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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1938
Page
8
The article notes a U.S. plan to colonize two Pacific coral islands Canton and Enderbury, with Enderbury uninhabited and Canton claim reinforced by a New Zealand colony. The isles lie near the equator on the San Francisco to Sydney route.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charles Alvin Jones will speak at the Knights of Columbus hall in Oil City next Saturday during a district dinner and dance hosted by the Oil City and Franklin Young Democrats. An executive meeting will precede the evening events as local clubs prepare for roughly 500 guests.
The plan lowers housing finance costs under the National Housing Act amendments of 1938. It allows 90 percent mortgage insurance on priced homes, extends amortization from 20 to 25 years, and cuts down down payments from 20 to 10 percent but requires owner occupancy and FHA approval of plans before construction. Lending must follow added safeguards to protect borrowers and the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund.
The article notes John Milton directing his daughters in writing from his dictation at a London house during an artillery bombardment near Bushill Fields.
Pennsylvania led in submitting to the Social Security Board as an unemployment compensation referee in Washington ruled on Lewis Edward Chappel of Clearfield. The appeal, filed after Chappel claimed benefits while partially employed at a theater, centered on whether partial unemployment met eligibility. The board said total unemployment requirements apply, and earnings affected compensability if other criteria are met.
Announcement states Mae Rossiter will serve as deputy Register of Wills Carlton V King, replacing Annette Young who resigns. The change takes effect April 1.
A readers club met at Ais. W. J. Wilcox home on East Main Street Monday afternoon with twelve members answering roll call. Elizabeth Ranney led a word pronunciation and definition exercise while Mrs. Willis Brown to host next gathering March 1 at 80 Marion Street.
Oil markets in Pennsylvania fell to multi year lows as reductions of 17 cents per barrel were applied by buyers across grades. Prices in Venango County dropped to 1.98 while Pennzoil quoted 1.93 to 1.94 with some buyers paying as high as 2.03. The cut mirrors a sequence from late 1935 and follows prior reductions by several pipelines and the South Penn Oil purchasing agency.
Sonjay, matriarch of the Zovlogi vat Gardena herd, died in Trivandrum after nearly 30 years in captivity, a duration nearly matching the record for captive lions. The mother of all the zoo’s cubs, she had long guided the lion family.
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