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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1943
Page
4
The Corry Evening Journal discusses Allied war progress and German Italian attitudes, predicting collapse of Axis power within months. It also claims Japanese war crimes, describing bayonetting wounded prisoners and machete killings amid broader calls for postwar penalties and accountability.
Washington reports German air losses rising while Allied planes increase production. By May end Axis planes knocked down far more than Allied aircraft, with Luftwaffe largely on the defensive. Analysts note fuel and refinery strikes threaten German aviation as Berlin debates peace terms versus continued resistance.
A historical bulletin reports on drug addiction trends, noting one in every three drug addicts, a 66 percent drop over two decades, and an expected rise as wartime controls ease. It cites Mexico as a chief source of prepared opium, rampant robberies, adulterated drugs, and the use of goof balls from barbituric derivatives.
A reader faces a batch of trivia clues from a classified page asking for authors of The Grapes of Wrath and Abe Lincoln in Illinois, shipboard time cues, Iceland capital, peanut maturation, submarine naming, a bald head duck, mercy killing term, Congress session timing, and Canaries climate truth or false.
A column notes assorted historical curiosities from the era including shipping roots rope use in sails and cargo handling a Guatemala to Peru tuberculosis campaigns a calendar shift from B C to A D and the Shaker population decline from about 6000 to 200 remaining. It also mentions athlete breathing rates and furniture and storage permanence in a fragmented feature titled Twenty Years Ago From Journal Files.
Dairy extension specialists at Pennsylvania State College assess corn substitutes for dairy rations. Barley can replace corn in equal amounts, rye and wheat should be limited, wheat up to 500 pounds per ton and rye about 400 pounds. Buckwheat offers 400 to 500 pounds per ton. Oats provide excellent feed for milking and dry cows, heifers, with coarse grinding recommended. Ground oats perform best when ground coarse.
The text traces the Alcan railway idea to 1898 Klondike adventurers via Edmonton, Alberta, recalling the gold strike days. It mentions Navy slang and a playful note on leap years and time, with scattered references to “sea sewyer” and moths seen far from home.
Misread ad copy mentions Thompson’s Bersoma Tablets claimed to ease kidney and bodily waste issues. It describes symptoms like iron headaches dizziness and pains and promotes the tablets as harmless relief, though the text is garbled and likely from an old pharmaceutical advertisement.
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