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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1933
Page
6
The paragraph bundles mixed local items from Corry and nearby towns including a nurses training group at Buffalo City Hospital, a Rex theatre show, NRA parade participation, fire company initiations, and funeral services for Civil War veterans. It notes injuries, car theft aftermath, stock moves, and upcoming community events, with many misspellings and jumbled names.
Hollywood braces for a government inquiry into film salaries as President Roosevelt orders a probe to see if top earners, many tied to major studios, reflect inflated pay. figures include Maurice Chevalier 150000 per picture, Greta Garbo 150000, Ann Harding 90000, John Barrymore 75000 for 15 days, Mae West about 500000 on Im No Angel, with many others earning weekly rates and year totals.
Warren Oct 13 The Blue Eagle NRA parade drew thousands as about 250 floats and 2000 marchers filled the streets. The business district wore holiday attire and the Queen Edeline Barber with attendants led the procession. A noon dinner at Carver Hotel honored the royal party with gifts from local merchants. Fireworks lit the riverfront crowd, followed by a NRA dance at the Armory and a massed band at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument.
Asa Kenner, 24, of North East RD 5, was fined $200 and costs and sentenced to six months in the Allegheny county workhouse after pleading guilty to drunken driving in Brie county court. The judge imposed the sentence after learning Kenner had been involved in a shooting case earlier. The crash near Union City also involved Howard Weaver, 25, Bradford, who was arrested and later sentenced to 30 days in the county prison after being arraigned for disorderly conduct. The other driver, A L McKee, 70, Washington, Pa., suffered dental injuries and cuts.
Pittsburgh Oct 18 Thomas McFarlane, who resigned as deputy marshal six weeks ago, has been reappointed by U S Marshal J Hilary Keenan. He will assume office Monday replacing Captain John H F Austin after the office was slimmed under a government economy program.
Oil City records the first polio death of the year as 9 year old Helen Allen Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Carter, dies at 214 Innis Street after attending school. Health officials place quarantine and sterilize the home and school room to prevent spread.
The New Process Company plans debris cleanup after a big fire that destroyed its older Hickory Street buildings. John L. Blair says 80 percent of employees are back at work except for mailing and addressing, with rent secured at 336 Pennsylvania Ave West. Salvage decisions and warehouse options remain undecided, as insurers assess the loss.
Week's book review surveys Bare Living by Elmer Davis and Guy Holt detailing a nudist plot and a New England professor duped by big business. It also covers I the Tiger by Manuel Komroff a Rockwell Kentiana Pew Words and Many Pictures by Rockwell Kent and revisions of The Forsythe Sagas and The Stream of History by Geoffery Parsons with notes on their merit and appeal.
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