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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1942
Page
1
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Angry congressional demands called for expulsion and court martial of any incompe tents in the war effort after a presidential commission blamed Hawaii commanders for the Pearl Harbor debacle. The five man panel led by Justice Roberts found errors of judgment by Short and Kimmel, urging accountability though no immediate actions were announced.
A 29 year old mother of two, Mrs Katherine Norris, died instantly when her husband Ralph Norris’s car struck a parked truck on North Center Street near Elk. Norris and Ray Gatley, 22, were taken to Corry hospital with serious injuries. Norris’s car collided with a left rear of a parked U Drive It truck. the impact crushed Mrs Norris in the front seat. The accident occurred after the couple, returning from the Polish Club, stopped near the Mack residence.
Rangoon January 26 Airmen of the United Nations dropped explosives on Japanese bases at Bangkok and Hanoi while Chinese troops massed for potential operations along the Thai and Indo Chinese frontier. Chinese forces reportedly expand in Burma and move along borders as British withdraw unimpeded from Moulein area 100 miles east of Rangoon amid continued fighting and Japanese advances by sheer weight of numbers.
Corry expects a ladder truck purchased from Warren to arrive late this week with trial runs completed. Bids are authorized for a new large pumper to replace Second Ward equipment. Safety Director Kinley authorized bids for a 10 horsepower truck to replace the old at East Washington street station. The Fire Department notes the new equipment will boost overall capabilities for local defense.
A Norwegian tanker Varanger was sunk 35 miles southeast of Sea Isle City New Jersey in pre-dawn attack by a submarine. Of 42 aboard all but one were saved with seven treated for exposure. Survivors later landed at Townsend’s Inlet coast guard station as U S authorities investigated the incident.
Associated Press reports civilians evacuated from Lae and Tuluai in New Guinea and from the Solomons, as Australian militia clash with Japanese forces on New Britain and New Ireland. Tokyo landings are cited near Bougainville and Kieta with ongoing bold operations and broader mobilization. Aerial attacks on Wewak continue amid evacuations and blackout extensions.
Aid arrived from the city after one o clock when fire threatened the Owen Taylor Restaurant at Spring Creek. The blaze started in living rooms above the restaurant, adjacent to a filling station at the main intersection. Two roofs suffered heavy damage but were brought under control as city units left the scene. Damages and insurance status unavailable.
Reports from Washington reveal heavy Allied action in the Macassar Straits. Seven American bombers supported a January 24-25 attack, sinking a transport and damaging others while downing five enemy planes.
Edinboro Senior High opens the second semester with new biology and science instructor Florian Florek taking over duties from a leave of absence. He is a recent graduate from Edinboro State Teachers College and had been student teaching at Academy High School at Exley. Norm Koontz of Conneaut, Ohio filled the vacancy briefly. Evelyn Brooks returns to French and English after a semester away, taking over Ruth Johnson’s classes who moves to Waterford High. Mrs Best Williams continues in commercial studies following Cora G. Smith’s death last month.
Navy officials confirmed the American tanker Venore was torpedoed twice off the Atlantic coast and began sinking on Saturday. Crew rescued and landed at Norfolk, with 21 or 22 crew members unaccounted for as a Fifth Naval District update noted.
Soviet wartime dispatches report Russian forces pressing west from Smolensk amid record cold. Hitler reportedly moved headquarters toward Minsk as Germans retreat from Smolensk axis. Russians claim recapture of Nelodovo and broader advances from Smolensk to Ore and Kursk, threatening Leningrad to Riga rail links.
Secretary of War Stimson announced U S Army forces were in northern Ireland with Major General Russell B Bartle in command. Details on force size unit designations and embarkation ports were withheld.
Axis and British forces clash as Rommel advances around the Gulf of Sirte. British admit losses and by‑pass maneuvers near Benghazi and El Agheila while Italian communiques claim British guns and matériel were captured. RAF raids damage Axis convoy and ships. one liner and a destroyer hit. courthouse note follows.
Charles Tubbs, 36, a former resident of Corry now living in Erie, was seriously injured in a car crash on the Union City Waterford road Friday night. He suffered a fractured right arm, back injuries, and a severe scalp laceration, and was taken by Harold Jackman to St. Vincent's Hospital in Erie.
Philadelphia January 26 the State Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a 1937 act granting the state power to fix minimum wages for women and workers under 21 in industry The Mechanicsburg Laundry contended the act gave employers sole discretion and violated labor protections but the court rejected the challenge and affirmed the measure
THETFORD MINES Que Jan 26 Fire followed by explosions tore through a manufacturing plant in Quebecs asbestos mining town killing three girls and injuring others. Police said several may be missing and sent men to assist recovery efforts.
On the U S east coast a joint army navy and air force system is in place to defend from Maine to Florida. A tri-service command with Lieutenant General Hugh A Drum Rear Admiral Adolphe Andreys and Brigadier General Amal N Krogstad oversees 24 hour readiness to fuse land sea and air into unified action within seconds in response to any enemy surface or air threat.
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