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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1942
Page
4
The Y Evening Journal lists mailing and advertising details for the Corry area. It notes Associated Press rights and states subscription prices and mail rates, with publication information and offices in Chicago New York Detroit Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
A $50,000 grant from the Un arteral Works Agency paves the way for a new 60 bed addition at Corry Hospital to meet defense industry driven demand. Local supporters pressed for federal aid since December, with presidential approval now securing a 5,000 local share. Construction plans include moving wards to the first floor and revamping units to improve efficiency.
An article laments renewed liquor abuses after repeal promises. It recalls a drunken father leaving a saloon and two intoxicated women, arguing enforcement failures justify stronger reform and curb on alcohol. The piece criticizes saloon proprietors and urges action to correct the drift toward vice.
Central Press column argues for a separate department of aviation and for placing aviation under decisive command of MacArthur, noting older surface generals dominate current leadership. It critiques the wartime board and praises aviation advocates while contrasting British, German, and Japanese performance in air power.
A scrambled catalog of trivia prompts asks readers to answer seven questions. It references topics from German Krupp industries to early timekeeping devices, state sizes, film casting, presidential electors, Theodore Roosevelt’s son, and grain producers, in a light classified page quiz tone.
Censis officials and students predict slower growth after 1960 with a population near 153 million by 1960 and later aging, with more people over 63 and rising pension needs. Preventive medicine boosts elderly share, impacting politics and economics, potentially easing toward 1980 and beyond. A wealthy woman’s wish: to watch herself pass a fence.
The Interior Department reports federal aid in wildlife restoration began. The article recalls historic football matches in the southern United States between Duke and the University of North Carolina, noting early rugby-like play before later developments.
The Civil Service Commission scaled back state quotas and eased exams to fill federal jobs during World War II. Starting March 16 the agency will admit applicants from nearby states, classify candidates as eligible or ineligible, and may recruit beyond the eligible list. The plan aims to hire up to 100000 people monthly through 1943, swelling federal payroll toward 2 million by midsummer.
Shirley Temple nearing age fourteen shares screen time with Dickie Moore in Annie Rooney with a playful kiss scene that critics call accidental. The article notes Temple’s stage romance with 15 year old Roland DuPree and references Moore’s grown up appearance behind glasses. It also mentions a sideline about Kate Barker Ma Barker and a violent end for her sons, highlighting the era’s sensational angle.
The piece portrays Shirley Temple blossoming into a glamorous star with new radio work on Junior Miss while revealing her fatigue with constant filming. It recalls her early fame as a child and notes her natural poise that made her a standout in pictures, with details of her progression from child performer to enduring public figure.
The fragment refers to an unclear event described as not transpiring properly and raises questions about timing and outcome. It mentions an undefined completion, a possible reference to process and consequence without concrete names, places, or dates.
City news recalls Sergeant Archie Thompson’s body arriving for interment at Harrison Valley with American Legion service plans. A public milk ordinance meeting was set in the Municipal building with Dean Louis Kline among speakers. White way lighting progress is praised by business leaders. A touring orchestra of American women musicians to New Zealand will perform at High School Auditorium. Miss Helen G Sperry and Ira A Miller wed in Franklin. Levi Orson Lindsey, 61, longtime Concord township resident, dies at Lindsey Hollow.
Charles K. Fontenay, Wide World Features, profiles the Adams families, a semi isolated group in Sumner County Tennessee who know little of the outside world. They live in crude huts near Hendersonville often lacking mailboxes and schooling. Old Tom Adams, unsure of his age, embodies their curiosity about world affairs while claiming ignorance of the war and modern life. Authorities note they arrived from the Upper Cumberland region about a decade ago and live on open land facing pressure to move, yet maintain squatter rights and peaceful existence.
Fragmentary notes describe beliefs about wearing diamonds defeating nature and disease, a monstrous yet harmless shark Rhynoron typhus reaching over 50 feet, plant cycles with green and red berries, early corset fashion across English monarchs, pomanders used as scented guardians, and a plan to publish a Braille Bible in 74 volumes.
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