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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1942
Page
1
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British admiralty reports the Cornwall and Dorsetshire sunk in the Bay of Bengal by Japanese bombers, with 1100 survivors. German and Italian naval actions shift focus to Indian waters as Tokyo cites allied ship losses and bold maneuvers near Burma and Calcutta.
Washington April 9 A War Production Board order blocks nearly all construction. Residential work is banned except maintenance if under 650, and no new commercial industrial recreation institutional highway or utilities projects may start if over 85,000 unless government permission is granted.
The board of directors of the association unanimously approved a Federal Works Agency grant of 50000 for a 29 bed expansion at Corry hospital. The award, read in full, will speed up plans with architect Thomas Hendryx and regional FWA offices, bids to follow soon. President Hawkins announced Dallas Bailey as finance committee chairman and regular committee appointments to be filled next week.
April 9 reports say Japanese planes bombed Trincomalee, a key British naval base on the northeast coast of Ceylon. The raid marked the first attack on the base, with limited bombing elsewhere around Colombo and no bombs dropped there.
Four coal cars drifted into a classification yard collision with a shifting engine tender in the Pennsylvania Railroad Gon way yards 22 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Henry J. Brown 24 of Marion Fill near New Brighton Beaver county died. injured were Chl Sandahl engineer of the shifting engine Thomas Fairley 24 brakeman and Richards Beechout 25 brakeman all from nearby towns. The coal cars buckled the victim crushed the car and the tender overturned driving the engine from the tracks.
Soviet reports say 129 Nazi transport planes were destroyed in three days of a 10 day period, costing Germany 549 aircraft. Arctic and Barents Sea losses cited, with two transport ships sunk. Red Star claims 16 invasion planes and 193 ground aircraft destroyed near Lake Timen as 16th Army is encircled. Erich Frost is quoted on near Timen.
Washington April 9 Senator George D. Ga approved a plan for a special tax on income from military production contracts to curb war profits. He argued it would be unfair to tax non military orders and defended the proposal as a just and proper step.
German immigrant William Johann Adams, accused of extorting about 325,000 from German American families, remains in jail on hunger strike. County detectives label the fast a hunger strike and physician care is to force feed him while Adams faces additional charges of security violation larceny and fraudulent conversion.
Authorities pore over sightings of a tall bearded man in jackets and high boots after Loyd Wilkins is found dead near Cutting. State troopers and local deputies chase rumors through farms and woods, with farmers reporting close calls and a possible lead toward New York state as searches focus on Carter Hill and Cutting. A Harborcreek suspect questioned over a revolver is cleared. no firm weapon tied to the slaying yet.
The War Production Board ordered gasoline deliveries to service stations in 17 eastern states Oregon Washington and the District of Columbia reduced by one third from average levels of last December January and February. Babe Ruth showing slow improvement but remains in critical condition in Hollywood hospital as reports note continued chills and cautious optimism.
Reports from New Delhi say leaders of the All India Congress and Hindu Mahasabha favor a national government for India as a wartime model while Britain’s Cripps negotiates terms. Savarkar signals no objection to joining, with Hindu Mahasabha to gain two seats, Congress seen near agreement. Cripps may announce soon.
Cavey residents were injured when a car and a truck collided at the intersection of renthes TT and 277 just north of Spartens burg on Wednesday afternoon. The truck driver was Trunk J. Widredge of Union City and the auto driver Private Jack Bell of Molt Street. Mrs Franklin Bell fractured her nose and Miss Gertrude Reed suffered head cuts. Both drivers escaped with shaking. Corry motor police investigated.
Five inches of snow covered the St Marys area today as temperatures plunged to the freezing mark. Roads were reported hazardous and travel difficult in the Pennsylvania town.
Secretary Stimson disclosed to Way that under Brigadier General Hurley efforts in January aimed to reinforce besieged Philippine forces. Ships carrying supplies were sent to Corregidor and Bataan, but for every ship that arrived nearly two were lost. defenders faced shortages while Americans formed much of the peninsula’s garrison and air force personnel numbered about 5,000 at the invasion start.
Senator Berkeley L. Bunker charges the Defense Plant Corporation and Basle Magnesium, Inc. with a shady $63 million magnesite refinery deal at Las Vegas Nevada. He calls for a thorough investigation and warns of war profiteering amid potential 4,280 percent profits on a $50,000 investment.
Malta faced intensified Axis raids as Libyan operations resumed, with Valletta and surrounding areas pounded. British imperial forces and Allied units, including Polish contingents, reportedly advanced toward Tobruk as the battle for Libya escalated amid heavy bombing and air battles.
Ralph Smith secures CIO President Philip Murray endorsement and strong party leader backing in northwestern Pennsylvania for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Murray praises Smith’s legal record and ability, while Arthur Colegrove and Warren Hess also voice confidence. The campaign signals a renewed Democratic bid and critique of Lawrence-Ross faction’s influence.
Washington dispatch reports World War II military communique noting overwhelming Japanese force in the Philippines and advances suggesting the defense of Bataan may have been overcome despite a determined counterattack by exhausted defenders.
Washington reports Lt General Wainwright's force on Bataan numbered troops as resistance collapsed. Secretary Stimson said most were killed or captured and Roosevelt authorized the commander to act as needed. Corregidor and other Manila Bay fortifications remained, though predictions on their endurance were withheld. Evacuation of survivors would be dangerous across open water.
An April Shanghai report claims General Jonathan M. Wainwright asked for an armistice as Axis forces urged a conference on capitulation terms at Romao on Bataan's eastern shores. The dispatch notes the claim lacks independent confirmation and official status.
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