Donery Incident Noted in Uneven Report
An unclear entry describes a kend up becoming a donery with fragmented wording. No names or places are legible, leaving the core event ambiguous and unreliant on verifiable details.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1942
Page
1
An unclear entry describes a kend up becoming a donery with fragmented wording. No names or places are legible, leaving the core event ambiguous and unreliant on verifiable details.
Readable fragments hint at a local notice or brief item but details are garbled. Entities, dates, and actions are obscured, yielding an incomplete record with no clear event, parties, or location to summarize meaningfully.
The readable fragment references a street and place with unclear context. It mentions a street name and a local location, but lacks a coherent event or parties to identify. Further text is needed for a clear, factual card.
A damaged OCR fragment notes Harold Be and others near 13 classes with mentions of ishbone and mist. It hints at a sale or meeting where people were interested, but details and dates are unclear due to transcription errors.
The Standard Oil tanker Allan Jackson was torpedoed and sunk off the North Carolina coast by an unidentified submarine. Of 35 crew, 18 survived. four bodies were recovered and landed ashore. Names of survivors and victims released selectively by Navy officials. The attack follows rumors of extensive submarine activity along Atlantic shipping lanes.
City officials plan a vote tonight on the proposed bond issue for street and fire department equipment and a storage shed unit from the former U S Radiator holdings. The council will also receive the annual report from City Engineer Don B Williams amid routine business.
London January 19 government critics pressed for an immediate parliamentary debate on Britain's reverses in the Far East. They challenged Prime Minister Churchill's plan to delay the war strategy statement amid wartime pressures.
Associated Press reports President Roosevelt urged Congress to approve 20.5 billion dollars in supplemental appropriations and contract authorizations for the War and Navy Departments for the 1942 and 1943 fiscal years. The Navy would receive about 8.76 billion including shipbuilding and operations, with additional programs for the next fiscal year. the Army request totals about 9.0 billion for the Army Air Forces and Army services.
London January 19 Premier Asay of Burma, who quit London last November after failing to gain dominion status, has been arrested by British authorities for conspiring with the Japanese. An official statement from 10 Downing Street says the premier admitted contacting the Japanese since the Pacific war began. He is detained and cannot return to Burma. His exact custody location was not disclosed.
Binghamton man has been named local representative of Railway Express Agency Inc succeeding H. E. Beyarin. Roberts arrived in the city this morning and will assume duties immediately. He is a veteran of thirty years service with a company.
Reports claim Hitler contemplates a Mediterranean strike possibly through Spain or Turkey to shift the war. Axis air raids renewed on Malta. Rome reshuffles army leadership while British forces report Axis positions captured with light casualties. Russian front remains intense with heavy fighting along the Dogets river.
Las Vegas reports show actress Carole Lombard and nine others among 22 killed in a mountaintop air crash. Rescuers work through snow to recover 13 more bodies. Lombard identified by facial details. A three member jury will hold an inquest into the deaths, tracing to a flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
Local rationing board in Corry County Union City district approved tire applications for two truck owners. George Eisel, north of Corry, licensed to transport essential defense materials, authorized to buy a 44-7 truck tire. Benny Smolinski of Union City allowed two tires 600x185 for a Ford pickup. Board members Horton J. Davis RG Barnes Paul D. Mullen urged careful classifications and storage of blanks at the Department of Public Resistance offices. Public cooperation requested as the board schedules future meetings to consider applications.
At the Carr post office, about five hundred auto-use tax stamps were sold Friday and Saturday amid high demand. Postmaster James P. Sullivan said 5,000 stamps were allotted, enough for the city and immediate territory served. Garages and firms buy in bulk to distribute to customers, easing post office crowds. The stamps cost 2.10 dollars on the chassis, with a card to Washington, valid until June 30 when a new stamp will be issued.
Olin W. Hracken, chairman, reports the Red Cross War Fund drive has surpassed the $4200 total. Inday notes no 1 port has arrived from Aero Supply and Ajax Tron Works employees, expected to push the sum toward the $5500 quota set for the community effort.
A Sacramento oil fire injured eleven and left one missing as tanks of gasoline and diesel burned near the outskirts. Fire crews, led by Chief Terrence Mulligan, battled flames from 18 000 gallon gasoline tanks and 3 000 gallon oil tanks amid exploding containers and burning tar. Authorities said the fire would burn out on its own for hours, with the missing man unaccounted after a tanker explosion near a gas station.
Jap patrols pressed American forces in the Philippines with indecisive results. MacArthur’s line yielded gains elsewhere while a Japanese drive threatened to stretch Allied positions, with evacuees and dispossessions noted as the war continued. In London, Soviet reports claim major assaults across Lake Ladoga near Leningrad widened the Soviet counteroffensive against the German front.
Superintendent Dewey plans an early conference with State Department officials in Buble Havenspure to secure approval of four room additions for the new junior high project. Raymond A Freeburg designed the four room addition to expand instructional facilities. Federal officials visited Friday and indicate the building program may advance with necessary funding.
Bulletin dispatches report that captured Witited Staley Marines were sent to a forced labor camp after capture in Peipmig. Secretary Wickard warns of sugar and oil shortages expected by year end. In Burma forces withdraw from Tavoy as Thai politics shift. Patrick Fhrley is nominated to brigadier general in the Army by President Roosevelt.
Corry residents will attend an air raid warden training program at Strang Vatwint High School. The course, taught by Howard F. Selly Academy staff and Harrisburg wardens, runs four periods weekly with lectures and practical drills for volunteers preparing for civil defense duties.
Preparations at the Corry post office for registration of all German Italian and Japanese aliens fourteen years of age and older. Aliens must register under new wartime regulations with penalties including possible internment. Applicants must provide slips photos and answer questions. certificates of identification will be issued with photo, fingerprints and signature, to be carried at all times.
Australian General Gordon Bennett told troops they must attack the Japanese to prevent a counter. He directs action from Johore as Australian forces press expectations they are better suited for the fight and will seize back territory in southern Malaya. The general expressed confidence in his men despite ongoing clashes with Japanese forces.
Jan 19 reports from Singapore say British withdrawals along Jahore Strait widen as Japanese push near Lexambut on the central Malay rail line. RAF raids hit Japanese barges and air bases while Singapore endures a heavy weekend air assault with civilian casualties and renewed calls for general registration of European men under 41.
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