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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1933
Page
7
Weathered clipping reports a Tobit sighting near the Junior High building and a chimney fire on East South Street at Avenue A this morning. The blaze in the attic was checked before extensive damage.
B Wilcox and Glen Milley represented the Corry Taxpayers Union at a Erie County Property Owners Association meeting where a package of proposed laws was adopted. The program calls for a graduated income tax, a 1 percent war tax, school subsidies tied to teacher costs, opposition to district consolidation, and a state role in road and bridge funding. It also favors local tax collection by county treasurers, salary cuts for public officials, abolishing nonessential departments, and restraint on government spending.
Hope for a half mill reduction in county taxes faded as commissioners and the controller prepared for the new year. Chairman Rollo McGray warned tardy payments may force a shift to preserve poor relief and meet required appropriations. Commissioner Rogan doubted feasibility, budget talks stalled by missing Commissioner Sehturety and payroll delays.
Jamestown January 18. Judge Allen B. Bargar imposes severe sentences on two men who defrauded the Welfare department. Angelo Arnone 31 of 288 Barlows street gets one year Monroe county penitentiary and a $121 fine. Tosy Flora of 208 Hanevid street pleads guilty and is fined $100 plus thirty days in county jail. Court crowded with spectators. Adolf J. Johnson for Arnone and Michael D. Lombardo for Flora.
Burglars forced a window and removed a door to steal a 200-pound safe from the Birmingham Furnace and Roofing Co offices. The safe contained 12 dollars in cash and nothing else of value.
Mrs. M Gunstone of Condra Pharmacy endorses Vinol iron tonic claiming it helped her after giving birth by restoring strength and appetite. The testimonial highlights renewed energy and weight recovery.
In Hase Pa on January 18 Tom Mix testified at the cross examination in a $842000 damage suit filed by Colonel Zack T. Miller of the 101 Ranch Show. Miller alleges Mix breached a verbal agreement to join the show for $10,000 a week and seeks damages after Mix did not appear. A 1920 circus poster once called Mix the champion horseman astride Tony.
Schmid smiles as his son Mickey hunts ducks with a airgun and a fox terrier. Mickey leaves his lunch by a tree and returns to find a duck eating his food. He shoots the duck, the terrier retrieves the gun, and the duck ends up fattening in Mickey's place.
The 1933 Pennsylvania House opened with a light calendar as major problems like unemployment relief and taxation reform remained unresolved. The Weideman bill on out-of-state truck licenses drew attention, while blue law revisions and state enforcement repeal bills were anticipated. the Senate also weighed its public service commission inquiry findings.
Senator Rial and Westmoreland discuss Salus, who refused to back the program in its current form and has resigned as an investigator on the new committee. The bills cited include regulating holding companies and utility security, delaying rate increases until the commission acts, and governing appliance manufacture, sale, and leases. Also proposed were appointing a people's counsel, reforming rate valuation, and other measures including constitutional amendments and deputy sheriff employment.
Fire officials determined the origin after retaking Tuesday morning blaze destroyed two summer cottages at Point Gratiot affecting Frank G. Frost and Emery Bradley. Estimated loss is 3500 dollars. Fire department prevented spread to nearby cottages. Wool shipments and production figures from Fort Portland noted elsewhere in report.
Walter L. Clark, Columbia University alumnus, warned that talk of technocracy would cause harm. He stated that Columbia has no involvement with technocracy or any movement, and that a small group of engineers and technicians do not represent the university.
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