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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1934
Page
5
A partial OCR fragment mentions a year and unclear terms marking a local notice. Readable elements point to a dated event or deadline, but specifics are missing. The fragment preserves no discernible names, places, or actions beyond a vague time marker.
The government issues a commemorative B-cent stamp in purple to honor mothers. It will be sold at local post offices starting Thursday May 3, with May 18 designated for nationwide observance. The stamp features Whistler's Portrait of My Mother and carries the inscription In memory and in honor of the mothers of America. The public marks the day with letters gifts cards flowers and remembrances.
Local residents were noted leaving for trips, visiting Erie and Driftwood, and hosting guests. Philp L. Young Teft traveled to New York City and will return with Dr. G. T. Waggoner, a surgical patient. Others include Mrs. Shoop visiting Erie, Mrs. Kinney heading to Driftwood, and a group from the area visiting Warren, Erie, and nearby towns.
A May Day party at Concord school featured wall decorations with May poles and spring colors. Entertainment included vocal duets, instrumental pieces, and a door prize awarded to Mrs. C. W. Loupe of Pittsburgh. commendations went to Mrs. Walter Peale and the organizing committee.
United Press reports a two front campaign to eradicate bootleggers as repeal survives. By May 10 an army of 3600 to 4000 federal dry enforcers will be deployed nationwide while Congress moves to cut liquor taxes at the urging of President Roosevelt to stamp out bootleggers. Federal Alcohol Control Administrator Joseph C Choate cites the nation as a bootlegger’s paradise despite repeal.
The American Iron and Steel Institute reported March wage-earner gains in the steel industry, lifting total employment to 419,277 including salaried staff. Reemployment in March reached 280,471, up 0.90 percent from the prior peak period, marking the strongest activity since the August policy took effect.
May 2. Increased industrial activity in Pennsylvania in March led to more accidents, including 190 fatal to workers, according to a monthly survey by the Department of Labor and Industry.
A fragmented obituary style note describes the birth of a future prince, heir to Emperor tHlirohite and Majprese Nikgako, depicted in what is claimed as the first photograph of the baby. The infant reportedly weighed seven stone one and eight pounds at birth in an unclear royal context.
Requiem mass for Mrs. James Carrig a longtime Columbus resident held at SS Thomas church with Rev Francis Graves officiating. Large attendance. St Thomas choir. interment in St Thomas cemetery. bearers named. Out of town visitors listed from Buffalo Erie Bear Lake Cleveland Pittsburgh and others.
In a volatile session in New York on May trading, major stocks declined one to four points with sharper drops up to ten in speculative issues. American Telephone & Telegraph and Capitol fell to new lows amid a court decision on Illinois Bell rate and looming investigations. Closing prices show widespread declines across the list including American Can Bethlehem Steel and Chrysler along with notes on a Nathan Hale stamp issued April 4 1929.
On the S S Navarre bound for New York detective Crane warns Lanyard of Jack Knife Anderson and Ing Tish Archie, while Maurice Parry aids his father by exposing the crooks. In a tense chart of schemes involving Tess Boyce, Fay Crozier, and Isquith, intrigue simmers with emeralds and hidden loyalties as aboard deck and smokeroom plots intertwine.
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