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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1932
Page
3
Memorial Day tributes recall fallen soldiers from Lexington to Gettysburg and beyond. The Corry Journal reprints Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and salutes the living who sustain the Union ideal while noting Harvard politics and the unpredictable path from school to statesman.
The author urges honesty in both law and politics and calls on university students to shape events to preserve America’s union and prosperity. The piece frames corruption as a threat and champions virtue and civic duty among undergraduates to curb wrongdoing.
W H Duffy and merchants push for a new retail association. Mighty Haig Shows set up tents for after noon and evening performances. City Council bids on North Center street paying job. Post 70 to parade on Memorial Day if weather allows. Warren High plays Corry High in a doubleheader on Decoration Day. Erie Railroad inspection train visits city with road officials. Hasbrouck and Lauer to open corner meat market on First Avenue Saturday.
Washington May 28 Huey Long earns the label of the most scolded man in Washington. He faces rebukes on the Senate floor and from his own party after a late golf date provoked a profanity laden outburst from his club pro. Dispatcher accounts recount a day of public and private reprimands, while other notes touch on Pan American Union head Rowe’s talk with Hoover and tariff debates shaping the day’s headlines.
Dunkirk May 28 The D A V and P trains numbers 1 and 4, which ran between Dimark and its yille for fifty years, will be withdrawn from service on June 20 per notice from Assistant General Messenger Agent W S Randolph of the New York Central at Buffalo today.
Snider, a sturdy figure in a plain hat, recalls the White House visit as beer politics clash in Congress. Senators Sheppard and Bingham share a light exchange about alcohol limits, with imagery of 4 percent and 2.75 percent options, amid a broader reform era debate.
Hollywood film life exposes kissing scene tensions as directors seek realism while actors cope with nerves. The piece notes retakes, lighting glare, and misaligned lips as common challenges, then lists upcoming releases and adaptations including Kong and The Moon and Sixpence with names like Selznick, Ann Harding, and Ernest Hemingway among those tied to 1932 34 scheduled projects.
St Thomas church hosts a Sunday evening ceremony closing May devotions with the crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Students from St Edward's attend at 7:40 pm for the floral offerings and consecration to Mary led by Bernard Burkett, followed by a sermon by Rev Francis M. O Connell and benediction by Rev Francis J. Graves.
Dentists Dr W F Conk sets regular clinics every Tuesday and Saturday at Spar tansmirs offering routine care and checkups to local residents.
RIE May 28 Governor Gifford Pinchot considers a request for 750000 to aid the poor and needy in Erie County from September to April. Controller Harvey M Willis led the presentation, noting funding may come from taxes or a gasoline tariff increase. State representatives urged a special legislative session to authorize relief measures as Philadelphia reports mounting monthly demands.
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