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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1940
Page
4
A Corry revival effort aims to revive local baseball with a planned opening game Saturday. Veteran Verne Group leads a committee of business leaders and citizens funding turnout grounds uniforms and other expenses to restore the diamond pastime. Success hinges on fan support, management effort, and sustained local backing.
Historic notes recount Jamestown Virginia as a political and economic hub until Williamsburg reclaiming sacred capital status. Mentions Wayfarer's Dole offering bread and ale at St. Criss Hospital in Winchester, England. Also notes large box traps used by Pisgah N. C. to capture deer for relocation to other preserves. Alaska hosts government run school teaching carving of totem pole replicas by Indians.
Tonight's CBS and NBC lineups feature Al Pearce and His Gang with Elmer Blast and Little Man Bryan at 7:30. Kate Smith Hour follows at 8. Max Marcin mystery drama The Death Dealer airs at 9. Gov. John E Myles guest of honor on Ripley's Believe It or Not at 10:30. Also includes Johnny Presents and Gene Wallace anecdotes.
Hollywood reports that Paramount’s research into kissing habits of the era informs plans for Rangers of Fortune. Fred MacMurray and Patricia Morison are set for a long sentimental love scene that challenges Hays Office standards while aiming to satisfy audiences and directors.
A jumble of quotes on noise and sound in industry and daily life cites the value of quieter construction and sound absorbing materials. It notes 1940 election year pressures on ears and mentions a film kiss scene to be shot for camera, explained as for visual effect.
Journal file notes recount several local incidents. Xolarence Garatt and others escaped injury when a car left the road near the tannery and toppled into a creek. George Elsworth suffered a leg injury at Ajax plant when a flywheel dropped on it. Ze Yawata will address Gerior high graduation on May 27. Molders in local foundries near settlement of a strike. most expected back at work tomorrow. Merritt Deyo suffered burns while handling a stove and clothing damaged by flame.
Questions from the Medical Society of Pennsylvania appears as a blotched item with several prompts about horsehairs turning to snakes and other trivia. It notes a high school address event with Rev Frederick W. Troy delivering a principal sermon and George McKelvey traveling to York for a Knights Templar conclave, reflecting a local page item.
An ad claims Thompson's Borsoma Tablets restore good health by easing aches and dizziness while aiding kidney function to remove wastes. It promotes Golden Lax Tablets for constipation and notes ADR compatibility, urging readers to try the easy path to health.
Fragmentary text asks about delivery failure of letters to Merhert Hot yer Alfred Landon or Gove Harold Stassen and about the Italian representative at the World War Peace conference. The passage lacks coherent context or complete names and details.
Miscellaneous garbled text asks about religious phrases and geographic locations with stray phrases about radio visual transmission and an odd dial reference. It lacks coherent event or identifiables to form a factual news card with named entities or dates.
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