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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1937
Page
3
Readable notices describe a delayed return to classes after holidays and hospital stays for A M Carnblee. Local police report heavy traffic with no major accidents. weather men forecast below normal temperatures and icy roads across the Great Lakes region.
Harrisburg Jan 2 A bill described as Little NRA for Pennsylvania workers will be the backbone of the Earle administration labor program. It would guarantee collective bargaining, bar court injunctions against strikers, and set up a wide powers conciliation board to control labor disputes. The raft was nearly complete today with drafting help from James Biddle and Ralph Bashore. Other labor bills would tighten industrial homework controls, strengthen child labor laws, cut the women's work week, bar deputy sheriffs in private industry, liberalize workmen compensation, and extend benefits including life-time payments and widows' benefits.
Seer Mary C Winchester predicts 1937 will bring war climate floods crime wave a building boom and steady business recovery while spending summer at Brady Lake near here. Kent State gym transforms into New Orleans Mardi Gras replica with Louisiana atmosphere fog and a golden moon.
Harrisburg January 2 1936 motorists face unrest as license plate deadline nears with 1800 sets of 1937 plates issued and 490000 more produced than last year The Revenue Secretary John B Kelly extended the January 1 deadline to New Year’s Eve to aid 54000 motorists awaiting plates and mall delivery.
Oil City Jan 2 Further increase in the government engineering force working on the Allegheny basin flood control plan in Pittsburgh district office total 768 and district force 688. Contractors drill foundation test holes at nine dam sites with 149 holes completed to date. 208 workers in holes 127 contractors 81 government. Sites include Allegheny river near Warren and Red Bank and Mahoning creeks. Property owners at Crooked Creek and Tionesta Creek dam sites contracted for access to dig exploratory trenches.
The article notes a government financed program to expand power plants with WHA operating under a ten year act attributed to Keiser Congress. It describes the agency as a lending body not giving outright grants, focusing on lending money to build transmission lines into rural areas lacking energy.
A New York conference with New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Vermont representatives approved a plan to gather farm data, study issues and advise toward producer recovery. A three-state committee will collect facts on price control, distributor power, plant closures and other milk industry problems to form actionable recommendations for farmers.
May 4 report from Pittsburgh details arrest of Patrolman Michael O’Brien over a fatal beating of a prisoner five days after an incident. Accused faces bail on charges linked to police duty and alleged misconduct as investigations unfold across police, state, and dairy associations with multiple named officials.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a ceremonial appointment or legal honor involving a figure named Sir Francis and a cited royal or legal title. The garbled line suggests a King’s Counsel designation but lacks clear dates, exact names, or places for full interpretation.
Two men were injured in a car collision on the Franklin-Bandy Lake road near Poll at night. Harry McQuinkind, 20, of Invwon Center and GM Perrine of Sanity Lake suffered concussions and head injuries, with Perrine also sustaining facial injuries. Both were listed in stable condition at Franklin hospital.
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