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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1932
Page
3
A Chicago probate clerk notes many wills drawn in error or with fanciful fortunes. As values shift, even estates once seen as vast shrink to mere thousands, underscoring the need for careful overhauls to prevent misrepresentation and heirs' disappointment if the testator dies before values recover.
The Bureau of Immigration reports that emigration now exceeds immigration for the first time in a fiscal year. Depopulation effects from strict immigration limits, Depression era deportations, and relief fears drive departures. Some see reduced job competition and relief burden as positives, while outcomes for consumers and markets loom uncertain.
A newspaper pick quote praises the Senate as a free forum for debate where Senators like Robinson of Arkansas argue that the floor precludes interruption by all but God. It defends unrestrained oratory as essential to national discourse while noting room for courtesy amid vast public issues. The piece lauds the Senate as a model for other governments.
Uniontown Pa July 20 Dr Charles W Springer 54 Uniontown veterinarian and business man collapsed while wading from a shallow to deep section of a pool at Shady Grove Pa near here. His body was recovered but artificial respiration and pulmotars failed and a determination if heart attack or drowning caused death may take days.
Burglars entered Frank Say store on North Center street last night and stole goods valued at 75 to 100 dollars through a rear window. High School girls N T Club left for a ten day Chautauqua camping trip chaperoned by Misses McKinney and Sarah Breene. Boy Scouts decided to locate camp on Brokenstraw Creek two miles south of Clymer. NuBone Corset company picnic at Lake Columbus attendance over 150. Miss Lavy Naylor returned from Chautauqua trip. Mr and Mrs Lee Smith and daughters Ruth and Katherine left for Chautauqua. Gerald Harvey arrived from New York City to visit his mother. J Whittlesey and family back from automobile trip to Ohio.
The item asks how Nebraska ranks by area, notes Ohio State penitentiary sweep context, and asks for details on Edward Markham, Forest County population, and author of Be true to your highest convictions, directing to page 7.
Hollywood studios print complete mock newspapers for production. Actors study replicas of city papers to simulate headlines and stories in films such as Red Headed Woman and Washington Masquerade. The process includes type, cuts, and staged vignettes to imitate real papers.
County employees face a single deduction of one week’s pay on August 1 as Controller Harvey M. Willis pulls the funds to boost the treasury by about $5,000. The plan, approved after taxpayer pressure, applies to all workers with no exceptions and regardless of vacation timing.
A lightning strike at Lakemont Park in Altoona killed three people, a 12 year old boy and two men, and injured eight others who sheltered under a tree during a gap in a baseball game. The dead were Robert Charsworth, 12, Lucy Lonedale, 34, and Jim Moliet of Altoona. Injured include two children, Jaci Chambers, 8, and Thomas Chambers, 13, both of Lakemont.
A garbled diary-like fragment recalls attempting to induce sleep with counting sheep and wool recalling tools and a bindle. Text shows inconsistent spelling and unclear details about methods and substances.
Governor Pinchot and Republican leaders from the House and Senate convened in Harrisburg to push the special legislative session. The gathering aimed to accelerate unemployment relief and balance the state budget, despite Pinchot's earlier criticism of the economy program. The Senate advanced bills on tax installments, lending for building and loan associations, and bonding deposits, while the House inched toward action on appropriation measures and related relief funding.
Washington July 20 Pres Jenver issued an executive order abolishing the radio division of the Department of Commerce and transferring its duties to the Federal Radio Commission. The move retains some officers and employees with the new commission while others leave the service.
Arguments were heard in federal court in Pittsburgh on a suit by the Aluminum Company of America to recover more than $1 million. The claim seeks recovery of $650000 with interest, alleging double taxation on transactions with its subsidiaries. Special Assistant U S Attorney John A McCann defended the government, while John G Buchanan argued for the company.
Assurances last week by Assemblyman John H King that the Pomatuning dam project funding would not be cut were echoed in Hartleburg dispatches today The House appropriations committee reportedly abandoned the Spangler bill that would slash funding for the Digi project The measure would have cut 400 000 from the appropriation The project has provided work for hundreds of unemployed men over seven months about twenty five Corry men now employed there A reduction would force layoffs and hundreds to lose work
Officials from the State Health Department and local physicians in Clarion and Venango counties investigate a paratyphoid form outbreak affecting about a dozen residents in Stax and Wentlings Corners Clarion County. Dr. Charles Z. Ross and doctors from Clarion and Venango counties join Mudville engineer Ho Young on the field to identify the disease and source of contagion. Washington dispatch notes Secretary Stimson deflects questions on Mellon and war debts amid the inquiry. Miss Genevieve Smith visits from Brie staying with Miss Hazel Merker.
Mr and Mrs J Martin and daughters Sara and Elizabeth will leave for Sutis bury New York region next week. Corry City Chapter of the Order of Western Star hosted a farewell at MaSeric Temple with a generous repast at six and cards and visiting. The Martins were given gifts after forty years in the area, and Mr Martin praised a refined room open to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
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