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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1937
Page
1
Workers at the Ford plant threaten a full work stoppage over terms agreed to be abandoned. UAW officials say all workers are prepared to walk out if concessions are not restored, signaling a potential one day stoppage and labor tension at the factory.
Washington reports the United States will attend the meeting of signatories of a Sino Japanese pact in Brussels on October 30. Norman H. Davis, ambassador at large, to represent the U S with advisers. The Belgian government invited the conference to help end the immediate Sino Japanese conflict.
Two sisters Shirley Waterson and Patricia Waterson, 11 and 7, were killed when their car crashed with a truck carrying steel pipe near Clarion. Their parents Harry and Mrs Waterson, Rimersburg Pennsylvania, were injured and taken to Brookville hospital. A brother and another sister, Jean 7 and Harry Jr. 14, survived. The accident occurred on a curve on the Clarion Rimersburg road. the car struck a National Transit Company track driven by Charles A. Texter of Knox Pennsylvania.
The Salvation Army Advisory Board announced today that the fundraiser in the city has been extended to October 23. The goal is $2.70 per capita and a generous response has aided the drive. Those not solicited may send subscriptions to Army Headquarters or to David A. Hillstrom, chairman, with checks payable to Walter Sweet, treasurer, at Citizens Bank.
United Press reports that Thomas Quigley, 20, who had been sought for three days in connection with the Gramian garage proprietor shooting, was found about 509 yards from his Grampian home. A shotgun lay beside the body. Quigley had been shot through the dose. Bart Shaffer was shot in the legs Tuesday while repairing an automobile in front of the same garage.
Vittor Seri lectured at the Senior High School auditorium as part of the Lyceum course. His talk featured slides of Australia showing cities, animals, and industries. The entertaining and educational event drew a tar sized crowd and concluded with a bright, partly cloudy, warmer Sunday forecast.
United Press reports Chinese authorities claim 50,000 Japanese troops at the vanguard of the North Shamil advance are cut off from supply bases by the Eighth Route Army. The pullback threatens annihilation of the trapped force as the coasted line strains under ongoing combat.
Harrisburg battles over the new Pennsylvania utility act feature a federal court ruling that voids the temporary rate clause used by the Public Utility Commission. The commission seeks Supreme Court review to restore rates as low as five percent, targeting Wolison Light and Power Co. in York as part of the Associated Gas and Electric empire. The move aimed to cut annual revenues by about 435,415 on reported gross receipts of 1.45 million.
Charles Griffin, 24, detained on an open charge after police arrested him in the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Hazen, vice president of Shaw Laundry Co. He appeared intoxicated or drug affected, ransacked two rooms, and grabbed Miss Virginia Wells by the throat before neighbors’ screams drew police. No immediate formal charge filed.
In Itakima Washington Jerry O Keefe aged 37 was questioned by police who said he resembled sketches of the kidnap slayer of 12 year old Charles Mitt son of Tacoma He claimed he once coached football at the University of St Louis and said he knew nothing about the kidnapping He and another man were arrested on a minor charge at Toopen sh grounds
Cincinnati Oct 16 The Rev Henry St George Tucker of Virginia was elected presiding bishop of the Episcopal church at the general convention held here foray-
North Arlington police report a young man confessed to killing a man and a woman in South Paris Maine. Paul Dwyer, 18, claimed Dr G Littlefield and his wife, a Yad Te physician, attacked him after an exam. He said he struck the doctor with a hammer and fled, leaving the bodies.
An auto collision led to a bizarre sequence where a man moved bodies and attempted to involve Mrs Litfield. He called to arrange a meeting with a second Mrs Litfield, implying involvement of her husband. The narrative traces the suspect driving to a railroad station and concealing bodies in a car trunk amid police inquiries. The report notes no fatalities in the accident and references Boston details and arrival in Weilnrsing.
Fragmented report recounts a murder case with Dwyer authorities and witness statements. Mentioned are Mrs Little Held, Ling, and a hammer used in the killing. Narrative jumps between locations in Massachusetts New Jersey and New York with unclear timelines and names.
