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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1944
Page
4
Daily Dozen notes that tattooing can spread diseases like syphilis tuberculosis and leprosy when instruments are unclean and needles moistened improperly. Increased cleanliness and supervision reduced infections, but hypersensitivity to coloring matter and severe reactions to cinnabar red mercuric sulphide persist.
A farmer near Clymer attacked his wife and five year old daughter with a heavy object, then shot himself after setting his home ablaze. Authorities report the fatal incident occurred this morning and left the scene in ruins.
Jamestown Dec 4 The Chau County treasurer Leslie A Price says the county still owns 5 783 parcels including more than 900 farms after a spirited tax sale. Individuals bid on 63 parcels paying 1 588 91 with 983 parcels auctioned valued at 24 719 51 while the county bid the rest. Price notes debt lands drop from 50 000 acres to 25 000 acres over three years amid a tightening market.
This week ration facts announce indefinite validity for most red and blue stamps covering meats fats and processed foods with stamp groups AB through Z and A5 through 25 plus A2 and B2 and sugar stamps AB to Z and 0 through 4 plus 40 for 1. The next validity date is January 1st for blue stamps and December 31st for red stamps.
A historical clipping notes that eight languages and seven native dialects are spoken in the Philippine Islands, highlighting linguistic variety amid wartime constraints and scarce coupons for fuel and goods.
The piece examines Dewey’s possible paths after a vacation in Georgia, facing a decision to seek continued GOP leadership or retire from the 1948 nomination fight. It discusses Brownell’s chairmanship, the GOP National Committee, and rumors of internal opposition, alongside warnings from the Chicago Tribune camp. It also analyzes labor expansion and the risk of unified labor or big business dominance, warning that balance is sought by the average citizen.
The report discusses the core question of rules for peacetime international aviation. It notes the stake for hundreds of millions, the need for agreement on uncharted airspace, and the tensions among Big Three powers over alliance roles and postwar air advantage as nations debate participation and formal positions.
Questions ask about Brownell or Hill men as RNC chair, authorship of The Luck of Roaring Camp, skull covering or surgeon’s knife, meaning of OCS in the Army, counting lives of Jiminy Crickets, nicknames and army terminology, Ethan Allen’s soldiers, atom and molecule relationship, Gotline divisions, and Federal Reserve currency names. The passage notes postwar interest and Anglo American rifts alongside Russia’s absence in the context.
Australian correspondent "The Kangaroo" praises American infantry on D-Day and through France Belgium and Germany while noting strict discipline and parade-ground weaknesses. He cites courage endurance and tenacity yet questions cleanliness civilian outlook and rear-echelon behavior. He admires combat performance but doubts retreat experiences.
NewaTTP reports Hunter Gephart faces a hit and run driving charge after his car allegedly sideswiped Bart Sundell’s automobile a mile north of Wilcox on the Ridgway route. Sundell, traveling to Ridgway, noted the license plate. Gephart, en route to Sergeant for deer hunting, will be arrested following state police notification.
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