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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1934
Page
3
A fragment from the Corry Evening Journal reviews economic topics and the impact of politics on economic discussion. It quotes a critic and laments the mixing of inflation, production, and policy with partisan feelings, asserting reason is often lost to emotion.
A commentator criticizes a court plea by ship owners seeking liability limits of 20 600 after the Morro Castle disaster. The piece argues for accountability, noting that negligence must be proved and condemns deducting 2 100 spent on victim care, urging public safety and trust in shipping companies to protect passenger patronage.
Outdoor Advertising Association of America, at Chicago, adopted a resolution to ban liquor advertising on billboards. The move risks about $5,000,000 in potential lost ad revenue but aims to cooperate with communities hostile to liquor ads. The industry hopes to gain goodwill in dry areas and among business leaders, hoping to preserve overall sales and curb adverse public sentiment toward billboards.
Newton D. Baker, World War I war secretary and noted orator, argues knowledge is the only safety in a mad world. He recounts teaching mankind war is a stupid evil and can be averted by constructive action. He now aims to make his community the best informed in international affairs.
Dorothy Dolan the 18 year old New Yorker and former stage ingenue has signed a long term contract with Fox Film. Her background includes leading roles at Roachell High School and Provincetown Dramatic School culminating in screen testing after The Late Christopher Bean and Ashes. Fox executives Kent and Sheehart signed her.
Twenty freight cars were wrecked when a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive plunged down an embankment near Warren at 2:20 this morning. Engineer Mile Fitzgerald is hospitalized with a broken leg and other injuries. The item follows with a mix of local notes on weather, hunting, lodge installations, and community events from the era.
In Brooks Oregon a white squirrel with white eyes enjoys companionship with Raymond Tshman. The animal was captured by workers while they were smuling wheats, adding to local curiosity about the unusual pet.
A man suffered heart stoppage after eating as gas distended his stomach. The condition relieved when Adlerika removed all gas. the man then reported he could eat without issues. Listed as available at a drug store with advisories.
A collage of local items: bleacher seats for a theatre arena, a dispute over a courtroom dog bite claim, vocational school delays, and a new campus president. Mentions include gasoline squeeze plans, a benefit play earnings, dairy milk price drop, a bill to raise taxes, and social notes about attendees, politicians, entertainers, and local clubs. Corry daily life, politics, and entertainment teased in brief items.
A Corry Republican viewpoint column argues against overexpansion of government and the New Deal. It warns that large schemes fail from overreach, urging limited federal action and support for private initiative, while cautioning against a state that controls daily life.
Paris designer Helen Hubert showcases a distinct waistline across sports, afternoon, and evening wear. Her collection features velvet marocain outfits, wool and silk fabrics with metal thread, and trims of tulle lame and crepe. Fur accents include astrakhan and blue fox. evening pieces show feathered ostrich adornments and flowing black tulle gowns.
The column warns of radical changes and risky ventures from late October into November 1934 and again February to April 1935. It cautions keeping a conservative, helpful influence from February 8 to 19, 1935, and hints at social favors around late October 1934. A local accident report mentions a fatal fire lighting incident near Newcomerstown, with a car veering into a culvert and a pig named Micky traveling in a deluxe motorcoach, described in odd, distorted prose.
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