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11 Mar 1943
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1943
Page
1
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Aviation Machinist Mate Charles Wyatt a Lexington survivor will address a War Bond rally at Cory senior high auditorium next Wednesday March. He helped defend the Lexington during Coral Sea and Solomons battles and will recount actions with other crew mates. Wyatt will also speak at other city venues as part of a Defense P T A program plus a Rotary event. The women’s division of the defense stamp committee announced stores will sell stamps with monthly quotas and awards for top classes.
House Republicans plan to rally behind a pay-as-you-go income tax system pushed by New York banker Beardsley and Rep Carlson of Kansas. Aimed at 44 million taxpayers, the plan would withhold 20 percent on wages and salaries with no abatements, as Ways and Means weighs a year‑long skip.
Two hundred pupils from the Junior High School will take part in a Spring Festival tonight under the Parent Teachers Association. The varied program includes vocal solos, choruses, island tunes, dances, rhythm band numbers, and a Patriotic Drama Club performance, followed by a social and refreshments.
Berlin radio announced and Associated Press recorded claims that thirteen heavily loaded ships totaling 73 000 tons were sunken enroute from North America to Britain. The broadcast says eighteen ships sunk in 24 hours, with Allied confirmation lacking for the total.
The House overwhelmingly approved extending the lend-lease program for a year and sent the measure to the Senate. A report by I A Stettinius Jr. shows total lend-lease aid to Allies at 9.392 billion, with 1.977 billion in goods transferred in the quarter ending March 1. The Senate action depended on today’s debate, but the House vote was 407 to 6, indicating broad support for quick presidential approval.
The FBI investigated three telephoned threats against Assistant U S Attorney Edward Rallies connected to his prosecution of Phill Mancuso a father of seven month old twins reclassified 1 A without fair hearing. Federal Judge Welsh ordered a full fair hearing while Mancuso faced continued induction despite attempts to seek supersedence in the U S circuit court.
Federal agency uses the Kurtz Company plant for storage of milberrier and other foromadities under the Procurement DL Asfor. The Kurtz Company is liquidating due to material and labor shortages. Kermit Mewes oversees property with W A Redmond now in Naval service. Carloads of tires and other commodities are stored for federal distribution with 6 to 12 local employees likely.
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown announced an increase restoring coffee rations to one pound per person for six weeks earlier, with the next stamp No 26 valid from March 22 to April 25. The move follows recent improvements in the import situation and is hailed as welcome news by millions of American coffee drinkers.
London reports the RAF and US bombers have shattered more than 2,000 German factories as they rain 10,000 tons of bombs monthly. Archibald Sinclair says Essen raid on March 5 6 likely the heaviest blow, with Ruhr steel output reduced and Eindhoven Phillips plant damaged, costing Germany millions.
One hundred thirteen more Cory residents qualified for War Ration Book No 2 at a special registration held in the Libary building on Wednesday Registrars were there from 9 a m for enrollment of any householders who failed to register Two weeks earlier.
Washington headlines report the House Appropriations Committee backing a 26 million dollar appropriation to recruit and place farmworkers in needed regions to avert disastrous food shortages. Other items note rationing fines in Philadelphia, Allied air actions in the Solomons and Aleutians, and FBI raids in Pittsburgh as wartime measures intensify. President Roosevelt nominates two officers linked to the North African offensive, Gen Patton and Maj Spant.
Washington March 1 Congress signals it will study executive recommendations before forming postwar policy. Roosevelt aides briefed reporters on a $90 000 staff for an immediate main charter. George and others push for minimal federal postwar rehab involvement to spur individual initiative. Continued on Page Three.
MeInnes Steel Company reports a full 100 percent Red Cross War Fund canvass at Corry First Ward plant with all workers enrolled. Harry B. Smith announced to Olin W. Bracken that the plant reached the goal while Corry Jamestown and other groups push toward higher participation as the drive continues through the day.
Body of G Pay Stearns found in his Spring Creek-Blue Eye road home this morning by Robert Sperry. He died likely during the night while tending the farm, with no imminent danger observed prior. he was born on the Blue Eye farm and lived nearby except for a brief period in Corry.
Allied forces push along a 60 mile Mareth line in southern Tunisia as British and American units prepare for a major assault. Axis reserves suffer heavy losses while Allied air power and sea control tighten the noose around Rommel's forces.
Secretary of War Stimson said Allied forces in Tunisia suffered heavy fighting last week with significant Allied and Axis losses. He noted prisoners taken exceed 1,000 German and Italian, and over 100 Axis tanks destroyed. The heaviest American losses occurred Feb 14–20 during the central front retreat and early counteroffensive. 68 killed, 17 missing and 2,007 wounded or missing.
Mrs Mildred Haywood 24 and her children Priscilla Ann 3 Donald 18 months died in a fire that destroyed their home near Allegheny county. Husband Fob Haywood 38 a crane man for Carnegie Illinois Steel was burned while trying to rescue them. neighbors kept him from reentering as flames spread.
President Roosevelt hosted a social for 117 newly elected senators and representatives, both parties mingled over beer and cheese while questions about the war’s progress and health were lightly discussed. Navy casualty report lists 35 incidents, including two dead and three wounded, with totals since December 1941 rising to 26,271.
Ashville reports eight fires burning within four hours as embers carried by high winds threaten structures in Cambria County. The 54 year old St Thomas Catholic Church and recreation hall suffered heavy damage. pastor Reverend John B Hackett suspects an overheated furnace. Firefighters from nine departments battled the blazes. unofficial damage exceeds 25100.
Soviet dispatches report the Red Army has seized at least 44 towns and villages on the central front, nearing Smolensk and Vyazma. German defenses are stubborn but the Reds push forward in a broad advance with tanks in combat and many villages falling in their wake.
Warren Pa March 11 Associated Press reports the body of Mrs Josephine Tomsial 8 of Sugar Grove Township was found near her home last night following a search by authorities. Officials say exposure likely caused her death in a suspected exposure incident.
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