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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1939
Page
4
Officials from city, county and school districts push a joint study to recover back taxes. They argue higher collection rates would boost revenue, allow tax reductions, and reduce burdens on punctual taxpayers. The piece notes decades of tax arrears and calls for civic responsibility to overcome apathy.
Editorial argues government spending must be sharply reduced to restore business and lead to a balanced budget. Citing Roosevelt criticism, the piece urges Congress to cut expenditures and modify revenues to avoid financial trouble and overburden on industry.
John T Flynn argues the Stock Exchange must be fair to all, noting insiders profit from own trades and inside information. He calls for restricting broker members to brokers on the floor and ending direct or indirect trading by non brokers to curb abuses.
Dirngtar Bernard Vorhaus recalls British studios first to adopt sound, revealing German patents found in a vault predated The Jazz Singer. He notes how a forgotten recording method could have reshaped film history, potentially boosting British cinema to outshine Hollywood had it advanced commercially.
A royal coronation plan for the Sultan of Selangor in Klang next year will feature a crown containing more than 900 diamonds and nearly 300 rubies. The jewel set highlights the prestige of the Federated Malay States during the ceremony.
A wartime narrative and stamp history trace Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s rise, landmark reforms, and Turkey’s shift from Ottoman rule to a modern republic. The piece highlights abolition of the Sultanate, national modernization, Westernization of cities and education, a Five Year Plan, and the 1924 Sakarin Gorge stamp marking Turkish victory.
A cryptic obituary of fashion and science notes MA21 chemists claim a new anti fray solution for shirt edges. It hints at political jabs about Adolf and a Paris poll rating Wally Simpson as the second-best dressed woman, alongside mentions of Burmese strikes and unrelated weather and espionage hints.
Community chatter mentions John H. Love as a county highway superintendent candidate, Jay Sherman’s former post, a popular model house by Mrs Raymond Sandburg, and a local mortician’s geography jokes. Reports cover New Year open house at Stanford Hose, Junior Welfare League fundraisers, antique hunting by Art Crowe, a police crackdown in the North East rolling case, route shifts for Union City Wattsburg traffic, bulbs missing from a Christmas tree, and various social happenings and cautions across Union City and surrounding areas.
From the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania column a discussion on why doctors use Latin for prescriptions and patients’ reactions. Paul Meerdink reports Canisius U basketball games drawing attention among Buffalonians for notable matchups including Notre Dame. Benjamin Scoville’s The Newspaper Guy closes with a stanza referencing the gate of gold and the newspaper man.
In Chinatown, Hi Ho the sage notes some men avoid modesty by overreaching. He quips that instead of hiding their light, they burn the candle at both ends to prove their prominence. The remark uses humorous satire to comment on vanity and spectacle.
The city commission organized naming officials including City Pressuver Robert Heerlein City solicitor Genry Kincaid City clerk Blaine Kincaid Health allies W. C. Powell Strost commissioner Edward Vogtil Assess J. C. Bentley Axydistant assessor P. 1. Wortley Ba Holman and others. A Galveston contract for Christy Hippodrome Company and gas distribution debates were noted along with local social and business events and a 150 year old Virginia coverlet displayed in Fairview Oklahoma.
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