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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1939
Page
4
The Corry Journal notes the two factions within Japan amid wartime policy. It discusses Tokyo’s gestures toward America and the body of former Ambassador Saito, then reports Japan’s navy expansion plans and a conciliatory statement from a Japanese minister. It suggests civil and military factions competing for control, with militarists often prevailing.
Navy patrol aircraft from San Juan, Puerto Rico, locates and tracks an attacking fleet, relaying movements by radio. After a long mission at 15 000 feet, the crew lands with empty tanks, unmolested, illustrating patrol planes’ endurance though the study omits orders or relief details. Also notes a labor versus capital pay ratio with workers receiving 82 cents per dollar, stockholders 2 cents, and reserves 1 cent.
An American impostor back from Germany reports a revival of religion there. He states Germans worship the God of their fathers, not Norse or Nazi symbols, and credits Hitler's persecutions with strengthening faith across Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish communities. He emphasizes the divine mystery in guiding this spiritual revival.
A veteran at the Press Club rails against moral earnestness and the Republic as he mocks Congress New Deal and Roosevelt body language. He compares politics to elephants dancing and warns of creeping crises while recalling Kellogg Hi Johnson and Pat Harrison with sharp satire.
Bruce Catton argues that while Guam funding stalled, Isla Grande and other Caribbean sites would create a strong barrier protecting the Panama Canal and U S Atlantic coast. He warns German air expansion in South America, but says the Isla Grande project plus Coco Solo and St. Thomas bases would enable constant surveillance and rapid response.
A barroom discussion echoes the idea of the more abundant life as characters debate its appeal and the hidden costs. The scene, with hushed voices and tears, contrasts interest in abundance with implied hardship.
A meeting of Chevrolet truck dealers from Erie Meadville Union City Jamestown North East Corry and Cambridge Springs was held last evening at the Hotel Corry. A. P. Crankshaw district truck manager spoke and presided over the gathering.
Hollywood stars expand beyond screens into businesses including cosmetics by Constance Bennett, real estate and ranching by Richard Arlen, racing ventures by Bing Crosby, horse breeding by Barbara Stanwyck and Zeppo Mars, Bel-Air stables by Allan Jones and Robert Young, Eddie Cantor’s antique trade, Victor McLagren’s non profit Sports Center now self supporting, and Glenda Parrell’s interior decorating success.
Warren March 10. Work on the Glade township consolidated school and alterations at the local high school are at a standstill due to a general walkout of union plumbers. The strike was called by the Warren Building Trades Council. Union officials refused to comment.
Local clubs move to new quarters in the Brown block while a trolley debt plan gains board of commerce approval. A famed entertainer Mather Hilburn appears in Corry on March 14, and a gale tears off part of Hewitt livery. News items include a rash of bad checks, a city age 103 in Boston, and health tips on insulin and metabolism.
The text records Corporal Thoma Bolan winning an event dated 8 Vedic and notes Clyde Howles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Howles of R. D. G, arrived in the United States on March 8 and 14 and now at Camp Dix awaiting discharge.
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