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A damaged notice fragment mentions names and dates in a local obituary page. readable lines reference individuals and community roles in a brief notice.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1943
Page
1
A damaged notice fragment mentions names and dates in a local obituary page. readable lines reference individuals and community roles in a brief notice.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a mortgage foreclosure record involving a sheriff’s decree. It references a property in Golinty with a mortgage falter and a figure around £5750.00, dated October to November 1948, and mentions offices and proclamations related to the case.
Fragmentary OCR text references stock figures and percentages with unclear entities. It mentions percentages like 34, 39, 26 and 34, and phrases such as BON Tae and 44 percent. Also notes a person aged 14 in a vague context. The readable content is too fragmentary to identify a coherent event or subject.
A large barn at the Tinko Farm, near Corry Country Club, was destroyed by a morning fire estimated at about 5000 dollars. Hay stored inside proved tinder and a home was saved by the Ping Ward pumper crew and nearby water before containment. Two horses were fed from the barn as cattle remained in pasture. Origin of the blaze is suspected to be spontaneous combustion from recently placed hay.
Report from Madrid notes Premier Badoglio's regime imposing a tough military dictatorship in Italy. Observers in Spain say peace prospects are dim as loyalty to fascist leadership wanes. Troops act with harsh orders to shoot at protests, while propaganda on Sicily and Allied successes shapes Italian morale.
The Treasury announced 356,444 954 in additional revenue from cheaters over the past year as 95 individuals faced tax evasion charges. A professional card sharp, a wealthy lottery car dealer, a racketeering tax adviser and others were named among those probed in nearly 1,000 investigations, with three convictions reported.
A woman driver died and eight other workers were injured in a collision involving a Glavsland Pitty- VLR DruryHound bike and two automobiles along the Ohio river boiler yard in suburban Avplon. Police report shows a complex financial balance with large figures connected to expenditures and reserves, dated Aug. 4.
United States Infantrymen push inland from the New Georgia coast toward the Munda airfield, meeting heavy Japanese machine gun fire in coral caves and bunkers. MacArthur notes Japanese resistance is stiffening. In New Guinea, Allied air and sea actions target Salamaua barges, with about 200 Japanese troop barges destroyed in 10 days, threatening re-enforcement of the Salamaua garrison.
Moscow notes the German stronghold of Orel near collapse as Red Army forces close within five miles. Soviet bulletins say German counterattacks failed, with heavy losses, while Soviet columns seize Sush Pilatovka and Dommino near Orel and halt Nazi advances southwest of Vorochilovgrad after five days of fierce fighting.
British bombers provided continued daylight and night attacks over Hamburg and other German targets after nearly two weeks of persistent operations. In London a press conference by T. V. Soong stated China expects Manchuria and Formosa returned after the war, while denying ambitions in Indo China or Thailand. Floods near Vijayanagar and six surrounding villages in Rajya tola killed over 2000 people, according to officials.
Annapolis Md Aug 4 The semi official J S Coast Guard magazine marked its birthday by predicting Japan would fall soon after Germany and Russia battles. Editor Edward Lloyd a retired guardman foresees Japan attacking Russia then US forces moving into Siberia and Japan surrendering after heavy naval losses. He claims the navy will suffer but will eventually overpower Japan. Lloyd had predicted US entry in 1941.
Aug 4 Washington reports outline intensifying push for new war financing measures. discussion centers on higher personal and corporate income taxes or a broad sales levy to fund wartime needs. House Ways and Means Chairman Douston says protections for fixed income groups are essential and may back a 10 percent federal sales tax if income taxes stay unchanged.
Lawrence Thomas announces plans to reopen Lawrence Airport on Spring Street Hill and to buy the nearby Dimayox farm of about thirty acres for north border protection. Water, electricity, and sanitation will be installed, with around the clock CAP observation expected. The Meld license hinges on these upgrades, and airfield use may expand for postwar aviation activity.
Thirty four new registrations were recorded at a special registration at the Municipal building yesterday. Registrars plan another enrollment session at Fairhaven Hill today from 1 to 4 30 and this evening from 5 to 9. Among the new voters twenty five were residents of the area with party breakdown of 14 Republicans 16 Democrats and one other. East Wayne added two new Democrats West Wayne added one Democrat and one Republican. There were two name changes and seven party changes with three Republicans moving to Democrats and four Democrats switching to Republicans. Address changes numbered twelve with a total of new restatements and related changes noted to assist registrars Mrs Dorothy Hamond Republican and Mrs Mare Jempury Democrat.
Senator Wheeler of Montana condemns a selective service plan to draft pre Pearl Harbor fathers after October 1. He says the aim is likely psychological leverage on Russia at any peace conference and warns against using American lives for power politics. The Montana Democrat notes the plan conflicts with congressional sentiment and House passage of a bill to defer fathers.
Atlanta August 4 Georgia becomes the first state to reduce the voting age from 21 to 18. Governor Bills Arnall announced plans to push a constitutional amendment on the Democratic platform to extend the lower voting age nationwide. He champions youth political participation and the measure aligns with wartime demands for broader civic duty.
Dispatches from Philadelphia and other cities report protests over the draft, noting how some fathers with wives and children seek deferments while employed women hold well paid jobs. The article discusses occupational deferments and the impact on families and industry as public attention grows.
London reports Foreign Secretary Eden rejects offering peace terms to Italy and hints unconditional surrender may be honorably possible in certain circumstances. Geneva dispatches quote Roosevelt proposing seven-point armistice. Amid rising Italian resistance, invasion remains likely. Badoglio cabinet summoned for tomorrow as Eden signals cautious openness to a reasonable settlement. Mississippi primary yields Martin G. Gunn leads in Democratic race for governor. runoff August 24 between Dennis Murphree and Thomas L. Bailey.
Assumed Press reports seven men killed and 19 injured when a Milwaukee passenger train sidewiped a freight near Warden Washington at 1 am. The wreck left both locomotives overturned and the casualties concentrated among the crew and passengers.
Molly Pitcher Day activities will be held Friday in Corry with defense stamp buying in the afternoon and evening in City Park. A program in the park includes talks by Haakon Lie and Nor Weelan patriot, with local girl groups selling stamps on the streets and during the park event. Lie will discuss Life in Occupied Norway at the Aero Sundy plant in the afternoon, with possible talks at other war industries.
Albany police investigate the abduction of Judith Gurney two days after birth from Albany Hospital second floor nursery. Baby’s mother is Mrs Mirai B. Gurney, an AMI labor union official. Despite clues like torn vines and footprints, police had no solid lead. Authorities broadcast appeals to locate the infant and monitor doctors for possible sightings.
Allied forces press the final push in Sicily with U S forces and British troops driving toward Messina. German defenders fight from high ground near Capo Orlando as American bombardments hammer northern coast and Messina Strait defenses. Air and naval artillery join the assault, while German reinforcements struggle to stem the advance. The advancing troops push through mountainous terrain seeking the Messina escape route as the Axis defense weakens.
Hoover reports 19 000 draft registrations failed in 1917 as FBI notes, 7 190 complaints Oct 1917 to Jan 1918, 5455 not willful violators, 435 deferred prosecution, signaling higher wartime compliance vs peacetime. The report contrasts with fall in prosecutions during later enforcement.
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