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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1937
Page
3
A burst of local business and government notes covers a City Council meeting next Monday evening, Lone Star Gas reports 1936 earnings after charges, and Clymer State Bank directors reelection. Harrisburg tax experts plan Erie county study to boost 1987 revenues.
Youth workers from the National Youth Administration will visit every business in Erie and nearby counties by January 20 to deliver notices about the new state employment compensation law. They will record employer details on visit cards and forward data to Harrisburg for tallying.
A Pittsburgh report notes about 2 million dollars in bullion gold moved via Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday as the first of several shipments toward bolstering the United States Fort Knox gold reserve. Guards from the Philadelphia mint and Treasury officials protected the convoy en route to the strong box.
Salt springs and salt lakes occur globally with brine boiled to vapor to yield crystalline salt. Processes concentrate brine until water evaporates, leaving solid salt in pans.
United Press reports a ten year old boy Charles Mattson was stabbed in the back and battered to death by a degenerate in Tacoma Washington. Federal investigators and about a thousand officials search for the kidnapper and killer, a former asylum inmate with a known mania for kidnapping. The autopsy describes brutal torture and a grim sequence leading to death and concealment near Hyerett Washington.
The Board of Education recently renewed recognition for WPA assisted stage upgrades at the Senior High under Thomas Koctars. James Lambing outlined improvements nearing completion including window frames and doorways to aid productions. The project cost is expected to be half covered by a benefit play, with remaining expenses to be over 400 dollars if needed.
While the canal was being built in 1825 farmers from Welnity paused plowing to join the project for a sixday period from sunset to sunrise earning three dollars. This paid taxes and funded the work on the new waterway.
The tiny oak sprigs were sent from Europe as a gift of the United States government. They arrived as a printer in Cubs was away. his wife kept the trees potted. She believes Owens may give one sprig each to Marimount Junior High School East Technical High School and Ohio State University, the three schools he attended.
Supplementary copies of a digest of the Pennsylvania vehicle code are available at the State Highway Patrol office 17 West Gwyneth Street. The 42 page pocket guide, titled A Digest of Vehicle Code of Pennsylvania and Student's Manual, was prepared by the Department of Revenue and Liexe. It contains rules for operating motor vehicles with safety signs, analyses, and facsimiles.
County commissioners near selecting a new county sealer of weights and measures at Friday’s regular meeting. Thomas Garrity of the city is favored for the post with Leon Tryon of Girart and others named as possible contenders. Tryon had been nominated days earlier by Commissioner Helen Schiuratt amid Republican circles in the city.
Harrisburg reports that statewide highway patrol uniforms will switch to a red and blue outfit, a complete departure from the gray suits. Captain Charles H. Quarte s, superintendent, says the change aims to foster respect for neatness orderliness and discipline among patrolmen.
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