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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1942
Page
1
Fragmented text references a range of local topics including a missing person or building event, a budgetary figure near 348,229 and 433, and possible street incidents. The legible items mention a city or state context, a nighttime event, and a few scattered names and numbers without a coherent story or dates.
Senate Democratic whip Senator Hill urged a single commander for army navy and air forces to unify war strategy. He said immediate centralized control could maximize fighting power and efficiency, a plan backed by administration supporters despite only representing his view.
British RAF launched round the clock strikes behind German lines hitting the Ruhr and Paris area factories. Daylight raid on Matford plant near Paris followed by attacks on Renault works and Essen Krupp facility. Canadian airmen joined in with St Nazaire harbor fires and Lille Comines power plant raids. Reports say results likely good though full details scarce.
The 7878-ton Brazilian freighter Arabutan was sunk Saturday night about 70 miles off Newport News Virginia. All 51 crew members were saved. The vessel, formerly the Thalian ship Onpréta, was operated by Lloyd Nacional Line and carried additional crew from a Brazilian tanker under repair in the United States.
Dispatches from Rangoon report British withdrawal with demolitions in Burma. Casualty claims surface from Ireland as Earl Perkins of Minnesota dies after gun incident. Port Moresby targeted by ten Japanese bombers after landings at Salamaua and Lae. RAF raid on Foissy near Paris reports no deaths. northern France raid yields heavy damage. U S Steel subsidiaries insure factories for 1 billion against sabotage and weather losses. Soviet forces make gains on Kursk Kharkov front southeast of Moscow as troops breach resistance.
The Federal Reserve Board issued new regulations cutting the credit period from 18 to 15 months for most purchases and raising down payment minima on many items including refrigerators and air conditioners. Effective March 29, the order excludes residential modernization and certain home equipment. After April 1, the maximum credit value for a used car becomes either the actual purchase price or the appraisal guide value plus tax, whichever is lower.
Democratic state leaders clash over efforts by Meredith Meyers to involve President Roosevelt in selecting Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial slate. Senator Guffey publicly rejects presidential intervention while affirming support for Judge Ralph H. Smith. Meyers backs Luther A. Hark with Auditor General P. Glaire Rosheson noted as wavering.
Moscow March 9 Russian troops fighting in heavy snow to blunt a German spring offensive captured the city of Sychevka. The Red Army swept into Sychevka, 125 miles west of Moscow, after a two day battle in which it was claimed the 15,000 men of the German 48th Division were wiped out. The town sits on the 7 mile north south rail line between Rzhev and Vye sma.
Berlin reports heavy defensive battles in the south on the eastern front while Russian offensives remain mainly in the south. Berlin cites German losses total near 1.5 million since June, with Stalin shaping central front countermeasures and Hitler traveling to Kiev to oversee spring preparations for a Caucaus push.
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March 9 reports say General Tomoyuki Yamashita has been named commander of Japanese forces in the Philippines, replacing Masaharu Homma who is marked down as dead by his own hand. The shift follows heavy action on the Bataan front and skirmishes near Mindanao and Davao Gulf as Yamashita sets up in San Fernando Pampanga.
Clyde Dingfelder of Corry High, class of 1940, named first alternate for an Annapolis appointment from his district. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Dingfelder, he was a standout at Corry High in multiple sports and honor student. Wartime needs boost his chances amid the defense crisis.
Lieutenant General Hubertus van Mook arrived in Australia after a hard defense at Bandoene’s airfield and urged continuing Allied action. He estimated Japanese strength at 130,900 to 190,000 and favored crippling enemy forces and transports as a path to relief. London press echoed the belief that only a massive Allied counterattack can stop Japan.
A coal stove fire heavily damaged a small workshop behind E B Johnson's home at 41 West Wayne Street shortly after noon. The 14 by 20 foot structure held tools and crates of furniture, with some loss partially insured. Lawrence McCray alerted Johnson after discovering the blaze and the fire is believed to have started from gas from the coal.
Winds of extreme intensity damaged property across the region as creeks overflowed lowlands and city streets. Trees snapped, a west-end roof ripped, and windows shattered while power lines tangled. Flood warnings persisted with the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers near flood stage as residents braced for more winter weather. Mr and Mrs R S Burr traveled to see Kenneth Burr at Carnegie Tech Westminster game on Saturday.
State Retailers Association and State Council of Defense will launch an advertising campaign this week urging Pennsylvanians to carry packages home and cut deliveries to conserve trucks tires and paper for the war effort. Local merchants will handle ads after approval by Dr A G Madsen executive director of the State Defense Council. John Means of Lancaster, secretary, said merchants in most cities already curtailed deliveries to one per day but stronger action is urged to reduce manpower and conserve supplies for the war effort.
Strikes by Japanese forces near Rangoon and new footholds in eastern New Guinea threaten Australia as Tokyo signals decisive moves. Allied and Dutch reports clash over Rangoon’s fall while Australia’s war cabinet races to plan countermeasures.
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