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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
4
A discussion on financing national defense through inflation or heavy taxes, arguing for a middle path that raises production and income without crippling living standards. The piece considers how higher taxes or inflation affect employment, savings, and the economy, and suggests redirecting production toward peaceful uses to avoid past shocks.
The piece discusses a broad call to bolster Red Cross relief work and disaster aid, urging prompt action and global awareness of suffering. It notes October deliveries and German wartime propaganda, plus rounds of peacetime conscription and enlistment effects on manpower and volunteerism.
The draft army will spend about a million dollars on fun during training with three new large camps. Highlights include Hollywood style nights, big top divisions, boxing, music bands, camp socials, amateur dramatics, and army publications. Hostesses with character will run service clubs and cafes while chaplains advise on church attendance and letters home. Tomorrow piece: how the draft army will be fed.
Fragmentary historical notes mention a Spanish ship captured in October 1854 with pieces of eight and caskets, a white lomaz gem weighing 12 pounds, and a teak plant growing to 30 feet. They discuss safety patrols, hard Florida wood, Cambridge’s colleges, and questions about medical follow-up for draft board examinees.
Guaranteed to prove the great Hower Co Lenuine Old Mohawk Medicine cleanses waste and congestion. Two family bottles for 95 cents or a big bottle for 49 cents to try. Within hours it aims to drive waste from the body and ease pains in arms back knees and legs after about six doses. Rexall Drug Rate Drugs carries it.
A fragmented quiz item asks readers to solve ten questions about safety scores woodchucks state populations TVA dam Roman numerals and other facts. It is a misc text fragment likely from a classifieds or reader quiz page with unclear formatting.
A brief note laments the absence of a Sunday edition twenty years ago and cites a common error in instruction. The piece stresses subject verb agreement, insisting the verb aligns with the subject, not the predicate noun.
Elbert Hubbard once spoke on Corry’s lecture platform and was cousin to J. R. Graves. He wrote of memory as a companion, recalling youth and songs once sung, and warned that aging bears the cost of past homage.
Motit No 1 Rockport Mississippi features a fish nicknamed Mali No 1 that has earned international notice among artists and photographers. The tag was given years ago by Lester Hornaby, known for pen and pencil sketches of city buildings in Boston Paris Rome and London.
From the Medical Society of Pennsylvania note bouillabaisse for strong stomachs and bouillon for weak. Bouillon is an essence of meat in liquid form, brewed from finely cut meat then strained. Beef is preferred but other meats work. bouillon’s nutritive value is low and it stimulates gastric juice. Tivalids may be given to aid appetite and digestion. sip bouillon to prepare for bouillabaisse.
Erie authorities investigate the murder of Alex Presinski 55 of the Jungle at 21st and Greengarden road. He died after sustaining a fractured skull at St Vincent's hospital. Detectives confirmed identity with a social security card. Two suspects, Harald Patterson 50 and Frank Bynt 57, are held without charge. An iron pipe was found near his car. District attorney to consider murder charges. Malta population 462,000.
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