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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1939
Page
4
The article discusses Attorney General Murphy advocating drastic federal and local government payroll cuts. It argues for reduced public payrolls and shows support for trimming public costs, noting the need for economy and questioning current staffing levels.
The Philadelphia Record reports a mysterious killing of Joan Stevens by a State Trooper. Eight bullets struck her as eight wallets were found on her, with one bullet hitting a nearby house. Autopsy and inquiries reveal questions about why eight shots were fired in self defense. State Police Commissioner Atkins defends the trooper, while a grand jury convenes in October.
The secretary of a building association league warns that buyers miss a lifetime chance if they delay. He cites higher taxes and soaring financing costs as lenders push rates up for new buildings, with old structures becoming pricier.
Washington June 16 Bruce Catton reports on the clash between Attorney General Murphy and predecessor Cummings over Aleutian prison plans. Murphy advocates a high security facility in a major city with rehab potential, opposing a utilitarian transfer of inmates. The piece notes shifts in civil liberties enforcement and a new civil rights unit within the department.
A short piece notes camels remain vital in arid regions despite rail, auto, and air travel. It covers camel adaptations for desert life, including nostril closure, hump energy storage, cushiony feet, water storage in the digestive tract, and packloads up to 1000 pounds. It mentions a Mauritania stamp depicting a camel and rider.
Katharine Alexander recalls joining theater as a teen in Fort Smith Arkansas and moving to New York for expert instruction. Producer Arthur Hopkins cast her at 16 as an awkard girl in Calamity and she later transitioned to Hollywood in 1939 after a Broadway run with numerous film roles and a marriage to William Beats.
Helen Jepsen presides over a Saturday morning broadcast of vocal and instrumental recitals on Columbia's network. Suzanne Sten and Lucille Manners perform pieces. Ted Husing covers the Princeton track meet with Bryan Field reporting the $10,000 stakes. NBC and CBS air a night of music, comedy, and sports with various stars and panels.
The text lists alternate names for chicory including Suecary Blue Saints Chicory Riva Coffee Weed and Bachelor’s Buttons. It notes flower heads are bright blue about two inches across made up of strap shaped blossoms. The plant grows one to three feet tall with a stout heavily branched stem.
A fragment asks to answer seven questions from a classified page. It includes queries about Lake Maracaibo in South America, the lightest gas after hydrogen, word relations, sport linked to Raymond Workman, Showstone Dam river, correct spelling of iterative, recognition of the Soviet government, meeting of the Dioine quintuplets with the King and Queen, a famous Milan theatre, and the ocean bordering Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.
In Norwalk C. E. Thompson settles a $45 hospital bill by paying with 4500 pennies. The newborn weighs nine pounds, and the van used for delivery also weighs nine pounds, tying a quirky weight comparison to the payment.
Twenty years ago notes from the Journal Files dated June 16 1919 report Frank Mott of Jantestmen as principal speaker for Maz Day exercises hosted by the local Elks lodge with theme World War a spoke in the wheel of progress Sidney Histon class of 1908 delivers welcome Snel Grant Pettit class of 1975 to deliver response at the 46th annual Alumni banquet in the State Armory on June 20 a Ford car owned and driven by Jondld Carvier was stolen and found after an accident officers named for the men s class of First Baptist church Rev George J Gelliey dies at home after lingering illness Ye A Triskel opens cash grocery at West Main and Summer streets Francis Poluad arrives from Philadelphia for a visit to relatives.
Laughter is described as a spasmodic and partly involuntary expirtion with accompanying inarticulate crealization. It benefits body and mind by stimulating circulation and respiratory muscles, quickening nerve action, and acting as a hygienic tonic. The piece cites philosophers and King Solomon on laughter as medicine.
In Australia a skeleton is shown wrapped in cellophane for dust protection. A six-foot Munir skeleton with each bone wrapped is displayed in a company window. E. R. Clark from Annapolis Nova Scotia visits his mother Mrs Margaret Clark and sister Mrs John Moffitt for several days.
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