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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1930
Page
3
Corry readers learn from Dr. David Friday New York economist that a slow steady recovery is forecast, gaining momentum next year and reaching a peak in 1932. He notes prices will fall, but profits rose due to labor efficiency and purchasing power. Wages may not rise, yet lower costs could raise real wages and consumer power overall.
The Argentine government asks the United States to admit free of duty 20 million bushels of corn as a special favor. Argentina argues it is only 1 percent of U S production but would signal friendship and pave the way for reciprocal treaties. The U S government is sympathetic yet concerned about the strain on its own machinery.
Selections dated September 30 1910 recall Hon Frank S Regan a famed cartoonist and orator to speak at the Methodist church. Reports note D E Lines a shipping clerk suffered a broken shoulder in a fall from his bicycle on West Washington and other local happenings. The Rex Theatre advertised Cora Lawton Mitchell Go in Alexander Dumas play Julie SELF-PUNISHMENT critiques overexercise and health risks of excessive athletics. A muscalonge catch weighed 26 pounds and 1 inches, with discussion on punishing overzealous sport. Grape shipments rise from the Chau tauqua division to Philadelphia and Erie. Ajax Tron Works inventory pause prompts local shop upgrades. Archdeacon Radcliffe and others visited the Phoenix after travel through Ridgway Punxsutawney.
The page lists Q values with terse replies: gallons per inch of rain, Asia Minor steel sword blades city, author of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, first Davis Cup matches year and winner, Great White Way street and city, with brief answers including Lafayette, Ivory carving, Cheshire 1825 Tack Jones over Patsy Tunney in 276 yards, and Greenland.
A sheet hall measures 74 ft 3 in by 48 ft 3 in by 16 ft 6 in. Determine the space diagonal distance from a lower doorway to the opposite upper corner. The yesterday’s answer was $180.00 with steps suggesting adding 285 210 and 225 then reducing a fraction. unclear final method.
Daily lessons present misused words and pronunciation tips. Today's focus defines precocious as developed more than natural at a given age with examples noting a child who is unusually advanced for age. The piece urges expanding vocabulary one word per day.
The 1930 Community Chest drive opens Monday October 6 as L. Alexander takes the chair, pledges to double prior subscriptions, and committees are forming. Appeal targets include increasing gifts to fund an emergency relief drive amid harsh business conditions, with plans for ward and store headquarters coordination and a one week campaign rollout.
A fragment from the Washington Star features Uncle Eben offering a blunt take on hiring and honesty. The quote emphasizes merit over favors, urging hustling behavior and moral integrity as keys to earning work.
National Guardsmen took command to restore order in Madison County after a mob menaced the jail. Tear gas bombs and bayonets were used as barricades and gunfire were exchanged, wounding one person. G B Henderson, a Black man held on suspicion of murder, was later ruled not the suspect. Authorities reported the clash ended with fire hoses aiding officials as the mob dispersed.
Robert Bracken ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Olin W Bracken is confined to his home on West Pleasant Street by a broken left ankle from a fall from a dock at Findley Lake Sunday while bringing stones into the water. He is getting along favorably.
Federal agents found a 4 1,500-gallon still for sugar alcohol at 492 Crescent Street Jamestown. They also uncovered a plant to remove alcohol from mahogany laminates used in furniture finishing. The owner was not found, but property records name Giuseppe Triscari and Joseph Triscari.
Miss Statler of the Dairymen's League in New York City will speak to a gathering of feather growers and parents at Columbus High School one Thursday evening. League officers announce the speaker desires a large turnout of parents and teachers for the meeting.
The Corrymen of the pairymen's League will meet at Wheelock church Saturday at eight. All members invited. A question box will answer organization queries. Miss Statler from New York City's Home Department will lecture on Mille Education in the Schools. Members asked to bring sandwiches or cakes.
Two Pittsburgh men Joseph Chali aged 37 and D Waters aged 23 escaped early today from Centre County jail where they were held awaiting trial on charges linked to a Rockview prison escape a month earlier. Police say they pried at steel plates on their cell roof, used blankets knotted into a rope, and climbed over the wall. They had previously escaped Rockview in August and were recaptured within a week at Spring Mills, about 12 miles away.
Erie report states a man believed to be B R Kendry of Exie was found by highway workers in a ditch near Punxsutawney four miles from Whitsford. Broken glass and body condition suggest a hit and run. Coroner Herbert C. Ford opened an investigation into the death.
The Pennsylvania railroad will add about 1 200 000 bushel capacity to the grain elevator at Erie, bringing total capacity to around 2 400 000 bushels. A $400 000 contract will be awarded and foundation work to start within a month, with the new structure south of the existing elevator and larger than the original. An upgraded unloading leg will be installed, and the addition will use the canal spout for loading ships.
A dosage form 666 is claimed to relieve headache and neuralgia within about thirty minutes, reduce cold symptoms on the first day, and check malaria within three days. The tablet presentation notes 666 is available in tablet form.
Harrisburg Seni 20 reports the last construction on the highway between Hyner bridge and Lock Haven will be completed on October 11. The highway links Philadelphia to Ridgway via Reading Pottsville Sunbury Williamsport Lock Haven Renovo Driftwood and Emporium with connections to Route 21 Route 219 Roosevelt Highway and routes to DuBois Franklin Pittsburgh and Bellefonte. The Renovo to Sinnemahoning segment recently opened completing the penultimate link. a short stretch Renovo to Hyner was already built.
The College Woman's Club opened its year with a welcome party at Mrs. I. B. Brown's home on W. Chures Street. New members joined as the large gathering heard plans to host a bridge party October 2 to benefit the club's scholarship fund. Guests enjoyed visiting, bridge games, summer trip tales, music, and refreshments served by Mrs. Bravil, Mrs. E. R. Johnson, and Miss Helen Kendall.
The South Sends Tribune notes two crying moments for infants. One when something is wrong and one when all is well. The piece reflects on parental concern and universal infant needs.
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