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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1941
Page
1
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British attacks scitted south of Beirut as fighting raged in the Syrian Levant. British terms for armistice with France outlined in London dispatches, including no territorial demands but protections for Syrian independence and British control of war materiel and communications.
Rome July 11 British planes bombed Naples killing five and wounding twenty in a raid lasting about three hours. Italian planes hit refineries at Balla while fires raged in Palestine after the Yard War ended. The British airport at Nicosia in Cyprus was bombed again destroying British planes on the ground.
Local Board No 4 of Ailon County released a July 1 selective service list showing 196 registrants in the district. The page records voluntary registrations and notes a special registration conducted locally with many entrants present.
The Gomwy Hospital board votes to apply to the Federal Works Agency for a 65000 grant to finance a new wing. The project would expand capacity to 65 beds and relocate wards from the third floor to the first. The move aims to ease crowding amid city growth and defense industry expansion while supporting the Hospital Service Plan.
Corry's Aero Supply Manufacturing plans moving machinery into a new West Main street unit late this month for an August start. A two story addition across Fifth Avenue is in finishing stages with substantial work remaining. A second floor on the one story unit may cost about 940,000 and follow similar construction on related buildings connected to the main factory.
Bernard Ross and David Carrier, both youths, were injured in separate bicycle related incidents. Ross sustained a gunshot wound when a revolver in his pocket discharged and was hospitalized in Corry in fair condition. Carrier fractured both bones in his right leg after a fall from a bicycle and is improving as expected.
Ankara reports the vice admiral in command of France's Syrian station and crews of 11 French warships and auxiliaries have been interned after fleeing Beirut for the Turkish port of Alexandretta. The ships dropped anchor the night before. British circles warned of possible mutiny.
Announcement from the Railway Express Agency details the expansion of air express services completing the shift from All-American Aviation to railway air facilities. Local agents A. Severin William Klein and C. Harmon attended meetings as shipper plans include 8 by 8 by 1 inch shipments up to 35 pounds with future growth to 200 pounds. Heavier freight will be dispatched by rail from Corry to nearest air terminal while Lawrence Airport upgrades proceed. Shipments will be picked up locally with inaugural efforts urged for the coming Tuesday.
London reports German forces begin major push against Russian fronts as defenses bow and expectations of a brutal conflict rise. Analysts warn Bolshevik opposition remains uncertain as operations unfold with potential historic impact.
Victor Woodrich a two year old from Three Oaks Michigan rode a plane’s tail during landing at Park’s Aly College. Civilian instructor David J. Matis 26 intervened guiding the aircraft to ground safely after Woodrich’s seat became unfastened and he performed a full flip.
John Simmons of Buffalo New York is held without bail in Smethport on an armed bank robbery charge connected to the First National Bank of Eldred on May 14. He waived extradition from Brainerd Minnesota and was returned to the county. About $1,000 recovered.
The Foreign Office said some American technicians and laborers are engaged in works in Ulster as direct British government employees, exercising their legal right to take such work. It denied US air base plans in Northern Ireland and Scotland, while Senator Wheeler alleged shipments for US naval bases there. Official Belfast sources had no knowledge of such construction.
London reports British naval forces intercepted the 7209 ton German ship Hermes en route from Rio de Janeiro to Hamburg. The crew including the captain and officers were taken prisoner. Hermes left Rio de Janeiro June 20 in an attempt to reach Hamburg.
James Barkley Berwind twenty son of Amble councilman John Berwind died after his car struck a pearly truck on the Bethlehem Pike near Lansdale. Companion Robert Simpson junior twenty was injured with head and eye injuries and two broken fingers. Driver Michael Di Stefano of Philadelphia had a bruised cheek.
Washington July 11. The 1 698 000 000 requested today by President Roosevelt for the Maritime Commission provides for the construction of 368 merchant ships at an estimated cost of 1 246 550 100 and 350 000 000 for the requisition fair share and repair of existing vessels
London dispatch cites Allied and German sources claiming a major German drive toward Moscow with aims at Leningrad and Kiev. Observers estimate forces probing 120 miles into Ukraine as plans unfold over days, signaling a fresh phase in the Russian war.
The Northwestern Pennsylvania Association of Purchasing Agents heard Willsetine Hie discuss the priorities program at a dinner meeting. Office of Production Management speaker Mason Mangham answered questions on material shortages affecting steel, oil, rubber, and paper amid the defense buildup. The talk outlined the machinery in Washington now moving toward orderly supply and warned contracting difficulties would worsen as defense needs rise. Guests included J. W. Coole, Arthur Cling, Lee Forker, and H. Molden, who aided arrangements. Mr and Mrs Richard West and family are on a week's vacation in Penn Yan, N Y.
The Associated Press reports President Roosevelt asked Congress for 3.325 billion dollars for navy and maritime commissions and 770 million for the army, totaling 4.095 billion in defense spending. The request includes 400 million for maintenance of defense installations on merchant ships, with officials clarifying merchant vessels would not be armed.
Eleven workers die in a gas explosion at the Acmar Coal Mine in Alabama. Rescue teams recover nine bodies before dawn. two miners remain buried. The mine is a large commercial producer owned by the Alabama Fuel & Iron Company.
United States defense officials weigh compiling a worldwide list of firms acting as Nazi purchasing agents. A British blacklist exists and may be shared with American authorities. Brig Gen Russell Maxwell and Treasury foreign assets files are cited as sources. Continued on page five.
Soviet communique reports German blitz halted on the road to Moscow with Red Air Forces striking at northern and southern wings. After 20 days of fighting the Soviet command notes a setback and a lull along the front, suggesting German efforts may be spent.
Berlin reports the German eastward drive into Soviet Russia stalled due to road conditions and wrecked Red Army equipment. Russians say heavy air fight left sixty German planes shot down and claim fifteen German fighters were shot down with no Soviet losses. Russian aviation targeted German motor and tank detachments in the Ostrog region as Nazis push toward Leningrad and Novozytnod.
After over a month of debate the House and Senate clash over draft legislation. Disagreements focus on discouraging sense strikes and deferral for registrants over age 28, with committee crafting a possible bipartisan compromise and the dual purpose provision remaining in flux.
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