27 Feb 1943
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1943
Page
1
A fragmentary OCR text mentions officers and volunteers with scattered names and places. The readable bits reference Mah, Ohio, Erie, and two volunteers with unspecified roles. No clear events or outcomes are identifiable from the fragment.
The War Labor Board faces internal revolt led by West Coast and Seattle unions over Byrnes dictation and board democracy. Boeing workers press for 85 cents start wage, seeking round-the-clock protests. Congress moves to curb plant stoppages with a new control bill, signaling escalating tensions amid wartime production.
Pittsburgh February report on Walter Chiafton a 21 year old unmarried miner at Mantour 4 who weighs deferment and may quit his job as operator of a $10 000 coal tendering machine to end the strike. He planned to discuss with his mine superintendent while also tending his 700 acre farm as the Pittsburgh Coal Company faces county board deferment decisions. Local union leaders say the miners vowed not to return if Chiafton remains away.
A daytime partial signal drill occurred at noon with yellow and blue signals from Erie county Headquarters but no air raid red signal. Fire alarms sounded seven blasts for the blue signal. no red signal arrived. The State Defense Council announced Corry’s blackout rehearsal under new air raid rules, with full blackout at 9 10 PM and traffic halting. Maryland and Virginia will not participate.
London reports hundreds of RAF bombers hit Cologne last night in the war’s heaviest raid since last May. Allied forces also targeted Wilhelmshaven by day with US heavy bombers and struck Dume rque and Rennes area rail and storage targets.
Several hundred women will join Corry's war plants, but housing is scarce. The Women's Central War Activities Committee urged residents with rooms for rent to accommodate war workers, noting many rooms deny women while men are housed. The effort aims to expand living space for the anticipated female labor influx in local industries.
Moscow reports the Red army continues a spectacular winter offensive driving westward from north of Kursk to the Black Sea coast. Despite heavy German counter-attacks and stiff resistance, Soviet troops advance through snow, blizzards, and mud, with gains near Kramatorsk and Kharkov as German tanks are destroyed and enemy reserves depleted.
State liquor stores in Pennsylvania posted a profit of 93,610,287 on 171,895,21 in sales over the last 18 months of the current biennium. Auditor General F Clair Ross released figures showing a 19.56 percent net profit for the State Liquor Control Board as of last November. Shipments and wine prospects were discussed, with notes on large California grape conversions to raisins and wartime retail pressures.
Allied headquarters from Australia announces direct hits on a Japanese merchant vessel near Wewak in northern New Guinea with 500 pound bombs and wide raids on enemy shipping airfields and supply lines on the island and nearby New Britain. Also Roosevelt shows progress despite intestinal illness. Missing Air Force correspondent Post reported after raid on Wilhelmshaven. Ceiling on soft wheat prices unveiled. Salem Hill miners stay home over wage dispute.
A blaze at the State Armory on East Washington Street was spotted about 12 30 am and stopped before causing major damage. Damage was estimated at 150 dollars, insured. The fire started from a cigarette stub near a radiator in the drill shed, burning through the floor and plaster before firefighters arrived. A bystander alerted authorities after observing smoke from the building. The cigarette may have been dropped by someone from the roller skating rink nearby.
London reports nearly 3,400 persons had been executed or died in prisons within the Nazi occupied territories by end of 1942 per a United Nations information statement. The figure reflects regime actions rather than battlefield losses and underscores the scale of repression during the period.
Registration for War Ration Book No 2 starts as households rush to obtain coupons. Officials report 885 enrollments in five days in Corry aided by prefilled forms and school staff. The process sped by a citywide registration system, but those who missed the five day window must wait until April. Households will begin purchasing canned goods under rationing once sales resume Monday.
In Washington on February 27, senators aired a battle to halt the induction of farm workers into the armed forces. Senator Bankshead pressed for a Senate floor show-down next week with a likely quick passage, while Senator Johnson urged a favorable committee report and action by Monday. Opponents urged delay to Monday, supporters sought immediate action to protect food production for the war effort. In Pennsylvania, snow disrupted travel, delaying worker shipments and hampering production.
Washington Feb 27 The Senate War Investigating Committee examined potential cuts to the armed forces as a way to curb expenditures without crippling Allied strategy. Deputy Chief of Staff Lieut Gen Joseph McNarney said 6,200,000 troops by December are needed, warning a million off risks defeat. The panel instructed War Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt to model effects of varying reductions and consider limiting military appropriations if necessary.
The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the Bethlehem school board's dismissal of Gertrude Keller Brown, a dental hygienist, who refused resin when pregnant. The decision could affect maternity leave interpretations under state law. Attorney E G Blionko said an appeal is planned after Judge Laub earlier reinstated Brown per state directives.
Governor Martins budget message to the legislature Tuesday night will recommend elimination of the mercantile tax a state levy since 1844 as part of a plan to cut Commonwealth taxes by 40 million dollars in two years The plan was disclosed at a press conference The budget also contemplates discontinuing the state personal property bank shares and corporate loans levies The eduction of welfare and education funds was noted with holding other department budgets to 95 million for the biennium The mercantile levy elimination would cost about 9 7 million dollars annually and could affect around 200 appraisers.
Reports say Field Marshal Rommel known as the Fox sought cover in central Tunisia as Allied forces under Eisenhower push forward along a widening front. Simultaneous Arab and British commands note intensified aerial activity over northern Tunisia, with British units led by high command.
Allied troops repelled four Azis tank assaults in northern Tunisia near the Mareth Line. General Eisenhower’s headquarters reported the fighting continuing with British Eighth Army units establishing positions just south of Mareth without serious opposition.
Army units struggle through heavy mud as Rommel’s forces pull back toward Mareth. Allied air attacks claim 22 German planes shot down with reported damage and casualties. Kassering rail link cut, Rommel retreats toward the sea or Mareth after pressure along Gabes and Feriana. Montgomery’s 8th Army reaches Zigzai gorge near Mareth defenses.
Pittsburgh reports a two day strike by about 1,000 employees in the public school system. Teachers and staff plan a work stoppage over pay and policy, prompting a citywide shutdown affecting roughly 96,000 students and delaying classes for Monday.
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