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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1935
Page
1
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A fragmented notice indicates an October 27 meeting related to Mary Junani. Details are incomplete but imply an organized gathering or event with attendance or scheduling.
A fragmented European scene shows Italy rejecting a League plan and challenging Britain amid wartime fears. In local election canvassing, Wagner’s margin narrows as counts from Erie County’s Tuesday primary proceed. officials expect slow results due to numerous contests.
Officials of the building trades department of Labor met Works Progress Administration head Harry Hoping in Washington to discuss a possible readjustment of work relief wage scales. The talks centered on the entire situation and whether WPA may shorten hours on relief projects to pay prevailing hourly wages while keeping monthly totals at or near the present security wage maximum of 92 dollars.
A severe rain and wind storm struck the city this afternoon, plunging it into darkness for a while. Heavy downpour and hillside water runoff followed by high winds prompted concerns, but damage is believed to be small.
The American Liberty League plans a free lawyer service for firms and individuals backing the New Deal to contest the National Labor Relations Act. A 132 page opinion, to be public, will guide lawyers defending clients challenging the act. President Jouett Shouse notes potential broader defense aid for those unable to finance litigation.
Washington September 13 The coal industry wage dispute drags on with no clear agreement and a threatened 400000 miner strike next week. Sub committee progress on wage raises could push proposals to the joint committee and then to all producers and mine union leaders in Appalachia. Government arbitration remains a remote option as operator groups debate union demands and the prospect of a wider walkout.
Six thousand miners in the Shenandoah and Mahanoy City area returned to work today ending nearly two months of strike. Union leaders said the men voted to resume work and adopt the Panther Creek valley plan for equalization of working time and to work out a medical examination plan with no discrimination against strike leaders.
In the factory district today twelve men were injured as a furniture workers strike erupted into hostilities. Police riot squads were rushed to the scene to quell the disturbance. More than fifty men took part in the outbreak.
Jamestown and New York state police search for a drive away robbery suspect from the Clymer area. A doctor’s car was stolen after a hold up at Busy Bee in Jamestown and abandoned several miles northeast of Clymer. The thief fled with $20.50. No ID left in the auto.
Morey J. Potter reports from Harrisburg that incomplete returns show an overwhelming defeat of the constitution revision referendum. Republican state chair M Harvey Taylor calls the result a signal against the New Deal and government experimentation, while Governor Earle emphasizes continued modernization and larger reform of Pennsylvania's basic law. Bartle announces defeat of the referendum proposal after the Thursday primary.
At the Corry 12 Wins Club luncheon 27 members discussed sign repainting on highways to begin next week. They also planned a rummage sale and a quiet zone for Gary Hospital, with leaders for attendance, and heard from athletic coach Russell Byler on football plans. Kenneth Barnes left for Minneapolis to attend training school.
Washington Sept 19 The federal government moved toward arms export control under the neutrality act Secretary of State Cordell Hull called a meeting of the national munitions control board for next Tuesday The board includes state war navy treasury and commerce secretaries Firms manufacturing arms munitions or implements of war must register with the State Department and pay a fee special licenses will be required to export such articles Staffs are compiling a list of implements of war under the act.
In Newark New Jersey a man telephoned police saying he had just killed three men. Police found Charles Russell Geary 35 dead from a pistol shot to the heart on a couch and Orlando Le Van 50 Benjamin 45 and John 41 shot in the kitchen with a double barreled shotgun. The four victims were related and the killer is missing.
Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis disqualified himself from presiding over contempt of court charges against 15 Missouri farmers tied to a riot at Plattsburg on August 15. He said the defendants' affidavit alleging prejudice was insufficient to sustain disqualification.
Washington officials tracked Geneva developments to decide a national policy if the League of Nations declares an economic embargo against Italy. The United States will not commit in advance and will act only after League action is taken and presented officially.
One hundred twenty members of the Erie County Parent Teachers Association Council met in the Parlor of a church with Mrs. D. L. Dudley presiding. Talks covered the year’s program and serial hygiene. a luncheon followed, with welcomes from school officials and local representatives. The next Erie gathering is Oct 9–10 at Stroud Vincent High School.
Rotary hosts a fall dinner meeting at Hotel Corry 6:20 pm next Tuesday inviting Corry Public Schools teachers and Board of Education members. Charles J. Dutton will speak on Oliver Hazard Perry and his naval career, with focus on Lake Erie era. Performances include vocal numbers by Amelia Tryon and Mrs Ralph S. Dewey and a piano entree by Stanley Ostecki.
Rome reports that Gironale Ditalia editor Virginio Gayda claims Britain intends to fight Italy. The piece cites British rumors about closing Suez and Gibraltar and says the UK press shows a deliberate will to war, while Italy rejects the League peace proposals.
Ethiopia agreed to accept most League of Nations proposals for a compromise with Italy though reserving only a point about Italian interests. Officials expect Mussolini to reject, while Ethiopia readies for possible war on five fronts. London reports British liner Strathmore cuts Mediterranean itinerary amid Italian-Ethiopian crisis.
Secret service agents announce the arrest of William Watts in Unionity New Jersey charged with manufacturing three of four counterfeit bills passed in New York over the past year. Watts was taken into custody yesterday by federal agents.
John A Euiz age 83 general secretary treasurer of the Brotherhood of Rally Carmen of America died at his home in Kansas City Missouri late yesterday.
Rome dispatch reports Italy calling the League plan for Ethiopian settlement unacceptable. Mussolini’s government signals rejection, warns of Italian expedition and mass mobilization as Geneva and London prepare for possible penalties if war erupts. Britain and France coordinate to preserve peace.
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