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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1936
Page
4
The Corry Daily journal lauds improved employment and business, optimistic outlook, and community health ahead of Thanksgiving. It notes a holiday trade up since 1929 era, revival from low morale, and calls for gratitude to God for blessings and a brighter era ahead.
Pennsylvania Electric Company announced rate cuts effective January 1 as utilities move toward lower charges. The Public Service Commission is scrutinizing voluntary reductions to ensure they reflect real consumer savings while avoiding deceptive rate slashes. Overall, continued lower rates and higher consumption are expected to boost profits and utility use across electricity gas water and related services.
Harrisburg readers through Pennsylvania papers heard Senator Mason Oylakt assert the Republican Party adheres to its principles while State Chairman Harvey Taylor denounced WPA critiques and warned against constitutional threats. The trimmed account notes a contentious convention tone and calls for leadership.
The late campaign closes with critics noting no GOP realization of the Democratic surge nor a plan for modernization. Leaders in Pennsylvania are blamed for clinging to old policies, failing to unite reformist sentiment, and resisting calls for change. The Harrisburg convention signals persistent stagnation.
Hollywood celebrates Thanksgiving with stars staying home for informal dinners. Claudette Colbert will host her family, while Jean Harlow Myrna Loy Carole Lombard and others plan intimate gatherings. Everett stories note wives, secretaries and relatives attending, with some stars traveling for location shoots but returning for family meals.
The questions ask for the native habitat of the grizzly pear, whether the velocity of sound in water is greater or less than in air, and who won the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature. The setup combines biology, physics, and literary history trivia.
A newly identified tobacco area near Watsonville California appears to have potential for expansion. Researchers note the region’s climate and soil could support growing Tolbacco products, with local farms considering future development in the Ter a ke valley.
A column recalling events from twenty years past with names and places. The program for the vurigert preceding the 30th anniversary ball by Stanford Hose company is listed, including performers Martin T. Leadnet Titusville and Miss Dawson Olmstead Erie among others. Officers for J Andrews Post, C A R, were nominated. Local happenings mention Master Charles Dodge and Max Hosnon, and Mrs Alexander hosting a dinner with friends. Ms Barker travels to Erie for family visit. James Buyoh Spartansburg visits, and Mrs Rogers and her son travel to Brookfield for holiday time.
Those affected today by the plane atry. Birthdates falling November 21 to December 31 are hinted. Morning unusual afternoon social evening discordant. Early evening should be pleasant and social. Birthdates November 26 suggest affection and honor. June and August 1927 advise progress socially and financially with caution for danger periods mid May to late August.
In Washington the fight over the next House speakership intensifies as Roosevelt leans toward Sam Rayburn of Texas for the top post. Rayburn, veteran lawmaker and ally on New Deal measures, contends with John J. O Connor of New York in a power struggle that will shape fiscal policy, taxation, and committee control in the next Congress.
A lengthy newspaper review lauds Baldridge and Singer for Half the World is Isfahan, praising Baldridge's color and artistry in a Persian travel book with multiple full page reproductions. It then celebrates the new Boswell edition, a faithful unabridged Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with notes by Poltie and Bennett, highlighting its Johnsonian appeal and the rediscovery of original manuscripts.
Paris, Nov. 25. No great change in materials in midseason fashion. velvets and broadcloth dominate dressy wear while tweeds from Scotland lead sports and country styles. Tailored evening coats use tweed linings with rich taffetas. color schemes brighten with reds, mauves, royal blues, and pale blues. Velvet remains popular. practical, water resistant, warmer than velvet in wet nights. Gold accessories pair with varying shades. street wear combines black with gray and sky blues.
Susquehanna river branches originate far apart with sources in Otsego Lake New York and Cherry Tree in Indiana County Pennsylvania. The halves join to form the river near Sunbury as a backdrop to a reader’s call to explore history and literature about the Civil War and a tale of a prisoner escape and a dramatic murder involving an officer’s lover.
Mrs. Stepmain G Willis, 72, still uses two quilts made by her mother and grandmother. Willis says the quilts are in her best condition though worn. Toledo population rises to 15,58, census bureau notes new high. government census deepens data.
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