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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1932
Page
1
Hiroji Saito takes charge of the Japanese embassy in Washington during Ambassador Gobuchi's leave, after serving as Japanese consul general in New York from 192? to 192?. The report notes continued representation of Japanese interests during Gobuchi's absence.
Audit shows total pledges of 15 842 17 and uncollected 2 071 65 leaving receipts 19 646 65. Expenditures for the year 18 002 83 with disbursements to Corry Hospital Salvation Army and others. Public meeting to reorganize set for Tuesday in Municipal Building to plan 1932 relief campaign.
United Press reports five inmates overpowered a lone guard at Rockview Prison near Bellefonte Pennsylvania. The escape occurred as the guard opened a door to move another prisoner. The guard Michael Kersavage was unharmed and joined the search. Names listed include Axherott of Clairton, Gordon of Pittsburgh, Scott of Pittsburgh, Desimone of Allegheny County, and West of Philadelphia.
Sept 24 city reports influenza like surge in infantile paralysis with one death and 11 cases. Dr J Norman Henry says figures likely exceed recent averages and notes uncertainty about reopening Sept 27. Kansas City dispatch cites party activity and travel for fundraising in Pittsburgh and Albany.
United Press reports a 12 year plan to merge eight billion dollars of railroad properties into four major systems. The proposed systems include New York Central D L and W and others with mileage and asset totals across Rutland Lehigh and N E Montour P and West Va Wabash D and parts of Raritan River Lehigh and N E Montour P and West Va Chesapeake and Ohio Missouri Valley etc. The plan aims to streamline large networks into four mega companies.
Alton J. Daimus, 19, formerly of Corry, is in critical condition after a gasoline explosion near Niobe while refilling a gas engine. Two other local youths, Charles Lopis and Ivan Woodward, suffered lighter burns and rest at home. The incident caused severe injuries to Daimus’s back, arms, legs, neck, face, and head. the fatalities and details are from Jamestown General Hospital. The Dulmus family, Corry residents, previously lived above a livery stable at Washington and Mott streets, now razed.
New York dispatch notes a major campaign by big business to reduce government spending. The Pennsylvania Railroad asked workers to engage voters in trimming expenditures, arguing taxes rise from ownership costs and that 25 percent of national income goes to taxes. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. backed the move, saying public officials elected by communities control such spending.
Reports from Harbin say Chinese insurgents have captured Tsitsihar, the northern Japanese stronghold in Manchukuo. The Japanese retreat followed intense fighting along the eastern railway as Chinese forces, commanded by generals Ma Gheng-Shan and May, push northward to extend their sphere of influence amid heavy clashes near the Non River bridge.
Chicago September 24 The United States district attorney's office will launch a thorough inquiry into Insull Holdings financing. District Attorney F Green announced the move amid calls for a Senatorial probe and demands that Samuel Insull and his brother Martin be brought to the United States.
Washington report notes leading eastern railroads reached agreement on a four party consolidation program. It enables formal ICC merger applications by the Pennsylvanian, Baltimore and Ohio, New York Central, and Chesapeake and Ohio Nickel Plate railroads. The plan covers 295 railroads and 54 600 miles of track with trackage rights and small line allocations debated.
New York reporters and legal teams weigh the possibility that Senator James J. Davis will beat back federal charges alleging lottery proceeds. Davis defends that a $15,800 check deposited as debt payment is not lottery money, while prosecutors seek to prove Moose charity ball tickets were illegally sold across state lines as lottery tickets.
Erie Railroad shifts to standard time in major cities with fall and winter adjustments, effective tomorrow, while Pennsylvania Railroad issues new timetables on both divisions. Several Erie passenger departures change times, including eastbound Nos 2 5 and 6, and westbound Nos 11 and 7. Minor Renovo division adjustments accompany the Buffalo division timetable, with changes ranging from five to forty five minutes.
Sept 4 reports from San Francisco describe the Jupkers monoplane Howie Wichibei routing along the Kamchiathe peninsula toward the Bering Sea, with St Paul Island station noting expected spars of other craft to California.
Everett Kent, former Democratic congressman from the thirtieth Pennsylvania district, was found not guilty of violating state banking laws by a Worthampton County jury. He faced charges over withdrawing 10,200 from Bangor Trust Company a day before its closure while serving as solicitor and director. The trial followed scrutiny of bank directors over loans and the bank’s October 1901 collapse.
Harrisburg September 2146 a state senate committee appointed to investigate the Public Service Commission will meet on Friday September 20. It is expected the panel will name a counsel to guide the inquiry. The group aims to probe actions of the PSC since 1914 amid charges of improper accounts and favors involving former officials.
Pittsburgh students protest a compulsory loyalty pledge for undergraduates amid a university drive to curb radicalism. The move, tied to a county judge's decision, faces fines for noncompliance as authorities defend the regimentation against perceived extremism.
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