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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1938
Page
3
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A fragmentary local summary covers a 79 cent sale at Golden Rule Club merchants next Thursday, parolee Jay Morrison’s arrest on a surety charge, school fingerprinting plans for about 1100 children, recent transfers in the Evie county jail, frost fears for gardeners, Pittsburgh business activity at 65.2 percent of its 1925-25 average, a late eastbound train due to an Ohio derailment, and various civic and political items.
Community notes list a welding shower for the bride and groom Mr. and Mrs. Harold Turbin to be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Slye on Friday night with all invited. The column also records many local social visits and family gatherings across Wesleyville Gowanda Corry Brie and nearby areas. Monuments on Gettysburg Battlefield exceed sixty thousand in number according to local reports.
Mrs J Miller urged Attorney General Charles J Margiotti to publish the suppressed state police report on the gravel scandal. District Attorney Mortimer B E Graham said the probe would not be pushed locally to avoid political uses ahead of the November election. If Margiotti yields, the report could prompt a grand jury review later this year.
The outlook notes easing inventories and higher IMM activity, with auto assemblies up despite restricted output. Retail trade remains near last year’s pace, prices down from 1997 highs, and commodity prices attractive. Bank deposits have risen since December while credit policy shifts aim to ease financing. The piece hints that spring outlook could favor aid to modest growth.
The speaker argues that vigorous spending will stimulate near term business, noting past cycles of downturn followed by recovery. He predicts New York sentiment will improve before year end as winters give way to spring and stocks rebound, insisting crises end and Wall Street will regain vigor despite current gloom.
April 22 Erie section report on a clash between the state administration and Joseph Cuffey controlled WPA over highway project labor. Albert G. Mercer of the Erie WPA says the state highway department plans an employment program excluding WPA relief applicants despite a WPA quota, while Erie maintains work exists for WPA eligible workers. Thomas W. MacGregor notes over 100 men are being assigned to highway maintenance in Erie County to carry the spring program.
An advertisement features Ruth Myers of New Castle Pennsylvania praising WORLD'S TONIC for curing nerves insomnia and indigestion. She notes improved sleep appetite and energy after using the tonic and urges others to try it. The ad lists Krister's Cut Rate and Miller Pharmacy as outlets.
Allegheny plans a high school seniors celebration while introducing a new service for farmers under the Agricultural Conservation Program. Robert Frost is slated to address seniors, and a loan option via the Farm Security Administration helps farmers lacking funds to purchase required materials. Loans up to 200 dollars depend on cash outlay and program payments, with forms and instructions available at County Agricultural Offices.
High school seniors from Pennsylvania New York and Ohio attend Meadville Guest Day at Allegheny College on May 7. Robert Frost will give an address as the crowning of the May Queen and students compete for 6800 in scholarship prizes amid Meadville centennial celebrations. About 50 local high schoolers join 200 scholarship contenders based on psychological and aptitude tests.
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