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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1943
Page
1
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London dispatch reports the RAF struck the Ruhr in a night raid, marking its first major attack on Germany since Berlin raids last weekend. Four aircraft were lost amid heavy cloud cover, with fires burning in the target area. Berlin radio claimed some damage and casualties. The piece also notes new Hawker Typhoon fighters entering service and their performance against German aircraft.
Richard Buchefer was named treasurer of the Corry War Fund at a hotel meeting led by chairman olin W Bracken. The fund total reported was $15,634.14 with arrangements to send Corry's quota to Erie county headquarters. A full War Wynderoun session will meet Monday afternoon to review campaign progress and business.
A delivery truck struck three children riding a sled one mile north of Spartansburg on Cosicord road. Donald Mosher, 10, died after the truck mounted the sled and passed over him. Perry James, 12, and Franklin Delano, 7, were hospitalized with critical skull and leg injuries. The truck driver Rupert Morris and helper Glenn Crosby stopped immediately. Mosher’s body was taken to Torrey Funeral Home.
Allied headquarters in Australia reported the Sanananda sector in New Guinea saw the last major Japanese pocket eliminated. About 100 Japanese troops were slain after a day of heavy rain. Air forces claimed sweeping victories over New Guinea and Ambon, with ships hit and a cruiser damaged.
Japanese spokesman Tomokazu Hori, citing an Axis broadcast, warned Chile that severing diplomatic ties with Japan and the Axis powers relinquished Chile's leading Pacific role and would result in no more lenient treatment of Chilean ships by the Axis. The threat signals a severe shift in shipping policies and potential peril for Chilean maritime traffic.
Bulletin reports a Japanese plane bombed the American base on Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides, the first enemy air action against the operations center. Also noted are farm parity price revisions and Allied air actions in North Africa and Sicily with raids on Tripoli and Algiers.
George H. Earle, former Pennsylvania governor and minister to Bulgaria, arrives to serve as assistant naval and strategic adviser at the U.S. embassy. He will be based in Istanbul and participated in operations at Casablanca, Morocco, during the November landing.
On the Soviet front the German high command said Russian forces attacking from the west broke through the lines of the defenders of Stalin grad, the remnants of 22 Nazi divisions. Soviet dispatches claim the German siege armies were heavily engaged as the Russians pressed toward Armavir and the Maikop oil field, with new advances in the Don-Volga corridor and near Voronezh.
Washington dispatch reports Major Sarrat, commander of Martinique garrison, escaped to join the Fighting French. He cited hostility to Vichy after Allied landings in North Africa and said volunteers from Martinique petitioned Admiral Georges Robert for reentry of Caribbean possessions into the war against the Axis.
Gas company officials caution that winter demand, war production, and restricted fuels strain supply. They urge conservation measures including limiting heat, using only necessary appliances, and reducing gas consumption where possible to maintain pressure across western New York. A wartime conference with Army, Navy, and industry officials will report to the War Production Board.
Thirty five Corry youths aged 18 to 19 were listed among December sixth registration registrants for Selective Service Board No. 3. The Infan City Corry district announced names and voter numbers including Albert Pirster and Geoff Hawke among thirty nine names.
Akron January 22 The Beacon Journal reports Navy investigators are probing claims that Guadalcanal Marines were forced to fetch their own supplies while a merchant ship refused to work on Sunday due to union rules. The story cites six Guadalcanal veterans and NMU comments, noting supply delays and food shortages early in action.
A Clarion county coal miner James McDonald his wife and their year old child died in a blaze that gutted their Leatherwood home forty miles northeast of Kittanning. Coroner M Woodward said the trio suffered severe burns over their bodies.
Mr and Mrs Meskioushus lost their Concord home and all belongings when a fast moving blaze leveled the dwelling last evening. Investigators say an overheated chimney may have started the fire and the cause remains uncertain. The former Jefferson farm house stood intact until flames engulfed it, with only the barn spared. Insurance covers the dwelling, but prized items and personal effects were destroyed.
An Army barrage balloon exploded at its moorings in Vallejo California killing one soldier Richard R Gail of Eaton Ohio and injuring five soldiers and twelve civilians including Harry L McKenns with a fractured skull and broken ankle Army officials continue to investigate the cause while nearby war workers homes were damaged and a wooden barracks structure burned.
In a South Pacific prison camp the largest concentration of Japanese prisoners shows they are not fatalists when fed. Marines note prisoners grow sociable, playful, and curious, shedding grim resignation as food and mild treatment ease stress. A Marine Corps correspondent describes visitors polishing English and observers seeing restless humor amid captivity.
Associated Press dispatch says British troops swept through Tripoli's main defenses in a climactic Libyan battle. Reports claim Rommel’s forces may retreat by sea while Allied air and naval actions intensify offshore. Suburbs of Tripoli were said to be lowered as heavy fighting continued around the harbor.
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