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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1938
Page
3
Arthur Van Harvey stars in a coast to coast Vic and Sade routine showing what American husbands face during spring housecleaning. The gag depicts coming home to beans for dinner and finding the junkman has taken the trousers for a new suit, a comic mishap of the season.
Palm Sunday in southern Italy marks a 600 year old courting custom in Spezzano Albanese Calabria. Unattached youths serenade sweethearts in broad daylight from the main piazza joining 900 balconies adorned with carnations while girls in pleated abivty watch.
Obituary notice for Adiph Bartholme 73 Union City Pa who died after a nine month illness at his home. He led music in Union City and taught with the Coleman Band of Welage popul and mentored many Corry pupils. Survived by family including two sisters and three brothers. Funeral Thursday at 830 from his home with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
Harrisburg March 30 state secretary of agriculture J Hansell French urged the use of roses in public beautification projects such as highway landscaping and public gardens. He said roses suit a variety of conditions including dry soil shade cold and heat with many varieties and traits available.
A delay in adding 400 WPA workers in the Erie area prompted a review by state officials. Erie WPA officials say 1,000 were approved three weeks ago, but only 200 were placed, with the highway department not yet authorizing the projects. The hold appears linked to internal party splits affecting patronage and funding.
Helen Sandberg a 28 year old nurse from Dagus Mines wed Claud H Foster a 67 year old Cleveland inventor who she once nursed back to health after a burn and a later auto accident Foster, who retired in 1928 after paying nearly a million in income tax, was the inventor of the Gabriel auto horn and Gabriel snubber.
Liner Engineer Samuel W. Marshall notes the Department of Highways cannot build guard fences along state highways inside city boundaries. He cites a 1933 Department of Justice opinion that limits highway operations within curb lines.
Harrisburg reports that Pennsylvania farmers intend to raise barley acreage by one percent this year and plant the same acreages of oats potatoes and tobacco. Projected state totals show corn 1,868,000 acres oats 015,000 barley 61,000 potatoes 205,000 tobacco 28,700 with an 1988 harvest forecast of 2,405,000 acres for the same crops.
A raid on a chicken fight at an old paint shop on Railroad Avenue led to multiple arrests. Officers confiscated roosters and cages while bonds were set for defendants, with hearings in Port Allegany and county jail transfers for those who failed to post bond. William Scott of Scranton aided by humane society and state police conducted the operation.
An evening at the Masonic Temple featured thirty tables of cards hosted by Clarence Commandery Knights Templar. Mrs. Matthews won the hedge contract prize while Dr. Bennett received a door prize bouquet. A committee from the Ladies Auxiliary closed the event with remarks and recognitions.
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