28 May 1935
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1935
Page
1
A garbled OCR text appears to describe a Saturday league meeting or event with references to a president and community planning. The readable fragments mention a hall, a league, and a possible rev elit context, but details are unclear and names or dates are not recoverable.
Incomplete OCR yields scattered words and numbers. The readable parts hint at a local notice or brief item but lack coherent details such as names, dates, places, or actions.
The unreadable OCR fragment hints at legal or financial terms but yields no coherent facts. It mentions punitive actions and a future event but lacks names, places, dates, or outcomes to anchor a summary. Unable to determine concrete individuals or organizations from the text provided.
Parents of nine year old George Weyerhaeuser prepare to deal with abductors as a ransom of 200000 remains in effect. A Vancouver tip about a boy matching the child’s description triggers police scrutiny while the Weyerhaeuser family awaits word.
The Rotary club hosted city war organizations at the Hotel Corry for a Memorial Day observance. Officers and veterans from the G A R, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spanish American veterans, and the American Legion attended. Walter Dugan, an employee at the J W and A P Howard Tannery, was injured by a belt break but is expected to recover with no serious eye damage.
Harrisburg May 28 A bill sponsored by Senator Joseph Ziesenheim to require the state pay the entire minimum salaries of elementary school teachers with restrictions on real estate taxes passed finally by the state senate. The measure won 47 to 1 with Senator Harry Shapiro of Philadelphia dissenting.
Absence of several board members forced postponement of the school directors special meeting. The session tonight will set the 1935 tax assessments and adopt the 1935 36 budget, with code deadlines to close the month. Committee recommendations on the figure are expected from Hillsrom and Bennett.
Tulsa report says executives of major oil firms see better than even odds the oil industry will keep operating under NRA regulations. Pittsburgh dispatch notes Aluminum Company of America instructs plant superintendents to continue under NRA guidelines.
John Duvall former cashier of Citizens National Bank of Mouessen faced trial after charges that he misapplied funds and falsified records. A federal judge delivered a 45 minute charge before jurors began deliberations at 2:19 p.m. in the Mouessen case.
Harrisburg May 28 The House refused to concur in Senate amendments to the constitutional revision bill, triggering a conference committee from both chambers. The measure, already passed by the Senate with drastic changes, would ask a referendum on calling a constitutional convention and cap state borrowing at 50 million dollars, with delegates elected at large from congressional districts.
New York May 28 Harper Sibley the new president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States called for no immediate changes to wage schedules in light of the Supreme Court NRA decision. He urged all members and constituent groups to maintain existing scales until further notice.
In Gallender Ontario on May 28 United Press reports a large turnout at a church gathering marking the first birthday of the quintuplets born to a single mother. The story notes the global observance of the milestone and references the babies born from a single pregnancy, with continued coverage on page seven.
Harrisburg May 28 The Senate final passes two measures easing the 1794 Sunday blue laws. One referendum on Sunday pole and another for tennis gained 28 to 19 and 67 to 21 respectively, moving to the House. Other items include horse racing plans and Sunday movies referendums, with a cosmetics sales tax proposal introduced in the House by Rep John E Brown from Washington, proposing a one cent tax per dollar and a five dollar annual license. The tax would run for two years.
In Harrisburg on May 28 a bill by Senator Alonzo Batchelor and Beaver Republic seeks to replace the administration’s 1815 workmen’s compensation liberalization with a plan that would maintain weekly ranges of 7 to 15 dollars under present law while the administration proposes 12 to 25 dollars. An amendment would include volunteer fire and other employees of political subdivisions under the act. Senator Desmonil traveled to New York City for a brief stay.
Clarence Darrow writes that after a rushed study of the Supreme Court ruling striking down NRA codes the New Deal is doomed. He argues the recovery program has no hope of survival despite efforts by Roosevelt and congressional leaders.
Merchants circulate a petition calling for no parking on Center street from South to Franklin on Saturdays holidays or preholiday days. The plan, presented at the Golden Fall club dinner in the Norton building, West Main Street, gained broad merchant approval with one noted exception. Adam Boyd of Union City urged cooperation to draw trade into the city and emphasized advertising as a key to reaching buyers.
Meadville Pa May 28 19 year old Mia Anna Shellenberger faces a postponed trial for allegedly slaying her husband Joseph 24 at their home near Meadville. She is charged with the jealousy motive connected to his mother. The trial is rescheduled to next Tuesday. The husband was shot while asleep.
United Press reports three unanimous Supreme Court rulings that challenged New Deal plans and wealth redistribution efforts. The decisions struck down NIRA, limited Roosevelt’s powers over independent agencies, and defended private entitlements amid broader political and economic implications.
The court held Congress exceeded its constitutional powers by delegating undefined authority to the President to promulgate codes of fair competition with the force of law. The decision restrains federal intrusion into intrastate commerce and underscores states rights amid the Roosevelt era. Continued on page eighty.
A new strike flare at Republic Steel subsidiaries in Canton Ohio left two injured as gunfire hit a worker and a bystander near the National Army plant gate. Police guarded barricaded streets as leaders of the union urged a sympathy walkout affecting about 6,000 workers across two plants following earlier riots at Berger Manufacturing.
Harrisburg May 8 Bills to levy 2 cent tax on checks and raise gasoline tax 1 cent per gallon were favorably reported to the Senate hour without amendments by the finance committee. The $60 million per year revenue program would yield about $14 million annually with $11 million from the gasoline tax and $9 million from the check tax. The bills have passed the house. Seven other tax bills have cleared both houses as part of the 10 point program.
Sen L E Chapman of Warren introduced a bill to end the primary system for party nominations and move to conventions for selecting state office candidates. Sen Frank J Harris of Allegheny offered a joint resolution to amend the state constitution to allow absentee voters to participate in elections.
Washington on May 28 reports dazed New Dealers under President Roosevelt scramble to salvage the NRA after the Supreme Court outlawed its chief device. House Democrats anticipate some continuation, while bills face long delays and sharp political taunts. Leaders warn of continued uncertainty as administration shifts to stabilize the economy and address institutional weaknesses exposed by the crisis.
Pearl Buck, novelist and former misanminey, plans a swift Reno divorce. She resides in Nevada and was reportedly granted a divorce today. Frank Swart of Corry died at home this afternoon, with funeral services scheduled for Friday at 2 PM in Spring Creek Cemetery.
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