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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1937
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment notes a bustling city scene with a mention of a man and a night event. It references delays, orders, and pricing snippets such as 15 to 29 cents. The text hints at business activity since 1863 and includes stray ledger like numbers and abbreviations without cohesive facts.
Three crew members die when a small carrier crashes half a mile off Port Clinton while delivering mail to North Bass and Middle Sister Islands. Victims include Nancy Howard, 46, of Lexington Kentucky. Albert Anderson, 45, Sandusky Ohio. Adalbert Watkins, 30, New Plymouth, Ohio. Pilot Somogey, from Lorain, survives unconscious. Wreckage lies in open water as ice floes dot Lake Erie.
Readable fragments describe films taken by Eric Mayer on the Panay showing wounded sailors and U S flags, with Nat han Alley and Universal Newsreel capturing planes bombing. footage follows survivors to Shanghai while reels from Fox Moyle tone show gunfire and American sailors at their posts.
President Roosevelt favored federal licensing of interstate corporations but faced cabinet opposition. The O Mahoney Borah bill was discussed at a cabinet meeting as a potential path to curb monopolies, with Attorney General Homer S. Cummings opposing the move and Jackson urging action to curb price hikes fueling the recession.
Assistant Attorney General Robert W. Jackson, head of the antitrust division, accuses big business of using the recession to liquidate the New Deal. He warns private reform groups could push politics toward socialism if unchecked, claiming elitist factions exploit prosperity to curb government intervention.
The text shows a damaged plea from Ren Cross seeking quilts and blankets for local residents. It requests donations of usable items in any condition, to be prepared by volunteers for distribution. Identifiable names are unclear due to garbled OCR.
The Washington Times said Roosevelt backed Assistant Attorney General Robert H. Jackson as the Democratic candidate for New York governor. The editorial linked Jackson to a White House bid, while criticizing business monopolies as a cause of recession.
Washington reports reveal rising unemployment amid recession and higher defense costs. Congress resists trimming pork barrel items while pump priming relief grows, threatening President Roosevelt's June 20 deficit aim. General Motors plans 80,000 layoffs underscore worsening outlook and WPA estimates show unemployment climbing since September.
United Press dispatch from Harrisburg reports the state authority awarded a contract to the Rook Davig company of Grove City for boiler and power plant equipment at a college project. The bid of 28887 dollars was the lowest among a dozen opened last week. In Elyria Ohio, a 21 year old West Homestead man is on trial for the lavish slaying of a dental assistant after a psychiatrist examined him.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Karl de Schweinitz, secretary of public assistance, denouncing the relief investigation as unscientific and biased. He claims the private accounting firms’ findings were suppressed, and accuses investigators of incompetence while defending his administration amid Gov. Earle’s scrutiny and a pending decision.
New York December 28 indictment of 49 individuals and 12 corporations reveals a 52 million real estate swindle. About 1,800 Slovak Americans were deceived by credibility promises advertised in foreign language newspapers.
The Board of Education holds a special session to authorize a five thousand dollar loan and a six thousand dollar transfer from Harmony Nat ions Hank and Trust to cover sinking fund requirements. The plan includes a four to five month loan at five percent interest and a nine thousand dollar transfer to the funding account to cover retirement of notes due January first and related interest changes. The session focuses on school finances and the district’s fiscal status amidst rising expenditures.
Gov. George H. Earle announced 13 speeder courts will be set up across Pennsylvania starting January 2 to try motorists arrested for speeds over 50 mph. Courts under the revenue department will suspend or revoke driving privileges based on offense severity. Regular magistrates will handle initial hearings before cases move to special traffic courts in cities like Philadelphia Pittsburgh Scranton Harrisburg and others. Trial examiners will hear cases at defendants’ residences to avoid travel to distant cities.
President Roosevelt, alarmed by world unrest and the armament race, pushes for rapid national defense buildup. Inquiries indicate he will ask Congress to appropriate well over 1 billion dollars for defense in the 1938-89 session, with the navy bill around 80 million and the army bill near 15 million. Additional deficiency bills are anticipated.
Dac 29 The navy moves to convert Pearl Harbor into a stronger Pacific outpost. A scheduled fight of 12 patrol bombers is moved to mid January, potentially expanding to as many as 36 more aircraft, including destroyers, to support Hawaii. Two squadrons of PBY Catalinas have been ferried across the Pacific in the last year, giving Hawaii 35 long range patrol aircraft.
Corry prepares for New Year's Day with watch night services and gatherings to mark the passing of the old year and the springing of the new. Churches host special programs drawing many young people. Corry Lodge BPO Bikes to hold a New Year's Eve dance. Stanford Hose Company to host its annual party. open houses planned by clubs as activities resume next week.
United Press reports seven killed as three of four goodwill flight planes crash in flames seventeen miles north of Galt Colombia on December 29. Fire teams battled wreckage as authorities investigated the disaster involving Cuban and Desinean aircraft. The incident marked a fatal aviation accident during a goodwill mission amid tense regional events.
J Frank Faust of Chambersburg High School elected president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association to succeed Charles F Masewell Greensburg Westmoreland County superintendent. Harrisburg chosen as 1938 meeting site. Maxwell named first vice president and W R Zimmerman second. Executive council selections include Brelerick G Hemke Meadville Al legheny College dean of education Willard Stevens Mt Pleasant H S Mary Woods Bri J H Neff Huntingdon County Schools Claude Roxenberry Harrisburg music supervisor state Department of Public Instruction Clara H Cocke Ville Altoona Smart J Cruftman Maud C Cap i Helo A Maxwell New Castle Mrs Bila McConnell Wilkes-Barre W E Pratt Br ie Waller R Douh et t Darby Robert Wayne Paladelphia Clyde A Lynch Annville Harriet Morgan Pittsburgh and others.
Paris the popular front government led by Premier Camille Chautemps urged the army and navy to break the strike crippling public services. Army experts and Paris region engineers aided by 400 naval technicians would run the subways and electric and gas plants starting tomorrow if the strikers do not yield.
Reports say an earthquake in the Cerro de Pasco region of Peru on December 29 left about 100 dead and dozens injured in Huancabamba and Oxapampa areas. Early dispatches attributed the tremor to mud volcanic disturbances in the Peruvian highlands.
Unemployed Corry workers, laid off from protected industries in recent months, may qualify for unemployment compensation. Registration begins Monday at the State Employment Service on North Center Street. Cronin urges all eligibles to enroll early, bring Social Security numbers, and prepare to be placed on the three week waiting list while applications are processed for approval in Harrisburg.
Harrisburg dispatch reports the liberalized workers compensation law effective January 1 is blocked from imposing the higher benefits on two coal mining firms as constitutionality is tested in Dauphin County court. The suit, led by ex Attorney General William A. Schnader for Morrisdale Mining and Rich Hill Co., challenges the revised act. Fertig resigns after 25 years as director of the legislative reference bureau in Harrisburg. Weather: increasing cloudiness with possible new precipitation tonight into Thursday.
Three North Center street business firms announce location changes to take effect over the next few months. Melvin J. Parkhurst moves its Jewelry store to the Healy Rock location currently housing Marty Steadstrom paper and paint stock. The jewelry fixtures are moved. the business will be ready in days. Sandstrom plans to close the downtown store until Percy gt, with hopes to lease another site for a newer paper and paint shop. Cleve R. Stourton shifts grocery operations from its present location to larger facilities as part of the move order.
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