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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1938
Page
3
Pennsylvania Railroad reports June net operating income of 35,046,908 dollars, down 1,488,065 from a year earlier, with six month total at 18,994,624 dollars, down 18,560,926. Copper prices rise to 10 cents per pound, while WPA and school renovations proceed.
Erie County faces borrowing at least $100,000 if the state legislature diverts counties relief funds. Controller Harvey M. Willy said the county expected about $185,000 this year from the gasoline tax share and notes the first half payment has not arrived, delaying relief budgeting. The second check is due around January.
The Buddy Players opened last night to an enthusiastic crowd with Pennies From Heaven at the East Washington street tent. The Irish lad and Jewish Rosie provide comedy and romance, as Wolf of the North and a changing vaudeville lineup follow in the week. Also notes on sea bass species and a record black sea bass of two hundred pounds near Santa Catalina.
The Corry Building & Loan Association directors declared a three percent per annum dividend for January 1 to June 30, 1938. The decision was announced at the semi annual meeting held Monday evening at the association offices. Little other business of special interest was conducted.
At the Continental Rubber Works in Erie United Rubber Workers Unionists clashed with a non union employee inside the gates. Pickets halted the car and refused exit while union organizers say the action aims to sign non members. Two plant departments closed and about 50 workers furloughed.
Bradford police halted a forged check ring after a three month search. Three men Walter Tompkins of Kane, William Tambash of Bradford, and James Dutchess of Kane were arrested on Main Street after attempting to pass a forged check at Downs Furniture on Kennedy Street. Police had warned local merchants and shared identifying details.
United Press reports a three week traffic safety and automobile operation course at Penn State during the post session from Aug to Aug 26. Amos Neyhart will chair the meeting with ten traffic safety experts forming the faculty. The program targets high school teachers who have attended prior Penn State sessions. The curriculum covers all phases of national traffic problems.
British labor officials prefer avoiding court involvement in industrial relations. The U P correspondent cites that American labor law and court-enforceable agreements clash with Britain’s flexible, consent-based system. Parliamentary acts and boards shape wages and unions, while enforcement remains limited and informal, with ministers offering influence rather than power.
City council here debated a sewage disposal plant project and voted to proceed with plans for a plant at an estimated cost of 190000 dollars. Engineers will survey and prepare preliminary estimates for early PWA approval with the government bearing 45 percent of the cost and the city borrowing 70000 dollars on a four or five year loan. Work would start January 1 as the city’s 250000 dollar sewer project is slated for completion, said City Engineer John McK Snow.
Foster Cass announces Cassy Chauffeuring Service offering hourly daily or trip chauffeuring. Cass with twenty five years of driving experience establishes reachable rates and has offices at his home reachable by telephone 34-112.
Pittsburgh reports a 27 percent rise in ingot steel output and 35 percent of capacity for finished steel due to automobile and miscellaneous orders. The gain is linked to 1939 model demand and other manufacturers. A separate note mentions the stratosphere’s discovery above France near Paris in 1902.
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