This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1937
Page
3
The item lists New Year's Eve observances at multiple churches and an open house with Stan fore Fase and W.W. city rooms. It notes school resuming Monday after the holiday recess and oath ceremonies for elected officials at 10 o'clock. It also references fiscal results for Firestone and railway income declines, along with various local notices and scheduled health clinic examinations.
Governor George H. Earle and state officials launch a joint 1988 safety drive aimed at education and enforcement to curb highway fatalities. They pledge strict 50 mile per hour enforcement, start impartial speedster courts, and patrol highways overnight to curb reckless driving amid 2700 deaths and 60,000 injuries in 1937.
Officials and the State Motor Club reject a plan to suspend licenses for speeding. The draft measure urged automatic 90 day suspensions starting New Year’s Day for driving over 50 mph, backed by patrols and 18 state hearing inspectors. Proponents warned of road dangers and urged enforcement despite hardship for motorists who depend on autos.
Pennsylvania faces the abolition of 374 local poor boards as of midnight, with about 24 000 families and 12 000 inmates of 75 poor houses set to lose local relief and switch to state aid. The move follows a 1927 law amid court doubts and a looming budget crisis, with relief costs possibly reaching 26 million. An ongoing legal review by the state’s Supreme Court remains unresolved into 1928.
United Press reports vigilantes organized by foreign residents clashed with Chinese thieves in Tsingtao as Chinese police abandoned posts amid Japanese advances. Explosions and factory arson filled the skyline while looting spread in the commercial quarter. Chinese residents panicked, fleeing toward the southwest as tensions rose with foreign and Japanese forces nearby.
Police investigate five separate thefts in a single district as youths suspected in bike and item thefts. Incidents include bikes stolen near Spring street and Rex theatre, a car battery missing from a garage, a blue overcoat stolen from a parked car, and a package of women's clothing taken from a porch. Local residents Patrick Greene, Lotit Deuker, George Andrus, George Jeffries, and Miss Bess Merrink are named in the report.
Chairman Lois Ludlow of the House subcommittee said Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was invited to testify after January 3 on proposals for promoting American trans-oceanic air service. The letter was sent to Lindbergh at Pan American Airways headquarters in New York. The article also notes a note on the English Tye Cup, its use and origins.
A memo announced Thursday by Tsador Sobel head of the Eric Colinty Bar Association notes resolutions will be prepared in memory of the late attorney W. Edward Marsh. The committee includes Alwin J. Beach Francs F. McClintock William Morrow Walter L. Peake and James D. Williamson.
The Missouri Mississippi river system is described as 5 502 miles longer than the Aman, highlighting the vast scale of the network.
A 1937 Labor Board report to Congress notes the United States faced the worst strike period in history through October 1937. It records 2017 strikes in the first ten months, more than any full prior year, with about 3 percent of workers attempting to organize for collective bargaining.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.