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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1939
Page
4
Municipal officials urge public cooperation with parking and traffic rules in Corry. Authorities plan heavy enforcement and added staff to ensure compliance. Night baseball remains experimental as fans back the local team.
In a forceful address the President appeals for Congress to pass measures to mobilize idle money and put machines and people to work. He warns that disagreement and delay threaten the national effort and urges prompt, practical steps led by Congress and cooperative citizen action.
Framing the Dauphin county court inquiry as a political instrument, the report says the investigation into alleged irregularities of the Marle administration served partisan aims and damaged public trust. It depicts the effort as rotten politics, aimed to mislead the electorate.
May 20 in Washington reports on a new Agriculture Department food distribution experiment using relief stamps in Rochester New York. The plan aims to boost relief purchases and indirectly raise retail sales for nonrelief shoppers by expanding relief buying power and lowering margins on surplus items. Grocers test price cuts and higher volumes as the program expands, with Dayton and other cities under consideration for stamp use.
A fragment listing quiz prompts asks which star is the sun, the tallest humorous figure, the meaning of cenotaph, Paul Runyan's sport, Sir Roger Backhouse, decade length, pronunciation of diploma, highest mountain by sea level, definition of marine animals, and the meaning of nom de plume.
Questions and answers on nail growth dryness and disorders from a Pennsylvania Medical Society quiz. Topics include nail growth rates white spots hangnails vertical ridges and nail biting with guidance and common errors in wording.
Corry’s Salvation Army drive reached eight thousand dollars announced at a rally by Elks members. Bentley and Raymond of this city returned from Harrisburg after a conference with highway officials on the Warren V Wrightsville and Columbus state road project. Local farmers show interest in the test well on Steanigan farm near Bear Lake. Mrs Heath sustained a dislocated arm when the wagon operated by her husband overturned on Findley Lake road. Private Joseph Barry Lynx has arrived home from Camp Meade, and Dr Arthur Christie came to visit his father after arriving from Washington.
Fragmentary OCR style notes mixed with pop culture barbs cover campus pranks at Michigan State College, Hollywood formula debates, and sports slump talk about the New York Giants. The item blends partisan humor with scattered references to figures like Potter D Orgay Palmer and Bill Terry. A birthday party at Pony Express Museum and a stray political travel anecdote conclude the fragment.
NBC schedules feature Laurette Taylor and Charle Mangante with accordion quartet at 1, Rosalind Russell with Charlie McCarthy at 7, Grantland Rice and Owen Davis Jr with Lawrence Tibbett at 9, and a host of names across NBC Red Blue and NEC networks. The listing notes thefts, satisfyingly long castings, court actions, and public notices with multiple regional references and musical segments throughout the day.
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