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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1942
Page
1
Fragmented text references class registration and a school office. Names and places are unclear due to OCR errors. The readable parts indicate discussion of registrants and a governing body or secretary may be involved. Content is too garbled to extract a coherent event or outcome.
Premier Mussolini delivered a long speech challenging Allied air moves while lamenting Italy’s heavy losses. He warned against surrender and argued Italy must endure, insisting the nation remains capable of being a great power despite bombardment and hardship. He cited casualties, ship totals, and Genoa’s bomb damage as proof of wartime sacrifice.
Harold Lund, 27, of Youngsville, was arrested by Patrolman George Burlingame at about 9 15 last night on a charge of driving while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty and was held for the next term of Erie County court after an Alderman’s hearing. Lund faced uncertain bail. The arrest followed a report of a reckless operator on West Main Street. Lund was found returning from the Aero Supply plant, driving intoxicated and nearly crashing into a stop sign on First Avenue, veering into the curb.
A heavy winter storm grips Corry and surrounding areas with deep snow, strong winds, and frigid temperatures. State police report major routes temporarily open while plows clear main arteries. motorists urged to avoid lesser roads as crews work on side streets and rural districts. TREASURY REPORT WASHINGTON Dec 2 The treasury shows balances and debt figures for November with total debt at 100,479,424,851.03.
Corry gears up for a combined War Bonds and Victory Bond drive with plans totaling 770000. Walter H Scott and Theo P Williams chair, teaming with local bankers to mobilize canvassing. Bond issues include 20 year 2s due 1968, 70 per cent serials, with bank participation and subscriptions opening November 3.
Washington December 2 The Office of Price Administration outlined a point based meat rationing scheme to begin early next year. A New Year ration book No 2 will hold 192 coupons in colors and letters representing unit values for different meats. Coupons replace cash in the new system and will be used to buy items at fixed point prices as authorities determine.
President Roosevelt reshapes the governments petroleum administration while keeping Harold J Ickes as interior secretary. No immediate details on the reorganization were given though the White House will release the order text soon. The move appears to scrap plans to make Ickes labor secretary.
U S naval pressure on Japan's supply lines increased with at least five more Japanese ships sunk by American submarines. Nimitz said warships would close on enemy-held areas as submarine successes puncture Japan's naval pipeline to bases in the western Pacific and the China Sea. In Guadalcanal the Solomon Islands campaign continues with routine patrols as Allied forces push the Japanese from the area.
Establishment of a central headquarters for all wartime activities is planned in Corry. The second floor of the municipal buildings will host offices formerly used by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Assistance. Volunteer staff will run the consolidated war offices under Mrs Florence Stewart of the Golden Rule Club, which plans to move there later. The aim is to coordinate all local war work efficiently, with agencies contacted and the center opening within one or two weeks.
About seventy complaints were filed with the appeal board during two days at the Municipal building. City Council will meet as board of revision this evening to hear protests on the 1943 1945 triennial assessments. Complainants may appeal to county court if adjustments fail.
Secretary of the Navy Knox reported at a New York convention that Japanese casualties are believed five times greater than American and that the U S Navy is larger and stronger than the day before Pearl Harbor He cited gains in production and overseas forces and noted war weariness yet confidence in the Allied position with multiple armies abroad and a revived industrial arsenal.
Fourteen crewmen are reported missing after the tug which towed the barge Cleveco sank eight miles off Avon Point on Lake Erie. The Allied Oil Company barge was drifting to shore, with rescue boats and Civil Air Patrol searching the area near Cleveland. Captain William Smith and First Mate Radie Smith led the Cleveco crew. most believed to be trapped below deck as the night watch remained.
Rev Burniam J WIN, a former Corryite and rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, is named in the late Miss Maveaver A Jamison's will. Jamison died in Pittsburgh leaving an estate around forty million dollars. Kuhn, a distant relative, receives ten thousand dollars. His current residence is Song Harbor, Geneva, Ohio, while serving as a lieutenant chaplain in the U.S. naval forces.
Washington reports a new push for a federal lottery with war bonds as prizes. Rep Ramsay introduces legislation to let the treasury run the plan, backed by Ernest W. Fogel. Projected sales reach 20 million tickets monthly, with profits to the government and prizes paid as war bonds. Knutson endorses a government run lottery promising about 1 billion yearly.
A tornado swept Lincolnton Georgia killing five residents and injuring two Georgia state patrol officers H C Laingston and T Beauchemp. The residential area bore the brunt with a clothing store demolished and several homes leveled. Telephone service to other regions was largely restored by morning.
Washington reports the gross public debt as of November 30 stood at 100 billion 379 million 951 62 thousand dollars, rising by 446 million 795 thousand 685 37 from the prior day. Navy dismisses Tony Martin for unfitness after 11 months of service.
Associated Press reports Allied and British forces tightening the ring around Tunis, claiming heavy losses in a major German counterattack. Hitler reportedly withdraws part of his armies from the 100 day siege of Stalingrad as Red Army advances near the Volga and Tunisian fronts develop with Allied coastal advances.
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