09 Jul 1943
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1943
Page
1
The text reads as a fragmented OCR note asking who is registered as a citizen or entity by a Tin board. it mentions Ani BrHsit and a query about registration. The readable portion is unclear and lacks verifiable facts, making precise summarization difficult.
Congress ends a fractious session amid battles over subsidies for price controls, relief for the CCC, and war agency funding. The House wins key points on appropriations, crop insurance funds are blocked, and a September return is set to confront postwar revenue and policy. The administration celebrates a partial victory while warning of upcoming fiscal and planning challenges.
In Washington July Roosevelt seeks to salvage the Guffey Coal Act as it dies. Senator Guffey introduces two new bills aimed to mirror but differ from the old act. The proposals drop the producer tax and establish a coal conservation division in the Interior Department with a $10,000 yearly director to set rules and study mining standards.
William Coon, superintendent of Corry Hospital for about two years, resigns to assume the head of the municipal hospital in Wellsville New York. He will take up duties August 11 after the Wellsville board increased his salary and offered advancement prospects. The Corry board expresses regret at his departure noting his successful tenure and extensive improvements.
President Roosevelt directs the War and Navy Departments to refuse participation in a House probe of the Federal Communications Commission. The departments declined to allow officers to testify or provide documents, arguing cooperation would hamper military operations and national security. The dispute follows prior criticism of Rep Cox D Ga i on grounds of prejudice and a related fundraising disclosure involving Cox.
Richard H. Baker, formerly of Jamestown New York, an employee at Aero Supply, is missing in action over Aealon Southwest Pacific. He enlisted December 1941 as aviation cadet, graduated December 1942, after Jamestown High School 1936. His brother Kenneth H. Baker Jr serves in the Army.
The Truman War Investigating Committee will issue a formal report criticizing the Iston army for allowing continued production of obsolete planes. The document alleges failure by military leaders to reduce the number of fighter, bomber, and trainer aircraft under construction and accuses a major aviation firm of inefficient output and defective parts in some engines. It cites pressure to reduce plane types and notes Army Air Forces plans to consolidate fighter models amid evolving aircraft programs.
Secretary Knox directs general court martial of James H. Brown boatswain's mate first class in Coast Guard Reserve on manslaughter charge arising from the fatal shooting of a yard employee at the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Chester Pennsylvania on June 16. Indiantown Gap post inspected by Under Secretary Paterson and General Moore as training quality praised.
Chicago July 9 Six firemen were known dead and three others trapped under debris after a fire tore through a four story office and factory building on the North Side. The roof and floors collapsed dropping at least 18 firemen to the basement and first floor. Rescuers worked to reach the three trapped men planed under steel girders and heavy timbers as hospitals treated the injured.
The RAF resumed heavy attacks on Cologne after a four night lull, with eight bombers lost in the raid. General Giraud disclosed Roosevelt’s pledge to equip a French North African army of 300,000 and that French forces will aid against Japan after Europe’s Axis defeat. Goebbels reportedly arrived in Cologne to inspect raid damage, while U S bombers hit rail targets at Thasi Junction near Mamialay in Burma as part of broader campaigns.
Nine year old Robert Becker lost the algha of his left eye yesterday while attempting to recover a fish another boy landed. The fish was pulled from the water and the hook jammed in the eye during retrieval from the cat's mouth. Treasury report notes revenues and expenditures for July with total debt and day-over-day changes.
City officials schedule a special evening session to finalize a curfew ordinance banning children from streets after 9 30 p m without a parent. The council also aims to set a date for enforcement and discuss tax delinquencies with Treasurer Getic Mullen to push payment on thousands of dollars in overdue occupation taxes.
Allied aircraft from North Africa Malta and the Middle East pounded Sicilian targets in a sixth consecutive day of raids. Heavy bombers fighters and fighter bombers hit airfields ports and trains while Axis defenses countered with ground losses and several confirms of downed Allied planes. US Ninth Air Force Liberators dropped 250000 pounds of explosives on Catania in two waves following a prior raid on Axis barracks. German Gerbini airfield and nearby targets were repeatedly attacked by multiple Allied fighter formations.
Allied forces push through jungle to three miles from Munda, with vanguard clashing with Japanese near Eleto. Rendova repelled a Japanese land attempt as Bougainville and Salamaua areas receive heavy bombing. Additional strikes target Kahili airdrome and surrounding enemy positions as operations expand across the Solomons.
The Scranton Times reports a conservative estimate of coal field stoppages since May 1 totaling 10 million in miners wages and 30 million in operator losses, with survey by state mine secretary Richard Ma le. Roughly 000,000 tons of coal remained unmined in the period and immediate losses are hard to determine. In Ossining New York, Edward Haight, 17, and two youths were executed in Sing Sing’s electric chair, the first in New York State in years, as authorities confirmed the sentence was carried out.
Navy bulletins report American submarines have sunk or damaged 283 Japanese vessels in the Pacific since Pearl Harbor. Since June 1, submarine crews have claimed 33 ships sunk or damaged, including transports and tankers, with further losses and damages announced yesterday.
A launch carrying 14 Beth Chem Steal Corp employees exploded in the East River, injuring five. The craft was ferrying workers from a Brooklyn pier to a New Jersey company pier when the blast hit the motor room, trapping nine men. Four escaped, and five injured were taken to Norwegian Hospital in Brooklyn.
President Roosevelt indicated he will not seek John K Lewis’s signature on a new agreement with coal operators if the War Labor Board orders it. He questioned the value of a tough note on pink paper asking Lewis to conform, noting the need for government confirmation of the order.
On the Russian front the German armored spearheads failed to breach Soviet lines near Belgorod despite a large assault. Soviet forces launched counter-attacks and blocked breakthroughs as German losses mounted and Tiger tanks were repelled by combined air and ground fire. Dispatches cite 400 Soviet losses and heavy German attrition with no decisive breakthrough in the Belgorod area.
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