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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1938
Page
4
Erie county commissioners approve changes to registration rules amid criticism of politicized administration. Journal urges neutral enforcement with clear locations and clerical oversight to prevent duplicate entries and partisan manipulation across the county.
The piece notes US bank deposits climbed from 20 to 56 billion between 1825 and 1928, marking a period of huge growth, then contrasts the 1933 to 1938 era, where deposits rose but much less of the money funded new investments, leading to low mood. It asks why deposits fueled prosperity in one period and not in the other, highlighting the role of deposits being redirected into business.
Hollywood December 17 reports William Lake and Warview Wale form a plan at Columbia Studio to unite tinkers into a fraternity. They showcase a transforming dressing room table and rotating hat shelves while exploring a broader aim to revitalize the “pipeline” of savings into industry and public credit.
Police Chief announces a new tax on concrete mixers and spreaders in Cleveland. Prosecutor Gerard Pilliod notes the measure aims to curb misuse while costs are set at 200 dollars, with exact figures pending.
From the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania this brief notes that pediatrics covers childhood diseases while geriatrics addresses old age ailments. It notes more elderly people, degenerative diseases, and the need for sympathetic understanding in treatment as retirement ages lengthen and geriatrics grows in importance.
The account recounts Balboa’s voyage with Rodrigo de Bastidas’s expedition to the New World, his rise to power in Darien, debts and escape by smuggling, and his 1613 march toward the Pacific. He is said to have first sighted the Pacific from a Panama mountain, naming it the Mar de Sur, then claimed it for Spain. Betrayal followed, ending in his beheading in 1517, with tangential notes on a 1915 Panama stamp and early deer history.
A digest of Corry area items includes personnel moves at the General State Authority and Garson Machine in Oklahoma City, a Florida winter for Ferdinand Johnson, a fox tagged Ralph Lindsey, and Tom Merrick broadcasting for Baltimore stations. Governor-elect Actin H James’ inaugural cost is debated, Bob Kemper plans a Houston district sales post, and nuptial plans near a northside church are mentioned. Also noted are safety and school board concerns, local political shifts, NYA project talk, Ruth Raup’s Verona connection, and Corry Ski club plans amid winter sports discussions.
The column mixes political quips about Congress and Roosevelt with a science aside on sheepskin gloves. It mentions public improvements, a community skating pond project, and a local hockey interest linked to ex-Kane High players, while noting hurricanes hitting the West Indies and China Sea.
A 1918 clipping recalls local misdeeds as a major city issue while noting Daughters of the American Revolution membership applications for Miser Lillian Barnes and war relief efforts for French orphans. The piece also mentions mournful wreaths for Luther Burhanis the plant wizard and Yuletide observances amid war conditions.
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