Clean-Up Week Prompts City Wide Effort and Heroic Tale
Corry announces a spring clean-up led by Mayor Starr and the city council urging every resident to clear litter and fire hazards. The issue features a tale of Eskimo heroism where a 12-year-old boy carried food, his mother ill, and two younger brothers to safety during a long trek to Wagner Inlet. The text also notes a national back to the farm movement as youths return to rural life amid economic strain.
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Ben F. Starr
Tme
Youn
Hudson Bay Territory
Chesterfield Inlet
Eladenac
Aladenac
Judik
Paramount
Studio Club
Wagner Ad Inlet
Kudluk
Wegner Inlet
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Swho
Northland
USC Band to Appear in Hold ’em Jail Film
The University of Southern California marching band will appear in the RKO comedy Hold ’em Jail wearing convict suits rather than their uniforms. The film, based on Sing Sing football team performances from last fall, features Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Edina May Oliver and Tosco Ates.
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University of Southern California
RKO
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Edina May Oliver
Toscoe Ates
Farm Land Draw Accelerates Urban Exodus In Midwest
Netherland notes a broad shift as urban workers face layoffs and move to farms. He cites Federal Land Bank records showing a rising trend of city dwellers buying land, seeking self sufficiency amid low prices and unemployment. More than forty percent of current farm gates now face city ownership. The movement is framed as basic self preservation driving new rural settlement.
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Middlewest
Netherland
Nuniber
Federal Land Banke
Toetherland
Review of 20 Best Short Stories In Ray Long's 20 Years
A readers guide to contemporary fiction highlights in Long & Smith's 20 Best Short Stories. Hemingway's Fifty Grand is noted as rejected by editors before Atlantic Monthly printed it, with praise for Long's introductory comments and selections from Lardner, Maugham, Ferber, Joyce, and others. The piece also notes Corey Ford parodies, Riddell essays on famous writers, and forthcoming anthologies and money and poetry titles from John Day and Whittlesey House, with endorsements by the American Library Association.
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Ay H. Allen Smith
United Press
Ray Long
Long & Smith
Long
Ernest Hemingway
Atlantic Monthly
Hemingway
Ring Lardner
Laurence Stallings
Somerset Maugham
Irvin 5
Cobb
Fannie Hurst
Arthur Stringer
James Oliver Curwood
Ellis Parker Butler
Booth Tarkington
Peter B. Kyne
Edna Ferber
Dorothy Parker
Zona Gale
Corey Ford
John Riddell
Scribners
Covardubias
Rockwell Kent
Herr Riddell
H. G. Wells
Riddell
Theodore Dreiser
John Galsworthy
John Masefield
William Faulkner
James Joyce
Gertrude Stem
Bernard Shaw
Little Mae
John Day
Robin Redbreast
St. Nicholas
Vachel Lindsay
Question jargon and history quiz text
The reader question set asks about general knowledge topics including Cuba, Fort Duquesne, the first U S secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson, state assembly salary, and a quoted line about character. It references page 7 for further content and answers.
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Cuba
Fort Triquesne
Woodrow Wilson
Hollywood Film Shop
Hollywood exposes the cycle of stardom where aging stars fade from top roles yet linger in crowds of extras. Veteran actors, once paid high salaries, now fill minor parts as studios seek familiar faces for crowd scenes and the public keeps chasing fleeting fame.
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George £. Helmer
United Press
Hollywood
Cal
New Contact Sought With Kidnap Gang
Communuen from Yee Vey F H Lackmann came ashore after the craft put in but said he would return soon and be ready to start out again. Weather had hindered navigation but was improving. Authorities held three men for investigation: Robert V Stark of Pittsburgh Eddie R Anderson of Palm Beach Fla and Henry R Singleton of Lille River 30. They had a notebook marked Lindy with a March date. They claimed to be fishermen seeking work. Federal agents from Norfolk Washington and Charleston questioned them and it was understood two select service agents were here or en route.
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F. H. Lackmann
Robert V
Stark
Pittsburgh
Eddie R
Anderson
Palm Beach
Fla
Henry R. Singleton
Lille River
Man dies from gas related heart stoppage, claim in ad
W L Adams suffered bloating after meals with gas so severe his heart paused. An advertisement asserts Adlerika relieved the gas and notes his claim he can eat anything and feels fine. Kelster's Cub Rate Drug Store promotes the remedy.
