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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1936
Page
3
A string of community items from Corry and Erie counties describes a dinner meeting at the Golden Rue hall, a Sophomore class event, and a charity turnout. Mentions of local officials, a speaking tour, and a city health clinic update frame a busy local scene.
Veteran service groups in Corry organize aid sessions to help 186 World War veterans file for the Veterans Administration bonus. The American Legion, VFW, and others report dozens of additional forms prepared, with clerks available every evening this week in Horn block post rooms and at Doane Hardware and Dr Merle Amy offices. Veterans are urged to bring discharge papers and pink slips, as nearly 400 local veterans may be eligible for bonds totaling about 200000 if cashed.
In Marblehead Massachusetts sea gulls defy a social rule by dunking others food rather than eating it dry. Ornithologist Daniel Low notes the birds soak food before consuming, ignoring the etiquette manual's ban on such behavior.
A concise reflection on historic feats by notable individuals who faced doubt and critique yet endured. The piece honors perseverance and the impact of courageous work across eras.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a leaver figure and several unclear names. It provides no coherent event, date, or location and lacks verifiable details to identify persons or organizations.
Visitors dig holes in Hell's Half Acre near Hot Springs Arkansas only to see them fill in and pits smooth over days later. Geologists cite a pressure fold in metamorphic Ouachita stone. locals cling to legends of treasure while no economic minerals have been found.
In New Bedford Mass Rita Poulin age a year old sings in Italian Spanish French and English under her mother's direction she has progressed as a singer and is also a pianist and musician in the community.
Henry O. Reinwald reports on 1935 Western railroads expanding speedliners and streamliners to revive travel demand. Chicago to Twin Cities, Boston to Portland, and New York routes gain faster schedules, diesel power, air conditioned cars, and electrification pushing rival lines to cut times and attract passengers.
A League of Nations expert panel examines Italy and its colonies to map oil sources, storage, and transport facilities. The inquiry asks if oil can be cloned sources and if an embargo could disrupt tank steamships to raise embargo effectiveness, with findings due to the committee handling sanctions against Thaly.
Corry and northwestern Pennsylvania enjoyed more sun Sunday than in two months as the groundhog’s omen suggested continued winter. Temperatures dipped to four below zero Saturday night, eight below Sunday night, then rose to ten above by nine o’clock Monday morning.
A 1935 report notes the WIA absorbed 200,266 direct relief cases toward a 809/300 quota along with 9, or 9,602 fewer direct relief on January 18. Direct relief costs for the week ending January 25 totaled 1,499,984, with prior week expenditures down 91 percent. The administrator cites private industry absorption of relief and SBRA work relief figures for 1995, totaling many direct relief and WPA transfers to projects through January 25.
County commissioners begin consideration of a plan to fund a TB hospital with 83,000. Controller Harvey Willis opposes both the hospital and tax raise, arguing it would balance the budget. the panel may seek a 1,000 allocation as part of a broader fiscal debate.
Corry Grange held a well attended Saturday session in their hall where Emma Swanson led a fine program. Plans were laid for a pie social to be held February 16 in connection with the regular meeting for Grangers and friends.
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