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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1942
Page
3
The article notes United Nations goodwill and reciprocal war material support, with Britain and Austria supplying in kind and alliances pooling resources. It critiques selfish homes, urges solid character and national duty, and highlights Baruch and business leaders joining wartime ordnance efforts. It ends warning about youth welfare and responsible care.
Twenty years of community service and progress are noted as Harry Stone, a counsellor with the Erle public, gives an interesting talk at the Rotary Club meeting this noon. The event precedes updates on sewer work by A.B. O'Hare Company, Bell Telephone activity, traffic safety measures, and local civic notes including marriage licenses and a newborn at Corry hospital.
Speaking of health the first six months of war show progress with pneumonia yields and new treatments. Educational programs reach the public and pneumonia death rates drop sharply. Tuberculosis deaths fall and child diseases show lower mortality alongside slight declines in cancer and diabetes. Heart and mood disorders decrease while accidental injuries remain high. Overall health appears unusually good for the era.
A scrambled reader quiz asks seven questions on topics from geography to history. It includes true or false prompts about Australia’s deserts and Madagascar, a naval battle, colors of the rainbow, and insulators. The page also notes incorrect usage like “would” vs “will” in war bond language.
Roaming column with scattered town items mentions Robert L. Uevaby leaving for South America to join the army, local officials changes at the Municipal building, a toy or kitchen house project, and a birthday for Ribs Restaurant. Other notes include staff moves at Aero Supply and Nations Bank, a rail worker’s death report, Meade Park pond gossip, and school system vacancies eyed in Erie district.
Dairymen from about 1000 farmers will attend the 28rd annual meeting of the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association in Buffalo on Thursday June 18 at Kleinhans Music Hall. Henry H. Rathbun of New Hartford, vice president, says the gathering is streamlined to one day to minimize labor loss. The program aims to address war and postwar dairy problems and to support armed forces and civilians. resolutions will be drafted by the League's committee for submission to 734 delegates representing Local 111.
A 16yearold Jamestown youth linked to a series of auto thefts and burglaries admitted to four breakins. Detective Moynihan said charges include grand larceny theft of four station wagons and burglary. Corry hospital and local events are noted in a broad wrap of community items.
Speer Carbon Co announces a new Kane Street plant expansion in Kane to support manufacturing carbon products for autos and generators. Owner E. W. Abertyon reports building work started with operations targeted for October pending government demand timing.
Alfred Laker aged 63 of Mohawk Drive, head of Baker and Sons store, survived a Route 5 crash east of Barcelona. He was treated at Brooks Memorial Hospital Dynkivle for body injuries and rest in stable condition. Chauffeur Fitchard Moran, 43, 1121 Poplar Street, is in Dunkirk Hospital with serious injuries including head and facial wounds.
Graduates from Warren High School gathered with relatives at the Pigs Presbyterian church for the 65th annual commencement. The ceremony honored 264 seniors in a pageant lighted by a symposium titled Amelia, My Country. Speakers extolled U.S. opportunities and ideals, citing Thomas Jefferson as a model scholar and statesman.
Blurry text lists a charity bake sale announcement for July 17 1942 at 2 PM by Corry Hospital Association. Automobile sale and repair lines include ads for a Nash car a ply wnt and a central garage, plus drapery buy offers and laundering painting and decorating services from local firms in Wattsburg with phone contacts.
A collage of dated and garbled text mentions steel and iron for wartime uses and improvised armor, a royal gift of pomanders, quiz answers, and a jumble of early 20th century classified ads. It oddly intermingles war production talk with kitchen help and employment notices, reflecting a noisy period newspaper page.
A scrambled item list mentions lemons and cucumbers in a house market context alongside Polish sausage. The fragment references odd sizing and assortment terms, with no clear action or outcome described. The text appears as a brief inventory note from a local market section.
Markets report trading details across regions with mixed commodity prices and stock quotes. Includes grain prices, cattle, hogs, and dairy notes, plus New York market closing quotations for major corporations and industries from June 6.
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