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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1937
Page
9
Fragmentary OCR text suggests state board issues or challenges with licenses. The readable items mention inspections, licensing actions, and potential penalties but with many garbled words. The article lacks clear named entities or a coherent event to summarize precisely.
The unreliable text hints at intimate thoughts amid places and moments, with incomplete wording and scattered phrases suggesting a reflective or emotional note rather than a formal report.
Corry church members led by Rev. EL Woeeney and Garti attended the Pittsburg Synod of the United Lutheran Church in America meeting in Johnstown on June 6. The delegation debated constitution provisions adopted in 1809 and discussed past pastors and church unity amid a Western Pennsylvania and eastern West Virginia delegation.
Invitations from Bishop George J. Leech reached hundreds of churches in Pennsylvania and Maryland for a Memorial Day service marking the 150th anniversary of a regional sacred place. Clergy also note the church as North America’s first dedicated to the Sacred Heart with a pontifical mass and pageant planned in York. Canada Cuts Relief Funds for Jobless Aid to Provinces by 25 Percent.
Harrisburg May 25 The Pennsylvania State Grange annual convention date has been advanced from December 14 to November 8 to align with the National Grange sessions in this state. Master J A Boak said delegates will attend the national meetings and a Seventh Degree class of 10,000 members may be pursued during the convention era.
NYA moves to assist jobless boys and girls in Corty city during summer. Catherine Abbey, NYA supervisor, urges youths ages 14 to 25 out of school and unemployed to register or enroll for work opportunities. Employers are asked to stay in touch to match openings, with cooperation from youths and employers to create activity and placement through the NYA effort.
Pittsburgh May 25 A law student Raymons Schulb of the University of Pittsburgh dropped a bottle with a note into the Atlantic last fall. A correspondence began with a Tealand contact reached through a voyage from Liverpool aboard the 8.8 New York run, found in Cowas Bay in Ireland. The tale shows a whim of fate and a chance reunion across oceans.
United Press reports former NIRA chief Richberg may be recalled for a seat on the Supreme Court of the United States as President Roosevelt weighs possible picks. Richberg, born May 18, 1881 in Knoxville, built a legal career in Chicago and served as general counsel to the Railway Executives Association. He later joined the NRA staff and became executive director of the national executive power coordination unit, retiring from active New Deal participation in 1935.
Prepared for the Corry Evening Journal by F A Pitkin. The piece surveys air travel growth in Pennsylvania, noting federal and state oversight, numbers of aircraft and pilots, and the dominant role of pipelines for intrastate transit. It contrasts air travel with the extensive underground pipeline network delivering petroleum to refineries. It highlights safety requirements and evolving transport logistics within the state.
The Corry High School Alumni Association traces growth from its 1875 founding with 19 members to a structured body guiding the Curtis Memorial Fund. Officers have changed over years with presidents and secretaries, and annual meetings maintain records. The association operates as a non profit with a scholarship fund, funded by a per member annual contribution, overseen by a board of trustees and an A. D. Colegrove Cup for class living membership. Attendance averages around 200, and efforts continue to support the scholarship and alumni activities.
Harrisburg May 25 The Pennsylvania Fish Commission announced an expanded bass production program to stocking waters statewide. A new project on Spring Creek near Bellefonte will boost hatchery output, with 167 000 smallmouth and largemouth bass produced last year and released to waters as the bass season opens July 4. Brood ponds and nursery ponds are being prepared, and the Pleasant Mount hatchery in Wayne County now cultivates over 400 acres of water for propagation, feeding thousands of pounds of daphnia daily to support rapid bass growth. The commission notes Pennsylvania now boasts top bass waters on the East Coast, including those in North.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced farm failures in the Middle Atlantic States declined from the previous year, with nationwide farm failures down 15 percent from 1890 totals. Secretary J. Hansell Prenrch notes bankruptcies fell sharply and the share of farm failures in the nation’s total dropped to around 9 percent. A separate item discusses Miami plane hangar plans by Pan American Airways at Miami International Airport, aiming to house large clipper ships operating to South America and the Caribbean.
Eskimos in Seward Alaska hold their annual potlatch dancing for days to display and trade possessions. They present wives on the block before paddling kayaks and sealing skin canoes, their most prized property, in a ceremonial display.
The Susquehanna, Upper Allegheny and Upper Delaware Rivers provide strong fishing each year. Heavy stocking during this era supports abundant bass and other sport fish, contributing to reliable angling success annually.
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