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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1941
Page
4
Fragmentary text from a newspaper notice lists rate information and mailing details. Mentions Associated Press branding and local Post Office distribution. Contains pricing by mail and carrier delivery, but lacks clear events or people.
The article recalls a veteran hunter in Corry who badly mangled a hand after a slip caused an accidental discharge. It stresses ongoing hunting accidents stem from human error and urges caution to protect both hunters and others in the woods.
The Medical Society of Pennsylvania warns hunters often wear red hats and face fatal misidentifications. About a third of 2 700 hunting deaths result from firing at errors, with 45 percent due to self-inflicted shots. Accidents occur when a hunter stumbles, climbs fences, or carries loaded guns. A companion causes 36 percent of hunting fatalities as nerves and carelessness rise. Fourteen percent come from nonparty shooters amid deer or duck chases.
The page presents a 10 item quiz asking who first saw tobacco and other general knowledge items. Questions cover exploration figures Raleigh Columbus or Smith, a joking word, odor weight, a gelou as animal or old Z or counting device, Mount Vernon river, painter of The Angelus, acorn tree origin, interim etymology, New York borough count, and Great Lakes location regarding Canada.
A fragmented OCR note reflects a guidance on using comparative and superlative forms when masking comparisons. It cites examples like John is the better of the two and we live in the best of all worlds. The text appears as a stub from a historical paper page.
Washington reports that replacing normal imports with ersatz goods to stock U S shelves disrupts industrial empires and trade relations worldwide. The piece notes job shifts, higher consumer prices, and new material sources as defense needs reshape production. It cites titanium pigments, ilmenite, lard substitutes, and clothing design simplification as examples of wartime substitution impacting employment and prices.
A wartime editorial argues ships must be armed to deter torpedoing and stinking losses. It condemns neutrality laws and calls for abandoning peace hopes, urging rapid arms shipments to those fighting for freedom at sea and on land against Tokyo and Berlin.
The text references early warfare use of a flammable compound called lignidre and Byzantine tactics with caldrons and pots. It describes oysters filtering water and possibly deducing their filtration rate, then shifts to August birthstones Camellia and sardonyx under Leo, and ends with mentions of Colton material uses and Gimneluns as symbols of good fortune and Sardian carnelian hues.
Erie Oct 29 truck drivers affiliated with the American Federation of Labor threaten to strike at midnight Friday if pay demands are not met. Negotiations are ongoing with multiple employers as the union seeks about a 16 cent per hour increase. city drivers already had pay adjustments.
Titusville Ontario, Oct 2 Mayor Peter Hoenig told council police are to investigate reports nitroglycerine is being hauled through Titusville in violation of city ordinance. Councilman Light cited West Blass Street residents who reported a glycerin truck loaded with shells moving from Peny street toward South Franklin street.
Franklin firm Joy Manufacturing Company, already at capacity building automatic coal loading machines, secured a $2,250,000 Navy defense contract for gun loading machinery. Production to begin within weeks, with the order cited as the largest in company history, boosting raw material priority.
Police expected to release a man Wednesday in connection with the $1,100 burglary at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Club on East 14th Street last Monday. Detected by Tuesday, police question several suspects but hold no one firmly. investigators believe the gang involved may include a local insider.
Maintenance crews of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways will begin installing snow fence along wind swept sections in the coming weeks. Work starts after November 1 to avoid interrupting farmers. The department has over 13.324 million feet ready and about 1 million feet on order for delivery by November 15.
Representatives of Holgate Brothers Company and the CIO union, with around 400 workers affected, were summoned to a special panel of the United States Conciliation Service in the Labor Department building in Washington, D. C. The session is set for 10 o clock Friday morning.
The highway department describes erecting snow fences along exposed sections to reduce drifting and keep around 20,000 miles of improved roads open during sleet and snow. Some areas use natural barriers or trees, but snow fences are the common practice for winter service.
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