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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1941
Page
4
The piece argues that a coming wave of re employment will lift relief rolls as a manufacturing economy runs at capacity. It notes skilled labor shortages across industries and suggests more idle workers may reappear despite improved prospects, due to population growth and higher living standards.
The article critiques Japan's claim of goodwill as it hints at withdrawing troops from China, warning Chiang Kai-shek may see through such gifts and suggesting a Trojan horse behind the move. It contrasts with U.S. steel capacity claims by Irving Olds, noting U.S. Steel accounts for about one third of American output.
Stephen Leacock argues why Canadians and Americans value visiting each other and why global unity rests on more than treaties. He emphasizes personal testing, mutual trust, and peaceful friendship as the true basis for lasting harmony beyond formal pacts.
A fragmented column ponders an absurd one minute insurance policy on a 80 ton Douglas aircraft, with a $1,000,000 policy and $80,000 premium, then muses on aviation progress from Lindbergh to massive postwar craft. It juxtaposes risk, cost, and the renewal of life as spring refreshes the reader’s mood with pastoral imagery.
The article discusses how perspiration removes body salt and the need for salt in labor. It notes high industrial demand and cheap mining, citing over 29 million tons produced yearly. It highlights the vast sea salt supply as a potential endless resource and mentions salt's central role in health and industry.
Shipping experts describe the U S plan to assemble 2,000,000 tons of shipping to support Britain. They detail British losses, wartime convoy limits, and how reduced efficiency threatens war materiel delivery. The piece links the Pool to broader via Atlantic patrols and convoy protection.
The piece lists scattered notes on 19th century topics including the Blue Danube Waltz premiere in Vienna on February 18 1867 the graves of President Tyler and President Monroe Hollywood Cemetery Roanoke Raleigh Roanoke National Park Service preservation Harold J. Tekes announcements of historic sites Virginia Dare birthplace and early English colonization references.
Twelve horses at Bowen and Abétre Ha know more about the tides than local fishermen. They wander town at all hours as the tide runs out between Bowen harbor’s arm and Naga wine island. The horses assemble, splash through shallow water to Magazine Island, feed as Water rises, their movements noted by observers on June 3.
Charles P. Stewart reports on calls to raise factory shifts to seven days a week and three shifts per day to boost machine tool production. Roosevelt weighs in as firms argue skilled labor limits and Selective Service may reassign draftees to machine tool work as defense needs grow.
Hospital Day observances unfold as Senior High girls visit a hospital. AbRillary ladies sell tags in the business district. A-farm fire near Wattsburg destroys the Will Gilmore home and barn. Nurses-to-be announced at Gerry Hospital: Jane Peterson Josephine Smith Glare Davis Tatile Minor and others. Angela Donahue plans to reopen Timer Hotel in Cambridge Springs. Municipal auditorium seats 14, with new shades installed. Roscoe Gilson returns from Chicago after a traveling buyer post. A daughter Bernice Fose born to Mr and Mrs Frank Graying on May 6.Miss Heathermaine Elizabeth Sullivan wed Louis Mopar in Warren Ohio.
Air trade improved its airline business with a 59 to 7 percent better performance in the same month of the prior year, signaling a notable month over month rebound.
A description notes a fog or mist produced in films using mineral air drawn into a device, misted into an AbraW wwV, and shot against an heated plate. The setup involves a whisking stent and an initial blow over a method termed dey Tew.
A collage of quiz questions asks for translations, names, and facts from Roosevelt era to modern times. It includes inquiries about a Spanish song title translation, Roosevelt children, a famous phrase about liberty, Houston naming, pipe water flow, wartime assistants, wage law holidays, postage rates, and Anthony Adversor. It also asks for the largest state by area and mentions the Mississippi River.
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a report on Java facing money shortages and large population pressures. References to mules, tiles, and a 42 million figure hint at economic or logistical concerns amid turmoil. Names and exact details remain unclear from the fragment.
Washington notes Henrik de Kauffmann, a Danish minister, helped sign a Greenland defense pact with the United States, while his grandfather was forced to sign a peace treaty after Denmark lost Schleswig-Holstein in a prior war. The piece also profiles William S. Knudsen’s brusque defense production responses and introduces Wayne Coy as McNutt’s protégé rising in federal service, plus a tangential aside on misperceived U.S. dollar seals and cloudy symbolism.
GEORGE TUCKER NEW YORK The library of the New York Academy of Medi is a quiet refuge where doctors students and writers seek knowledge. Nine men visited briefly yesterday each recognized by the attendant and asked for topics from cancer research to anesthesia in the Civil War to Mesmerism.
A garbled OCR item lists weights and prices for various bags and items, but the exact goods, quantities, and seller details are unclear. The fragment suggests bulk weights such as 25 and 50 pounds with prices like four dollars fifty cents, but lacks coherent context or identifiable entities.
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