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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1937
Page
4
Clarence E. Shoop, newly elected secretary of the Corry School District, may push real savings after a special meeting reassigning secretary and treasurer duties. The editorial cautions that Corry's administrative costs are high for its size and urges timely economies, asking who will fund cultural institutions if multi millionaires vanish.
Road repair for Roosevelt Highway between Corry and Union City stalled as council delays extension east from West Smith Street. Citizens warn continued deterioration risks accidents and higher costs, while state officials may face responsibility for inaction on this vital arterial route.
Twenty years ago report notes registration of all males aged 21 to 31 for service led by Captain J D Berkley and others. Poole of the Navy will arrive in the district to recruit and examine conscripts. Also mentions a North Center street auto incident and local births and visits.
A 1937 syndicated piece analyzes John D Rockefeller's public role, the Standard Oil dissolution, and reform movements. It notes Ivy Lee shaped publicity, Rockefeller's gradual rehabilitation, and ongoing dominance of Standard Oil under the family. It ends with a奇 mention of a Nairobi train incident and a rhinoceros derailing it.
Washington May 28 columnist Charles P Stewart notes rising questions in Congress about persistent unemployment despite booming business. Relief Chief Hopkins warns unemployment may stay five to six million, while Census experts say past and present levels differ little. Stewart questions overproduction claims and whether the nation fights symptoms rather than the disease.
Answers identify a leatherneck as a U S Marine. Big Ben is the clock in the Parliament tower in London. The line after All the world’s a stage is and all the men and women merely players from Shakespeare.
A 200 pound jade fragment cut on record was found erect in an ancient Mayan mound near Guatemala City. An old label in an English inn chain is claimed as the origin of the word tip. Wingfield in England reputedly has a long held but doubtful claim to a new house. In Ghite a bird species is noted for its unique behavior.
Paris styles feature slim long coats and two evening gowns with bouffant skirts. Bright colors contrast navy and black with blues greens and aquamarine. A new perfume Shocking by Schiaparelli debuts alongside a bold street wear look. T. F. Mormile near retirement after 51 years with Pennsylvania Railroad celebrated at a testimonial dinner led by W. H. McLean in Oil City.
The article notes that near Hog Island along the Delaware in Tinicum Township a site where Swedes founded the first church and school in Pennsylvania is located. Archaeologists with the Pennsylvania Historical Commission have uncovered ruins of the governor’s residence.
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