17 Jun 1943
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
1
Damaged OCR fragment references Florence Borough in Pennsylvania with stray terms and numbers. The readable bits suggest a local notice or administrative item without clear actions or dates. Further readable details are required to produce a precise card.
Fragmentary OCR reads about an estate matter and signatures by Eric with delays claimed. Names appear garbled making specifics uncertain. no clear event date or full entities.
Fragmentary text mentions debts and claims related to an estate. No clear names, dates, or places are readable to identify involved parties or actions.
United Mine Workers threaten a nationwide shutdown next Monday over portal to portal pay in the soft coal wage dispute. John L Lewis demands $1.30 per day minimum for travel time, while the War Labor Board weighs awards up to 80 cents daily.
In Philadelphia on June 17 the constitutionality of the 1942 Emergency Price Control Act was argued in federal court. A poultry firm and two officers challenge the act, alleging improper delegation of power and OPA price tailings violations via indictment.
Philadelphia judge imposed a 50 to 100 year prison term on a doorbell burglar who terrorized residents by ringing bells and announcing armed robbery. The 12 year old victim, William Moran, identified himself as the masked intruder and pleaded guilty to 19 counts.
The Erie DPA reports about 25 violators of the non essential driving ban in Corry were cited yesterday and will face hearings before the Ration Board. Date and time for hearings will be announced. campaign efforts in the city continue.
A Justice Department official testified that the Navy standard oil agreement for Elk Hills California violates the 1938 petroleum conservation act. Norman Littell, assistant attorney general, said the deal allows land and oil withdrawals in the reserve and mirrors concerns about improper financing and management raised during a House hearing.
Charles Chaplin and his young bride Cons O Neill married in a secret three minute ceremony in Santa Barbara. Their location and honeymoon plans were not disclosed. In Hollywood doctors and guards tended to Joan Berry after she learned of the marriage.
June 6 coroners report details a Macy Indiana incident where a middle aged man was fatally injured by a train in the railroad yards. The body was found dismembered beside the tracks by yard workers.
Former relocation center steward tells congressional probes of vast waste and supplies adequate for many years sent into camps. He alleges illicit food trades with alcohol, exposing mismanagement and possible shortages within wartime confinement facilities.
Earl A Best a former Heart Mountain Relocation Center employee testified before a Dies subcommittee about hidden food stocks at the Wyoming camp. He described secret pantry rooms in kitchens, large lard consignments, and canned goods stored under a stage, with claims of trading for whisky and chickens by Japanese workers.
A 14 year old, Leonard C. Winkleman, was killed by a lightning strike while indoors during a fast moving electrical rainstorm near New Plorehte in Weathreland County. The Davideville area in Somerset county endured flooding washing out gardens and chicken coops with over 500 chickens killed as water flooded stores.
United States and Japanese air forces fought over Guadalcanal Island with 27 Japanese planes shot down and six American planes missing. Navy officials called the clash one of the war’s heaviest air battles in the Pacific, noting American losses and possible Japanese shifts in tactics. The report also touches on Allied air operations in the Mediterranean and broader wartime developments across Europe and the Middle East.
In adjourned session the Board of Education elected two teachers and accepted a resignation. Mrs. Margaret O Hare Lombard left the Junior High. Isabel Holt was appointed at 1000 dollars and Louise Rickers joined the Senior High staff. A request for extended leave from Mrs. Parkhurst was denied due to substitute shortages.
Frank Bromley, 81, of R. D. Cor fy, serving 3½ to 7 years for an attack on a Third Ward resident, is questioned as Suspect No 2 in the killing of Petty Officer Lloyd Winkinson near Harborcreek last spring. Investigators say Bromley has been under suspicion since May and may be linked to the Wilkinson slaying. Continued on Page Six.
The stockholders elected the same board for the ensuing year and approved officers. Supt. L William Coon reported May treatments for 188 patients totaling 1107 days with an average daily census of 30 and 25 major and minor operations. The treasureots report was filed and coal orders planned.
Joseph Bruno, serving life for the Kelayres election eve slayings, will appeal for freedom before the State Parole Board June 22. The board extends its session to four days. Also listed is Antonio Saimpieri of Erie County seeking parole on a first degree murder sentence.
A four story Pittsburgh Bay and Bur Ip Company plant fire on the North Side sent three firemen to hospitals and forced 60 residents to evacuate. Fire Chief William Davis estimated $30,000 in damage.
Dr. Edward Pinkney Wroth, longtime rector of Trinity Memorial Church in Warren, was elected bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Erie on the seventh ballot during the Oil City Session, succeeding Bishop John Chamberlain Ward who retired June 1. Born January 11, 1889 in Darlington Maryland, Wroth is known across the Erie diocese and was among several nominees including Henry Sizer Jr Bradford Rolland Ormsbee Emporium Thomas L. Small Oil City Ranard L. Haines Louisville Malcolm D. Maynard Milwaukee Donald Frank Fenn Ballmore.
Four Penn Transit Company bus drivers were certified to draft boards as the strike continued into its fourth day. Carl A. Eps, vice president and general manager, said Witkin reported the strikers to their draft boards and was acting under military instructions.
A Turkish diplomatic source reports Ambassador Behir regaled to Ankara from Vichy in protest of severe Gestapo restrictions on the Turkish embassy. Parallel dispatches note Allied ships massing at Gibraltar and Mussolini forces withdrawing from Sicily amid regrouping claims. The War Manpower Commission urges releasing engineering seniors from military service to industry. Across the Channel, Allied planes head toward northern France in a high altitude approach.
Beaumont, Texas reports say martial law under Col. Sidney C. Mason. He describes the negro section as stomped into the ground after rioting sparked by two rape cases. About 2400 peace enforcement troops patrolled the city after the unrest that left one white man and one Black man dead.
The article reports Turkey’s shift toward the Allies signaling a major diplomatic pivot. Premier Süleyman Şevket Pasha expresses warm ties with America, Britain, and Russia, while Germany and Hitler’s allies are left with a weakened stance. The piece notes Turkey’s stance undermines the Axis in the Balkans and marks a decisive turn from prior Axis alignment.
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