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W. L. Adams
Adlerika
Kelster
Cub Rate
White House inquiry finds math error in Hoover speech
A Washington inquiry revealed a miscalculation in President Hoover's Richmond speech figures. The total of federal state and local expenditures plus debt retirement was corrected to fourteen billion dollars. Governors at a dinner discussed the error amid other notes on snuff boxes and a birthday cake at Monroe's Fredericksburg office.
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Washington
White House
Hooeer
Richmond
Hoover
James Rolph, Jr
California
Gov. Pollard
Virginia
Senate
Senator Overman
North Carolina
C. Max Gardener
J. C. Blackwood
South Carolin
Monroe
Fredericksburg
South Carolina
Jason McCray Dies at Spartansburg
Relatives in the city were notified of the death of Jason McCray who passed away at his daughter Mrs Jessie Blakeslee home in Spartansburg this morning at 1130. He was an aged resident of this vicinity.
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Jason McCray
Jessie Blakeslee
Spartansburg
Farmer May Be First To Feel the Effects Of Economic Recovery
Charles P. Stewart reports on agricultural leaders in Washington arguing that farming suffered early in postwar hard times and now risks renewed hardship as recovery begins. Mississippi voices warn that high mortgages and foreclosures could trigger broader farm distress before renewal reaches rural areas.
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Charles P. Stewart
Washington, D. C
Stephens
Twenty Years Ago Highlights From May 2 1912 Journal
Corry Motor Club to hold annual meeting Wednesday evening. C and C plant and Spring Creek operations report steady progress and growing fares. Len ton copper steel order from Cleveland firm for new curome nickel steel. Lady Maccabees May Party at State Armory drew about eighty couples. Erie rail road agent J Spencer from Meadville in city on business. A. L. Bush and J. J. Desmond Jett left for western business trip on train No. 5. Dr Elmer B. Livingston of Johnsburg died at Mano hospital. Col Arnold arrived from Kane. horses expected before evening. Bad freight wreck near Ludlow disrupted P R R traffic for twelve hours. Corry Milk Products now handling over 13 000 pounds of milk and producing fine cheese. Bismark and Arthur Feilchenfels of Chicago visiting Corry. R Rogers and Harold Jewell surveying at Union City. Archie Purity, once Corry boy, in town from Erie returning from Jamestown contract for balloon ascensions to start June 26. Fire alarm system failed risking Mrs Carey’s East South street dwelling with considerable damage.
HL Y and Tri-Hi Clubs in Erie Get-Together
Corry Hix and Tri-Hi Club members will attend the annual get-together of the Northwest District M A A clubs at the YWCA in Erie on Friday. A banquet and program will acquaint members with the work of the groups followed by games and a swim in the YMCA and YWCA pools. Representatives from five Tri-Hi clubs in the city are expected to attend.
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Corry Hix
Tri-Hi
Northwest
Ena
M. C. al
W.C. A
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Corry Evening Journal
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Ational Advertising Representative, Inc
Fred OT
New York
Wood
Federal Land Bank
St Louis
Middie West
ARES
Journal
West
Adriesn
Donald 8. Woodward
Marc A. Rose
Whittlesey House
America
American Library Association
Lincoln Steffens
James ‘Truflow Adams
Ludwig Lewisohn
Frederick Allen
Glenn Frank
Norman Thomas
Walter Lippman
United States
Charles A. Beard
EPA
Hollywood Film Shop
Gover
Mor Olson
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
B. Newton
Brisbane Bldz
Buffalo
Gleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Herbert Swphens
Fayarat
Innis
Suv
The
Corry Motor Club
Spring Creek
J. W. & A. P. Howard Co
Inez Mecusker
McInnes Steel Company
Cleveland
State Armory
J. Spencer
Mead Ville
Erie Rail Road
A. L. Bush
J. J. Desmond Jett
Alice L. Mead
Bond Street
Elmer B. Livingston
Johnsburg
Mano! Hospital
Col. Arnold
Kane
Ludlow
Raymond
Corry Milk Products Company
Bismark
Arthur Feilchenfels
Chicago
Corryghonas
R. Rogers
Harold Jewell
Union City
Archie Purity
Erie
Jamestown
N.Y
Celoren Amusement Co
Hl-Y
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center St
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