Corry letter to Journal on schooling costs sparks critique
A 1930 correspondence to the Corry Journal from M M Engel of Warrin Pa criticizes Colegrove’s school policy report. Engel cites Walter Dill Scott on compulsory schooling and argues taxpayer burden, urging public opinion and library support while noting Engel’s book agent background and forwarding address.
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Colegrove
Corry
Isirneas
Walter Dill Scott
Northwestern University
United States Army
Epltic
Tha
Francia Bacon
M.M
Enghl
I. Engel
West Main Street
General Delivery
Warrin
Jounal
Engel
Maya
Answers to Saturday's Questions 4 5 and more
A collage of trivia: about how many millions live on earth, the lowest point in the U S, Woodrow Wilson's prior office, the study of fish, how long a plane can fly upside down. Answers include a Confederate general, 248 tons, a college abbreviation, parachutes, and British Guiana being unique.
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al Tude
U. S
Wood
Wilson
British Guiana
How many soaps bars fit on the shelves
A puzzle asks how many soap bars measuring 1 1 4 by 2 3 4 by 4 3 4 inches fit on two shelves 10 inches wide and 3 feet total length with 14 inches depth. The answer given is 91.6 gallons, and the note critiques a newspaper editorials about school promotion and the economic angle of a proposition.
Twenty Years Ago In Journal Files May 12 1910
Death claims a well known citizen Frank B. Weisser. Division Engineer Wilbur of Rochester and Supt W D Leet of Fredonia visited Findley Lake road inspection. Senator W A Clark of Waclatk Titanite Explosive Co arrived to take over his Corry plant. He toured departments with Supt W L Bretherton. A wild west show inspires reckless stunts among youths. A Hose Company pool team beat the Maccabees. Julius Scmeider returns from Corning NC. Corry Metal Furniture Co shows sample beds. East Main street paving progresses toward P and B crossing.
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Wilbur
Rochester
W. D. Leet
Fredonia
City
Findley Lake Road
W. A. Clark
Waclatk Titanite Explosive Co
Corry
W. L. Bretherton
Daily Lessons In English And Local News Notes
W L Gordon presents language tips including misuse and pronunciation guidance. The page also mentions daily vocabulary goals and the word Devious with example use. A subgrade work update and social notices follow, listing August Ausnehmer, Mayme Glase Robinson, Celestia MacKenzie and Adelia, with Florida travel context and an evening recital at the auditorium.
Situation in India and what it's all about
United Press staff reports Kerrachi India May 12 The India independence campaign led by Gandhi faces a key decision this week by the national congress working committee to choose a path of non violent resistance or a more extreme policy likely to lead to bloodshed The meeting follows Gandhi's arrest and Abbas Tyabji s imprisonment with Sarojini Naidu Tin temporary leader If V J Patel is chosen violence likely to grow Patel has declared we must fight the government for freedom Gandhi opposes violence The Indian independence movement amid demonstrations and heat beneath a cauldron of unrest reflects a long struggle by the Congress for self government amid wartime and economic strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb Miller
United Press
Kerrachi
India
Mahatma Gandhi
National Congress
Mahatma
Abbas ‘Tyabji
Sarojini Nadu
Gandhi
Abbas Tyabji
V. J. Patél
Legislative Assembly
Patel
Indian National Congress
Philippine Islands
Congress
Readable list of new books and crime notes from May
United Press report surveys recent crime themed titles and social criticism. Danny Abearn's How to Commit a Murder analyzes criminal psychology from an habitual offender's view, while Frank K. Notch critiques modern advertising and mass culture in King Mob. The May selections in the Week-End Library feature Maugham Mor and Whitman among poets and stories, plus Deep South poems by Carl CarmER.
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Paul W. White
United Press
New York
Danny Abearn
Ives Washiburn
Frank K. Notch
Harcourt-Brace
Notch
Maugham
Mor Jey
Whitman
Deep South
Carl Carmer
Farrar & Rinehart
South
Best Seller List and Book Notes from the Press
The list features top fiction and general works including Loyal Lover by Margaret Widdemer and The Mysterious Mr Quin by Agatha Christie. Also noted are The Door by Mary R. Rinehart and The Woman of Andros by Thornton Wilder, with commentary on Carmer’s regional poetry and Southern life studies. Continued on Page Eight.
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Baker & Taylor Co
Lover
Margaret Widdemer
Warrar and Rinehart
Mr. Quin
Agatha Christie
Dodd-Mead
the Door
Mary R. Rinehart
Farrar and Rinehart
Andros
Thornton Wilder
Boni
Cimarron
Edna Ferber
Doubleday Doran
Carmer
Bayou
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A.com
AED
Arthur Golegroves
Eee
Fred Kimball, Inc
46Th St
New Yorke
Tribune
Chicago
Chamber of Cone
MR. Engel
M.M. Engel
Dewey
Frank B. Weisser
Messrs
Messenger
Craker
Kinley
Paulson
Weaver
Stanford Hose Company
Maccabes
Stuffieheam
Westley
Mourton
Rhodes
McElroy
Smith
Hose Company
Julius Scmeider
Corning
N. C
Corry Metal Furniture Co
Bur
W. L. Gordon
August Ausnehmer
N. Center Street
Baker
Mayme Glase Robinson
Celestia MacKenzie
Adelia
Flotida
Parfums
Joncaire
Paris
UN Peu D’ Orient
France
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center St
Hammond Elevator Co
First Avenue
Corry, Pa
Journal
Abearn
Doubleday-Doran
Harding
Gaston B. Means
Guild
Charles Sale
Charles A. Beard
Longmans- Green
Amos 'N' Andy
Charles J. Correll
Freeman P Gosden
Rand McNally
Prosper Baranelli
F. Gregory Hartswick
Margaret Petherbridge
Simon and Schuster
Citizens National
Capt. Care
Ranza
Mexico City
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