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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1933
Page
3
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a radio incident at a workplace and unclear names or details. The readable bits point to a tense scene at a location described as our works and a slap noted during the event.
Association for Identification in Chicago hears Kennan promise aggressive use of federal power to suppress kidnapping threats and other violent crimes. He says Justice Department will attack these crimes without limit and frame new laws to empower enforcement nationwide.
United Press reviewer hails The First World War edited by Laurence Stallings as a superb pictorial history with 300 pages of modern design and balanced content. Also praised is Herbert Asbury’s Barbary Coast, a vivid San Francisco underworld chronicle, plus Richard Aldington’s All Men Are Enemies a tender wartime romance set amid World War I and social upheaval.
The State Highway Patrol should curb hitchhiking as a growing nuisance and danger on highways. Drivers report hostile groups at intersections, with ride begging becoming daily practice for some salesmen and others, creating peril and insults. The piece urges patrols to protect motorists while maintaining traffic enforcement.
The New York Times editorial praises the Exchange for new margin rules and supervision of speculative trading. It notes 50 percent margins under $5,000 and 80 percent for larger accounts, with calls for tighter value judgments, pools, and syndicate disclosures, plus possible retirement of members into regulatory panels.
Assistant Attorney General Joseph JB Kennan said he would launch a war on rackets and a crackdown on kidnapping after being drafted to lead the effort. He told the nation that authorities would pursue aggressive measures to suppress crime and protect the public.
With four months to opening of the 1933 34 term, parents are urged to comply with the vaccination law. Children must present a certificate of successful vaccination or, after two failed attempts, a temporary certificate of revaccination from the authorized school medical inspector before admission. Cooperation of schools and parents is requested as the law has helped limit smallpox.
Fresh cedar posts set along a power line from Holton attract woodpeckers that peck large holes in them. In Helena Montana state institutions plan to use about 16,000 tons of coal this year at a cost around 60,000.
A snapshot of 1913 life notes movements and local events. L R Bliss drives home a Cadillac touring car from Erie. Repairs to the dam near Columba are complete and water rises toward normal. West Smith Street paving nears finish. Sam Glasser wounds and healing after steam pipe blast at Ajax plant. Capt M N Baker visits Forest County for factory inspections. James Stahl returns from Jamestown to attend the local race track briefly. Albert McLean returns from Fairmont with relatives. Mr and Mrs W A Johns arrive from London with plans to join later in Corry Buffalo visit. Mr Furman of Jamestown improves after arm amputation at Corry hospital. AS IL Pisk visits Horii Siding for bass fishing.
Evening column questions the Bagley brothers’ exact start year with the local football eleven, while asking separately when Charles Keating served as the town's reading basketball referee, when Charles Swan ran his bicycle shop on Hast Pleasant Street, and when Bowens ranked among popular swimming holes.
United Press reports Roosevelt era reforestation crews were hospitalized as War Department clothing orders clashed with field needs. Officials described a chaotic mix of olive drab garments and secondhand outfits, leaving many workers underdressed and wandering near dangers. Amid delays, a mixed staff including a 1932 bonus army member sought accommodations, satire and administration finger‑pointing marked the exchange.
A vivid, fragmented Hollywood roundup from August feature notes and quick sketches. Mentions Clark Gable Barrymore Chevalier Crawford Garbo, Mae West, Raft, Wreck, Sidney, Parker, Farnum, Hayes, Oakie, and Colleagues, plus studio tidbits on dressing rooms and makeup.
Paris styles report three fur classes for autumn. A long black broadtail coat with slight ease features a silver fox trim on shoulders. Gray broadtail appears in newer shades. Three-quarter coats avoid bulk. fur scarves capes and short boleros grow in popularity with ellers fox and blue fox trims.
Josephi Curley, an information booth clerk at Park Street station, answers thousands of inquiries daily. The busy worker handles a wide range of questions about routes stations and services, demonstrating theHigh demand for subway guidance and public assistance in the city.
Five inmates from Rockview prison deemed insane by the state sanity commission are ordered moved to Fairview Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Robin Britchey and John Daniels, both convicted of voluntary manslaughter in separate murders, join Erie county peers John Trevision Peter Vindemeroff and Harry Maguire in the transfer.
A total of 1487 placements were made during May by six St Louis non-fee charity employment agencies. The May activity shows continued effort to connect job seekers with openings across the city.
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