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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1939
Page
2
A newspaper column notes a surge in holiday shopping driven by rising wages for new workers, farmers income from government aid and growing dividend payments. It predicts bustling Main Street mid December with crowded transit, urged early shopping and potential shortages of finished goods after Christmas.
Army Air Corps planes began a goodwill flight from Municipal airport Cleveland to Albrook Field Panama as part of a 6000 mile mission toward Rio de Janeiro. At 800 a.m. they reported halfway between Cuba and the Cayman Islands and by 9 08 a.m. were 550 miles south of Miami en route to the Canal Zone. In Cleveland first graders at St Angela's school helped dig by pulling rocks for a new 12 room suburban school foundation.
A brick wall under construction collapsed onto three youths at Duke and East State streets last evening. Harold Williams, 11, died at Olean General Hospital from head and chest injuries. Injured were Donald Mischa nee, 16, and Loren Derby.
The first week of additional Pennsylvanian National Guard training under War Department orders advances. Major General Edward Martin said 19 units will train near home stations Tobyhanna Indian Gap Bloomsburg Pittsburgh and New Town Square beginning tomorrow. Police probe mink farm robbery at Tracey and Barhydt in Goulb grip yields three mink pelts killed valued at 18 dollars and a living mink worth 60 dollars.
A partial OCR fragment mentions a gunner or gun fix in luxation and a value reference. The text is incomplete but implies a repair context and valuation. No clear event, date, or identifying entities.
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