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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1942
Page
1
A garbled OCR item mentions police activity, hospital notices, and a board attorney. references to Purpura, aviation, smoke, and an electric rear unit. Names and places are obscured. the fragment hints at a legal or public health matter and a Friday event with a local address and car or street names.
Rostov in peril as 11 die and property is destroyed. A half hour state wide air raid blackout drill is announced, with Corry slated for third total blackout Wednesday evening. War Industries will follow Defense Department warnings. local wardens prepare for sirens and whistle alarms.
The War Production Board announced a 25 percent cut in gasoline deliveries starting at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday to deter motorists from crossing into restricted zones. Western New York counties Magda Erie Orleans Genesee Wyoming Monroe Livingston move into the buffer later. Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia and Virginia remain in curtailment. In Erie County the drowning of Doris Jean Foster, 12, at Lake Pleasant is reported with search continuing. another drowning, Joseph Wargula, 30, at Mooney Beach, is noted as the second Erie County drowning on Sunday.
Violent flash floods swept through north central Pennsylvania and New York leaving at least 11 dead and destroying homes and plants. Ports Allegany Johnsonburg Ridgway Olean Portville and Salamanca faced record crests with dam breaks power cuts and fires. Red Cross relief led efforts as communities rallied to rescue and feed survivors.
Parsons West Virginia July 20 Doctors and nurses report a two and a half year old boy chained in an attic of a mountain home in critical condition. The child, weighing only 15 pounds, suffers malnutrition and body sores and may not survive. Police say there is no indication how long he was bound or why. The boy is the son of Mr and Mrs Jol Loughry of Millersville and was found by a relative writing a public assistance notice.
Rumors of possible sabotage at two local defense industry plants were denied after a wave of reports. One incident involved a worker killed at the Raymond Mig. Co plant on Friday night and another spoke of a mysterious parcel at the Aero Supply Mfg. Co plant last week. Officials at both plants said they had no knowledge of any other incident.
Corry enjoys relief from a sultry spell as cooler daytime temperatures and breezes ease discomfort. A light shower and a night of lower humidity preceded the break, bringing a sigh of relief to residents after days of heat and humidity.
Rail traffic on the Renovo division of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Erie main line remained heavily disrupted by flooding. Bridges washed out and tracks undermined forced diversions and shuttle replacements, with trains detoured or rerouted and schedules shifted as crews battled ongoing delays amid continued rainfall.
Bulletin items report a measure granting all submarine officers and enlisted men 50 percent above regular pay, up from 25 percent for officers and dividend wages for enlisted men. Other items note British bombardment of Matruh, a Tass report on a convoy battle, torpedoed merchant vessel off South America, and US air attack on Tobruk. Treasury notes show July 17 receipts, expenditures, debt, and gold assets.
Washington July 20 The administration defended Donald M Nelsons centralized control of the synthetic rubber program as a Senate farm bloc challenge met Republican support. Senator Barkley of Kentucky said he would bring before the Senate a motion by Thomas and Gillette to create an independent rubber supply agency with a director given broad authority to push production from grain.
Fleet reporters describe ongoing air combat over the Aleutians amid heavy fog from dawn to night. Japanese forces attacked Kiska harbor after occupying Attu and Midway, with U.S. carriers Catalina and fortresses bombarding enemy ships. The fogbound battle, marked by drifting bombs and cautious maneuvers, underscores a grim stalemate as both sides press strategic aims in the northern Pacific theater.
Two killed and twenty injured in a Franklin County crash near Hunaghville as a brick-laden truck slid off a rural road. Victims include Wendell Hedges about 40 of Seward PA. Sixteen injured to Meadville hospitals, four to Prandin hospitals. Truck carried more than 20 employees of Asplunch Tree Expert Go Keskistown en route to clear trees for Pennsylvania Electric. Driver from Orlando WV reported crash in cab, truck rolled over after descending a hill into oncoming traffic.
Two people were injured, not seriously, when a car left Hare Creek road at the Wheelock curve, struck a tree and overturned at 12:45 Sunday. Driver Douglas Bogart, 20, Columbus, and Lois Eshelman, 23, Clymer, to Corry Hospital. Eshelman declined further treatment. Bogart suffered a broken left leg, facial and head injuries. police attributed the crash to failing to make the curve on the newly surfaced highway.
Twenty nine persons were injured, three seriously, when a Carolina Trailways bus ran off Route 337 near Suffolk Virginia to avoid a left turning automobile. All but three were treated and discharged from Suffolk hospitals for superficial cuts and bruises.
The Ways and Means committee failed to push a corporation tax reform proposal reducing the rate from 45 to 40 percent. By a teller vote of 180 to 140 the body refused last minute edits and declined to raise the excess profit rate from 87 to 90 percent. The measure was defeated by voice vote.
Reported Soviet redeployments into the Voronezh region as German forces push toward the Caucasus gateway. Observers note the potential for a northern flank action, while the Egyptian front shows a lull.
Allied forces report air strikes on Canton and Vents near Rostov as German offensives push toward the Don and Rostov. Axis gains are claimed to threaten the Rostov railway junction while British and American units press operations in the Egyptian desert and at sea.
A heavy trailer truck rammed a bus carrying women en route to a freezing plant on U S Route 13 near Keller Virginia killing five and injuring nineteen. Trooper Charles B Straus said the bus overturned after impact and victims were hospitalized at Northampton Accomack Hospital Nassagadox with other passengers receiving first aid and release.
A garbled notice indicates the Second Ward and city departments will discuss routine business. The meeting aims to review sundry decencies and proposed bulletins, with William Findlay of a federal agency requesting inclusion of items.
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