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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1932
Page
1
Earl Varren in a general role completed a walk event titled Three Ron Along Short Walk led by Levine. The report notes the effort and sponsor names connected to the event.
Prohibition officers, led by Chief Ruppersburger and Patrolman Brown under Mayor England, raided the Commercial hotel run by James Titus. They found hard liquor and beer, Titus arrested on city ordinance charges, later fined with costs. Federal agents had seized Titus two weeks earlier and he awaits grand jury action in March. City notices to close bootleg operations were reported, as raids continue amid public complaints about speakeasies.
Authorities traced 67 spikes removed from an inside track on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Athens four miles west of town where President Hoover's special passed earlier. Miners Tsna¢ Van Dyke and a companion found spikes scattered on a 40 foot embankment as railway officials noted angle irons kept rails in place. A rider questioned in Chillicothe was released.
Three people died when their airplane crashed near Here today in Moorseville Missouri. The dead include Edward H. Byards, 45, of Charlotte the pilot Lars Padgett, 42 and his daughter Eileen, 19 of Lincolntown. The pilot reportedly became trapped in the flame and crashed during an attempt to land. The crash caused multiple fatalities and is under investigation by local authorities.
Governor Franklin D Roosevelt tours New England on a vigorous campaign through Maine and surrounding states to bolster Democratic gains. He starts at Groton School in Massachusetts with sons Franklin Jr and John, plans stops in Newburyport Beverly and Portland, then campaigns in Boston and later Rhode Island and Connecticut before returning to Hyde Park.
Corry Relief Fund launches a citywide drive to raise ten thousand dollars for the coming year. Ward committees led by Walter Merrick Ralph Devey A G Lynn C S Wallace will organize efforts with a Tuesday meeting at the Municipal building to finalize plans ahead of a Wednesday morning start.
Six armed bandits robbed the First National Bank in Monroe Michigan at noon taking 35000 and wounding two policemen as they fled toward Ohio. The men used revolvers and a sub machine gun, forcing tellers to dump vault cash onto counters.
President Hoover, en route to New York, slams Democratic currency proposals as a "glaring attempt" to destabilize the nation’s money. He cites a $2,380,300,000 greenback risk and accuses Roosevelt supporters of backing it. He hammers the court as a pillar of democracy while campaigning along the seaboard. A separate note reports fugitive Robert A. Hook captured at the Allegheny County Workhouse after escaping.
Severe autumn storm lashes the French coast and inland areas from Brittany to the Jura. High waves flood forets and dikes, wreck ships, drown cattle, and wipe out bridges as freezing snows close routes. A German airliner forced down near Ostend with rescue reported.
Robbers used explosives to break into the Fort William bank in Port William Ohio early today. Four explosions alarmed the village as the interior was badly damaged and about $2000 was reportedly taken. Sheriff Gus Miller said the incident is under investigation.
George Bailey, 62, of Canandaigua New York, died during the Pitt Notre Dame football game. A Lehigh University graduate of 1904, he worked for Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing, with posting relocations in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, New York, and the Pacific coast. His funeral will be held at his brother C L Bailey's home in Canandaigua.
Thousands of unemployed massed in Chicago in a citywide demonstration, marching from 22nd Street and Wentworth Avenue and gathering at Union Plaza, with red flags and banners demanding bread and solidarity. A second contingent from Washington Square joined, while communists and agitators moved through the lines amid shouted slogans.
An earthquake of moderate severity was recorded today on the St Louis University seismograph. Center reported about 8110 miles northwest of St Louis. First tremor at 2 55 36 a m second at 3 02 8 a m. Disturbance lasted over an hour.
Eugene Uber, 24, of Indiana, was fatally injured yesterday when a motor truck driven by Clyde Dick collided with a parked truck. The parked truck was owned by the Associated Moving Lines of Cleveland. Occupants of that truck, Hernan and Henry, both of Cleveland, escaped with minor injuries.
Oct. 31 Bock and Job printers of Typographical Union No. 6 have voted to strike rather than accept a reduced wage of 50 dollars for a 44 hour week imposed last Thursday.
Gus Auer aged 74 of 2 East High Street Union City was fatally injured when struck by a car driven by Dick Dempsey of Corry near a neighborhood grocery. Auer died in Union City hospital shortly after the 7 p.m. accident as witness Dick Dempsey was absolved of blame and inquest proceedings were deemed unlikely. Auer, a longtime Union City Chair Co. employee, is survived by his widow two daughters a son two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. from his home with burial in Pine Grove cemetery in Corry.
Annee Bappalo reports a reconciliation attempt between Michael Hausheck and his wife Elizabeth 55 ended in a triple tragedy as Hausheck shot his wife and daughter then killed himself. Two other daughters escaped the fire and turmoil.
A truck owned and driven by Tony Jackson of Essex street collided with an automobile driven by R. Pinney near North East on Sunday afternoon. Romeo Piccardi of West Ghursh street, riding with Jackson, sustained cuts and bruises but no serious injuries. Both vehicles suffered damage in the crash.
City Solicitor Blaine Kincaid travels to Harrisburg for the final Public Service Commission conference on the gas rate dispute. Municipal and Pennsylvania Gas Company lawyers prepare to present a compromise rate near fifty cents as the aim, with a settlement expected after years of inquiry and possible fast action by the courts.
Sturgis Michigan mother, 45, shot her two daughters Lauraeau 15 and Alvina Yvonne 7 in their sleep with an automatic shotgun, then set fire to the bedroom and took her own life. Father William Ochs and neighbor Bert Hagedorn tried to help. despondency followed the aunt’s previous death.
Syracuse, Oct. notes say Harold T. MacGrath collapsed early Sunday while working on a novel in an unnamed room. Funeral arrangements were made with services at a local Episcopal church to follow. The unfinished Tony Series novel ends his prolific career as readers recall his contributions to American letters.
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