and injure. U S attorney general Brien McMahon opened for the government outlining a wide conspiracy among coal operators executives and peace officers in "bloody Harlan county."
Harrisburg May 23 Newly elected Democratic and Republican state committees will meet within three weeks to elect officers for the next two years and map November campaign plans. Superior Court Judge Arthur H. James and associates will pick Green’s successor. Lawrence will likely be re-elected without opposition. Both parties must meet before June 1 to organize with Republicans in Philadelphia and Democrats in Harrisburg.
New stamps featuring one half cent one cent and one and a half cent values go on sale tomorrow at the local post office. The design shows unit ed States Postage on the stamp with no scroll border. The one half cent is salmon with Benjamin Franklin, the one cent green with George Washington, and the one and a half cent brown with Martha Washington.
G J Sumbetter of Warren was found shot to death in a field between Jusssell and Lander in Warren county yesterday morning. A preliminary inquiry suggests a hunter fired the fatal shot. a man named Tivievet is reported as the suspect who fled. Sumbetter, 38, lived in Warren five years after moving from Cleanfield, was a known hunter and taxidermist. He left a wife and two-year-old son, with funeral plans not yet set.
New Castle May 28. Joseph H. Harthind, who resigned Saturday, is named Lawrence County treasurer amid charges of embezzling over $14,000 of county funds as the June term of court nears.
Rycen school district prepares to adopt the 1988-89 tax levy of 20 mills, up one mill from the prior rate, keeping the $5 per capita tax. Special session planned for Thursday at 8 PM to formalize the budget of $162,147 with costs rising due to new regulations in instruction. Only one protest noted to date, and budget inspections drew few visitors.
May 23. Fuhrer Adolf Hitler assured Britain Germany has no plan to march into Czechoslovakia. Hitler sent a trusted aide to London after secret visit rumors, easing world nerves as Czechoslovakia girds its frontiers and major powers press for a peaceful solution amid threats of broader conflict.
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