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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1941
Page
1
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Berlin reported the fall of Larisa south of Mount Olympus as Axis forces press the front. British and Greek defenders in Athens claimed their line remained unbroken despite heavy Axis assaults and significant casualties on the Hellenic front.
General Motors announced no plans for 1943 passenger model changes. Alfred P Sloan Jr said the move would accelerate defense production. Ford and Chrysler had not confirmed 1943 plans but reactions were cautious as industry eyes align with defense. British leave Meury Soper reports cite wartime emigration rumors.
Roger W Babson argues the New Dealers and Washington bureaucracy threaten business efficiency during wartime. He warns that expanded government power risks slowing defense work and stifling enterprise, urging readers to visit Washington to see the perils and urging cooperation with administrators. He predicts a tense clash between New Dealers and business amid national emergency and defense needs.
City officials led by Mayor Frank E. Hepler announced Sunday as the start date for daylight saving time with a fast time schedule running through September. Schools Supt Ralph S. Dewey pledged school cooperation, while firms and plants will also shift. Nationwide action may follow the national emergency and Congress. Corry aims to align with neighboring towns and adjust railroad and radio timetables accordingly.
Spring reveals extensive damage to nearly all bituminous roads as winter’s freeze shatters surface, with the Gancord Ridge road needing a large repair program to restore to passable condition. Reports from Corryltes through Jamestown and Sugar Glove cite heaving and widespread distress on routes linking Shicklon founds and neighboring towns.
Athens reels as King George I engages political military leaders to form a stable administration amid German troops near Olympus. Premier Alexandros Kovizis dies, forcing a cabinet crisis while Kostas Kotzlis fails to secure a new government and Metaxas successors contend with Axis power.
Coatesville Pennsylvania April B W H Miller a 55 year old Pennsylvania Railroad engineer of Philadelphia completed his run and in a nearby bunkhouse at Horn dale told two fellow workers I might as well say goodbye I am going to die a moment later he slumped in the chair Deputy Coroner Harry E Williams Jr attributed the death to heart ailment
Federal grand jury indicted retired U S Judge J Warren Davis's brother for contempt. The panel asked District Judge Bard to compel Davis to produce records including his 1940 income tax files, citing risk of destruction. In Chicago on April 15 police questioned 30 year old John Gyona in the slaying of newspaper editor Giovanni La Trivuna.
Washington reports indicate revival of broad excise taxes including rail and life insurance taxes as added revenues to offset declines in income and corporate taxes. Ways and Means plans closed sessions with treasury officials to determine start of hearings.
Ontario authorities report that about twenty German prisoners of war escaped from a northwestern Ontario camp between 6 p.m. and 3 a.m. Several escapees were allegedly recaptured. Officials could not confirm whether the fugitives were civilian or military prisoners and noted the escape could force travel through air routes toward the United States.
In Erie Pennsylvania on April 18 Reymond Bacio an 18 year old parochial student was struck by lightning while practicing with an amateur baseball team He died on the spot Six other team members were injured including a player who suffered a tongue injury The tragedy happened during a spring practice at a flat field near the city and the team plans to play Sunday despite the deadly accident
Shanghai April 19 Japanese troops with warships and aircraft reportedly began a rapid nine hour assault to seize Ningpo a Chekiang province port vital as a communications link between Nanjing and Chungking. Ningpo 100 miles south of Shanghai has been a key transit point under government control.
Jamestown experienced a long blackout and widespread damage as a severe storm hit Chautauqua County. Lightning caused electrical outages, flooding in East Smith East Wayne streets, severed power for up to 90 minutes, and minor street damage. American Legion aided an emergency effort while theaters paused and business activity slowed.
Berlin reports a German Stuka dive bombing mission sank a heavy British cruiser of about 8000 tons near Saïum in the Mediterranean last night. The attack marks a shipping destruction record of about 58 000 tons for 44 hours, according to Germari.
Palm Beach, Fla. April 19 The Duke and Duchess of Windsor sought by the socially prominent residents planned to stay in seclusion in their apartment much of today They scheduled a luncheon with Mrs Margaret Emerson mother of Alfred and George Vanderbilt and Mrs Henry J Topping but aside from this and a dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Claude K Boettcher of Denver other invitations were declined.
Police said the 54 year old janitor of a North HM Methodist church confessed to incinerating the body of Ruth Zwicker a 54 year old music teacher claiming death was accidental in a scuffle after he sought a kiss. Detectives found ashes under boiler grates after acting on a hunch and the father identified remains by dental work.
Adolf Hitler's 52nd birthday tomorrow may also mark a Greek Axis armistice, German political circles said today. Reports claim a major Thracian frontline breakthrough and Panzer moves around Larisa, as Athens faces bombing threats while German leaders weigh vengeance on Greece for Serbia.
Associated Press reports Pittsburgh picketers defied a strike injunction at West Penn Hospital. Police intervened as 32 workers were arrested and more than 60 patients were affected by the disruption. Assertions of ongoing enforcement and protest activity continue into the night.
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