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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1935
Page
1
A fragmented OCR note mentions a cow valuation, a five name, and unclear details about related people or places. The readable bits point to a livestock or auction context but lack concrete entities or actions to confirm a clear event. Further text needed for a solid summary.
Geneva. A League of Nations sub committee asked Italy and Ethiopia to refrain from hostile actions while peace efforts proceed. The appeal, directed at Mussolini, hinges on his restraint to prevent war as Ethiopian rains are predicted to last into early October.
Gov. George H. Earle challenged a state chamber poll on constitutional revision publicized by the State Chamber of Commerce. He urged disclosure of response rates to show a clearer picture, noting the poll claimed 18 percent in favor and 87 percent opposed without further statistics.
Harrisburg dispatch reports a sweep by WPA and state police focusing on gambling and mine sealing in Pa. authorities seized 15 slot machines and announced plans to advance mine sealing as part of a broad public works project. Governor Barre urged U S withdrawal from the Berlin games amid anti Nazi sentiment in Philadelphia. In New Castle, Charles G. Martin, a well known attorney, killed himself amid health troubles. wife and daughter survive.
Official registration figures from Erie County confirm Republicans hold a four vote margin in Corry. Early estimates favored the GOP by 17, but subsequent official tallies reduced the lead. Registered totals show Republicans 1451, Democrats 1255, Prohibition 654, with other counts minor.
Harry Nelson of Spring Creek Road, 40, of the Biderkin Comets, was jailed ten days and ordered out of the city for sixty days under a peace bond after a street brawl on Mill Street near Mala. Nelson, allegedly drunk, insulted a woman and was beaten by Harry Rittenhouse of Johnson Street. Nelson sustained a deep forehead cut, required medical attention, and was fined ten dollars plus costs. bond set at three hundred dollars to secure peace.
United Press notes markets at a glance with stocks up fractions to two points on a busy Saturday. Bonds and curb stocks advance while Chicago and foreign exchange show gains. Grains edge higher with wheat corn oats and rye rising. Cotton remains steady amid broad activity.
Germany to lodge a diplomatic protest with Washington and New York over Magistrate Louis B Brodsky s dismissal of riot charges in which a swastika flag was torn from the Bremen incident. The protest cites magistrate motives and seeks action against U S officials. In Washington, SEC funds are approved to enforce the Whetler Reynurn utilities act as the agency moves to regulate major holding companies.
Dr Hans Luther delivered Germanys formal protest to the State Department in Washington denouncing a New York magistrates dismissal of charges against Ave men and likening the American flag to piracy Brodsky compared the swastika flag to piracy and Berlin newspapers condemned the verdict as an insult to the German flag and sought U S action to overturn Brodskys decision
Democrats of Columbus township held a spirited meeting last evening centered on revising the State Constitution. About 100 residents attended with John Bunnell presiding and Warren Besilin as principal speaker. Attendees included C Walker Clyde Eider Earl Amnunson A D Walters Mr Crippen and candidates for county offices. Refreshments followed the gathering.
Mrs. Anna Shellenberger a 19 year old Verona township housewife indicted by the Crawford county grand jury for shooting her husband to death as he slept in Meadville Pennsylvania. Shellenberger has been an inmate at the North Warren hospital since the shooting last May and trial was expected within two weeks. Officials said the state would claim she shot her husband after he allowed his mother in law to live with them.
Washington reports the Works Progress Administration canceled 95 Pennsylvania projects costing 22.6 million dollars as too costly to meet the 90,000,000 work relief program. Officials said PA cities over 100,000 can seek federal loans to hit the 750 per man year employment target, with applications due September 12.
Pope Pius XI urged a 13 000 strong gathering of war veterans from 14 nations in St Pauls basilica to pursue universal peace. He warned that even defensive or conquest wars could be justified only to defend Christian rights, calling for a united effort for global peace amid tensions with Fascist Italy. The pontiff also emphasized that peace is essential for prosperity and well being. A separate weather note预测 warm to cool temperatures with little rainfall from September 8 to 14.
Seven months in New Jersey’s death house have not broken Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He remains confident the Court of Errors and Appeals will grant a new trial and is looking toward the September 12 session. If the state’s case is upheld, he would face execution within eight weeks. the final decision may rest with the U S Supreme Court as his attorneys plan an appeal.
Enrollment blanks for Corry residents working in Harrisburg were ordered thrown off by County Solicitor S A Sisson who said the new registration law forbids registrars to entail anywhere outside the city. Frank Berger of Erie county was sent to Harrisburg to register those unable to return home. Affected locals were few, and many Corry workers returned for Labor Day and registered on the final day.
In Miami Florida amid funeral pyres and lingering pestilence authorities order cremations in the Keys and burials in Miami A national memorial service will honor war veterans at Bay Front Park with federal officials present Governor Dave Shultz leads the response as Red Cross tallies 446 dead an increase of about 200 from prior figures United Press tally last Thursday placed the dead at 42 0
Tony Sventeck of Wayne township appeals a $150 fine and costs imposed by Alderman George Gordon for allegedly cutting down valueless trees on a neighbor’s property. He says the trees were on his land and claims denial of counsel and jail conditions during the original hearing. The county court will hear the appeal later. Edward Rossbacher Jr. returns from Franklin to resume work with the State Highway Department.
President Roosevelt's "breathie spell" letter ends today as the New Deal era maps a 1936 campaign. Roosevelt is likely to be renominated with John N. Garner as running mate, while Republicans wage a wide, unsettled race led by Wallis, Borah, Knox, Landon, Lowden, LaGuardia, Vandenberg, and Hoover as a possible factor. The Democratic platform and Republican ticket and platform remain to be decided at the convention.
City Council, fearing the 55 percent city burden, shifts focus from PWA to Works Progress Administration aid to cover labor costs for a proposed intercepting sewer from Spring Street to Hare Creek. Engineer Dickson estimates total project costs around 35 thousand to 90 thousand with city share near 33 thousand under WPA, or about 1,100 more under PWA. The plan splits into three parts with labor funded by federal WPA, equipment and materials borne by the city. Council instructed readiness to apply to WPA while bond authority may allow project without voter approval. Route would run from Spring Street intake northward.
Harrisburg September declared Street and Highway Safety Month as Governor urges motorists and pedestrians to heed the Take time to be safe slogan. He reports unofficial Labor Day week end traffic claims show a decrease in accidents due to the safety campaign, but notes 17 fatalities remain too many and stresses saving human lives.
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