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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1933
Page
3
The Rockefeller Commission favors tax rates linked to profits on liquor to deter bootlegging. It proposes a federal tax on manufacturers and a uniform state levy on distributors, with rates from 3.2 beer per barrel to 2 per gallon for spirits. Taxes should stay low during repeal and be used to fund pensions and welfare through socialized profits.
Government bonds totaling five hundred million dollars for twelve years drew heavy cash subscriptions this week. Offerings in exchange for four hundred Liberty bonds reached about one hundred seventy nine hundred million, with the rest aimed at refinancing public debt. The strong reception signals growing public and financial confidence in the administration and suggests future reductions in interest expenditures.
Local readers recall Huey Long as a controversial senator whose influence drew crowds yet sparked debate on his tax reform agenda. The article notes expectations of a major speech in Domildeonville and a rally that drew far fewer than the anticipated tens of thousands, reflecting shifting public sentiment.
A collage of local notices recounts 1913 events. Mr and Mrs James Young host a fiftieth anniversary invitation at 28 Essex Street. Auer factory begins electric motor upgrades on North Center Street. Frank Moore speaks to Corry Grange on roads. Girls Friendly Circle meets the Schoenwald sisters. Local social clubs attend a party at Helen Hoenes’s home. High school football heads to Pleasantville with listed players. Wake Morgaridge, Bull Moose candidate for sheriff, travels home. Ora Hasbrouck hosts a box social at Concord Hollow. Vera Seeley farewells hosted by eleven friends at Florence Doane’s. Descriptions of political tumult and Louisiana politics mention Huey Long’s ire and a looming shift. Gold yield in 1929 noted with 1920 as peak production at $8,526,700.
In Seattle a case seeks $6,100 in damages after an automobile incident caused injuries. The record notes a 12 to 20 date range and Crick shank involved in the disputes. The proceedings focus on fault and financial restitution for the claimant.
Leslie Eic, Central Press, New York, reports on a Washington convention where the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and allied groups discussed enlarging the federation executive council and liberalizing policy. The piece notes signs of rising militant sentiment among organized labor, inflation concerns, and political positioning around President Green's re election bid, with commentary on industry strife and government responses.
The Official de la Cure of Paris presents Marcel Rochas winter collection notes praising dramatic shoulder structures and modern cuts. Jackets and coats feature stiff lines, natural shoulders, and fur trim, with bodices in sheer chiffon revealing skin while silhouettes elongate otherwise.
A pheasant wandered into a store in Roshnbung Oregon causing a disruption. The bird was dazed after hitting a telegraph wire and was released outside the city limits by a customer who captured and freed it.
United Press notes a Supreme Court justice briefly joining two senators in a capitol restaurant conversation about the National Recovery Act. The piece surveys historic amendments, citizenship rules on foreign titles, and cubist carvings at the new Supreme Court building, with remarks on Mrs. Mabel Willebrandt and fashion.
The reader lists questions about historic addresses and personnel: Alden-Ragon coal offices at 20 East Main, B M Bonnell bed spring factory on Clinton Street, Dr P G Wood Rental Offices at L N Center Street, B I Waltz as manager of Gerry City Electric Light Co. The fragmentary note requests exact dates or periods for these positions.
Mrs Jessie Haskell reported on the state convention of the Women's Relief Corps held in Erie last Thursday before the local corps at the Home of Mrs Viettie Hewitt. Other members attended, planning a Halloween masquerade at Mrs Mary Robbins home on October 26. Afternoon camp fire dinner at Mrs Mary Frugee’s 233 West Street concluded with bingo and cards.
Gifford Pinchot argues voters must pass Amendment No 8 to secure $25 000 000 in state borrowing for relief funds unemployment aid and state aided hospitals and colleges He warns failure would exhaust unemployment relief halt hospitals and cripple free care forcing cuts across state institutions and ending aid to the needy
A playful Hollywood snapshot lists stars and crew with quirky traits and anecdotes. Boris Kayloff, Clive Brook, Lee Tracy, Wallace Beery, Mac Clarke, Jack Pearl, and others are described in light notes on careers, habits, and personal quirks, painting a backstage collage of film world personalities and their idiosyncrasies.
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