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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1938
Page
2
Local ads list city and vicinity bargains including tomato juice at 3 for 25 cents and Miracle Whip at 37 cents a quart. The chatter covers accidents, arrests, hospital updates, arrests of a repeat offender, and various civic notices from Acacia Club to WPA planning. Also reports injuries from river accidents and street skirmishes, plus weather and local business briefs.
SHANGHAI July 26 Chinese forces defending Hankow in the Yangtze valley began a general retreat today after a Japanese army communique. Japanese units captured a key river position 785 miles below Hankow and forced China's famed God of War battalion to withdraw. Chinese authorities did not deny Japanese advances but claimed the situation remained secure.
Notice calls all girls from 10 to 18 to assemble at the Masonic Hall at 10 o clock for a gathering on Thursday July 28 1938 at Luella Deyo West Columbus Avenue for a picnic dinner attendees asked to bring a tureen Preliminary steps were begun at Meadville for organizing men in Crawford county to curb taxation and regulation A general meeting is set for Wednesday evening August 3 in Meadville
A fragmented excerpt discusses wolves and their social behavior, noting wolves may hunt cohesively but do not organize into a humanlike rival group. The passage contrasts animal cooperation with a human tendency toward factional combat and decries the idea that packs form opposing armies.
Washington reports the food and drug administration equipped with new powers under a bill signed by President Roosevelt. Major provisions come into effect June 25, 1939, with full testing required for new drugs and federal oversight of dangerous cosmetics and health appliances.
Miss Laura Piedalue, a New York welfare worker, and two companions Irene of Winchester Kentucky and Miss Antonette de la Forrest of the University of Kentucky were lost for four days wandering through western New Mexico’s uninhabited waterless wastes. Their stockings were torn by lava rocks and one shoe missing. State police rescued Piedalue and photographed her recovery.
Edwin W. Hayman, 42, is held without bail in Conshohocken Pa on burglary and felonious entry charges after entering Gerald P. Nugent’s home, president of the Philadelphia Phillies, and admitting several entries to steal food. Nugent and Police Chief Phipps say Hayman had issued kidnap threats against Nugent’s 10-year-old son months earlier, but police did not link him to the threat.
The inventor of the modern safety pin sold patent rights for 400 dollars, missing a potentially vast fortune. The brief note highlights how a single deal altered the inventor’s financial fate and left future earnings on the table.
John Markley of Hayes road in Sports township suffered severe injuries when a cultivator fell into a hole, throwing him under the implement and dragging him briefly before the horse was stopped. Several ribs were torn. he is in a serious condition at home. A separate notice offers a registered Boston Bull at stud in Lawrence Park, Erie County.
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