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The readable text mentions a police patrol start and a September date with reference to a city and a patrolman status. Details are incomplete and names are unclear.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1935
Page
1
The readable text mentions a police patrol start and a September date with reference to a city and a patrolman status. Details are incomplete and names are unclear.
Readable bits describe conversations at Carstairs involving a Miss and a man named Baldwin. The text notes a tense social scene with gossip, delays, and a dinner that sparked discussion. Details are incomplete and several phrases are garbled or missing.
The ninth annual Junior High exhibit opened to over 1,000 spectators with a show titled Ben Voyage featuring solo numbers group singing and dance. More than 150 students participated as standing room ran short and the event drew strong praise. The program will repeat tonight.
Warren police said 20 year old Ray Jutila confessed to killing Mrs Marle Tobin 22 and setting fire to the bed where her nude body was found. The sign statement was released by Police Captain George Salen as the case continued on page seven.
The administration abandoned plans to push railro ad pension legislation this session. Railroads dropped wage demands and kept pay at prior 1984 levels, with total compensation reaching 15 19,225,601 dollars over three years.
Fire of mysterious origin destroyed a large double brood er house on Claude Lictus Farm near Clymer. Five hundred five week old chickens perished while barn and other outbuildings were saved.
Frosts below freezing blanketed Corry and vicinity this morning, the heaviest of the season, damaging flowers and risking fruit. Farmers fear serious nipping of crops as backward growth continues, while warm rains are needed to rescue plantings and meadow progress.
Attorney Charles J Margiotti of Pennsylvania told the American Academy that the 1874 constitution is inadequate and a relic of an earlier era. He urged a new framework with an operating plan on a only-as-you-go basis while debating a revision bill and borrowing limits.
Erie Pennsylvania May 24 The Pittsburgh Synod of the Lutheran church opposed the Sunday movie bill before the state legislature A letter will be sent to Governor George Earle and legislators stating the synod position The 3rd convention closed after a long night session The budget for 1936 will be adopted and operated with strict economy to prevent cost increases
President William Green warned Congress may trigger a general strike if the NRA is not extended for two years. He spoke before the House Ways and Means Committee in New York and urged a broader extension covering all interstate industry to prevent nationwide unrest and potential demonstrations.
The School Board meets Monday night in a special session to set the 1935-36 budget and tax levy. D. A. Hillstrom and C. F. Bermett will draft appropriation recommendations while action on the tax levy and budget is expected that evening. The 18–29 mill levy remains under review with hopes for state aid, and several other items including treasurer and medical inspector elections will be considered.
Harrisburg reports both GOP and Democratic factions in the Pennsylvania House back bills to strip Welfare of penal and corrective duties. Proposals seek to centralize criminal administration by placing prisons reformatories and mental defectives under one agency to better align probation and offender care. Attorney General Margiotti and Gov. Earle support the measure as a reform engine.
Jane Addams will receive her last tribute from Chicago slums where she founded Hull House seven years ago and will be buried in Cedarville Illinois this afternoon. Her body will be taken to the train at 10 a.m. escorted by a parade of the people she aided in the fight against harsh surroundings. Funeral services at 2 30 p.m. in Cedarville will be private and simple.
Premier Mussolini of Italy rejected key points of a compromise peace plan for the Abyssinian crisis after a League of Nations committee meeting. The move threatened to trigger a regional crisis and postpone a June conference on Danubian Balkan security treaties.
County Treasurer Lawrence A Taylor announces a countywide review of all beer license applications and renewals. Investigations will target odd locations and previously noncompliant establishments. renewals may be denied for past year violations. Temporary licenses will be issued pending changes by the legislature, notes whether Corry has submitted applications.
A predawn intrusion at Embert AR Smith’s home on West Columbus Avenue was met by gunfire from the owner. The fleeing robbers dropped a bag with two chickens and escaped toward White Street after the owner retrieved a gun and pursued the scene.
Police report 20 to 30 white Leghorn chickens vanished from Will Dingfelder’s farm just west of Mac’s Inn on Roosevelt Highway during the night. A bag with three chickens was found in the west-end yards. owner could not confirm theft of the others. State police probe ongoing into multiple chicken thefts in the area.
War time vigilance rises as Hawaii braces for a projected air attack by 400 U S Navy planes. Army and Navy units ready to repel the enemy with joint defense plans at Honolulu and surrounding posts. Radios will issue warnings and residents are urged to stay off streets during the simulated assault.
President Herbert Hoover denounced the National Industrial Recovery Act arguing it enforces monopolistic practices through bureaucratic coercion and boycott. He opposed price fixing and labor wage clauses while criticizing enforcement of the NRA and calling for a new definition of liberal and progressive.
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania May 24 a judge held the former Punxsutawney Borough treasurer's bondholders liable for a 42000 shortage in 1931. Judge Frank Graf ordered bondholders to pay the borough 56000 totaling the shortage plus interest. The treasurer T B Mitchell died in Western Penitentiary after a 10 year sentence. The ruling will be appealed.
Three transients ran afoul of law when one troubled a northside store, leading to a jail detention and a roundup. Two others were arrested. one held seven pairs of ladies bloomers from Montgomery Ward. Police plan to escort them to the city boundary with warnings to stay away.
In St Marys Pennsylvania on May 44 Clinton Ostram, 30, was killed when a bakery truck from Olean New York skidded off the highway near Emporium and crashed into Ostram, while driver Howard Gratton may lose the use of an eye. Ostram was rushed to 164 local hospital but died shortly after admission.
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