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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1938
Page
3
A broad roundup notes National Hospital Day and a neighborhood tag sale, plus a New York Central Railroad quarterly report showing net income of 10 196 388 after charges versus 8 205 04 in 1937. Other items include a Knights of Columbus march to council candidates, National Tire Safety Week to run May 14 to 21, and Time magazine purchasing Literary Digest.
Thomas Rocloff announces the cast for The Whole Towns Talking to be staged Friday at the High School auditorium under the High School Athletic Association. Robert Swanson leads as Chaster Binney with a large supporting group of named actors and actresses. Roelofs praises the show as the finest comedy produced. An advance ticket sale indicates strong attendance.
Harrisburg May 12 A program for new restrictions on industrial police is being drafted by Pennsylvania s new bureau of civil rights Director John Sullivan said it will be submitted to Governor George H. Farle after labor relations hearings and civil liberties committee investigations are finished The plan calls for licensing private detective agencies banning wage garnishment for debts and extending deputy sheriff rules to all law officers It also requires registration of tear gas purchases and disclosure of direct versus local authority purchases
William Gyarich, 20, was injured May 12 in Grove City after being attacked by a bull while guiding the animal to water. He suffered lacerations and bruises and remained in the hospital.
Corry and eleven other Erie county towns will gain direct air mail service for the first time on Thursday May 19 as pilots visit each community to collect letters. The event marks the twentieth anniversary of regular U S air mail and will feature county wide pickup with special cacheted envelopes and a blue red stamp.
Mervyn M. Nast of this city chaired a Jamestown zone meeting for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee urging local chairmen to mobilize communities to aid Jews overseas. Delegates from Erie, Buffalo, Olean and Albany backed resolutions promoting brotherhood and generous giving to reconstructive aid across Germany Austria Poland and refugee lands.
Mrs Reams Eaton, who will be 100, looks back on missing a dream from girlhood to drive a stage coach. She expresses no regret about aging and keeps her spirits high as she nears her milestone birthday in New Hampshire.
Sedgwick Kistler the veteran Pennsylvania Democrat endorsed the Earle Jones ticket urging a united party. He warned the state Democratic Party risks becoming the plaything of a single man and revived active campaigning to secure their victory.
In Phillips county the large ledgers weighing 150 to 300 pounds will be mounted on sliding trays that move on rails. The system lets the treasurer perform clerical work from his seat without rising, saving effort and time.
On May 12 Erie faced a threatened milk producers revolt against Ely milk rulings and regulations. City officials planned to seek a court hearing to dissolve an injunction blocking the city from action against two Erie milk distributors not inspected or approved by the city. Erie was also awarded the 1939 Pennsylvania State Grocers Association convention at Philadelphia.
An 8 pound baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Ray Young Jr in Arbuckle California marking the first female birth in the Young family for five generations.
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