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Corry Evening Journal in Corry, Pennsylvania
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1941
Page
1
Axis Attack Threatens Cyprus Second Crete Invasion Fears
Rescue Captain reports a torpedoed U S ship as Axis air forces strike Cyprus for 46 hours. German and Italian planes press from three directions toward Nicosia and Limassol, with London circles forecasting a Cyprus invasion after Crete. Reports cite Norway relay and British war aims near the Suez route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Gennan
Taletan
Cyprus
Byria
Jelney
Norway
Nicosig
Corus
Cuttinsen
Syria
Bemil
Lebanon
Beatlee
Middle East
Junior Senior Picnic Day Marks School Class Events
Annual class day exercises and moving up activities were held at Senior High School with pep band selections, gifts to seniors by Carl Taylan, and remarks by Olin Bracken Jr. The class treasury funds a stage curtain. a watch prize was drawn for a senior member. A class day dance followed at the Junior High gym with about fifty couples, serenaded by the Keggtorians. The Junior and Senior classes are at Geloron Park today for the annual plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Taylan
Olin Bracken, Jr
Bracken
Keggtorians
Geloron Park
Two Die In Erie Crashes
Erie county reports two fatal crashes in separate incidents. Louis Alessie of Fort Ress died in a collision involving a car and a track trailer in North East. Garagemen used crow bars to extract his body from the wreckage. Edinboro resident Roy Hustman was killed by an auto accident while returning from a relative's home where someone had died two hours earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North East
Louis Alessie
Fort Ress
Edinboro
Roy
Hustman
Erie County
Warns N A Plant Threat Of Destruction
Los Angeles reports Col Chilo Steinmetz warns North American Aviation plant in Inglewood may be blown up within weeks if war production continues. He says 3,000 troops moved to seize the plant and fears factories vital to defense will be targeted by agents of Stalin and Mussolini unless actions are stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Fuesy
Los Angeles
Ien
Chilo W. Steinmeis
Avalon
Pnard
Col
Steinmetz
Cleburne
Tex
Martin
Stalin
Hiller
Mussolini
Special Train for Selectees to Fort Meade Md
Northwestern Pennsylvania boys travel by special train to Fort Meade Md for a year of selective service training. About several hundred youths from Meadville Titusville Corry and nearby areas boarded the train, with more pickups as it moves eastward. A separate note reports a proposal to abolish the department of public assistance and shift aid duties to a welfare department in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Meade, MD
Meadville
Titusville
Camp Lex
Penmsylvania
Union City
Cor- TY
Fort Meade
An Eyre
Pensylvania
Mundville
Corry
PR. R
Nah
Harrisburg
Department of Public Assistance
Department of Welfare
George Woodward
Strike vote called amid war plant strikes in California
Strikes threaten at Consolidated Aircraft plant in San Diego while North American Aviation in Inglewood, California faces similar pressure. The war department seeks congressional action to allow government seizure of defense facilities as AFL machinists announce a possible nationwide strike amid mounting military orders. President Roosevelt has urged strong defense output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Pyuss
Heav
Inglewood
Cal
North American Aviation Corp
Consolidited Aircraft Corp
San Diego
War Department
Congress
AFL
Consolidated Alteraty Corp
Federst
Hayes
Allen
Consolidated
Roosevelt
Draft service reclassifies deferred men in defense effort
Washington reports the selective service boards begin reclassifying all men deferred for essential defense industries who have ceased to perform those jobs. General Hershey’s order frames the move as a tool against strikes and walkouts, emphasizing citizens’ duty in producing defense matériel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Selective Service Today
Fight
Hasis
Tnt
Selective Service
Defense Mediation
Italy's First Year In War Costly To Mussotti Partner
Italy's year of war dragged Premier Mussolini deeper into costly campaigns. Hitler's junior partner saw his East African and Balkan ventures expand badly as Mussolini pressed claims along the Latin French Riviera and in Albania. Italian forces faced mixed success, with gains along the Riviera and losses elsewhere as the conflict widened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Hitler
Mussotti
At & Post
Empire
Belris
Iit
Tenure Trials and New Teacher Contracts Granted
Edmonds Act adjustments grant tenure and raises to Corry Public Schools staff. The board approved permanent contracts for two safe-teachers and William Ye resigned. several salary adjustments were set for principals and teachers across Senior High and Junior High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Board of
Baiication
Ralph S. Dewey
Committee On
G. Carl Wengert
Hatch Voca‘onal
Imore Storer
William Yrye
Meadville
Howard J. Sheen
Harold G. Wolfe
Theunior
Kenneth
Hatch Vecsional
Hatch Vocational
William Willer
Evelyn Brooks
Mary jJourdet
Icmuntary
Lowe Edwards
Sostal
Tunior High
Jane Multreien
Comelia Anderson
Concord
Ajax Buys Part of Nearby Property
Ajax Iron Works completed a partial purchase of a parcel from the former U S Radiator Corporation holdings, announced by M J McHenry of Hetz Construction. The parcel is one of five from the Radiator Property. it sits behind the city’s recently bought northwest corner property. Negotiations for the Radiator crane continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ajax
