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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1938
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR note from Cor High Street describing a Skeet 18 Cor event. Readable names and details are limited. conveys an item on local watch or council notice with unclear subject and date.
Readable text fragment lists numbers and letters without a cohesive event or names. No identifiable people organizations places dates or outcomes are present to summarize. The item appears to be garbled OCR without actionable content for a card.
The readable text mentions a diving theme with names that resemble Franti and Oham and a coach or official presence. The fragment hints at a local sports or demonstration scene with unclear full details.
Flatley plans to present a motion to oust the county institutional board. He says he will seek dismissal of Doplittle as superintendent and will present evidence to the board. Two votes needed. colleagues may block. A mass meeting is proposed to rally taxpayers if needed. The county home inspection is slated for Monday afternoon.
David Dayir Freeman enters the Grecade contest at the Canadian Exhibition in Toronto Ontario. The local boy aims for honors in his hometown show and is described as having more freckles than Freckles in the comic strip.
State relief rolls rose in the second week of August pushing direct relief and total cases above 200,000 for the first time since mid February. The report shows 200,386 total cases and 621,000 people receiving general assistance grants, with a two year high point reached on February 5 before unemployment compensation and WPA activity surged.
The 2nd annual Whitney Gage reunion drew 55 relatives from Franklin Cleveland Erie Jamestown Dunkirk Akeley Warren Corry Union City and Albion to Tease Whitey’s home in Spartansburg. Officers were elected for the coming year and plans set for the 1938 meeting location. A Darrow reunion followed at Concord Community House with 39 present and officers elected. One death and one birth were reported. Next reunion set for August 1949 at Centerville Community House with Mrs Carl Smith as hostess.
The first contingent of German Jewish professionals who fled Germany and Austria has arrived in Australia. About 80 individuals are aboard including doctors, lawyers, university lecturers, dentists and other business people. In Brantford Ontario a constable was robbed when a thief stole his wheel vehicle in a park. the constable is described as impartial and without favorites.
Wilkes-Barre and the Wyoming Valley attract thousands of visitors to coal breakers and historic sites. The local chamber of commerce offers a free 12 panel descriptive folder with four pictures and a map detailing scenic spots and the mining story. Free copies available from the State Publicity Commission in Harrisburg or the Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce.
Wattsburg fair runs August 10 to September 2 with a top farm machinery display. Secretary Harry M. Burden notes modern equipment like combine harvesters, threshers, and automotive inspired designs. Exhibits include electrical home devices, farm power plants, rubber-tired vehicles, and purebred livestock, with improved fruit and produce due to favorable season.
The passage describes Panama’s dense jungles with towering heavily trunked trees wrapped in climbing vines and ant ferns at the base. It lists wildlife such as tapirs, armadillos, sloths, jaguars, black bears in Chiriqui, iguanas, macaws, parrots, toucans, wild turkeys, ducks and geese among others.
A jumble of classified blurbs lists lost items including a beach beagle hound named Spot and false teeth, plus ads for autos, tractors, auto parts, rooms for rent, cottages, and real estate in various streets and towns. It includes notices from the Pennsylvania Game Commission about open hunting seasons and bag limits for 1938 39 with detailed species specific rules.
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