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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1938
Page
8
A fragmented 1958 era Toledo style update notes showery conditions slowing traffic on area highways, a St Thomas church gathering for St Christopher's anniversary, and police reporting a quiet week with three drunken arrests. It mentions Pa railroad work resuming, a firemen outing, and several local officials addressing inspections, unemployment checks, and a theater casting rumor for Gone with the Wind.
Bernard Huffman and William Faull, both Smethport youths aged 17 and 16, paddled handmade 16 foot kayaks down the Allegheny River starting Wednesday. They camped near Eighth Street in Titusville, expect to reach Pittsburgh by Monday or Tuesday, and spend about 50 cents daily on food.
A Pennsylvania pardon board hearing for Charles I Kamerer, once a Brie broker and five year Allegheny county workhouse inmate, is now set for September 21 after a June date was postponed. Authorities say reports of a commutation were false and governor action awaits the formal hearing. Two other items note Bain and Finney jailed after a fight near Piney Dam, while the Clarion river attraction remains noted for motorists in Pennsylvania.
United Press reports Washington August 1 sharp increases in the numbers of aliens becoming American citizens under the New Deal. Better employment prospects and accelerated federal aid drive the rise with final citizenship papers issued rising from a 1933 low to 164,976 in 1937. Officials predict a further rise in 1938 as costs fall and private employers favor native-born workers amid relief restrictions.
The Pennsylvania Forensic League, organized with help from the University of Pittsburgh, will visit Norristown public schools next year as announced by executive secretary C Stanton Belfour. Fifty five counties will compete in the 1939 interscholastic music and speech contest with nine district meets in April and state finals on April 28 and 29 at Norristown.
A colloquial tale recalls Uncle When praising a resourceful man who brags about his cleverness. He cites a neighbor who split eight fence panels to feed the stove, saving the trouble of sawing wood, in a humorous regional voice.
Philadelphia report shows Pennsylvania completed 1,984,821 motor vehicle registrations in the last year, up 6.9 percent from the prior period. U S totals reach 29,705,220 vehicles with California narrowly second to New York in state registrations. The figures exclude trailers semitrailers motorcycles and publicly owned machines. Nebraska and South Dakota show minor declines.
Providence reports the Supreme Court struck down the state regulation of barber closing hours as unconstitutional. The ruling said the hours do not relate to public health or safety and are not justified by general welfare, invalidating the closing-hour law after a barber cut hair past the limit for a friend.
Cattle rustlers stole cattle from An tone Vincent's farm in Attleboro Massachusetts. Tire marks indicate the method used by the thieves. Several other cattle thefts have been reported across Bristol County, an area with many dairy farms.
Washington August 1 a new federal law restricts interstate movement of firearms effective Saturday. The statute aimed to curb crime and was drawn to cover all states authorities said it would not interfere with obtaining guns for sports purposes.
Passenger locomotives consume from 70 to 120 gallons of water per mile while freight locomotives use from 180 to 480 gallons per mile.
In Philadelphia on August 1 Gov. George H. Earle and William Melvin, chairman of the Pennsylvania 200th anniversary commission, received bronze commemorative medals from Finland. The awards cited their outstanding activity in bringing recognition to Finnish pioneers who aided Pennsylvania’s founding 300 years ago, with medals struck by order of President Kallio.
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