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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1936
Page
4
Corry Journal discusses why relief persists despite private job gains. It cites borderline families exhausting resources, high relief rolls, and ineligibility of those who applied for relief in 1935 for WPA jobs. Urges private citizens to push for deeper study and smarter government action at all levels.
The article argues that government by assassination in Tokyo has sharpened militarist aims. It highlights the modern samurai, army and navy control, imperial expansion plans, and tension with China and Russia. It urges Western restraint, noting the Far East contains dynamite and the U.S. should mind its own business.
Clymoe residents protest an Alderman’s $50 fine on a truck operator and a highway patrol arrest for overload. The defendant argues New York allows up to 28 000 pounds while Pennsylvania finds a 19 000 pound limit. He urges harmonizing weight limits as frequent inflationary violations occur near the border.
Noisy crows herald spring as farmers and observers watch for the first migrations. Reports note trowil sightings in recent days, marking the northern return of birds like the vobing and others to the region, typically by early May if present.
Proposal to remove the upper story and remodel the lower door of the old Hatch building would create classrooms for the vocational school. If costs at Thursday’s special meeting hold, the project could be worth the expense to the district as part of the Spring WPA program, despite archite ctural changes from the new school.
Paris fashion notes from Charles Creed after a New York opening. Fuller understanding of American needs, added dressier models to classic tailored collections. Suits feature broad shoulders, high waists, and mixed browns and tans. Spring offerings include blacks blues raspberries greens with night blouses and modified leg of mutton sleeves. Ankle length dresses with decollete blouses and tailored jackets appear alongside workwear separates. Today’s fashion tip highlights broadened shoulders across new Paris collections.
Don’t suffer from backache or headaches. Thompson’s Barasma Tablets claim to cleanse kidneys, stimulate them to filter blood, gently stimulate bowels and stomachs, and bring quicker relief from dizziness rheumatic pains. Available at drug stores per a local classified ad from January 26.
Twenty years ago a lively Elks Minstrel at Library Theatre drew a full evening of entertainment with participants including Del Darling Billy Myers Wake Morgar idge Nell Waters and several others. Ernest Nimmo a well known local, suffered a severe injury after being struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train and is in Corry hospital with a skull fracture and crushed leg. Mrs Alex McInnes hosted a birthday dinner for Mr McInnes. Amos Willigis returns from Oklahoma. Joe Altman attended a boxing match in Buffalo. William Cleveland is recovering from a sprained ankle and Mr McArthur of the Bell offices spends the day in Erie.
The brief horoscopic notes advise those born June 21 to July 21 to expect mixed days with a favorable evening and potential confusion from April to July. It warns to avoid dangerous situations, handle sharp tools carefully, and hints at mood swings and elder friction.
A Bookie review surveys Richard Aldington and Somerset Maugham as master stylists. Aldington’s Artifex Sketches and Tens collects essays on art and life while Maugham’s Cosmopolitans gathers tales from 1921 to 1929. Also reviewed are Fremont Older’s Hearst biography and Max Miller’s Wog and Men on Bering Sea, detailing journalism and coast guard life on the Aleutians.
Washington dispatch explains why leap years do not align perfectly with Earth's orbit. Naval Observatory experts detail the 365 days 5 hours 43 minutes 46 seconds year length and the Julius Caesar Gregory adjustment that drops 19 days in century years and keeps 400-year rule. The article notes residual 43 minutes per century and discusses calendar reform efforts amid historical context.
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