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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1941
Page
1
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A muttered survey of manufacturers and merchants reports anxiety over a looming energy policy. Citizens wonder if tariffs, rationing, or price controls will affect sales, heating, and equipment. Officials pledge gradual rollout and possible subsidies.
Erie attorney Mortimer E. Graham urged vigilance against subversive forces described as a Trojan Horse and fifth column in a Flag Day ceremony at City Park. He warned that Nazism and Communism threaten the U S from within via undercover groups and radicals, urging labor and citizens to purge subversives and defend democracy.
In mid June reports from Rome say Tullan Foreign Minister Couns Galeaszo Ciano arrives in Venice with Croatian and German diplomatic envoys. Prinze Otto von Bismarck travels with ill Ambassador Hans Georg Viktor Von Mackensen, Croat Minister Cistjepoerk. Berlin disclosed no details of Bibbentrop’s Venice trip. Political circles forecast Croatia joining the Axis three power pact with Italy and Japan.
An explosion aboard the Venezuelan tanker Coroni at Gulf Refining in Philadelphia injured five crew members. The 3,164-ton Maracaibo registry vessel was unloading crude oil when compartments filled with vapors, blasting the deck, lifting the ship front from the water, and causing extensive damage and a fire. Crew outside the compartments were hurled by the blast but survived.
RAF bombers struck German battleships Scharnhorst Gneisenau and a Hipper class cruiser in Brest dock area and berths. The Prinz Eugen is believed among the ships attacked. An Australian fighter squadron claimed to have shot down five German bombers off the Syrian coast.
Swiss sources describe a high stakes bluff between Germany and the Soviet Union over Ukraine aid and wartime production access. Stalin aims to avoid war while seeking concessions. Germany presses for economic independence and territorial terms. Moscow denies imminent conflict but moves troops as diplomacy continues.
Washington June 14 defense officials report a sharp new reduction in automobile production for the 1942 model year beginning in August. The cut aims to divert steel from civilian to military use. Users have agreed to a 20 percent reduction and this may be doubled.
Captain William Houghton, long serving with Company A of the 112th Infantry, has been promoted to major. The promotion was announced by Major General Edward Martin at Indiantown Gap. Houghton has acted as executive officer of the Third Battalion, 19th Infantry, and is noted for prior service with Ford Bertini before the unit’s departure. The announcement suggested the promotion may lead to continued service with the division.
London reports British warships have sunk the seventh raiding companion of the damaged German battleship Bismarck. Since the Bismarck was cornered off Brest on May 27, six submarines and one armed trawler have been sunk following the Hood battle.
Washington June 14 Undersecretary of State Welles said Americans reject Berlin threats as they seek peaceful commerce. He avoided a final judgment until full facts on the Robin Moor sinking arrive, noting the ship was engaged in peaceful trade and attacked mid Atlantic far from combat zones.
Officials of the Pennsylvania and Erie Railroads plan a conference with city authorities next week regarding added watchmen protection at the West Wayne First Avenue and Center Street crossings. The city has filed a Public Service Commission complaint seeking twenty four hour watchman service. The meeting aims for an understanding on enhanced safety at the three crossings. A carnival worker, Thomas Mills, 28, was killed by a Canadian brown bear at a Detroit carnival lot while leading a bear out of its cage.
Archie Bemis of Curry, serving five to ten years in the west penitentiary for second degree murder, seeks parole. His petition will go before the state pardon board on June 19, opposed by the county prosecutor and aided by parole officers who investigated the case. He confessed to killing J. P. Haeutie near the West Wayne railroad crossing.
Newport News June 14 A Army based today investigat ed the death of Second Lieutenant Anne Louis Grube 95 of Punxsutawney Pa a nurse with the Corps in her quarters at Wortmuttis Coast Artillery placement center near here She joined the corps last month and was a graduate of the nurses training school of Judlauie Pa hospital She served at Adviare Hospital in Punxsutammney Ave years Her parents Mr and Mrs Blair T Grube of Punxsutawney said they had no indication of the cause of death They were advised that Josephine Manfredo of Punxettawnes who joined the nurses corps with Miss Grube would accompany the body back to Pennsylvania British submarines in the Mediterranean sank seven enemy vessels and shelled three others in recent forays into German controlled and Italian controlled harbors.
Washington reports accuse the Vichy regime of doing Germany's fighting in Syria. The United States weighs cutting or freezing about 1.5 billion francs in French assets and may break diplomatic ties, potentially recognizing De Gaulle’s Free French forces. Secretary Hull says Germany influenced Vichy, while Hull’s remarks mark the sharpest U.S. statement yet.
London reports claim British defenses shot down seven German raiders as part of a broad warning against sustained Nazi air raids. Officials recalled a past season when over 500 German planes crossed Belgium in a single night. Authorities suggest the new device may represent a significant defensive advance, though details remain scarce.
The U S Senate may hear a Pennsylvania two party clash Monday as Luther Harr for city treasurer faces federal confirmation. Senator Davis signals no formal objection but may test the nomination while Harr’s resignation would shift patronage to the Republican governor.
Pittsburgh engineer Grant B. Shipley leads a plan for a combined cargo and aircraft carrier able to sail without convoy through submarine waters. The design envisions 11,000 ton freighters turned out rapidly, with a 520 foot deck and elevator system to launch bombers. Shipyard at Jacksonville planned as an 80 million dollar enterprise by Jacksonville Shipbuilding Corp. and allies.
Associated Press reports June 14 that French troops reportedly abandoned Kissone and Syrian capital within hours. Allied forces, backed by Free French, reportedly moved into Damascus area as Turkish frontier operations and Arab patrols shape a wider campaign. Schmeling promoted to sergeant first class for bravery in Crete.
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