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Newspaper

Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1942

Page

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Len Rowe Selected as Med 10 Senior High Teacher

Helen Rowe, graduate of hy High, elected by the Board of Education to teach in the Senior High School commercial department at 1900 dollars per year. The board may extend absences for others who may leave for military service. several vacancies and substitutions are noted as pending determinations for next term.

Helen Rowe Hy High Board of Education Tea Tor Sf Rowe Mra Smut Bert Williams West Park Ith Rowe Acaant Bustimas Sic Department Indigna Fate Teachers' College Whitfield Consolidated School Cabot Buller County Absenge Margeres Lonce Ralph S. Dewey Lkely John Grable William Fieffer J. Donald Watson Florian Florek Iistor Stanley

Two Arrests For Disorder At Al Mary's Place

Police arrested Willie Bloss and William Fleming after a disturbance in front of Al Mary's on South Center Street at 2 20 this morning. Bloss may have a broken leg pending X ray. both received $10 fines and court casts for disorderly conduct following an argument over entertainment and a return of a party planned after dissatisfaction with the program.

al Mary's Place South Center Street Willie Bloss Ab Marty

Russians in Heavy Assault Across Donets Front

By Associated Press London April 24 German radio claimed six Soviet divisions led a violent attack on the central Russian front with some dislocations of Nazi lines and partial annihilation of attackers. Other Soviet offensives targeted Romanian and Italian positions in the Donets Basin south. In Russia’s northwestern front a local locality was recaptured and more communities retaken. Soviet reports say 9,000 Germans slain and 76 tanks destroyed on the Leningrad front from April 1 to 10, plus a German transport sunk in the Barents Sea. The Soviet information bureau claims 322 German planes shot down last week, totaling 1,103 since March 11, against 314 Soviet aircraft lost. Hitler’s air force is described as defensive.

Associated Press London Donets Kuibyshev Russia Leningrad Moscow Radio Barents Sea Soviet Information Bureau Adolf Hitler Basil Cardew London Daily Express

James ignores probes and names hospital board

Harrisburg April 14 Governor James rejects recommendations of a legislative committee to delay the Shamokin State Hospital Board of Trustees to remedy conditions. He reappoints William Penn Kemble Clayton Stechinfield Herbert Cimmings Paul Miller J. John Higgins H Wilson Lark and others, days after a Senate panel criticized lax operation and said the institution was run for political profit under prior and present administrations.

FOS Harrisburg James Shamokin State Hospital Senate

Sea Wolf submarine nets huge toll on Japanese ships

The Seawolf, a U S submarine, operated in the Indian Ocean south of the Dutch Indies in late February through early April and sank a light cruiser, a destroyer, and a large transport while damaging others. Commanded by Lieut. Commander Frederick Burdett Warder, it faced repeated depth-charge attacks yet returned home unscathed. The Navy labeled the cruise one of the epics of submarine warfare and Warder its potential Navy Cross recipient.

Associated Press Washington U. S Tokyo Seawart U. 5 Seawoll Indian Ocean Dutch Indies Frederick Burdett Warder Seawolf Japan

Hughes Scraps Pennsylvania Road Program Halted Defense Output

Harrisburg April 14. A War Production Board order stopping all non-defense construction led to Pennsylvania scrapping its largest road building effort. The $50 million 1942 drive was halted except for underway projects and military needs. Chief Engineer Frame said the WPA labor projects were included, with $20 to $29 million of work already in progress or contracted.

Associated Press Harrisburg Wat Production Board Pennsylvania I Epmanty ‘Hughes Thomas C. Frame Isbor

Imperial claim: 40000 captured in Bataan campaign

Tokyo reports an Imperial communique stating 40 000 prisoners taken since the Bataan offensive began, including 6700 U S troops. It lists generals and commanders and claims vast booty of 196 guns 40 machine guns 3000 rifles and armored cars among munitions seized.

Associated Press Tokyo Imperial Headquarters United States Edyard F. Inger Peninsula Bataan U.S Albert M. Jones First George M. Parker Second Francisco

Allies expect shift 10 bring aid to Hitler

Vichy dispatch reports Marshal Petain plans a new government with Pierre Laval and Admiral Jean Darlan to reinforce collaboration with Germany. The move follows Laval's ouster in December 1940 and signals a major shift in France's wartime alignment according to officials.

Hitler Associated Press Vichy Marshal Petain Pierre Laval France Germany Jean Darlan Leval Poaition

United States Appeals to French on French Rights

Washington reports the United States issued a formal note to the Vichy government pledging support for restoring the sovereign rights of the French people. It denounced French collaborators with Hitler and condemned Germany's propaganda while noting Laval and Petain discussed a new constitutional government. British sources call Laval's return a strategic setback for the Allied diplomatic push and signal tougher posturing toward Vichy.

Associated Press Washington United States Fie Vichy France Petain Seieniont Germany Hitler Sumner Welles Gaston Henry-Haye London Pierre Laval United Nations State Department Foreign Office Britain Generil Charles de Gaulle de Galle Nasis

Heavily Outnumbered Forces Fight Desperately On Cebu

War Department reported American Filipino troops on Cebu were heavily outnumbered yet stubbornly resisting Japanese advances. Corregidor and Port Frank shelled. communications with Cebu restored. Mindanao Diyas area guerrilla raids noted. casualties modest amid fighting on multiple fronts.

