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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1939
Page
8
Advice on early spring lawn care detailing steps to prepare turf for outdoor use. Includes raking, applying a balanced plant food, rolling to remove air pockets, reseeding thin spots, mowing limits, and watering practices for healthy grass growth.
Plan a home garden for a summer supply and winter canning. Grow staple crops like beans, parsnips, beets, cabbage, onions, carrots, peas, cucumbers, radishes, lettuce, Swiss chard, tomatoes, peppers. Eliminate crops your family dislikes and experiment with extra varieties like Brussels sprouts and okra if space allows. Allocate time: two hours four days weekly to maintain crops and canning readiness.
Veterans show egg plants tomatoes and peppers need three to four months after sowing to fruit. Starting seedlings in greenhouse or cold frame six to eight weeks before frost-free date yields desired varieties and big savings. New Hampshire hybrid egg plant wins All-America Silver Medal 1939 for upright productive growth with many fruits.
Harrisburg reports seven contracts totaling 2,077,348 have been awarded for grading drainage and bridge work on 542 miles of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. More bids and tunnel excavations for Laurel Hill and Sideling Hill will be issued this month as plans near completion. The first 9.5 mile Cumberland county section should finish by end May with good weather.
Harrisburg March 19 the federal state crop reporting service of the Pennsylvania department of agriculture announced a drop of two points in the Pennsylvania farm price index. National prices were two points lower than a month earlier with grains and dairy posting the largest declines while tobacco fell seasonally. The February index stood at 92 percent of prewar and five points below a year earlier.
Police investigate after an unknown man allegedly consumed tainted coyote poison bait in Bollister. He opened two cans of tainted mackerel and ate them, prompting fears for his health while authorities seek to identify the man and determine motive.
Pennsylvania game wardens report 2790 prosecutions and 2725 convictions for the open season period including November December and January. Only 2.8 percent were acquitted and 1.6 percent appealed to quarter sessions. November arrests numbered 1644 with 258 in December and 288 in January.
The commonwealth called witnesses to convict Thomas Uriah Steffey Callen a saxophone playing constable and his son Charlee Callen for the murder of Francis R. McKay in Tarentum. Coroner Headland and state motor police were among those called as trial began after a New Year’s morning slaying. The jury selection took over eight hours with 12 jurors and two alternates chosen from 40 challenges.
Lieut. Gov. Samuel S. Lewis said the special election to fill the Allegheny county 48th senatorial district vacancy created by Sen. P J Healy resignation will likely be postponed until the fall election. He asked opinions from Allegheny county commissioners Democratic State Chairman David L. Lawrence and Allegheny County Republican Chairman Frank Harris. Lawrence and Harris, both Democrats on the question, provided their reply to the commission.
Fragmentary notes mention Shaffer commenting on a port and the world of the game protectors for the last quarter with remarks on gratifying results, but the passage is garbled and lacks clear context or outcomes.
Erie reports the deadline for 1938 income tax returns is tonight at midnight. Officials note a possible 40 percent drop in filings from the prior year amid a late rush and steady activity in Room 137. The tax office will stay open until midnight to avoid penalties. London reports debutantes will wear Limouines approved by the Queen at court presentations, signaling a fashion trend shift.
Minnie Skiff 62 wife of Roy Skiff dies at Spartansburg after a two year illness. Survived by husband two children Leo Skiff Cleveland Ohio and Mary Elizabeth Skiff at home two sisters Mrs Joseph Chelton and Mrs Amy three brothers Bruce Prick Ernest Fralick and Dell Fralick all of Corry. Funeral Friday at 2 from First Baptist Spartansburg with Rev J A Waugaman officiating Interment Jose Hill cemetery.
Patrick Ramsey, Pennsylvania labor mediator, to visit Somerset to settle a strike halting excavation on a six mile section of the all weather highway between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. Johnstown Hod Carriers Union local, AF of L affiliate, demands a closed shop with Connell & Laub Construction Co which holds the state contract for the stretch from Husband to Westmoreland county line.
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