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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1942
Page
1
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In a Commons hearing Foreign Secretary Eden charged that the Japanese army in Hong Kong committed wholesale atrocities similar to the Nanking massacre. He cited bayoneting bound captives, rape and murder of women, and a Chinese district turned into a brothel. Eyewitnesses supported the claims, but access for Red Cross investigators was refused.
Edinboro man Harry Nelson Portions drew serial number one in the Talon City draft district as part of the assignment of numbers by Local Board No. 1 following a shuffle of records at headquarters. The first ten numbers assigned included Stanley Bailey and Ralph Dayette among others, with completion expected within two to three days for February 16 registrants. The drawing in Washington will determine validity and advise registrants on next steps.
The Board of Education authorized shifting a school bus from Fairhaven to the Concord Building to ease overcrowding at the Junior High. Mrs. Stanley Nichols will serve as substitute teacher for the First Ward’s extra enrollment, with about 20 to 24 Fairhaven pupils moved to Concord. Federal funds for a Junior High addition are unlikely, and officials plan to wait for a summer census before pursuing temporary facilities or federal aid.
Washington March 10 A Japanese light cruiser shelled Cebu in the central Philippines. The War Department report says only light damage to the city with no ground or air action in Bataan. No other Allied or Japanese actions reported. note on rubber tires production and tractor tire changes is also included.
Walter H. Scott urged school directors to allow use of school buildings in all wards as evacuation centers for air raid or war emergencies. Plans include minor basements, volunteer staff, and access keys for women in charge. The Board of Education approved senior high and junior high space for first aid classes led by Principal Harold Wolfe, with two-hour sessions each evening.
Prime Minister Churchill to address India policy in Commons soon. Cripps holds privy seat talk. Tass denies surrender of 40 French warships to Germany. Italian high command claims Allied losses and POWs in Pacific. UK air alert urged in eight western states and Alaska. Japan reports sinking and capture gains against Allies and high enemy losses. Gustav V undergoes bladder stone removal with stable condition.
Survivors from torpedoed merchant ships reached three Caribbean harbors marking continued sea danger between the Americas. Northwest Haiti reported 72 survivors from a United States steamer. Baracoa listed 29 crewmen from a Standard Oil tanker. Kingston Jamaica 39 survivors with two bodies recovered. Brazil blamed Germany for the Barque and Olinda sinkings and sought reparations after a third ship Arabutan was torpedoed. inquiry announced over Arabutan attack. One crewman suggested a Thalia submarine attacked the vessel off North Carolina.
Government caps wholesale pork prices at peak levels from late February to March. In Erie James Daye, 19, escaped from a Pennsylvania Industrial School and was recaptured after being found asleep in a basement. He faced authorities for involvement in nine robberies on November 1.
A blinding storm blanketed the city with two foot snow drifts and icy surfaces, halting traffic and driving pedestrians indoors. Cyclonic winds eased by night, highways were cleared, but a washout near Lovell's Station and a two foot water overflow on Route N west of Union City caused closures. Flood fears in the upper Ohio watershed were allayed by cold conditions.
The board will handle teachers' salary and district budget as a committee of the whole. A teachers' association request for a salary increase was referred to the instruction committee but backed for full board review. A conference with the teachers' committee is set for next Monday. Budget work continues with standing committees to outline department needs in the next two to three weeks. The committee of the whole will stay in session through the budget process into May.
Associated Press reports in London on March 10 that dominion status for India appears virtually certain as Britain weighs a prompt offer in return for India’s wartime support. Cabinet influence shifts toward granting self rule despite variegated local aspirations and Imperial pressures.
An Indian politician warned that Moslem India would revolt if Churchill's speech harmed Moslem interests. He noted pressure for immediate dominion status and division of India into autonomous Hindu and Moslem states. Officials debate timing of dominion status and possible concessions.
Washington March 10 The Navy consolidates authority under Admiral King as Commander in Chief of U S Naval Forces, with Admiral Stark reassigned to a new European waters post. Analysts speculate moves aim to bolster Atlantic strength and counter German naval power amid widening war.
The New Third Ward plans include a new elementary school as part of a postwar construction program and the addition of a four room partition to the Junior High to ease congestion. Petroleum Coordinator today described the oil situation in the east as very acute and possible immediate curtailment measures were discussed.
Washington March 10 Four Japanese aircraft carriers have been sunk or damaged since the war began according to a navy communique. American submarines last week sank or damaged six Japanese naval vessels including one carrier with two torpedo hits. The U S submarine score for the week lists one destroyer tender sunk one large naval tanker sunk ships damaged and put out of action one aircraft carrier with two torpedo hits one cruiser with one torpedo hit and one cruiser with two torpedo hits, bringing the total Japanese vessels sunk by U S submarines to 18 and the total enemy warships sunk by the army and navy in the Western Pacific to 138.
Japanese forces landed on New Guinea at Finshatfn expanding their buildup near Salamans, threatening Port Moresby as Australian defenses tighten. In Burma, Japanese legions push toward Rangoon and Bassein, while British and American personnel prepare to destroy remaining supplies along the Irrawaddy.
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