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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1937
Page
3
Primary election day observed with polls open until 8 PM. Reports cover shifts in brick prices, oil barrels, fruit auction prospects, and local population figures. Notes on ward meetings, tax checks, and upcoming public notices accompany briefs from Erie and Crawford County areas.
Gov George H Earle faces major challenges as Pennsylvania braces for critical issues including coal freight snarls relief needs from WPA retrenchment and potential constitutional questions. Attacks over the legislature and a tax referendum add to a crowded agenda as policy battles loom.
Nova J. Edinger of the Vicn tional Education department of the Cory Public Sehnols heads the Corky Teachers Association at a reorganization meeting held Monday afternoon in Semier High School. Other officers named for the 1937 38 term include Mrs Gladys Price senior high vice president Miss Ethel L. McGray junior high secretary and Miss Hele Dodge Fairview school treasurer.
Britain and France signed a cooperative anti piracy pact to police a broad Mediterranean patrol. Nine nations ordered warships from the Black Sea to the Straits of Gibraltar to hunt submarines violating 1930 and 1936 rules. Within an hour the British admiralty said 40 destroyers would join the anti submarine effort. Italy signaled tentative acceptance with reservations to expand its patrol share.
A brief discussion notes that stainless is misnamed as it is not steel and may be misapplied in the Rist place. The text suggests confusion and uses fragmented phrasing about misnaming and material identity.
Attorney Mortimer Gratton called in Monday as a quiet search for a woman described as a former sweetheart of Oscar Gorta intensified. The woman, nicknamed a woman in black, reportedly left Eric for parts unknown during a robbery ring linked to Calabrese’s case, with implications for a new trial decision set for November.
A Japanese navy spokesman reported Chinese forces are withdrawing in good order to form a new defensive line between Kiating and Nanziang. He said recon shows a major battle is expected on the new front within ten days, despite Chinese field commanders opposing advisers.
The approach to Rio de Janeiro harbor is depicted with varied scenic descriptions, contrasting the port’s wartime environment. The narrative emphasizes the harbor as a focal point of military and civilian life during conflict, highlighting its strategic and cultural significance.
The school board approved the calendar for 1937-38 presented by Superintendent Dewey. It follows the prior year’s pace with recesses for Thanksgiving and Christmas and a close around Memorial Day. The schedule preserves a year-end finish around June 8 with occasional breathing spells to ease student workload, despite prior concerns from families about curtailed breaks.
George P. Ormshee presents a staged version of Rip Van Winkle at the junior high school auditorium on Thursday evening. The entertaining production, praised for both adults and children, features six big stones and aims to raise funds to buy a motion picture projecting machine for the school. Admission is nominal and open to the public.
Hershey Pennsylvania marked Milton S. Hershey’s 80th birthday with a mammoth party attended by about 4,000 employees from his chocolate plant and related enterprises. The celebration followed by a day of events and employee tributes in Hershey.
Sharon High School announces Sharon Girl has been elected to a ten teaching post, with a salary of 31 200 per year. She will teach and begin duties this autumn, following earlier work at Sharon Mish School and completion of coursework at Whiel in 1980.
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