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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1942
Page
1
A garbled note records a brief effort at Leghorn to rescue a boiler as time pressures unfold on a W day. Details are fragmentary but indicate a contested procedure involving a stand in the face of equipment failure and quick action by responders. The report hints at a partial success or ongoing challenge with the apparatus.
A damaged OCR snippet lists scattered items and numbers including storage, dates, and various unclear phrases. Readable entities are few, with references to a spring electricity context and a possible collection of names or codes amid jumbled text.
Associated Press reports arrests of several contacts and associates linked to eight saboteurs dropped by U boats on the east coast. Hoover said the roundup targets include individuals on Long Island and in Chicago, with a total pay-off money now at 170000 dollars. Names in the Amagansett group include George Case, Ernest Burger, Heinrich Helnick, and Robert Quirm, who came ashore with explosives and lists of railroad centers and war plants.
Meadville June 29 Two Erie men died when their car veered off a log shrouded road and crashed into a tree. Charles Oldakowski 21 a sailor from Erie died at the scene while James Blin 20 died about seven hours later at Spencer Hospital. Injured were Anthony Delloie 22 and Williams Corracco 20 both of Erie. Oldakowski had been home on furlough and was to sail for San Francisco tonight. Surviving are parents four brothers and a sister.
Police report shows six violators fined totaling 800 for breaking blackout rules during a staged air raid drill. Goring and Beazelle pleaded guilty and paid 215.20 each. Roy Smith and Guy Gibbons also fined 100 each for smoking and not extinguishing lights. Authorities warn stricter enforcement to deter future infractions.
Wattsburg resident Harold Burnham has won the Democratic nomination for state assemblyman in the third district after canvass corrections showed five uncounted votes. In Harrisburg last week Republican incumbent John E. Van Allsburg was deemed the winner by a close margin. The corrected tally favors Burnham 15 to 10. Also noted is a state war bonds quota for July with New York seeking $171.596 million and Pennsylvania $81.05 million.
Harley Titus, 52, of Union City died after a foundry accident at the Ajax plant last Tuesday evening. Titus was badly burned and is thought to have inhaled fumes while the cupola operation dropped the bottom heat. Deputy Coroner R. Lawrence Davison leads the inquiry as survivors include a wife Pearl, a daughter, two grandchildren, and a sister. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at the Crowe funeral home.
Corry merchants join a national drive to sell defense stamps, suspending sales for 15 minutes noon to 12 15. A V F W drum corps will parade and perform at the Washington and Center Street corner, 12 to 12 15. Local committees led by F E Buchanan and Howard Holcomb coordinate canvassing in plants, stores, banks, and the Rex theater lobby with a sales booth. Treasury report shows June 26 receipts 47 284 870 21 expenditures 102 912 865 78 debt 76 660 508 338.
Miss Joan Tes, 19, of Ann Arbor, flying solo at Willow Run, fainted at the controls. The plane circled the Ann Arbor airport for about an hour with the unconscious pilot steering. Dwight Reynolds, airport manager, said the craft zigzagged in level air until she revived. Two landing attempts failed as fuel ran out. the plane glided to a stop in a field. Tes exited uninjured, later fainting, and received shock treatment. The aircraft sustained only minor damage.
About 250 youths aged 18 to 20 in Corry will register tomorrow for possible military service under the Selective Service. Enrollment at the Municipal building runs 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and covers those born between December 1901 and June 1922.
The House appropriations committee advanced a major defense funding package totaling about 228 billion dollars. The War Shipping Administration receives roughly 1.1 billion, while the Office of Price Administration sees 95 million, with strict limits on augmentations or transfers to keep Henderson’s agency within its new year budget. Merle Boutwell and wife were seen in town en route home to Warren from BidMC.
Washington June 20 The House appropriations committee and Brice Administrator Sean Henderson predicted that heavy demands on two groups of basic cost of living items would force a general rationing program for the entire country before year end. The committee said it would be folly to specify items likely to be rationed to avoid triggering runs on stocks and earlier rationing. Henderson told the committee hearings on a 1.810 billion defense appropriation bill that there would be a need for rationing of 15 major groups of items, with several in the two basic cost of living groups indicating a general rationing plan.
Allied reports describe a new German offensive in Russia around Kursk and Kharkov as the Wehrmacht drives to cut Russian fronts and threaten the Suez region. Prisoners and territorial gains are cited, with observers noting Berlin and London diverging on the battle’s significance while Sevastopol remains contested in the Crimea.
The Axis announced forces in Egypt captured Matruh this morning, reducing a defense stronghold on the road to the Nile and threatening Alexandria and the Suez area. The British did not deny the claim.
The Navy announced United States bombers attacked Japanese occupied Wake Island last Saturday damaging the air field and shore installations. An AP toll puts western Atlantic sinkings at 222 since Pearl Harbor as Norwegian Yugoslavian and American ships go down. Roosevelt extends the fuel tax drive ten days, now through July 10, after poor totals. An earthquake struck Santiago at 2:35 a.m. local time injuring about thirty. Axis planes attacked Gibraltar with no casualties. Allied airmen raided Salamaua and Lae in New Guinea in a prolonged raid described as the longest in the area. A two motor aircraft nearly crashed near Dayton, Ohio, with four Army airmen aboard.
Fire at 147 Ride Street early Sunday left a bedroom ablaze and the upper part of the house gutted. Neighboring rooms sheltered with tarpaulins as firefighters confined the blaze to the upper area. Estimated total loss near 1000 dollars with insured coverage. cause under investigation with theories including a lamp short circuit or a cigarette butt.
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports a higher unseen Japanese loss toll from the Midway battle. Navy tallies list aircraft carriers Alco Hanyu Gorgu Kiryu Mogomi Mikuni among ships sunk or damaged, with three destroyers and a transport also reported. Unofficial estimates place Japanese deaths around 16,000 or more, while the combined official count nears 19 ships damaged or destroyed in the big clash.
Berlin and Rome announced Matruh, a critical British fortress guarding the approaches to Alexandria and the Suez, fell after a rapid advance. The Axis said more than 6,000 British troops were captured, with 36 tanks disabled and batteries destroyed, while London reported no confirmation of the German boast and noted Allied efforts to retreat to stronger positions.
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