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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1941
Page
4
Test questions from a classified page include topics on science history and sports. Notable items reference Peary, a state representation by Senator Burt and Wheeler, and a term in baseball called a horse collar. The piece presents a quiz format asking true false and factual queries.
Jamestown Oct 3 Averiaand Gall Cave operator of Maple Shops of Hollywood and Glendale Calif travels 25000 miles a year buying maple furniture. He visits Jamestown Furniture Exposition twice yearly and is among top buyers. Attendance at the show nears 1000 as it continues through Monday with 828 recorded by Wednesday.
Twenty years ago a notice in the journal urged Municipal Club members to attend the election eve game dinner at the club rooms. A Buick touring car owned by Joe Taylor was wrecked near North East Saturday evening after he failed to negotiate a curve.
The Harrisburg bureau reports 1942 acreage for certain crops likely to rise modestly. Defense labor shortages affect farm work and equipment supply, with vegetable prices and farm incomes projected higher. Dairy output in Cumberland County set to new highs as associations report strong 1941 production.
In the county fair standings, 16 registered Holsteins from Spencer Farms Newville posted a milk yield of 18 262 pounds with a 0.4204 butterfat average. Their 16 Jerseys placed fourth in butterfat percentage, achieving a herd fat rate of 5.45 percent.
Barry joins nationwide observance with a muted Hallowe'en. The YMCA plans a parade and children’s activities, but celebrations are toned down to avoid the rowdier mischief of past decades. The article notes Halloween origins, shifts toward safer observances, and urges responsible fun for youth.
A rescue party searches the Tehachapi region for missing airmen after one plane failed midflight, another crash landing left a pilot dead, and foggy conditions with light snow hinder access near Barton Peak and Mount Whitney. Nearby Mt Exeter rises 13 118 feet as cold nights persist and road access remains limited.
The piece discusses amnesia as a sudden disassociation from familiar habits caused by emotional shock. It notes memory loss, potential spontaneous recovery, and the rare development into a completely altered personality. It also highlights a language error about plural adjectives modifying singular nouns.
A reflective note on how society often misreads foreigners welcomed in recent years. The piece questions assumed goodwill and urges scrutiny of underlying intentions shaping immigration and cultural integration debates. It calls for cautious appraisal of motives behind welcome gestures.
Alvin Schmidt, 26, of 186 Roelster avenue Buffalo, suffered crushed right leg and amputation after a transport truck collided with a car on Route 20 near Irving. He remains in satisfactory condition at Rhinehart Hospital. The unidentified woman driver fled the scene, the wreckage of the truck torn into three parts, vegetables salvaged.
A rural woman recounts a crash she thought involved R F planes near Fingal. Lieutenant Poster arrived with others. the plane hit a barn, starting a fire. Fire crews from Shedden extinguished flames as crowds gathered and the well water was drawn for firefighting.
The note states Lynch law began in Campbell County Virginia around 1780 with Col. Charles Lynch and associates organizing informal courts for suspects. Punishment often included whipping, later evolving into extrajudicial punishment without trial. It also mentions Virginia receiving the first sheep imported to North America in 1609.
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