02 Apr 1943
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1943
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Vernon and Lor-aeys in a shift context at a fiat. No clear event, date, or organization is readable. The text is too garbled to extract a coherent news item or identify involved persons beyond sparse names.
The readable text shows a list-like fragment with prices and codes such as 13¢ and 519¢ alongside initials KC and Th. No complete events or identities are clear, leaving only a partial catalog or price line without context or dates.
Washington reports Congress paused plans to draft civilians into war production jobs as hearings on the Austin Wadsworth National Service bill continue. Officials indicate Induction of fathers into military service may start by July, with White House awaiting guidance on a 481 hour work week and non-parental worker directives. Senator Austin suggests the president may offer manpower recommendations, while Hershey notes many draft deferred fathers expect service before fall.
City set to raise 1 382 000 for Victory Loan quota as Col Rockwell announces an M award. A meeting at the Hotel Gory last night directed the Vietary Bond and stamp committees to absorb the regular bond group for April with sales opening next week. Community leaders Mrs Buchanan and others map campaign plans as county units prepare to sell bonds through April 80th.
Gol William F. Rockwell director Production of the 0.5 Mariime Commission will presentive Mari time M i award to the will Indicator Company at this Moniee Ayre plant on Bayt South Afric next Friday April Bij This M TM jieunant is given us an AE Appreciation for qutstendin Wihitiot Lo tie nation's Beer shipbuilds us progim. Carl Dover of the Mutual Broadcasting System will preside is miest ler of ceremonies.
Harrisburg April 3 Richard J Beamish central Mauren faces a heated capital controversy over his ouster from the Public Utility Commission and describes his private office being entered without opposition. He notes the loss of his private secretary and questions access to his office while awaiting the next move in this political tussle.
Reports from London on April 2 outline a German stand in Tunisia as Allied invasion threats loom. Observers weigh a potential change in Rommel's command and Nazi defenses along the southern European coastline as Axis forces brace for a possible continental invasion.
Soviet forces report three more villages captured in the Caucasus as mud and slush slow operations along the long front. Troops near Novorossia and near Kerch Strait push German lines, while Leningrad to the Black Sea front resembles a great slushy lake with supply lines strained.
Fourteen persons were injured when a Greyhound bus struck the rear of a tractor truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The crash occurred 12 miles east of Somerset today. All but three were treated and discharged from Somerset Community Hospital. the remaining three were described as in fairly good condition. The bus and truck were eastbound.
In Tulsa on April 2 a witness testified at a preliminary hearing that Mrs. Ella B. Howard believed her husband was with another woman in a hotel room. George Sheehan, Simmons' office manager, said Howard was registered there and that Simmons was with her. Also reported Erie Red Cross War Chest over the top by 266,519.56 dollars, surpassing goals by about 30 thousand at a Church of the Covenant meeting.
British radio reports broadcast German claims of sabotage in Denmark and Norway as Allied units operate there. Observers view the talks as Nazi attempts to mask growing resistance and stricter controls. Reports also claim Danish sabotage and German curfews, with British and Norwegian parachute troops deployed in Norway and a mountain base reportedly established at a Stockholmbroadcast.
Washington April 2 The Senate War Investigating Committee warned labor leaders must prove statesmanship and patriotism as wage talks loom. It scrutinized United Mine Workers President Lewis and his push for a $2 daily increase for coal miners, warning inflation risks and urging cautious, realistic wage boosts while noting that any rise affects prices and workers bear the brunt. The panel noted miners now work six days with overtime, earning about 60 percent more than two years earlier, challenging the hunger claim cited by Lewis.
Philip Murray charged that lives of American and Allied fighting men are endangered by insufficient supplies and delays in shipments to the armed forces. He told Senator Downey that waste confusion and lack of planning are hampering efficient use of available shipping resources and demanded an immediate investigation. He warned that ship construction alone won t provide sufficient ships and space to transport weapons and materials to support the front.
Washington April 2 American fighters battered a Japanese destroyer group southwest of Kolombangara while engaging 30 to 40 Japanese Zeros and shooting down 16. Six U S planes were lost in Salomon island combats northwest of Guadalcanal, with two pilots rescued. Bombers attacked a Japanese surface force and struck Kiska in the Aleutians.
National Labor Relations Board set an Erie vote for April 7 at Oniflow Manufacturing to choose a bargaining representative between CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Union and Onisley Independent Union. NLRB actions and local labor tensions highlighted in brief dispatches.
Treasury press release shows receipts of 127,897,489.92 dollars and expenditures of 907,470,148.85. Net balance stands at 4,479,070,315.92 with total debt increased to 119,967,005,021.00. Increase over previous day recorded at 905,328,670.00.
President Roosevelt vetoed the Bankhead farm bill, saying it would be inflationary and misaligned with stabilization aims. He warned it would burden consumers with an unwarranted farmer bonus while providing no parity income goal, and stressed the need to uphold overall war era stabilization policy. The measure had cleared both House and Senate with an estimated $1.5 billion annual food bill impact.
RAF Mosquito bombers conducted daytime raids on Trier and Ehrang in western Germany, dropping delayed-action bombs from about 50 feet. Reports say a railway workshop roof and a power station were hit, and a gasoline dump at Ehrang may have been struck. No British losses, two German fighters seen, but four British planes missing from Belgium and France sweeps. one plane failed to return from northwest Germany reconnaissance. No enemy activity over England last night.
Chicago reports that the national scrap drive, led by Wilfred Sykes of Inkynd Steel, met its objective. Since September, no furnace shut down for scrap, and the drive boosted supply as new blast furnaces lower the shortage despite expanded metal use.
Harrisburg April 2 Auditor General F Clair Ross was granted 175 000 from the Commonwealth to run his office through May 31. Governor signatures were required to approve a deficiency appropriation for the current biennium. Ross had sought 180 000 but the legislature trimmed 36 000 after a Supreme Court ruling struck down a 1917 act granting halt pay to service members.
Allied reports say British First Army troops pushed deep into Tunisia’s northern defense zone and moved toward Mateur while Rommel’s forces fight to delay the advance. American and British forces reportedly meet near the sea as Montgomery’s 7th Army closes in, with Rommel attempting to stall to bolster defenses in Tunisia.
April 2 Ralta Pinney, a well known farmer on Lake Pleasant road, died March 19 leaving an estate valued at 660,000 with personal property and 85,000 in estate. Letters of administration were issued today with Teal B. McCord, register of wills. Mayme E. Bovee named administrator. Most property is located in five ward.
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