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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1944
Page
4
A Medical Society of Pennsylvania survey analyzed 900 consecutive cases of weakness and fatigue. It found physical disorders caused about 120 percent of cases, neurosis or nervous disease 20 percent, and the rest due to nervous strain or fatigue. Vitamin deficiency was rare, heart illness rare, and constipation ruled out. Complete check-ups are advised.
Jamestown column reports Lt. Frank L. Wilson bombardier, listed missing since September 4 over King, has safely returned to his unit in China per letters and cables sent to his mother Mrs. Alice B. Wilson. He says no wounds or illness and promises details later. Official word pending. Wilson is a 1936 graduate of Jamestown High.
At a Bradford Rotary Club meeting H. H. Anderson and T. R. Beeman described the 35,700,000 dollar Kinzua dam plan on the Allegheny river. The project would create a 33 mile reservoir from dam crest to Salamanca, with a 169 foot dam height and 1702 foot top length, plus recreation facilities and forest preservation.
The article reports heavy Soviet attacks on Memel Liepaja and Riga as German forces fight back with reinforcements. The East Prussian frontier nears as Panoch is seized, and fighting intensifies southeast of Memel with 30 counterattacks. Russian tallies claim over 9,000 German deaths amid a shrinking pocket around Liepaja trapping 100 000 to 150 000 Germans. No Soviet confirmation on a new Polish offensive near Rozan.
Wartime advisory urges fire safety and crowd control as Europe ends fighting. Officials push preventing fires false alarms bonfires and traffic obstructions during Victory Day observances while warning against endangering lives. A separate column critiques the coal strike and government seizure, calling the miners' actions a national failure and likening it to a schoolboy beating.
A quiz page asks seven questions about political speeches, geography, demobilization, senators, wartime bombings, ancient wonders, cabinet roles, presidential home states, Paris landmarks, and poultry terms. It tests knowledge on Bricker, Turkey, four point system, Cotton Ed, Manchurian steel center, the seven wonders, Hoover’s cabinet, Harding’s home state, the Champs Elysees, and capons.
A wartime editorial fragment asserts miners have repeatedly struck against the war effort and mocks claims of backing the government. It questions who truly bosses the government and notes the necessity of maximizing coal production to speed victory.
A Pleasant Township sailor, T Sg t Hyatt A Sailor, wounded in Saipan, lies in grave condition. His wife in New Brunswick, N J, reports four months of hospitalization at a base in the southwest Pacific. Adjutant General Ulio says he relapsed on September 13 with little hope for recovery.
The air express service was officially introduced in the United States in 1927 with a fast plane capable of flying from New York to San Francisco in 38 hours marking a milestone in early U S air transportation and speedy courier service.
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