Ony
U. 5 Radiator Corporation Holdings
Ajax’ Trof Works
M. J. McHenry
Hetz Construction
Penny
Ywltiot
Divide
Ajax Iron Works
Radiator Corporation
Mussolini Defies U S and Vows Axis War Support
Rome reports Premier Mussolini virtually defying the United States by pledging loyalty of Japan to the Axis pact if America acts, accusing Turkey of aiding Greece and stating war would not alter the strategic balance. He said American intervention would not help Britain and would only prolong the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mussolini
Ae United State
Axis
Tr Duce
Chamber of Fosces and Guilds
Ttely
Japan
Germany
Italy
Turkey
Greece
Mediterranean
Britain
Survey Launched to Revamp City Sewers and Plant
A survey into revamping the sewer system has begun led by sanitary engineers from Cleveland to plan a complete overhaul and the construction of a disposal plant. Authorized by the city council and state health department, the effort aims to curb contamination of Brokenstraw by sewage discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worle
Corey Havens
Emerson
Sanitary Sewer Engineers
Cleveland
Chy Courieil
State Department of Health
W. L. Havens
Moseley
D. B
C.D. Wiliams
Hayes and
Cleveland Engineers
Department of ‘Health
Churchill Replies to Commons in War Debate
London June 10 Prime Minister Churchill defended government policy in the Commons while denying a full wartime statement. He accused critics led by Leslie Hare Belisha of seeking explanations for each setback in the Easter Mediterranean war. Churchill said 15 000 Britons died or were wounded and 180 German aircraft destroyed in recent fighting as Germans pushed British and New Zealand forces back. In Sharon Pennsylvania a 17-year-old, William Shanes, died after his auto left the road and plunged into an embankment the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aswolsted
London
Churchill
Commons
Mediterranean
Tront
Leslie Hare-Belisha
Churenik
Hare-Belisha
Tft
Britain
New Zealand
Sharon
William Shanes
New Castle Rose
Fearful Texas flood toll feared heavy losses
Albany June 19 A 20 foot wall of water from three broken city water supply dams swept away more than a score of horses and trapped three people as it raced down Hubbard Creek in west Texas. Bodies recovered and families missing increased fear of broader drownings as officials reported many unaccounted for and search efforts just begun. The surge also erased parts of a pipeline camp above Lake Diller and damaged Lake Diller’s water intake, affecting Albany’s city supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Albany
City
Paul Alexfinde
Lake Diller
Duer
Jake
Corry High School 1941 Commencement to Honor 105
Levi H. Beeler of Grove City College will deliver the address at Corry High School’s 78th commencement in the Senior High auditorium at 4 p.m. Wednesday. A class of 105 will receive diplomas as the program includes a March High School Orchestra, Salutatory Doris Bergman, Valedictory Anhima Colby, and awards led by Supt. Ralph Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi H. Beeler
Grove City College
Corry High School
March High School
Edward L. Wapner
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Doris Bergman
Howard J. Sheen
Cless
Ralph 5. Dewey
Eve R. Morton
Board of Education
March
Olin Bracken
Raph Foster
Lesiia Andersony
Carl Taylor, Jr
Call for 8057 men to report for Army examination
Harrisburg headline notes a U.S. Army draft call for 8057 men including 8275 White and 582 Negroes to report to examination stations for final physical exams between June 23 and July 19. The notice names Gov. James and authorities directing enlistment procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Dhe
James
U.S. Army
Hollywood Japanese Are Caught In Naval Espionage Plot
LOS ANGELES June 10 A D Blake 90 year old former yeoman in the U S Navy is charged with two Japanese in a conspiracy to obtain national defense information for a foreign power An investigator said first hand on the ground information led to the charges filed by Attorney Willem Fleet Palmer against Blake and Tara Tatlbana 39 a lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese navy registered as a language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
A. D. Blake
U.S. Navy
United States
Blake
U. S. District Attorney's Office
Willem Fleet Palmer
Tara Tatlbana
Thirty five Lost From the Robin Moor
Reports from Rio de Janeiro and Washington detail the sinking of the American steamer Robin Moor, torpedoed by a German U-boat in the South Atlantic on May 21. Survivors report 11 crew and seven passengers remaining from 45 aboard, including three women and a child. Local authorities and the diplomatic corps pursue confirmed details as investigations continue near Recife, Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Tress
Rio DE Janeiro
Osoria
Associated Press Today
United States
Robin Moor
Waldemar Lneio Capitals
Cxoria
Rbgard
Norty Loneitude
John J Bani- Ban
Karl Nilson
Virgil Sanderlin
William S Cary
Peter Huss
Botteld Schableise
Ho, Rice
A. Careliste
Antonio Santos
Flugh Murphy
F.C. Eecles
Oats
Tamandare
Thieraulo- Bram
Recife
Permambuco
Ermizil
Washington
Robbi Moore
South Atlantic
State Department
Jaffer Sof Calfrey
Navy Department
Maritime Commission
New York
South Africa
Berlin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sparta
Aapern
U.S
Crete
Suez
Jordan
Henri Denis
Erie
Senate
North American
Army
HOUSE
East Africa
U. S
Mee Press
Texas
Grove City
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