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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1943
Page
1
The article notes a Monday wrestling meet is postponed due to illness affecting participants. Puller, Fendent, and Y Farrer are among those mentioned as being unable to compete, with authorities arranging a rescheduled date and venue.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions stocks and entra or entries with numbers like 26S. No clear persons or organizations identified. Summary limited to garbled data. no coherent event or outcome.
A wartime dispatch notes heavy Allied air raids against German positions in western Europe, with British Air Secretary Sinclair praising the unprecedented assault. Observers point to the reduced German naval and air strength after months of combat, as Britain and the United States press the offensive on multiple fronts.
Guffey accuses Ickes of withholding meat ration increases while Vyazma falls to the Reds. He blames Davies for refusal to grant higher coupons and hints the issue may be revisited on April 15. Ickes signals possible reconsideration but refuses to lift the ban on pleasure driving and to increase coupon values.
Petroleum Administrator Ickes refused to lift the pleasure driving ban and raise gas rationing for 25 western Pennsylvania counties. Senator Gulley criticized the ruling while Pittsburgh business leaders argued the area’s production justified change. Duggan and the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce planned to press Ickes for an explanation of West Virginia’s removal from the eastern area. Continued on Page Two.
President Roosevelt said it is up to Congress whether to fund postwar job programs for returning servicemen and war workers. He did not endorse broad NRPB recommendations at a White House briefing, stressing that continued planning rests with Congress, though the House blocked funding for the planning board and Senate insisted on it.
The RAF carried out an eighth March raid on Stuttgart in southwest Germany, aiming at its industrial and communications targets. Eleven bombers were lost, indicating a sizeable force, while Bertgart’s half million workers supported Germany’s war effort. In response, German bombers attacked London suburbs, with two waves of twelve and five planes, causing structural damage and casualties.
President Roosevelt said the year's tax return would be smaller under the Ruml skip-a-year plan than without it. He opposed delaying tax obligations to a pay-as-you-go basis and cited treasury figures showing high brackets could save money, noting England’s system channels more funds to government as wealth rises.
Governor Martin said the question of raising Pennsylvania school teachers salaries rests with taxpayers. He warned funding the 890 million needed would require new or retained taxes, with lawmakers pushing a cost of living raise while debating financing. He criticized any tax, noting impact on someone, and suggested rebate personal property tax options or cuts as possible offsets. Six women reported attacked by purse snatchers in Philadelphia, two injured workers hospitalized.
New York State plans a wartime child care program with a 5 million dollar state allocation. The plan splits costs three ways, with the state, communities, and parents sharing. Centers would operate daytime hours to aid working mothers and boost wartime production.
The plan raises beef pork lamb and mutton to about two pounds weekly for home use starting Monday March 29. Butter cheese fats oils and canned fish join rationing at the same time. Government aims to restore civilian supplies diverted to the armed forces and reduce shortages quickly. Wickard and Brown outline the new rules including a 24 pound weekly per person meat capacity and 18 initial ration points with options to accumulate over a month. Coffee returns to one pound per person for five weeks. unsealed dates figs freed from rationing.
Soviet forces report Vyazma abandoned by Germans as Red Army drives toward Smolensk. Kharkov battle intensifies with 375000 German troops storming the steel center from two sides while Russians claim stubborn defense. Duits planes scorch Vyazma and strip supplies.
A Corry man, George J. Alusses, sues a local landowner in a Rent Control case claiming unpaid rent. The action seeks $300 or the equivalent in relief, with the tenant noting a price-freezing order set a $1250 monthly rate, and that $15 was paid from August 1 to January 25. This marks the first Rent Control suit in the city or vicinity, with both sides awaiting its outcome.
Bulletin from Washington and London report Allied air raids on Japanese positions in Burma and the Aleutians. American bombers, fighters strike Kiska and Mingaindon. Fourteen Japanese planes lost in a raid on Oro Bay New Guinea. Vyazma evacuated by German command. Ways and Means panel advances tax plan to ease pay as you go commitments.
Asonetatyd Press quotes Allied communiques detailing Rommel’s flanking push against the British Eighth Army near the Mareth Line and Sedjenane, with heavy Axis casualties and British losses. Montomery’s forces widen containment moves as Axis attacks continue. treasury figures show March receipts and expenditures.
Local Board No 1 announces a reduced April draft quota with seven percent of men deferred after earlier medicals. Twelve selected for the Navy, four for the Marine Corps, one for the Coast Guard, and one for the Army. Army recruits depart for New Cumberland next Tuesday evening.
U S District Judge George A Welsh ordered a full new hearing for Philip Mancuso a 25 year old father of a seven month old infant after canceling his immediate induction ban Mancuso had claimed the draft board gave an unfair hearing and his reclassification prompted the move Kallick A D A promised Mancuso would not be inducted or arrested as a delinquent before the rehearing to be held Monday in Welshs court
Philadelphia March 12 Former U S envoy William G Bullitt warned that Russia could secure a dominant postwar position unless the United States acts quickly to shape peace negotiations He warned isolation means war and urged action to preserve bargaining power and prestige Eleanor Roosevelt supported some points while cautioning Russia could proceed without the United States
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