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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1936
Page
4
Corry Evening Journal is published in Corry Pennsylvania with A D Colegrove and William P Lombard as publishers. National advertising represented by Fred Kimball Inc with addresses in New York Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Philadelphia. Entry at Corry post office as second class mail matter. Subscription rates listed for year and advanced payments.
The article notes Wisconsin recently paid the first unemployment compensation under the Social Security Act. It cites 5,000,000 workers nationwide protected by unemployment insurance while urging Pennsylvania to join. It critiques Senate actions delaying federal-benefit adoption and warns of lost funds flowing to Washington instead of workers.
The writer contrasts socialism and fascism, noting Sovietism offers dim hope for democracy while fascism stifles freedom. Observations claim Russia has yet to reach true democracy, and comment on Spain’s civil discourse, suggesting bullfighting as a cultural influence shaping political argument.
Britain shows strong building activity driving a broad economic recovery. Housing, aided by subsidies, low interest rates, and tariff policies, spurred private and municipal construction. Builders, building societies, and government schemes widened homeownership, lifting demand and supporting business, with England nearly rebuilt and homes improved.
Hollywood workers supply background blossoms for films, with 80 people in the trade. Artificial blooms replace delicate real flowers under hot studio lights, with perlesson making up to 350 blooms daily. Exotic varieties last minutes, so studios stock cloth and paper American Beauty roses at about $2.50 each. Chrysanthemum is the most used flower in pictures.
The Pennsylvania Scenic and Historic Commission notes Presque Isle at Erie draws as many as 25 000 visitors on Saturdays Sundays and holidays with several thousand daily otherwise. The state park covers 4 370 acres with 15 miles of trails 5 miles of ponds and woods and offers a bathing beach and boating opportunities.
The Mad Hates moving picture feature drew crowds at the tex theatre last night with praised scenes at Powers farm and a Desmond town party. Major D A F Wheelock opened a recruiting station at the Armory for the Sixteenth Regiment. Colton last night granted L J Wilson permission to erect a building at Weight and Smith. City Treasurer William Postlethwait resigned. successor unnamed. J S Rogers installed a Delco lighting plant system for farmers and others lacking lighting. The O G G club members Kathwite Allot Iva Martin Leona Bentley Florence Bliss and Georgia Waggoner spent the week at Findley Lake as guests of Dorothy Sandburg Alex Macinnes and family. Howard Bosworth returned home after spending the summer on the Reds oath Brockway Chautauqua circuit.
Star signals suggest August 24 brings mixed influences with social and artistic favor early in the day and danger or poor outcomes later. Those born October 2 and November 22 should heed caution in deception, romance, and speculative matters. December 1936 notes danger from fire and rash actions, with social interactions advised carefully.
In Paris Lucille Paray's collection features a green wool dress with detachable fur skirt and jacket, a brown tailored coat over a pale gray wool dress, and a candy striped velvet evening gown with a diagonal striped pattern. Fur skirts and aprons are highlighted as today's fashion tip.
A compact quiz item set presents a two word Kiwanis club slogan, the number of wins needed to clinch a best of seven World Series, the capital of Canada, etiquette hints about wedding dress and boutonniere, a wisdom quote on temptation, a birthday horoscope note about literary ability, and a cryptic one minute fest answer key.
Washington columnist Jay Franklin argues that Republican symbols rely on infantile imagery. He critiques Bruce Barton and the Landon campaign for appealing to helplessness, urging grown up policy focus and the return to school like Reconstruction era concerns.
Three Cambridge Springs residents were injured, two seriously, in a three-vehicle crash near Venango on the Meadville Cambridge Springs road. H. W. Daniel, 83, retired businessman, suffers severe lacerations and possible internal injuries. J W Perkins, 70, Associated Gas & Electric employee, semi conscious and shocked. Reid Birchard, 48, cashier of Cambridge Springs First National Bank, escaped with minor injuries. All are confined to Mullen hospital in Cambridge Springs with concern for recovery.
A fragment recalls Mo Landon joke evolving into baby buggy during the 1876 campaign for Samuel J. Tilden who narrowly lost by 250000 votes, claimed to be counted out by an electoral commission with five Supreme Court justices wielding power.
A shaft near Coudersport Pennsylvania to extract silver unearthed an ice filled crevice as rock fractured. The ice filled crevices while summer heat persisted, and the project was abandoned after noting the natural phenomenon and its scientific explanation.
A draft occupational disease compensation bill for the 1937 Pennsylvania legislature will be prepared by a new commission led by Ralph M. Bashore. The measure aims to provide benefits for workers incapacitated by occupational diseases, based on surveys suggesting a high incidence among employees in manufacturing and related industries.
Members of the Democratic city committee held a short meeting in the Municipal building last evening. Preliminary plans were made for the fall campaign with attention given to registration and other advance details in connection with the coming election. License markers for 1987 will be two crowns in each upper corner in honor of King Edward's coronation year. The markers have a military crimson background with white lettering.
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