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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1938
Page
8
Corry and Warren items describe marriage license filings, a Pittsburgh game crowd, and a Corry family wedding. Business notes report Wattaburg profits to July, a county fair grant idea, and a Seattle bride to be. Quake rumors, local police actions, and a drought impact on lawns are added alongside civic updates and a regional convention in Reading.
At the Pennsylvania League of Third Class Cities convention in Reading five Erie officials will press for taxing public utility holdings and for an installment plan for city taxes. Mayor Charles R. Barber and others argue utilities should pay taxes, urging state laws to allow municipal taxation of utilities to ease burdens on small property owners.
Erie observers mark the end of daylight saving time on September 5 at 2 a m. Local guidance urges turning clocks back one hour at retirement Sunday night. Across the country many cities are ending the fast time period, reopening schools on standard time.
WARRON Aug 31 The county wide 4-H club roundup at the Wic A drew about 150 members and visitors. Ex hibits were judged in the morning and a program in the afternoon highlighted work of the clubs. Awards for food exhibits included baked custard muffins and recipe file records with multiple ties and placements across Columbus and Erie areas. A separate police report notes a fake check incident in Bartow involving J H Mayer.
Ridgway August 31 John Fremer of Feystone pleaded guilty to illicit manufacture of intoxicating liquor and was held for trial after a raid by state enforcement officers from Punxsutawney. A quantity of moonshine was confiscated and Fremer is free under bail. Britain enforces 48 hour week and 9 hour day for women and young workers under the Young People's Charter.
Franklin, Aug 31. When school resumes next Tuesday pupils enter an accredited junior-senior high school system for the first time. The State Department of Public Instruction granted recognition of Franklin as meeting all requirements. The six-six plan starts with six years in elementary then six in the junior senior high. A practical arts course was added to the curriculum. Vocational and academic instruction will be tailored to student aptitude.
Harrisburg Aug 1 The state Navigation Commission chairman James F Bogardus announced that the second competitive examination to select cadets for the Anna polis state scholarship will be held in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh on Wednesday Sept 7. The test moves up from Oct 11, the prior date. The September exam will be the second this year held by the commission.
Edith Hunter of Union City died August 19 leaving an estate of 18750. Will filed for probate Tuesday in Carlton V King office. Beneficiaries named include daughter Edith Ethel Kings Wilmette TH and son Kenneth Unter Union City.
Secretary of Highways HARRISBURG reports Pennsylvania now has 1,112 miles of three four and six lane state highways, with 137 miles built last fiscal year. The state maintains 44,000 miles of second class township roads as well, guiding funds toward wider main routes and farm to market roads. Four lane divided stretches and recent Lincoln Highway upgrades are highlighted as cost effective growth.
A phantom gold fish named Raffies robs private gold fish pools in Berkeley. The creature reportedly outfoxes rivals, with locals describing its elusive, playful heists and the unusual trend drawing attention to the stream of missing prize fish.
A recent thunder shower dumped 3.31 inches of rain in two hours in Sarenville Maine, breaking all previous rainfall records since 1900. The storm's intensity and quick downpour overwhelmed drainage, prompting local reports of localized flooding and urgency for cleanup efforts.
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