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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
4
A long column argues defense spending will boost industry and employment, notes alien registration progress, and debates the value of a third term for presidents. It cites bank experts on industrial stimulus, disguises hopes of sustained armament output, and recalls historic third-term debates with quotes from Coolidge to Willkie.
The reader is invited to answer seven questions from a daily quiz listing topics from wildlife in Siberia to U S political facts. Questions cover canals linking seas, senator age, royal nicknames, color temperature, farm population trends, football forfeits, ambassador legal status, and Saint Anthony's fire.
Erie Sept 1 A millcreek township school board votes in November on funding a new high school as population surges. Principal H H Dennison notes overcrowding at Millcreek and nearby Montclair and Lakewood schools with about 700 pupils in high school and 1 600 total in township. Secretary H C Markwood cites a sharp population jump this year.
Dr. Phillip F. Hickey 31 of Smethport is in critical condition at Community hospital after a Route 39 crash two miles west of Smethport. He suffered a fractured skull chest injuries broken left arm and fractured pelvis. He had attended a joint medical meeting in Bradford and was en route home when the accident occurred on Ormsby Hill.
The piece notes beriberi once seen as an Oriental disease now occurring in the United States with four deaths last year. It cites nutritional deficiency from poor diets, poverty, ignorance, and food faddism as underlying causes and questions the fate of the old fashioned square meal.
Fragmentary notes claim Sir John Popham sentenced Sir Walter Raleigh and allege scandals including highway robbery drunkenness and minor crimes. Also mentions a seven year maximum life for a guinea dig and common error on grammar usage. The text blends dubious history with proofreading tips.
Fragmentary ad style note mentions Rumford Baking Powder and recipe book offer. Text references bulking powders and patient results but details are unreadable. Contains garbled names and pricing hints with no coherent event or person.
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