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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1938
Page
5
The Kosi river in India swings 100 miles east to west and back every 300 years, causing significant damage. John Paul Jones, the American naval hero, later became an admiral in the Russian navy following the Revolutionary War.
Long list of local residents traveling, visiting relatives, or attending services and events. Rev William Kuhn spends week in Concord assisting in services forLowr Inton Scaife. Others travel to Akron Detroit or Sandusky for assemblies funerals and visits.
In Voice of the People letters from April 80 1938 a Michigan reader denounces daylight saving time. The employee notes early start times clash with rest during hot months and argues factory workers should stay on Eastern Standard Time while other professions may adjust. Mentions Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Rochester and New York as examples.
Maurice Costello, 61, seeks $200 monthly from daughter Dolores Costello claiming she must support him in old age amid eviction threats. He says she lives comfortably on Barrymore alimony of $860 monthly and other income, after divorcing John Barrymore.
Fisher Marshall Fisher has been elected principal of Titusville Junior High School after three years as head football coach at Cole slot High School. A new athletic director will be named. He will keep his current salary of 2100 dollars. CARD OF THANKS We thank neighbors relatives and friends for kindness after our bereavement.
Rev Glen O Reed pastor of Kiddey Memorial Church of the United Brethren in Christ Salamanca NY will speak at the Wednesday evening evangelistic service at the United Brethren church. The revival continues each Wednesday through Pentecost Sunday June 5 with speakers F F Heagle Norton Varney and B Paul Weaver among others. Services start at 7 30 p m and all are invited.
Mrs George Mallick was elected president of the College Women's Club for the upcoming year at last evening's meeting held at Mrs 5 Hawking's home on Mott Street. Officer lineup included Miss Ina Austin as vice president Miss Frances Rowland secretary and Miss Mildred Tillotson treasurer. The session, led by vice president Mrs Harold Gilbert, included routine business and a varied entertainment program featuring violin solos by George Kinley a girls trio and piano renditions. Hosts served angel food cake strawberries whipped cream and coffee.
Local short notice lists washings available at 801 Worth Street Corry with contact details limited to the address and a page code 416. The fragment offers no broader context or dates.
A column proposes a Mother’s Day event theme with fruit bouquets on plates, Duchess Potatoes, a rose salad, clover rolls, flower pot Ice cream, and a Jelly Roll Panache dessert. It suggests salad bouquets, pansy table decorations, and an “Old Family Album” pageant with period costumes and humorous captions as the centerpiece.
Market gossip from New York on May 3 notes General Motors paid a two cent per share common dividend despite quarterly earnings of 14 cents a share. Analysts see a possible technical market recovery unless unforeseen developments arise, while traders await clear incentives from new spending programs. The Business Week Comparisons report shows first quarter declines across steel, construction, lumber, cotton, wood, car loadings, tool orders, stock and bond prices, and living costs rising. notable names listed include International Nickel, Kennecott, Montgomery Ward, National Biscuit, New York Central, Packard, Pure Oil, Radio, Standard Oil, Studebaker, Texas, and Westinghouse Electric.
United Press reports a market uptick with gains in wheat and cotton futures after a prior decline. Bond activity shows steadier to firmer tones as industrials like American Smelters and Bethlehem Steel show positive moves amid broad industry shifts.
In early railroad days trains paused near streams to take on water. Crew used leather buckets and the practice was called jerking water. Towns formed at these water stops became jerkwater towns and small railroads earning the label jerkwater railroads.
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