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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1934
Page
1
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Governor Pinchot to call a short special session confined to unemployment relief financed by borrowing, not taxes. He argues quick action is essential, a wide session could miss October federal funds, and a broader reform agenda would overshadow the campaign. Proposals echo progressive planks like minimum wages and utility regulation.
George Baillie of Detroit and Hugh Bailie of Corry were reunited in Corry after forty years apart. They separated as children in Ohio where the family once lived. The brothers met Saturday and plan to travel to Chicago this week for the Century of Progress Exposition celebration.
Birmingham Sept 10 Harold Taylor 28 son of a former city comptroller was acquitted yesterday of murder charges in the Faye New case. The jury had deliberated for 25 hours before reaching the verdict in the unsolved murder inquiry.
The nation-wide textile strike drives toward possible peace as President Sloan of the Cotton Textile Institute meets with the federal mediation board in Washington. Southern pickets try to stop mill reopenings while National Guardsmen, numbering in the thousands, protect mills across Kannapolis and other sites. Union leaders warn of continued stayouts as talks proceed.
Braddock state police say three local officers Peter McKelvey Thomas Beehan and Philip Cognetto pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods and being accessories in a scheme with burglars Lacey and Ridge. The trio posted $1000 bond each pending sentencing. Lacey and Ridge, Oakland, were to have hearings today as police traced a May 23 robbery where an officer allegedly warned the burglars and allowed their escape in exchange for part of the loot.
Attorney Henry Bauer of Erie was disbarred for misapplication of funds held in trust for clients. The order was signed by Judges A. P. Rossiter, J. Orin Waite, and Charles D. Capelana. Bauer said he would appeal. Raymond Raimes traveled to Cleveland to spend the week on Tiebees for Raymoni Manufacturing Co.
Maine voters opened a long national festival of politics with a general election to be followed by primaries. Governor Louis J. Brann a Democrat seeks re election opposed by Alfred Ames. Senator Frederick Hirle a Republican faces F Harold Dubard a Democrat.
Flames caused about $20,000 damage to the central plant of the Franklin Creek Refining Company in Franklin Pennsylvania. Firemen from Franklin and Rocky Grove contained the blaze this afternoon as it swept through the plant near French Creek, near the city limits. no serious injuries were reported.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Representative Henry Ellenbogen lambasts the 9.7 percent FHA loan rate as an obstacle to home renovation. He cites government guarantees of up to 80 percent and urges reducing total interest to 8 percent, or at most 4 percent, to save the repair program.
A fire at a farm home in Big Woody, Swan River, Minn., killed a mother and five children aged two to 14. Victims named Bertha Walsh, 48, Kenneth 14, Mabel 13, Rita 12, Dorothy 8, Mary 2. The tragedy occurred Sept 10, authorities say.
GI Administrator Harold L. Ickes approved a plan allowing large oil companies to buy surplus gasoline from independents and small refiners. The program covers ten states east of the Rocky Mountains and starts immediately, with an expected first month purchase of 1.7 million barrels and a monthly average of 1.258 million barrels thereafter to prevent distress and dumping that could collapse refinery and crude oil divisions.
Six people drowned when two small boats carrying them sank on the Mississippi River about ten miles north of St. Charles Missouri. Homer H. Coe 54 swam ashore with his daughter Virginia after trying to save his wife Mary 36, eight year old son Lavern Coe and others. The craft held light passengers when it suddenly sank throwing them into muddy water. Surviving with Coe were his daughter Virginia and eight year old son not saved. Names of the dead include Mrs Mary Coe Vincent Goe Lavern Coe James A Kirn Mrs Theresa Kirn and Charles Kirn.
The Morro Castle burned on the beach at Asbury Park as authorities tended to the 86 survivors and the dead after flames swept the pleasure liner from stem to stern, killing nearly 200 aboard. The disaster unfolded at the seaside resort during a holiday cruise, with rescue and recovery operations ongoing.
Two convicts were killed and a guard seriously wounded during a prison riot at Joliet Illinois. Convicts tried to seize a switch engine, then kidnapped a guard to use as a shield against guards firing. About 890 prisoners were present in the yard when the outbreak occurred. continued on page six.
Asbury Park dispatch reports a new explosion crippled the Morro Castle still burning off shore. Investigators press a wide inquiry into causes and delays in SOS, lifeboat failures, and fire spread. Authorities note 381 survivors while tallying identified dead and missing among passengers and crew.
Flying picket squadrons in the Carolinas pressed to keep strikes intact as mills reopened. National Guardsmen repelled protests at Cannon Tower Mills Kan napolis. About 360 pickets reached Kings Mountain before moving on. Locke mill Kan napolis reported 300 strikers back to work. Byrumi hosiery Shelby opened with 150 workers. Howell mill Cherryville resumed. a dynamite blast hit road to Howell. South Carolina strikers returned to work. Chiquola Honen Path opened partially after seven picketers were fatally wounded. Loray mill gates saw workers seeking entry but were denied without guard protection.
Havana port chief Captain Oscar Hernandez says in an United Press interview the Morra Casile fire that killed nearly 200 could not have been accidental. He states the blaze was likely of communist origin and the work of a passenger, and he is conducting a full investigation.
Donald B. Richberg presented a white paper to President Roosevelt detailing gains from the New Deal and noting the cost in unemployment. He cited credits including over four million re-employed by private industry and more than four million given temporary jobs, with about 657,000 provided public relief. The report, prepared at the president’s request, underscores headway amid criticism from Republican spokesmen.
New York September 10 Chief Officer William F Warns testified at the government inquiry that a prior Sept 3 fire on the Morro Castle appeared incendiary. He described charred newspapers near bundles and said the explosion of oil or gasoline in a writing room locker could only be placed by someone intent on damaging the ship. He wept as he recalled the tragedy and defended crew discipline and lifeboat readiness.
Wilkes-Barre Pa Sept 1 Bobby Edwards a young mining surveyor charged with the slaying of Preda McKerhnie, its childhood sweetheart, repudiates three alleged confessions. Police report one states he slugged Freda to death with a blackjack to pursue a romance with Margaret Crain. Defense hints at medical testimony to cast doubt by showing swimming in Halvey’s Dale icy waters would affect him. Mr and Mrs Frank Van Tassell left for Atlantic City and Philadelphia for a week's trip.
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