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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1940
Page
3
An incomplete snippet references aviation and E boat operations with unclear notes on the interwar or wartime context. The garbled text mentions aviation, Vorts, and Inndert, with no coherent events or dates to confirm a specific report.
Central Press columnist Charles Peywari argues organized straw polls influence campaigns and face criticism from both parties. He notes Gallup results dampen Roosevelt-Wick take prospects, questions poll manipulation, and compares U.S. voting with Argentina’s compulsory ballot laws amid employer pressure and secret ballots.
County authorities led by Attorney Burton W Laph scrutinize large Communist party nomination petitions amid reports of signers misled about signatures. Dozens questioned. grand jury possible after further evidence as similar statewide probes yield arrests. Erie county petitions reviewed from Attorney General Claude Reno with concurrent investigations in Harrisburg.
The article discusses Britain removing road barriers to improve troop mobility and logistics, noting expectations about highway usefulness, German-built roads, and the impact on Allied bomb warfare. It contrasts American and British roads, mentions potential protection versus invasion aid, and reflects on mobility as crucial while wartime concern shifts.
The Wattsburg fair begins its annual amateur contest on Tuesday with auditions for Merothivida n participants. Dell T Durling, secretary, invites registrations and outlines the schedule from Tuesday through Sunday with special features, fireworks, and a grand cavalcade. Awards include cups and ribbons with contests for youth divisions and entertainment events nightly.
A fragment from a local journal recalls a fire at a barn owned by Edmund FP Squirs on West Wasne street near 6 pm yesterday. Police report youths in the park caused complaints while a maple avenue crossing wreck disrupted traffic. Anna May Pope travels to Chautauga for six weeks of study with Ernest Mulelison. Wallace Young returns home from the Southern Chautauqua Bureau where he served as advance representative. Ty Crandall slated to pitch when the cam meets Bradford at Washington sweet grounds tomorrow.
Washington Day Book notes the looming compulsory military service bill, its broad reach for men 21 to 45, and the anticipated September draft. It discusses exemptions, penalties for false filing, and the overarching aim to project national defense amid wary opposition and global tension.
Disjointed excerpts describe Ald Hatteras lighthouse, canal bulges, and old cargo wheels. Mentions tides nearing a base, Mare Wimmahog, and Wood washboard surfaces. References Caesar and Gallic War, Park history, New Jersey photography statute, and John O Brooken Mage as youngest VP at inauguration age 46.
A garbled quiz item asks seven questions about history geography and literature with multiple choice style prompts. It lists items on United States and world topics, continents, dates and figures, plus a stray line about a meeting and attendance record. The overall text is fragmentary and contains numerous typographical errors and misordered phrases.
Seven in ten people have ringworm or athlete’s foot. The fungus spreads via barefoot contact in public places and through reused slippers or towels. It lives on skin and around toes, under toenails, and thrives in damp socks and leather shoes. Disinfect footwear to prevent reinfection and wear personal slippers at beaches or pools. Also notes common error in language use and mentions a three month old Guernsey calf owned by BH Basore.
Elmer Grouch 17 and Frank Grouch 17 drowned at a swimming hole near Coverts Station west of New Castle after entering the Mahoning River. George Grouch 15 jumped in to help and nearly drowned. local youths on the bank pulled him out. The brothers left home of Mr and Mrs Joseph Grouch west Mahoning Whreel extension at about 2 pm. They reportedly never swam at Goverts before.
Walter and Margaret Reed, alleged Jehovah's Witnesses, are jailed in Clearfield County for 10 day terms issued by Burgess Roseberry for selling printed matter without licenses. They were detained Saturday night, warned to secure a license, released, then rearrested for continuing violations and ordered to serve 10 days.
The two shepherds Zanville and Humphrey Davis, playing the sequence in Light of the World, NBC's Bible based daytime show, are nicknamed the Baby boys by the cast.
Col Philip Matthews of Hursishiry the WPA district administrator inspected Erie county projects with Civic Reaver and other WPA officials. He praised progress, thanked city and county officials, and discussed airport improvement plans with Mayor Barber and Assistant City Engineer Glivenor Pullin. Approximately 15 WPA agents employ 2,500 workers in Erie county.
Gary Crosby, son of Bing Crosby, recalls being bored by his father’s constant singing at home. He says Dad sings many old songs around the house and fans hear them on the radio before the family tires of them.
Dairymen to hold a district gathering at Wheelock church between Conwyrt and Crawford, with HW Belhhun as principal speaker. The event includes a revival and a plan to revive an ancient site by summer’s end, with five workshops to be held and a community dinner announced.
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