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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1931
Page
3
A Corry Evening Journal item notes film actors lowering voices as natural and pleasing, with a path to broader public adoption, while scrap iron and steel firms report 30 million tons of scrap steel converted into new steel last year. This recycling effort saved 150 million tons of iron ore coal and limestone for future generations.
An Italian American professor argues Italy should seek Africa as a home for surplus population. The piece questions real public support in Italy, contrasts with French colonial outcomes, and notes shifting international law and the trend toward emigration rather than new colonies, suggesting broader American interest in Africa.
Evangelist Edgar B Davidson and singer F M Lamb to arrive tomorrow to send workers from six churches in three weeks of union evangelistic services. James Mead buys Buick touring car and tests it in city streets amid gas shortage reports. Pat Sidestricker of New York visits local friends. Carl VanTassel returns from Philadelphia after completing work there.
A compact guide notes common misuses and misspellings, guiding readers to pronounce tricky words like benignity and Kath-o-liky. It urges vocabulary growth by mastering one word daily and offers examples from old texts to illustrate correct usage and gentleness in disposition.
A conical iron piece 20 inches high weighs 100 pounds. A similar piece 10 inches high weighs one half as much because weight scales with volume which is proportional to height for similar cones. The problem notes an earlier answer and method, but the correct proportional reasoning gives 50 pounds.
The piece lists answers to a set of questions: 1. Iowa's chief crop is corn. 2. The ex-Kaiser belongs to the Hohenzollern royal house. 3. A genus home is mankind. 4. The railroad known as The Big Four is the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railroad. 5. The three islands tied to Napoleon are Corsica where born, Elba where first was exiled, and St Helena where he died.
In Union City on March 1c the Novelty Wood Works faces involuntary bankruptcy amid two years of decline and frozen assets. A petition was filed late last week, with a trustee expected to be appointed on the 24th. Once a leading maker of Chautauqua board products, the firm shifted 15 years ago to kitchenettes and related equipment.
James Schulz twenty of Danville is badly injured with a fractured skull after his car left BP highway between Wilcox and Tambine and hit a concrete bridge. Three passengers escape with minor injuries and the driver is hospitalized. Doctor Barrett says injuries serious but not believed fatal.
Corry lodge of Elks on North Center street stages St Patrick s day dancing party this evening with Sherricks Troubadours providing music. Lodge committee prepared decorations in line with the saint s anniversary and are expecting a large crowd.
Erie County’s treasury is empty for the first time in years as Treasurer Rollo McCray warns officials a loan of at least 100000 may be needed. Joseph F. Rogan calls a special meeting to decide on borrowing, with Controller Harvey M. Wills and county officials pressing action.
A survivor describes the Viking disaster with fire and smoke trapping crew below deck. He notes about 22 dead, many maimed, two stowaways reaching shore uninjured, and Captain Kean rescued unconscious. Frissell linked with survivors. cause unclear but likely not the boiler.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court at Pittsburgh yesterday reversed the Dauphin county court and held the construction company must be paid in the amount estimated at 1,000,000 for repairs to the new State Vacation Department building in Harrisburg. The building, under construction, was destroyed by fire last October 12.
Senator William H. King argues progressives resemble Republicans in aims, favor central government expansion and welfare legislation, while resisting a full socialist shift. He notes the movement draws more from Republicans than Democrats and warns against centralized power, favoring market and individual rights. The piece also quotes Katherine Merker deeming progressive leanings as enlightened Republicanism.
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