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Fragmentary OCR notes reference Tyler and an event dated May 4. Only scattered names and terms remain without clear context or geographic detail.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1943
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Tyler and an event dated May 4. Only scattered names and terms remain without clear context or geographic detail.
Washington May 5 The stalemated coal strike stirs speculation that the 75 day truce may be extended with Harold Lickes serving as head of Uncle Sam's coal fields Perhaps for the duration The administration insists the United Mine Workers gave no sign of yielding and John L Lewis has shown no intent to halt a new stoppage War Labor Board remains a disputed path to a permanent armistice Lewis opposes the board Some operators note six day week production and wage adjustments in government mines are under review with further wage demands possible as the union seeks higher pay and portal to portal rates
A Allied plane crash in Iceland kills Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews commander of American forces in Europe and Bishop Leonard Wright, who represented 31 American Protestant denominations. The War Department confirms Leonard’s presence aboard. details remain scarce.
A Corry Union City district notice announces a heavy draft of married men for the June call with ten from Corry receiving preliminary physical examinations. The local board cannot publish names or exact counts but signals that many married men with employed wives may be included as single eligibles are exhausted or deferred.
A massive blast at Triumph Explosives Inc. near Elkton Maryland kills at least 15 and injures many more as fires spread. Rescue workers search rubble amid a rush of ambulances and Red Cross teams. The blast prompts mass evacuations and a shift of patients to Union Hospital and local churches.
Shirley Ann Gurney nine of West Pleasant street escaped with bruises after tripping and was struck by a car last evening near her home. The driver John Esbcock of A. D. 4 said he stopped to check on her but drove away after learning she was not hurt.
The United States expects American troops to storm ashore on Kiska to expel Japanese forces. In a large naval clash on March 26th American ships damaged Japanese cruisers and forced retreat, signaling continued Allied focus on Attu and Kiska as potential air base sites.
The permanent registration files lose 1256Corry names after a six precinct purge led by Joseph Williams chief registrar. Most deletions hit Second and Fourth Wards with notices to be mailed soon. Reinstatement possible via return notices and military status updates from families. In another note, Gilbert George Ackerman of Meadville is indicted by a federal grand jury for failure to keep his craft board advised of a mailing address.
Davis plans a centralized food production system with state war food administrators reporting to him and county admins to the state level. The shift consolidates control of crop adjustment, price supports, insurance, loans, rationing, and marketing programs under a single state head and county office. The existing local farmer committees would become advisory during transition. Continued on Page may.
A May report from London cites Berlin radio via the Associated Press claiming Sofia is under a wide police army raid to hunt for assassins of Col. Athanas Panteff. All roads out are blocked and residents ordered home. only youngsters and servants may buy food in the morning. Communications with abroad are severed.
Washington May 5 Rumplan backers press Senate action after House passage of a pay as you go bill with 313 to 95 vote. The measure would wipe out 7 percent of 1942 individual income tax credits and implement a pay as you go plan affecting over 33 million taxpayers. Chairman George D GI convened the Senate finance committee for a prelude to the full year abatement.
About thirty local men signaled interest in joining the Pennsylvania Reserve Defense Corps at a State Armory meeting in Corry. The corps aims to replace the former national guard with a battalion led by Capt Clarence Urban and Lt McGay, planning a Corry platoon of fifty men and weekly drills.
May 4 reports detail heavy U S Army Air Forces bombing of Japanese held islands in the South China Sea and French Indo China, amid domestic rationing and policing moves. British and U S authorities note actions near Burma, Taranto and Reggio Calabria are in daylight raids, while U S defense officials push ore transport goals and a wartime mining seizure bill remains under review.
The German high command acknowledged the fall of Kymskaya, 17 miles northeast of Novorossiysk naval base, and said sea-borne Russian forces were attempting to land at Temryuk Bay farther north along the Caucasus coast.
John P. Monroe testifies before the House military committee saying he is a manufacturers’ representative and hosted parties for the “best and most intelligent people” but denies business was discussed at guests. He describes 2101 A Street as his home and business base and notes Mrs. Smith works for him.
United States submarines reportedly sank six Japanese ships, including two destroyers and a large transport, during Pacific operations. Liberator bombers attacked Babo airfield in Dutch New Guinea, shooting down two of six intercepting Japanese planes. Allied forces also pounded enemy barges near Eni Islands and Kimbe Bay.
British four motor bombers raid Dortmund in a heavy nighttime assault. Twenty eight planes failed to return, air ministry reported, with several hundred tons of explosives dropped on the German industrial city during the operation. The raid marked the first major attack on Dortmund in the war.
Allied dispatches say American and French troops near the Bizerte fortress while Tebourba and Porry Ville areas see progress. Eisenhower headquarters claim German losses and continued advances as Axis broadcasts claim a sea armada heads toward Sardinia and Sicily.
Corry teachers and other Pennsylvania districts will receive cost of living bonuses over two years. The plan distributes roughly 12 800 dollars per year to Corry, with top earners getting 1 050 dollars annually and other brackets receiving 200 to 250 dollars yearly.
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