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Corry Evening Journal in Corry, Pennsylvania
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1942
Page
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Sixteen Die In Shell Plant Blast At Burlington Iowa
Explosion at the Town Ordnance shell loading plant killed at least 16 workers and wounded 42 as a TNT melt unit was destroyed. Major J H Edgerty cited amatol detonation. 30 plus injured admitted to local hospitals. Names of six victims released. factory had another fatal blast in December.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Iowa
Town Ordnance Plant
J. H. Edgerty
Goroner FR. O. Giles
Hartwell Popéjay
Pairfield
Harvold Kient
Ollie
Kenneth W. van Sickle
Rock Island
Andrew Jacques Coorhees
Rampon
William Buford England
Mac
Ahle, Steel
War Bulletin Reports Java Threat and Allied Reinforcements
Lieut. Gov. Hubertus J. Vor Mook indicates a potential Allied attack from another side as Japanese invasion forces threaten to overrun Java. Secretary Stimson says material air reinforcements have been sent to Java and air support has increased. Ickes expects near end to decide on gasoline rationing. The Army will induct men by number, not by age groups. In London, India status to be debated in Parliament after a government statement. Canberra notes Darwin air raids may be a Japanese show of force before direct action.
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Associated Press
Hubertus J. Vor Mook
Dutch East Indies
United Nations
Java
Washington
Wae Stimson
Amy
War Stimson
Teddy
Orville Street Killed in Action in Philippines
Orville Munger Street, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Street of 559 East South Street, was killed in action in the Philippines during early December while serving with the U S Signal Corps. He had trained at Fort Monmouth and left for the Philippines mid July, with word reaching his parents in mid December. He is survived by his parents and five brothers, one serving with the Air Squadron at Foster Field, Texas.
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Orville Munger Street
Roy Street
East South Street
Washington
Philippines
U. S. Signal Corps
Bclion
Gorry
Street
Arnt Corry
Orville T
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Associated Press
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Journal
Young Street
Ibe
Luzon
Olongapo Boal Station
Manila
Orville Street
Corry
Thiel College
Greenville
U. S. Siznal Corps
Fort Monmouth
J. J
Simual Corps
Corey
Hust South Street
Robert ‘Street
Avia Squadron
Foster Field
Victoria
Texas
John Street
North Center Street
Glen
Tours
Norman
YMCA Booster Dinner Set For Monday Drive Opening
Monday evening, March gill, was chosen for the YMCA boosters dinner at Hotel Carry to map out this year’s campaign for funds to support city work. Secretary Reneau reported advance arrangements with captains named and a systematic canvass to follow.
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Bie Ymca
Whsren
Dina
Tue Elly
Olint W. Bracken
Frank Whiteley
Cma
Armour Hillstrom
Ma Jors
R. S. Dewey
Rev
B. L. Wagner
Tracy Whitehead
Roger Brown
B. ©. Reneau
YMCA
D. B. Young
Western Pennsylvania
Reneau
Cox Yy
First Avenue
E Teaders
Pennnsylvanis
Unnlor High School
YSIGA
Eventur
Ainney
Resignation Alleges Payroll Charge in Pennsylvania
Harry H. Jones of Warren resigns as he accuses State Treasurer G Harald Wagner of fueling a payroll scheme. He alleges dues of one percent monthly from all employees and two percent for higher earners could yield a personal campaign slush fund nearing $600 000 in four years to advance a U S Senate bid.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Harry H. Jones
Warren
G. Harald Wagner
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
Wagner
United States Senate
Japanese advance threatens Rangoon in Burma action
Japanese invasion forces cracked British defenses along the Sitang river and pushed toward Rangoon. Reports from Rangoon and London described heavy movement along the lower Sitang, with British troops destroying stores at Waw before potentially withdrawing to avoid encirclement.
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Associated Press
Mandalay
Burma
Sittang River
Gulf of Martabano
Rangoon
Sitteng
Waw
Fegu
China
Wawa
Sittang
Rangoong
London
Sitang
Pegi
Wau
Tharrawaday
Prome
Rawaddy
Setion
War Board Under Attack On REA
Ten officials of the War Production Board faced charges of reckless disregard for conserving war copper. The House military affairs committee report asserts this allowed Rural Electrification Administration transmission lines in Texas and Arkansas. Chairman Donald M. Nelson was named in the findings. Representative Fitzgerald D Conn criticized the subcommittee’s majority view as wild and careless.
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Vva
Washington
War Production Board
W Hausa Committee
Rural Electrification Administration
Texas
Arkansas
Donald M. Nelson
House Military Affairs Committee
Congress
Fitzgerald Dconn
Power Trust
Bloody Red Reverses Hit Hitler’s Armies In Russia
Soviet front line dispatches say Russians killed 30,000 Nazis in the Staraya Hissin battle and are destroying remnants of trapped forces in Staraya Russa. Reports also claim 24,000 Germans isolated by Red Army attacks near Orel and a Moscow rail hub raid where a garrison refused surrender to Col Gen Heliz Guderian.
