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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
1
The readable fragments reference a 9. Miss library item and a sale action with figures like 7 and wage terms. Names and places are unclear, leaving partial details about a local event or notice without full context or dates.
A partial read mentions Lt. and a field, referencing a live event involving individuals. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR, but the note points to a local scene with names and a possible field activity.
Columbus High School prepares for a week of events ending June 1 with class night exercises, a vesper service May 28, and commencement. Dr. A E Randell to deliver the commencement address titled Building America's Future. The program includes class night scenes, a one act play, and a diploma presentation by Principal M S Bonney.
Public Utility Commission Chairman Denia T. Driscoll warned in Harrisburg that the $1 400 000 appropriation for commission operation for 1939 41 will greatly curtail necessary proceedings in important rate cases The amount is $400 000 less than Gov Arthur H James recommended and is a substantial cut compared with the last biennium If enacted the cut could halve the commission s activities especially investigations in rate cases
United Press reports that a federal jury in Pittsburgh convicted James Murray, 52, Chicago labor union official, after a 25 minute deliberation, on charges of participating in the $117,000 robbery of the People's Notion game at Clintonville.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured southern Saskatchewan en route to Regina for a civic reception and air show. Thousands of Americans and Canadian students lined the route while a U S Army bombing planes squadron prepared an air derby demonstration. The king pledged eternal peace with the United States and praised resolving differences without force.
Kiwanis club at the Hotel Corry heard a beautification plan for approaches to Corry with a committee chaired by Walter Peake. A plan for a plonie ground was proposed and location details will follow. Crawford M. Woods reported progress from the newly organized 4-H club here.
United Press reports in Philadelphia on May 25 that three of 29 defendants in an arsenic murder-for-insurance ring pleaded guilty to charges that could lead to the electric chair. Seven others, including three alleged arsenic widows, pled not guilty.
Harrisburg May 25 The Snyder bill shifting milk price setting from the state Milk Control Commission to dairymen cleared the House 122 to 56 and moved to the Senate for final enactment. It would base producer prices on marketing areas with a 65 percent dairymen vote after hearings while existing commission orders hold until at least 25 percent of area production petitions for hearings. Opposition led by Rep Herbert Cohen claimed sabotage of state milk control, citing New York and court rulings. supporters cited a Massachusetts precedent upheld by courts.
A fog bound midnight collision on East Columbus Avenue involved Forest L. Kester driving a Chevrolet and Fred Payre of Cleveland at 8085 St Clair Avenue. Front of Kester car and rear of the truck sidewiped. Estimated damage about 150 dollars to the car and 40 to the truck. State patrol investigated.
Washington May 25 The relief committee planned to send investigators to West Virginia to examine documentary evidence of an international Jewish conspiracy alleged by a fascist advocate. George Deatherage heir of the Knights of the Whits Camellias testified he had two tons of such documents dated in the hills of West Virginia and offered access to agents.
Dispatches report Japan declaring a blockade of shipping along the Chinese coast in opposition to Allied liners halted and boarded by Japanese warships. British and French vessels faced protests as Tokyo argues this step is to cut war supplies to Chinese forces while Britain contemplates escorting ships in Chinese waters. In Curitba Brazil a German reserve captain and a German colonization society HQ were raided over alleged dual activities tied to opposing the U S Latin America policy. A purported plot in Argentina involving Nazi elements is noted amid regional tensions.
Erie county Democratic committee approves changes to Concord and East Wayne township personnel. Appointments include Cyril A. Skil in Concord and Charles L. Borstorff in Wayne township East district, succeeding local incumbents.
Trances Maher of Kane Pennsylvania was elected state regent of the Catholic Daughters of America Pennsylvania unit at the 14th biennial convention held here.
Paula Cook, a 17 year old known as a “bad boy,” confessed to fatally shooting Ralph Smith and his wife Corn Cook and their son Meanor in their Beaver County home. The trio, found with pellet wounds in their bedroom, were killed as they slept. Paula faces murder arraignment yesterday after the confession.
A near new Greyhound Travel Station at the former Mac's Inn site west of the Stali Hatchery on Roosevelt highway is slated to open by June. The project, a major rebuilding with an investment around 100000 dollars, includes new facilities, a cafeteria, dining room, and a filling station. Major contracts went to local tradesmen, with completion aimed for regular stops by opening day.
Harold M Brest 27 of Sharon Pa was ordered confined for trial in federal court on charges of robbing a Volant Pa bank two years after a judgment previously deemed invalid. The case proceeds as Brest seeks to clear his record.
A woman and her husband linked to a multi state auto theft ring are under arrest in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The suspect, Mrs Charles R McMurray 28, was seized with stamps plates open titles blank bills of sale and notary seals used to move stolen cars. The investigation spanned three years and involved state and federal authorities.
A grim account from 33 survivors of the Squalus submarine detailing a deadly 40 fathoms deep dive in the Atlantic. Divers went down after the wreck as 26 men perished, with Navy officials citing slim chances of life and highlighting the courage of crew and rescue divers.
United Prove SCRANTON, May Penny? vania Major Federation President Joh A. Hupp Allentown urged delegates to adopt a more militant stand to achieve objectives while preserving the federation’s non political charter.
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