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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1942
Page
4
Fear is part of the defensive mechanism of the human being. It dominated primitive man warning him of danger. Fear arises when unknowns threaten, yet a doctor’s diagnosis and empathy soothe fear. A physician’s humanity offers confidence and hope, aiding recovery and easing pain.
The Associated Press report from Harrisburg notes thirty percent of Pennsylvania building trades workers are idle due to priorities with potential doubling by February 15. James L. McDevitt of the State Federation of Labor says officials in Washington are being urged to grant housing priorities and provide compensation for displaced workers, while broader defense contract distribution is sought to ease hard-hit areas. The survey shows 70 percent of such defense contracts go to Philadelphia area firms, with the rest to Pittsburgh Erie Lancaster and surrounding regions. Many employable workers remain unable to find jobs, especially in the central anthracite region, affecting carpenters sheet metal workers steamfitters iron workers machinists electric workers glass workers and common laborers. The note adds Montivideo Uruguay offers four beaches including Pocitos Ramiris Malyn and Buceo with Pocitos famed as the most beautiful.
Observers warn about Japanese spread in the Pacific. Dewitt Makenzie argues gains are likely and will cause less grief than expected as Allies plan a counteroffensive. He predicts bombers over Tokyo will devastate cities and force a mainland collapse, while the Japanese press on.
Wartime guidance from child psychologists urges American parents to maintain normal routines for children to reduce anxiety. Experts note that calm parents help children handle alarms, and propose age appropriate roles from older kids with responsibilities to younger ones staying engaged in play to prepare for possible air raids.
A wartime column urges collective effort to avoid panic buying of sugar. It warns that rumors and self serving hoarding harm everyone, stresses unity whether in army or home, and calls out those seeking special benefits as hurting all, including themselves.
An Ambassa dor Joseph B Davies report from Mission to Moscow questions the global danger of Communism while noting its failures in practice. The piece surveys social reform, capitalism urges, and crowd power shaping government policy amid urban decay and shifting mobility.
Wartime journal note recaps a January 28 1942 entry detailing Mali Hari a spy case theme and a cold snap with thermometers near zero. Ice thickness nine percent inches covers Love Power and West Pleasant Street coasting opens while a gas stove fire at 310 West Church Street is extinguished with minor damage. ornamental street light exhibits at the City Building invite inspection as part of the white peril project along with a newborn at Spring Creek Swin Days.
A scrambled quiz page asks seven questions from geography history and language plus a note on common error usage. It mentions Mandalay country city district, Ground Day, Bulwer, Flor ida, and Admiral Spee, with a caution about adverb usage.
Mrs. Clarence C. Cox, Greenville South Carolina, featured as MES. Typical Customer, wife of a businessman and mother of two, lives on a weekly budget of 16 50 excluding utilities and mortgage payments. She shops frugally, buys durable dresses under ten dollars, sews and crafts for herself and her family, and upholds thrift and traditional American virtues as a model wife and mother.
The United States will rely on the FBI crime laboratory, the most complete scientific facility, to counter sabotage and espionage. J Edgar Hoover launched the lab in 1932 and now about 65 scientists analyze roughly 2000 specimens monthly using spectroscopy petrography serology and microanalysis to trace foreign substances and identify sources in investigations.
A miscellany of facts: the English constitution as an evolving body of rules. California oranges come mostly from a 10 by 60 mile footland strip. California quail named state bird. rural training for workers near Haifa. U S Navy shipboard routines. Barthold’s Liberty statue symbol with a broken shackle. wearing orange implies color psychology judgments.
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