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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1942
Page
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The Treasury proposed a credit up to 250 dollars for debt payments, insurance premiums, or government bond investments. Senate Finance Committee faces decision on tax collection timing and potential revenue changes. A related idea would cap the credit impact by income level, with likely benefit skewed to lower brackets.
Philadelphia August 25 The American workers feel labor is being made the whipping boy in wartime legislation says R J S Thomas head of the Unit Automobile Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers CIO addressing the union's 600000 members urging opposition to federal sales tax as he spoke to the international executive board meeting in Philadelphia last night
In New York City on August 25 veteran Ambassador to Tokyo Joseph C. Grew stepped ashore from the Gripsholm during a diplomatic exchange. He greeted reporters with a prepared statement expressing happiness at returning to the United States and thanked the repatriated Americans for the moment.
Washington Aug 25 price ceilings set an alternative maximum of 4 cents a pound for refined sugar sold retail in ten Atlantic states to ensure a 6 cent ceiling or the March price, whichever is higher Retailers in Maine New Hampshire Vermont New York Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware may charge the higher of the two limits under Price Administrator Leon Hendersons order.
Floods and washouts halted Pennsylvania Railroad traffic for three days. Train 914 resumed service over the Brocton line, with wreckage cleared and repairs underway. One fireman died in the Brocton derailment. Separately, Japanese counterattacks in the Solomon Islands inflicted heavy losses as American forces press aerial and naval engagements near Tulagi and surrounding areas.
Brazil marshaled its military strength for the war, moving quickly against Axis forces within borders. Argentina Chile Peru Paraguay and Bolivia recognized Brasil as a non belligerent, while Brazil seized 17 Axis ships and closed three Axis owned banks with assets near 35 million dollars.
State College officials announced that 33,000 persons have been trained for war production jobs. Future courses will be planned for women and older men to expand veteran workforce readiness.
Approximately forty registrants from Local Board No. 4 Union City, including a dozen from Corry, will depart on BR,R,Iran No. 980 to New Cumberland this evening. They report at 6 o clock for processing as part of a larger draft movement with those inducted after Erie examinations receiving fourteen day furloughs that have now expired.
Belgian sources report six men executed by Germans in Belgium for killing a German soldier. RAF night raid on upper Rhineland aims at Frankfurt and other targets with about 300 aircraft and 16 losses. Prime Minister Peter Fraser of New Zealand arrives in Washington to meet President Roosevelt. Russian air assault on Helsinki outskirts described by Finnish radio. French ground defenses fire on flights over Lyon for about ninety minutes. Chinese forces attack Lishui base, forcing Japanese retreat in southeastern Chekiang.
Rep Francis E Walters of Northampton County accuses Republican doorbell pushers of dominating Pennsylvania local OPA rationing boards. He asks Price Administrator Leon Henderson to act immediately or he will seek to withhold payrolls with Comptroller Lindsay Warren. Walters cites paid GOP appointments through Governor James and county Republican leaders, alleging civil service violations and widespread practice in Northampton, Boston, and Bethlehem.
Corry and western Pennsylvania retailers were told by James F. Bogardus of the Office of Price Administration that a crackdown on price control evaders will begin next month. He outlined enforcement options including license suspensions, criminal prosecutions, or civil actions, with penalties up to 5000 dollars fine or a year in jail plus costs.
Newark, N J August 25 Bert K F Bahr a convicted renegade American who joined New Germany as an espionage agent awaited today Federal court sentence which may forfeit his life The six day trial ended with a 15 to 0 verdict by a jury of six women and six men last night He faces a maximum penalty of death at a prison term to be set by Judge William F Smith in September
Federal Judge Gib son dismissed charges against Pred Love alias red Evans of Meadville who was accused of sending a threatening letter. The action followed a request from U S Attorney Charles F Uhl. The report notes a message from Corp John H Smith dated Aug 25 referencing Dieppe and family military history.
The Corry Public Schools board approved resignations from Russell Byler and Mrs. Rebecca Bell Wilson and granted one leave of absence at a special meeting. William Grable and Arthur Storer will assist athletics. new substitute teacher is Arthur Slower. A new mechanical drawing instructor vacancy at Hatch Vocational School is being filled, with two people considered.
Voters in California Mississippi and South Carolina chose their candidates for state and congressional offices today. Thomas F Dewey renounced presidential aspirations in his second bid for New York governor. He faced John J Bennett Jr Democratic nominee over U S Senator Mead and Dean Alange of the American Labor Party, with the Labor Party adding votes to the Democratic total.
WeWIET MackKENZIE says the nation risks fatal complacency as the Stalingrad battle nears and urges detailed reports from the front to bring Americans closer to fighting men. He argues Americans must fight alongside them in spirit to sustain morale and readiness for the crisis ahead.
London reports Churchill conferred with war leaders after visits to Egypt and Trax as plans to relieve the Soviet line loom. A new Saq-Tran command forms while Harold Alexander is named to succeed Auchinleck in the Middle East. Mountbatten greets Churchill on return. US reports and European papers suggest an Allied plan may be near. Moscow describes heavy German tank concentrations and massed air raids on Don and Caucasus fronts as Soviet defenses hold firm amid counterattacks.
Wisconsin National Guard veteran Col. Thorson has been appointed commander of the 112th Infantry, including Company A of this city. He assumed duties at Camp Livingston ten days ago, succeeding Lt. Col. Lynnwood D. McClure who left for Fort Leavenworth. Thorson, born January 23, 1895, is a UW graduate with infantry and tank training and rose from private in 1917 to lieutenant colonel in 1939.
Frost covered the area with temperatures dipping to the 40s. No extensive damage reported as locals noted a light frost on buildings and trees. A low around 27 to 42 degrees was recorded, with some locations showing clear frost by early morning.
Lt G McCay, recently commissioned in the medical corps, suspends practice on August day and plans to leave within weeks for active duty. He will report to Carlisle Army Barracks late September for assignment. Dr McCay, formerly of Corry, is given best wishes by his family and community.
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