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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1942
Page
1
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The United States Supreme Court considers whether military commissions violate the bill of rights as habeas corpus petitions may be entertained for eight suspects accused of offenses against the government and wartime laws. Chief Justice Stone said a special term would open to decide if petitions should be entertained and possibly transferred to district court.
AP dispatches from Philadelphia report independent dealers slash prices to 208 cents per gallon on regular grade amid ongoing permanent rationing. Cairo notes eight profiteers whipped at Alexandria under a new law, each receive ten to twenty lashes and hospital care. New York cites a BBC CBS relay claiming 40 German soldiers killed when a troop train wreck occurred between Paris and Cherbourg. San Francisco notes a 53 minute Bay Area blackout alert due to unidentified but friendly targets, with a train blown up by mines near Bohknyo station in Poland and hundreds of casualties.
Mrs Helen Wise, 34, died after a farm home explosion and fire near Corry. The blaze destroyed the house while she prepared a kitchen stove fire, killing her and hospitalizing her for days. Survived by husband Marlin Wise, four children, parents Axel Sampson and Mrs Martha Lindsay, sister Fay Robbins, brother Albert Sampson, and other relatives. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Glock, Rev. W H Garnett officiating. burial in Pine Grove cemetery.
Mrs Bertha Wescott 29 South First avenue suffered a fractured hip and Theodore Danczyk 11, of 217 East Church street, sustained a severe forehead laceration in falls Monday. Both were taken to Curry Hospital for treatment. Danczyk was later discharged. The German announcement at Lille spoke of 28 executions for sabotage weapons possession and communist activity.
In Paducah Kentucky early today a tank barge explosion on the Ohio River killed three workers. The dead are Tiford Duncan Cochran and Jefferson L. Watson. Missing are Robert E. Vasseur and Owen Fallowell. J C Meyers, foreman of the crew, survived with minor burns and shock. All victims were employed by Ayer-Lord Maine Ways or West Kentucky Coal Company.
Reports of parachutists or unknown objects dropped from aircraft near the capital prompted investigations by Army Third Service Command local police state guard and military intelligence. Locations included Couts Maryland Shenandoah Junction and Bartonsville near Annapolis. No arrests reported and details remain unavailable. Treasury reports July 25 receipts 13 million expenditures 167 million net balance 3.324 billion total debt 20.902 billion with an increase of 81.9 million.
A summer storm paralysed Philadelphia traffic for nearly three hours, flooding Broad Street subway and downtown streets. Water covered low areas, power outages hit trolley lines, and ships freed animals as two people drowned nearby in eastern Pennsylvania flood events.
Mrs. Ethel Bawol of 910 West Wayne steel faces arraignment for violating a city blackout ordinance during air raid drills. Allege d light extinguished on the south side, and a light observed in a north room. Wardens testified two visits. judge set $100 fine or 30 days, later settled to $118.25. Bawol denied intent to break law, claimed patriotic motive.
In San Francisco on July 28 Senator Conrad Wallgren of Washington faulted Washington leaders for preventing American forces from ejecting Japanese invaders from the Aleutian chain. He said the army and navy are not the targets of criticism, but the higher-ups who decide strategy must act to drive the Japanese out immediately. Wallgren, on a Senate military affairs subcommittee, awaits army approval for a trip to Alaska to inspect national defenses.
Sen. Josh Lee of Oklahoma urged rapid funding for a transport plan to rush cargo and troops overseas. He pressed for swift hearings and said urgent action was needed, though witnesses could not appear in time for today’s Senate Military Affairs Committee session.
Severe fighting raged along the El Alamein front as British ground and air forces pressed the northern sector. Allied statements report heavy artillery duels, German dive bombers shot down, and continued British activity near Suez and the El Diba area with Rommel supply centers targeted. Axis air activity over Malta increased as Britain claimed air victories and German forces reported counterattacks.
Washington dispatch reports Transportation Director Bassman said local rail service could be discontinued where bus service suffices during wartime. He asked state commissions to survey rail and bus options to free engines and cars for essential routes, noting many local services are duplicated by buses.
London reports Birmingham, a major British industrial center, suffered a night bombing with widespread damage across the area. Casualties were feared as fires burned shops and a large bank was hit by a delayed action bomb. Rescue squads labored through dawn as debris cleared.
Allied warplanes bombed Japanese air positions in New Guinea while ground patrols held contact with remnants. Japanese forces reportedly pushed inland toward Gona as they threat to strike Port Moresby. Darwin and Townsville raids noted with anti airfire repelling the attacker. Chinese reports say Nanchang Hankchow railway gap widened to seventy miles as Chiang Kai-shek’s forces push back. In Erie recruiting, nineteen local youths enlisted in the armed services including Barry A. Silyis, Charles M. VanTansel, and others.
Associated Press reports Atlantic toll surpasses 400 with 1,020 more crew and passengers missing, 11,766 rescued. A 16 ton U boat captured onions and diesel from a sunk ship near Havana. Mexico also reports the sinking of the Mexican freighter Saxaca off the Gulf. The U.S. State Dept. unveils an emergency overland link through Central America to speed canal access, linking Mexico to Panama via a 63-mile road network.
Harrisburg July 28 The budget bureau reported a $12,760,000 surplus in Pennsylvania funds for the fiscal year ended May 31. Liquor taxes and other levies exceeded estimates, with automobile and tire rationing noted but not fully reflected. Noted decreases include inheritance taxes and the four mill personal property tax.
AP reports Soviet lines falter as German drive widens across the Don and faces heavy resistance near Rostov Novocherkassk and the Volga. Berlin and Pravda claim movement toward the Caucasus while Moscow notes fears of Allied invasion and Soviet defense holds with Red Star reporting stanch defense despite German pressure.
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