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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1933
Page
3
Christmas falls on Monday this year and prompts a League of Nations study on fixing all holidays to Mondays. Advocates argue Monday observance creates long weekends, aids rest and recreation, and eases mid week scheduling amid five day workweeks, with calls for a 13 month year or other calendar changes.
The Corry city council and school district delay funding for public works, hindering at least a hundred unemployed residents from receiving one to two weeks of pay. Officials urge rapid use of Federal labor funds, noting other nearby towns act faster while Corry lags. The piece also notes the official start of winter 1989-34 at 1:68 this morning.
Dr William Axt, composer for the film Eskimo, explains Eskimo music has a peculiar rhythm that resists beat by a conductor. The score uses four bars from phono recordings made during W S Van Dyke’s Arctic expedition and suggests rather than reproduces native themes.
Joseph B. Vincler of the Federal Weather Bureau notes elders overstated fear of severe winters. He says counties show a mild winter cycle since a string of colder seasons before Civil War days. The 1855 56 winter was the coldest officially recorded while 1931 82 was the warmest in over a century. From 1855 to 1873 records show fourteen winters colder than normal, and eighteen of twenty four were warmer than normal.
Washington dispatch notes Rainey and Byrns keeping private offices to dodge kibitzers while Shannon committee findings ripple through Capitol Hill. Lawmakers complain of dust and fewer perks as they adjust to new offices and lingering post inquiry sentiment.
Approval of 22 projects will provide work for about 674 men in Venango County. Seven Oil City projects total 61 workers, five Franklin projects total 138, three Rocky Grove projects total 496 workers, with remaining aimed at rural areas. Total approved projects reach about 100 with an overall labor force near 2500.
Pennsylvania avenues new House office block dazzles with eagle motifs and green carpets but Ways and Means finds the liquor tax hearing space cramped. They plan future sessions in the ornate caucus hall behind a carved door to a swanky press room, a setup critics say keeps newsmen out of sight.
December 22 1913 front page items note arrivals of stone work for a post office and unloading by EM Love & Son Two cars of hoisting gear reported as received Local business houses describe the day as the biggest in the year with sales surpassing last year Sermons on Christmas themes held at most churches The Crippens plan two mills at Glymdon and Spartansburg Archies Lyons returns from Georgetown College for holidays Troy Gillette home from Pittsburgh for holidays Arthur Spear and Sami Wales depart for hunting near Elgin A large crowd at the new Corry City Electric Light Company offices Ralph Weaver returns from Denver Mrs Ben Starr and daughter Flor ewell visit Union City for a few days
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