Incident Reported Involving Ted J Urwhibule Case
A reported incident involves Ted J Urwhibule and case details referenced in local records. Authorities are reviewing the matter and withholding further comments pending investigation and filings.
06 Feb 1943
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1943
Page
1
A reported incident involves Ted J Urwhibule and case details referenced in local records. Authorities are reviewing the matter and withholding further comments pending investigation and filings.
American ground troops extend control on Guadalcanal amid fierce sea and air actions. Navy reports show heavy Japanese losses as MacArthur's bombers strike ships, while New Guinea forces push toward Salamaua and Kumusi River.
The Associated Press reports that most race tracks near metropolitan centers or reliant on rubber-borne spectators will close. River Downs Thistledown Ascot in Ohio Saratoga in New York Garden State Delaware Hocking in New England Keene land in Kentucky are cited as examples.
London reports a drastic Mussolini cabinet overhaul in which his son-in-law Galeazzo Ciano is removed from foreign minister duties. The move signals a pressure fill by Italy after losses in Africa and deteriorating Axis fortunes. Mussolini also mobilizes Italian labor and assumes foreign affairs, tightening control amid fear and apathy at home. Rumors suggest Hitler pressured the purge and a possible drift toward separation from Germany.
Carry School District representatives will present at the regular Board of Education gathering Monday. Mrs Barnes, chair of the teachers committee, attended the State School Directors Association conv ention in Harrisburg and will outline highlights. Supt Ralph S Dewey will report on the Edinboro meeting about curriculum revision to align high school instruction with war needs. Principal Howard Sheen and Dewey will discuss recent personnel changes and congestion fixes at the Junior High, with formal board confirmation anticipated. The meeting will include routine business and communications.
Allied headquarters report that General Giraud established a new war committee in place of the Darlan era Imperial council. The move followed talks with Roosevelt and Churchill at Casablanca and aims to ease the Giraud De Gaulle Uaison framework. Detroux expected to assume a role in Algiers soon.
The circuit court of appeals today upheld a Beloit district court verdict sentencing Max Stephan to death for harboring and aiding Oberleutnant Hans Peter Krug of the German air force. Judge Tuttle set execution for November 13, 1942, but the sentence was stayed pending appeal as Krug was captured in San Antonio after leaving Detroit.
Harrisburg reports the State Council of the Blind program providing eye treatment to the indigent has helped about 250 Pennsylvanians leave relief rolls and return to work. Initiated six months ago with a $100,000 appropriation, director Bayle Burlingame says they will seek $125,000 for two more years to cover all eligible indigents. Examinations numbered 1,072 with 4511 allowed treatments, including 61 cataract operations, and glasses furnished to 337 recipients.
New Delhi February 6 American bombers again hit the Mylinger bridge near Mandalay, a crucial link for Japanese communications in Burma, as efforts to repair previous damage continued. U S Air Force says severing Rangoon to Maudslay lines disrupts Japanese military operations. Bombers, escorted by fighters, also targeted northern Burma rail facilities.
Washington reports indicate a busy week at Capitol Hill with fights over Roosevelt’s salary limit, opposition to the War Manpower Commission plan to draft fathers, and fears of expanded wartime agency powers. Debates touch on funding, drafts by state, and farm labor deferments amid war pressures. Diplomatic observers note cautious responses to Axis peace talks and global economic costs of the war. In a separate item, Miss Anne Keiehling, 58, of Bellefonte, Pa., reputedly Pennsylvania’s first registered woman architect, has died.
At Oakmont crossing two Springdale coworkers were killed in a crash between their car and a railroad engine. Frank H. Arvac, 55, died instantly, while John Adams, 60, died en route to a hospital.
Feb reports that Russians entered Rostov as Axis forces gain in Tunisia. Churchill rumored at Gibraltar with talks with envoys from Spain and Portugal. The prime minister was said to meet with Generalissimo Franco and plans a Westward move toward Antonio de Oliveira Salazar. Churchill traveled from Casablanca to Cyprus, reviewing garrison and congratulating islanders.
Local manpower officials report the Manpower Commission will reclassify all men ages 18 to 45 to determine essential status. The Employment Service continues pushing men into essential occupations while many in non essential roles are shifted. Union City boards review registrants to assess current industries, with potential widespread shifts in the coming weeks to lean toward active duty or essential war work.
After 20 days of trial Errol Flynn the 2 year old Pasmanian born actor faces a verdict on charges of statutory rape against two teenage girls The jury of nine women and three men retired at 11:15 a m and could not agree returning to deliberations at 9 am today in Los Angeles
News service reports a midair collision between two bombers near Clinton resulting in fifteen deaths. Wreckage noted near Undoor Jute, with funeral directors handling bodies and coroner Jotue Harping- MPL investigating in Dewitt County.
Associated Press dispatch from Cairo reports General Lewis H Brereton has taken command of all American forces in the European theater succeeding Lieut General Frank M Andrews. The bulletin notes German field headquarters acknowledge operations near Rostov and Russian advances near Novorossiysk. Also mentions German claims of Allied bombardment near Axic and Belgian Congo arrivals greeted by locals in Thysville.
An Army light bombing plane from New Cumberland Army air base missing since Thursday was found near Cape Cod Massachusetts. One body was recovered and Captain Arnold J Dailey of New Cumberland parachuted to safety while three crew members were being sought. Sergeant Albert D Repose Sergeant Donald T Robinson and Major Chistles H Cook were listed as missing. A wide search was conducted by Army Navy Air Corps Coast Guard and state police.
Delegations from several Western Pennsylvania communities head to Washington next week to seek relief from gasoline shortages and higher prices. Led by the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, the group will meet with Petroleum Administrator Harold Ickes and Economic Director James Byrnes, aiming to restore district 0.2 status and boost fuel supplies for the oil region. Senator Joseph Guffey and Congressman Samuel A. Weiss accompany the representatives to press for action.
The University of Pennsylvania gave 679 degrees in courses and four honorary degrees, the largest midyear class in its history. Honoraries went to Mildred H. McAfee WAVES director, Joyce Maxtone-Grahams, Willian L. Batt, and H. W. Preitis Sr. About 100 degrees were awarded in absentia to students serving in the war.
Soviet dispatches and Allied reports describe Red forces knifing through the Donets basin toward Rostov as Axis troops brace in Tunisia and Libya. Rommel renews efforts to consolidate a split German front while Eisenhower commands a joint Allied push. The article notes heavy German air massing in the Mediterranean and a looming clash with Allied forces.
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