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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1939
Page
3
A garbled OCR fragment shows referees and officials in a dispute over conduct and venue access. The readable bits hint at tension around a game, with mention of delays and financial or venue constraints impacting play. Names and precise details are missing from the text.
Sluggish year sees Paracraf style digest with varied items including the first Atlantic cable message anniversary on record, company profit contrasts for 1939 and 1938, a Jamestown missing child case resolved, local health and price observations, and ongoing traffic safety notices across Pennsylvania and New York.
Harrisburg August 17 A flat eight cents daily health plan may reach Pennsylvanians by November 1 under a 1939 legislature approved program awaiting State Insurance Department approval. The Medical Service Association of Pennsylvania, allied with the Pennsylvania Medical Society, seeks a nonprofit charter and sets fees of 42.50 a month for singles, 4.50 for couples, and 1 more per dependent, with statewide operation and eligibility limits based on weekly earnings.
A tentative agreement between Griffin Manufacturing Co. management and union officers is expected to be approved by week’s end, with a possibility that striking workers will return by next Monday. Mediator Thomas M. Finn of the U S Labor Department announced the development after being called to Erie.
An old advertisement promotes Thompson’s Borsoma Tablets as a stimulant and kidney helper. It claims the pills flush poisonous waste from blood and aid the liver and stomach, noting a 25 cent price and availability at drug stores.
Corry Methodist church plans to attend the Erie Conference session in Jamestown September 12 to 18 at the First Methodist church Mamestown with Rev E Roy Myers as trustee. The event attracts about 225 ministers 225 lay delegates 1000 young people and many attendees. Bishop Adna Wright Leonard presides. Sweden bishop Raymond J Wille speaks on foreign field duties.
Atlantic City Aug 17 The theatrical union clash between actors and stagehands flared anew before the AFL executive council. A rejected settlement plan raises the likelihood of an actors strike and a potential mass walkout across movie radio legitimate and concert venues. Harrisburg Aug 17 Revenue Secretary Hamilton warned against contracts with parties seeking rebates arguing the state constitution and court rulings. He urged action against those soliciting refunds or theater tax evasion.
Police and Erie Railroad officials investigated a track sabotage incident at a city site near the old city works property. Spikes were pulled and tires skidded from beneath the line, with two men identified as involved but no motive determined.
Pittsburgh August 17 The constitutionality of the Ross Township ordinance banning Sunday picnics attended by more than 25 people was taken Under advisement. McBride George Daniels, owner of Paradise Gardens in the township, appealed two lines of $50 each levied last July by Squire George Brunner for violation of the ordinance.
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