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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1943
Page
1
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Lieut. Woods is reported missing in action with word reaching Union City that Wilson Gai Woods of First Avenue, a Navy officer, is missing in the Solomons sector. The Navy Department confirmed the absence with no further details available.
Allied air forces led by U S Flying Fortresses sink 42 German planes and pound Sicily Sardinia and Messina targets. Liberator bombers from the Middle East drop heavy loads on Messina terminals, rail yards and oil depots, while Gerbini airfield takes a major bombing. British commandos raid Crete amid mounting air battles as Allied crews claim success against Axis air defenses.
Dispatches report a Greyhound bus crash near Clarks Ferry injuring several, with casualties including a seriously wounded passenger. Separate items note Allied and Pacific theater actions, including Soviet defenses repelling a German offensive, heavy RAF activity over northern France, and ongoing expectations of broader engagements in the war.
Washington July 6 Six foot two Jesse Jones the administration s banker and Vice President Henry Wallace dispute each other over the Defense of Wallace s Board of Economic Warfare and Jones Reconstruction Finance Corporation The verbal slugging intensified with Jones delivering a 7600 word broadside accusing Wallace of delays in BEW purchases Perkins of BEW replied accusing RFC of waste The Senate weighs investigations and diplomacy may hinge on President Roosevelt s intervention in the feud between these two top officials
Associated Press dispatch from Moscow reports German armored and infantry thrusts repelled along the Orel to Belgorod central front. Despite heavy losses and initial breakthroughs, Soviet forces claim to have driven back the assault as the Nazi summer offensive enters its second day.
Soviet accounts claim the German drive was smothered at the outset with Berlin broadcasts denying an offensive. Reports say the Red Army destroyed hundreds of tanks and planes in initial hours while German communiques spoke of a successful infantry attack followed by counterattacks. Dispatches describe heavy artillery barrages and tactics aimed at breaking Russian lines as fighting spread north of Kursk.
Senate postwar planning chair George disclosed a probe into restraints on business and their impact on the shift from military to civilian economy after the war. The Brookings Institution will analyze government competition with private firms, taxes, and regulations while BEW foreign operations and postwar commitments are also examined. George favors minimizing government involvement and expanding private enterprise to bear the adjustment burden.
Representative Weiss of Pennsylvania publicly urged ration boards in his district to overlook OPA denials of supplementary gasoline rations for servicemen furloughed home. He sent a letter to OPA official John Richards urging boards to assess each case on its merits and grant equity to the soldiers fighting abroad.
Thousands joined a big holiday program in the city despite heavy showers that flooded streets yet failed to dampen enthusiasm. The parade opened the day’s events with a historical pageant and varied floats, aided by local groups and the Civil Defense units. Prizes recognized the Red Cross float, the Corry Jamestown Mfg. Corp. unit, and the Forty-Niners group, amid a campaign to sell war bonds and support the armed forces.
A Buffalo-Baltimore & Ohio freight train derailed 9 cars on the low grade line between Harrisburg and Philadelphia near Fisher Creek, Pennsylvania. Train crews set out wrecking and rerouted traffic as two wrecking crews worked the scene through the night, causing congestion on the Pennsylvania Railroad main line.
A Navy communique reports heavy Japanese losses and the sinking of the destroyer Strong amid ongoing engagements around Vila Beiroko and Munda. It notes U S forces suffered some damage, with about 40 ships sunk or damaged in the Solomon Islands campaign thus far.
City Council expected to hear an update on the delinquent occupational tax collection campaign tonight. The last meeting directed the city tax collector to act by July 1 and warned of potential action against the official. Also on the agenda is initial action on a curfew proposal to bar children under 10 from streets after 8:30 PM.
Harrisburg July 6 Reports show the birth certificate business in Pennsylvania has slowed from last year’s peak. Five months of this year yield 175 621 applications, down 44 percent from 1932 after clerks in the Bureau of Vital Statistics handled more than a half million applications previously.
Two inches of rain Sunday and lighter showers Monday refreshed farms in the region after a heat wave. The city recorded the heaviest rainfall since June 4, with gardens and lawns showing a noticeable revival as the drizzle eased and sunshine returned. A separate report notes David M. Dobinson, 17, of Port Matilda, died when his car veered into a tree near Blue Ball late Saturday night in Clearfield County.
Associated Press reports a wartime July 4th holiday saw 298 deaths, with 127 highway fatalities. drownings and miscellaneous causes accounted for the rest. no fireworks related deaths were reported. States listed fatalities include New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania in the totals.
US warships pounded Japanese defenses in the Solomons as the central Pacific campaign intensified. Navy briefings cite ongoing battles in Kula Gulf north of New Georgia with unclear details, while U.S. air and sea forces claim control of Vangunu and advances on Rendova. Casualties described as light, with sustained Allied pressure across the Solomons and New Guinea fronts.
Harrisuhuho, Fuly Govers or Martin today appointed Muitar G. Beker superintendent of the Forge Military Academe to duryal training of the Penneyiquue State Guard.
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