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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1942
Page
4
Local notices itemize bids for Mevigage and Bond Building in Detroit and for the Chamber of Commerce Building in Pittsburgh and the Weignman Building in Philadelphia. The Associated Press retains exclusive republication rights for dispatches and local news. mail rates and subscription terms are detailed for Corry Pa readers.
A Chicago Daily News correspondent in Moscow quotes letters found on dead German soldiers. The letters reveal fatigue, food shortages, and appeals for relief. The piece contrasts European war stresses with American thrift and colonial history, and notes Dublin's move toward a fascist party.
Semuel Barber, a rising U S composer linked with Toscanini and the Met, records his Apagio for Strings with Victor. At 31 he enters the U S Army at New Cumberland Pennsylvania, beginning military service just as his career milestones press forward.
The piece highlights firms like Geo B Keith Co of Brocton Massachusetts Ames Baldwin Wyoming Co of Parkersburg West Virginia and The Ploust Co of Boston as long standing suppliers of war materials from the Revolutionary era through World War I and later. It notes reusable tools shovels and fittings with historical ties to Bunker Hill Ticonderoga Saratoga and Valley Forge and mentions Revere Copper and Springfield Armory among prominent post Revolution producers. It also comments on the broader role of production in war efforts and cites a common editorial error with the word cute mistaken as substitutes.
Twenty years ago a child named Carl Chiriguzio three who was struck by a speeding motorist at Mall street and First avenue suffered a fractured roller bone and bruises yet could walk this afternoon. Light rain and a forecasted shower ended a month drought. A woods fire near Will Page farm east of Columbus burned several acres before control. The Municipal building, opened recently, has hosted over 500 meetings and 248 on the second floor. Septembers rainfall totaled 1.40 inches, far below last year’s 4.98. Shuss Spaulding Davis Paulson and Harden left for Detroit to drive Ford cars for delivery.
Daily Dozen discusses traumatic neurosis from head injury, stressing that early neuropsychiatric guidance is needed. It notes skull fracture concussion and intracranial hemorrhage, hospital care, then post injury rest, work readjustment, and rehab. Also mentions Chinese ideograph used for jade bead insignia of rank.
The federal state crop reporting service notes mixed crop conditions across Pennsylvania. Buckwheat nearly done, tomatoes nearing end of canning season, and sweet corn supplies declining, while apples show excellent Garvey yields. Temperatures averaged five degrees below normal with frequent frosts. a widespread borer infestation prompts control measures, including low stalk cutting and plowing under of corn stubble. Surveys will cover multiple counties including Erie, Lebanon, and Montgomery.
A series of trivia prompts asks ten questions about languages, Pearl Harbor warning, British pay raises, lend lease allocations, U S Senate representation, states starting with M, congressional eligibility, poetry, John Wesley denominations, and a Central American country owning the Costa Rica island.
A note recalls a 6th century B C discovery in England linking horse culture to European spread. It mentions a Shorer in Poland accused of poisoning poultry and swine by adulterated fodder for an employer, and cites his execution.
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