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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1933
Page
3
The piece discusses a proposed devaluation via reducing gold in the dollar, arguing it would restore purchasing power, return to a gold basis, and stabilize debt payments by pegging the dollar to a price index. Proponents claim it would stimulate business and prevent cycles of booms and busts, with the president aiming to maintain constant purchasing power.
Secretary of Labor Perkins reports a 750000 rise in employment for August but cautions the public not to celebrate. She notes current payrolls and employment remain well below 1946 norms and urges broad cooperation among government, employers, and unions to sustain a constructive upturn ahead of winter.
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a buy now push starting October 1 and references NRA, General Johnson, and gate issues. It mentions magnetic terms, nocturnal timing, and community aid themes while unclear about concrete actions or outcomes.
United Press staffer notes producers comb for animals to fill scenes in Sequoia, The Big House, and Penguin Pool Murder. M G M prop men chase a stealthy Australian deer and a laughing Iowa horse. dozens of moths, cockroaches, pelicans, and penguins are sought or rented to fit director wants.
United Press reports a lighthearted mix up claiming Wakefield Virginia as Robert E Lee birthplace during a Roosevelt Potomac cruise. Navy communication errors prompt laughter and officials like Secretary McIntyre and Louis Howe joke about past duties and famous histories.
Questions reference past eras asking when the Berliner family home housed the post office, when James Richards ran a West Wayne and Washington streets grocer shop, when Maria Smith held a notary public office at the National Bank of Corry, and when Charles Trimble owned a print shop at 19 West South Street.
FITTSTON Pa Sept 2 1929 Student sympathizers who joined a strike at Pittston High in support of the football team were ordered to return to classes Monday. More than 300 male students participated in the strike. Superintendent D J Cray said strikers would be expelled if they did not return.
The Elks will hold a large bake at Columbus tomorrow with attendees Mayor DeGolter of Bradford Erie officials and ex mayor Lishel among visitors. A new dispute arises over the clash between the Pennsylvania Railroad and John H Clough Erie Railroad stepping in to halt the proposed removal of PRR tracks. Two milk dealers paid fines totaling 86 dollars after being found selling impure milk by a pure food inspector. A benefit game for Corry Hospital sees tickets purchased for local business teams. Corry Electric Light Company plans improvements and has leased Powell storeroom for offices. Franklin Babbitt elected president of the Corry High School Athletic Association with Lynn McLean as VP Lyte Clough secretary and John Downey treasurer. A marriage license issued in Erie for Charles L Bell and Elizabeth G Merklinger of Corry. Frank Loveland travels to Buffalo to start work in the Buffalo Laboratory. Dick Morgan, PRR old conductor, dies in Erie. Mrs R M Weaver and daughters head to Joy New York for Emma Willard school. Harry Roberts moves to broaden studies at Chamberlain Military Institute. G W VanTassel leaves for Paw Paw Michigan to join Paw Paw Grape Juice Co. Fred M Folk, Arcade proprietor, relocates to Cananfisigua for residence.
In Erie on September 28 Wile reported his ninth case of infantile paralysis this summer. The patient is a three year old Russian American boy from the northeastern city section. Only the left arm and head are affected and the health director says the condition is not serious. The home first showed indications four days ago and this case is not linked to the eight other summer cases, one of which died.
United Press critic H Allen Smith reviews H G Wells's The Shape of Things to Come. The historian narrator projects 2108 after a model World state, noting Wells's wit and occasional slow passages while highlighting future takes on Henry Ford and Winston Churchill.
Fashion notes describe narrow capes and afternoon coats with purple gray tones and fox fur trim. Gowns feature decolletage, velvet coats with ermine borders, and full silhouettes. Book reviews cover a World War II era work, Bernhardt biography, Aldous Huxley omnibus, and a new Oxford English Dictionary edition.
Bridges spanning Vermont rivers will be painted to blend with the landscape. Steel spans will receive verdant hues and wooden spans will be finished in mellow brown as decided by state highway officials.
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