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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1942
Page
1
A sudden cloudburst and strong winds flood Corry's south side as the sewer system overflows. Basements in mercantile districts fill, water reaches inches near first floors, and several homes report flooded cellars. Hospitals and utilities quickly respond to minimize damage as lines suffer intermittent outages.
AP dispatches report Soviet forces punch at German lines northwest of Moscow as part of tactics to pin the enemy. In Pittsburgh a $2 million defense steel plan and three housing projects were halted by carpenters demanding higher wages. Chiang Kai-shek’s Chinese armies recaptured Shaklhen and claimed 400 Japanese dead, while Japanese troops neared Kinhwa and Chuhsien. A Navy air crash near Half Moon Bay results in five fatalities.
Assailed by Italian and German reports, Axis lines claim British encirclement near El Yaleb southwest of Tobruk as Rommel halts his advance. Churchill says Rommel's plan has gone awry while Allied losses mount but the attack is checked and Rommel's armored strength shows heavy damage.
Stockholm reports Nazi troops pressed to recover Kharkov front positions. Dispatches claim retaking Tamutrovski eight miles east of the main line while a Soviet communique notes no essential change in the front. Destruction claims cite 432 German planes down versus 184 Russian.
An investigation of shortages in the Philadelphia city treasurer's office disclosed that an undetermined amount of state money was missing. Deputy Attorney General Robert E. Sceage told Attorney General Claude T. Reno that no formal employees were involved and promised prompt arrests. He did not name the employees. Luther A. Hart was city treasurer during the period covered. In the investigation.
Treasury report for May 30 shows receipts 19.77 million dollars and expenditures 131.61 million. Net balance 2.811 million, total debt 74.258 million, daily increase 22.0 million.
City officials will advertise and sell several city owned parcels to home builders. Treasurer Trene Muli to prepare a list and proceed with sale efforts despite material restrictions. Parcels include Clark and Wright on East Main near Avenue A and Shady Avenue, plus five West Smith Street lots near Huth Street.
DeWitt Mackenzie notes rising resistance to Hitler amid attempted assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Czechoslovakia. He highlights clandestine fighters and the Gestapo’s feared tyranny across occupied Europe, warning that weakening Gestapo power endangers the Nazi regime. The invisible front is on the move and gaining resolve.
City Solicitor Walter Scott announced plans to draft a municipal ordinance targeting blackout violations. The case against a Carmel autist driver who refused to stop during the blackout is advancing, with witnesses ready to testify. A $200 penalty is proposed, patterned after Erie and other cities, to tighten enforcement and address gaps in state blackout laws.
Wide World dispatch notes Adolf Hitler, longtime political psychologist for the masses, showing signs of losing control. Reporters recount his April 26 Reichstag speech and the growing misread of public sentiment, with underlings skewing facts to maintain stability and avoid disturbing the dictator.
The War Department advocates a compromise to break a congressional impasse on the military pay bill. It proposes 4 dollars monthly cash plus 10 dollars in non negotiable government bonds for the lowest ranking Army Navy and Marine personnel. The plan aims to replace the 50 dollar monthly figure pushed by the House and the 41 dollar figure backed by the Senate. The current bill provides a 120 percent pay rise for duty outside the United States, with overseas privates potentially reaching 80 dollars monthly if the $50 scale is adopted.
A state motor police detail searched a wooded area near Pins Grove about one mile from Chambersburg after a report of a plane crash. Pvt. M H Chien said two men were in the vicinity, tentatively identified as Lt Henry Alexander Salm of Tuxedo Park NY. Salm was taken to Chambersburg hospital with foot cuts. a truck driver said the pilot was believed dead.
London June 2 The admiralty announced a large convoy of freighters fought through to a north Russian port under constant German air and submarine attack. The communique said German air forces deployed well over a hundred aircraft in nightly and daytime raids over five days, with brave defense by escort ships and aircraft.
President Roosevelt asked for a war declaration against Bulgaria Hungary and Romania stating they declared war on the United States as instruments of Hitler. He said these nations are engaged in military activities against the United Nations and may extend them. He noted the United States already declared war on Japan Germany and Italy.
Two seamen John G. Traubal of Gibbsboro New Jersey and Relf Hellend of Philadelphia were rescued after a week aboard a tar vessel torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Mexico. They survived while shipmate Phillip D. Keauth pastor William Meachim Dallas City Cornwall Gallagher Philadelphia and others presumed lost. The May 20 sinking of a U S cargo ship claimed heavy losses with 39 feared dead.
Prime Minister John Curtin warned Australia of a stalled Japanese invasion plan while praising Allied strategic moves. Allied air raids on Japanese bases continued with the loss of multiple aircraft, and midget submarine wrecks near Sydney were raised for inspection. Australian officials reported naval casualties and a ferry sinking amid ongoing wartime events.
Sumneytown Pennsylvania June 2 Henry Hartzell 42 fugitive son of murdered fiddler Joan Harwell was trapped in an abandoned Montgomer y County farmhouse by a posse. Hartzell opened fire as Detective Albert Murphy battered the door and was shot dead by two bullets from the officer. The coroner said Hartzell admitted killing his father in February during a quarrel. Police found two bullets in the weapon and noted Hartzell had prior larceny convictions in 1928 and 1937.
London reports a RAF force of 1,036 planes hit Germany in a night raid focused on Essen, the Krupp munitions hub. Churchill announced the second heavy strike in three days targeting Hitler's military strength.
German broadcasts claimed RAF raids on northwestern and western Germany caused heavy losses to Allied bombers. Churchill told Commons that the raids marked a new phase in Britain's air offensive, warning Britain should not expect four figure bomber losses every time. The air ministry said bomber and support commands attacked lines in Germany and France, possibly signaling a large Cologne operation.
A garbled OCR fragment describes an electrocution in a boiler works facility near Sharpeville Stel Pe, mentioning individuals Nitin Simpkins and Sharon, with incomplete roles and unclear actions. The text hints at a safety investigation or private effort following the accident, but details are severely unclear.
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