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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1937
Page
3
Weather turns colder as heavy showers grip the city. The anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans is noted. A regular Education Board meeting is planned for Monday evening. The weekly award at the theater went unclaimed for the fourth straight time, with a prize of $125.
Lester Simmons a 14 year old freshman at Kene High School vanished two months ago while likely en route to a football game in Kane. A statewide search spread to 23 western states and Chicago with no trace found. He is described as 5 6 tall and weighing between 126 and 190 pounds, last seen in ordinary clothing with no money. Relatives in Pennsylvania and nearby states have been questioned with no results. The case remains one of many listed as missing in the past two months.
The budget message projects a near balance for 1938 with a technical gross deficit of about 401 million dollars due to debt retirement. It forecasts record peacetime revenue of 7.29 billion, reduced current expenditures, and funding to start two battleship constructions at 50 million each. Defense spending rises to 990.78 million, with the Navy receiving nearly 60 million. The report notes a peacetime spending record of 5.88 billion in 1936 and revises 1987 expenses to 98.48 billion, estimating 1988 at 657.99 million for recovery needs. Total 1988 appropriations reach 6.839 billion, including DC, postal, and supplemental items.
United Press reports lawmakers will vote on proposed judicial reorganizations in Schuylkill Dauphin York Allegheny and Philadelphia counties during the 1937 legislative session. Proposals include abolishing Philadelphia municipal court creating a family court and small claims court expanding Allegheny county court and adding new common pleas judgeships as needed while Orphans Court options are debated in York and Dauphin. Governors appoint remaining vacancies through 1997 with 1 year terms for elected judges.
Roosevelt proposes a world peace conference to limit armaments led by foreign ministers rather than signatories. Justice Department vows to curb enlistments in Spain’s Civil War to preserve neutrality. The plan aims to avoid European meddling and present the United States as a noninterfering observer.
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