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Corry Evening Journal in Corry, Pennsylvania
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1935
Page
1
State Senator Clark Convicted In Insurance Deal
West Chester state senator William H. Clark was found guilty in Dauphin County Court on malfeasance and extortion charges. The verdict follows a trial in which jurors deliberated after arguments by Oliver Baton for the defense. A motion for a new trial was set for 20 days, with sentencing held in abeyance pending that motion. Clark faces up to six years and a $2,000 fine on each of two counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy United Press
Harrisburg
William H. Clark
West Chester
Dauphin County
William M. Hargest
Idge
Malikke Metzger
Oliver K. Baton
Pittabursiki
Cuescer County
Stepublican Teader
Baton
Clark
William Hulme
Appropriations Committee
Hulme
Philadelphia Rapids Transit Company
Model Boy Slayer Denies Confession in Wife Murder Trial
Worcester report: Newell Pa Sherman, described as a model boy, tearfully repudiates the confession the state offered as proof of drowning his wife Alice, 22, in Lake Singletary to elope with another girl. He testifies the 400-word statement was typed by a state trooper and not dictated. Also noted, Sherman’s defense questions the statement’s creation. Thaw recovering from bronchial pneumonia in Quebec after killing Stanford White years ago.
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United Press
Worcester
Mass
Newell Pa Sherman
Ita
Sherman
Alice
Lake Singlstary
Tether Hall Magill
Chief Defense
Thaw
Quebec
Harry K. Thaw
Fillionaire
Stanford White
Farolyy Nesbit
Roosevelt Defends Farm Policy In Neb Speech
President Roosevelt praised New Deal farm and monetary programs before Nebraska farmers, defending experimental policy under the Agricultural Adjustment Act. He argued cooperative efforts by farmers, Congress, and his administration have yielded gains and pledged to continue the program to close the price gap.
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Afederick A. Storm
United Press
White House
Fremont
Neb
Roosevelt
Concord
Congress
Two Fall From Skiff Loss Believed Incomplete
United Press reports in Pittsburgh on September 28 that Edward Bj, 60, a houseboat resident, was recovered by river patrolmen after a skiff overturn near the union. James Young, 56, missing and presumed drowned, search continued as of last night when a hat and coat were sighted on the water. The two men were last seen in a skiff late Thursday, and police were alerted only the following night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fress
Pittsburgh
Edward Bj
Unonger
I Sench
James Young
F. B. Thompson
Dei
Young
Japanese Empress Prepares for Child in December
Tokyo dispatch reports Empress Nagato consort of Emperor Hirohito will return to the Tokyo palace October 9 to prepare for the empress’s child due in December. The announcement notes the empress remains in good health after a stay at Hayama.
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Tokyo
Japanese Imperial Household
Nagato
Hiroihito
Tokyo Palace
Akehito
Summer Palace
Hayama
Prince Alexia Mdivani Will Divides Estate Shares
The will of Prince Alexia Mdivani led today for probate divides an estate estimated between 1 million and 3 million dollars among his brothers sisters and his ex wife Barbara Hutton United Press reports from New York on September 28 193? show the distribution among family members and former spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Prince Alexia Mdivani
Barbara Hutton
Bi lateral Trade Pacts Approved by United States
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told the League of Nations assembly in Geneva that the United States approves bilateral commercial agreements to broaden international trade on the most favored nation basis. President Edouard Benes surprised the assembly by announcing he had an important message and then read Hulls communique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United ‘Press
Geneva
Cordell Hull
League of Nations Assembly
United States
Alion Basia
Edouard Benes
Wssembly Jist
Hull
Italy May Direct Drive On Irrigation Dam
Addis Ababa reports Italy planned a southward drive in Eritrea toward the Tana area, heart of a British project to irrigate the Sudan and Egypt. Italian troops massed in the Sitina Triangle, threatening near the Sudan border. Ethiopian forces under Ras Bassas prepared westward to meet any assault, with Lake Tana and Gondar as potential targets impacting Britain's strategic interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Beattie
United Press State
United Press
Addis. Ababa
Italy
Eritrea
Cane ‘Tana
Sudan
Egypt
Si«tana
Ethiopia
Ras Bassas
Gondry
Gondar
Lake ‘Tan
Lake Tang
Britain
Illinois G O P Endorses Knox for President
Peoria Illinois September 28 Republicans rally around Frank Knox publisher of the Chicago Daily News as unanimously endorsed presidential candidate by the state central committee. Leaders say all factions can unite behind the favorite son leadership and commend Knox for opposition to any deviation from constitutional government.
