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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
3
The article discusses railroads adopting a travel credit system allowing any good credit holder to pay for trips costing 50 dollars or more in installments. It argues the scheme may boost business while urging readers to save before travel, noting moral concerns about debt but acknowledging it as a timely trend.
A column of trivia questions asks about baseball feats, history and language usage. It also includes a Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching discussion urging publicizing facts and cooperation with authorities to prevent mob violence.
Radio Today and Tomorrow outlines NBC CBS and Columbia network lineups for the evening. Programs include Musical Americana on NBC Blue, a Taft speech from Cincinnati via the Columbia network, and Davis Martinello welterweight bout on NBC Blue. Local acts feature Clarence Rivers guest on Strange As It Seems and Carnegie Hall concert by Federation of Music Clubs.
The text recounts a centuries old Chinese inventor who built an airship powered by 47 rockets that exploded simultaneously, killing him. It also notes large multi generational families in China where married sons live with parents, and mentions Queen Nefertiti painting her nails red 3000 years ago.
The piece discusses surgical suturing skills and materials. It explains needle dexterity, wound closure, stitch choices, and various sutures such as linen silk catgut and silver. It notes catgut from sheep intestines and mentions silk in eye nerve and artery surgeries.
A petition with seventy seven signatures requesting daylight saving time was laid on the table at Ridgway Lawn council. Officials say signers do not reflect public wishes and favor a method to gauge majority opinion before any action is taken.
Johnsonburg May 16 Forest fires raged through the vicinity over the weekend burning more than twenty acres. Deputy fire warden Henry Alello says fishermen careless in the woods sparked the blazes and warns all visitors to exercise extreme caution.
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