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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1934
Page
3
A Labor Day meditation on American workers in 1984. The speaker notes rising jobs taxes mortgages and car sales, yet fears a fragile recovery may not last. He cites five bad years and a resilient workforce ready for continued progress despite difficulties ahead.
A brief Canadian note reports rioting between striking and non striking cloak workers in Guelph Ontario. It marks the city’s first instance of strike violence in its industrial history. The piece also notes drought relief plans and economic concerns across provinces and banks refusing loans despite ample security.
The article argues Upton Sinclair winning the California Democratic primary would make the state a laboratory for his modern political social and economic theories. If poverty remains after two years outcomes would expose why, and if he succeeds the world would see which causes work or fail. California would offer a vivid four years for observers across the nation.
Dorothy Thompson critiques Germany’s treatment of foreign correspondents after her dismissal, recalling a freer press under Stresemann and contrasting it with today’s climate. She argues alienating global sympathy was a major misstep by Hitler era officials, warning of a closed, secretive regime.
Hollywood scene: filming starts at Buster Serice Studios in Astoria for Harold B. Franklins Gambling starring George M. Cohan. Rowland V. Lee directs a large cast with Wynne Gibson and Dorothy Burgess. Cohan, Broadway star, wrote a new song for the picture.
Paris reports fashion notes from Princess de Rohan who favors classic dress with varied ensembles. She prefers three to four piece outfits for street wear, short jackets, long coats, and versatile wraps. Evening gowns draw on Merovingian drapery with cape-like sleeves and reversible fabrics. Skirt lengths for sport are 11
United Press report details a half century telegraph error in hiring for tax inquiry in Chicago, a botched pay rate mix up, and a string of light anecdotes from Washington. General Hugh S. Johnson loses a wrist watch at the Delaware shore. A Marine sergeant sneezes during a salute, and Rexford Tugwell endures hay fever as frost looms.
The text offers dated celestial guidance noting dangerous morning conditions for miners and earth workers with improving noon and good social evenings. It mentions church attendance, health cautions across spring to summer 1935, a favorable financial window in November 1944, and various fashion notes about shoes and wear.
Upton Sinclair publishes a United Press essay outlining his epic plan End Poverty in California for the unemployed. He condemns wealth concentration, urges state factories and food stores, and proposes starting without bond debt while addressing tax crises for farmers.
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