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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1932
Page
3
Public notice from the Corry Evening Journal outlines publication details, pricing, and advertising representation. It lists Arthur Colegrove as publisher, Fred Kimball Incorporated as national ad rep, and rates for mail and carrier delivery, with post office handling and territory restrictions.
President Hoover moves 900000 bales from Marit Board stores to the Red Cross for manufacture and distribution to needy Americans. The Red Cross estimates 7988000 people, mostly children, will need medicated clothing in six months. The piece critiques the farm board and government market intervention as wasteful and slow.
A newspaper note argues renters pay higher costs through taxes folded into rents. It cites recent declines in food and clothing prices but a 21.3 percent drop in rent, while earnings fell sharply, boosting real housing costs. Landlords pass taxes to tenants as upkeep, suggesting renters join owners to oppose tax increases and curb expenditures.
H. S. Rivitz, president of Industrial Rayon Co., argues the 40 hour week is impractical to solve unemployment now but may come later. He compares workers to machinery, urging a depreciation reserve funded by legislation to support employees when idle or after long service, as a non political protection for future depressions.
A reader argues that good service should secure ongoing employment and solve unemployment. It notes the plan is a viewpoint, not a full program, and requires details to be workable. The worker is essential to industry, as important as machinery and capital, and his welfare and efficiency must be protected.
Storm damage struck Henry Schurman farm in Wayne with a startled family but no house harm. Lightning damaged Harris Briggs home and phone lines. Corry Fair netted 1074 dollars in profit. Theodore Roosevelt boosters formed a Corry Bull Mose club with W Cole as president and officers listed. Eunice Wilcox and Walter DeJearis wed at the bride’s parents’ home in Sherman. Corry hatchery sent live trout exhibit to Conneaut Lake for State exhibition. Postmaster Austin notes tentative fall approval for the new Corry post office. Erie Railroad project claims another fatality as 8 1/2 year old James Brennan dies. Guy Rogers and family at Button Cottage in Little Corry Findley. Walter Clough, injured in hospital elevator accident, returns home and recovers to resume work at Barlow Hardware.
At a Denver American Chemical Society gathering Prof. Henry C. Sherman of Columbia University discussed vitamin discoveries. He noted enriching the diet boosts buoyant health, preserves youth, and extends prime years, while reducing infant mortality remains a priority for improving overall life quality and preventing degenerative disorders in adults.
The United States Steel Corporation moves to begin rehabilitation work in Ohio Minnesota Pennsylvania Indiana and Alabama this winter. The program plans heavy equipment replacement and worker employment, with industry output at 15 percent of capacity and steel product depreciation continuing. Officials expect output to rise to meet replacement needs, signaling confidence in early plant development and a $5 million expenditure.
A ruin nicknamed the Agate louse in Arizona's petrified forest is the only known large structure entirely formed from agate. Researchers note its unique mineral composition and status as a geological oddity within the park.
A reader asks five questions about Warren County population the term Old Dominion the burial date of an unknown soldier in Washington the inventor of the gasoline motor for automobiles the Warren County coroner and a quote about great men.
Hollywood makeup creates friction as stars reveal varying tolerance. Lionel Barrymore and Wallace Beery resist makeup. Garbo and Hersholt adapt easily. Makeup artist Gees Helland notes women generally endure it better, citing Joan Crawford Norma Shearer and Marion Davies as especially patient. Ronald Colman’s comments close the report.
County commissioners Friday voted unanimously to pursue collection of a $15 585.75 alleged shortage in the accounts of ex official Damey B Yard fore ver promothny. The board referred the matter to its subcommittee for action and to seek indemnity through Royal Indemnity, with prosecution to be pursued by the pending firm.
Helen Greg ny of St Marys and George W Ward of Philadelphia escaped serious injury when their Studebaker sedan overturned on the Roosevelt highway two miles west of Pittsfield. The driver pulled left unexpectedly causing the crash. Both occupants sustained injuries though nothing fatal reported. The accident remains under investigation by highway patrol Corp Willam Thiel.
United Press reports on a new Liveright book "More Merry-go-Round" by Raymond Clapper. The piece discusses the high-stakes ties between capital and intimate affairs revealed in the publishing, noting Supreme Court attention and public interest in the provocative work.
Erie Aug 27 Five people were rescued from drowning at the Penins ula on Lake Erie after strong currents. Lifeguards W Stollingee and Henry Galmish aided two girls aged 18 and 20, both uninjured aside from shock. A 12 year old boy was rescued earlier by Fred Hintenach and an assistant fire chief. Names not fully confirmed.
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