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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1945
Page
4
A health column explains blood pressure risks and the effects of high and low pressure. It notes that long-term hypertension strains the heart and vessels, with symptoms like headaches and fatigue. The piece emphasizes periodic checkups to detect progressive pressure changes and the impact of overexertion and emotion.
Associated Press reports Memorial Day fatalities across the state. Three brothers died when a Pennsylvania Railroad train collision occurred near Beaver County. Two Pittsburgh boys were killed by a train near the Corliss tunnel. Police Chief Ralph Herrod died when his horse bolted in Westmont. A Philadelphia youth drowned in the Schuylkill River and several others suffered serious injuries or fatalities in various incidents.
Impressive procession and exercises marked Corry's Memorial Day with Rev G P Hildebrand Jr delivering invocation. Mayor Heppler welcomed a hundreds-strong crowd around the plat as veterans groups led by Wallace W Young and others were introduced. Judge Allison D Wade delivered a stirring address urging world peace and warning against future wars while stressing Prior to the address music by the Elks Male Chorus and performances highlighted the ceremony.
The Veterans Memorial Committee organized a flag placement at Pine Grove Cemetery and nearby cemeteries including St. Elizabeths, St. Thomas, and others in Eveily and surrounding towns. The event honored two Confederate Civil War veterans and involved speakers and a program scheduled for Flag Day.
Heavy fighting rages as Syria and Lebanon clash with French forces in Damascus after a night of mortar and artillery bombardment. London reports say British intervention paused the shelling but hostilities continued. Paris radio cites attacks by Syrians and Gendarmes with French planes in action. Further clashes erupt across southern Syria.
An excerpt surveys Winston Churchill as a youth and later political figure. It contrasts his wartime leadership with Liberal and Conservative shifts, noting his influence on social policy and government powers, and hints at election timing and comparisons to U S figures. The piece references Gandhi Roosevelt Stalin and Lloyd George in a broad historical reflection.
A scrambled quiz page presents seven questions about Bible authorship Apostolic Age and Prohibition era history. It includes garbled phrases about a dynasty, moving funds to the Pacific War, and a murder case in New York, plus misprinted quotes and names.
Pennsylvania reports 39 percent of the 306 million Seventh War Loan goal raised by May and through Tuesday, with overall totals reaching about 14.7 million dollars over the previous period. Chairman C Ruhland Rebmaim Jr of the War Finance Committee announced the progress and urged continued efforts across the state.
The report notes that cartilage rich in stored body sugar or glycogen precedes bone formation. As hardening progresses the glycogen disappears, indicating its role in early skeletal development and mineralization.
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