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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1933
Page
3
An editorial from Rotary Magazine explains the National Recovery Act as a planned readjustment of the economy. It argues recovery hinges on mass consumption funded by higher employment and wages, condemns price cutting and child labor, and frames the NRA as a worldwide signal of American pragmatism and self-help.
A call to reduce school traffic dangers as millions of children return to classes. The piece warns drivers to slow and watch for youngsters, citing past deaths and injuries and urging patient, cautious driving in neighborhoods and streets near schools. It stresses shared responsibility between motorists and authorities to safeguard children.
A collection of brief items dated September 8 1913 notes factory work at Ajax foundry and relocation by A J Rogers Co. An incident reports Roscoe Moses firing at a man near his Biscuit Farm home. Local arrests, home intrusion shots, a new shoe shop opens, a burn accident, and students leaving for Chautauqua and Indiana state normal school with trips to Pittsburgh.
Members of the Woodman Circle spent an all day outing at the home of Mrs. Lottie Stevens in Corry. A picnic dinner for about thirty was served at noon followed by cards and games in the afternoon. The event was a well attended regular monthly gathering.
The piece notes high child casualty rates in traffic accidents and warns another several thousand child deaths may occur in the coming school year due to drivers misjudging street crossing. N Dell Darling requests inclusion in protests against vandalism as advertising cards along highways near the city were destroyed.
United Press reports Secretary of the Navy Augustus Swanson announced plans to visit Cuba from the White House area, prompting dramatic press coverage and quick official clarification. The incident follows prior Cuban crisis press handling and references to statements made outside executive offices.
New York September 8 reports Hervey Allen’s Anthony Adverse a 1922 doorstop novel of 200 pages with 120000 copies sold. Publishers Farrar and Rinehart note the work’s length, good story, and strong male appeal as key factors. Critics debate its lasting impact, while Allen remains indifferent to publicity, planning a ten year arc.
The United States ambassador Sumner Welles enjoys a warm welcome as he travels with his chief, Mr Roosevelt. The capital expects Swanson not to stay long in Hanna. Ranks are not disclosed in salute tables. An ambassador receives 19 guns, as does a cabinet officer.
Robert Mook of Cochranton sues Dorothy Olson of Titusville for 10000 in personal damages from an April 22 1922 automobile collision on the Sandy Lake Cochran ton cement road near New Lebanon Mook claims Olson sharply swerved turning left then right into his truck causing a crash and truck to strike the road bank
In Temple Texas a man forcibly removed a penny match box vending unit from a railroad depot wall, carried it into the yards, broke it open, and took the matches and about 175 pennies from the machine.
Hollywood interview with Sam Hellman, a comic writer at MGM, detailing the painful craft of humor. He explains long hours, recurring headaches from drafting titles, and a habit of not rewriting or carbon copying his stories. His bridge and golf stories draw laughs despite his poor play. He also notes a quip about inspiration and unpaid bills. Boston police chief Martin J. King is described as democratic, often driving himself despite official car status.
Paris styles describe a return to waist cinching corsets and draped skirts lifting at the rear to suggest bustle shapes. The tone notes calm fashion interpretation for a stylish winter with Dillisha and Lyciene sponsoring items echoing historical codes and a promise of real beauty.
The records note when the former Arlington Hotel built by King and Drury opened as the St Nicholas Hotel under David Drury, and query Baker D Chadwick’s clerking at Hoyt and Elston on East Washington street, plus dates for Miss Allene Skinner as high school guinetpal and I B Brown’s presidency of Corry Water Supply Co.
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