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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1932
Page
1
Corry Hospital campaign totals surpassed $5,000 with prospects to reach about $6,000 by early next week. The final solicitors meeting reported pledges and promised subscriptions, while Mrs. Glenny Barker’s town group led a canvass tallying around $1,000 in individual donations.
Geneva Sept 23 Japan and the League of Nations faced a pivotal clash over Manchuria. A potential Japanese withdrawal from the League would extend Japan's world influence, while a League victory would curb it. The council met as the Lytton commission report was readied for assembly discussion.
Boise Idaho Sept 23 Mrs William Borah wife of the senior senator today was sturdily and apparently successfully fighting deadly parrot fever contracted from a sick parakeet. Her condition still is obvious but she has shown marked improvement, her physician said, as the serum shipment from Washington may not be required.
Rumors that former President Calvin Coolidge would accept a commission to investigate the railroad situation resurfaced in New York financial circles today. No confirmation came from any responsible quarters.
New York Sept 23 The government traced a huge bundle of alleged lottery tickets to United States Senator James J. Davis during his federal trial for violating the federal ban on lottery tickets by mail and interstate commerce. An employee of the railway agency testified that packages shipped by Edward L. McMahon of the Loyal Order of Moose were marked to Davis. McMahon’s receipt was signed by Fred W. Jones, Davis’ financial agent, amid objections by defense counsel. The case centers on charity balls claimed to be disguising lotteries.
The Buffalo Pittsburgh division of the Pennsylvania Railroad adjusts several train timings by minutes up to forty five, starting Sunday September 25. Southbound No 912 moves to 2 22 pm, No 982 to 8 pm, No 902 to 12 21 pm. Northbound Nos 913 46 am, 903 2 27 pm, and 963 7 40 pm show minor shifts. Corry through traffic remains unaffected.
Charles Cavender, 36, Homestead, Pa., a World War veteran, died today near St. Marys from a fractured skull after an automobile accident.
Delegates from throughout northwestern Pennsylvania will attend a two day fall meeting at First Presbyterian Church. Walter L. Moser of Cranesville will preside. The program includes committee sessions, devotional services, reports from treasurer and missions, and a Shanghai mission address by Rev A Raymond Kepler. Final adjournment Tuesday morning. Roosevelt sentiment noted in Philadelphia.
In San Francisco on September 23 Governor Franklin D Roosevelt appealed to Progressive Republican Senator Hiram Johnson's California faction. He outlined a campaign to win Hoover supporters and Johnson allies, addressing about ten thousand people in Sacramento before traveling to San Francisco. Observers expected Johnson to avoid an open endorsement, while signaling cautious support to Roosevelt's proposed new government ideas.
Charles P Keating was elected commander of the Elmer C Carrier Post American Legion in this city at the annual meeting in Maccabee hall last evening The meeting drawn a large crowd promised a new era for the post Keating succeeds Loyd Stowe who was recently honored at the state convention as commander of the 20th District The new officers and committee chairs were installed and named for the coming year by District Commander Stowe with plans to increase post activity in local civic enterprises.
Five masked bandits robbed the State Bank of Redwood Falls of about 25000 dollars and abducted two bank employees. K P Hassenstaf, Gushler, and Mona Lehens a stenographer were forced to accompany the robbers one mile from town before being released.
In Los Angeles a woman and her four young children were slashed at their Georgia Street home. Police report the assailant entered the children’s bedrooms before dawn and attacked, wounding the mother and all four children as doctors rush them to hospital. The case, tied to a terrorized household, sparked a manhunt for the unidentified assailant described as a dangerous intruder.
U S Senator Hiram Johnson, leader of California's Republican Progressive faction, praised President Roosevelt's stance on Progressivism in Sacramento. He contrasted Roosevelt's approach with that of Democratic nominee Hoover, noting Roosevelt's call for Republican Progressives to back the Democratic campaign.
Paylerville ML Sept 23. About 200 men and women pickets retreated after National Guardsmen ordered no interference with reopening of the Peabody coal mine at Yangleyville. Troops and tear gas drove the group from the main entrance as a second wave formed west of the mine to oppose the operation under the 5 dollar wage scale.
Williamport, Sept. 28. Howard Hutton, 25, Newark and Montourville, convicted of first degree murder in the fatal shooting of a taxicab driver. The jury returned its verdict in under six hours and recommended mercy, resulting in a life imprisonment sentence.
Corry resident Pate of BW Eday from Meadville faces manslaughter and failure to render aid charges after a January automobile death on the Conneaut Line Meadville highway. Defense witness Mrs George King placed Morley at a Reed Street location in May, boosting the defense for a directed verdict of acquittal as the Meadville case heads to the jury.
Reported unrest across South America includes undeclared war in Gran Chaco between Bolivia and Paraguay with 1,000+ wounded and 250+ soldiers killed. Tanks, planes, and heavy weaponry deployed as 6,000 Paraguayan troops surround 2,000 Bolivians at Fort Boqueron amid ongoing fighting. In Brazil, Sao Paulo rises against the federal government, controlling much of its territory while coffee shipments to the United States halt.
Halifax N S Sept 25 A dory from the fishing schooner L Ay Juniton Wak washed ashore at Guyshorn N S confirming a heavy coastal storm recently wrecked the vessel and her crew feared lost. Fishermen search the area for more wreckage.
Governor Gifford Pinchot presses the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for a $45 million Pennsylvania loan. He seeks a Septem ber 27 audience with President Hoover to present the state’s emergency relief needs and urges faster action despite the CFR’s demand for county by county data. The governor plans to meet with CFR Chairman Pomerene and then the president, as critics call the delay a hindrance to easing 1.85 million jobless in the commonwealth.
Sept 23 The opinion affirms the states restricted power in disposing of securities by the banking secretary of Pennsylvania. The attorney general's department released the ruling naming Wm D Gotydtly as banking secretary.
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