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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1938
Page
3
Corry baseball enthusiasts plan to travel to Warren this afternoon to watch the Pittsburgh Pirates play Warren Mose in an exhibition game. Other notes include city council meeting, street improvements in Ridgway, and updates on local gas production, safety, and community events across the region.
Plans are underway for a major air show at Lawrence Airport on Spring Street Hill this Sunday August 7. Lawrence Thomas, owner of the local flying field, says the program will eclipse all prior efforts with parachute jumps, aerial feats, bomb dropping, airplane races and balloon bursting. The event runs from morning into afternoon and many visiting ships are expected to attend, with the full event roster to be announced later.
Ivan Vieer, caust ed tor of Allis-Chalmers farm machinery, announced a demonstration of the allcrop harvester at Stranahan Brothers' farm two miles north of Spartansburg on Tuesday afternoon. He invited all farmers in the area to attend, with demonstrations continuing throughout the afternoon.
David Frasier, 57, of Fredonia, Pa., remained in Corry hospital after a steel wedge fragment, about one-half by one-quarter inch, broke off while he was cutting wood on Charles Buge's Wattsburg farm. The piece lodged in his right leg and his condition was reported as poor.
General von Falkenhausen, pictured leaving Hankow after serving as Chinese armies’ military adviser since the Japanese invasion began, predicted ultimate victory for China before his departure.
United Press reports Britain's long term goal is self government in industry where government remains on the sidelines. The system relies on voluntary collective bargaining and trade boards to fix minimums, with most agreements settled without state interference.
A history of efforts to undermine Works Progress Administration and Public Works Administration projects surfaces. Reports describe strict anti bribery rules and political activity bans, with cases where lobbyists were cited but unsubstantiated. Mention notes Ickes suspending a Riversid e California sewer project and general emphasis on prohibition of outside help. The piece also notes the first accordion patent in 1829 by Z Damian after an earlier German prototype.
A fragmented snippet references ant celine in the coal and shipping sectors and mentions the Wagney Labor Relations Act as a royal or kingly claim. The text appears to mix fiction with labor policy terms and lacks clear events or dates.
Railroad patrons in Corry and the eastern rail network face a new coach fare of 2.5 to 2.6 cents per mile, effective at midnight for an 18 month trial. The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the increase, projecting an extra 15 million dollars in revenue. Boundaries cover routes from Michigan to Illinois down to Virginia and beyond, with Western lines largely unaffected and Pullman rates unchanged.
Cleveland July 5. W Van Willer, assistant general freight agent at Pittsburgh since 1935, will become assistant general freight agent based in Cleveland starting August 1. He succeeds the late L B Knapp. D J Thompson moves from New York to Pittsburgh as assistant general freight agent, replacing Van Willer. H Schmidt leaves Chicago to Youngstown as assistant general freight agent, replacing C A Stogbers in New York who recently moved to the company’s eastern office.
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