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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1942
Page
1
A garbled wartime diary style fragment mentions a Nor company in York, a first focal point, firemen in West Street, a college officer squad, a coroner, and a dead child. The text blends army references, dates, and locations with unclear names, creating a hazy incident summary.
Reports from Japan claim U S planes launched from carriers landed at a China base and indicate a new bombing raid on Tokyo and other cities. The Tokyo broadcast spoke of planes reaching safety at a China base after a Pacific attack. The dispatch also notes President Truman or allied authorities remained silent on the assault. But the source presents a contested version of events tied to wartime tensions.
Henry Nelson a 62 year old Ridgway resident and Ajax foundry moulder was killed at the Center street crossing when struck by E R R freight train No 3403 about 9 22 Sunday night. He walked around a lowered gate and went onto the crossing, apparently unaware of the approaching train. Local witnesses and the watchman Douglas tried to warn him as the engine crew the engineer and conductor were unaware of the tragedy awaiting them. Nelson had returned from Ridgway that weekend and lived at the European Hotel. He leaves a wife two daughters and a son and funeral services are planned in Ridgway.
Vichy France held the first formal ministers meeting under Pierre Laval as chief of government. Marshal Petain, now elder statesman, compared the wartime trial to France's 1940 defeat and urged ministers to support Laval's regime as the new government begins to function.
Chinese troops recaptured Yedangyaung after breaking through from the northeast. In Burma’s western oilfields, after two days of fighting, Chinese communiques say they freed several thousand British troops from Japanese encirclement. Royal Air Force counter-offensive reported with air raids in the Irrawaddy delta and attacks on Sandoway and Andrew Bay. barges and small craft were targeted with machine guns.
Anathey submarine fires on Shell oil installations at Bullen Bay Curacao near the Panama Canal. The coastal battery responded and the enemy reportedly left after a brief attack at 3 a m. The shelling marks the third attack on the U S garrisoned Dutch West Indies in about five months.
War Department reports intense Japanese bombardment aimed at Corregidor as five raids hit the fort and nearby Manila Bay forts. Defenders silenced at least three batteries and disrupted five troop concentrations on Bataan while dive bombers struck Corregidor and Fort Hughes. Near Mindanao a U.S. patrol ambushed two Japanese transport buses, inflicting casualties.
Two of the nation's largest steel companies, Carnegie Steel and Jones and Laughlin, were charged by the War Production Board with repeated violations of priorities regulations. The actions spanned May 31, 1941, to March 6, 1944, as the government sought prosecutions for diverting plate steel to private customers during a critical shipbuilding period. Jones and Laughlin issued a statement defending shipments as meeting military and lease-lend needs, with president H. E. Lewis asserting their effort to fulfill army and Navy requirements amid the wartime crisis.
Soviet long range artillery was reported ready within range of Smolensk two miles west of Moscow. Russian assaults were noted along the Volkhov front south of Leningrad toward the Svir river, with German air power attempting to halt Red Army gains. The Russians claimed a advance of miles against the Finns at one point after battering Kienr defense works.
The Office of Defense Transportation urged Pennsylvania New York and New Jersey to drop daylight time changes saying it would waste public transportation. ONT Director Joseph B Eastman telegraphed governors noting trains would be strained during emergencies. A New York Senate measure and similar moves in New Jersey and Pennsylvania were discussed. Mrs H Ray Harris and Belene Rae Harris visited Buffalo over the weekend.
In Porter sville Pennsylvania on Route 19 three miles south of town an automobile accident killed Brennan Lawrence 16 and David L Lawrence Jr 18 sons of National Committeeman Said L Lawrence. Four others were injured and taken to Ellwood City Hospital. State police say the car left the road and struck a curb after reportedly failing to control. Brennan died at the scene. his brother died on the way to hospital. The Lawrence family also has a daughter Mary 19 and son Jerry 3.
Brentwood suburban students returned to classes today after a three day strike protesting the discharge of the supervising principal. The Brentwood School Board voted to reinstate the dismissed executive, ending the protest.
Erie native Richard L. Yates 80 vice president and general manager of Skinner Engine Co died suddenly at home from a heart attack Sunday. He lived at 50 Gordon Lane and led the firm in engineering and operations for decades.
Washington April 20 War Man Power chief Paul V McNutt announced a plan for labor priorities to move workers to essential war industries without enforcing a generic work or fight policy He estimated about 19 000 000 workers would be needed to meet wartime production needs and warned against nationwide mobilization of labor.
City board convenes a special meeting at 7 30 oclock in the library building. The discussion follows a visit by William J Findley of the Philadelphia Federal Works Agency about previous grant requests for a junior high expansion.
A would be tire thief awakened West Wayne residents about 1 30 Sunday. Mary Jourdet shouted as the thief fled north toward Franklin Street after damaging the Bulek car tire owned by S Fyontera. Police investigated but found no trace, aided by a good description from a Third Ward resident. Authorities urged residents to call police immediately for tire thefts or attempts.
Philadelphia began its first prolonged war alert over the weekend with 34 hours of duty from 8 PM Saturday to 1 AM today. Thousands of air raid wardens auxiliary and special police were on duty in a surprise drill without prior official announcement.
Reports from Vichy Rouen detail German plans to execute 30 French hostages for a train bombing with a threat to shoot eighty more by April 24 if attackers are not turned in. Other items note Roosevelt’s anticipated anti inflation message to Congress, a consul general nomination, rape conviction in Clearfield County, Allied raids destroying 40 Japanese planes at Rabaul, and a federal suit against Carnegie Steel and Jones and Laughlin Steel over War Production Board price rules.
April 20 report says American aircrew from a bombing mission was questioned by Japanese authorities after a plane forced down off the coast of Japan. The dispatch notes that several enemy planes escaped and some may have headed toward China while U S and Allied sources warn of possible delay before confirmation of events.
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