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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1942
Page
4
A fragment from the Evening Journal discusses why Japan has achieved wartime success. It attributes the gains to their breach of good faith, disregard of international law, savage procedures, and meticulous long term preparation. The writer contrasts these with democratic laxity and urges reflection on these lessons.
The excerpt discusses pain perception as a tool for diagnosis and notes a rare insensitivity to pain in some individuals, including a robust man who slept through extractions without anesthesia and another case of a tooth extraction without pain. It warns that insensitivity may allow degenerative diseases to progress and emphasizes patients’ ability to report pain to doctors.
The piece urges true Brotherhood Week to transcend war time chaos and unite Americans across faiths colors and creeds. It quotes Roosevelt on building a secret bond of understanding and practicing brotherhood and willing cooperation in daily life, not just as a weekly observance.
A reflection links Herodotus on ancient wars to modern power balances, noting how Europe and Asia reverse roles over centuries. It cites Churchill, Fornevelt, Daniels, Smuts, Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Wilson as influential figures tied to WWI and postwar dynamics, alongside enduring imperial pressures in Asia.
Washington reports CINCPAC and USAFFE moves to repurpose naval operating bases and logistics support as tensions rise in the Pacific wartime theater. The briefing lists abbreviations and command terms and notes shifts in naval and army command nomenclature.
Washington Day Book reports alarming views from federal officials and transport leaders on looming shortages of motor fuel and tightened production. A survey shows 1,800 to 3,500 workers commuting long distances to major plants, with 84 percent of engine plant employees driving. Mass transit is lacking for 12,600,000 people, and civilian vehicle output is falling. Officials urge Eastman to join the War Production Board to coordinate highway rail waterway air and trucking, ease bottlenecks, and conserve materials for defense.
A humorous Hollywood column recounts Mr W C Fields giving a temperance lecture at a posh home, mingling with dowagers and a party scene. The piece jests at Fields’s antics, credits his co writers Bill Morrow and Richie Beloin, and notes onlookers’ reactions and backstage banter about his on and off wagon persona.
Stewart surveys the Rio de Janeiro conference, noting Brazil's pivotal but unstable stance toward Axis pressure. He argues Brazil’s Vargas vacillated, oscillating between cordial relations and dictatorial alignment, while U S influence grew as Argentina and Chile wavered. The piece critiques German impact on Latin American politics and frames Vargas’s reactions as shaping hemispheric policy decisions.
Mystery surrounds an alarm at Center and Park Place. Corry man bound over for transporting liquor after arrest by state troopers. Hatch School PTA met. J Phelps installs ammonia refrigerating gear at City Market to replace ice. Auto Show number for Brooks Garage on Clinton. Conny High beat Union City 29 to 19 on Armory court.
A fragmented quiz page asks seven questions on boxing aliases, geography, Revolutionary War timing, Shakespeare, U S national parks, cuisine, music theory, gemstones, and early African slave titles. It directs readers to the classified columns for the answers, with several garbled spellings and uncertain terms.
Daims J Whlete reports that the automobile industry surges into arms production for 1942, building massive aircraft plants and naval ordnance facilities. Tanks and bomber parts roll from lines ahead of schedule as auto plants convert, while engineers tackle tool shortages and production integration challenges.
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