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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1939
Page
3
Snow and colder weather dominate the daily scene as the city notes a Col. Charles Lindbergh birth anniversary and a regular City Council meeting. Ward's Automotive reports weekly factory output at 79 410 units versus 89 200 last week with 1 443 this week a year ago.
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania State Publicity Commission touts gas tax receipts as proof that tourist business held steady near the 1837 $40,000,000 mark. Despite a low mood year, 1938 saw a $1,926,994.89 rise in gas tax receipts May through November, with total increases of $9,066,879.37 over two vacation periods. Executive Secretary Orson Ny Ritzman frames this as evidence public funds attract out-of-state visitors and boost local travel. Officials seek a new $500,000 appropriation for 1940-41 to push growth, aiming to lift Pennsylvania tourism by $10,000,000 as motorists pass to or from the World’s Fair. The industry is seen as continuing into 1940, presenting strong travel-dollars prospects.
Dr Norman Stewart, longtime Warren dentist, confessed to detectives to killing his wife Mrs Norman Stewart and their three year old son Ian on June 14 1998. He fled to Jacksonville Florida worked as a bartender and later chief of staff in a hotel grill before admitting the double slayings. He had previously left Warren in 1929 and earlier lived in Pittsburgh where he trained as a dentist.
The Revenue Act of 1928 sets a single 15 percent normal tax on net income above allowances such as personal exemptions and dependents. An earned income credit of 10 percent applies to earned net income, with surtax rules for net income above $4,000. Rates rise by brackets, examples show calculations for $8,500 earned income, and taxpayers are urged to follow Form 104 instructions for credits and surtax.
Mrs E F Linke of Chicago writes that San-Cura Ointment is the find of a lifetime. The antiseptic soothes and aids healing of minor cuts burns itching piles and irritated skin. Available for 86 cents and 6 cents at drug stores.
Crosentt and Gallup John Deere dealers present a John Deere Day program at Clymer Town Hall Tuesday morning at 10 for farmers and families. The Hollywood film The Tuttle Tugger stars Arthur Lake Judith Allen Victor Patel Greta Meyers Agnes Ayres Jack Rice Allen Caven and others. The plot follows a salesman and a saleslady whose roles clash causing comedic trouble as a milking machine is pitched. Four other all talking features accompany the event.
The article details the federal order requiring natural gas firms to establish and maintain continuing property records for original cost and ongoing inventories of plant property. It notes the Commission’s deadline of December 51, 1944, for completing cost determinations and continuing records, and mentions submission by July 1, 1989 of a detailed wiring plan to support compliance.
A fragmentary notice describes a feature presentation titled including a clock theme and educational pictures on state farming methods. It mentions inside stories of precision manufacturing in farm tracts and short novelties with new agricultural developments, plus demonstrations and circulars at the Jour nal Commercial Shop.
City faces ongoing dispute as bondholders refuse settlements for major street improvements. Most owners threaten to sue while others seek better terms, delaying work and prompting court action.
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