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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1940
Page
4
The Corry Journal highlights Brotherhood Week urging unity among religious groups with the slogan Make America Safe for Differences. It contrasts European power politics with American restraint while calling for clear thinking and responsible budgeting in Congress amid defense needs and public welfare concerns.
Radio tonight features a dramatization on Michelangelo by Dr Bernard Myers with NBC Red. CBS parade acts include Ben Wayne and the Parade Chorus, Mary Eastman serenades, Stop Me If You've Heard This One, Vincent Travers Orchestra, and NBC Symphony guest conductor Molinari performing Vivaldi. NBC Blue offers concerts and plans with Laughton and Lanchester appearances, Ted Malone NBC Blue, and other light entertainment across the networks.
Senator Vandenberg's Lincoln birthday address in St Paul on February 10 will tackle the farm problem. The speech signals his strong farm stance, noting his voting record for cost of production measures, export incentives, and a proposed farm surplus program across the 73rd to 75th Congresses. He positions himself as aligned with farmers' interests.
A long extract notes that about half the children in America receive no formal religious education, roughly a third lack library access, and about one-fourth have public relief in the past decade. The items are said to be highlights from White House conference reports set for January and described as tentative scheduling. The text also discusses political rumor tactics around FDR’s successor and shifting favorites like McNulty Ickes Hull with the timing uncertain until an official name is made.
Critics align with the administration as the Hull plan seeks extension of reciprocal trade laws this winter. Hull enjoys strong backing from Roosevelt and Bailey while AAA members in the farm belt mobilize a grass roots reaction in support of progress.
The piece notes Gladys Swarthout performing excerpts from Car men and At Dawning with Cadman. also mentions Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite and Madeline Carroll headlining Silver Theater directed by Conrad Nagle. Gene Attiry broadcasts from Melody Ranch at 6 30 PM and WABC GBS airings of Pursuit of Happiness at 4 30 PM. Anatol Kaminsky to debut at a Philharmonic concert. Includes museum head discovery in Spokane and a Singapore children’s charity toy drive and camp sanitation.
A scrambled quiz page presents questions and a request for answers. It includes items about coal diet, European country rivers, a South American figure, state nicknames, weapon terminology, chronology, pronouns, botany, and geography.
Hollywood January reports reveal Coral B Lane faced a pivotal choice guiding her eldest daughter Leota Lane’s future. The Lane family from Indianola Iowa shaped careers for three screen stars, a concert singer, and a daughter who chose marriage, with Leota’s audition sealing early fame under Gus Edwards and manager directions.
The Citizens National Bank in Corry marks half a century since opening on November 4 1890. A commemorative folder titled Yesterday Today Tomorrow recalls a world before cars, radios, and many modern conveniences, noting the bank’s long service to farmers workers homeowners and businesses in the community.
An article recalls X anry G. wavier leaving U S Rim Sinter to head a new American Ostings factory. Mrs Katherine Action filed at Pay street home leaving a son. Clark and Son seek jog cutters and woodsmen for large Bradford Woods project. W B Edmonds sold bungalow at East Pleasant and Concord to A L Foster.
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