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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1942
Page
3
The world is changing before our eyes toward a more uniform, mechanized future where nations merge and vast power reshapes industry and living standards. If peace and civilization endure, governments may shift, cities transform, and many rule, not the few.
The piece notes American distrust of the Soviet government despite liking the Soviet people and acknowledges a potential future where some form of Communism persists in Russia. Julian Huxley, visiting the country, argues Russia will continue evolving beyond full-fledged Communism and that cooperation with Stalin is realistic for security plans.
A wartime map highlights Nepal as a near impregnable neutral outpost in the Himalayas. The piece notes Nepal limits outsiders to protect against fifth columnists, admits few visitors, and contrasts its isolation with other nations during stress. It cites Mount Everest and Marco Polo in describing Nepal's remote defenses and sparse foreign contact.
Sugar rationing would cut the average American’s annual intake to about 74 pounds of sugar, with weekly allowance around 14 percent. A Home Economics Bureau table shows weekly needs by age and activity, from children to adults, and notes most people eat more sugar than needed. The article discusses practical limits and substitutions beyond plain white sugar.
Sugar rationing may ease next summer as plans allow household on a per person basis. Mothers could share Buster’s allotment with father while awaiting shortages. The Sugarless Preserves program cites Home Economics Bureau guidance and pamphlets FB-1%62, 16 cents. Candy and pop may be scarcer as sugar supplies tighten from 40 pounds per person in 1941 to an expected shorter future allotment.
From the Medical Society of Pennsylvania and Marco Polo, the Burma Road and goitre are linked to iodine lack. The piece notes goitre in parts of the United States, higher prevalence in women, and eye protrusion in serious cases. Early signs may be invisible, adolescence can show benign thyroid enlargement, and surgical gland removal is common in many instances.
The text defines mooring a vessel with two widely spaced anchors and equal scope. It recalls a 532 A E Hippodrome chariot race in Constantinople causing great destruction and 30 000 deaths. It notes King Carol of Romania's abdication order for guards during sleep hours. It also mentions the peony’s Greek healing name Faion and a Cuban club owner with a fish-filled pool. It concludes with notes on substitutes for jewelry materials like plastics and enamel.
A brief note discusses common error in judging madness and impulse, contrasting self control with perceived insanity. It cites a speaker warning that claiming madness often reflects bias, not fact, and urges measured assessment of emotional states.
Twenty years ago a survey by Mr. Glass of the State Department of Public Instruction suggested immediate action by the Board to overhaul the Haten school and move toward a modern north side structure. Supt Hemstreet spoke on Corry schools at a League of Women Voters meeting, detailing local system challenges.
Relief rolls show a 26 percent weekly increase ending January 24 as labor dislocations and the shift to prior protection take effect. Total rolls reach 138,785 persons with about 30,000 employable. Welfare counts include 201,000 general aid, 56,000 aid to dependent children, and 14,000 bad pensions. Net changes reflect WPA layoffs, with 2,702 openings and 130 closures, and a WPA adverse effect of 298 cases.
A trivia feature asks readers to answer seven questions from a classifieds page including topics on Mexican military service Luzon islands the Philippines US High Commissioner cadaver Prometheus Bound and Davey O'Brien. It notes the answers are on the Class fied page and includes some garbled lines from the quiz.
A full day farmers program at Clymer Town Hall on February 1 at 10 am under the Croscull Gallup and Join Deere dealers. Free to farmers in the area. Main feature is the all talky picture tingledoe featuring Ting Sumoy Merville, Zaeu Pitts, and Gall Storms. Also showing four other new talking pictures including The Shepards of Friendly Valley and A Line on Combines plus a news reel What’s New in Farm Equipment for 1942.
Harrisburg reports that selective service offices plan advance registrations ahead of February 16 to enroll all men ages 20 to 44 for military service. Authorities order emergency measures with schools, taprooms, and stores closed from 7 am to 9 pm. About 750,000 expected to register as prior enrollments show 1.245 million in October and 68,000 last July.
Prayer services for Mary G Lynch who died at Corry Hospital last Thursday afternoon at 1 30 were held in the chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help at St Thomas church Saturday Rev Francis Graves officiated with Miss B E Dempsey organist and James Sullivan soloist providing music Bearers were Walter Blair Frank Keefe Charles Kinley Join Slattery Immediate friends and relatives attended including Joh Lynch and children John Jr and Miss Mary Jane of Youngstown Ohio and Mrs Nellie Randall Miss Nellie Pitzgerald and Edward Fitzgerald of Warren Funeral mass in memory will be held at St Thomas church Wednesday morning at 9 o clock
An inquest was not deemed necessary into the death of Joseph Olivis aged 42 of Olean New York who died at Kane Summit hospital Friday afternoon from burns and injuries from a truck crash on Route 219 near here Coroner T AL Clark and state police investigated the accident and the body was taken to Olean for funeral services and interment. Also reported in hospital Saturday was 24 change in the condition of Walle Hendrickson 31 driver of the truck who remained unconscious with a fractured foundation.
Duplay Manufacturing, maker of sheet steel used by the Army Ordnance, plans a short shutdown in Sherman to await new shipment facilities. Springfield Arsenal and other buildings in Springfield are full, forcing redirection of orders. John Coe, president, says operations will resume in a few days once alternate accommodations are arranged.
Josey Martin, city finance director, suffered both legs mangled after being hit by a Nickel Plate freight train at 19th and Cascade streets while attempting to board. He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital in imperious condition after emergency amputation surgery.
Adam Prig of 418 Fourth Avenue suffered severe injuries at the Sherwood Rendering Plant in Warren on a scaffold collapse. He is in critical condition at Worth General Hospital with possible skull fracture and a broken wrist, pending X rays and an investigation by the plant safety committee.
Pijegerald of Sheffield was awarded 1404 dollars against Anthony Rich in Salamanca after a jury verdict in McKean County Court at Smethport over an automobile accident on January 22, 1999 during a blizzard near Baneshalm. The same case type against Mr. Fitzgerald yielded a verdict for the defendant.
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