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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1936
Page
4
Article reports rain and mud delaying Italian advances against Ethiopia. Describes roads turning to gumbo, Ethiopian forces delaying progress, and Italian troops possibly needing to fall back toward the frontier. Mentions Emperor Haile Selassie and disrupted supply lines as weather complicates operations.
The article notes Russia’s war fund surpassing a billion and a half dollars, signaling readiness for conflict with Germany or Japan. It suggests Moscow aims to guard distant fronts from Ukraine to eastern Siberia and China, while urging the United States to stay calm, keep moderate armament, and pursue domestic self sufficiency and hemispheric unity.
An ad research survey of 5,000 people across 20 states and 122 occupations finds 85 percent favor newspaper ads over public office statements. Eighty eight percent view daily newspaper ads as more reliable than salesman claims. A portion of respondents question ads’ clarity and impact in guiding purchases.
Hollywood previews review a Paramount release featuring Jack Haley as a soda-jerker who aims to join the Department of Justice as a G-man. The film mocks the era’s crime pictures, with Grace Bradley as a gun moll and Aurienne Marden as Haley’s coquettish counterpart, signaling the end of the current cycle.
Union City's one man liquor store opened yesterday afternoon at one o clock in the Palmer block on North Main Street formerly McGill's restaurant. It will operate daily except Saturday from 11:40 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The text notes totals rising from 685 million to 14 790 million at year end 1934 and then to 17 087 million at year end 1935. It emphasizes a striking improvement in business conditions and public confidence with billions added and more earnings ahead as a new prosperity period begins, even as the excerpt remains fragmented.
A stranger named James Halley passed a $25 check at Glenn and Davis on North Center Street. Post office carrier changes include Frank W Parsons resigning to join Glen Miller in a feed and fuel business. Italian suspect tied to a major robbery at Joe DeBias on First Avenue as New Castle police report. James English, longtime local resident, died suddenly in Newark New Jersey. Newborns: Carl and Mrs. Taylor welcome a son born January 28, George Alfred Born. Glen Donaldson departs for Detroit after visiting home folks. Mrs. George Weber ill with ptomaine poisoning at Arlington Hotel. Mrs. L. M. West travels to Erie to visit friends.
A dated fortune style note warns of deceitful days and dangers due to misjudgments. It cautions against intestinal poisoning, wet feet illness, ankle injuries, and risky monetary investments, with scattered dated guidance across 1936 to 1986 and 1988.
Paris fashion notes the year’s craze for bizarre headgear with no hats in sight. Silhouettes include a saucepan hat tilted at 44 degrees, white feathers, and a navy beret with a red pompom. The inverted coal bucket and other extreme shapes dominate the season as designers push wearable absurdity.
A large force of seventy state constables raided stores, confectionaries, hotels, pool halls and other venues across Warren County. Officials expected at least fifty arrests for illegal pinball and slot machines. Hearings to be held today. confiscated devices to be turned over to the Warren County district attorney for disposition. The raids covered Sheldon to Youngsville and Warren town.
The Mimer C. Carrier Post 365 American Legion plans a banquet on Thursday evening Jan 30 at 5 0 oclock at the Presbyterian church to honor past commanders. The Ladies Auxiliary will serve a Swiss steak dinner and tickets are available from post or auxiliary members. A guest speaker and entertainment program are planned for all interested in Legion affairs.
Washington January 24 The Allegheny County Public Works program in Pittsburgh is assured on a 9 620 000 basis with the federal government granting about 1 800 000 for the project. County Commission Chairman John J Kane submitted the proposition and said bonds would be sold on the open market to augment the grant.
A well attended card party at St Elizabeth's Hall, hosted by four ladies from St Elizabeth's Church, featured eighteen tables for contract and auction bridge and five hundred. Prizes went to Mrs M Edward Moore, William Spiesman, Mrs Bessie Wells, with special awards to Mrs Morris Chapin and Mrs J A Cassidy. J J Follett received a lace table spread donated by the estate. Lunch of sandwiches, cookies, and coffee was served by the committee. A good sum was raised for the church.
The Ladies Aid Society of St Pauls Lutheran Church hosted a Kraut and roast pork dinner for seventy five guests in the church dining hall last evening starting at 5 30 oclock. Mrs Arthur Casperson chaired arrangements and Mrs George Nagel arranged the dining room with help from Mrs Verne Bowles Mrs H H Keppe and Mrs H Powell.
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