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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1939
Page
1
A two year inquiry into Pennsylvania oil industry ended with no regulatory recommendations. The 1928 Joint Investigating Commission urged further inquiry and additional funding, noting the industry’s complexity and need for comprehensive reform and oversight.
The board spent over three hours in budget discussion in a special meeting and executive session. They renewed a $10 000 note at the National Bank and Trust Company for five months, with a related $208.32 interest voucher. A final budget vote and tax levy decision set for Monday evening aim to limit increases amid local opposition and real estate burdens. Mrs. E C Barnes is expected to return to participate.
In Portsmouth New Hampshire Alfred G Prien of San Francisco a Squalus machinist mate testified at the rescue inquiry that the control board lights indicated all valves were shut when the submarine began to sink linking to the main air induction valve failure claim.
The Roosevelt Highway Association of Pennsylvania will hold a mid year meeting in Warren to discuss promoting Route 6 through Corry and cross country traffic. Items include publicizing Route 6, handling traffic concerns during construction, and eliminating detours. Local director Edwin Borstortz leads the Corry delegation with former president CF Frown.
A Harrisburg Internal Affairs release shows Erie County collected 155 838 on the four‑mill personal property tax in 1938 versus 166 831 in 1987. The state total excluding the four mills but listing county taxes was 12 000 307 last year, down about 8 million due to securities value shrinkage with neighboring counties posting varied sums such as Crawford 56 048 and Venango 240 264.
New York state health officials trace the Ripley smallpox outbreak to a truck driver who travels between Surs-Gane and Cleveland. The disease is present in four Chautauqua County towns Ripley Sherman Westfield and Mina with 18 cases in Ripley. Weather tonight and Sunday forecasts remain warm.
Babson argues labor and social laws threaten jobs, industry, and prices. He contends taxes and protections stifle prosperity and that 60 percent of job losses since 1986 stem from these measures, citing a coal mine executive’s warning.
The article quotes Babson denouncing funds set aside for depletion and criticizing government union labor requirements. It notes Mine operators say they cannot profitably operate under present rules and warn of layoff or shutdown if forced to pay high payroll contributions and support union strikes. Concludes with reflections on Wagner Act debates among voters.
About 10 000 miners from the anthracite region head toward Harrisburg to protest the Kane bill as lawmakers rush main items in the legislature. State patrolmen and motor police reinforce the capitol to handle possible disorders while mining leaders plan demonstrations at 4 pm EDT.
Navy experts from Washington outline a plan to raise the sunken submarine Squalus and the 26 crewmen off the Atlantic coast. Comdr. A. R. McCann and Al McKee will supervise to attach hose lines and use air to expel water and restore buoyancy. McCann, inventor of the diving bell used in prior retrievals, notes this method as the quickest and safest.
London reports a plan for a European security front with France and possibly Poland to counter Soviet power. Britain regards the united front as nearly complete though Moscow’s agreement to a mutual aid pact influences diplomatic leverage.
Tanien Liddy of 40 Cascade Street died this afternoon at 12 42 at Corry Hospital after admission in May His complete obituary will appear Monday
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on May 27 a bootleg coal miner named Hubert Galligan, 38, was trapped 75 feet below the surface by a cavern in Locust Mountain. Rescue teams from Care Baxter Kennedy, Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron, and I Robert Bazley Contracting formed a major effort to drive a line for food and medical supplies after wall tappings established contact at 7:45 a.m. local time.
Pennsylvania publishers and editors gathered in SMATD College on May 27 to hear about advertising trends. George A. Anderson of the Canonsburg Notes and J G Shatton of the Avon Herald were honored at a banquet. Reporters noted about 80 percent of subscribers read classified pages and that newspaper advertising remains more popular than radio or magazine ads.
Rev. Carl L. Idlott announces the annual Memorial Day field mass at St Elizabeth's Cemetery Tuesday morning at o'clock. Veterans groups including Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion Spanish American War veterans and allied auxiliaries are urged to attend.
Frits Kuhn president of the German American Bund and head of U S Nazis was booked in police court in New York on charges of forgery and stealing nearly $14 000 from the Bund. He was arrested by agents of District Attorney Thomas B Dewey. Florence Perking of Niagara Falls visited Emma Linscott of West Plugs with her sister Clara Pettingill.
Harrisburg May 27 The Dairymen League Co operative Association held a major session in Grange Hell Prilay eve nt. Delegates elected eight directors to the parent association and named Mr and Mrs Ivay Hutch as delegates with alternates Mr and Mrs Harry Kimmy. County officials and local students won prizes in contests. The meeting reviewed the General Sales Committee and dairy legislation prospects.
Dr Charles Horsace Mayo famed surgeon dies in Minnesota after eight day illness in Chicago. He built a hospital into a world renowned clinic with the Mayo Foundation, pioneering nervous-system surgery and cataract work and performing hundreds of brain ear nose throat and abdominal operations.
Police found a well-dressed woman about 45 years old in a reservoir near Smock, seven miles from Uniontown. Detectives stated there were no identifying marks or means to confirm her identity, and the body appeared to have been in the water for some time.
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