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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1943
Page
1
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A damaged OCR fragment mentions three attempts by a team or individual and an additional participant. The text is incomplete, providing few concrete names, places, or dates, but indicates some action or event involving trials and an agitator or actor.
A wartime gas ration news brief notes the “A” bookholders face a cut from 3 to 1 1/2 gallons weekly with driving bans still in place. Independent dealers plan to seek higher ceilings, fearing reduced sales. The OFA hints four month coupon use, prompting expectations of supply relief and possible supplementary coupons.
Mervyn M. Nast of the Nast Company was elected president of the Retail Merchants Bureau of the Golden Rule Club at the reorganiza tion meeting in the Municion building this morning. Morri Chapin becomes honorary president as he has been homebound. W. H. Whiseley of Montgomery Ward was elected vice president. Committee to contact Citizens Bank and the National Reserve was named to study possible Friday evening banking hours to aid workers cashing checks in plants.
Associated Press dispatches report a massive Donets battle 40 miles from Smolensk with German forces pressing. Soviet forces reportedly hold lines and repel six German counterattacks as Sturmovik and tank assaults devastate targets. In Kharkov area, Soviet troops recapture towns on the Donets west bank and push Germans back toward the Vorskla River. Further north, Timoshenko’s army nears Staraya Russa as Berlin acknowledges minor Soviet breakthroughs.
Local boards must not publish quota or call details for induction. National orders restrict disclosure. only names of accepted and inducted registrants may be shown to news services after the induction list is prepared. Rejected registrants must not be listed. Publicity is limited to final accepted cases.
Coroner reports Anton Krule known as Tony Krutzhle aged 66 hanged himself in Meade township after a weeklong disappearance from a Woodman’s camp. Body found yesterday near Six Mile Row in Warren County.
A 19-year-old U S Navy aviation machinist mate and veteran of two years speaks at Corry High School about the sinking of the carrier Lexington in the Coral Sea and wartime sacrifices. The rally, with 350 attendees, featured the Corry High Band and films including The Battle of the Lexington and Combat Repo.
Frank Bromley, 21, of A DL, confessed to the brutal attack on Mrs. Cleo Haight of 269 Marion Street last Friday. He attempted suicide with a broken bottle, was held without bail, and pleaded guilty to three counts before Alderman Gordon. The case linked to prior assault and molestation incidents, with police moving swiftly to detain him and complete the confession.
William Oesch, 24, of Briton Run near Pittsburgh, is charged with evading the draft. He reportedly sought conscientious objector status but was ordered to report for induction and underwent a physical examination before being taken into custody by military police from Pittsburgh.
Washington March 18 labor leaders from AFL CIO and railroad brotherhoods plan talks with President Roosevelt Saturday. The meeting could decide the future of the War Labor Board as John Lewis of United Mine Workers pressures for changes. Government observers foresee possible postponement of the coal wage crisis beyond April 1 with proposals that shift or retroactively apply wage adjustments. Lewis has denounced the board while signaling his stance on a $2 a day raise.
Two men were seriously injured in Warren Pennsylvania when a barge welding drum exploded during river bridge repairs. Arthur Bill 41 of Finbklitt had his left foot mangled while Herbert Leura of Tiandard suffered injuries. The blast shook the borough and damaged nearby structures.
Allied air units struck the big Japanese base at Rabaul New Britain before dusk smashing the airdrome with 15 bombs. Other UN planes hit an enemy outpost between Australia and New Guinea. MacArthur reported a well-coordinated strike that crippled Japan's aerial power in the Southwest Pacific.
Bulletins report American bombers attacked the Japanese submarine base at Kiska Island in the Aleutians three times on Tuesday. Navy repair crews responded today, and American fighters claimed two enemy planes shot down with two more probably destroyed.
Washington March 18 Associated Press reports War Secretary Patterson urged broad civilian service to dip into war production, arguing for universal draft of both men and women to balance home burdens. He backed the Austin Wadsworth plan to mobilize civilians for industry, farm and aircraft work as the Allies gain ground while labor opposition softens.
The Office of Price Administration announced that rope soled and other shoes or sandals made from non-strategic materials will be free of rationing effective March 2. Open back sandals over one and a half inches high are also freed. Health safety needs will allow individuals to obtain certificates from ration boards to buy without coupons, using their own coupons only.
Lessing J. Rosenwald, longtime Philadelphia merchant, donates his collection of prints drawings manuscripts and rare books to the National Gallery of Art and the Library of Congress. The items will stay at the Alverthorpe Gallery in Jenkintown Pennsylvania for now.
The Allied press reports Germany has launched a mass U-boat campaign against North Atlantic shipping. Battles between submarines and convoy ships yielded losses on both sides, with submarines sunk or damaged by Allied escorts. The Coast Guard cutter Campbell rammed and sank one big U-boat and depth charged five others during a fierce engagement three weeks earlier. Campbell was damaged but returned to port with assistance from escort vessels. Continued coverage noted London Ottawa and Washington confirmed the clash and hinted at more details to follow.
Allied headquarters announced American troops recaptured the strategic German held air base at Gafsa in central Tunisia, climaxing a six mile drive. Berlin broadcasts reported Gen. Bernard Montgomerys British Eighth Army was holding the Mareth line with strong tanks and infantry divisions. A bulletin from Eisenhower headquarters confirmed the advance and heavy fighting along the front.
General Patton, famed armored force leader, takes over command of U S troops in western Tunisia replacing Maj. Gen. Lloyd R. Fredendall as Allied HQ notes his offensive mindset. Known for blunt quotes, Patton has long sought decisive tank battles against Rommel and expressed bold plans for the theater.
Fragmented Allied and Axis statements describe British 8th Army activity near the Mur uno line and Mareth defenses in Tunisia. Reports cite patrols, clashes around Galka and Gatse toward Guetar, and mine and booby trap obstacles as planes and mobile detachments press Axis garrisons toward the Gulf of Gabes.
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