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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1939
Page
4
The piece argues that agricultural waste like corncobs can yield chemical furfuralhyde for varnish and plastics, signaling a new industrial age blending farming with laboratories. It cites Henry Ford and others embracing farm raw materials, and suggests regional factories may spread through farm country to exploit such innovations.
Ex Gov William A Sweet leads a quiet spring effort in Washington to craft a drastic national policy aimed at ending unemployment and restoring prosperity. The American Association for Economic Freedom seeks to push an Industrial Reconstruction Act with a National Reconstruction Commission, planning boards, regional councils, and government finance supports to expand industry and absorb unemployment.
An odd report describes college football players biting a device called a xenathodynamometer and a related instrument, noting their best bite reached 180 pounds while others averaged 298 pounds. A scientist took the gadget to the Arctic as Inuit volunteers tested it, but the text is garbled and incomplete.
Miss Anna Nugent's resignation as Corry Hospital superintendent was accepted by the hospital board and Miss Faith Call ing was elected to fill the vacancy. The fuel administration plans to lift the ban on new homes connecting to tubable gas mains. Charles Pain was elected secretary of the Stancord Hose Company to succeed Wallace Corswell. Public warming is urged for motorists to enforce all traffic laws. John Robinson's circus is booked to perform in Corry on June 5. Lieutenant Milon Brown returned from overseas and sailed to New York. Private Don Olds, recently at HQ troops in Germany, has arrived at Camp Mills New York.
A historical report notes a non-native population of about 43 000 in Mozambique's Portuguese colonial era. It discusses demographic makeup, administration and potential social implications for the colony during that period.
A fragmented catalog of groceries and household goods including Orchard Park tomato juice catsup corn and veal chops, cream cheese and cottage cheese, napkins, cereal bars, coffee milk and cleanser brands, prices given as 2 for 236 or 2 for 23 cents, with lines referencing cleen zit and clothes lines.
Tonight's schedule features Senator Taft and Rep Smith debating economics at 5:30. NBC Blue carries Information Please at 7:30 with Bella Spewack and Rex Stout, NBC Red features Judy Garland with Bob Hope at 9, and NBC Blue airs Lyon Busy News on Panay. Also on NBC Blue True Story at 3 about King George VI, and Dixie Handicap coverage from Pimlico on NBC Red at 4:15.
Corn harvesting remains labor intensive as it is largely done by hand, requiring more worker input than most other grains. This traditional method underscores the challenge of manual harvest in fields, affecting efficiency and costs for farmers relying on seasonal labor.
A garbled report notes Howard Carlson 77 and Donald Garvey 18 involved in a burglary case tied to a Lang's Bakery office in James Weeks town. It mentions a two weeks’ witness period and a confession of $919 from a safe, with Carlson said to be in poor health.
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