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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
4
Wit Savings Hands reports May sales of 634.356 million, missing the 600 million quota. Continental U S trails 2 percent while Hawaii buys over six times its quota and Alaska about 2.5 times. Utah leads states with 171 percent, as War bond buying is framed as patriotic thrift amid a government cost estimate of 200 billion dollars.
The piece notes that Germans, long spared heavy destruction in past wars, are learning that war exacts a price. It argues that Cologne and Bremen residents face evolving attitudes as they realize future costs of conflict and the need for a changed outlook if current education continues.
A wartime note lauds U S Navy and air power in the Pacific. It asserts Midway Island and Hawaii remain strongholds as Japan’s formidable forces threaten western outposts. The piece claims American naval and air superiority is building, foreshadowing undisputed Pacific mastery despite Atlantic heavy involvement.
A curious story follows a local man who piles tea coffee and cocoa on display in his hometown. He gathers pledges from neighbors, promising it will be the last time he cries about doing his part for the country amid griping and community effort.
The Pennsylvanian medical society reports three poisonous snake species in the state with copperheads causing most bites and banded rattlesnakes tied to most deaths. Bites occur mainly on legs below the knees and arms below the elbows. Boots gloves offer some protection and victims should seek a doctor quickly.
A fragment of a classified page presents a quirky daily quiz. It lists questions about world powers, rulers, geography, literature and a tax evasion sentence for Joseph M. Schenck, sparking curiosity as readers hunt the answers in the paper.
A collage of dated notes mentions a Sunday without a paper in Relasyme. It notes humor about war bonds and Navy slang, references the 1871 Pestiga fire in Wisconsin with vast damage, and hints at amber preserved fossils as proof of Neolithic life. It also contrasts common errors in elliptical clauses with examples.
Washington observers foresee drastic postwar shifts in farming, transportation, manufacturing, and real estate as wartime discoveries reshape the economy. Alcohol and synthetic rubber expand, grain demand rises, auto design shifts, and cargo aviation becomes central to peacetime logistics. The coming era hinges on postwar reorientation of programs and markets.
LITTLE VALLEY June 4 With 15 percent of output going to the war effort Western New York cutlery manufacturing center will suffer little from the War Production Board order halting after June 30 production of luxury cutlery items J B F Champlin president of the Cattaraugus Cutlery Company said the plant and many others are already producing cutlery for war purposes and the industry has altered its program to comply with government requests and is ready to cooperate 100 percent in the war program
Jamestown, June 11. Leon J. Roberts, former Jamestown mayor, ends rumors about running for Congress in this district. In a terse statement, he says he is not a candidate for any public office at this time, amid GOP discussions to oppose Daniel A. Reed of Dunkirk.
A reader urges space for a letter criticizing a city ordinance closing pool rooms on Sundays near East Main Street and Recreation Alleys run by Mr. Pappas. The writer notes workers on defense plants need leisure, questions police action, and asks why theatres aren’t closed instead. He laments tires and gas shortages limiting travel and defends pool halls as social outlets.
In Corry amid war, citizens urge preserving public recreation spaces to bolster morale. They blame political forces for closures and call for a circulated petition to amend laws allowing Sunday pool rooms to operate for defense workers and Americans.
Mrs Smart and then 1 Watta will lead FRAN s USO drive. The canvass aims to raise 2500 with house to house solicitation on June 24. The effort aligns with a national drive target of 2500.
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