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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1932
Page
1
Ruth Lat farm notes show dust issues and farm activity with unclear context. Names and locations are fragmented, suggesting a local update or notice. Further readable details needed to provide a precise summary.
An unclear report notes Kane and Pitts involved in a game or event with a disputed outcome. Details are fragmented but indicate a tie or stalemate amid a local contest. No precise dates or venues are readable.
United Press reports mixed Western reaction to Roosevelt’s recent tour as voters show discontent with economic conditions. Roosevelt gains in North and South Dakota, New Mexico, Colorado, while Hoover leads in Montana Utah Wyoming Nevada Idaho with close races in several states.
Samuel Insull resists surrender of his passport as Irish exile looms. Passport visit noted in Crewe with Greek officials expected to regulate papers. Loss of passport could threaten imprisonment or deportation under international controls.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation will advance funds to aid agriculture by financing exports of surplus crops. It plans to finance sale of 15,000,100 bushels of wheat to China through the Partners National Bank and the Federal Farm Board sponsored cooperative. Loans may also go to exporting firms and possibly to foreign collateral as security. Europe, South America and the Orient are cited as potential markets. A special crop export loan division will be established to handle these loans.
United Press reports Washington notes a new push to fund prohibition enforcement as the Hoover budget aims for December relief. A small dry minority seeks to block enforcement via appropriations while some expect a larger fight over beer revenue and Volstead-era costs in the next fiscal year.
Corry Grange No 6h WL meets in regular session Saturday at 8 o clock sharp. A short business portion and a program follow with opening song Beautiful Grange a call One Thing the Grange has done for sae discussion Why every farmer should join the grange open meeting led by George Akam reading Mrs Harry Kimmey. A solo and further discussions on why every Grange should have a degree team opened by Mr Faulkenbure. All Grangers urged to attend.
Pittsburgh judge Frank J. Palterasa at a Columbus Day banquet blamed citizen apathy for crime, saying there is no wave but a steady ebb and flow. He urged honest use of the franchise to remedy the situation and urged citizens to act on crime prevention.
Armistice mediation of the gas rate dispute aims to readjust charges before winter. Corry city solicitor Blaine Kincaid will represent Corry. Harrisburg Public Service Commission will hear municipal and gas company counsel. Cities seek a fifty cent per thousand cubic feet cut matching 1919 levels. company response unspecified. Officials expect quick progress toward settlement, with possible retroactive tariff to refund homeowners if approved.
Reading Pa October 13 Rev Dar rington R Kulp president of the Berks County Prison Board ordered William Abbott Witman to investigate conditions at the new county jail. Witman the prison board solicitor is to conduct the probe after hours of discussion and amid charges involving prison employees inspectors and county officials. Warden Dilford Dry charged Miss Archer conspired to frame him by arranging two state police at the prison farm to stop a trusty from freeing the jail on September 30.
Clifford's revue opens a three day engagement at the West South street theatre today. The twenty five person troupe is the largest seen here since the Singers Midgets, featuring vaudeville acts including limblers jugglers musicians and other entertainers.
Ottawa report outlines a sweeping shift as Canada moves to revoke most favored national trade terms with the United States. The plan aims to reduce farm and industrial exports by adjusting duties and schedules, expanding restrictions on iron, agricultural products, chemicals, auto parts, and canned goods. Officials say the measure, tied to Smoot-Hawley era anxieties, shifts business toward British interests and other partners, with a timetable announced for a new schedule to take effect.
Three people are dead and a fourth seriously wounded after a violent incident in Connellsville Pennsylvania. Police are interviewing relatives of victims Mrs. Harden 63 and her daughter Mrs. Presser 28, and Sadie Thomas 18 who died at Connelsville State Hospital. Billy 9 remains in hospital with injuries not yet improving. Police plan to question Philip Ronda 48 Clyde Harden and Ronda daughters Rose 17 and Margaret 16 as possible suspects. A fingerprint expert will inspect bloodstains at the Harden home.
The Williamsport Kiwanis club heard a full report on the Pennsylvania Kiwanis convention in Williamsport presented by Dr A Rees. Rev Gilbert L Boyd spoke on The Significance of Nomen. Lloyd Meerdink joined the club and will handle averages and bowling publicity. Ray Gree reported opening league results. A nominating committee was named and a straw vote on the presidential election was announced for next week.
Smith announced an eastern speaking program for the Democratic tickets with a first address at Tammany Hall on October pth and other dates including Newark October 24 and Boston October 29. A separate item notes Mae Went, aka Mond Gil, robbed of $15,000 in travel and a $400 purse by a bandit on September 27 while in a parked car.
Report from Grand Island Nob showing a band of armed robbers using women as shields. Two photographers were ordered to stand near the line of fire while the offenders fled the scene. Heightened tension sent residents scrambling as authorities searched the block for the assailants.
United Press reports two men Allen W. August and George T. Clarke were jailed for kidnapping Wall Street broker John Russell Therne's son. After demanding 29 000 and 25 000, police hunted across New York. the boy was released after suffering confusion, aided by a passerby who directed him home.
Worth Hammond, candidate for State Assembly from the Third District, and Norbert Witsgerald spoke to a well attended gathering in Conward township town hall last evening. About fifty residents from the township and city heard issues affecting farmers, including puri and construction, taxation, and rural property. The meeting was one of several planned by Hammond’s campaign in the district.
The Illinois mines near Hewittville and Langleyville faced heavy picket action as guardsmen and troops moved in. A miner named Claude Gillespie driving an Automobile was shot at, shattering a windshield during a confrontation. About 4,000 workers and women were driven away from the district by troops after the pickets defied guardsmen orders. Pickets later returned in strength, while political campaign offices in the area closed to prevent mine gatherings.
Hoover unexpectedly meets a 12 member Bonus Army delegation led by Captain Hoke Smith at the White House. The group delivers a petition denouncing Hoover’s role in the July eviction, and Walter Newton facilitates the two minute audience. General Hines accompanies Hoover as the petition is presented.
Garland Calif Oct 16 veteran aviator Vance announced plans for another transcontinental flight in a radioed flying wing plane with eight minor changes. He took off from Oakland yesterday aiming for New York but returned late in the afternoon, saying rerigging the tail was unnecessary.
Athens dispatch cites a communist revolt reported in southern Bulgaria in October 1943. Aerial and ground clashes disrupted daily life as authorities claimed to quell the outbreak, with authorities warning against further unrest and promising decisive action.
Fifteen men were injured two seriously when a section of the Los Angeles aqueduct shafted them into a 300 foot drop at Grapevine Canyon near Mojave. Workers were painting a mine shaft pipe. one fell, pulling others down as they slid into the pit. Rescued workers were taken to Los Angeles for treatment.
Reporting from the county board of commissioners, Mrs. Helen Schluraff stated support for adding the Lindsey Hollow road stretch to the Ute 3 improvement program under the State Highway Department. District officials were informed of heavy demand for the upgrade and paving is likely approved soon, with changes favoring a Wilh township project replacing the Darrow’s Corners route.
In Malad Idaho on October 13 Senator William Borah refused to back Hobyer for reelection and said no candidate is fit for public office unless they clearly state views on the soldier bonus before election. Though not named, the remark targeted Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Democratic nominee, amid a heated campaign and interview remarks about the bonus.
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