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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1927
Page
3
A Corry Pa newspaper features a cartoon showing a boy reading many news stories about world events, lamenting a lack of work for his future. The caption argues imagination and progress persist, citing Emerson and ongoing innovations across exploration and invention across generations.
The Navy credits air cooled engines as the aviation turning point. They note lighter, dependable performance without water cooling, with the Navy aiding development financially and technically. Over 1,200 engines have been purchased for 10 million dollars, signaling broad adoption of the air cooled type and prompting calls to apply similar engineering to automotive motors.
Muscle Shoals city, built around the world’s largest electrical plant, lights with coal oil though owning ample power. Businesses petition the Secretary of the Interior for a franchise to illuminate the city with modern lighting, even as the oil industry needs the work.
A historical note discusses rising use of modern dental procedures and cautions about fear and worry harming health. It notes nerves extractions fading, ultra violet rays in trial, and advises a cheerful mindset, balanced meals, and regular activity to support healing and dental treatment outcomes.
Itemized notes recount a Leutenant election in Company A favoring M B Webb a Bryan trundling past Corry on Erie train to Okautagua seven horse outfits head to Corry race meet, Mrs Warner injured by a fall, National Thursh base team plays local pine, Mrs Clyde Wilson sails to England, May Lottie and Eva McKinney head to Chautauqua for summer vacation
A scanned quiz item lists questions on state population density from early censuses. It mentions New York as most populous, asks which states were first to third in the 1700 census, and queries urban rural proportions, largest urban share, and city class populations. It also includes Rhode Island Nevada Virginia Pennsylvania Mississippi Indiana and a classified advertisement urging readers to answer before offers are withdrawn.
Secretary of State Kellogg uses humor in press briefings as China Nicaragua and Alexico loom. Kellogg, an avid golfer, jokes about remaining fit for eighteen to thirty-six holes. Philippine official Pedro Guevara counters Governor General Wood by noting 195,000,000 pesos in circulation and 12,100,000 people, arguing many Filipinos lack real money despite government expenditures.
Paris July 6 America's best Boy Scout may be invited to accompany Commander Richard E Byrd on his forthcoming flight across the pole Byrd said he would confer with Scout leaders on inviting the Champion Scout to join his party He expressed strong interest in the movement and said American Scouts greetings should go to French Boy Scouts The aim is to train boys to become good aviators and sturdy expedition members. he would not take a Scout who has not proven his mettle.
Chester Monte of Ridgway was seriously injured when his Ford coupe was struck by Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train 228 near Penfield crossing in Elk County. He is hospitalized in DuBois Maple Avenue Hospital. damage described as the car demolished. Monte, a barber, was en route to Shearfield when the collision occurred as his engine stalled at the crossing.
Clarence Darrow, famed attorney, may aid the Philadelphia American and National League teams in their bid to play Sunday games in Philadelphia. Offered by the National Association Opposed to Blue Laws, he would head legal efforts appealing to the U S Supreme Court if club owners approve, challenging the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling upholding Sunday play limits.
Four prisoners pleaded guilty at a special session of sentence court in Meadville. Bricker of Titusville. Chase of Corry received 60 days in the county jail for driving while intoxicated. Virginia McDuf, Pittsburg, guilty to larceny at a Titusville boarding house and fined. J Vincent Hendrickson of Titusville guilty of embezzling 9200 from Commercial Bank and Trust Co. sentenced to 3 to 6 years in Western Penitentiary and fined 5000 plus costs.
July 6 Washington The safety first movement adds the word Yayworker derived from jay walker. The National Safety Council uses it on posters urging workers to observe safety rules. The term implies a person who endangers themselves and others by carelessness and thoughtlessness.
A terse classified line notes rooms available and furnishings provided for potential tenants. It highlights minimal essentials for lodging seekers, signaling simple accommodations with basic amenities and housing options in a local market.
Through life insurance you can provide for your family, insure an income for your self in old age, educate your children, pay off your mortgage and protect your business.
July 6 Paris. Aviator Richard Byrd visits the Invalides with co pilot Kin Byrd and Bis Grew of the Aaneriva team. He meets disfigured veterans, including Captain Le Gendre who walks for the first time since 1918 with braces. Byrd’s presence brings courage as surgeons, staff, and wounded aviators witness a moment of dramatic recovery and gratitude at the wartime hospital.
Franklin July 6 Joe Harris will speak on radio Friday at nine o clock Eastern time on Station WJAS Pittsburgh. A committee member invited to join him will introduce Harris to the audience and discuss the Pirates and their chances. Fans planning to attend the stand Saturday afternoon may also listen for insights from Harris.
In Philadelphia on July 6 thieves broke into the cold storage vaults of taxidermist Raighamatti and Weber and stole $5,000 worth of pelts. The loot included 50 deer skins 25 wildcat skins and varied fox skins. An office safe was forced open but little cash was taken and another safe resisted forced entry.
Warren native Reverend Morton D. D., longtime pastor of the Swedish Baptist Church 1903 to 1909 and former Warren school board member, died Friday at the Swedish Old People’s Home in Chicago after a storm toppled a high voltage wire onto a chicken coop cordoning in a yard. Also fatally struck was fellow resident John Jahnson. Morton, 67, had retired from ministry and lived with his wife at the home. he is survived by several children.
Franklin Pa July 6 The work of making a map of the Allegheny National Forest and adjacent territory by airplane has been completed. Pilots Richard Pears and Robert Smith of American and British flying camps during the World War flew a five passenger monoplane with a Wright whirlwind motor and took photographs for the map. Most pictures were taken at a height of about 1 100 feet.
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