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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1942
Page
1
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President Roosevelt told Congress the war would end in victory and unveiled a bold 1943 plan: 195,000 planes, 75,000 tanks, 36,000 anti aircraft guns, and 10,000,000 tons of shipping. He warned taxes and bonds would fund the effort and called for united national sacrifice to sustain a global offensive against Berlin and Tokyo.
Fire swept through two West Scranton buildings housing eight businesses including six stores a meat market and a beauty parlor causing an estimated $100000 in damage. Firefighters battled the blaze as temperatures hovered around zero. Police and firemen rescued David R. Thomas 92 and Mrs Florence Parsons from hospital rooms on the second floor of one building.
President Bangevelt told Congress that soldiers and sailors of the United States will be used at any place in the world where it seems advisable to engage the enemy. He cited offensive and defensive operations, protection of key positions, and support for vital communications as part of a broader strategy to defend the hemisphere and project power beyond it.
Washington Jan 6 The Senate Literature Commerce Committee approved legislation to authorize the president to establish daylight saving time nationwide during the war. The president could advance or retard time by proclamation but not by more than two hours.
June 6 report says updated Japanese land and sea attacks push British lines toward Singapore. British forces withdraw from Kuantan and Perak front as Japanese operations threaten rear areas and communications near Kuala Selangor. Conviction report follows on Isaac Shirk Eby of Lancaster County Mennonite for failing to report to a civilian work camp.
Chinese dispatches report about 40,000 Japanese troops trapped on the plains between the Lagtao and Liuyang rivers northeast of Champsha in Hunan province. Chinese forces, the spokesman says, confident they can wipe out most of them after a retreat of over 100 miles from the Hunan capital.
One day after a joint committee formed by the Office of Management and Budget, labor takes a pivotal role in assigning military production goals. Five members from industry and labor will map plans to pool resources for six billion dollars in wartime goods, including autos, aircraft, tanks, and ordnance, with the OPM to approve or revise. Automobile output guidance cites a large jump in car production from December figures to 204,648 for the current month as factories repurpose plants and reassemble prebuilt components for war needs.
Corry will host one of the largest gatherings of visiting students in years for the District Orchestra Festival sponsored by the Pennsylvania School Music Association. Five counties Erie Crawford Venango and Warren send participants to the January 15 16 and 17 event with Professor Bernard Mandelbern of Mansfield State Teachers College guest conducting.
Philadelphia report urges ban on liquor sales for the war duration saying the liquor industry has harmed morale and resources. B Scott McBride, superintendent of the Pennsylvania Anti Saloon League, argues liquor sales should halt to conserve manpower and uphold moral standards.
Washington reports a renewed presence of American bombers over the South Pacific, signaling fresh reinforcements for the Allied effort. London dispatches cite heavy losses by Japanese forces in Burma, with the Army bomber fleet attacking ships near Davao Bay and a U S seaplane tender repelling a seven hour Japanese air assault.
A snowbound Lehigh Valley train crash killed one man and injured twelve as state police outlined a failed effort to warn a stalled car and stop the halted Buffalo New York Limited at a crossing. A worker warned dispatchers but timing and snow prevented any avertible outcome.
Richard Rossbacher, recently retired from the city council, was elected president of the Golden Rule Cinf club at a Ritz Restaurant meeting. A. O. Sandbury and Penk Whitelay were named first and second vice presidents, with officers to assume duties immediately. The club voted $40 for the Red Cross war drive and to buy a $10 defense bond. Roger M. Brown spoke on civilian defense, urging cooperation to protect residents. EK Powell and Miss Wilma Rich were named to audit the books.
The day opened with severe subzero readings at multiple towns led by 60 below at Howard Tany and Kane reporting 55 below. McKinley Station recorded a 50 below zero, while Esne area thermometers ranged from 16 to 21 below with the cold expected to ease within twelve hours and lead to cloudy skies tomorrow.
The Corry School District board meets in executive session to weigh a protest from the Corry Underwriters Association against the tenure of William Myers, Senior High Instructor. The group raises license and authority questions, with claims Myers’ insurer status and the principal’s actions triggering ethics concerns.
A. J. Desmond and Roger M. Brown will attend a defense conference in Harrisburg at 2 pm Wednesday. The meeting, called by Governor Arthur H. James, invites mayors and community leaders. Corry's Hepler cannot attend. Police statewide expedite disposal of cameras radios and firearms per federal war policy.
The Pennsylvania Electric Company seeks to acquire all utility assets of five Associated Gas and Electric System affiliates including Solar Elevths Erie Limiting Clarion River Logan Taught Hewnd and Youghip heny Hydroelectric. It also requests transfer of project No. 309 license at Clarion River Power. The plan aims to reduce fixed charges strengthen credit and simplify corporate structure. Mae Calve dies at 84 in Vichy France.
AP dispatch from Tokyo reports minimal Japanese progress against Gen Douglas MacArthur in the Bataan Peninsula while noting American reinforcements arriving. A four hour aerial assault on Corregidor and Mariveles near Manila Bay involved about 40 Japanese planes, with U S anti aircraft gunners defending the fortress.
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