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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1940
Page
4
Fragmented OCR notes describe a walking technique with precise foot placement. The text mentions forward motion, toes extended, and feet following a set pattern. The fragment references creatine and dust, but these details are unclear within the garbled lines.
A former U.S. consul, Samuel Harden Church, discusses why some call for Adolf Hitler’s assassination amid U.S. neutrality concerns. He notes the danger of discovery, the potential for German retaliation, and the complicated global stakes of removing Hitler. Church raises questions about anti Nazi sentiment in Germany and the risks to German Jews if such an act occurred.
The piece argues modern Nazism threatens civilization, calling Hitler an ideological madman whose regime would drag the world to universal tyranny. It praises reform efforts like the Prohibition Party led by Roger Babson, critiques war’s toll, and laments aviation’s brutal turn from peaceful progress to deadly warfare.
NBC Red and Blue networks feature a full evening of programming from 8:00 to beyond midnight. James Melton and Francia White headline operatic and vocal selections with Donald Voorhees and a 57 piece Bell Symphony. Other acts include Eddie LeBaron, Sammy Kaye, Wally Stoefler, Lou Breeze, Mitchell Ayres, and Don Bester orchestras. Dramatic and educational segments share the slate with a Lux Radio Theater adaptation and a three chapter broadcast column.
Motorists urged to slow on brick pavement by KA and Cowtes patrolman from Findley Lake road for the state highway department. Celebrities YPrancis Bushman Bever dy Bayne and troupe arrived in town en route to Jamestown for a film engagement. Miss Zella York returns home from Avon where she taught. A King returns from West Paul Betch, Pla, after an 1800 mile car trip in eight days with detours. Loretta Fitegerald Andé Shields Kathryn Condors Thelma King and Dora Galt attended a Columbus dance in Brad ford Jest. Warren Detocay sustains brain injury in a recent incident.
Hollywood report recalls Monte Blue a longtime silent film star and stuntman born Cherokee Indian blood, who rose from lamp lighter and lumberjack to featured actor in The Birth of a Nation. He later toured studios, played roles in The Marriage Circle and Shadows of the South Seas, then retired before returning for later Westerns.
An incoherent OCR fragment discusses greenhouse plants, treatment methods, and vague references to Armenian beads and yellow coloration. It mentions large round cakes, goats, and infant health. mentions tubernies and a claim of one million special operations in the United States, but the text is largely garbled with no clear event or facts to confirm.
Dr Will F Alexander reports Farm Security Administration borrowers in Nebraska increased their average family income to 438.01 last year, up 59 percent from before aid. Repayments total 1,872,394 against 12,809,491 loaned. Rehabilitation families diversified into chickens dairy and livestock and canned 1,025,423 quarts of produce and produced 2771,815 gallons of milk for home use.
An excerpt listing guidance on hydration and thirst from the Medical Society of Pennsylvania. It discusses how drinking water helps body balance, saliva flow, and throat lubrication, noting the effects of dehydration. The fragment references ordinary water content, salinity effects, and how salt water swallowing influences throat sensation.
In New York the Critics Circle and Pulitzer prize winner William Saroyan claim The Sime of Your Life as the best play of the year, though the reviewer dismisses it as thin and overly precious. Other Broadway offerings like Out from Under and The Strangler Fig receive cautious, mixed assessments highlighting weak plotting, uneven lines, and mixed drama, with praise for Ruth Weston and Miss Meiser's acting and potential.
In Tangaster Pennsylvania a local effort to erect a large steel pole at Witentland near the James Rubininan site is described. The project involves community members and historians hoping to mark a historic location with a symbolic mast amid limited details.
State Highway Department officials disapproved several highway bids on Saturday. Baldwin Bros Paving Co of Cleves Tank won a 6.20 mile resurfacing contract on US Route and nearby routes, tied to sections in Crawford and other counties, with bids around 131,089 dollars. Ferguson & Edmondson Co of Pittsburgh secured a 2.00 mile concrete project, and Charley H Pry Obstruction Co will build 221 miles of macadam linked to township work.
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