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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1938
Page
3
A partial OCR fragment mentions aid efforts and a community event. It references Wayne and Corry in a context implying a local initiative, but the text is garbled, leaving the specific action and participants unclear.
Washington reports over 40 000 people moved from crowded hovels to Isaife dwellings with an average rent of 4 93 per room monthly plus heat water and utilities. USHA aims to open 21 666 homes for about 75 000 people under a 500 million slum clearance program begun by Congress. Standards favor lowest income families with steady income up to five times the rent.
The city council will consider a $12 000 sewer bond issue at the March 21 meeting to finance the storm sewer project and allow remaining funds to fund intake traps and Hare Creek work. First and second readings expected. hope for funds to start Seneca street storm control. seeking aid for labor costs.
The article outlines eligibility for rental assistance based on family size and income, limits on lodgers, and occupancy rules tied to dwelling size. It notes project housing from Williamsburg to Highland Homes in Wayne pa with 50 units, 2 story row houses and flats, and monthly rents about 4.65 per room plus 2.31 for heat and hot water.
Prisoners at Western State penitentiary in Pittsburgh have started producing the 1939 motor vehicle license plates. The state plans to issue over two million plates using 1000 tons of sheet steel and large quantities of paint ink varnish waxed paper and envelopes procured by the Department of Welfare.
Buffalo council ignored civil service pleas and Democratic opposition, abolishing 85 municipal jobs mainly in public works. Salaries for 26 positions were cut, with further wage reductions postponed to next Tuesday.
The North Bend Kiwanis Club starts a campaign claiming to spread truth worldwide by exposing lies. They argue once all lies are told there will be no worry or uneasiness left.
Corry officials report improved conditions with higher school attendance and most classrooms operating normally. Superintendent Ralph Dewey notes few or no absentees as measles cases and quarantine status are updated. new cases listed include Rose Marie Wojtaszek and Shirley Barnes.
Harrisburg March 16 Eighty two new rain gauges and 265 stream gauges are ready to forecast floods the forests and waters department announced. They were set up cooperatively by the department the U S geological survey and the U S weather bureau along tributaries of all major rivers.
In Clearfield Pennsylvania on March 15 the so called last raft began a 50 mile journey to Keating retracing pioneer lumber routes. The lumber package will be sawed into 35 000 feet of lumber upon arrival in Harrisburg after riding the Susquehanna river yesterday without mishap.
Ottawa March 16 The fight to decide who shall build the new bridge across the Niagara River began today before the House of Commons committee on railways telegraphs and canals The Falls View Bridge collapsed after ice pressure The International Railway Company owner of the old bridge seeks to erect a 1 500 000 bridge on the old site claiming legal right without extra authority The committee had a bill to incorporate the Niagara Falls Observation Bridge Company on petition of local residents
A collection of Rossetti poems was disinterred and published in 1870, twelve years before his death, reflecting posthumous interest in the poet.
Woolworth announces a vastly larger stock and floor space at its new Cohen block store in Corry. The company highlights updated merchandising and a broader sales staff and invites customers to visit Friday or Saturday to see the gala opening and special bargains.
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