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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1932
Page
1
Local registrars open from 7 to 1 and 4 to 10 p m for a second chance to enroll before the November election. Fewer than 400 registered on opening day with 216 Republicans 128 Democrats 22 Socialists and Prohibitionists combined. Officials expect a large turnout tomorrow and growth through the remaining two days, with the final registration on October 22.
President Hoover endorses a stronger campaign effort after White House talks with War Secretary Hurley, Treasury head Mills, and RNC Chair Sanders. They plan a vigorous educational drive to explain issues after the Maine vote, aiming to secure Hoover’s re election with limited speeches this campaign cycle.
The hugie id drm corps of the V F, W Post will hold a rehearsal Tuesday evening at the homie on West Washington street. All members are asked to be present and to turn in uniforms and equipment for regular inspection.
A delegation of prominent Japanese businessmen heads to Moscow to negotiate a petroleum contract with the Soviet Naptha Syndicate. The move aims to make the Japanese navy independent of United States oil, easing tensions and aligning Tokyo with Moscow amid long standing suspicions and Manchurian tensions. The deal could stabilize Russian exports and lessen pressure to partition world markets with American and British producers.
The Erie conference announces Rev P F Haines will succeed Rev Frank A Wimer as pastor at Little Valley. Wimer moves to Little Valley, Haines leaves for his new post. Other conference appointments listed include W Petree Erie Cascade W P Sipe Wrie Kingsley I H Anderson at Erie Wesley M I Hayward Windley Wake and more. Continued on page six.
Philadelphia reports thirteen new infantile paralysis cases in the last 24 hours as public health officials note a rise tied to culinary price relief measures. Sunday schools closed in Langhorne after the first case emerged Saturday night.
In Manchester Kentucky on September 19 two men died in an old Clay county feud. The dead are Frank H. Baker a 49 year old commonwealth attorney from London and John Brock age 23 said to be a relative of a Cincinnati businessman. Wounded are Frank Young aged 10 with a hip wound and Wiley Baker an uncle of Frank Baker shot in the legs. Both victims and wounded reside in Clay county.
Sioux City dispatch reports the National Farmers Holiday Association issued a general strike order to Midwest farmers. Effective Wednesday, non-perishable produce should be withheld, highway blockades lifted, and grain and livestock priced to production costs. The group urged lifting embargoes on dairy, poultry, and perishables for 40 days with possible reinstatement if goals fail. Pickets to continue only for observers.
Fort Worth Texas reports tear gas bombs used to subdue a 127 prisoner riot in the federal jail. Sheriff Red Wright claims eight men placed in solitary and 19 others segregated as a result. Separate Evansville Indiana item notes wreckage of a carnival train injuring 27, one seriously, including Louis Denham, 70, of Alberta, Canada, from the Robin Chenry show en route to Nashville.
Ambassadors and Senator Ay Reet voiced support for France and Britain against Germany’s push for arms equality. The talks with Premieur Boncour and War Minister Boncour highlighted Washington’s backing for existing Versailles treaty restraints and disarmament aims while urging patient diplomacy.
Federal court in New York selected twelve jurors to hear charges against Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania. Indicted on 10 counts for sending lottery material through the mails and interstate commerce in connection with a Fraternal Order of Moose lottery scheme, he faces up to 20 years in prison and a $28,000 fine. Judge Frank J. Coleman urged jurors to be unbiased as Davis, an immigrant who rose from day laborer to cabinet member, listened intently.
Campaign headquarters announce urgent drive to raise 12 000 to keep Corry Hospital operating amid heavy debts and local hardship. Five person teams mobilize volunteers, with Pennsylvania Hospital Association representative Happy Stanley arriving to assist. Supporters urged to donate to prevent disbanding staff and possible closure by next Wednesday noon.
An Erle resident’s car collided with Mrs. L. W. Whiteley’s vehicle on the Columbus road near a crossing. Both drivers escaped injury as their cars sustained damage and traffic resumed. A second brief item notes two men robbing a trolley operator in Pittsburgh, yielding about $20 after midnight.
Grim possemen scoured the Cookson hills near Tahlequah seeking to capture or kill the remaining members of a gang of outlaws. In two pitched battles over the last 60 hours, two peace officers and three outlaws were killed, with another outlaw seriously wounded and believed dead or near death. Andrew McGinnis, a volunteer posseman and father of five, was slain yesterday.
Corry will gain Erie County Emergency Relief Board representation named by Governor Pinchot to oversee distribution of 12 million dollars in state unemployment relief from the Patriot bill. Local support from Clifton Howard Worth Hammond and Assemblyman Norbert J Fitzgerald aided the appointment, which aims to secure Corry’s full share of funds for winter needs. The state money comes from a general one percent sales tax effective September 15.
Chicago report notes a U S government inquiry into the Insull utilities collapse. DA Dwight P Green arrived in Washington to consider three paths: mailings by the utility firms, possible asset concealment, and a Revenue Department review of losses for individuals tied to the companies.
In Taylorville Illinois National Guardsmen and special deputies patrolled the city at dawn after bombs exploded during a bitter coal labor dispute. Two militia companies were ordered to the scene by Governor Louis L. Winierson amid high tensions and recent outbreaks related to the United Mine Workers of America. Local offices, including the Taylorville Freeze, were partially wrecked in blasts as authorities sought order and protection.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation reported more than 100 banks failed despite loan authorizations to keep them liquid. From February 2, 1939, to July 1, 1939, the RFC authorized loans to 3,886 banks totaling $684,094.07, yet about $546,308,117 was advanced before mid-July. Officials said multiple loans to a single bank occurred but there was no policy of repeated loans to prevent closures.
Lawrence Purpura appeared in county court last week on a statutory offense involving a young married woman in Mill Village. Tyra feuded this afternoon as two youths faced ten Aoed.
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