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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1938
Page
4
City officials discuss a sewerage disposal plant amid tax concerns and possible 45 percent PWA aid. They consider a $60,000 to $60,000 project to fit bonding limits without a voter referendum, noting years of discussion and rising engineering costs.
After royal pageant in Paris and high level talks, British War Minister Leslie Hore-Belisha claimed the British and French staffs are one. The two nations vow unity against dictators, stressing one staff and one flag.
A report notes three drownings at Lake Chau tanque when a craft upset and echoes numerous drownings in the district in recent weeks. It stresses caution around water and attributes many incidents to foolhardy swimming and boating.
Rodney Washington reports from Washington on July 27 as the Justice Department sharpens a case against the beverage industry, aiming to curb monopolistic practices. Officials indicate a potential anti trust suit may allege violation of anti trust laws in the beverage sector.
Paris reports in July that American boys abroad aid fashion outlook with lavish coats and furs. Trends foreseen include silver fox trim decline, blue and purple fox replaces, diagonal gold seal panels, tabac brown coats and hooded designs. Bruyere already selling hooded coats while others test bloused backs in winter collections.
The article notes France's rich wine history from Waterloo to Verdun and its global prestige. It lists major districts Bordeaux Burgundy Champagne Anjou and famed varieties and fames like Cham paginization. A stamp current honors the wine industry amid France's vast production.
A fragment from the Medical Society of Pennsylvania lessons notes Oliver Wendell Holmes as a lexicographer who coined terms and reflects on anesthesia. The piece discusses anesthetists guiding safe anesthesia and the societal impact of anesthesia in reducing suffering and deaths.
Jay Franklin argues for a centralized National Emergency Council role to coordinate federal publicity in film and radio. He criticizes wasteful government output, urges economy, and supports clearer, better produced content with improved coordination and a defensive posture against fascist propaganda.
Barrington police chief Edward Schickling was fined four quarts of ice cream for impersonating a police officer as youths took over the police court and borough council during Barrington annual Youth Week.
Unclear OCR fragment references major operations and anesthesia progress. Mentions large measures of knowledge and timing, suggesting a discussion of evolving surgical techniques and analgesia. Specific names, dates, and places are not readable in the text.
United Press reports Spencer Tracy portrays Father Flanagan in Boys Town for the first time, drawing on guidance from the real priest. Tracy calls the role a heavy responsibility and commends Flanagan’s kindness as he studies mannerisms and expressions to honor the living figure. The film centers on the reformwork at Boys Town, where youths govern themselves with Flanagan’s guidance.
Names from Corry draft calls are Ray McGuire Bred Jammey and Nathan Reynolds. Neylon entered Navy in Erie. NuBone leases Ajax building floor space as St Pierre and Frew vacate. Masson resigns to join Jamestown department store. Bannag sales peak 60c a dozen. Winger and Jones leave Standard Turnbuckle to study aero mechanics in Wilkes-Barre. Hartiet Armstrong returns from Spring Creek. Mrs Wilson Manavis resigns from Chautauqua.
A chaotic classified item from the Journal notes a strange local scene about a bantam hen trial at a Tulsa home. It mentions M. C. Sloegean and an odd rooster, with hens reacting to a new vomer and cold cackles, ending on a puzzling note about a perfect question mark.
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