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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1942
Page
4
A historical column denounces Nazi actions by comparing them to medieval Free Companies that roamed, looted, and terrorized regions. It argues the Nazis mimic these roving bands, tormenting civilians and showing no mercy, even amid imagined peace. The piece warns against complacency.
A Seattle Times reporter aboard a Seattle shipyard details widespread idleness not limited to one yard. He notes workers wander, redo mundane tasks, and simulate activity by studying blueprints. The pattern reportedly spans Puget Sound and other war industries nationwide, indicating systemic inefficiency beyond a single site.
War era piece argues large surpluses of wheat should feed livestock rather than sit idle. authorities cite 200 million bushels needed for 1949 food programs while a surplus near 750 million bushels could bolster hogs, dairy, and poultry. Experts note wheat can outperform corn in hog diets and aid meat production amid labor and crop shifts.
A garbled classifies page presents a seven item quiz with questions about tax plans, wartime speeches, wartime boards, ships, Caesar, desserts, radio actors, editors, and fashion trivia. The text is noisy and partly unreadable with several typos and misprints.
The article notes back pain from muscular strain and joint sprains, citing 208,811 Pennsylvania work days lost in 1940. It links poor pasture and aging workers to chronic back issues, warns against improper lifting, and mentions industrial physicians focusing on backs as a factor in war production.
A garbled OCR note discusses misinterpretations of terms like continual and continuous. It explains continual as repeated, frequent, and occurring in close succession, while noting words such as continuous may cause misreads in archival scans.
Description covers murres laying single colored eggs valued as et facies by Eskimos, frontier hats from animal skins, Romans wearing petasus skull caps, and slaves gaining freedom via citizenhood rites. It also notes Machu Picchu as an ancient city atop a mountain and compares power needs of air and rail transport.
CHILADELFHEA Oct 8 Two convicts near the heart of Bors Wal, the Russian soldier, note that the best way to get along with a bomb is to ignore it. A painter, Blal, director of the Tyler aus Mands Fear-Shows How School of Fine Arts of Temple to versity, has launched a remarkable wartime program. He recruits artists nationwide to give soldiers shell shock relief through art, believing that using hands to paint etch, carve helps them overcome fear. Blal shares his war experience and the belief that self-directed art can restore nerve strength.
Paul Treat of Denver introduces wooden bumpers to replace steel and chrome bumpers in a bold stance. The Denver Post notes the early wooden bumpers came from a Denver lumber company and used two by four timber and sign painter lettering. Treat asserts these bumpers lessen need for steel and chrome while aiding production of armor steel. A dealer offer to replace old bumpers free followed. Daylight Time for Poultry states whitewashing chicken house interiors lengthens daylight activity improving health and egg production.
A reader notes alleged improper control of a public parking lot on East Washington street near Armory. They claim 50 percent of spaces are wasted, with 12 to 19 vehicles parked nightly and insufficient oversight. The writer asks authorities to address the issue.
Slovan Crow, Oct. and severely injured when a ten ton truck ran over his left leg on September 20 at the Linge Air Products Company plant. Frank Hiliman of Silver Creek is at Millard Fillmore hospital where Dr. Albert H Garvin performed a below knee amputation. Doctors report his condition is "only fair" due to hip-spare injuries.
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