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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1937
Page
4
Fragmentary report references a leader in the upper chamber and pursuit of a European championship title, noting postponement due to weather conditions and unclear outcome.
A Corry industrialist praises balanced labor coverage while criticizing one sidedness in the Journal. He cites industry losses and wage pressures, urges fair treatment of workers, warns against radical unions, and stresses open dialogue to maintain industrial peace.
Jay Franklin surveys the Supreme Court as the Wagner Act cases move through a split, noting Roberts and Hughes influence, the Roberts swing vote, and the broader aim of reshaping the judiciary. He argues the drive for court reform persists despite electoral nuances and warns of extended reform efforts.
The next decade should bring half a billion dollars in farm electrification as manufacturers project increased demand from rural homes. Farmers will use power for lighting, laundry, indoor labor saving devices, and farm operations such as pumping, grinding, and milling machines, expanding a $35 million annual farm electrical market.
Twenty years ago the Journal notes a nationwide campaign by Board of Commerce committees to register vacant farms for food production. Standard Screw Company reports minimal impact from a strike, while over 40 local young men become eligible for military and naval service as the national draft looms. The Morey Board of Commerce aligns with labor and Industry to aid farmers and summer work.
The article notes strong criticism of Roosevelt era court reorganization and censorious actions by Kansas figures. It mentions Landon and Seneas in defiant terms, with supporters and detractors arguing on national policy. Local townsfolk from Old City and nearby counties voice opposition as cases move through trains and protests unfold.
Ruth Chatterton, the American film star famed for Dodsworth and Girls Dormitory, will appear on the London stage in The Constant Wife. Her costumes, designed by Molyneux, were fitted in Paris with Captain Molyneux supervising. Ensemble includes a beige three piece suit and a navy ensemble with a high neck dress and fitted jacket.
In Berks County a spring near Sinking Spring sinks underground due to limestone geology. The spring surface behavior, visible along Route 422, helped name the town. A Ruth family appears in 1798 records, and a church and hotel soon followed the Revolutionary era site.
Hollywood Cull April 21. World famous author and traveler Cameron Rogers says Hollywood's creative atmosphere inspires writing. He finished Manila Galleon and other works here during stints, planning six months yearly in Hollywood with rest abroad. Rogers cites writers like James Cairo joining the cinema colony.
Fragmented reader questions cover topics from the secretary of commerce to Europe’s longest river. Etiquette hints advise guests at a chopped wedding to stay seated until the procession ends, while old proverbs salute progress and men of great stature.
Factographs report Soviet scientists experimenting with a quick growing rubber yielding plant. They plan to use millions of Arctic acres for cultivation. The piece notes a French mining engineer named Mathieu approached Napoleon with a plan to tunnel beneath the British Channel, but no tunnel has been built to date.
Most people born today show great determination and firm plans. The text notes a One Minute Test answer sheet with Daniel C. Roper and mentions “the Sunday after East,” plus May 16, and a reference to Wales at 7,900 miles and a voyage into the Cape.
A collage of local happenings includes Swan drawing local baseball celebrities, a street filing contract near award, ambitions of a jailer candidate, and a restrictive parking rule. Quarantine signs mark a Fourth Ward home. Local stores move, a gravel scandal may surface, and election questions loom as population hints emerge.
A garbled excerpt notes marriage licenses and intentions to wed filed rapidly on a Saturday afternoon, with licences issued roughly every forty two minutes as a Reno divorce mill phrase appears in the text.
A revived concept in New Chain Letter IDEA SAN JOBE California suggests replacing towels with a dime chain setter approach. If the chain tap breaks, pervenient re tue chats will recesseeOT ish towels, indicating a quirky substitution scheme.
Columnist Charles P. Stewart recounts a 1920s interview with Dr. John J. Tigert, then U.S. education commissioner, on federal aid to schools and the idea of a cabinet department of education. Tigert argues education strength is regional, not federal, and warns against ramming reforms nationwide.
In Tigonier Pennsylvania during April, farmers from Ravine Valley pressed for a written pact to keep peace with Richard K. Mellon. The dispute centers on land use and wages linked to the Mellon estate, with reports of 12 000 acres involved and tensions over funding for higher wages.
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