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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1941
Page
1
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Cairo reports British troops claim control of the Mosul Haifa oil pipeline section from Rashid Ali Al Gailani’s forces and surround the Lake Habbaniyah air base. RAF says the Rutba station was retaken and transport planes may have ferried troops. Basra quiet, German aid not yet observed.
Perry Stuck of Persyppus Pa president of the Western Pennsylvania Association of Volunteer Firemen says Senate action would release House Bill 634 from committee. He notes a $2,300,000 restoration from the fire insurance tax fund and a 3,000 volunteers from 37 counties joined a march with 600 vehicles and apparatus to urge passage.
London reports 14 German planes shot down in 24 hours of Western Europe air fighting with seven British fighters lost. RAF night raids hit Hamburg and Le Havre docks as daylight bombing and fighter escorts cross the Channel toward the French coast. British and German claims conflict with nightly raids on Clyde shipyards, Liverpool, and Northern Ireland, amid heavy bombings and sea losses.
The Corry Jamestown Manufacturing Corporation restructured its executive team at a Tuesday board meeting. D A Hillstrom becomes president and general manager, replacing O R Hillstrom of Long Beach California. Gail R Hillstrom is elected chairman of the board. Harrison H Keppel is re elected treasurer and D B Armour Hillstrom is named secretary. Three vice presidents Raymond Anderson Ralph C Larson and Rev J M Benander are re elected. Seven directors including Mrs F J Oyington attended. The plant is recovering from a prior shutdown with favorable prospects ahead.
New York May 7 Squads of detectives and immigration inspectors rounded up more than 100 German seamen today planning to send them to an internment camp in a western city. Police officials said the round up was ordered from Washington and was nationwide. The seamen faced warrants for overstaying their leave with hotels and taverns searched at 4 a m EST. They were taken to the U S customs barge office after being seized aboard Standard Oil tankers and sent to Ellis Island before consignment west.
A large blast at the Du Pont de Nemours plant in West Philadelphia seriously injures 54 year old John King. The explosion occurred in a vat mixing resin and other ingredients for paints and varnishes. King’s clothing burned, both legs broken, doctors warn amputation possible. Fellow workers escape with lesser injuries.
ATHENS via Berlin April 27. A single German air raid by low diving Stukas wrecked 17 ships in Piraeus harbor and damaged port works valued at about 10 million dollars. Neutral observers call it a turning omen of defeat as Greek resistance collapses across the front.
Encouraged by early results the committee handling the solicitation expects to raise the initial $2000 needed for the project. William Myers, chairman, reports $100 subscriptions from Raymond Manufacturing Company and Aero Supply Manufacturing, with total contributions reaching $443.10 so far. Canvass among workers in various industries proceeds favorably, Aero Supply workers already pledging several hundred dollars. Corry James town and Raymond plants are just starting, and the committee is urged to maintain vigor as the drive continues.
Washington May 7 The war secretary urged use of the US Navy right now to bolster Britain in the battle of the Atlantic. He condemned German unrestricted submarine warfare as illegal, compared it to 1917, and warned of U S defenses extending toward Greenland. He said convoy and lend lease efforts must be accelerated to keep supply lines open and Britain’s forces from collapse.
Corry hospital seeks a new directress of nurses amid a hospital board reshuffle. Miss Bennett, previously night supervisor at Spencer Meadville, remains there after a salary raise but an interview process continues for the Corry post. Miss Bower departs Friday to Kane Community Hospital, while the first male superintendent plans to start June 1, with a new directress hoped by then.
New York May 7 reports a restriction of steel supplies for non-defense manufacturing. The magazine Tron Age notes the sharpened focus on steel and iron inventories, Roosevelt's call for a seven day week, rising deficit figures ready to enter production, and railway equipment needs to handle anticipated traffic growth.
A wartime report discusses a survey of potential locations for defense housing. Officials, including administration leaders, authorize studies to locate suitable sites and assess feasibility for rapid construction and population support during national defense needs.
Local residents report mass mailing of questionnaires to numerous Corry area youths and associated individuals. The list includes names with addresses in Corry Union City Waterford and surrounding towns, indicating a broad outreach by local authorities or groups seeking responses.
City tax collector Miss Trene Muller reported through May 1 collections total at 98,886.11 dollars, about 2/700 above last year’s period. The year’s total tax payments exceed 2,006.02 dollars over 1940 at the same date, with roughly 800 dollars from the Radiator Corporation not yet included.
All clubs and youths interested in Mead Park development are urged to meet at Mead Park on West Wayne Street to organize a committee working with City Council on the park program. If weather turns foul, the meeting moves to the Municipal Building at 7:90.
London reports show Winston Churchill winning a solid parliamentary vote amid questions over wartime policy and manpower. The speaker, David Lloyd George, criticized the government’s approach, while Churchill argued for steady leadership and continued ramping of resources to sustain the war effort.
Corry boys face a year of training under the selective service net and will undergo final examinations at Erie instead of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania establishes a new induction plan with 18,967 registered men to Army stations from May 21 to June 9 for final physicals. Existing stations at Philadelphia, Altoona, Pittsburgh, Wilkes Barre and Harrisburg become Army examination stations, with Scranton, Williamsport and Erie added May 21. Inductees will be called to active duty in June in order of clearance, but the total number to be inducted from the 12,967 ordered for examinations remains undisclosed.
City plans four penny and nickel progressive meters, offering twelve minutes per penny and two hours for five pennies or a nickel. Deposits were received yesterday, with enforcement to start after street work and stone setting. Police warn that Hobble parking remains a violation and will draw arrests and fines.
Berlin officials debated Secretary Stimson’s proposal to deploy U S ships to guard Allied shipments, stressing that Germany must not permit Britain’s blockade to be mirrored. Spokesmen questioned the legality and fairness, noting such action would invite retaliation under wartime laws.
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin replaces Vyacheslav Molotov as premier while Molotov remains in a top post as foreign affairs commissar. Molotov’s status change follows long tenure and precedes shifts noted in the lead up to the Soviet German non aggression pact. Observers recall Molotov’s wife being dropped from the Communist Party central committee and hint at leadership realignments ahead of foreign policy moves.
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