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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1942
Page
1
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In 2001 a local group named Eastie pledges to support a citywide project, aiming to strengthen community ties and encourage public participation through coordinated service and outreach initiatives.
Moscow reports fierce fighting as German and Russian forces jockey for advantage in the grand spring campaign. A special communique claims 402 German aircraft shot down or destroyed on the ground, while 40,000 invaders, including officers, are reported killed on the central front before Moscow from March 28 to April 4.
Avaged Press dispatches from Evishyeshey report German reserves are being exhausted for Hitler's spring offensive. Southwest front fighting intensifies as Semeon Timoshenko drives forward. 6th and 17th German armies said to be used for defense. Russians claim large materiel gains and reoccupation of 161 localities. Red Star notes westward Soviet crossings behind German lines near central front. Leningrad bombed with heavy air defenses shooting down numerous German craft. German high command claims bombing of remnants of Soviet Baltic fleet. Staraya niva encircled German 16th Army dissolving under Red pressure.
Police investigate a weeks long gasoline theft from parked cars near United Brethren church on North Center Street. Three men were surprised in the act last night, fled toward the P R R tracks, leaving cans behind. One can connected to a gasoline tank was found. officers continue the inquiry for clues and suspects.
A derailed north bound freight near Tionesta disrupted rail traffic between Ol City and Buffalo. Fifteen coal cars and the locomotive tender left the track, tearing up about 400 feet of track. The wreck occurred 1000 feet south of the Tionesta freight station. Crews from Oil City Warren and others worked at the scene. no injuries reported. Conductor Archie Lyman and Engineer Thomas F. Thom led the derailed train’s handling.
London reports show more than 40 RAF bombers hit the Rhineland and Paris axes during a night raid. Genne Villiers near Paris and Gnome-Rhone works were struck for war material parts. Four engined Stirling aircraft carried eight tons each. Losses were low for this scale, contrasting Berlin raid in November.
Following a morning storm the weather cleared to bright sunshine and mild temperatures. Churches reported the heaviest Easter attendance since Christmas, with capacity crowds witnessing vivid programs and special choral offerings. The day drew large outdoor crowds to hills and streets as spring fashions appeared in bright colors and military touches in attire.
Police hunt a stranger who rifled the cash register at Allaatic filling station on Center and Pleasant streets during the noon hour Saturday. The theft netted about 20 dollars according to the report. the station is managed by William Randall.
Clark Lee recounts vivid anecdotes of Bataan defenders including Captain Arthur Wermuth nicknamed the one man army and a Filipino scout who decapitated a Japanese patrol near Davao. The piece notes U.S. Sergeant May’s lone stand against a warship and his subsequent duties in the Philippines as his exploits are remembered.
Investigators probing the death of 23 year old Lloyd Wilkinson near Harborcreek report a stonewall from witnesses and officers. No new developments emerged over the weekend as police concede leads have collapsed. Ruby Mastman, 18, is slated for further questioning today.
Judge Ralph H. Smith Democratic nominee for governor Ramsey Black Fourth Assistant Postmaster General and Warren K Hess arrive in Erie to launch the primary drive on Wednesday at the Hotel Lawrence. They will meet county Democrats and hold conferences with campaign leaders from multiple counties to finalise plans. Senator Guffey and Ralph Bashore accompany the candidates.
Army Day observance to be marked with a parade at 6 p.m. The march will form at the F. W. Home on West Washington Street and report promptly. The procession will travel via First Avenue to South, then Center and north to City Park.
A driver fell asleep at the wheel causing a car to leave Route 97 and strike a tree one mile west of Union City. Angisrine Huffnagel and his wife Mrs Sarah Goodman, both seriously injured, were taken to Union City Hospital. Mrs Goodman remains in critical condition with multiple injuries. Corp James Vaughan of the state motor police investigated. no other major incidents reported nearby.
AP dispatches report Japanese bombers from an air carrier struck Nigampatam and Covanada, towns on the coast between Madras and Calcutta, as Britain confirms the operation in the Bay of Bengal. Additional small landings in the Solomon Islands threaten New Caledonia and the New Hebrides as Allied air losses are noted over Australia.
Colombo, Ceylon reports a dawn air attack by about 75 Japanese raiders. 27 planes shot down, five more probably destroyed, two damaged. British defenses and U S bombers helped repel the raid. The event mirrors Japanese pressure on Burma and hints at a broader Indian Ocean campaign. Paría Nouveaux Temps says U S pressure blocks rapprochement of Petain Laval and Axis collapse in France.
Premier Hideki Tojo told India that great calamities would follow under subjugation of British forces, urging rejection of Britain's postwar independence offer. In New Delhi, Louis Johnson met Jawaharlal Nehru and Abul Kalam Azad as Washington backs India’s war industry role and seeks clarity on its political future.
Elmer L. Kincaid Jr., a Corry area native, has been promoted to captain in the U.S. Air Corps. He enlisted last February and previously served with Transcontinental-Western Air Lines. Educated in Mount Vernon Ohio and an alumnus of Prince ich University, he is now stationed at Westover Field, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts.
Easter Sunday traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike was halted for several hours as a trailer-truck fire in the Laurel Hill tunnel caused $20,900 in damage. Louis Cohen of Pittsburgh suffered a burn while trying to fight the blaze as explosions rocked the truck. Fire units at tunnel entrances and state police directed motorists while firefighters battled the flames.
The War Department reports American Filipino troops repulsed a major Japanese landing attempt on the Bataan line and halted a dusk assault aided by tanks and dive bombers. Japanese losses were heavy. Corregidor faced no air strikes that day while Manila Bay defenses remained vigilant.
Senator McNary of Oregon led a push to curb war profits in a 19 212,900,000 military appropriations bill. He promised GOP backing for a workable plan to cut profits in military production, asserting Republicans nationally shared the aim and would endorse measures to limit earnings. The House approved a broad amendment to cap profits, outlining ranges from forty percent on some items to two percent on others.
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