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Eq Unites Press
Peoria
Ill
Iihinoia Republicans
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
G. O. P. Central
Knox
Butler man leaps to death from viaduct
Butler Pennsylvania September 28 Nick Luskow 50 of Lyndora leapt from a viaduct on South Mall Street and fell to his death. In Como Italy on September 28 the dome of Como cathedral burned with a despondent man dying instantly beneath the crushed roof. The cathedral houses rare buried treasures and is identified as a landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ey Unten Hrens
Butler
Nick Luskow
Lyndora
South Mall Streat
Como
Italy
WSK
Italy Denies Aims that Might Hurt British Interests
Rome Sept 28 Italy extended a tentative olive branch to the League of Nations and Great Britain with a pledge not to leave the league unless further measures against Italy are taken and a claim that Italy has no aims that could harm British interests. The cabinet, after Mussolini’s briefing on the Ethiopia crisis, issued four provisions including abandoning the League under full responsibility by the League, asserting no immediate or remote aims to injure Britain, avoiding actions that widen the conflict, and praising domestic calm while signaling openness to accords safeguarding Britain’s East Africa interests.
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United Press
Rome
Italy
League of Nations
Great Britain
Premiier
Benito Mussolini
League
Denclares
Britain
East Africa
Margiotti Versus County Prosecution in Pardon Board Clash
Harrisburg reports the three day September pardon board session ended with Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti and Lancaster District Attorney Paul Mueller locked in a heated exchange. Margiotti demanded Mueller explain why he asked questions at a preliminary hearing suggesting a deal involving Arthur F. Campbell who is serving a false pretense sentence. The district attorney defended his questions citing rumors and Margiotti accused Mueller of dishonesty and warned he might bar Mueller from future appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Harrisburg
Pardon Board
Charles J. Margiotti
Paul Mueller
Lancaster County
Margiotti
Mueller
Arthur FE. Campbell
Paron Board
Sunfair
Margoutt
New Utilities Act Faces Court Test in Baltimore
New Deal lawyers seek delay in federal district court as they defend the Wheeler Rayburn public utilities regulation act. Trustees for American States Public Service Co ask Judge Coleman for instructions on how to conduct their trusteeship under the new law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Baltimore
New Deal
Federal District Court
William ©. Coleman
Througne Py
American States Publie Service Company
Low
Coléman
Guardsmen Ordered to Kentucky Coal Mines
Governor Ruby Laffoon dispatched National Guard troops to the Harlan County coal mine area to ease strained relations between union and non union workers and restore order amid mounting tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
United Press
Frankfort
Ruby Laffoon
National Guard
Harlan County
Earle Warns Against Politics Among Police
Governor Earle pledges no support for police or highway patrol subjected to political pressure. He warns political activity by any member will be grounds for summary dismissal while urging officers to vote. He commits to uphold any member facing political coercion in discharging duty.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Earle
Highway Patrol
State Police
State Highway Patrol
Politi
Ohio W C T U Leader Convention Speaker
Mrs. Viola D Romans of Columbus Ohio state AV G U president addressed the 31st Annual Pennsylvania W C T U session in Butler on Danger Signals She warned there could be no compromise on liquor and urged oral abstinence as the union's only course before more than 500 delegates and friends at the First Methodist Episcopal church banquet room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler W. C. T. U
United Press
Butler
United States
America
Viola D. Romans
Columbus
Pennsylvania Women's Christian Temperance Union
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Mra
Romans
Burned to death when home destroyed in fire
Sharon Ohio area report of William Wilcox a 71 year old retired steel worker killed as fire destroyed the home of his son in law George Taylor near Sharon Orangeville. Taylor his wife and a 16 year old son escaped unharmed.
