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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1937
Page
5
Pay visited here yesterday with Mr and Mrs Frank Pitt of North Center Street. Mrs Nelle Cayley R N of Pittsburgh is visiting friends in the city for a few days.
Local residents and families are listed visiting Erie and other towns, traveling to attend funerals, conferences, or visiting relatives. Names include Mr and Mrs A W Munace, Leo Carroll, Miss Mary Higgins, Mrs Charles Dod, Orrin Harburg, R J Davison, C M Howard, R Fogle, Lloyd Stane, William Young, and many others. Several plans are noted such as attendance at a Knights Templar installation and ball in Erie, a National Youth Administration Conference in Pittsburgh, and a West Indies cruise for Miss Mary Sullivan and Mrs Joan Rieker. Additional mentions include nursing work in Erie, a WPA project, and hospital assistance in Corry.
Aluminum workers in New Kensington Pa will not support a threatened strike by Alcoa Tennessee plant employees. Local union president Nicholas Zonarich said the New Kensington unit remains AFL affiliated while the local group joined John L. Lewis Committee for Industrial Organization.
Members of the Lutheran Missionary Society met in the church yesterday to study The Negroes Struggle Upward. Hostesses were Mrs Merrill Hunt Mrs Donald Hall and plans were completed to entertain the Erie Conference Missionary Convention at Cory church on May 1 with Miss Faith Lippard of Japan as speaker.
Rail timetable changes announced as daylight saving time begins in the east. Epic Railroad No 8 eastbound to New York moves to 8 03 pm from 7 00 pm. New York bound departures advance by 12 49 minutes. Several Buffalo Pittsburgh trains and others adjust arrival and departure times. Renovo division No 568 eastbound arrives from Erie at noon, now leaves 12 26 pm.
The article notes rising support for Earle in the Midwest with potential predictions for his political future. It discusses Governor Harle’s liberal administration and parallels with Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Senator Lewis expresses willingness to serve with Earle in the Senate if he runs for Davis’s seat. Potential Roosevelt cabinet changes are mentioned with high regard for Earle.
Agnes Branney Eckman of Jamestown, wife of CL Eckman, was injured when she tripped over a floor lamp at her home and lay on the floor for hours before help arrived. She had fourteen years on the Jamestown board of Wheaton trots and was hospitalized. William Sansom, 47, longtime publisher of the Clarion Doma Weekly, died last night after 47 years in the business.
Fragmentary note describes a shorthand expert named Mise Fawline Emory who demonstrates rapid copying, claiming 175 to 220 words per minute while writing for a college business setting. Mentions Annville and Miva Minery in incomplete context.
United Press reports a rising stock market with improving prices and anticipated higher volume. Notes include easing strikes and strong first quarter results, plus cautions about gold policy, consumer buying, and higher costs. Also covers American Telephone and Telegraph annual meeting, dividend persistence, and management queries over prices and commission relations.
April 22 reports show a downtick in stocks with fractions to two points down. Several special issues lose up to seven points as market momentum falters and traders grow cautious about the session.
Washington April 22 The Interstate Commerce Committee today approved a bill for federal regulation of natural gas. The committee would give federal authority to regulate transportation and distribution of gas across state lines, extending federal power over interstate commerce in gas matters.
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