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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1934
Page
3
A New York financial writer explains that earnings to price ratios drive stock declines. Moody's shows a 25 to 1 price to earnings ratio, echoing the 1929 peak. Yet today many stocks yield 4 percent or less, with prices far lower than boom-time peaks, altering the risk outlook.
The article notes Administrator Johnson signaling continued protection for small industries despite a shift to focusing on the nation’s large groups. It outlines the NRA lesson that many groups should self regulate, with government as referee only to improve overall efficiency and prevent guildlike power.
A League of Nations committee condemns arms vendors for fueling the Bolivia Paraguay conflict. It notes the war supplies from the United States, England, France and others prolong the fighting in a Gran Chaco that has become a vast battlefield. It cites 25 000 dead and widespread wounds last year as farms and Paraguay struggle with exhausted treasuries and civilian casualties. The piece urges a unified arms and ammunition embargo to halt the war within months.
Hollywood gossip notes roam Hollywood Boulevard with playful asides on Albertina Rasch and Vera Engels. Stars like Joan Crawford Franchot Tone and Garbo are sketched in with agents and pets, while production scoops include James Wong Howe’s prank and Ernst Lubitsch’s directorial stance.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions May 1922 events, George Washington supposedly rejecting a throne, Lake Erie rising, Al Jolson notes, and Charles Lindbergh relation to a 1220 date. Many items appear garbled with conflicting years and misread names, offering little verifiable context.
Washington May 10 United Press reports a lively House session on the Agricultural Adjustment program with taunts about bulls from Rep Truax and Rep Jones. The debate slides into accusations of demagogic clubs and Bulwinkle’s expulsion as campaign fodder in North Carolina.
Paris May fashion notes celebrate stitched garments from gloves to coats. Exquisite stitches in silk wool leather and beads define sweaters hats jackets and suits, with knitted and crocheted effects dominating spring ensembles.
A 1914 column recalls local politics liquor interests backing a reform slate in the county. An ordinance aims to grant a streetcar company a power franchise for electric light and power, set for review at the next meeting. A three horse race series is planned at Wattshure Memorial Day with entries including Pudley Laie Lyle Van. Vleck notes road material for macadam paving as the town rebuilds a 1906 road. Primary voting appears heavy in the city with ward activity high. F A Loveland is named Chautauqua Week organizer amid strong enthusiasm. Joseph C Shamburg and Miss Mary Smith wed at St Thomas factory parish. Sam Paulson injured when wood splinters lodge in his hand after a mowing accident.
Edinboro Pa May 19 Annual commencement ceremonies of Edinboro State Teachers College will be held Tuesday May 29 at 10 am with 107 students receiving degrees and certificates Degrees of Bachelor of Science will be awarded to those completing courses in Pul lie School Art Secondary Intermediate and Kindergarten Primary curricula Those majoring for two years in the latter two courses will receive certificates Dr G Crawford retiring president of the school will award the honors.
In Washington President Robbsevelt presses a gold plated telegraph key to mark WLW's 500000 watt transmitter opening while noting it as the same key touched by President Wilson to inaugurate the Panama Canal twenty years earlier.
Harrisburg offers classes on family budgeting money handling child care and domestic skills for unmarried young women and prospective homemakers under supervision of the State Department or Public Instruction. These sessions aim to equip young mothers and prospective homemakers with practical skills and guidance.
James Rorty, veteran in advertising with Socialist leanings, critiques the advertising business in Our Master’s Vote. The work riffs on 70,000 Guinea Pigs, mixing sharp satire with extensive facts on ads, films, billboards, and radio, yet its comic impact is uneven and the burlesque tone may fail to land. Evelyn Waugh’s travels and Blaine Niles’s Marla Palma offer varied reading alongside Rorty’s critique.
May 19 Pasquale Micale proprietor of the Hilltop Inn at Kane Junction was held for court and bailed $500 after a county raid found slot machines in the area. Police raided about a dozen sites overall, confiscating machines on court order. Micale will face June term charges of operating an illegal game. Private George Harriets discovered a machine at the Hilltop Inn. two machines were taken there previously.
Blink School alumni gathered to mark the 121st anniversary of Elliot School, founded in 1713 by John Eliot, pastor of the Indians. In New Haven, Conn the wrestling scene drew police warning as rough tactics upset spectators. Chief Philip Smith warned bone crushers could face jail if disorder continues.
Students at Hyenes College eat meals for seven cents each, with good portions. Donations of foods aided the effort as students helped with cooking and table service, including peeling apples and harvesting produce during the feeding program.
During a burial of several soldiers near Great Bend Kansas a half dime dated 1837 was found among the remains. The soldiers were stationed at Fort Zaran which was abandoned in 1869.
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