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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1937
Page
4
Washington dispatch recalls 1938 as a year of droughts high prices and booming crops and industry, contrasting abundant harvests with rising living costs. It notes labor tension, the labor standards bill threat, and fears of government price and wage policies affecting recovery.
The piece critiques press freedom under political pressure and reports Congress failing to revive the economy during a special session. It notes widespread fear, uncertainty, and legislative gridlock hindering recovery, with calls for decisive action and resistance to partisan obstruction.
Hollywood reports Shirley Temple altered her trademark curls for a scene in her next picture Changing a trademark instantly becomes a bigger issue than a simple hair change Temples mother supported a temporary switch producer Zanuck approved the idea and Shirley approached him at the studio cafe to seek a part in a film, asked for her name Roberta and received a笑 approval for a small role
The article discusses cooperative plans between the government and power companies for a large scale electric expansion over three to five years, potentially totaling billions. It argues such expansion would create jobs, stimulate idle capital, and aid postwar recovery, while noting past warfare between public policy and private utilities and urging a broad, principled effort to proceed.
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart argues Secretary of State Cordell Hull seeks to shape world markets and trade treaties to absorb surplus goods while criticising protectionist tariffs. He contends past tariffs boosted domestic prices, raised wages superficially, and harmed consumers as foreign rivals expanded, leaving farmers with export shortages.
Fragmented text references etiquette hints and daily newspaper readers, with scattered names and terms. The piece includes garbled phrases such as One-Minute Fest Answers and mentions Senator Fitt Harrison, Mississippi, and modern speech notes without a clear cohesive event or storyline.
Abundant garbled discussion on an obsolete dictionary project and industrial policy. Mentions American agriculture import exports, subsidies, and a plan by unnamed leaders, with fragmented references to manufacturers, consumers, and international dependence. The overall sense criticizes a subsidy era and urges reconsideration of global interdependence.
Pennsylvania readies a winter sports playground with new ski trails sled runs and ice skating. Warren Van Dyke says the Poconos will be a center for skiing tobogganing and skating as Kane Lakemont and other sites expand facilities and winter events. Local counties Clarion Jefferson Crawford and Somerset push Cook Forest projects to boost activities amid snow trains and added venues.
The passenger pigeon once darkened skies in vast roosts but declined as market hunters shot many at night, leading to its extinction within a few years.
The Pennsylvania Publicity Commission reports a feud over Stephen Collins Foster’s birthplace between Lawrenceville in Allegheny County and Lawrenceville in Tioga County. Athens region records suggest Foster’s boyhood ties to Athens Free Academy. meanwhile rival claims from Cresson and Gallatin for Rear Admiral Robert E Peary are noted as similar disputes.
A tinamou, a South American fume bird similar to a quail, lays eggs with a highly polished glassy surface that reflect images like a mirror. Collier’s Weekly notes the remarkable hens and their glossy shells that resemble polished stone.
The Ark of the Covenant with the Ten Commandment tablets and sacred relics disappeared around 586 BCE during Nebuchadnezzar’s seizure of Jerusalem. It was destroyed hidden or stolen and has never been seen since.
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