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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1935
Page
1
A fragmented 1935 social scene describes a ball dinner with vegan provisions and multiple attendees. The hall hosts speakers and an emcee while discussions touch on manners, conversation, and courtly decor. References to Mooney and Hovarty hint at local figures.
Fragmentary text outlines a street booth location three blocks from downtown and a call procedure. It includes incomplete directions and timing cues. The garbled lines reference waiting five minutes, hanging up, and someone not present locally.
President Roosevelt presses early passage of social security measures including old age pensions and unemployment insurance to balance the budget. He calls for states to bear their share of costs and warns against full federal funding while urging broader aid to dependent children and local health programs.
A massive dust storm coated an area 700 miles long and 400 miles wide, sweeping from the Colorado River to El Paso, Texas. Originating in the Texas Panhandle, the cloud crossed New Mexico, touched El Paso, and moved west toward California, with Imperial Valley nearly blocked by a low pressure system and visibility dropping to under three miles around Phoenix.
Corry residents and surrounding area are invited to a public mass meeting at the Municipal building on Wednesday evening, April 17, where representatives of the Federal Housing Administration will explain loan programs to repair and modernize homes. A question period will follow to clarify construction plans and repayment terms.
Milk producers in Cory and nearby areas will receive one cent more for March milk than February, and 33 cents more than March 1934, as announced by the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association. The March price is 1.4 dollars for 5.5 mills with a ten-cent plant volume premium, bringing total cash return to about 1.64 dollars for March amid indications the market remains stable.
Robert Lamberton, newly appointed to the State Game Commission, addressed Corry Rod and Gun Club members urging cooperation to protect regional game and oppose harmful legislation. He pledged help to boost the section's game distribution and praised the club, Erie county's oldest sportsmen group, which hosted about 80 to 90 attendees for a roast beef and fish dinner at Masonic Temple. Subscriptions to Field and Stream were drawn, with winners named.
In Jamestown on April 13 a family of four narrowly escaped when a revolver failed to fire as the weapon was aimed at them. The alleged shooter, a 46 year old man named Jarmello Smelerdo or Smillardo, is in police custody on a first degree assault charge. Police report bullets found in his clothing.
Five separate investigations began into the death of 14 science students and their teacher in a passenger train crash near Williamsport Maryland. The driver Percy Line faced manslaughter charges on $1,000 bond and will attend a Monday inquest. Police from Maryland state, Montgomery County, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the railroad, and a private concerns body all seek to determine blame. The crossing was unprotected and conditions obscured the approaches. Line was in custody and claimed he did not hear a whistle and did not know he was near a grade crossing.
School tax collector George H. Gordon said back taxes for the local school district were rising with nearly 180 levies issued on delinquent taxpayers. He noted over 60 percent of levies had been paid in full and that the First Ward collector planned more levies next Monday morning. Eight persons have been engaged in the levies.
Harrisburg officials traveled to New York for a conference on licensing all milk dealers in the New York milk shed who operate across state lines. The plan, presented to seven governors, would require licenses from the home state and federal licensing for dealers doing business in multiple states. A Pennsylvania bill proposes the state join the cooperative licensing plan.
Chicago April 18 Two campaigns, riots and a threat of state investigation of Red activities at the University of Chicago embroiled school officials in an altercation with assailants. President Hutchins defended freedom of inquiry and speech as indispensable to democracy. He denied faculty advocacy of communism or socialism in classes. Hutchins said the university is not engaged in propaganda but in critical examination of problems and viewpoints. The city awaits a 24 hour action as the strike and investigation threat loom.
City council set for regular session Monday where Mayor Glen Miller may present views on the Corry-owner power plant and a public power proposal. Stanley Nichols argues the ten year street lighting contract with the Pennsylvania Electric is the city’s sole path to settling the lighting issue. The session promises debate on street lighting terms and a possible municipal power plant.
Gen Hugh S Johnson urged perman ent regimentation of industries and resources in peace time speaking to a National Students Federation convention at Princeton on government and business. He said wartime regimentation should not end with the war and tied the NRA to earlier War Industries Board proposals.
Reorganization of the Ol City Brewing Company was urged as a safeguard to its business in a four petition filed in federal court today. Pending the hearing May 11, trustees named include J.B. Patrick Eli Reich and Stanley Eli Nueh who will serve as receivers.
President Roosevelt announces rapid disbursement of a 4.88 billion dollar relief fund to speed employment. CCE head Becker aims to enroll 200000 youths in six days, expand camps to 600000, while Jopling uses 19 million to feed and clothe 20800000 needy, with a 900 million construction push ready to start. The drive targets 2.5 million jobs on public works and 3.5 million in allied industries, peaking by mid November.
Tokyo and U S business leaders face a tense dispute over Latin American trade links as the Foreign Office warns of limits on Japanese exports. Articles quote warnings that curbs could affect US cotton sales and overall trade balance, highlighting potential retaliation and concerns about Caribbean policy impacts.
April 15 in Thurmont Maryland former President Hoover planned to drive into West Virginia after an unexpected fishing expedition with prominent Republican leaders. The trip occurred at a secluded mountain retreat of Lawrence Richey with Theodore Roosevelt and Maryland figures including Gov. Harry Nice and William F. Langdon in attendance.
Stresa April news reports Britain France and Italy agree on a united peace policy and invite Central European nations to a Danube region conference in Italy, likely Rome, to secure peace and preserve Austria's integrity. They plan further talks with the League of Nations in Geneva and a chain of mutual security agreements among Danubian states.
Akron April 18 Rubber manufacturers must sign a working agreement before any settlement. Jeffrey B. Roberts of the American Federation of Labor reports the Rubber Workers Council insists the vote of members be sought before any final decision. Coleman C. Claherty leads union locals at Goodyear Firestone and others at the Washington conference.
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