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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1939
Page
4
The column reflects on late summer days and cooling nights, urging enjoyment while noting work resumes. It laments past heat waves and wartime strain, then calls for vigilance to prevent disasters and offers sympathy to victims. It also mentions Hitler’s apparent readiness to defend Germany against Polish aggression.
The obituary notes Charles Skerle Palmer of Pittsburgh, age 71, a chemist credited with conceiving a gasoline distillation process in 1889. His work aimed to produce explosive gasoline while refining crude oil via heat and pressure, though his broader interests lay in astronomy, Shakespeare, and the Bible. The piece also riffs on political and cultural topics of the day.
A 1919 journal snippet notes a Corry post office sale price list and Prohibition era incidents. It reports a murder attempt on Mrs. John Fuller, with state police summoned for the robbery motive. Hazel McCray sails from New York to Bolivia to teach, and local property changes include North Center Street sale.
A dense schedule lists Frank Mainz and Abe Lyman on NBC Red with Schaeffer and Lane melodies, Daniel Tobin on America Unlimited, Louise Massey and the West mers Plantations Party on Blue, and performances by Guy Lombardo, Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, and Raymond Paige among many others on CBS and NBC networks tonight and into Saturday, with orchestras, choirs, and guest stars across varied time slots.
Bruce Catton surveys Wilmington as a hinge of national politics and industry. He highlights the Du Ponts, their vast headquarters, and a research empire driving nylon, new manufacturing processes, and potential shifts in American life. The piece notes 7,000,000 dollars spent annually on research and a workforce of 1,200 researchers and 1,700 assistants across multiple labs.
Fifteen percent of adults have high blood pressure and one fourth of patients over 53 die from hypertension. Causes include nervous tension, glandular secretion, external poisons or infection, and circulation obstruction. Early symptoms may be absent. timely doctor consultation and periodic health exams aid detection and treatment.
Guidance urges reporters to avoid stating an arrest and instead phrase it as an allegation. It emphasizes careful wording when naming the suspect in a murder case to reflect ongoing legal status and avoid definitive claims.
A reader quiz from the classified pages with ten questions covering geography language and general knowledge. Topics include Andes location requiem mass amperometer Andorra La Vieja capital Chilean president census year Fordham University location branch of natural history herpetology and wedding announcements versus invitations.
George Glidden and Francis Rittel staged an endurance billiards test in Wilkes-Barre preparing for the New York Worlds Fair. They played 634 racks over 1644 innings in 47 hours 19 minutes. Glidden won with a record 4820 to 4200.
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