05 Apr 1943
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1943
Page
1
Fragmented readable fragments show a church related note and school related items. Names and exact events are unclear but reference to Sunday Monday and a possibly early week schedule appear. The readable pieces indicate a local notice style with dates and place names obscured.
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A garbled OCR line lists various numbers and prices such as 99¢ 59c 13¢ 1b 196 23¢ with stray letters and symbols, lacking clear structure or context for a news item. No identifiable persons, places, organizations, or events emerge from the fragment.
The Office of Price Administration announced April 15 retail price ceilings for beef veal lamb and mutton aimed at stabilizing markets and curbing black market activity. The move follows earlier April 1 retail price changes and introduces zone based ceilings for common cuts including hamburger and leg of lamb with regional city listings and exemptions for small stores.
Four buildings were destroyed and four families left homeless in a Sunday morning fire at Sweet Valley Ross township Luzerne County. An additional dwelling was damaged. About 3,000 chickens perished and losses total around $40,000. Seven fire crews from nearby towns aided after a local bucket brigade struggled to contain the blaze.
City officials convene in Pittsburgh for a busy session to decide on gas rationing limits to three gallons, a reward for the Renault attack case, tax delinquent listings, sewer extensions, and a nursery initiative. Mayor Hepler to skip due to health. other business includes sewer and occupational tax considerations. Western Pennsylvania seeks broader gas allotment and repurposing of funds amid ongoing wartime measures.
Senate War Investigating Committee planned an inquiry into what Chairman Truman called Army hoarding of foodstuffs and other supplies that could aid civilians. He said information indicated Army overbought canned goods and other commodities, tightening commercial markets and he sought release of held materials.
Washington April remarks outline a postwar gold based plan for currency stabilization. Secretary Morgenthau presented to a Senate group an international bank concept allowing contributing nations to obtain loans to stabilize their currencies for world trade. The plan, already shared with 34 nations, seeks to avert postwar monetary instability.
A large force of United States Flying Fortresses crossed the Strait of Dover heading toward the continent for continuous day and night bombing. The raid followed heavy attacks near Paris and Kiel, with estimates of up to two thousand tons dropped. Residents of Folkestone observed the long, dense formations as they passed overhead.
Bulletins report Allied military leaders met with Spanish officers this afternoon in Spanish Morocco. In Washington April 5 May Stephan of Detroit was convicted of treason against the United States and sentenced to thang. State Hall says Hiller is alive despite rumors of his death. Gen. Salem Oumertuk from a Turkish delegation expressed optimism that the United Nations will win the war. An attorney general disclosed a second submarine saboteur case, and a charge by J William Ditter accuses the Democratic House majority of political maneuvering on the Carlson Euml tax proposal.
Moscow reports Soviet defenses northeast and southeast of Kharkov resisted German assaults backed by tanks and air power. The Russian high command claims to have beaten back attacks, adding 200 German dead to a toll of 1,000 in the region south of Trywm, while clinging to Donets bridgeheads on the river’s northern bank and vowing not to surrender.
Flying Fortresses numbering over ten attacked Kavieng New Ireland 550 miles northeast of Port Moresby. Eight Fortresses damaged a light cruiser or destroyer, two cruisers and destroyers were sunk. The raid, begun Thursday night, involved low level bomb runs with ships hit on the water and some targets at Kavieng airport.
Harrisburg April 5 Richard J Beamish contests a assembly ouster from the Public Utility Commission and retires from an informal session to avoid deliberations. He refuses to recognize Chairman Siggins authority, insisting the commission act as a whole.
A garden and child care survey will be conducted this evening at the Mutual aid building at 8 o clock. Mrs Lloyd Stowe will outline plans for a block by block canvass of all homes to assess how many mothers will benefit from the proposed child care center and garden projects. Women participating are urged to attend and the literature for the Victory Garden program will be distributed as part of the effort.
Tondon April 5 Three leaders of the former republic of France Edouard Daladier Leon Blum and Maurice Gustave Gamelin have been claimed by the German government as Hostages and removed to a German prison to prevent the establishment of counter government under Allied auspices The German announcement said Daladier and Blum were former premiers and Gamelin was commander in chief during 1940 The report ties the move to fears Allied action in France The sinking of two Allied and neutral merchant ships in the western Atlantic brings total losses to 41 since Pearl Harbor The sunk vessels were a Norwegian freighter and a Swedish motor ship of 1 688 tons New York April 5 Dr John R Steelman said the U S conciliation service found the United Mine Workers and northern operators of the Appalachian soft coal region deadlocked on some points not all
The article reports looming Senate votes on Roosevelt era farm parity measures and a veto override attempt. It notes Senate leaders expect two-thirds support despite President Roosevelt opposition, while House passage would widen price ceilings to include all farm labor costs. Senate committees plan hearings on related agricultural pricing bills.
Tons of tin collected in Corry on Friday and Saturday were shipped to Neville Island. About two thirds of a carload gathered in the city under the street department led by Melvin Amy. Frank M Loveland, salvage chairman, praised household cooperation in placing cans in containers. A report on the total salvage value was awaited.
A. G. Abe Buller is 75 and has devoted 51 years to state hatcheries, rising to supervise Corry and Union City plants. A pioneer in trout and bass propagation, he helped build Pennsylvania stocking programs and has long been active in civic and fraternal groups including the Masons and Rotary.
Allied dispatch from North Africa reports U S Second Army Corps repulsing German counterattacks near Gafsa Gabes as Fortresses batter Naples and Axis supply lines. Naples and Syracuse raid casualties tallied with 41 ships hit and hundreds killed or injured. Rommel’s lifelines targeted amid heavy fighting and continued Allied advances toward Tunisia.
Lieut Col George Hafer takes over as acting director of the Pennsylvania selective service system for an indefinite period. Governor Martha details the transfer at a press conference saying National SSS head General Hershey requested Evans in Washington for unspecified duties.
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