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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1932
Page
5
Report notes that parents value schooling beyond grade levels as youths face home stress. It suggests a shift toward greater seriousness and determination in students this year.
Harrisburgs area reports a wild life display at worker camps in Crawford County. The big fly tent houses small game like pheasants quail rabbits gray squirrels raccoons and a fawn deer. Reptiles from turtles to snakes occupy crates. The exhibit aids in saving wildlife before the area is flooded and shows many captured foxes squirrels and other species.
The government weather bureau argues for a middle ground amid varied forecasts of a severe or mild winter. An upward temperature trend since 1926 suggests a mild winter is likely, with average national temperatures three to four degrees above normal. If warmth continues, it could ease fuel and food shortages during the season.
The Columbia Broadcasting System previews an evolutionary step in radio programs to test public demand for reform. Starting Sept 15 the policy limits ratio advertising and keeps talks separate from commodity pitches, promising a more decent, entertainment focused schedule. The move seeks to curb sensationalism and restore public trust in American radio.
Dr. Walter R. Miles of Stanford and Yale argues age has earned respect and toil, criticizing calendar worship in hiring over 40. He urges mapping age suitability for occupations, noting differences between fields, and finds hand skills decline slowly, imagination stays strong, and judgment matures with experience.
The article notes unprecedented enrollments and a push to keep students in school despite job scarcity. It discusses reasons students stay another year and the impact on schools, with concerns about older students and the need for encouraging steps to retain them.
The United States debates participation in the disarmament conference commission over military budget limits and hotel costs. It notes Congress allotted 350000 for representation while aiming to save billions by reforms. Mention recalls ex President Coolidge’s 1928 concerns about speculative finance and broker loans amid stock prices.
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Editor's note introduces an explosive first hand story by Col George R Hutchinson for United Press about the Flying Hutchinsons forced down at sea in a blizzard and saved from likely death on an isolated spot on the teak coast of Gueenland.
Col George R Hutchinson recalls a perilous North Atlantic flight from Angmagsalik Greenland to Ikersuak Fjord. A sudden blizzard battered the plane denting a pontoon and forcing a forced landing on drift ice. Passengers and crew endured exposure as SOS signals drew a rescue by the Lord Talbot. The craft later reached shore with assistance and a new Sikorsky ordered for delivery in New York.
Hollywood gossip notes Farina returns to the screen as Joe Brown’s juvenile. Casting talk includes the search for a suitable black boy, Farina’s stage comeback, and remarks from Paramount caster Fred Daugh. Also mentions Dietrich, DeMille, Lopez, Lubitsch, and other industry tidbits.
Selections from the Journal dated September 17 1912 note incidents in Corry including near electrocution of Clyde Drake a bank tilling accident a missing seventeen year old girl and local social plans Evies loggers charity dinner fund and church improvements plus notes on local residents and the Elks minstrel plans at Corry Lodge B P C Elks.
The thirty fourth annual Wessels Newhouse reunion gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Ley White in August district with many members present. A picnic dinner and afternoon games followed the chief business meeting conducted by president Lee Wilts. Officers elected for the year were Roy Buesink president Mrs Lee Huminis secretary and Alton White treasurer An invitation to meet with the Buesink couple next year was accepted There were one marriage three births and one death reported.
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