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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1932
Page
3
A partially legible note hints at a senior official's concealed status and wages. The fragmentary text mentions a president figure tied to salary red flags and possible concealment, suggesting a political or administrative dispute. Further details remain unclear in the OCR.
Brie march 22. Judge William B. Hirt rules against radical tax increases in Erie County townships. He warns supervisors to cut expenses, notes $4,000 spent on machinery in hard times, and limits levies to 10 mills without court approval. Eight townships get smaller increases. Venango keeps 16 mills with tightened spending.
A survey of scientists on Christian doctrine in a February issue of The Christian Century is cited by Prof. Douglas Clyde Macintosh of Yale. He argues belief in a Superhuman personal God is imperative for human betterment and moral guidance, recalling his own wartime conscientious objector stance.
United Press summarizes H Allen Smith’s study of American literature, praising Ludwig Lewisohn’s bold analyses of Melville, Thoreau, Whitman and contemporary writers. The report shifts to Asaad-Bey’s biography of Stalin, detailing Stalin’s rise, ruthlessness, and exile of Trotsky, noting the book’s candid portrayal and its relation to Trataky’s Soviet Revolution history.
The Huntingdon Monitor reports a massive annual liquor expenditure at about 2.85 billion dollars under prohibition. Estimates from both anti and pro prohibition groups align closely with government figures, detailing vast consumption of wine beer and hard liquor, along with rising bootlegging and tax losses to the government. The piece notes the shift among some who favored dry laws toward wet sentiment as the liquor problem persists.
State Departments of Health Welfare Forests and Waters and the Bureau of Fire Protection State Police designate a statewide Clean-Up Week starting Monday April 4. Suggested daily program urges sidewalk and street cleaning gutters cleared ditches opened sewers flushed and debris removal including brush rubbish and trash. Fly mosquito prevention day aims to treat cesspools swamp holes and stagnant water. Poultry yards and houses cleaned and garbage cleared. Thursday focuses on accumulating junk and trash removal and cellar cleaning. Friday continues the program with final cleanup efforts.
The State departments urge municipal governments and civic clubs to cooperate in making Clean-up Week a success. Communities are asked to gather loose ends and add extra touches to elevate the effort beyond previous campaigns.
The English sparrow, once condemned, is now noted by Audubon Society and Dr. Thomas Winecoff of Pennsylvania Game Commission as among few destroyers of a troublesome beetle. Field reports in Pennsylvania show other birds also feeding on the pest. Audubon surveys indicate more songbirds than ever in the U.S. currently.
Lon Jourdet arrives from Philadelphia for the Municipal file versus Audles of Erie game. City Council probes water meter issue as winter weather worsens with 4 inches of snow and sleighing conditions.
Hollywood reports the formation of the Independent Producers Association by 35 independent companies to present a united front on industry issues. Samuel Wolfe Tawyer named general counsel. the group opposes the term Poverty Row and aims to foster pro independence movements. Rumors link Rudy Vallee to a new talkie, while personal notes mention Fay Webb and others. local items include a high school girls game, relocations, and a reserve corps promotion.
County commissioners voted a $2.2 mill levy for poor relief, first ever for the purpose, while the general county levy was set at 1.2 mills, keeping total rate at 12 mills after years without change.
This brief asks five trivia items: Corry's 1870 population, the Yangtse River length, the date of the Maine explosion, Pittsburgh's current mayor, and the new head of the Corry Credit Exchange.
Erie native Kay Laurel once famed as a Broadway beauty is credited in New York with the final settlement of her $80,000 estate awarded to her five year old son in London. Guardian A W Stump says funds may be placed in a London bank as timing plans are decided. Raleigh J. Leslie, Laurel’s brother, is a Dispatch-Herald employee. The beneficiary is expected to receive about $90,000.
Hight members braved storm and snow to hold the Readers meeting at Miss Crook's home. A paper on Drops was read by Mrs A B A King. Bible selections on trees referenced notable specimens in Pennsylvania. Luncheon planned at Phoenix hotel March 28 followed by Rex theatre party, committee chaired by Mrs S Robbins.
The listing promotes 666 Liquid Tablets and a 666 Salve for internal and external use as a complete fast acting cold remedy. It claims high effectiveness and rapid relief, presenting the combination as a universally speedy treatment from an era promoting patent medicines.
Esther Blewitt Fra ser, a pioneer in Allegheny County Red Cross lifesaving service, dies after a long illness. Funeral set for her Wilkinsburg home tomorrow. she earned two medals in 1924 25 for her river rescue efforts along the Allegheny from Cheswick to Sandy Creek.
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