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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1930
Page
3
An American correspondent in Latvia notes a recurrent war scare in Russia with recalls of mass persecutions and church closures used to justify intervention. He doubts the intensity of the anti religious crackdown while acknowledging Russian suspicion of foreign foes aided by exaggerated criticism, urging restraint toward Russia.
Chicago business leaders form a secret six to curb crime, bypassing police. Col. Robert Randolph, head of the Association of Commerce, says the task could be finished in six months for a million dollars. The plan relies on financing and covert operations to convict offenders. Outsiders and insiders alike are watching with guarded optimism about a business driven cleanup.
A compiled note from the Corry Journal includes a report of unsatisfactory finances at Wity manage ment and forfeit attempts by Joe Greenan of Buffalo to arrange a match with Comstock. Floods shift rubber boots from Cleveland to outlets. spring weather and urban details, post office changes at Miller's Station, and marriages in Cosmopolis and Marquette. Union and business updates include resignations at Adams Express and travel plans for P A Loveland to Texas and California.
A math teaser notes a circle with diameter 20 nehes. To find arc length for 88 degrees use fraction of circumference. Circumference equals 20 pi nehes. Arc length equals 88/360 of that value. Compute as 88 pi /18 nehes.
W B Stout of the Ford Stout planes group argues aviation will spark a new era of prosperity. He envisions a small, affordable private plane for rising buyers, likening it to the auto once owned by the wealthy. As production increases, prices drop and the average person may own a plane. The automobile’s growth is a parallel for aviation’s potential impact.
A compact daily guide to English usage and spelling from W L Gordon. Notes common misuses mispronunciations and misspellings while highlighting a daily vocabulary goal. The piece presents examples like consumption meaning the act of consuming and urges readers to grow their word power by using a word three times.
The list provides brief Q A items including Roosevelt as the great American leader, Venus trap reference, 100 as a value, the metoscope, and the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea as the location for the leaning tower query.
Henry Louis Mencken, just back from abroad, calmly faces heat and cigars. He reads hundreds of scathing editorials about himself with composure. He lives in Baltimore, commutes to New York, and began as a reporter in 1889. At 23 he was Baltimore Evening Herald city editor in 1903 and later became literary critic and coeditor of the Smart Set for years. He launched The American Mercury in 1921 and once orchestrated an arrest in Boston to defend press freedom.
Franklin City Council moves to consider a new mercantile tax to fund a boulevard lighting project. Mayor Perringer supports the plan as a means to raise revenue. the tax would be financed by Keystone Public Service Co. and apply to contractors and tradespeople. The measure seeks to fill a long unenforced ordinance. South Penn Oil reports 1929 profits of 5.14 million dollars on 1.2 million shares, with substantial surplus and a 42 dollar book value per share.
A fire discovered in the basement of F. H. Murry Hardware in the Carl DeVittori block at Main and Mill streets caused about 4000 dollars in damage. The blaze began in the rear, likely from spontaneous combustion, with smoke and water doing the heavier harm. Firemen arrived promptly and battled the fire for over half an hour before declaring the danger past.
An Ames Drug Store listing promotes Thoxine as a cough remedy with rapid action, claiming relief from coughing and sore throat without chloroform or dope. It markets safety for families and offers money back guarantees, with price points 35¢ and $1.00.
The former president Calvin Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge left the Coolidge dam site near Globe Arizona for Northampton Massachusetts by the Southern Pacific train Ponto at 8 02 p m After the Indian dance ceremonies the crowd dispersed and many waited at Globe 26 miles away Mrs Agnes Hines travels to Youngstown Ohio due to her sister Sister Mechtida's death yesterday morning
Two famed army pilots visited Erie on Monday after a blinding snow storm forced their plane to land at Port Erie airfield. Capt. Lowell Smith, based in Buffalo, and Capt. Lotha Smith, heads of the Around the World flight squadron, stayed at the Lawrence Hotel after waiting over two hours for better weather reports.
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