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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
1
A fragmented classified page lists several rental offers and small ads. Items include furnished rooms at Concord Street with ice and central heating, a refrigerator unit sale, and various contact notes for potential tenants and sellers. Nonspecific names and partial addresses appear amid scattered prices and dates, reflecting a typical neighborhood ad section.
United Préna Cleveland reports Greyhound Bus Lines end a nationwide strike in 16 states after a one year contract with wage increases of about a quarter cent per mile and a $15 monthly average raise. The agreement ends the closed shop demand and preserves regular driver status with new bonus and deadheading rules. The conference included John L. Conner union attorney J J McGrather and Iven Bowen. The strike began November 24 and affected 1000 plus drivers.
The National Safety Council urges avoidance of alcohol before driving, noting impaired judgment, blurred vision, and slower reaction times. It claims up to 10 percent of motor vehicle accidents could be prevented if drivers stayed sober. It emphasizes pedestrian injuries rise with drunken behavior and urges safer transit options.
Washington December 4 Federal authorities intensified the drive to curb monopoly as President Roosevelt and Assistant Attorney General Robert A Jackson studied plans for a program to strengthen the Sherman anti trust law. The two leaders, heads of the Justice Department trust division, were conferring during a tightening of the coast of Florida, and informed sources said details of proposed anti trust legislation would emerge from the talks.
United Press reports Soviet officials in Hami llo v China say Russia is supplying war material to China. Aircraft shipments from Russia to China via Chinese Turkestan allegedly take about forty hours to Hankow. The claim notes Moscow’s interest in backing China in the Sino Japanese conflict and warns of possible wider war if Soviet interests are at risk.
City Council held a brief special session at the Municipal Building to adopt a transfer resolution moving 700 from present to other accounts. The plan funds 500 to streets and alleys and 200 to property supplies for weather stripping windows. transfers to streets were urged by county aid.
London despatch reports in the 1938 British Who's Who a Duchess of Windsor with a niece appears, while the couple receive only a third of the space. The five line entry titled Brother Living covers King Edward VII's ascension and marriage. Walt Disney receives substantial attention with 23 lines.
John L. Lewis and William Green held a two and a half hour meeting in Washington to pursue a peace between the CIO and AFL. They planned to resume talks at 4 p.m. Senator Berry joined late, and aides Harrison and Murray weighed in on possible truce terms with the two leaders.
Dr Francis Onderdonk renowned for architecture lectures appears on the Lyceum course this evening from 3 to 4 o’clock. He will show colored slides of great buildings and discuss construction, beauty, and symmetry. His afternoon topic may be The War In China while this evening he focuses on Architecture.
Eighteen year old Paul Nathaniel Dwyer pleaded guilty ending his murder trial in South Paris Maine. Superior Judge George L. Emery sentenced the former Hebron Academy student to imprisonment for the murder of Dr. James G. Littlefield, 65, of Govt Pere. The driver also strangled Mrs. Littlefield.
The article reports retrenchment in federal highway funding affecting northwestern Pennsylvania, delaying planned improvements including Route 8 from Union City to Waterford and the new Medway concrete project through Garland. It notes officials anticipate possible postponements if federal aid remains reduced and mentions study amendments to a separate bill in Washington aimed at freeing waves-hours provisions, with party leaders and committees in flux.
A juvenile arrest was reported after an attack in Wayne Township. Authorities identified 18 year old Glen Held as a suspect, with investigations noting involvement by local residents and police. Details are fragmentary but cases connect to Lawrence Park and surrounding communities.
Richard Fideans of Allentown has taken duties as senior high school instructor. He is a graduate of Temple Diversity with a major in commercial subjects and has substantial teaching experience in eastern Pennsylvania schools.
Citizens Bank distributes savings checks as part of a year end program, with about 24 000 dollars in Christmas savings expected to be stimulated. The National Bank of Corry plans to allocate roughly 12 000 dollars in checks. New savings clubs begin this year at both institutions, aimed at holiday shopping.
A woman and a 14-year-old boy from the city vare reported to have hunted and downed a deer along with several other deer kills in the district. The article lists multiple hunters and their catches including Mr and Mrs Arnold J Anson near Hears Content and Rey Proctor, among others, detailing point counts and locations across the region.
A Kiwanians club meeting at Hotel Derry covered a Christmas party plan for children with a three member committee: Walter Scott Elbert Miller and H J Sheen. Paul Zalmeck led a program while the Kiwanis Swing orchestra played several numbers. A feature on films about Transite asbestos cement pipe was presented by Manville Bales Corporation of Sie d charge and followed by audience Q&A.
City officials move to straighten tax books with up to 600000 in back issues. City Assessor Frank Heath and staff aim to complete corrections for an upcoming budget and millage vote, with an informational conference planned and readings to follow at the next municipal executive meeting.
Harrisburg December 2 A county court issued a preliminary injunction banning bootleg mining on Dauphin county lands owned by the Susquehanna Collieries Company naming fourteen defendants The order halts shafts sunk by unemployed miners seen as menacing lives of company workers at Williamstown and other sites The company seeks to shield its properties while bootleggers ask court to weigh the region’s economic plight.
Police warn merchants and the public to watch for counterfeit five dollar bills circulating in western Pennsylvania. Three or more suspects travel in two cars with Obie plates, detected spreading fake currency in North Wandercrift, prompting police to issue a printer telegraph alert.
United Press reports a planned move to repeal the death sentence for holding companies faces a likely bitter Senate debate. Senator Reed King of Utah previewed an amendment to block the death penalty from taking effect January 1, amid administration and congressional efforts tied to corporate expansion and restructuring.
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