U. S Cebu Associated Press Washington War Department Manila Bay Diyas Mindanao Comuilinique Philippine Corresidor Port Frank Cebilas

Cyrus Carter Listed Missing After Peary Sinking

Official word confirms 25 year old Cyrus Carter, a U S Navy veteran of eight years, is missing after the destroyer Peary was sunk by Japanese bombers off Port Darwin on February 10. His family in Cambridge Springs and nearby residents, including brother Hoye Carter, await confirmation amid grave fears and hopes he survived among 53 rescued crew members.

Cyrus Carter U. S. Navy U. S J. B. Carten Pairbav North Corry Carter Port Darwin Hoye Caster Erle Railroad

Daily Bulletins From Global News Wire April 14 1942

The bulletin summarizes multiple items: New York milk pool for March totals 14 186 880 49 dollars with a uniform rate of 2 4313 cents under the February price, plus 48 cents higher than March 1941. A Washington report describes a vast patent pool linking General Electric with Krupp interests as a potential war production bottleneck. Melbourne dispatch notes Allied airmen targeting Japanese bases at Lae and Koepang and damaging Japanese aircraft. London report cites a Norwegian exile spokesman on German controlled Quieling refugees imprisoning teachers and ministers. An English northeast town reports 14 killed and many injured in German bombing with extensive property damage.

Associated Press New York New York Metropolitan N. J. Cladalvis Washington Melbourne United States Lae New Guinea Koepang Dutch Timor

Nazis Expect: An Invasion

London reports from neutral captors say German high command anticipates an Allied invasion of Europe. They claim readiness to strike anywhere but London sources doubt the Italian and German broadcasts and see no solid basis for the claim. General Marshall and adviser Hopi are noted in publicity.

Associated Press London Europe George @. Marshall U. S. Army Harry Hopi Roosevelt Berlin Stockholm Demdékraten Gemma High Command Geneva la Silisse Germany Rome

Knox Opposes 40 Hour Work Week Suspension

Washington April 14 Secretary of the Navy Knox told Congress that suspending the 40 hour work week would bring confusion and defy. He opposed the percentage limitation on war profits and urged an end to industrial disputes over the closed shop. He said no labor legislation needed for the Navy. Cleveland April 1 the body of 19 year old Arse Georgia Lopez found in an abandoned brickyard in Kingsbury Run where Cleveland's Lorsa killer disposed of victims.

Washington Secretary of the Navy Knox Congress Navy Cleveland Ars? Georgia Lopex Kingsbury Run Lorsa

Veterans of Foreign Wars Benefit Bingo for Soldiers

A large community bingo party to aid boys in service is set for Thursday at the State Armory under Veterans of Foreign Wars and Corry Rod and Gun Club auspices. Proceeds fund purchases for servicemen at Army camps and naval bases, with all money managed by a local committee led by a sergeant. Tickets are sold briskly, with proceeds to a yet unnamed local fund. neither organization keeps any share. Harry G. Oswald, president of the gun club, directs ticket sales.

Uye Soldiers' and Sailors Veterans of Foreign Wars Corry Anc Toeseftinen Tigi Harry G. Oswaltdr Gun Club

Urge U S Seize French Islands A House Demand

In Washington on April 14 the House pressed for seizure of French possessions in response to Vichy plans for a Laval led government. Rep Pouge labeled Laval a traitor and enemy of free people while Rep Faddis urged force if needed to retain assets for wartime needs.

Washington United States Vichy France Pierre Laval Pouge D-Tex Laval Rep. Faddis D-Ps

Berlin Forces Suspension Of Riom Trials

The new government suspended the Riom trial to broaden its scope to include political and military mistakes leading to defeat. Several former leaders face possible blame. Daladier, Reynaud, Mandel, Gamelin, and Cot are noted, with some defendants to remain in custody or exile as Petain orders measures. Berlin reports say the decree signals raising responsibility for the war.

Fromnenvell Vichy France Germany Fis Aaying Bryébedtth Court Edouard Daladier Leon Bhim Maurice Gustave Gamelin Zpeta Portaice Pyrenees Paul Reynaud Georges Mandel Reynaud Petain Mandel Council of Political Justice Pierre Jacomet Nation Defense Industries Guy Lachambre Air Bourassol Chaten Portalet Pierre Cot Ibe Refugez United States Berlin

Assault from Barges on Two Sides Near Corregidor

April 14 dispatches from Corregidor indicate a Japanese night assault plan by barges to attack from the Bataan and Cavite shores. Reports also say a Japanese vessel off Bataan was sunk and that patrol boats along the bay would support the landing. General Wainwright notes heavy artillery fire on both shores as weather may shape the attack.

Associated Press Washington Corregidor Batann Ashing Mariveles War Department Bataan Manila Bay Batran Cavite Wainwright Cebu Island Min—danso Serih Tamgows Digos Davao Gulf

Train speeds through blaze near Lake County lumber yard

Painesville O April 1 a $50,000 fire at the Eeonomy Lumber Company destroyed a lumber yard near New York Central tracks and threatened to spread to storage tanks of the Lake County Oil Company. The blaze, reported around 6:50 p.m., prompted four fire companies to battle flames that consumed about 200 feet of track area while the Century Limited sped by. Firefighters said the blaze was brought under control as flames and sparks were seen over the block.

Associated Press Painesville Eeonomy Lumber Company New York Central Lake County Ol Company York Central

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