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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
4
Public notice states the Philadelphia Associated Press dispatches are exclusive for republication and local news from Corry Pa. It lists mailing rates 45.00 per year, 42.00 in advance, 3 cents per copy, 10 cents per week, with advertising rates on request.
A fragment reflects on American views of Bolshevism and Russia during WWII. It notes mixed feelings about communism and czarism, cites Sir Norman Angell on distance and threat, and argues Russians help limit Nazi advances in Europe and Japan in Asia, while acknowledging unexpected benefits and luck.
The piece argues citizens may resist government limits on spending and credit yet endorses saving money. It notes proposals like a purchase tax and excess profits tax in England, claiming they would funnel funds to the U.S. treasury and curb inflation by discouraging reckless expenditure. It ties these ideas to Roosevelt and Chamberlain’s joint statements and calls for disciplined fiscal behavior amid wartime planning.
An executive in New York Rockefeller Center planned a vacation and devised a home made long distance feeding system for his tropical fish. He connected a spoon shaped feeder to a telephone box, waiting each night for a dial tone that would trigger food drops into the tank. The scheme left the fish healthy and the executive amused by the imagined belled vibrations feeding them.
A medical sketch defines diaphragmatic hernia as a condition where part of the intestines protrudes into the chest through a defective diaphragm. It notes frequent asymptom, common symptoms after meals, and mentions surgical repair in severe cases.
A composite quiz item lists questions on ship proceedings, vacuum meters, moon visibility, Australian capitals, copper content in coins, star counts, restaurant dining terms, a missing word in a phrase, Canadian Dominion, and biblical quotes about money or women. The OCR text is garbled but presents a set of 10 true false or multiple choice items for a daily quiz.
A miscellany of antiquated trivia links Christy Matthewson’s nickname to a supposed origin, lists legendary scouts Boone and Buffalo Bill among the six, portrays gorilla behavior amid leopard threats, and notes U S Fish and Wildlife Service manages over 260 refuges while hinting at battles and losses in distant conflicts.
Erie August 21 liberalized quarantine rules take effect after Erie Board of Health and Mayor Charlie R Barber approve, reducing durations for whooping cough to 28 days, chickenpox to 20 days, measles to 10 days, German measles to seven days, and mumps to 10 days or until swelling ends, while keeping house signs. Brothers and sisters need not stay from school, reversing prior household-wide bans.
Salamanca Aug 21 Last night’s city council opened with Alderman Ruehle’s first meeting and Mayor Wilson’s retirement from the Erie Railroad wreck master role to take a $500 a year municipal post full time. Theodore W. Myers resigned to join the city electric department. Myers had Democratic support for the Sept 16 primary. Ruehle and the railroad clerk secured G O B endorsement.
Police seek the identity of the driver of a stolen car that crashed on Main street Tuesday night causing 200 dollars in damage. The vehicle, owned by Jack Condon Route 2, careened left and struck Miss Flora Mc Laughlin of Eighth street Franklin who was driving another car. Passengers were d R Perringer and Miss Thelma Barlow. William Condon of City, brother of the owner, said the Condon car had been stolen.
Bruno, residing at 1805 Walnut Street, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of Richard Patchen, 18, of Plum Street. Patchen died after his motorcycle was struck by a car at 20th and Myrtle streets. The charge was filed Tuesday afternoon by Motorcycle Officer James Yaple before Alderman Lyle Orr after District Attorney Burton Laub's review. Bond was set, with a preliminary hearing to follow.
HarrisburgAug 21 Pinai preparations advance for Sharon incorporation centennial from 1796 settlement era to current status. A large pageant with hundreds in the high school stadium runs Aug 24 to 30 with nightly repeats. An innovation includes a pledge by industrial employees pledged to support defense efforts, delivered by plane to the President by the Queen of Sharon.
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