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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1941
Page
4
A wartime column urges careful U S stance toward Japan, warning about American oil trade with Japan and Chinese defense. It discusses public opinion, leadership questions, and the need for clear policy as global tensions rise. It includes reflections by General Wavell and notes on strategic patience and national resolve.
The Department reports a total of about 28.6 million dollars invested in ongoing highway projects across Pennsylvania for 1940. About 17,267 workers are employed on highway tasks, with 342 fresh contract miles completed this season. District breakdowns show varied progress across Scranton, Barre, and other regions, including bridge and paving contracts valued in the millions.
A noisy OCR style page presents scattered questions on measurement the Ten Commandments planetary motion Montpelier capital cities naming the continents and other trivia. The text shows garbled phrases mixed with numbers and asks multiple choice style prompts.
A garbled note from the Medical Society of Pennsylvania cautions about malingerers who feign illness to gain sympathy or profit. It describes fake ailments, forged licenses, and exaggerated symptoms, noting their resistance to cure and pursuit of compensation despite appearances.
The record states roughly 5,000,000 Americans suffer hay fever. It notes historical terms for smoking and a mid century shift. It mentions Peter Rockefeller as an emigrant from Germany arriving in 1128.
Hollywood dialogue centers on Rev. Dr Norman Vincent Peale guiding churchmen and film makers in One Foot in Heaven. The Marble Collegiate Church on Fifth Avenue is cited as a historic center as Peale praises movies as a social force while noting screen self censorship and clergy advisory roles.
Central Press columnist Stewart argues the recent verdict against Brookeinga Liskin Bush and Weinberg shows a delicate diplomatic moment as the United States weighs its stance toward the Soviet Union amid World War II. The piece notes the jury returned a finding after authorities linked the group to Moscow funded propaganda, while questioning whether pardons or appeals could ease tensions with Russia.
Twenty years ago in Corry notable items include the death of Rose B Nichols after brief illness and T J Anderson’s oil well progress near Titusville. Church choir cantata events, a forthcoming marriage for Elmer Wilson and Alberta Strong, and local social updates from Elmer Wilson to Grace Emery’s world travels are noted.
Kane borough council will support the Meesa County air park project with cooperation from Bradford city council. Bradford coal council was informed by a letter from Mt Paisley. The plan seeks a suitable tract funded to sponsor the project. The Civil Aeronautics Board later placed the proposal on a survey list for consideration.
In Bradford Pennsylvania a fire destroyed two buildings prompting rescue efforts. John Zurat reported the blaze in a house where Tammy Zurat lived. Tammy went into labor and gave birth during the incident. Chief Edward Darkin pledged a full investigation as Lt. Marche of the Bradfield police oversaw the scene.
Washington commentary notes the unusual lack of formal diplomatic society as Nazi, Soviet, and allied envoys mingle only in rare, guarded encounters. The piece describes experts in diplomatic astigmatism and the challenge of keeping war-era officials and foreign dignitaries from accidental overlaps in Washington social spaces.
In Manhattan headlines a glamorous trendsetter Brenda Praxler rises as the season’s focal point, while a Harlem man’s jealousy erupts in a street confrontation. A separate Harlem incident ends with a shooting on a crowded streetcar as a man pleads love. Both events reveal intense emotions and public danger.
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