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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1939
Page
3
Cloudy windy snow in Corry and area as January wanes. Local events include school board elections, a Community Loan Company meeting, divorce filings, church rebuilding fund drives, and a large community skating event at the city rink. Oil production and traffic safety notes mirror a nation in transition.
United Pens. Piptsburg reports Wester Pennsylvania legislative council launches campaign against lenient treatment of minor offenders. Mrs. Charley P. Goldthwait leads a 50 000 member federation pushing measures to create a separate court and assign judges to tougher duties amid concerns about probation and prior leniency.
Survivors recount a harrowing crash into the water around 1 p.m. Saturday as a Standard Oil tanker Esso Bay Town rescued passengers and crew after hours adrift. Three men died in the 1 hour following the impact. Women kept spirits up by singing while men built a raft from life belts.
Missionaries in Nyasaland adapt old native war songs and dance tunes to express religious fervor and foster missionary spirit among local communities. The approach blends cultural music with spiritual outreach in the colonial era.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States plan a nationwide mass singing of the national anthem with 10,009 motion picture projectors used to amplify the event. Commander in Chief Thiene Van Antwerp announced the plan from Kansas City Missouri, stating VFW will sponsor the first verse and coordinate choirs to lead audiences in song.
An old Kellogg radio or print ad promotes All-Bran as a daily breakfast to prevent constipation. It claims bran provides bulk for stool movement and urges drinking water daily while touting Kellogg’s Battle Creek origin. The tone imitates health advice copy from early 20th century ads.
In Scranton two city councilmen vote to restore a one percent wage cut for city employees, with officials facing a ten percent cut. Land tax would rise to 3 mills and the building tax to 1.5 mills to fund the salary increases.
Miss Atlee Ryan sustained critical injuries when a collision occurred near St Marys. Her mother Mrs. Ryan and relatives were at the hospital as Angela Ryan died from injuries. The incident involved Captain F L Telen and a second vehicle.
W Logan Makay president of Provident Trust and Richard C Morse of Pennsylvania Railroad head the Philadelphia sesquicentennial drive to raise 10600 for Presbyterian education. The fund supports 63 Presbyterian colleges and 12 Presbyterian centers at state and independent universities.
Rep J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey introduces a resolution urging the House to appoint a committee to investigate Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins to determine if she should be impeached. The request seeks a full committee or a subcommittee inquiry into her conduct as the nation’s first woman cabinet member.
Georgy H Erickson 42 of Jamestown charged with sending obscene material to a list of recipients. He is arraigned and sentenced to Erie County Penitentiary for 18 months to be followed by federal penalties. Letters allegedly signed by "Ela" were sent to about twenty people. Investigators noted the scheme tied to a deceased sister Ella.
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