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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1943
Page
1
The fragment lists agricultural gear and sale terms from 1851 including a spring cultivator, a heater, a chair and dishes, farm equipment, and a farm for sale. Mentions Arthur as reader or organizer with a price range around 1025 to 1030. The OCR yields unclear names and figures.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to reference a state entity and a decree or executor’s action in Pennsylvania with scattered mentions of mines and stock. The legible portions offer no coherent event, date, or identifiable names to summarize clearly.
The Retail Merchants Bureau of the Golden Rose Club met at the Municipal building to plan an intensive membership drive next month culminating in a large dinner. The group seeks full cooperation from major retailers to compile delinquent accounts and provide data to protect merchants from bad debts and professional dodgers. Publicity and interviews are planned to expand awareness and enrollment.
Babson analyzes postwar employment shifts with three industry groups. He predicts early demobilization of the Army, potential wage adjustments, and government-backed reconversion. He classifies sectors into groups: hard-hit shipbuilding and munitions. transitional auto and heavy industry. and thriving transport, retail, and various consumer goods.
Eighth U S RAF Bomber Command reports German air strength in western Europe depleted as Allied fighters interfered with German airfields in France. Bomber crews credit pilots and gunners for repelling enemy fighters, noting opposition was weaker than expected in courage and numbers.
Two Monaca high school seniors Christy Renner 17 and Roger Bobbies 18 drowned when their canoe capsized near the Monses Rochester bridge while riding the wake of a steamer. Teammate Saumur Busang 17 was rescued after swimming to the bridge.
General MacArthur announced that all Japanese resistance ceased on New Georgia in the Solomons. American forces captured Bairoko Harbor, pushed from Munda Field, and seized large stores and vehicles there. Vila and Kolombangara areas were imperiled as US troops occupied nearby islands and Basanga near Munda.
Associated Press reports the Soviet Westward push drives German forces 16 miles back and reaches the Psi river, a Dnieper tributary, about 100 miles west of Kharkov with Soviet troops 15 miles west of Zenkov. American B 17s and fighters claim daylight raid on Kahili air base with four enemy fighters shot down. no American losses announced. North Africa production and rail disruptions compound Allied pressure on Ha ly defenses.
Reports from Sofia and Ankara say King Boris of Bulgaria showed deteriorating heart action after a Bulgarian court medical bulletin. Unverified dispatches claimed a possible assassination attempt linked to a tense Hitler meeting. no confirmation of a shooting was provided, and the Bulgarian legation cited a heart attack as the cause.
Blake Taylor, who victimized merchants in northwestern Pennsylvania with fraudulent checks, has been sentenced to two to four years in Western Penitentiary after pleading guilty in Belo County Court. He toured Corry stores collecting funds, was later nabbed in Erie after passing several worthless checks. Police weigh further charges as he remains wanted in Brookville and Titusville.
Indianapolis hosts the first public test of synthetic rubber tires as an automob ile starts a 500 mile cruise at 35 mph. Goodyear spokesman Arthur F Grant backs the test with Hubber Director William Jeffers approving. Don Wakh notes synthetic tires may offer mileage gains over natural tires. Hero’s medal awarded at Camp Davis for Private Gereld Rupert of Altoona Pa.
Pfc. Patrick Feeney, son of Mr and Mrs James B Feeney of 138 West Wayne Street, has been wounded in Sicily. No War Department word yet, but parents received notice via a letter from Feeney. He may be hospitalized for some time. Feeney is known locally as the son of former St Thomas Church assistant pastor Rev Edward Feeney.
Terms agreed by the War Department and War Manpower Commission allow prisoners of war to fill non war labor roles when other efforts fail. About 100,100 prisoners are in the U S. They may be used in timber, pulp and paper and farming, with the War Department maintaining final authority. Prisoners must be paid prevailing wages and used only where other labor is unavailable, and only if not contributing to wartime production. Mercer cyclist dies in Sharon hospital from injuries suffered in a Brookfield accident.
A vast pincer movement to cut Japan from southern islands is explored as a possibility. Mountbatten and MacArthur coordinate to strike Burma through Sumatra and Java, aiming to seize air bases and disrupt Japanese supply lines while protecting India to China routes.
Vivian Eggers, a blond 52 year old mother, told FBI agents she married five privates, a sergeant and a lieutenant from May 1935 to June 1948 to obtain a soldier's $50 allowance. She faces extradition to Arena, Ohio, after pleading guilty to feloniously obtaining the check.
Soviet dispatches report a major Red Army breakthrough west of Sevsk during a summer offensive. German defenses collapsed as Soviet forces advanced toward the Dnieper line, capturing Sevsk and taking thousands of German troops prisoner.
Carl L. Henton of 1086 North Center Street was elected Trustee of Otterbein College by the Erie Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ at Camp Findley. The board meeting noted by Rev. G. M. McIntyre approved the new trustees and officers, with several church leaders retained in posts. The conference also reported on the reelection of district superintendent Dr. S. Paul Weaver and the addition of new officers and board members across Christian Education and pension matters.
A vast fleet of over 1,000 Allied bombers attacked Nuremberg and surrounding targets in a major strike described as Britain’s greatest armada of the war. Reports say 1,500 tons of explosives were dropped on the city and adjacent sites, with heavy damage claimed by London and Nazi bulletins noting significant losses for the RAF. Allied bomber operations extended to Caserta, Benevento, and Salerno areas in Italy as a two way strike against Axis targets, with movement noted across the Strait of Messina.
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