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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
4
Publication notice from Corry Pennsylvania indicating publisher advertising representation and trust offices in New York Milwaukee Chicago Detroit Pittsburgh Philadelphia with postage details and subscription rates and terms for second class mail and restricted territory delivery.
The piece laments prolonged political focus on who will lead next January rather than core governance. It contrasts U S debates with parliamentary speed, cites Philip La Follette’s call for reform, and notes concerns over executive power, immigration, and wartime-era policies, including women’s roles and military service.
A busy NBC Red schedule features Musical Americana with Deemis Taylor and Raymond Paige, plus Kraft Music Hall with Madeleine Carroll and Bob Burns. Other segments include Vox Pop, Strange As It Seems, and a Columbia Workshop drama, all shaping an evening of varied entertainment across radio.
President Roosevelt is said to hold 196 delegates for the forthcoming convention though no voters have expressed preference. Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Florida delegates are to be picked in spring, with primaries and consent rules complicating FDR’s formal nomination, while party strategists debate farm policy and new markets.
A scrambled quiz feature on a classified page asks readers to answer items about geography history and language. It lists questions about oceans around the North Pols, wartime objectors, the District of Columbia, pronunciation and arithmetic quotients, with several garbled names and terms.
A 1938 Pennsylvania story notes that fireworks regulation passed after many efforts by physicians and organizations and led to hot sold works. It cites 1038 deaths and 25 injuries in 1938, with nationwide figures of 5 560 injuries and 18 deaths from fires, urging safer celebration of Independence Day for children.
A garbled note cites Ipoh squireet and Kaibab squirrel finds near the Grand Canyon, mentioning Avis and Albert squirrels and a reference to the United States. The fragment hints at wildlife observations, possible cataloging, and regional notices without coherent details.
Hollywood film men outline a policy of underplaying romance to keep teenage viewers engaged. Hopalong Cassidy star Bill Boyd says excessive kissing embarrasses the young crowd and he rotates leading ladies. Dave Fleischer cites Gulliver's Travels restraint, allowing only one kiss. Other films like What a Life and Teen have similar non explicit romance to suit high school audiences.
The article notes a widespread classroom dispute in the United States over whether to use from or a phrase like differ from and argues that both forms have substantial literary sanction, especially in England, with critics divided on the preferred choice.
They recommend an antiseptic ointment from the bathroom shelf for minor cuts burns bruises sores and chapped skin. The ad touts an ointment named San-Cyra and suggests its use for cleansing and soothing.
Washington January 26 Secretary Henry A Wallace has temporarily abandoned export subsidies for cotton and wheat amid inconclusive results. Wheat subsidies cost about 35,000,0000 dollars over 17 months. cotton subsidies about 40,000,000 dollars in five months. The department will pursue a domestic price system to aid low income Americans, aided by Food Stamp expansion and distribution of food and clothing.
A 10 cent brown U S Famous Americans stamp featuring Tom Sawyer will be issued on February 13 at Hannibal Missouri. The stamp honors Mark Twain author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and depicts the author s boy hero and his boyhood home with Aunt Polly s frame house and the famous whitewashed fence. The article notes Twain born in Florida Missouri and later apprenticed to a printer before becoming a Mississippi River pilot and famed American humorist with works including The Prince and the Pauper and Pudd n Head Wilson.
London reports 4 004 more divorce petitions filed in 1935 than 1937, total 10 830, a 70 percent rise. The act allowed desertion cruelty and lunacy as grounds. Also notes Philippine Islands land area and memorial verse for Thayer McCray and Elva McCray.
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