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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1936
Page
4
The Corry Evening Journal lists publication details, pricing, and advertising representatives. It notes daily edition excluding Sundays, post office entry, and carrier rates.
Northeastern Pennsylvania residents expect two major party contenders to speak nearby this month. Franklin D. Roosevelt will stop in Erie en route to Chautauqua, with a radio address for those unable to attend. Alf M. Landon will appear in West Middlesex and then Chautauqua, with a Erie stop planned. Local Republicans anticipate large crowds and a cordial reception reflecting the 1936 campaign tone.
Pennsylvania farmers saw prices rise fourteen percent above prewar levels and six percent over last month due to drought effects and crop conditions in mid 1940s markets. The Federal State Crop Reporting Service notes the surge followed shifts in grain cotton truck crops and daily products with meat animals the only group lower. A French athlete’s effort to spark Olympic interest appears as a secondary, fragmentary note in the text.
Paris fashion reports show women shifting from costume jewelry to precious amber and semi precious gems. Jewelry choices emphasize amber with gold settings, pearls remain smart, and deep brown, green, plum tones backdrop amber and gold pieces.
Amphibians are a division of vertebrates between reptiles and mammals, including frogs, toads, and salamanders, which can live on land and in water. They reproduce in water and have life stages such as eggs, larvae, and adults.
Hollywood Calif August 12 Walter Huston criticizes film actors for not receiving fair compensation while Belle Davis campaigns for more pay He argues actors are artists not financiers and are worn down by agents managers and financiers The discussion touches on money worries affecting top stars and a distant horoscope note closes the piece.
Readers learn of Lieut Jack Richards reassigned to Columbus Ohio to supervise motor transport for General Pershing’s expedition. Keystone Construction begins pavement on Pleasant Street. Notices urge quarantine adherence for infantile paralysis at stations. Car collision injures a local resident near Columbus road. Dr J A Moada suffers arm burns after a fall near Spring Creek. Mrs Thomas Gibbs hosts guests in Maple avenue in honor of Mrs George Blyd from Varentum. Ross Melle returns from Beechwood camping trip. Tod Foley fishing at Pittsfield.
A fragmentary note explores Bedford’s name origin linked to Governor John Penn and the fort at Ruystows around 1755, tracing it to House of Budford in England and the town’s mock inscription. An unrelated line mentions an apartment search in a classified ad.
A string of brief items from Corry and nearby towns covers guards stopping a knife incident, local promotions and moves, a Detroit hospital job for a nurse, a fall wedding postponed, politics, road patrols, and upcoming events. Notable entries include patrol officers averting harm, a Navy of gossip about local figures, and community notices on concerts, store visits, and a horse named Goshen among others.
The July 1936 fiscal year opened with expenditures near 50 percent higher than July 1935. Treasury data show enormous repayments from recovery agencies as private borrowers begin curtailing loans, with July total expenditures at 127,108,643 and receipts including income tax at 203,595,160. The AAA and Commodity Credit Corporation figures reflected large private repayments and government disbursements, signaling improving conditions in agriculture and industry amid ongoing emergency funding.
At Pennsylvania State College Aug 12 findings from a series of tests show women drivers lag behind men in braking tasks. Amos Neyhart and Dr Marty De Silva led experiments linked to an industrial engineering course with input from Harvard research. Over 500 students participated. many others tested, including workers from Grycolusty in Pennsylvania. Women surpassed men only in color perception tests. in rapid accelerator-to-brake response, only 18 percent of women matched men’s speed.
The horoscope outlines personal and social guidance for Parsons born from Fine 21s through July 21. It notes unusually fine day prospects, favorable conditions for studies and travel, and strong focus on pleasure in October 1986. Caution advised for accidents or rash actions from September 9 to 16, 1926, with social and shopping advantages noted in early November through the 11th, 1926.
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