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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1942
Page
1
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A large March induction contingent from Local Board No 4 will depart Guam City for induction into the U S Army. The list includes James Francis Costello and many others from Corry Union City Cambridge Springs Waterford and McKean. Names and addresses follow.
Washington March 28 Army bombers and navy patrol boats are deployed across American waters from Teeland to Panama in a new counteroffensive against submarines that have sunk ships off Atlantic and Caribbean shores. Clearing spring weather is expected to aid the effort in coming weeks. Anti submarine forces are grouped in seas frontier commands with army planes under direct naval control.
Mrs. Colin P. Kelly, 25, widow of the American air force captain killed after sinking a Japanese torpedo boat in the Philippines, has begun work as a secretary stenographer at a war plants, traveling nationwide to sell war bonds and aid Red Cross drives.
British radio quoted reports of a Soviet seaborne landing on the Murmansk coast aimed at clearing Allied lines and pressuring German forces. The broadcast said 1 German destroyer was damaged and U boats cost Axis transports while Russian planes claimed several Stukas shot down. Red Star noted steady pressure and a switch to defense along the coastal operation.
London reports American submarines in the Pacific have sunk five Japanese destroyers an aircraft carrier and about thirty transports and supply ships in the last two or three weeks all sinkings said to be around Australia five cruisers another aircraft carrier and thirty transports and supply ships damaged according to the London Star correspondents authorities were cited from authoritative sources a Brisbane dispatch adds a Netherlands Indies infantry division arriving well armed and eager to fight
Roosevelt signs a law creating a 48 hour work week for post office employees where postmasters deem it necessary. The act removes compulsory compensatory time after 40 hours and allows overtime pay at the regular rate rather than time and a half.
War Department reports Philippine forces struck at Bataan Peninsula and Zamboanga on Mindanao. American Filipino patrols reached within a mile of an enemy outpost with no casualties. Corregidor guns silenced a Japanese battery as anti aircraft fire kept raids high.
Harrisburg report states WPA rolls in Pennsylvania will drop to 56000 next week with a further 5000 cut expected by May 1. Col O K Yeager says money shortages limit new hires but potential exists to use 41,000 workers on the rolls for projects essential to the war effort, chiefly highway work.
German high command announced the British assault on St Nazaire, a key German U boat base, was crushed with heavy losses and 100 prisoners taken. The British landed troops but were routed at the shipyard and harbor gates, while several German ships and torpedo boats were sunk or damaged.
The government ordered two arrests to curb suspected sabotage in the armed forces. George W Christians led the Crusader White Shirts, accused of propaganda urging insubordination and mutiny. Rudolph Fani of Denver faced charges of undermining military morale. If convicted, they face up to ten years in prison and a substantial fine.
Denver, March 28 Admiral John R Blakely fell to his death today from the Attic floor of Firesimmons General Hospital He was 60 years old He retired June 1 1992 and was a Ved gian of the Spanish American and World Wars He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1892
Loerie Range 82 of Mil Village bound over to Erie county court on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Ludwick Carlson 61 of Union City. Carlson died after a Chevrolet struck his car on the Waterford Union City highway March 17. An inquest will be held in Union City next week.
Moscow dispatch says German troops encircled by Russian forces push along the eastern front in a spring offensive. An authoritative source says the Germans strive to seize the initiative, but the Russians retain the upper hand, and Berlin shifts to open field fighting away from fortified positions.
In Vichy France on March 28 the French government announced a civilian representation will be opened in Germany to manage employment issues for French workers in German factories. Eight civilians will be sent to establish a department of French labor in Germany amid wartime conditions. the move follows prior arrangements and the limited, non diplomatic prisoner embassy.
Six cars derailed on an eastbound Erie train in Waterford causing the line to be halted into the afternoon. Crew escaped injury while wreckers from Erie and Warren worked to clear the roadbed. Passengers were transported by taxis and connections were rearranged to reach Emporium and Warren. The westbound Philadelphia Erie train was delayed but resumed service later.
Residents say an airplane crashed this morning. The pilot is reported as Jitted, with the plane plunging and burning on impact.
Police under Chief John Flanigan raided the West Main Street billiard parlors last night after reports of gambling and violations of city ordinance 542. Proprieter, an attendant, and six visitors were arrested. two patrons under 18 were released after fines. Kenneth Ottaway and the attendant were fined ten dollars plus costs, while Brewer faced a one hundred dollar fine and costs.
Federal agents and Hoboken police raided the Seemannshaus Deutsches known as the Geomen's Institute and detained about 68 residents alleged as dangerous enemy aliens. The suspects were photographed and fingerprinted on site. A German broadcast reported Moscow air strikes as part of ongoing military actions. President Roosevelt signed a bill creating a $1 billion war damage fund to insure private property against air raid damage.
London observers report Germany’s high command preparing a spring air attack aimed at British power stations and fuel depots. Gliders and airborne troops would hit key targets, with plans to use poison gas from occupied Belgium. Reports cite Netherlands glider production and Renat works in Paris supplying gliders and tanks.
Rumors of a major British naval force en route to the Indian Ocean surfaced as Japanese units were reported operating there. Reports say the force passed the Cape of Good Hope with two battleships and aircraft carriers among other ships, while British and Chinese actions in Burma and the Irrawaddy front shaped the fight around Toungoo and Prome.
Moscow radio quoted Stockholm dispatches saying a Finnish unit attached to the SS/Nordland German regiment on the eastern front was annihilated as Germans withdrew. It claimed one Finn, "world champion in jumping," was among the dead. Also mentions Cleveland water levels and ore records.
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