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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1939
Page
4
Corry Public Schools celebrate homegrown talent with Miss Elnora Storer elected to the Junior High faculty. Board notes improved attitudes toward local graduates amid ongoing educator recognition and hometown training.
The piece traces eighty years of oil from its mid 19th century birth in Titusville to today, noting oil’s central role in commerce and power. It discusses mismanaging supply, job losses, and producer-refiner-distributor conflicts, urging a system to prevent shutdowns while stressing consumer needs remain unmet.
The former British prime minister criticizes war as Americans debate totalitarianism and democracy. He argues democracy requires citizen sacrifice and belief in liberty, contrasting Western resolve with states of fear. He warns that democracy survives only when people defend it with work and will.
Bruce Catton surveys Governor Saltonstall's term in Massachusetts, detailing his budget cuts and the high likelihood that relief costs and prior debts drive the record budget total. The piece notes layoffs, halted new road and building projects, and mixed reactions about his handling of payrolls and legislative cost reductions. The profile contrasts Saltonstall with Curley and Hurley, and cites Millville and Mashpee as markers of municipal strain.
Hollywood columnist Alexander Kahn reports Rouben Mamoulian, famed stage and screen director, predicts the era of instant screen Cinderella is over. He notes Billy Holden’s rise from nowhere to star in Golden Boy, praising hard work and training over raw talent, and warns that many extras lacking study will remain stuck without sustained dramatic training.
Guidance cautions reporters to use precise wording for admissions. Do not echo awkward phrases. prefer concise terms like confessed, admitted, or acknowledged to reflect the event accurately.
A brief ad-like fragment promotes Antiseptic San-Cura Ointment for itching piles and skin irritations. It claims relief from minor cuts burns and infections and lists prices 50 and 60 cents with pharmacist availability.
Names of local incidents from 1919 appear in a digest. Big John Porter is bound over to the September term after arraignment for the Mrs. Wills Fuller assault. Labor Day picnic plans unfold in Columbus amid a note on a big basket gathering. Kurtz Brass Bed foremen receive invitations for a weekend at Crystal Beach Ontario, with air travel noted. A house fire on Summer and Liberty streets destroys a residence. Hazel McCray travels from New York to Cochabamba Bolivia. Mulderick returns home from Camp Dix after discharge. Parkhurst and son buy a barber shop’s equipment on North Center Street and plan to repurpose the space. Geiger is home from Camp Mills after discharge.
From the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania comes a fragment discussing dosing concepts such as therapeutic dose minimum and maximum doses single divided and repeated doses and how labels indicate dosing interval Also notes on caution against overmedicating sick patients and mentions nudist colonies and a county map removing charm names in a gnarled prose excerpt.
A rambly Eries era column reports plans for a honey moon move from the Second to the Fourth Ward with couples set to occupy former R. S. Johnson home on West Pleasant Street. Curley Wiggers owns a pet raccoon. local talks include a Pontiac trip to preview new rules and a Recreation Alleys opening tonight. Music at Chautauqua features Lawrence Tibbett. Steve Banks marries Carol Niles. police stories include a dog lost and found after an auto accident. Roger Babson plans a West Coast trip for his business column.
News brief notes Hitler to deliver Tanmenberg speech on the anniversary of Germany's WWI victory with broadcasts on NBC and Columbia networks from 5330 to 6:30 Sunday morning. William L. Shirer to present from Tahnenberg before Hitler's address. Also mentions other radio segments and local notes including sports and political items.
A reader challenges with seven questions from a daily quiz page, including capital cities and state nicknames. The piece lists a mix of trivia prompts and mentions radio broadcasts and programs scheduled on various networks.
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