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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1940
Page
4
Central Press columnist Charles Stewart argues Republicans are slow to start a vigorous campaign while noting Democrats are slow too. He references party organization, chairman shifts, and leadership under Bid Ward, citing a cautious pace and need for decisive action.
Hollywood Lights and Sounds reviews the Arizona location shoot for the film Arizona. It notes a $52 million cost, three months on location near Tucson, and a vast studio camp with hundreds of workers, animals, and authentic Old Tucson sets. The piece also touches on political chatter about Willkie and the GOP, plus domestic policies and wartime considerations.
The piece notes a potential British Empire strategic risk if Allied or Triian forces advance through British Somaliland threatening the Red Sea and Suez Canal, with Gibraltar and Mediterranean routes discussed. It also covers the Allied registration of aliens effective August 27 and opinions on immigration policy, plus a 200000 savings bank update and general wartime economic concerns.
Local notes from 1920 include demand for a public effort to plant shade trees in the city, a report by S. Rowe about a recent flight reaching thousands of feet for seventeen minutes, and a Corry School District balance sheet showing liabilities of 14696.01 with substantial assets. Mr Wesley Howard and Mildred Howard visit Findley Lake while Alversons go to Sugar Grove for a reunion. Frank Geiger offers room for two to Cleveland ball games between the Yankees and Indians.
A damaged OCR quiz asks seven tricky questions across topics like holidays, biology, politics, and art. It includes asks about Labor Day, mushroom poisoning, jerboa, George Washington, Joe Louis, pencils, Senator Wheeler, and the Mona Lisa.
The article notes extensive earthworks in Ohio with more than ten thousand mounds and forts. It mentions Jean Casimir Fouix Guyon of Paris and his high fees enabling stone work, plus a remark about a house built from mire stones. It cites dating in A D 748 and references early Christian era dating.
British military commentary questions German invader timing and notes British strength. Points claim Royal Air Force superiority, buoyant supply lines, and dispersed Axis forces, with forecasts of attrition and potential famine as factors shaping the war beyond bullets.
The notice surveys a string of local happenings from a bank clerk leaving for a new post to plans for widening East Main Street. It notes Johnny Clough seeking municipal approval, Bob Sullivan entering Perin State for chemical engineering, talks of a baseball field site on East Washington, a Corry air mail terminus, and the Corry circus visiting the hospital.
During a storm do not stand on a hill or under a tree. Lighting danger sections warn that trees attract lightning and many people are injured or killed by strikes. The text notes conductors in buildings and advises shielding, while it critiques common errors about multi subject topics and suggests concise wording.
George Tucker Eyewitness column surveys Rockland County homesteads of Broadway figures led by Tallulah Bankhead and Whittaker. It notes a mountaineer “lost colony”远, a country trader near Rockland and a floating New York waterfront community of camera-toting sailors. It highlights navy battleships at anchor near the George Washington Bridge and nightly riverfront life aboard tugboats and barges.
A garbled clump of names and phrases references Poale, Poole, and Russia. The text hints at political and social commentary but provides no coherent event details, dates, or locations to form a clear summary.
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