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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1941
Page
4
A wartime column argues for equal employment opportunities for Black workers, urging industry to hire without regard to race or origin as defense needs grow. It cites a plea from government leaders to Knudsen and Hillman to open doors to qualified workers nationwide.
Harrisburg report from June 20 highlights farm efficiency as key to meeting wartime demands. Secretary John H. Light of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture warns costs will rise faster than prices, urging farmers to reduce operating costs and boost herd management, sanitation, and disease control to prevent losses and uphold steady food supply.
Oxygen discovered in 1774 has been used medically since. It gained full value in World War I and is now standard in pneumonia treatment and major surgery. It is routine in aviation at high altitudes. The body dies within minutes without oxygen, and prolonged deficiency damages the nervous system and can cause death.
Daily quiz prompts readers to test knowledge with ten questions across history science and geography. It mentions turning to the classified page for answers and includes items on government departments the Faerie Queene author and constitutional amendments.
Twenty years ago Beebe of Pudley Lake was injured near the assembly at Findley yesterday in an automobile accident. She was treated and Taber discharged from hospital. Fenneth Gould of Wingarn Pass is in the city for a week visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Gould. The barge camp of the Seventh Day Adventists was nearly complete on the Fair Grounds site with officials of the conference arriving. Committee in charge of the local cheese factory has completed accounts for the first five months. viewing opportunities offered. Mrs. Charles Perkins and others presented a skit depicting flag history at a W R C meeting. Bernstein’s fire sale draws many local buyers. Miss Mabel Lombard returned to Erle after visiting her mother. Miss Myrtle Puller attends a convention of Edison dealers in Chicago.
Associated Press report from Pittsburgh notes Billy Conn and Mary Louise Smith announced plans to marry but the 6 am ceremony at St Philomena's church did not occur. Smith's father had given consent but the couple did not appear. earlier tensions and press speculation surrounded the wedding.
A Scout Cubbing meeting occurred at the library last evening with Dr J L Parsons Assistant Scout Executive George Sims and a representative from the Hile cubbing organization presenting details. Another meeting is planned next Thursday with hopes to attract wider local scouters and launch a new group in the city.
A jumble of historical notes discusses the origin of the word einnper from Irish claba meaning mud, a mic in souring once called bonnyelabber from Irish Bainne meaning milk, and the Venus de Milo statue at the Louvre standing about six feet three inches tall. It also mentions plural data and a stray sighting of a man in a polo shirt outside a church amid uncertain marriage rumors.
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