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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1939
Page
3
Skymail stations are rising in five of 28 cities on the Philadelphia Pittsburg route with more sites planned, enabling direct daily airmail pickup and delivery, beginning in May. Communities share $4500 total, including $150 for station upkeep and $300 for a year of messenger service.
The Hatch Vocational School ended its evening program with a short ceremony awarding certificates to students who attended at least 75 percent of the classes and completed the course work. Superintendent Ralph S. Dewey gave remarks as industry representatives and school board members spoke and refreshments were served.
The article notes an express schedule enabling Ur ey stores to deliver orders to cites on route the same day sent out. It suggests residents along the route will use first schedule to mail packages to other points. It states Uni s service rate is only slightly higher than parcel post. The Tri State Corporation will establish offices in every city served and arrange for express to be picked up and delivered to the airport.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board urges sober display campaigns in state stores to educate the public on temperance. Roy W. Howell of the Case Store Standard notes displays like signs, photographs, and charts can promote sobriety and combat bootlegging, while state stores currently show only window signs.
Junnyon, a 45 year old resident, drowned in the Chadaltoin river near a stone quarry at about 9 a.m. after an auto driven by her husband veered off a road embankment. Bowers conducted an investigation and issued a verdict of accidental death.
About three hundred Fleuty miners idle as United Mine Workers of America leaders meet in New York seeking a settlement. Talks aim to renew a contract that expired, with operators yet to revoke the old agreement, leaving Mina Nosteke and Har stack idle in the Appalachian mines.
The text outlines a fragmented plan to publicize state department work across agencies such as forests and waters, parks and part facilities, industry on employment service, highway department, and state motor vehicle on accident prevention, and various other efforts.
A debate erupts as Morrisburg officials seek PUC intervention to halt and restrain a proposed water extension. Laurence M. Nagle of Mayle Engine and Boiler Works accuses city leaders of improper spending on the project and insists the city avoid funding misused items. William Knox plans to file a formal complaint challenging the water line and urging restraint.
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