Britain and France may grant belligerent rights to both sides in Spain after a secret non intervention group meeting. Italy proposes a symbolic withdrawal of volunteers, roughly 5,000 on each side, with Britain and France to decide on freedom of action if the plan fails to aid non intervention. Andre Charles Corbin urged immediate discussion, and Lord Plymouth endorsed the plan.
Oct 16 Tungchang by Pootung burned as Japanese planes attacked from Yants noo airport. Sixty planes moved to Woosung to a new landing field beyond Chinese guns. Artillery duels and shelling reached Shanghai north station area.
Margaret Skillen 27 of Youngstown won a $1000 judgment against her foster parents Mr and Mrs James Skillen of Meadville on grounds of conspiracy to slander and defamation of character. A common pleas court jury returned the verdict after a week of testimony. She sought $20000.
Berlin reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh shows no plan to settle permanently in Germany. Major Truman Smith of the U.S. military, hosting Lindbergh during a Berlin visit, said there was no truth to rumors of an ongoing stay.
Historic Slippery Rock Teachers College dormitory Nori Hall burned, 300 students evacuated as college suspends activities through Wednesday. Fire destroys largest campus building. classes postponed and faculty plans set for continuation.
Harrisburg reports Solar Electric Co serving 1625 Brookville customers complied with a state utility commission order for 11,200 dollars yearly cash revenues. The new schedule removes a 5 cent service charge and introduces a 60 cent minimum charge, affecting about 800 residential users while excluding street lighting.
Traffic on the Buffalo Pillsburgh vision of the Pennsylvania Railroad resumed late yesterday after noon following hours of delay caused by wrecks Thursday and Friday. One incident occurred at Petroleum Center while another between Corry and Spartanside near Lovell's Station. About a thousand feet of rock tore up rails and ballast scattered, requiring thirty new rails and over a hundred new ties. Passenger and freight service detoured via the river branch Oil City to Irvine to Corry. The railroad arranged mail delivery between this city and Oil City including Titusville by special taxi.
Rome dispatch reports Bruno Mussolini, Benito Mussolini's second son, is believed safe after an official Spanish Nationalist communication. The notice notes his status as normally well, with confirmation from Madrid sources dated October 16.
Mrs Lucy W Nims 48 wife of Michigan WPA Director Loury W Nims died by hanging in the basement of their home in Lansing. She had been in poor health for the past six years.
Shanley Henry Construction Company of Erie submitted the lowest bid among eight proposals for two miles of concrete pavement and bridges on the Mill Village highway near Union City. Erie bid $108,299. Work to begin at the South Main street intersection with both forks toward Titusville and Mill Village.
Chicago Ontario state investigators began draining a 12 foot deep clay pit at a yard in hopes of locating Ross a 72 year old man believed abducted three weeks ago. Lieutenant Tom Kelly oversaw the operation as two men were seen near the pit after the car was abandoned on a lonely road.
A Pennsylvania Railroad local passenger train derailed about a mile north of Riegelsville New Jersey injuring five people including one seriously and shaking or lightly injuring about 13 more. In Harrisburg Governor Earle named Francis J Rit of Philadelphia to the state banking board to succeed the late Selp, president of the Lafayette Trust, Easton.
Oct 16 telegrams indicate the Committee Industry Soyganza proposes preliminary talks with the American Federation of Labor to discuss peace with the Live dved eration. The message asks rebel jeauere when theydex-reil it begin the conferences and invites attendance in Pittsburgh. Murray, head of steel workers organizing, heads the Pittsburgh headquarters effort.
Harrisburg report says Bashore and administration expect a special session to approve a minimum wage law covering all workers in interstate industries. Legislation would set wage standards for women and minors and extend protections under the 1927 act, with December 1 as a key deadline.
Navy Harvard opened with zeros as several games listed show 0 to 6 points elsewhere. A pedestrian accident near the Fields News Stand left the Witte child with cuts and bruises but no serious injuries after being struck by Eugene Davis’s car on South Canterbury Street. the incident cut short with the child unharmed beyond minor injuries.
Police were called to assist a East es street resident who became deranged at her home this fore noon. Residents report she attacked family and threw a toaster through a window. Arrangements were being made to remove Mrs. Hansen to Warren State Hospital for treatment after a first serious outburst.
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