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Adolf Bitier
Staraya Hissin
Staraya Russa
Hitler
Stockholm
Orel
Moscow
Heliz ‘Guderian
Adolf Hitler
Tari
Stareya
Rural roads reopen as blizzard eases in region
Highway crews report progress clearing main routes while rural roads remain snowbound in parts of Carter Hill district. State police warn drivers to slow and use care as maps show improved but hazardous conditions. Public transit resumes gradually with slight delays amid lingering snow drifts.
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Journal
Highway Department
Highway
Carter HI
Carter Hill
Not a Pound of Rubber for Tires or Treads
Washington March. Leon Henderson of the War Production Board told the Senate defense investigating committee that not a single pound of crude rubber would be available for new tires or treads for up to 30 million passenger cars. He asked for public hearings on the rubber investigation and stressed the gravity of the rubber shortage to the American public.
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Associated Press
Washington
Leon Henderson
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Henderson
War Production Board
Civiian Supply
Setiste Group
Tokyo Raid Alarm At Dawn As U S Planes Strike
Japanese broadcasts report eight killed and a building damaged after an air raid on Minamito Shite Island, 4200 miles southeast of Tokyo. Japanese fighters claimed seven enemy planes shot down and the remainder driven off. Washington said a naval task force had shot down 18 Japanese planes west of a storm-dimmed area.
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Tokyo
Smipty
Minamiteri Shite
Uvett
Mirahwhile
Ruin
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Nenrepollliis Police Sieres Honts
Churchill May Fall Prediction Circulates In London
A London political source predicts Sir Trafford Cripps could replace Winston Churchill as prime minister within three months. The forecast cites cabinet changes and growing opposition in Parliament, noting Churchill’s waning support at home while remaining popular in the United States.
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Associated Press
London
Trafford Cripps
Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
United States
Crete
Stafford
Privy Seal
Chuschi
Prince of Wales
Malaya
Lord Beaverbrook
MacArthur cites Japanese losses in surprise Sable Bay raid
General Douglas MacArthur reported to the War Department that thousands of Japanese troops were drowned when three large transports were sunk during a surprise air raid on the Sable Bay front north of the Bataan peninsula. Communications say no American planes were damaged.
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Washington
Douglas MacAvishar
War Department
Milje Air Sone
Bubic Bay
Bataan Peninsula
Commmunique
Macarthur
Order Gas Rate Cut and Refund in Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission ordered People’s Natural Gas Company of Pittsburgh to roll back rates for about 50 000 customers in six western counties and pay reparations totaling 1.9 million dollars. Commission predicted similar reparations may be awarded for 1941 though tariffs for that year were not yet available.
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Marrisburg
Uillity Commission
People's Natural Gas Company
Vf Pitishmreh
Bombs Hit Honolulu Outskirts as Warplane Drops Four Explosives
Four aerial bombs struck the outskirts of Honolulu early yesterday, the Army said, with no casualties or major damage. The blast area was forested north of Roosevelt High School, about two miles from downtown, tearing foliage and blowing out windows. The enemy plane, seen flying south over Oahu, remains unconfirmed in origin, possibly from a cruiser or other vessel.
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Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Rie Ascantata
Sas
Roosevelt High School
Navy
Harrison R. Cocke
Diamond Head
Air Gen
Dutch Command Reports Japanese Advance on Java Front
Dispatch from Bandoeng Java dated March 5 states Japanese forces have driven within 10 miles of Batavia, seized an airfield 25 miles from Bandoeng, and pushed spearheads deeper toward Soerabaija naval base while bombing the only major port. Dutch and Allied commanders describe a chaotic battle and a wounding delay of a united front against the invasion.
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Associated Press
Bandoeng
Java
N. F
Batavia
Regitin
Soeranga Naval Base
Natons
London
Seid
Duteh
United States
Isons
Tendon
Rail Lines Are Cut in Java as Invaders Advance
Java's defenders report Japanese forces driving forward toward Batavia from the west and cutting railway lines, approaching within 10 miles of Batavia and 25 miles of Bandoeng, with air fields and naval bases at stake. The move bisects eastern Java from Bandoeng to Soerabaja, threatening key defense centers.
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Soerakerte
Java
Bandoene
Batavia
Soerabaja
Eust
Kalidjatt
Badaeng
Delete
Kiwang
Footwakerthy
Rentoeng
Tangerang
E. I
Samme Toit Munique
Soemiarta
Solo
Invasion War Reports Patchy Japanese Advances
Dispatch notes uncertain counts of fresh troops and no clear second assault. Communique claims airfield at Kalidjat held. evacuations noted as Java crumbles, with multiple towns and rail links reported lost or falling to enemy forces.
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