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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1933
Page
1
A jumble of local crime items appears with reports of a bank looting, a burglary case, and indictments. Prohibition repeal votes are noted among scattered headlines as Erie court proceedings reveal true bills and indictments involving Alton Sperry and others.
Freids Wilhelmina Weltz, 43 year old nurse, faces open verdict charge in the shooting death of shipping magnate Brandis J. M. Grace. A sanity hearing was promised, with attorney J. Freak Thoms seeking life if found sane. Weltz, who appeared detached, had overdosed on sedatives after a butler refused to return her gun. The case center on motive and mental condition, with preliminary hearings scheduled.
In Los Angeles a deputy sheriff and a warehouse checker were mistaken for bandits during a night gun battle on a East Side dock. Deputy Sheff John Hedge was killed after six shots. The checker died of wounds while Hartfield Chavez was wounded. Holland Bennecke and two women were with them. Bennecke had been a sheriff's secretary.
Members of the Han district board agreed to refund a portion of retirees' salaries to balance the budget. The district began with a balance of 4154.60 and will return the amount to teachers on a monthly prorated basis as advised by the finance committee secretary.
A fragment from United Press dispatches discusses independent firms and local civic matters, mentioning companies and community activities in a condensed Washington report. The readable text hints at economic and local government themes, with references to citizens and civic engagement.
Maine led a nationwide repeal wave with a two to one majority and all 16 counties voting wet. Colorado and Maryland were deemed irrevocably wet, while Minnesota showed mixed results. The nationwide shift pointed toward a 35 state threshold, with key conventions upcoming in December and early next month across Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Maine.
Principal Howard J. Sheen announced 28 post graduates enrolled Monday pushing total registration to 477, a new high record for the building. More students are expected by week’s end, straining crowded classes as plans for the 1993-94 term take shape and teachers adjust to the surge. Local officials anticipate further increases in the near term.
More than 1,000 farmers attended the second day of the Philadelphia milk shed marketing agreement hearing. Attorneys pressed distributors to reveal profits while protests and applause punctuated sessions. The protest committee urged strikes but leaders sought a negotiated settlement without mass action.
Philadelphia reports a federal grand jury may probe liquor rackets as hinted by officials after the McClive indictment and a recent upstate county liquor case. The investigation parallels the McCliva prosecution and involves former followers of Max Hassel tied to Reading and Lancaster Berks counties.
Bulletin reports two men dead and several injured as poisonous gas from an undetermined source spreads over part of Sloss-Sheffield Steel Company's downtown furnace area in Birmingham. Other items note prospects of permanent rail guard legislation after White House talks and AFL leader Green discussing federal pay restoration. In SEMMM SPORT there was a prison escape in Alabama where three to eleven inmates killed two guards and wounded three before being cornered in a swamp north of the city.
Ward T. Van Orman and Z. A. Trotter, in two American balloons, drifted for days after their Gordon Bennett race balloon crashed near Thor Lake Ontario. Van Orman suffered from poisoning while Trotter remained strong. Rescued by James Barrett, a power company repairman, they traveled by trail and canoe to Blue Lake and then toward Thor Lake under guidance.
Labor movement pushes for reduced hours and higher wages under national recovery. Examines proposed temporary work provisions, unemployment safeguards, and political pressure shaping policy during economic strain.
President Ramon Gray San Martin panned his cabinet as he faced rapidly crystallizing opposition. He aimed to keep the revolutionary movement in power, forming a cabinet after two anxious days of efforts to placate party factions.
Washington reports confirm the United States will retain the right to intervene in Cuban affairs via the Platt amendment. Officials say removal of the amendment from the Cuban constitution is not acceptable, viewing an orderly Cuba as vital to U S military and commercial interests.
Fragmented leadership contest as army officers, revolutionary and secret societies clash over a new government. Gran San Martin seeks American recognition while Cabinet members and figures like Mario Menocal face opposition and local strikes.
United Press reports the National Recovery Administration starting a nationwide drive to enforce full compliance with the Blue Eagle employment pledge. Campaign offices will be set up in each city to investigate non compliance and aid in implementing shorter hours and higher pay where required. The drive accompanies hearings on code administration and proposed codes for industry plans.
Fragmented report notes the death of an Evanguist son in a plane crash. The misspelled lines reference a Sept date and locations in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, with unclear names and places. Limited readable nouns suggest a brief obituary or notice hidden in OCR errors.
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