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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1941
Page
4
The western camp for conscientious objectors opens June 2 at the San Dimas experimental forest in California. About 93 enrollees will be paid by their church and work for the federal Soil and Water Conservation project to study food conditions and support national defense efforts.
A reader observes the U S Senate's dull routine with few senators present and little oratory. The piece notes businesslike activity, absent entertainment, and the vast scope of government work forcing senators and representatives into offices and committees rather than public debate.
Twenty years ago prom journal files note Mrs Paull Bléker and daughter Isabelle spending the evening at the Harding Home and School Association event. Coy High's track team defeated Mouth East 58 to 20 in a field meet. Dairymen's League secretary Clark announced a milk price of 148 dollars and the milk contract was sent to the Mohawk plant. Also, many local residents attended Ringling Bros circus in Erie. Deception Day Ball Game scheduled between Stanford Hose and the Caseys. Mr and Mrs Franke Crowell and Mr and Mrs L W Colegrove drove to Cleveland to visit Merle Cowles.
An article discusses eggs as a staple food noting their nutritional content and popularity. It highlights freshness issues from bulk buying and storage, emphasizing cleanliness and avoidance of cracked eggs due to contamination risks. It also mentions that eggs suit invalids, children, the healthy, and the sick, with a brief note on language usage and a daily reminder.
The article notes tornado threats across Arkansas Missouri Iowa Timis and much of Nebraska and Kansas with potential for more elsewhere. It mentions recent tornado events in New Orleans Cleveland Indianapolis Philadelphia including years 1885 and 1911. A penguin feature explains a water-pressurized throat bag for diving and Sir Walter Scott’s novel Marie Mandering praised as his best.
AP reports on gliders, paratroopers, and towing planes as the latest invasion tools in modern warfare. Noting Crete as a historic use, the piece describes stealthy gliders carrying up to 14 troops, towing methods, and limited official U.S. tests amid high costs and questionable results.
John Gomboy senior supervisor in Northwestern Pennsylvania announced the June surplus commodities list for the Food Stamp Plan. Fifteen items including fresh beans cabbage fruits dairy pantry items and eggs will be available June 1 through June 30 in Crawford Mercer Venango and Warren counties with Little and fresh carrots removed from the June list and free blue stamps cautioned not to be exchanged.
Johnsonburg will observe daylight time with stores and local institutions aligning to daylight schedules. The Food Merchants Association members will operate during day hours, as decided at a Monday meeting, while Gasima paper mill and the Johnsonburg National Bank begin daylight time operations with Ridgway and St Marys also shifting last Sunday.
A fragmented set of trivia items asking about agriculture geography history and law. Questions cover lemon production regions, ambergris origin, early solo Atlantic flights, Horace Greeley, an animal substance used as food, lions as a metaphor for a hue, the Federal Wage and Hour law, Monroe Doctrine writers, and a discussion of Dominion geography and apples with outdated baseball pitching notes.
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