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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1943
Page
1
A damaged OCR snippet lists varied prices and items such as clothing and accessories. The readable portions mention 29c looted top non shrink label 79c palms and gauntlets and odd phrases about riveted comfort and pill pull. The text remains unclear and scattered.
Reported by Associated Press from Washington on June 1 detailing the first steps of a new pay as you go income tax withholding plan. The treasury plans to expand taxes, with employer withholding forms ready for implementation starting July. The measure aims to raise funds for wartime needs and alter tax timing for individuals and corporations.
The newly formed French Committee for National Liberation faced a fresh Algiers crisis as Gen Charles De Gaulle threatened resignation unless officials tied to the Vichy regime were removed from government positions in French North Africa. He presented a long list of targets including Marcel Peyrouton and Gen Auguste Nogues, with Peyrouton stepping aside as governor general of Algeria and Nogues resigning as resident general.
Sixty four registrants from Union City No. 8 and Corry were inducted after physical examinations. Five boys were accepted for Air Cadet training, nineteen for the Navy, two into the Marines, while the rest entered Army service. Corry recipients listed include Albert Fox and others. several Union City and Waterford names appear among Army, Navy, and Marine inductees with furloughs of one to two weeks before training.
President Roosevelt said the surrender of Pantelleria is good news and urged Italy to withdraw from the war. He expressed hope that Italy would be restored to nationhood and become a respected member of Europe, blaming Mussolini for Italy’s path and the alliance with Germany.
Susquehanna district reports No 3 War Ration Books ready for mailing to 1,420 Pennsylvania residents. Philadelphia pupils continue processing remaining applications, with 2,250,000 total to go and two days to finish. Public high schools begin on 3,006,000 new applications next week. Officials say the effort saves the government about 1.5 million dollars.
Samuel Wishart of Route 1 Troy New York was arraigned as an alleged deserter from the U S Army at Shenango Replacement Depot near Greenville. He was arrested by state police near Spartansboro and held for arrival of military police.
Harold H. Townsend, former Poston relocation center official, testifies before a Dies subcommittee that Japanese evacuees at the Arizona camp believed the United States would fall within months. He cites daily drilling, a stealing ring moving about $500 in supplies daily, and plans to aid invasion forces once Allied troops arrive. Townsend says over 1,000 Japanese soldiers and officers are housed at Poston and describe a program to assist a Japanese advance.
A father John Falcone 60 a miner, his wife Nancy Falcone 45, and their seven year old daughter Delores Falcone perished when their Harttown home 10 miles west of Indiana Pa burned in the early hours. Neighbors reported hearing one scream from two victims as flames swept the house. The man had returned from work about midnight and was found among the dead.
A volatile scene blanketed the coal fields as government fines for the last miner walkout stirred threats of a new strike. The War Labor Board and wage talks with UMW and Pennsylvania operators heated tensions while negotiations over pay for underground travel stalled.
A Philadelphia report describes a Black individual named Pinboy injured by a sharp object while passing. The article mentions an ED court session over money and another pinboy charged with a serious case. The deceased is Troms Jones, 4, of Philadelphia, and James Robin CM, 89, also a Black resident of Philadelphia, is noted.
Washington reports a draft United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration proposal to aid occupied and mandate territories with clothes shelter and rehabilitation. The plan, approved in principle by Britain Soviet Russia and China, seeks a postwar framework for peace and international cooperation pending broader acceptance by allied nations. The United States intends to invite others to a conference to discuss practical steps.
Reports from Berlin claim Hitler’s forces crowd nine million troops poised for a simmer offensive while Russians say they repelled German feeler attacks and gained in the Caucasus. Chiang Kai-shek’s forces claim new successes on the upper Yangtze as Japanese losses mount with Telane and Wang chiachang’s fall. In the Solomons, Allied planes down four Mitsubishi bombers and strike at Vila. In Washington, AFL leader William Green urges a $2 billion wage subsidy to restore living costs to prior levels.
In Wheeling West Virginia area three youths Howard Kenney ten from Beaver County Pennsylvania leapt from a drifting skiff when a current pulled the mooring rope. He disappeared for hours before discovery by mothers. His companions Donald Baker nine from Bridgeport Ohio and Harold Clem Clevenger thirteen from Martins Ferry Ohio drowned after stepping into deep water. Bodies recovered after hours.
June 11. Agriculture Department warns smaller crop yields and dry weather will curb civilian food supplies. May drought damages cited as serious. calls for a 7 percent production increase in 1947. Treasury reports receipts of 70.28 million and total debt at 140.07 billion, with net balance 11.55 billion.
In Pittsburgh on June 11, Earl Perry, aged 117, was sentenced to life in Western penitentiary after pleading guilty to raping, killing, and burying four year old Theresa Williams in the cellar of her home. The judge apologized for not imposing the death penalty, saying no one would pardon him. Perry showed fear of death, then asked deputies about future release, remarking they usually get out in about 15 years.
Allied air forces strike Port fortress as defense weakens. Lompedusa appears as potential next objective for relief and invasion plans. Officials expect surrender may follow air power alone, easing the barrier to a broader invasion of either Italy or Sardinia.
Allied headquarters report Pantelleria surrenders unconditionally after a 19 day siege by air and sea. Garrison, nicknamed Gibraltar by Italy, yields as Allied forces close the island 60 miles from Sicily. British troops take over operations following the capitulation amid heavy bombardment. General Dwight Eisenhower appears in the public statement praising the achievement.
Allied forces reported Pantelleria's surrender after a rapid assault supported by naval units. A British scouting party raided Lampedusa, the island 60 miles south of Pantelleria, which faced shortages. Observers noted Pantelleria's garrison and air defenses were overwhelmed as Dublin and North Africa dispatches confirmed the capitulation.
German biographer Emil Ludwig told a U.S. House committee that Hitler will likely be assassinated soon, predicting action by his own men and citing opposition from Junkers and generals. He argued the regime faces traitors and that the time will come for removal despite claimed loyalties.
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