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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1942
Page
1
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Auto owners clustered at post offices as a $5 federal use tax stamp becomes mandatory. 1525 stamps issued last night with enforcement plans active. warnings of subpoenas and gasoline sale refusals to stamp holders. Navy reports two more U.S. merchant ships sunk, 43 lives lost, amid broader wartime losses. Treasury posts record 1919 era spending, with a new year budget over $73 billion and war costs ballooning past previous peaks.
FBI reports 177 sabotage convictions and 5 248 complaints investigated in 101 months. Clyde Olsonson says no foreign inspired sabotage yet. most complaints involve disgruntled employees and former workers. FBI has arrested 824 alien enemies including 461 Japanese 869 Germans and 985 Italians.
Berlin reports from German broadcasts that Adolf Hitler headquarters announced German submarines sank 14 merchant ships totaling about 100,000 tons in two days across the western Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico. Torpedo hits damaged two others. some sunk ships carried aircraft munitions and war material bound for Africa.
Washington June 30 high ranking government officials proposed a scheme of government purchases of farm produce and other materials to resell at a loss to shield retailers from price ceiling increases. The idea, backed by Price Administrator Henderson and Secretary Wickard, could cost 300 to 400 million dollars per adviser. Congress faces a jammed calendar as fiscal year deadlines loom and night sessions are anticipated.
German authorities in unoccupied Vichy France order the immediate deportation of 50 hostages in response to new anti Nazi attacks and sabotage. They threaten to deport another 50 if those behind the activities are not captured by July.
Reports from a Tokyo broadcast say Japanese forces widened their advance along the Chelsiang Hiangsi rail line in eastern China as three Chinese armies retreat southward. Meanwhile New Zealand troops from Syria Palestine arrived to help defend against German forces near Fuka. A U.S. merchant vessel was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast with survivors landed at an east coast port. In Lynchburg, a shooting killed two officials, and Alaska will enforce military travel restrictions beginning July 11.
In Amity township Harold Burnham gains the Democratic nomination for state assembly after five previously uncounted write in votes were found, overturning a Dan Van Allsburg edge. The election board will correct the tally as Burnham campaigns strongly in the eastern district, with hopes of unseating the veteran incumbent in November.
Harrisburg says about 249 000 Pennsylvania youths enrolled today for the fifth selective service registration. Registrants include ages 18 to 20, with volunteers at state headquarters aiding the effort to minimize disruption to the war program.
Police arrested Oakley Stull, 24, at his home near the city limits on Selota street after he allegedly made advances to young girls and women in the First Ward. He pled guilty to indecent exposure and is held on $1,000 bond for the next county term. Erie-bound by constable due to bond default. Investigators say several other girls aged 7 to 10 were approached, with inquiries expanding to possible similar incidents in Pit Ward and other areas.
Allied Headquarters Australia June 30 Congress presented General Douglas MacArthur with the Congressional Medal of Honor for extreme valor and leadership in the Philippines. The ceremony was attended by his immediate staff as United States Minister Nelagy Ts Tokinzon delivered the decoration.
German port Bremen was heavily bombed by the RAF in a night raid thought to involve about 40 aircraft. France and shipping off the French coast were targeted. nine bombers were missing. The battleship Gneisenau arrived at Gdynia after escaping from Brest with heavy damage. air ministry warned repairs would be impossible there.
In Sevastopol Soviet forces reportedly halted renewed German shock troops after heavy losses. On the Kursk front, Red Army units reportedly checked German penetrations as tanks were destroyed, signaling a likely start of Hitler’s broader offensive. Separately, authorities destroyed gambling devices seized weeks earlier at Brewer Billiard Parlor on West Main Street under court direction.
Private Paul Daniels held by Pend ing officers Burlingame and Deake after Camp Robinson dispatched notice. He was reported missing from Arkansas camp two weeks ago and may be listed as a deserter if not returned by June 20. Local police traced him to Marion Street home and brought him to jail awaiting further word from Camp Robinson.
Richard Lee Jordan eight son of Mr and Mrs Emory Jordan Bear Lake BD 1 sustained a forehead gash above the right eye and a slight concussion after a fall from farm machinery while riding in the Louisville Milling Company truck yesterday afternoon. X rays showed no skull fracture and he is recovering at Corry hospital after admission about four o clock.
American bombers made what authorities called the longest over water bombing flight, striking Wake Island under moonlight. They hit targets and returned to base without loss of a plane. Col Art W Meehan, a former West Point quarterback, called it likely the longest range over water bombing flight ever achieved. Wake Island lies about 2 000 nautical miles west of Pearl Harbor and 1 000 miles southwest of Midway.
In Cairo on June 30 a United States military observer said British command reports reduced Axis air strikes and slowed eastward advances in Egypt. The note marks the first positive development for defenders in a critical moment as allied aid arrives to bolster the stalled defense.
London reports Prime Minister Churchill announced General Sir Claude Auchinleck had assumed command of the British Eighth Army in North Africa on June 26, superseding General Ritchie. The move follows Army discussions as Allied forces rally amid desert fighting in Libya and Egypt, with New Zealand troops and U.S. airmen aiding the line. The RAF maintains air superiority, aiding morale as forces withdraw to orderly positions and plan urgent repairs to damaged equipment and roads.
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