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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1935
Page
1
A garbled report outlines a ten year park contract negotiation with Connell and a 39 dollar figure. It notes December action and a prior year focus on plans and ordinances. The fragment hints at municipal procedures and a budget element.
About 200 workers on WPA road projects between Corry and Beaverdam advance road widening and drainage. Crews on Columbus avenue improve the street to the city line while others extend to Kinsey’s Corners and Beaverdam, with plans for a six to eight inch gravel top this fall. The effort aims to have the Beaverdam route blacktopped early next spring.
Rome November 21 Approximately 100000 soldiers in Mussolini million man army will receive furloughs of months to strengthen Italy defense and boost agriculture and industrial output. Heads of families and primary earners will be among first included in furloughs. The decree will reduce mobilized forces by one sixth in metropolitan Italy and save the treasury about 1,000,000 lire per day.
United Press reports Cairo authorities opened fire into a mob attempting to enforce a general strike. One man wounded. Clash centered near the opera house as police tried to quell protests linked to riots and anti British government sentiment. Students led the strike movement, threatening bazaar keepers if they did not join.
Police in San Francisco sought a man in Chicago for questioning over packaged death baking soda that killed three and sickened 21. Eight new arsenic poisoning cases were reported as authorities continued the hunt.
Washington reports the Republican national committee calls its members to meet December 16 to choose a convention city and directs 16 industrialists bankers and lawyers to supervise fundraising against the New Deal. Chairman Henry P. Pletcher shifts to draft convention plans amid Democratic inaction until January. William B. Bell leads the GOP finance committee seeking funds to oppose the New Deal and cover legitimate campaign costs.
New York November 21. Protest over foreign steel and concrete in federally financed projects leads to canceling a 20000 dollar order of German pilings for the Triborough Bridge. Jones and Laughlin of Pittsburgh won the substitute American bid about 25 percent higher. Woodcrest Construction, owner of the order, cited lack of American mill rolls for the required weight and noted the pilings were a small part of a 4.578 million contract.
Edmond M Tol argues in Cincinnati that the national labor relations board had already decided on Wheeling Steel Corp. charges before the formal hearing. He acts as counsel for the workers and for the company union, challenging the timing of the board's ruling.
Large crowds are expected for two showings of a three act operetta Peter Rabbit at the Junior High tonight and tomorrow evening. Sponsored by the Corry Parent Teachers Association for the eighth annual health fund benefit. The program starts at 7 40 with the Senior High orchestra opening. The curtain was donated by the city's Parent and Teachers Council.
Evanston Nov 21 The youthful Northwestern University assistant professor Malcolm Dole aged 32 revealed a breakthrough in atomic weights asserting that a basic measurement of the universe’s element quantity dominates over water. The discovery unsettles the chemists’ table on atomic weights and is described as beyond doubt.
The Pennsylvania Public Service Commission asked three federal agencies the SEC the Federal Power Commission and the Federal Trade Commission to obtain data from Associated Gas and Electric Company affiliates. The move follows a denial to guarantee voluntary access to AG and E records outside Pennsylvania.
City groups and municipal authorities pressed for a patrol unit in Corry as part of a reorganization plan. The setup, confirmed by Artur Cote grove citing secretary of revenue Harry Kalodner, aims to place a small patrol detail here soon once personnel are available, improving rapid response to accidents and traffic control.
United Press reports Harrisburg on November 21 that Republican National Chairman Henry P. Fletcher praised brighter prospects for a Republican victory next year while declining to name a presidential candidate to challenge Franklin D Roosevelt. He said he is neutral and does not back any national figure, noting rising Republican sentiment and readiness to act. Fletcher cited party activity and anticipated strong 1936 results in Pennsylvania as proof.
Donald Patterson, 22, is confined to his home at 222 Worth Street under quarantine with erysipelas believed to stem from injuries in a traffic accident. His condition is serious as the disease can have severe outcomes. Eight mumps cases are also under quarantine but not alarming. authorities note a slow weekly rise with no major outbreak.
Vera Stretz the honey blonde art student charged with murdering German financier Dr Fritz Gebhardt appeared in homicide court for a preliminary. A crowd of more than 500 tried to glimpse her as she arrived in a Winter coat. The magistrate dismissed the affidavit and her plea was deferred until tomorrow due to Judge Rosalsity’s illness.
Attorney General David T. Wilentz of New Jersey filed a brief with the Supreme Court opposing Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s petition. He argued the court should act after the recess, enabling a decision around December 10. Hauptmann claimed his trial was unfair and the proceedings were a circus.
Pittsburgh Coal Company the nation’s largest independent bituminous producer filed an injunction suit against the Guffey coal control act in Pittsburgh. Amice Frese reports the action seeks to block the act’s enforcement, signaling a major legal challenge by a leading energy firm.
Port officials believe American government stance will bar shipments to Italian forces invading Ethiopia as the freighter Oregon sits idle at San Pedro. Its crew refuses to sail while 36,000 drums of aviation gasoline lie aboard for Italian war planes in Africa.
Local residents will be filmed for a novice moving picture to be staged December 17 under Kiwanis Club auspices. A plot will be chosen by the Ivanis club. cast selection and practice details are being mapped. A joint play will accompany the picture. final arrangements expected soon. Roy Goltz spoke on gasoline at Hotel Worry before 33 members. G. C. Gladfelder of Girard attended.
London dispatch notes Japan fears closer England and United States ties at the naval conference. British diplomats link Tokyo's postponement of separating five northern provinces from central government in Nanking to avoid broader alliance. Tokyo denies official sanction, saying Maj. Gen. Kenji Do-nara led talks without government blessing.
Geneva reports league leaders may meet November 24 to consider a plan to embargo oil coal iron and steel to paralyze wartime industry. Portugal's Jose De Vasconcelos chairs the league general staff and led consultations with member nations. In Africa Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa as Italian reconnaissance flights skirt Harar. In London seizers of British assets in Italy are hinted as a broad sanction step.
Harrisburg November 21 The pardon board heard final pleas from county officials elect for clemency Samuel Frenchmore Erie County judge designate seeks commutation for a 1928 robbery sentence from 10 to 20 years A prior clemency petition was denied. District Attorney designate John Risxt Reading represented two Berks clients Sterling Lee jailed December 1930 for felonious entry with 15 years minimum and George A. Riehm sentenced November 1928 for assault and battery and given up to 19 years.
Markets at a glance show stocks fractionally higher led by rail shares with Chicago listings up. Grains rise with wheat and corn modestly higher while cotton nears seasonal highs and currency markets show sterling steadiness. Call money edges down to 2 percent as rubber prices firm.
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