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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1943
Page
1
A person named Iain In Hosk faced an arrest linked to a late afternoon event near Burlingame after a train action. The incident involved a stopped vessel and a company call, with the scene described as the closing of a sing and a vo Boat.
Fragmentary readable text mentions attendees and figures tied to an event or auction. It references Elie weeks, John count, and specific amounts like 300 dollars. Mentions persons J Mc Henry B and Melvin D with unclear roles.
A brief note about Mrs Worle and issues with sewers and clerks in the town. It mentions sewer work and local officials without detailing dates or locations. The fragment suggests a community update on municipal infrastructure and residents.
A fragment mentions a chase involving white police units and Brie, with limited readable context. The notice lacks clear names, dates, or locations to confirm full details.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions wartime terms and names like a secretary of welfare and references to steel, bombed sites, and burg events. Details are unclear due to text corruption, but it hints at a 20th century wartime context with individuals named Ted and others and a state or city setting.
Fragmented notes discuss Mussolini and Italy in North Africa. It suggests Italy may abandon or reassess defenses as Allied and Allied-adjacent power shifts threaten the Mediterranean, with emphasis on Italian positions and potential withdrawal.
Washington May 17 Republicans forecast enough votes to pass the modified Ruml plan after a four month battle. The Senate already approved the measure, with Democrats split. A veto is possible if treasury policies clash with tax cancellations and withholding levies, shaping a potential Senate House compromise.
More than 70 percent of United Mine Workers locals in western Pennsylvania vote not to work unless a contract is signed. Six UMW district boards report similar action. District officials stay silent on possible walkouts as the union’s five day truce nears expiry at midnight. President John L. Lewis awaited further word.
Navy communique reports American submarines sinking one destroyer and several ships in the Pacific. Avenger torpedo bombers attacked four cargo vessels near the Bula area, setting one on fire. The tally includes 232 Japanese ships damaged or sunk since the war began.
Word reached Frederick Miller of 491 East Pleasant street that Major Raber M. Bell of Bellevue near Pittsburgh, head of Shaw Field dental department, died in a plane crash near Roanoke, Virginia. The crash killed three officers including Flight Surgeon Major James P. Citta and Captain Jere Asmond Wells. Bell was enroute home on furlough to visit his parents in Bellevue. his wife and daughter survive.
Mrs Dora Kinney age 73 wife of Hills Kinney of 23 Center Street Union City was fatally struck by a westbound freight at Main Street crossing as she and her husband were en route to a funeral. An inquest was deemed unlikely. Survived by husband a son Victor Knapp and two sisters and a brother. Body at Glenn funeral home with services set for Wednesday at 2 pm.
The administration and instruction committee will meet in place of the delayed special session to discuss teacher salaries and current matters. A finance committee gathering and other groups are planned later in the week with a May 26 budget adoption target and a potential next Monday review. The board may consider use of the Junior High athletic field for Sunday baseball, a project supporters say is vital for twilight games amid war plant operations. Joan Morrison, four, daughter of Adjutant and Mrs. John Morrison, fractured a leg in a Saturday accident near home while playing with other children.
British bombers shattered two of Germanys biggest dams before dawn causing massive floods in the Ruhr valley. Berlin reported heavy civilian casualties as the Eder and Mohne dams were struck, while raids also targeted Berlin and near Rome. The move, described by British officials as a decisive blow to war power sources, damaged Krupp munitions sites and Ruhr industry with long repair times foreseen.
Pittsburgh news reports definite ceiling prices began today for 315 canned vegetables and fruits across 16 western Pennsylvania counties. Retail stores in Evie Cranford and Wat ten list items include canned peas corn tomatoes green beans and pineapple peaches pears fruit cocktail.
The State Defense Council announced a monthly 500000-pound quota of waste kitchen fats for explosives and urged households to contribute a spoonful daily. Chairman Warren A Rob Jers says meat processors will pay four cents per pound for fat delivered, with county quotas listed including Crawford 10000, Erie 2500, Mercer 15000, Venango 9000, Warren 6000.
Washington May 17 The Interior Department faces a reduced budget for the next fiscal year with a recommended appropriation of 972,861,316 dollars, a cut of 119,999,475 from the current year. The appropriations committee urged economies and noted the total is 9,372,260 less than the agency's own budget bureau proposal.
Associtad Press reports John L. Lewis remains silent and refuses to comply with the War Labor Board, signaling a fresh crisis in the soft coal wage dispute and a possible stoppage in war vital fuel production. The confrontation intensifies as miners and industry officials brace for impact.
The War Labor Board declared that UMW President John L Lewis challenges U S sovereignty by demanding a wage increase while refusing board approval. The board met with soft coal operators and UMW officers to plan resumption of negotiations as a 15 day truce nears expiration. The statement warns the defiance harms war time policy and national unity and may aid enemies.
Allied air power struck the Lido di Roma seaplane base at the mouth of the Tiber 16 miles southwest of Rome, with RAF Wellington bombers bombing hangars moorings and planes in moonlit raids. Bursts were seen among parked aircraft and two hangars were set afire, amid broader night operations over Berlin and the Ruhr.
London bulletin reports two Axis vessels attempting to breach the Allied blockade were intercepted and settled by British warships. Allied Headquarters in North Africa states 71 vessels sunk or possibly sunk, with 120 damaged, from November 8 to May 13. In Washington a House subcommittee urges a drastic shake-up of OF personnel and food rationing methods in critical war centers. In Rio de Janeiro the Brazilian air force launches eight-hour patrols from Maceio amid unrelated dispatches noting Italian General Vittorio Ambrosio’s resignation offer to Mussolini.
Associated Press reports Harrisburg May 17 that Lemoyne school children found and saved thousands of gasoline rationing coupons from a dump where they were burned. District Attorney Kunkel urged return of stamps after salvage exposed the plan to dispose of coupon vouchers during the Lemoyne rationing board move. One boy surrendered 60 coupons for 100 gallons each. Meanwhile James Roosevelt will enter the San Diego naval hospital for malaria treatment, sources say, after contracting fever in the South Pacific while in Marine command.
43 governments attend the United Nations food conference in Hot Springs Virginia to explore how to feed and clothe a postwar world. Participants will discuss making 4 billion acres of productive land adequate for living and examine difficulties and opportunities in an exploratory session.
Tokyo radio claims sea born American reinforcements are pouring into the seven day battle for Attu Island in the Aleutians. Three pronged American offensives are described with heavy fighting on the northern coast as Japanese counterattacks are said to have driven some units back to the beach.
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