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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1943
Page
3
A fragmented OCR item notes rail delays and service changes in the city, with riders urged to check schedules. Details are unclear but the mention of trains, streets and potential diversions suggests commuter disruption and possible crowding at stations.
The piece argues that U S commerce relies on a flexible freight-rate system tailored to regional needs. It warns Congress may impose mileage based rates that would distort distribution of produce and goods across all states, harming consumers, producers, and the national economy.
Italy's final declaration of war on Germany reaches the United Nations and lifts Allied spirits. The move pressures wavering nations such as Turkey and Sweden to act against the Nazis while dampening German resolve.
Twenty years ago Corry marked Hallowe en events as the Community Service Council led plans for an evening of entertainment for children. The parade committee included Mayor G L Alexander and Mrs B C Barnes. Pine Grove Cemetery entrance stones were donated, and Temple University student Harold Dugan joined the Temple Weekly reportorial board.
The Daily Dozen reports a Pennsylvania school law requires smallpox vaccination for school entry. Immunization rates show 85 percent for smallpox, 61 percent for diphtheria by age eight, and under 5 percent for scarlet fever. typhoid and diphtheria vaccines are discussed as general versus lagging. It ties immunization to child protection and broader wartime considerations.
Local reports connect Clarence Lloyd a Mayville youth to a photograph at the Gruman prison camp Stalag Lut 5 while noting his parents the Milton Lloyds lived here years ago. The piece also mentions civic matters from school funding to road repairs and a U S Supreme Court ruling on union representation debates.
Local items report Navy activity with destroyer Kenney Verd repaired and at sea, plus war time enlistment talk. Community chatter covers a stalled North Center street room cleanup, summer Lake Erie travel tales, and looming November 2 elections and city treasurer hiring shifts.
The reader asks about a set of quiz items from a classifieds page. Questions include Harve Fischman, Theodore Roosevelt as a lawyer, a quoted Christian sentiment, Henry Hudson’s nationality, the word for fourteen days, Nick Carter as an iterative alias, horse height measurement, Sargasso Sea location, a writer of a Galatians letter, and a list of historical or railroad figures.
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