17 Dec 1943
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1943
Page
1
U.S. submarines in the Pacific sank eight Japanese cargo ships, boosting total sinkings to 374 confirmed and 46 probable with 124 damaged. The communique notes the ongoing program against Japanese merchant fleets and military vessels in wartime waters.
The Corry Union City draft board mailed preliminary examination calls for a Union City Erie area quota likely near one hundred men.Deferred singles and childless married men remain exempt while those with children head families are prioritized. Reports indicate those called will report December 21 for preliminary exams at Union City and those passing proceed to Erie for final tests and induction on January 6. Air Force repels Japanese attacks as troops consolidate positions. Australians report progress on Huon Peninsula with light casualties.
Soviet forces under General Vatutin and Konev press attacks across the Kiev region and toward Cherkasy while German radio confirms Russian counter drives west of Kiev. Three Soviet offensives are reported underway in White Russia as fighting intensifies near Rubsmyst and Zhitomir.
The Hirstanotia presents selections from The Messiah under H Lynn Rice at First Methodist Church on Sunday evening December 18. Mrs Bess Cafison is organist and Mrs E J Tobias is the pianist. A 37 member cast will perform 26 numbers in three parts with rehearsals noting some illness among singers.
Reports indicate the Senate planned to support a day to day continuance of the Commodity Stabilization Corporation while the House considered Leniler Martin’s measures on extending subsidies. Details showed debates over the timing and scope of relief amid current economic pressures. and German forces shift troops to Italy as Soviets press in.
The congregation of the First Baptist Church has extended a call to Rev. Francis Witteman from Mayville to become pastor of the Cory church. He has led the Bayner church and is known to Cory members who have lacked a resident minister since last August after Rev. Felman resigned. He is expected to begin duties on Sunday January 16.
London dispatch reports Marshal Tito announcing a broad Yugoslav victory over German forces in the latest annihilation offensive. The bulletin says Nazis faced multiple defeats as they retreated in several sectors after a single breakthrough failed to hold.
Allied air raids pounded western Germany and northern France after Berlin endured a massive nighttime bombing by heavy RAF bombers. Mosquito aircraft carried out fighter sweeps as the main raids forced heavy fire, smoke, and damage across Berlin and surrounding regions.
President Roosevelt arrived back in the United States and at the executive residence five weeks after leaving for Middle East military and diplomatic conferences in Cairo and Teheran. A joint session to hear his report was discussed but not scheduled until after his annual message. The Erie item reports Dr William Magon, 78, dying in Gainbridge Springs.
Senate leaders expect a delay in enacting the new 2.284 billion tax measure. A provision delaying the Social Security tax increase may be added by Senator Vandenberg, keeping rates at 1 percent for employers and workers until January 1. Excise and corporate levies drive most revenue.
A London report states Adolf Hitler swiftly acted to quell a generals revolt within the German army. High ranking officers, including major generals, were dismissed as the eastern front and occupied countries faced alleged insubordination. An unidentified underground informant cites widespread purges for alleged egltmeyer.
Mrs. Frank P. Litz died suddenly about 4 a m at her North Center street home after a brief illness. Her husband John Litz found her, Dr G E Bennett pronounced death, and the 58 year old former Brockway resident leaves a large family including five sons, two daughters and thirteen grandchildren. Funeral set for Monday at St Elizabeth's Church with burial in St Elizabeths Cemetery.
Lt Col Clarence L Shoop, a former Qerry youth with extensive flying service, has been promoted from major to lieutenant colonel. He has served over a year as a special base staff officer for Lockheed and aiding operations on the west coast and has recently visited Dr N Troy Gillette's Florida family during a winter commission period.
Janice Graham testifies again at Mercer Pennsylvania about threats by William A Morell to choke her if she fed him from the Everett Wilson farm scene. She denies further details of her conduct with Morell and employer before the October killings of Helen Wilson Gailertine and Robert McKay.
Prime Minister Churchill shows some improvement after a second pneumonia attack in ten months. War cabinet may appoint a substitute to serve in his absence. Daily bulletin from No 10 Downing Street reports overall better condition following a restful night and continued medical care. In Las Vegas rumors about Madge Bellamy marriage are denied by her attorney.
The toll of known dead in the east's worst railroad disaster rose to 70 as rescuers pried apart twisted cars from the Atlantic Coast Line double-tracked route. Red Cross and officials reported eight more bodies recovered and more victims identified, with authorities accounting for injured and awaiting transport.
Washington reports two major veterans groups press for early enactment of soldiers' bonus legislation as part of the broader adjusted compensation bill. The American Legion through Francis M. Sullivan says it has no preference for any group, clarifying its stance amid calls for further hearings and stalled discharge pay legislation. In Williamsport Pennsylvania Annie Knight Grazory, last direct descendant of an American Revolution family, dies in hospital.
Allied forces press the Pacific campaign with destroyers and bombers supporting troops at Ra Baul Tarawa and advanced positions in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. American forces plan a staged advance, consolidate gains, and push toward western Kiris, while air and naval actions continue across the southwest Pacific theater.
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