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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1933
Page
3
The Roosevelt administration touted a $950 million offering of one-year certificates at 2 4 percent as overwhelming proof that government credit remains strong. Oversubscribed on the first day and reported as three times oversubscribed in final tallies, the sale drew praise from White House officials amid wider criticisms of fiscal policy.
The piece argues that state compensation laws must cover occupational disease as well as injuries. It cites a Philadelphia manganese grinder case where disease was denied by insurance despite clear employment link. It notes many states and federal laws already provide such coverage and urges legislative advancement in the state.
McGill University debaters will host Harvard University in Montreal on December 21 for the premier international debate of the session. The event, under the McGill Debating Union, will cover a formal discussion on a major international import topic.
Twenty years ago Corry ledge 365 installed new officers with about seventy five members in attendance. Local industry talked of reopening Corry Metal Furniture. A wedding in Pitcairn, Leo Ford to Agnes Campbell, drew local notice. Daughters of Isabella elected a new regent. A shipment of chairs headed to the Grand Rapids Furniture Show. Local stores planned extended hours for Christmas trade. Thirty five years ago James Richards started his city grocery at the Localion. Corry’s Charles Keating named county sealer of weights and measures. A suspected forger linked to Nast store case discussed in Erie. News of Cornelius Crowley’s death in Providence. Poultry show attended in Jamestown. Oil output increased in November, Oklahoma boosts. Capt. Oscar W. Koester, retired U S N, appointed McKean county Civil Works administration head.
Paris dispatch notes Gertrude Lawrence in emerald moire gown with cape, Marion Davies in pale blue panne sauvage with ostrich cape, Mistinguette in white and silvered brocade outfit, Gladys Cooper in sapphire velvet with velvet bow and cape. Private appearances touted, not for public view.
Gothenburg based Gotha Shipyards reports a net balance of 1,762,006 kroner for the year, down from 2,150,575 the prior year. Directors announce an unchanged eight percent dividend proposed to stockholders, with 792,000 kroner paid now and the remainder set aside for the future.
Hollywood gossip notes from December recount ZaSu Pitts with Mary Pickford in The Little Princess and Betty Blythe returning to films. It lists stars such as Helen Chandler, Warner Baxter, Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, Nigel Bruce, and George O’Brien, plus anecdotes on Habits, pets, and quirky quotes. A Lakewood man reported a snowbound plane sighting near town.
Washington reports that American diplomats are paid in gold to prevent living-standard losses from the weak dollar. Francia White resigns as minister to Czechoslovakia over unfavorable exchange rates affecting his $10,000 salary. Other notes mention taxi strikes, post office protests, and a blue eagle code dispute among graphic arts leaders.
The report highlights a quirky scheme by the Department of Agriculture: little bugs are traded with foreign nations to curb big bugs that harm crops. Examples include sending dolites molestape and trichogramma cuproctidis to Argentina and Glypta rufiscutellaris to Japan as natural enemies of the oriental fruit moth. In Jamestown, eighteen prominent men dined at the Hotel Samuels, hosted by a phantom figure, identified as attorney Charles S. Grover by some, but the host’s name remains undisclosed.
William Bunyan and Howard Alder both twenty one of Cleveland Ohio may face federal charges connected to the shooting and robbery of George Fischer a filling station attendant in Asbury Chapel They were captured in a car stolen from Cleveland at Linesville and may face charges under the Dyer motor vehicle theft act They pleaded guilty to robbery and assault with intent to kill before Walter Goodwin Fisher is improving at St Vincent's hospital from a bullet wound in the thigh
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