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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1931
Page
3
Corry Evening Journal reports on a bold transatlantic race from Newport to Plymouth featuring 10 sailing yachts. The piece praises American sloops yawls and ketches for their seaworthiness, navigation skill, and equipment, noting crews choose sail over engine power amid a growing amateur cruising culture.
London journalist Trevor C. Wignall argues English government control bans advertising and propaganda in radio, financing it via a radio tax. He contrasts this with American private broadcasting and warns against increasing federal regulation. The piece also surveys Gen. Eric von Ludendorff’s pamphlet attacks on a war debt moratorium and questions Hindenburg’s steadiness in postwar Germany.
The article from DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH discusses commonly misused words and pronunciations, highlighting examples like cheerfulness and the word pervade. It urges daily vocabulary growth by mastering one new word, citing a sentence where a smell pervaded a room.
A 1914 Corry Journal recap notes the Kurtz Brass Bed Co awarded bricks for its new plant. Social event highlights include a favol party at Harriet Myers and Velma Warren’s home with lanterns and flowers. Also mentions John Farnham family leaving for Findley Lake, Ringling Bros. show, and a Erie Railroad official train passing through Corry. Some weather and local business notes and a muscallonge catch by T T Root at Cambridge Springs.
The article presents a Q and A style set attributed to H G Wells asking for six greatest figures now and through history. It includes answers naming Jesus Christ, Buddha, Aristotle, Asoka, Roger Breen, and Abraham Lincoln, plus topics on cereal, beaver, arson, and Kansas distance puzzle.
A man and three boys earn 90 dollars with boys earning three times what the man earns. The proper split is Tom 67.50, Dick 450, Harry 540, based on a flawed arithmetic explanation shown as part of the source.
The State Welfare Department announced enhanced funds for mothers aid, totaling 4,115,988 provided by the 1931 legislature to support 8,083 families. Allocations are county based, with each county contributing an equal share, except ten counties not yet participating. Remaining funds, minus 50,000 for Harrisburg bureau expenses and 10,000 for emergency work, are spread among participating counties including Crawford, Tioga, Mercer, McKean, Venango, and Warren with varying family counts.
Sam De Dionisio aged 63 grocer at 1060 Buffalo Road Erie died Friday night after his car rolled backward from a garage while in gear and crushed him against a telegraph pole. Coroner Hanley ruled accidental death. no inquest. Public parade along Buffalo Road was occurring at the time.
Steve Soleski, victim known as Angola butcher, was shot six times in his driveway on Gowan Road Evans near Hamburg. A suspect was arrested, Tony Amica, owner of the building housing Soleski’s shop. Amica denies involvement. $169 wallet taken. sheriff doubts robbery motive, hints at hidden cause.
Swanson family in Scandia reports 16 year old Warisn Swanson daughter of Mrs Jenny Swanson is hospitalized at Warren General with a fracture of the left hip from a gunshot wound. The injury occurred when her brother Luther was displaying a newly acquired gun to friends and it discharged. The family, consisting of ten children, provided the incident details.
Richmond Virginia July 18 Mrs Geline M Bowman of Richmond was elected president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs at the biennial convention here Friday Marion H McClench of Ann Arbor Michigan refused re election Mrs Helen M Schurlaff of Erie Pennsylvania national corresponding secretary was elected first vice president Bonnie Robertson of Hammond Indiana second vice president Margaret I Stewart of Phoenix Arizona corresponding secretary and Margaret Stewart of Ogden Utah treasurer
A critical roundup reviews Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman reissued by Tartar & Rinehart, praising its adventurous drama and historical scope. Also covers Frank Hawks speedflight memoir Speed published by Brewer Warren Putnam, while Hot News by Emile Gauvreau is criticized as dull and hypocritical tabloid exposé. Includes mentions of Living Philosophies and lists authors such as Einstein Dewey Mencken and others in a broader literary/academic context.
A marquee announces a big double feature opening at the Grand theatre headlined by Clara Bow and Frederic March in True To The Navy with Miss Bowing’s singing debut, followed by Kiss Me Again featuring Claire, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Everett Horton and June Collyer in an all color production adapted from Victor Herbert. The paper notes two additional evenings each week with similar programs.
A cryptic, partially legible line suggests a peaceful sentiment about mind and rest with unclear surrounding text and potential transcription errors. The readable segment mentions being at peace and a calm state, but concrete details or proper names are missing.
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