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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1932
Page
1
The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago Cubs 5 to 2 at Yankee Stadium in the second game of the World Series. Lefty Gomez pitched effectively for the Yankees as the honored ace, delivering a solid performance to seize momentum in the series.
In a 5 2 victory over the Cubs at the classic, New York tops Chicago 5 runs on 9 hits while Chicago manages 4 runs on 7 hits. Gehrig and Chapman drive in two and one runs respectively. Warnecke and Gomer combine for 15 strikeouts as 45,000 fans witness the Yankees’ big lead in the series. Lonnie Warnecke falters for the Cubs. Gehrig, Ruth, and Getling lead the Yankee offense with key hits.
News from Porto Rico reports hundreds dead as the island region vanishes into the sea following a powerful earthquake. In Greece a peninsula quake forces many refugees, with Amogiana location shown as the site of the loss. The British cabinet faces resignations amid crisis. An Erie County case mentions a trial witness, while a $20,000 extended inquiry is noted.
Reports from Washington and San Juan indicate the Puerto Rico hurricane left about 75,000 temporarily homeless with 104 deaths and 1,857 injuries. Areas including San Juan suffered major property damage while villages were flattened and crops ruined. Gov Bevereley led aerial damage surveys as crews aided rescue efforts.
In Havana a plot to blow up funeral crowds for Dr Clementa Vasquez Bello surfaced as the Colón cemetery was mined and bombs found at the Vasquez Bello family plot and at Gen. Camilo Gomez’s pantheon. Police guarded sites, mourners faced fear, and three days of mourning were ordered by President Machado.
Kiwanis Club held a memorial session honoring Dr A L Smith, with four members delivering eulogies and resolutions adopted marking the physician's death. The meeting featured a musical program by the club orchestra and notes on bowling league progress.
Coroner Lowrey of Warren county will hold an inquest in Pittsfield Friday at 3 p.m. into the death of Jack Durlin, who died three days after injuries from an automobile crash on September 1. Durlin was son-in-law of Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Olds. He was struck by Howard Putnam of Grand Valley while crossing the highway. A coroner’s jury had been impaneled at Hull Mortuary on September 6. Tomorrow’s inquest will be held at the office of Justice of the Peace Brooks in Pittsfield.
Invitations issued for the first of a series of Masonic dancing parties sponsored by the Entertainment Committee. The initial event, at Masonic Hall, Friday evening September 30, features Whittaker and His Music, a ten piece band from Union City, playing 8:30 to 11:40 with intermission at 11:30 for refreshments. Subsequent dates October 28 November 25 December 30 January 27 February 24 March 9 and April 20. Lord Mayor of London elected for year starting November 1 following Greenaway term.
Unconfirmed reports from Aden say a Russian submarine sunk in the Gulf of Finland after a collision with the Danish steamer Peter Mursie, with 35 men lost. The Peter Mursie reportedly reached Leningrad heavily damaged, while confirmation awaited from the Danish captain at sea.
Rochester resident William M. Smith testified that assistant U.S. attorney William J. Herlinds showed him a newspaper before he faced the grand jury. He said the questions in the transcript were altered to cast his responses in a different light.
Postal investigators probe a roughly $700 shortage in the Panama village post office led by Postmistress Rose Mandaville 38 who discovered the deficit last July and alerted Jamestown Postmaster Charles Sandburg The inquiry also involves Mandaville's son and daughter and partner Eulyad Gresley who have been sworn as clerks in the office while no one is under suspicion
Greenville Alabama report states The Crescent Limited passenger train collided with a freight train near the siding today, killing four and injuring three seriously. Engineers and clerks named include Tom Crawley of Montgomery the passenger engineer Malcolm Hedges of Ocean Springs Miss mail clerk D M Weathers of New Orleans and two Black freight workers Meek Bam and another.
United Press reports the Reconstruction Finance Corporation may loan China between 12,000,000 and 29,000,000 bushels of Northwestern wheat to aid famine relief. The loan, via Warmer s National Grain Corporation, is under study by the FCC legal department. A final ruling on legality is expected in the coming days. China might pledge customs receipts as security.
James A. Logan of McKeesport was elected Governor of the Pennsylvania District Kiwanis International at the 15th annual Williamsport convention. Officers named include John Norton, Richard Lamberton, and lieutenants governors Carl Areford, Robert Stanton, Charles Shinn, and John Wilkinson, with Williamsport set as the 1933 convention site. Harvey Keim of Jerome, a 35 year old farmer, was shot and killed in an alleged self defense incident with John Sweynsky at Sweynsky's home. Sweynsky surrendered after saying he acted in self defense after Keim attacked him.
Governor Pinchot announces that Pennsylvania will distribute October federal relief money beyond the three requested counties. The Reconstruction Finance Board allocated 1,250,000 dollars for the state with a plan to limit use to Philadelphia Allegheny and Northampton. Pinchot says the funds need not be confined and had warned the board beforehand.
Secretary Ogden Mills told Michigan Republicans Hoover’s Reconstruction program saved the country from collapse. He praised the president’s swift leadership amid the 1931 banking and economic squeeze and urged support to continued recovery efforts. A separate note reported a fatal football training scrimmage in Wilkes-Barre, pa.
Corry Grange issues an open invitation for the public to attend a Saturday evening session starting at 8. The Grange will conduct a brief business meeting, then state lecturer Howard Eiseman will speak on Problems of Today. Assemblyman John H. King Jr. will discuss registration trends at Harrisburg. Music by the Gerry Bennett family.
Corry resident 648 Spring Street was arrested Wednesday evening by Police Lieutenant Warren and Officer Beatty after a sedan was stopped at Pacific and Bleakley streets. Officials say a gallon jug filled with Hooon liquor was found in the car and another passenger was detained for drinking. The man was lodged in the city jail on charges of possessing and transporting liquor.
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