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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1940

Page

4

Rex to complete new play house by December 15

R Rogers in charge of Rex construction reports the new play house will be finished by December 15. The venture is capitalized at 100000 dollars. Mrs Elwyn Crapser hosted a luncheon honoring Mrs Lynch of Chicago with twelve guests. Historical Circle discussed Colonial America and poetry readings. Rita Porter arrived in San Gabriel to resume work. Harry G Roberts travels to Pittsburgh on a buying trip. Mrs Beck departs for Elmira after a stay at Quinlisk millinery. Local note on common English usage follows.

R. Rogers New Playhouse Rex Elwyn Crapser

Seven Quiz Questions from a Classified Page

A set of seven test prompts from a classified page covering Hawaiian terms, dances, navigation, presidents, debts, the Panama Canal, Latin mottos, royal children, revenue bills, and the Apostle to the Gentiles. Includes misprints and irregular spellings.

United States Panama Canal North South Amer Gaul Great Britain Congress

Jerie Woman Attacked as Attacker Escapes

Erie report details a Nov 26 assault on Mrs Edward ies by an unidentified man while she tended back yard refuse. She screamed and fought him, clothing torn. The victim had been ill and recently homebound. she is survived by her husband.

Erie Edward Ies Rishant Dundon

Council Sees Bright 1941 Budget With 14 Percent Mill Tax

City officials report budget prospects for 1941 remain within receipts from a 14 percent mill tax levy. Improved business and employment, expected Liquor License fund revenue, and steps to reduce tax strain could boost homebuilding and property retention as Council aims to keep taxes steady while financing municipal needs.

Council

Gunshot Wound Fatal to Man in Oil City

Oil City report states Paull Gates tad of 302 Alland Avenue died from a left chest gunshot wound fired at his home Saturday afternoon. Attending physician says Gatesman, a former carpenter out of work, was fatally shot with a rifle and died before arrival. Corner S. G. Foster is notified and leading the investigation.

Oil City Paull Gatestad Alland Avenue Gateaman Woik S. G. Foster Gatesman

Worker fractures wrist in engine cranking at debris site

Wesley Lindsey, 28, of Mohawk Avenue Extension Warren, suffered a fracture of the right wrist in an accident at the wrecking operations at the old Climax plant on West Main Street. He snapped the bone while cranking a Fordson engine attached to the shovel used to clear debris. Lindsey, an employee of the Jerry Quit Company, received treatment at Cory Hospital.

Wesley Lindsey Mohawk Avenue Warren Wreakink Climax West Main Street Lindsey Fordson Jerry Quit Company Cory Hospital

Weygand’s Rim of a French Monarchy in Crisis

The article portrays General Maxime Weygand as anti German and anti Italian, favoring a rapid reversion to a monarchy to stabilize France. It speculates on a union with De Gaulle and the Free French, warns of potential fragmentation into rival factions, and questions whether a limited constitutional monarchy could curb totalitarian tides while Britain, Vichy, and republican forces struggle amid doubt and chaos.

Maxime Weygand Jone Havi Antttalian Hitler Britain Prance Vichy Weye Die de Guise Pdn Prancy Mui France DeGauille de Gaulle

Notable fragment hints at regional tension and shortage

Fragmentary data suggests a regional focus on central and southern areas with references to night, a heavy arm, and a one year shortage. Names and concrete details are unclear, making precise attribution difficult.

Inos Drocth Gerion

Army officers to win recruits respect in new citizen army

General Marshall calls on commanders to foster high morale and lead by example as the Army trains an entirely new citizen force. New units and strict discipline aim to secure consent of hundreds of thousands of young Americans for a full year of service.

Morgan M. Beatty Washington George Marshall Hms Marshall B.S. Dat Jess

Daily Dozen from the Medical Society of Pennsylvania

Time was when paterfamilies carried weight. Early American families averaged seven or eight children. Today the average family eludes about children. Thirty years ago there were an] children per American family. On hundred families had 450 children, now they have 300. There are about 90,000,000 fam ilies in the United States. More than 7,000,000 of these consist of only two people. The birth rate is dropping in America to an alarming degree. The excess of births over deaths now is only 7 per 1,000. In 1880, Unis excess Was 31 per 1,000. of population. Birth rates are discouraging in civilized countries. Wars always retard population growths-except in the Orient.

United States America Unis Orient

Inaccurate Facts Packaged as Knowledge

A jumble of dubious claims spans biology history and physics. It references fishberries used in East India, an Athens population claim, an implausible blood vessel length in a human boxy, and a claim of no insulator for magnetism, lacking sources or coherence.

Numan Boxy

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