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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1942
Page
1
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Frank D. Geiger Jr., a 7 year old Corry native and Navy pilot, is missing after a flight off the West Coast on June 28. Navy telegrams to his parents in Erie say he has not returned and provide no further details about the aircraft. Geiger served eight years in the Navy after graduating from Olean High School and had recently married Marian Elizabeth Steele of Seattle.
In Falcagoula Mississippi police say a German educated chemist, A. W. Evzell, has been arrested for assault, battery and attempted murder over a spate of strange attacks. A barber clipped sleeping girls hair while an elderly couple was beaten in bed, triggering widespread terror. Mary Trelyn Briggs and Edna Marle Haydel were among victims.
Taxpayers and parents in Columbus township voiced support for suspending Columbus high school classes and sending students to Corry if two teachers cannot be hired for the 1942 43 term. Directors meet Monday to vote, with a probable plan to suspend classes and transfer about seventy students to Corry Public Schools.
Bulletin reports in Cleveland that the first unit to halt steel black market sales will be filed today in federal court. Also notes Yale professor Irving Fister urging the Senate finance committee to tax spendings and exempt savings, urging wartime savings preservation. Military news covers Chinese communique reporting Japanese casualties and vessel losses near Chekiang, plus U boat activity near Cuba with Cuban ships sank and a fishing boat. Detroit reports John Duval Dodge died from a skull fracture. coroner notes time of death. Baltimore notes multiple officer promotions within the Third Service Command, including Crumline to colonel and Reckford announcing promotions.
The viewers named by the United States government to acquire the North Corry property for a federal housing project will hold a preliminary meeting on Wednesday September 2 in Corry. Viewers Owen M Burns Owen Richardson and H D Hols of Erie will hear claims and testimony from interested parties including the Corry School District James H Wright Citizens National Bank City of Corry Erie County tax collector and others claiming any right title or interest in the land.
Washington reports 45 services including shoe shining dog boarding and horseshoeing were exempt from price ceilings by the Office of Price Administration. Officials said these services have little relation to the cost of living and thus were not regulat ed.
The British cruiser Manchester, sunk in the Mediterranean, was refitted at the Philadelphia Navy Yard last year after a major engagement. Captain Drew and his crew earned warm American support before the United States entered the war. The flagship of four admirals, the ship stayed in Philadelphia briefly before slipping down the Delaware to sea.
The Pennsylvania Area Advisory Board approved the Corry Hospital 25 bed addition as necessary to the war effort and urged dispatch in construction. Sidney B. Histon learned of the approval. engineer conferences and bids will be arranged in Pittsburgh. E B Hawkins of the Corry Hospital Association rejected frame building, opting for brick with lighter interior wood framing. The hospital board expects further engineering details at a Pittsburgh meeting next week to push immediate construction.
London reports the loss of the cruiser Manchester during offensive operations in the Mediterranean. Axis submarine activity and air attacks are described with claims of Allied and Axis losses, including carriers Eagle and Wasp, battleships, and several merchant ships, amid conflicting official accounts.
Reports say Allied surface raiders and warplanes pursue a Nazi raider in the South Atlantic preying on Allied shipping. In the Gulf of Mexico submarines sink two small Cuban merchantmen. The AP tally of Atlantic losses remains unchanged pending more details.
A Swedish report cited by Associated Press says a Russian offensive northwest of Moscow challenged German lines. The Stockholm paper Dugens Nyheter notes the eastern front shift, with Moscow fragmentary reports. The battle’s outcome could determine northern front dynamics and potential decisive results.
The Read army held stout against Nazi advances toward Stalingrad while Soviet reports say Russians in the Caucasus fell back toward the Black Sea port of Novorossisk and claim 9,000 Germans slain in two days. Berlin said Russians resist in mountain passes to the Black Sea coast as German troops push to cover their retreat. Zook named for McKean county posts in Harrisburg.
Associated Press reports a easing of violence during India's independence movement as Mohandas K. Gandhi's nonviolent resistance continues. Mumbai, Poona, and other cities see reopened mills and factories while armed British forces patrol and police act swiftly. One death and several injuries occur in Dagon when guards defend records from arsonists. Gandhi remains under house arrest at Age Khan. barbed wires and security fences hinder his aides.
Washington notes mark the first anniversary of the Atlantic Charter. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill signed the declaration at sea a year earlier. Roosevelt says the eight cardinal principles remain the foundation for a better world when victory comes, vowing to stand with Churchill to nourish the ideals behind the war aims.
Detroit August 14 Police Inspector John O Whitman ordered a Post mortem to determine if John Duval Dodge 40 year old son of the late John M Dodge auto magnate died from hemorrhage or stroke induced by excitement over a domestic quarrel in a scuffle with his wife Our investigation hinges on post mortem findings and whether the scuffle related to the death was causal Prosecutor William H Dovling and Mrs Dodge were to be questioned further as the inquiry continues on page four
Allied bombers and heavy aircraft struck Japanese warships and transports in the Solomon Islands theater and adjacent New Guinea waters as U S Marines push to reinforce island garrisons. The air offensive widened the South Seas fight with multiple strikes reported by Allied headquarters in Australia.
Tokyo announced a communiqué stating Japanese forces in the Solomons engaged British and Amelia cruisers, destroyers, submarines, and transports. Additional claims cited damaged Allied ships, pilots sinking several targets, and continued operations as Allied air attacks and Japanese counterattacks unfolded across New Guinea and the Solomons, with mounting pressure on naval bases.
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