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12 Sep 1928
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1928
Page
1
A fragmented OCR note offers limited readable facts about a local event. It mentions no clear date, place, or names, leaving the specific action or outcome unspecified in the readable text.
Centerville reports a close call as milk truck driver Edyard DePrater, 60, narrowly avoids a collision with a northbound Pennsylvanian train on the Allegheny division. The impact tore off a wheel and spilled milk while DePrater escaped shaken but unhurt, en route to the Supple-Willa-Jones plant near Centerville.
Mrs M K Donahue of Marion Street travels to Brunswick Ohio as her father Columbus Brant and a son are injured in a Brunswick crash while en route to Cleveland with a truckload of fruit. Brant suffers a head injury a fractured tibia and serious bruising. He was taken to a nearby hospital in serious condition.
Uncertainty over the winner of the Class A division in the national air races centered in Kansas City. Officials questioned Earl Rowland of Wichita after a telegram from 17 pilots asked to confirm the start time, amid a misunderstanding that caused delays.
Local parties reported at a city meeting that a deal to acquire the Waclark property owned by the Inte Senator estate and former explosive factory site remains pending. Out of town investors plan a wood working plant and new company to be formed, with details and timelines expected soon.
Maine election yields large GOP margins with Gardiner and Hale leading in governor and Senate races. Republicans win all four Congress seats and gain a solid state Senate as Democrats lose ground. Hoover, meeting with a National Women’s Party delegation, says he will study the proposed Equal Rights Amendment before endorsing any constitutional change.
New York, Sept. 12. Warner Brothers pictures company has acquired the Stanley Company of America. Details of the terms to be announced later. Offering to minority stockholders will be made on the basis used to acquire control.
WEAF 9 30 P M Gilbert and Sullivan Trial by Jury. WIZ P M Philco Light Opera Hour. WOR 9 P M Kolater iour 8 30 P M Walled Military Band. WJZ 10 P M Slumber Munro.
In Vermont, Gov. John Weeks led the Republican field with 20,945 votes to Edward H. Deavitt's 132,406, signaling a Weeks renomination and a breach of the long standing mountain rule that favored alternating governors from east and west sides of the Green Mountains. Deavitt, an east sider, argued Weeks should yield to a east side governor, ending a century old custom.
Corry Credit Exchange at the Hotel Corry last evening approved another automobile prize for Armistice Day. Members hailed Labor Day fund success, discussed road signs to boost Corry, and planned the arrangement committee for the new car, with J L Spiesman RH Von Tassel Worth Hammond leading. The group also moved to remove W E Wilson from royal offices of Pennsylvania Gas for alleged interference.
Yuma Ariz Sept 12 Sixteen Class B and three Class C planes form the New York to Los Angeles air race start from Yuma at 8 40 p m all will stop briefly at San Diego before continuing to Los Angeles with the Munns at the helm for the flight's opening leg
President Coolidge invited Herbert Hoover to the White House this afternoon after returning from his summer vacation. Hoover accepted promptly. They will decide what part each will take in the campaign and an official announcement is anticipated.
Governor Alfred E. Smith, in good health after ten days of rest and light work, prepares a two week western campaign starting Sunday night. He will speak extemporaneously at seven rallies across 13 states, including Rochester October 1 at the Democratic state convention, while avoiding formal platform rhetoric. He plans hotel stops to stay rested for daily appearances.
Merle Israelson, a well known electrical contractor and dealer, will move into the storeroom in the Barlow Block on South Center Street after remodeling. He will offer an up to date electrical shop with a larger line of fixtures and supplies, with the repair shop in the basement.
Madrid reports swift police and military actions to prevent disorder at Primo de Rivera regime celebrations. Authorities say a plot to overthrow the dictatorship was broken with arrests nationwide and in the provinces. Censorship limited morning details though ministers planned ceremony preparations for tomorrow drawing about 150,000 visitors to Madrid. Riot police reinforced asPatriots’ Union members travel toward the capital. Valencia reports of sixty extra arrests by civil police rather than military orders, with no signs of disturbances observed.
Pittsburgh September 12. Only about a dozen witnesses remain in the murder case of Dr J Tyrrell charged with shooting Philip Clark at the First Christian Church in Muntall last May 16. The widow, Mrs Fire Clark, is among those expected to testify for both sides. Her testimony could be pivotal, tied to Tyrrell’s alleged motive arising from a divorce action she pursued with a lawyer. Most remaining witnesses are eyewitnesses to the shooting at the little Hundall church on Mothers Day. Court attaches said the case may go to the jury today.
Senator T H Caraway, Democrat of Arkansas, on return from Pennsylvania tour, says voters are ripe for a political shift. He cites sentiment against current prohibition enforcement and predicts Pennsylvania will go Democratic, supporting Gov. Alfred E. Smith who pledges to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment while it remains in effect.
McMillin launches a cross country attempt from Mitchel Field in a Stinson-Detroiter monoplane with navigator Ferrick aboard. The flight plans include a 21 hour target to span the continent, following earlier coast to coast trials by Goebel, Kelly, and Macready. The event gathers several Bellanca and Stinson aircraft and notable pilots as spectators, with a wait due to fog and weather.
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