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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1940
Page
4
A cluttered radio schedule covers Tonight and Tomorrow programs across NBC and Columbia networks. It highlights Dr C H Caldwell on music preservation, discussions on Rossini, wartime oil and Guam plans, Supreme Court actions on due process, and a dense night of music, drama, and public affairs with multiple hosts, orchestras, and orchestral works noted.
Prominent figures defend the National Labor Relations Act, arguing it reduced strikes and industrial unrest after 1937. Myron C. Taylor, chairman of United States Steel, cites improved relations, higher wages, and steadier production as evidence of the act’s success and its civil liberty impact.
A miscellany of local notes recaps Corry nurses joining the District Association of Pennsylvania and a Baptist church Father and Son banquet with speakers W N Jones O S Monroe and Rev F W Troy. Also mentions travel delays on railroads from storms and civic fund drives, labor rights debates, and reflections on past labor struggles.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled words and names. No clear event, persons, or organizations emerge to identify a coherent news item or summary.
Export license data show Britain sharply reducing American munitions orders in 1939 while actual exports rose to 31 million. Licenses to Britain had peaked in 1938 and fell after the embargo in late 1939. The piece also criticizes the American Youth Congress for undermining the Murray bill.
Wartime dispatches recount government cost cuts and stenographic efforts to save paper in London. The piece suggests delaying payrolls for propagandists in the United States, punishes duty shirks sent to front lines, and notes unrest in American politics as Dewey’s fate looms and sailors face exhaustion amid the European war.
A fragmented excerpt from a medical society page discusses infant hunger and safety concerns. The text references infants, dangers of improvised feeds, and cautions about choking and exposure. It mentions protection and guidance, with scattered archaic phrasing and unclear additional details.
Hollywood film news from February 17 reports Andrea Leeds, now married to Bob Howard, torn between wife duties and acting. She remains contracted to Samuel Goldwyn, hesitating over schedules and the weight of studio commitments, while hoping to reduce pictures and preserve marriage stability.
Fragmented OCR quiz item asks readers to name or guess obscure people and objects. The garbled text mentions a sniper, Liz, Stephen, and Bowen with unclear clues and mismatched phrases. Contains no coherent story or verifiable facts.
Xiatier Merrick and Paul Orn left Unis this morning for Detroit Michigan. Mr Morick is making the trip to arrange for several new Studeberns to be delivered here.
At the start of the year the number of horses on farms was the smallest in six decades while mule counts were the lowest in thirty years, reflecting a shift in agricultural practices and livestock use.
The 19th century Swiss general Hans Herzog appears in a new anti tuberculosis stamp issue alongside three regional girl portraits from Priburg Obwald and Basle cantons. The series aims to promote public health while showcasing notable figures and cantonal imagery. A separate note quotes Dr Blifford Sweet on children’s eating habits and juice tolerance.
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