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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1942
Page
3
Editorial discusses British seizure of Madagascar and French complicity, noting shared ideals with Allies and cooperation against invasion. It argues Thurman Arnold’s view that wartime production can break monopolies, expand free enterprise, and boost prosperity, urging resilience against monopolistic control.
The government and church authorities quieted Father Charles Coughlin’s public career long criticized as hostile to order. Archbishop Edward Mooney of Detroit confirms Coughlin severed ties with his magazine on May 4, ensuring no further involvement. This marks a final closure of the controversial priest’s journalistic ventures and the echoes of tolerance for free speech.
Nevada's liberal marriage laws spur a Reno boom as service members and locals marry at high rates. County Clerk Flwood H. Beemer notes added Sunday and holiday hours and no fee for civilian ceremonies boost licenses. The surge reflects wartime weddings, boosting local business while Beemer volunteers extra time to perform civil ceremonies.
Historical items from May 11, 1922 cover Levant Ice Cream opening a Jamestown distributing center, a Corry city cleanup report, the wedding of Sara Gladys Dimmick to Boyd Stowe at 403 Concord Street, Ruth A. Saunders death at 64, a fatal train crossing accident involving Samuel Bate, and a highway crash injuring James Neville, Charles Thom, Harry Chimmins, and W. W. Heath.
A quirky collection of trivia prompts asks about presidential appointments, historical terms, and biographical tidbits. It references General Douglas MacArthur, the WPB, and names like Leon Grolgose, with several true false and identification questions.
Agricultural notes advise cleaning up debris to curb overwintering pests. Entomologists warn trash attracts insects that attack vegetables. County agents urge summer care for heating systems to prevent costly repairs. Dairy experts favor using sires that improve daughters. 4 H members in Pennsylvania boost vegetable growing, while early planting dominates tomato crops. Pigs on good pasture need fewer concentrates than those on dry lot.
Half million people in the United States have diabetes. The disease originates in the pancreas and does not supply enough insulin. Diabetes is hereditary, often aggravated by overweight and rich carbohydrates. Prepared semisynthetic insulin can control the disease, allowing diabetics to live fairly normal lives. The disease is rising in the United States and is a middle age condition often found during life insurance tests. Since insulin, discovery, diabetes deaths have fallen.
Mark Owain describes Factographs Bite on the Mississippi as the first manuscript written on a typewriter. Twain tested the machine at the Philadelphia Centennial exposition and bought one, becoming the first author to use a typewriter. Also notes crocodile lifespans and a Burma river region spanning 900 miles with related observations.
The Journal partners with Victory Service Flag Co. to sell the Victory Service Flag for 75 cents, with blue stars for service members. Flags, made of Celanese rayon taffeta, display up to four stars and can be ordered at the Journal office or by mail, while tubes deliver to rural areas.
The Office of Production Administration assigns rationing zones with seven card classes and gallon limits from 15 May to 1 July. About one third of 2 million car owners need not register. remaining motorists sign up at local schools. Five OPA fieldmen will mark stores in Bedford Altoona and Williamsport to enforce card requirements. It will be illegal to buy gasoline without a card within 50 miles of nonrationed districts.
Senator Ziesenhem from North Girard, after service in World War I with the American Army in France, received a telegram from the War Department and will be returning to duty with the Army Air Corps. He had discussed plans for his future as a state senator while awaiting assignment.
Mayville May 11 A 13 year old youth in Bangor Maine, held by Sheriff Roy E Chadwick, confessed to a spree of burglaries from 12 to 15 incidents across Vermont and local towns. He allegedly broke into service stations and garages, with tools recovered from a tied-up vehicle, and confessed to Westfield and Mayville break-ins the prior evening.
Pennsylvania general assistance shows a continued decline in the week ending May 2 with 161 cases dropped. Expenditures for the period totaled 261 025 dollars, including 201 050 in grants and 259 095 in cash, plus 7 990 in milk orders. Applications processed reached 1 350, up 281 from the prior week, with a statewide caseload of 615 containing 9177 persons and an employable count of 5.
Gould May Jay 2, Gould 60 of Bradford Pa employed on a federal housing project was found dead from gas fumes in a cabin at Brown s Camp 6308 Pine avenue Saturday at 2 40 a m Norman A Brockett and John Brockley found the body Lieut John B Pitzpatrick said Brockett shut off the gas Coroner Harry B Baves investigated The Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe now a museum was built in 1610 and served as a seat of government nearly 300 years
Sterling runs through Deluxes stores with a garbled, unclear notice about a "wyanifyorurer" and substances, leaving readers uncertain about products or results and offering no coherent factual detail.
Two Erie newspaper men, Wil ti Mie Ayah and Erle Uoys, pass probation after examinations Saturday morning. The veteran editor Grud and others, including George Hackenbury of the Times Star, have previously joined the service.
The article reports on a proposed French British backed settlement to secure French sovereignty over Martinique Guadaloupe and Guyana in exchange for cooperation with United States defense efforts. It notes possible briefing within diplomatic circles and suggests Laval's coalition with Germany influences surface policy. амер
Markets note cattle and hog bids at Buffalo with weights 180 to 300 pounds, prices around 14 to 15 dollars, calves and lambs shown, Canadian offerings higher, and sausages steady. Pittsburgh produce lists apples and potatoes with mixed steady prices, while New York stock market rallies fade after morning gains and noon prices show mixed leadership among major corporations.
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