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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1942
Page
1
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Brigadier General Harold H. George of the U.S. Army Air Forces is reported killed in a plane crash in the Southwest Pacific. Melville Jacoby of Time Life also died. both were aboard or connected to a unit that accompanied General MacArthur to Australia. George, born 1892 in Lockport, served in the Philippines before his promotion, and Jacoby covered the Philippine campaign. Details were withheld. a Lockheed airliner with twelve civilians was missing May 21.
Dr W H Barnest deputy coroner investigated Kenneth E McDonnell 27 electrocuted while working on a line for Carpenter Electric Co at Harbor Hall County Lime Road He announced an accidental death verdict Bodies sent to Torrey Funeral Home Spartansburg with prayer services Friday afternoon Funeral services set at Spartansburg Methodist Church at 2 officiated by Rev Arnold Taudberg Interment to Rowe Hill Cemetery
Local Board No. 3 announces the early May call of selectees for the L A Army. The list includes registrants from Union City Corry and surrounding areas, with residents of Erie Warren Conneaut and Cleveland among those named.
Folkstone observers watched a massive air clash 25 000 feet over northern France with vapor trails stretching for miles. RAF and Nazi aircraft fought above Cape Gris Nez and Boulogne as explosions echoed across the Dover Strait. Formations clashed and broke into duels while distant witness reports described patrols and rapid westward movement. In London, Paris radio said Ambassador William C. Leahy had arrived in Lisbon en route to the United States.
A midnight tornado ripped through southern Decatur county near Oberlin, killing twelve and injuring thirteen. Two families were wiped out as livestock and buildings were destroyed in a half mile wide arc. A four year old boy was swept into a creek and recovered at daylight. Mrs Dale Puddosk was found beneath debris, while her husband and another family member remained missing. Oberlin reported as the nearest town to the devastation.
Paris factories manufacturing war supplies for Germany were bombed by British bombers in a raid that targeted the Gnome-Rhone plant at Gennevilliers on the Seine near Paris. The adjacent Goodrich rubber works was also hit as large fires burned. Docks at Ostend and enemy airfields were attacked and mines reported in waters. Berlin sources claimed U.S. fighters may be aiding Malta defense.
Erle employee of Sordon Construction Company Wilkes-Barre severely injured at work near Lovell's Station Wednesday afternoon after an electrical shock. Treated by Dr. G E Bennett and sent home. Company doing construction for Pennsylvania Electric Co in the area. Also a brief note from Bern and Talinn on wartime coffee shortages and food scarcity.
Berlin reported Soviet troops broke through German positions on the outskirts of a city near Lake Timen and Les Azoy but were repelled by a counter attack. The front lines near Orel were under heavy fighting with tanks and sustained attacks by Soviet forces northeast of the railway town. Soviet agencies claimed German manpower losses and several hundred enemy officers and men wiped out in Smolensk sector fighting along with a high plane loss ratio in recent days.
Sixty eight dealers and institutional users registered at the Corry Senior High School in a Tuesday to advance registration under the sugar rationing program. The tally includes 25 retailers and wholesalers and 45 institutional users, with Elgin Wayne and Concord townships also included. A general teachers meeting was called to issue instructions on rationing books and assistants will be trained for May 4 to 7 registrations at elementary schools.
Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini and Japanese ambassador Hiroshi Oshima are slated to meet in the coming days, per a Tokyo Hochi report relayed by Reuters. Berlin radio cites Oshima's arrival, with Munich noting a week of interstate culture work and wartime banners. Oshima recently traveled from Bulgaria, likely to discuss Axis prospects in the Middle East.
Washington April 30 The House Navy Committee tabled a measure to cap war profits and freeze union activity for the war, 12 to 23, amid calls for public sentiment in November elections. Rep Vinson pushed for the plan while opposition dwindled, with Senate reluctance noted and Taft warning of possible unrest without reform. Eleanor Meade, Frank Ames, and Mrs Reymond are in Jamestown today.
London officials deny knowledge of peace moves claimed by the A F T agency while press reports detail a Goering memorandum proposing a spring offensive linking Britain to a broader German strategy. The memo allegedly envisages recognition of the British empire and Latin American US influence, with potential Japan aid and living-space aims, all amid Churchill and Roosevelt denials of negotiations with the Nazis.
Corey's school budget for the 1942-43 term was approved in skeleton form by the Board of Education late Tuesday amid uncertainty over legality and procedure. It faces a Friday 8 p.m. review meeting as directors weigh item by item, with some members noting the budget as drafted may be the poorest ever presented and questioning increases for the superintendent and principals.
Deputy Coroner Frank George of Erie will hold an inquest Friday morning at the Municipal building into the death of Robert Clyde Smith 17 of 703 West Main Street. He was killed Sunday evening when struck by a car on Hare Creek road near the city. Lawrence Brown 17 of R D 1 was driving the car and was arrested on involuntary manslaughter charges. Brown is to appear next Monday afternoon at 2 before Alderman George H Gordon. Smith walked with his uncle John Morton when struck. he died on scene with severe skull and leg injuries. Brown was released on 500 bond.
In Washington on April 30 a possiblity arose that curtailment of refined consumption in the Pacific Northwest may be eased as the Petroleum Coordinating Office reported substantial improvement in motor fuel stocks.
A Chungking dispatch reports Japanese forces nearing Lashio closing the Burma Road supply line while heavy fighting continues in central Burma. Chinese and British reinforcements struggle to stem the advance as supplies and communications deteriorate.
Berlin radio today said the German air raid on Norwich was retaliation for prior strikes on Lübeck Rostock and Cologne with a warning that churches will not be spared and that the English people can thank the bloody criminal the prime minister for the action. In Grove City Pennsylvania about 200 students overturned a watchman’s car and forced him into a college building after objecting to a so called night watchman spying. At West Point New York the military announced that beginning tomorrow all entrants will need a special pass, even for football games, during a welcome-night events for sightseers.
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