Pedestrian Incident Reported Near Erie Office
A brief local item notes a pedestrian incident near a city office in Erie. No further details on injuries or exact location are provided.
05 Nov 1935
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1935
Page
1
A brief local item notes a pedestrian incident near a city office in Erie. No further details on injuries or exact location are provided.
Federal aid highway plan announced by Secretary Warren Van Dyke covers 211 projects statewide with 9,347,798 in federal funds. The program includes 430 miles of highway work and 7,000,000 man-hours of labor, with construction, widening, drainage, and roadside beautification among the tasks.
ERIE Pa Nov 5 The local fishing industry faced a strike that disrupted operations for about 100 fishermen and 80 workers after operators cut the price paid to fishermen from five to four cents a pound to compete with Canadian boats paying tee cents a pound. Each cooperative host pays wages based on each man’s share of the catch, and unusually large hauls have kept boats bringing in full loads for the first time in years.
Stanley Forces, district governor of the 20th Rotary district in Brantford Ontario, paid an official visit and shared entertaining tales about by law changes at the national conference in New Mexico. He stressed club work with youth and presented helpful facts during his message. Twenty one members attended the luncheon meeting and program.
Washington November reports that Comptroller General John FR McCarl allocated 6,901.88 to 21 state Works Progress Administrators to initiate new work relief employment programs from a 377,84,908 list. State allocations include Pennsylvania 170,956 dollars.
New York reports the body of Charles Sherwi, a King-pin racketeer allied with the Dutch Schultz gang, found in a lime-filled grave near Monticello. The discovery follows the disappearance of Bo Weinberg and Sherman weeks earlier as Schultz and three gangsters faced assassination in Newark.
Rome reports Italians observe first meatless day as six months of Tuesday shop closures aim to conserve resources for the Ethiopian campaign. Public sentiment touches potential conflict with Great Britain amid ongoing war and tension with the League of Nations. Student protests are mild.
Philadelphia November 5 Isaac Sutton state director of the National Youth Administration announced more than 6 000 students in Pennsylvania’s 80 colleges and universities will soon receive government checks. He said high school students no longer must come from relief families to participate and that federal aid may be the only way to continue their education. Over 500 high school students in Philadelphia receive 6 dollars per month for up to 18 hours of work under Arthur H Loeb NYA Philadelphia area director who oversees Philadelphia Delaware Montgomery Chester and Bucks counties.
Washington November 5. Comptroller J F T O Connor issued a national bank call demanding a statement of condition for all banks as of November 1. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System also issued a call for the condition of all Federal Reserve member banks as of November 1.
Two Youngsville women, Mrs Eva Brady and her sister Mrs Mary Jackson, remained unconscious with serious injuries after a late Monday crash on the Titusville Union City Highway near Riceville. Mrs Brady is listed with possible skull fracture and internal injuries. Mrs Jackson with possible internal injuries and skull fracture. Also injured: Michael Brady, husband of Eva, cut and bruised. Fred Holman, two broken ribs and fractured collarbone. Steve Dylewski, bruises and cuts. The condition of both women was critical. other victims reported non life threatening injuries. Continued on Page Hight.
Youngstown Ohio police hunt five bandits who robbed a payroll from Mullins Manufacturing and shot a banker, Herman Stratton, near Beloit. Stratton remains in critical condition at Salem City Hospital with a forehead wound. the $25,000 payroll was being moved from the post office to Farmers National Bank.
The steamer Edward Townsend from Buffalo struck the north channel pier while seeking shelter in Presque Isle Bay. The vessel freed itself as morning gale subsided at 7:30 AM and proceeded to local docks. damage described as not serious.
Atlanta November 5 Governor Eugene Talmadze of Georgia will be named on the ballot in the Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, Mayor William N McNair of Pittsburgh said he would see to it.
Stanley Graham 31 of North East Pennsylvania, a Slippery Rock Teachers College freshman, died when a motorcycle overturned near Corry. His brother John, a college senator, was bruised but could not recount the crash. Sons of Squire Gus Graham of North East, they were well known locally and summered at Findley Lake, leaving many shocked friends.
Harrisburg November 5 Voters from a record list of 4 300 000 county holders crowded municipal polling places in 7 56 Pennsylvania precincts electing two Supreme Court justices and a slate of county and local officers. The contest for the high bench was seen as a formality with major party nominees assured under constitutional provisions. Justice H Edgar Barnes and Horace Stern were the new justices chosen for 21 year terms. The race featured Republican incumbent Jesse E B Cunningham opposing Democrat Robert L Myers Jr.
Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn announced he would resign after the 1936 Ontario Legislature session due to fatigue and worry from heart ailment bronchial trouble and high blood pressure. He leaves today for Arizona for a lengthy rest and will advise the Liberal association of his intention to resign as premier and relinquish Liberal leadership.
Election returns will be available at the Journal this evening as usual. Split ticket voting may slow results but complete local totals are expected by 8:30 p.m. Readers can call Journal-phone No. 50 for updates. County bulletins will be issued all night and a street election extra will follow as each county result is confirmed. Returns will be announced from the Rex theatre stage at intervals.
Corry civic groups including the Golden Rule Club urged establishment of a highway patrol station in Corry. The plan, likely two patrolmen, enjoys broad local support and petitions to state and county authorities. A local station would aid motorists by reducing response times and curbing speeding on surrounding roads.
Pittsburgh based report states an unknown man ended his life today by leaping from the South Tenth Street bridge into the Monongahela. Tony Leon witnessed the act, heard a splash, and police divers searched the river but did not immediately recover the body.
William M. Denison, long identified with local schools, resigns as deputy superintendent of public instruction and director of the bureau of professional licensing, effective December 1. Lester K. Ade, state superintendent, announced the move after Denison’s four-year tenure in the post beginning in 1911 as state inspector of high schools. The Brie Neckwear Company plant, with 140 workers, will not relocate to Farrell, Pa, despite efforts by the company president Sam Farkas.
Anam Florida area report notes a tropical storm that battered the Florida coast and crossed to the Gulf of Mexico. It caused injuries, missing persons, and property loss while shipping advisories urged caution as the storm’s center potentially reached hurricane strength. Three fishermen were later found near Soldier Key, with others still feared in the storm area.
Moscow dispatch reports continuing Japan Soviet border clashes along the Siberia Manchukuo frontier with both sides blaming the other for shootings through October. Japan argues the line is ill defined while the Soviet position denies border questions exist. Notes exchanged November 6 reveal disagreement over who fired first and where clashes occurred on Soviet soil.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., Harvard junior and son of the president, won a $1,000 damage suit against Malden necktie manufacturer Tim Higman Barlow. District Judge Emma Full Shotletd awarded the damages after findings that injuries occurred in an automobile collision on April 26 involving Roosevelt and a listing of the Roosevelts in Malden.
Heavy morning voting in the county and municipal election, with 1,000 to 1,200 ballots cast by noon amid split tickets. Four candidates vie for two city council posts while a close mayoral race and county contests loom, and polling will close at seven tonight with returns likely early.
Rio de Janeiro reports the Air France final plane from Bahia to Maceio disappeared yesterday with four crew aboard and all were killed when it crashed near Bahia. Seventeen bags of mail were recovered. In New Castle Pennsylvania, Tease G Moore, 68, died from injuries when his car overturned on Buller Road. W F Watson suffered minor injuries.
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