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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1949
Page
4
Fragmentary notice lists newspaper mailing terms and rates for republications and mail matter at Corry Post Office. Mentions subscription prices by mail and carrier, and advertising deadline at 9 a m. for previews publication date.
The piece argues Britain must avoid full socialism by returning to private enterprise, warning that European trends favor state control and that continued Marshall Plan aid and rearmament press into a broader Cold War contest with Russia. It notes loans, deficits, and currency issues as the sterling strain widens.
The text argues that Britain should devalue the pound to restore balance with dollar trade. It contends higher British costs, wages, and welfare will raise prices, lowering competitiveness, while a weaker pound raises import costs and wages abroad. It notes U S demand and UK need for dollars to buy cotton and wheat, implying a remedy to avoid economic decline.
The article notes that around 50,000 years ago in Europe humans developed stone tools and used flint knapping to create sharp implements. It references early behavior such as tool production and the progression of technology during the period.
An advertisement touts Thompson's Bor-soma Tablets as fast relief for aches and pains linked to clogged kidneys and headaches. It promises kidneys will better expel waste and acids from the blood, urging readers not to suffer and noting a 60 cent price. It also promotes Golden Lax Tablets for constipation at 25 and 50 cents.
Erie news brief reports Elmer P. Kissman, Bucyrus-Erie timekeeper, wounded in a May 4 shooting that killed his wife Lenora. He was readmitted to Hamble Hospital with a shoulder wound infection and remains in critical condition as the September grand jury opens to hear Dr. H. Armstrong testimony.
Reverend James Davis, a noven evangel istic singer, will present a sacred music program next Sunday morning at Cobbs Corners Church as part of an American Sunday School Union gathering. He will also deliver a message with magic illustration. The event begins with a combined Sunday School session at 7 40 15. A tureen picnic is planned on the grounds and in the parsonage.
A scrambled text quiz asks about Truman’s aide, ribs, a president’s surname in a car name, flower ids, young swans, Cyclope forehead traits, Old Ironsides, Mudge Hardy actor, insulation tubing terms, and Shaw age. The notice invites attendees to a church meeting at 1:30 featuring Rev Verl C Walker and a local male quartet, with sandwiches and silverware requested and coffee provided.
Dozens of local residents host and visit across Columbus and nearby towns. Calls come from Dunkirk, New York City, Richmond, and Kane as families plan Labor Day gatherings, reunions in Kennedy, and trips to Buffalo and Chicago with confirmations of illness recovery and wedding attendance.
Mrs Ralph Curtis and Miss Tda Chres plan to retir home from a Niagara Falls vacation Friday. Mrs Lauretta Hammond and James Hammond of Clearfield with Keppel Tittany of Corry and Merle Van Clise were dinner guests at Rivert Sundburg home recently. James Hammond returned to Clearfield Monday after visiting relatives here. The U S frigate Constitution carried a statue of Andrew Jackson as a figurehead.
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