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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1942
Page
4
The piece profiles Captain Hewitt, hailed as a war hero yet uneasy with fame. He explains the mission as a team effort with comrades, saying the feat was like any fire dropping bombs and fighting free, emphasizing collective effort over personal glory.
The National Thrift Committee urges saving ten percent of income toward War Savings Bonds. Prioritize nonessential purchases, avoid hoarding materials for war, and streamline living. Keep necessities as needed, preserve area savings, and adapt budgeting to tax, life insurance, and debts. Focus on a sensible plan with war needs first.
Over the hump in war output, American industry has vastly increased production, with war goods valued at about 20 million last year and a hopeful 92 billion by early 1942. Transportation bottlenecks and ship shortages threaten delivery despite rapid gains. Germany and other foes are targeted as wartime pressures rise.
An essay argues that replacing wheels with walking will reshape American life as gas and rubber shortages bite. It cites 1942 travel totals, rail and bike shifts, and warns rationing will expand, affecting industries, tourism, and daily routines while urging adaptation and new mobility norms.
A fragmented set of trivia questions appears in a classified style. The page includes prompts about publishers founding journalism schools, Pacific Port Moresby, authors and historical figures, and common trivia such as early bed early to rise and naval ranks.
The fragment explains a term Tiehi for a condition of en diject ns and compares wrap modes with a phrase wrap the string Hehtly around the tiple. It notes usage of tightly as a wrapping designation.
The piece sketches Bobby Hopkins, a private and son of Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt’s adviser, who prefers hitching home from camp over formal travel. It also recaps a chaotic show scene with ARION, radio notes about a submarine sinking, and mentions of entertainers and a twin birth in the family amid a bustling New York show backdrop.
Stewart argues propaganda affects both sides, urges broader liberty over worldwide air communications, notes Axis offensive diplomacy and religious influence, cites German Italian Japanese messaging, and urges a unified approach to global information during wartime. He reflects on foreign language papers and the need to expose Allied and Axis tactics alike.
The OCR text references King Nikita of Montenegro who died in 1921 and mentions a claim about 150000 men over 35 years, plus a note on aluminum and steel for a United States gathering plane. The fragmentary content is unclear and appears garbled.
Twenty years ago Lyle Saxton was injured when a door toppled on Pennsylvania train No. 9814 near Emporium. A waitress charged with bogus checks was detained after an Erie investigation and returned to county seat for tal. Brokenstraw Park at Columbus opens for outings with boats and park meals under Garry Bennett. Corry aims to start baseball with two weekend games as Youkinsville and Trvi nto host Paddy Jackson's Terrors. Osrmen Hill and Howard Crandall lead winning pitches for their clubs. AML’s Trafenopolis beat Toledo while Crandall’s Brantford 18 won Tuesday.
An Army training officer holds a yearlong training booklet titled The Soldier and His Uniform issued by the War Department's Bureau of Public Relations. The article notes historical trivia about pearls, Tasman’s discovery of New Zealand, Cook’s explorations, and Christopher Latham Sholes’s patent choice for the typewriter.
A medical dialogue notes the thermometer as the most crucial instrument, tracing Galileo’s role in early thermometry around 1600 and the 98.6 degree normal, while describing crude early devices carried under the arm and requiring minutes to register. It underscores thermometer making as an exact science with accuracy, sensitivity, and wide range.
Swans once thought to live a century. FWS estimates 15 years as typical. Geese live 16 to 20 years, not 200. The olive tree likely originated in southern Europe and Asia Minor, possibly Syria, with some trees claimed to be 1,000 years old. The text notes women working in radio, assembly, and machine areas, including spot welding and aircraft rovering.
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