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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1938
Page
2
Local shops advertise delayed shipments and special Christmas pricing on towels and ice cream. Stennett's Specialty Shop promotes Mattex towels and washcloths with reduced prices, while Armory rink hosts Christmas events and a prize drawing.
A collage of small items reports holiday gifts and bonuses from Holgate Brothers Kane to Jamestown firms as workers receive $3000 total in bonuses. It notes charity distributions at Jamestown Metal Equipment and local shop promotions, plus hospital, car accident, and memorial snippets from Corry and surrounding towns.
Harrisburg reports that 250 farmers near Milton Pennsylvania received 78000 for their 1938 tomato crop as Chef Bojardi Food Products moved from Cleveland to Milton. The firm now runs a 450000 dollar factory and employs 130 workers plus seasonals while engaging 1000 harvest hands. Contracts were signed with 250 farmers growing 873 acres yielding over 12 thousand pounds per acre. The plant processes tomatoes for its own products, with daily conveyor output around 250000 units.
Congressional leaders awaited President Roosevelt's reaction to a proposal for rail industry aid. A special committee urged creation of a transportation board and a reorganization court and called for broad new funding to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate all transportation forms.
Babson proposes measures to aid businessmen and investors including issuing a new government bond. He also suggests extending income tax laws to public employees, aligning them with other individuals.
Fragmented political remarks urge pay as you go Social Security, limiting deficits, revising TVA funding, shelving reform, and expanding defense. The speaker calls for industry breathing room, regional prosperity, and a universal vehicle of unselfishness to unlock lasting prosperity. The rhetoric hints at 1939 era concerns about economic stability and national policy.
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