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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1930
Page
3
Postmaster General Brown states air passenger lines lost money last year with loads at 14 to 40 percent. He argues the industry overbuilt before demand and calls flying a public venture, not mere sport, predicting recovery when people accept passenger planes as business transportation.
Prof Gras of the Harvard School of Business advocates economic historians who combine statistics with human values to supply firms and industries with continuous, reliable data. He notes executives rely too long on memory, risking obsolete facts, and predicts business will expand scientific methods and facts in policy shaping.
United Press reports the radio organ using 80 oscillating tubes replaces pipes, enabling tones rivaling a pipe organ. Dr Charles Heinroth demonstrates, noting potential for central organs, church or theatre broadcasting, with all mechanism housed away from the concert room.
United Press reports on Senator Borah's role in the prohibition issue. The piece notes his constitutional stance, past voting on the eighteenth, and shift to leading dry arguments amid enforcement concerns. It contrasts Borah with Mrs Willebrandt and previews further sketches of lawmakers shaping the fight.
Daily teaching notes by W L Gordon on word use misused pronunciations mispellings and synonyms. Today focuses on coherence and consistency with examples and guidance to build vocabulary and precision in reasoning.
Answers recap: the cotton gin inventor is Eli Whitney. The Assuan Dam spans the Nile River. The earth orbits the sun. The Canadian entitled to be called His Excellency is Cervantes is incorrect. likely a misentry. The principal grain crop of Iowa is corn.
Twenty Poco Locos enjoyed a sleigh ride to the home of Joe Frank Harvey on Carter Hill. Jockey Vincent Powers, hailed as America's premier jockey by many, won two races and placed second twice in Jacksonville. Congregational church members gathered at W. N. Jones’s house on Marina Street for a meeting. A sleigh from Columbus visited G. M. Simmons at 131 Fourth Avenue. Robins were reportedly seen, though no official confirmation reached this office. The Ladies Auxiliary to the Corsy Hospital Association thanks volunteers who plowed through snow to transport items to the hospital sale at Downey’s. A snow blockade prevented delivery of plate matter from Buffalo, delaying the Journal’s general news. J. Augustus and Elmer Jones visited Corry to review Cole Bros. circus stock to be auctioned Friday. January 28th Warren Time: a switch engine collision in heavy snow killed one man and injured another on the way to Universal Chair factory.
In a puzzle style note the power of a beam equals area times height. Beams measure 1 1 2 by 6 inches and must be placed on their wide edges to equal the power of one beam on its narrow edge. The answer follows with an arithmetic sequence and example figures.
Pittsburgh Jan 22 Claude Cole 17 and Sam Pacora 17 of Wheatland Mercer county were sentenced to four months in Mercer county jail after pleading guilty to stealing funds from the Wheatland post office on December 28. Inspector H Tafel said about 177.16 of the 249.14 stolen was recovered.
Warren January 22 bids will be received and opened at the state Highway department Harrisburg for the Torpedo to Enterprise road in Warren county serving Southwest and Eldred townships. The program includes sixteen highway reconstruction projects totaling about 755 miles and a one span girder bridge.
Desert Charley and his caravan stopped in Corry as storms slowed his eastward trek from California to New Jersey. He reports pace from 3 to 5 miles per hour due to weather, with two white burros drawing his load and few other such animals known in the region. He plans easy stages, pausing through stormy weather, and has no fixed arrival date.
The Ladies Auxiliary to Clarence Commandery plans a Tuesday meeting in the Masonic Temple with a tureen dinner for February. Mrs M J Parkhurst is general chairman with reservations via Mrs C W Brin or Mrs A B Griswold. Refreshments will be served and awards given. Tickets are fifty cents. Miss Ruth Gravink, daughter of Mr and Mrs Chris Gravink of Cylmer, underwent tonsil surgery at Corry Hospital this morning.
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