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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1940
Page
4
Washington columnist notes public reluctance to higher taxes in an election year as defense spending climbs. Observers discuss methods to fund defense without broad tax rises, fearing political backlash and debt. Editorials urge prompt action before next fiscal year as tax bills loom.
A column discusses the risks of imperial reach and strategic holdings like the Panama Canal and Pacific islands. It notes the United States faces “hostages to fortune” in territories, mentions the Philippines and Hawaiian Islands, and reflects on global duty, defense, and refugee burdens amid wartime uncertainty. It also adds a brief parable on God and resilience from a refugee.
Radio program listings include Raymond Massey, Oscar Ler, Clifton Padiman, Franklin P Adame, and Joni Bevan with CBS NBC schedules. Yvette, a rising singer, prepares for a recording session as national radio features and a yellow fever medical history segment tie into American broadcasting.
Cecil B. DeMille plans to keep his $200,000 one man exhibit from the San Francisco fair intact after close of the show in October and lend it to a major American museum. He may donate the collection to one institution, with possible hosts including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian, or the Los Angeles History, Science and Art Museum. The exhibit features working scripts from 64 films, DeMille's first camera, relics from The King of Kings, and other props spanning 27 years of motion picture history viewed by thousands daily at Treasure Island.
The clipping reports thieves looting J. T. Blaie Grocery on First Agenia with about $20 in cash and stock. It notes lingering errors and postwar observations as Mr DeRosay plans to send letters on reconstruction. Residents respond to Pine Rey maintenance and St Elizabeth’s preparations while others travel and depart for Buffalo and New York.
The Medical Society of Pennsylvania warns that Saddler fever is a dangerous communicable disease. It mainly affects injury and childhood. A tiny germ causes it and spreads person to person with wide variation in severity. Some cases are mild. others die in hours. Complications include middle ear infection, meningitis, and other secondary diseases. Proper treatment and management are essential.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority builds on a wartime training surge under the Roosevelt administration. Chairman Roberts H. Hinckley announced plans to train 45,000 more pilots by July 1, 1941, leveraging a mobilized structure with 560 training centers nationwide. By June 30, 1940, about 9,000 students in 435 colleges will complete ground school and primary flight training, with additional non college units totaling 50 students. The program envisions phased annual training reaching 15,000 primary pilots in fall and 15,000 more in the spring, plus 5,000 secondary pilots, aiming for a minimum 89 hours of combined instruction. The plan also seeks to salvage lapsed civilian pilots’ certificates to bolster reserves.
A scrambled set of notes describes sea life with cod, halibut, and tunas feeding deep, sun energy storing vitamins, and Finnish tastes for raw fish. It blends musings on fear, laughter, Weasels, crater lakes, avocado fruit, Rome’s emperor Elagabalus, Durban rickshaw boys, and a shifting national geography.
A garbled set of ten trivia items, asking about the latest metal, Canada’s active head of government, three historical kingdoms, women in the U S Naval Reserves in WWI, tallest president, legality of lotteries, principal city of Northern Ireland, English vs female population in the United States, a proverb completion, and a cryptic phrase.
In Minneapolis on a scorching day June 88, a standout 16 pound shot put highlighted a close dual meet between Southern California and Stanford. The two teams, led by strong individual performances, push for national glory as the meet unfolds amid intense rivalry.
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