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Ler Frese
Sharon
Wiliam Wilcox
Big Son- Inlaw
George Taylor
Orangeville
Taylor
Pennsylvanian Projects Win PWA Approval For 59 Jobs
Washington announces Public Works Administration grants and loans totaling 52,467,0428 for 259 projects across Pennsylvania. Grants cover 45 percent, loans 85 percent for the remainder, funding schools, sewers, waterworks, and a high school in multiple cities including Clairton, Reading, Scranton, Lancaster, Wilkes-Barre, and Kane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Public Works Administration Soda
Pennsylvania
Clairton
School
Kittanning
Ambridge
Reading
West Chester
Dubois
Waynesboro
Huntingdon
Punxsutawney
Scranton
Lancaster
Wilkes-Barre
Kane
Pottstown
Whalens Son Found Dozing In Ravine
Grover Whalen Jr. 14, son of New York police commissioner, vanished after packing for Rhode Island prep school. Police from five states hunted him for hours. he was found dazed and asleep beside a ravine with a goose egg on his forehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lad
United Pro Dobbs Perry
N. J
Grover Whalen, Jr
New York
Police Commission
Eran Tte
Young Whalen
Rhode Island
Hawthorne
Drunk and Disorderly Fined After Escape Attempt
LeRoy Cobb Kennedy was fined 10 dollars and costs by Police Magistrate Glen Miller for drunk and disorderly conduct while being arrested by Patrolman Ross Mead during an attempted escape. The incident occurred early Friday morning as Mead deflated the suspect’s handcuffs with bullets from his revolver. George A. Ferguson, 40, of Blairsville, was killed in Vandergrift Pa when his car failed to round a curve and crashed into a bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Cobb
Kennedy
Glen Miller
Gohb
Ross Mead
Ita
Vandergrift
George A. Ferguson
Blairsville
Kiski Junction
Storm Menaces Cuba and Florida as warns issued
Havana reports thirty killed and 260 injured in central Cuba from a hurricane first striking Confuegos. In Florida the Keys are evacuted of all inhabitants as the storm sweeps toward the coast from the east. Coast guard search boats and buses rush residents to safety while warnings extend from Key West to West Palm Beach.
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United Press
Havana
Cuba
Havy
Confuegos
Cien= fuegos
Fla
Florida
Mis
Florida Keys
Imost
Te State
Ewan Piurich
Guba
Sien
Keys
Fong Key
West Palm Beach
Peron
Blemini
Hieyuri
Ernest Carson
Miami
Governor Comments On Solon's Conviction
Governor Earle commented on the Dauphin County case against State Senator William H. Clark of West Chester, charged with malfeasance and estition. He called it a great day for decent government in Pennsylvania and said it marks the beginning of the end of corrupt officials, noting jury composition as a cross-party sign of integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Pres
Harrisburg
William H. Clark
West Chester
Dauphin County
Earle
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
America
Markets At A Glance in Quiet Trading
Markets show dull trading with stocks steady or irregular in places. Bonds are irregular and quiet as commodities slip with wheat corn oats and rye lower. Cotton declines 2 to 4 points while rubber stays firm and silver bars edge higher at New York markets.
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United Press
Chicago
New York
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Boy” Slayer
Mdivani
Lake Tana
Heart of Irrigation
Illinois
Margiotti and County
NEW Utilities Act
Ohio
PENN
PWA
Punxs
Whalen
Solon
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