19 May 1941
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1941
Page
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A garbled OCR snippet lists names such as Patrol members and Bill Dixon with mentions of meetings, a charter, production items like potatoes, and market bids. It hints at planned schedules, a March date, and the Depry Bids context, but most details are unreadable. The text resembles a disrupted historical notice or column fragment. Potential references to a patrol, service announcements, and market activity appear but lack coherent structure.
General Henri Dentz, high commissioner of French Syria and Lebanon, declares in a radio address that Syrians must resist British aggression. He accuses London of attacking airbases and fabricating Axis involvement, says France seeks no aggression and vows to defend the Levant.
Haron Brown commander of Marence Sommand and Dr James H Weight and Pranklin T Babbitt will attend the eighty eighth annual conclave of the Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh starting May 25 with an informal gathering at the William Penn hotel. The event features a Tuesday procession of five thousand uniformed knights and banners, bands, and white plumed chapeaux downtown. Election of officers will be held Wednesday. W Pill Gifford of Erie is grand junior warden.
Norbert Wolf faced grand jury action in Warren County after a police encounter in Colima. He resisted an officer, became abusive, and was held under $300 bond for appearance at Watten.
Reports from New York on May 19 indicate passengers and crew may be aboard a German raider possibly from a converted merchant ship. Observers speculated the ship vanished without trace, with survivors likely in iceboats and some already picked up, while Fortune Magazine noting board member Charles J. W. Murphy among officials.
A proposed measure would raise city police pay starting at 1400 yearly with 95 annual increases to a maximum of 2085, boosting department costs. The bill, introduced by Rep. Burton Todd, passed the House 130 to 39 and is before the Senate amid opposition from several municipalities. Gerry patrolmen now earn 1320 annually, with broader cost implications for fire and street departments.
Two Army attack bombers crashed about nine miles from Marion in mid afternoon. State Aeronautics Director Dexter C. Martin said both planes were from Bayanmah air base and believed to have forty men aboard. One parachute was seen opening, authorities reported.
Harrisburg May 19 The state employment service reports a labor shortage in critical defense occupations as Governor James advises deferment from military training for needed workers. About 40,000 more workers joined payrolls in March, lifting total employment to 5,405,800 and signaling a deepening shortage across manufacturing and technical fields. Dr William Mather Kew and Gov James urge defense training deferments to prevent gaps in production and national health and safety. The shortage is seen in 17 professional and technical fields, with civil, electrical, chemical, mining, metallurgical, mechanical engineering, chemistry, medicine and dentistry highlighted. The employment office links the issue to a $1 billion state defense spend and warns further contract growth may worsen conditions.
New York May 19 The man who stepped into the legend of Lawrence of Arabia is reported killed in action in the desert theater. An Iraq communique cites death, while Amman says he lies wounded in a Jordan hospital with two bullets.
Machinery set up across the county to inaugurate the food stamp plan next week. Stamps will go on sale in Erie at city hall annex and in several towns on specified days and times each week. Distribution centers include municipal buildings and town halls with standard and local times noted.
The Pennsylvania State Grange told legislators it opposes compulsory price fixing in the current mills control law. Representing 54,000 farmers, Milles Horst led letters arguing against licensing and bonding of dealers and shifting oversight from the Milk Control Commission to the Agriculture Department. The group backs stronger cooperative milk marketing associations to protect producer interests.
Vichy France reports Germany agrees to immediately release about 100000 French prisoners of war as a first step in German French talks. The communique notes processing favors ongoing and aims to return nonconfronting officers and soldiers who fought in World War I. total French prisoners in German hands estimated around 1800000.
Cairo dispatch reports 7,000 Italian soldiers surrendering to British near Amba Alagi after the fall of Addis Ababa. The viceroy of Ethiopia and Italian commanders capitulated, with remaining troops to be repatriated or integrated as British advance continues through the region.
Reported travelers include Hather Olsen of damestown and Bern Bassemer enroute to a mission post, with Mrs d Meallitter of Erie and her husband aboard the Egyptian Thief bound for South Révigalmesion. Rev Parker Young and wife, tied to an Africa mission, changed plans and remain in Crestline Ohio. Relatives in Union City confirm the instances and note local awareness.
May 19 The Duke of Spoleto, a 1-year-old cousin of Vittorio Emanuele, is proclaimed king of Croatia through Axis influence. Parliament at Quirinale Palace confirms the crown of Zvonimir with Mussolini’s premier presence. A 25-year treaty ties Croatia to Italy, limiting bases and naval development while defining an Adriatic boundary.
Former federal judge J Warren Davis of the Third Circuit faced trial in Philadelphia on coitalial charges after indictments were rebuffed. Defense motions to withdraw pleas were denied as Davis and co-defendants dispute the indictments while the grand jury's evidence reportedly ties Davis to accepting sums from movie producer Fox in return for favorable action. The case echoes the Manton precedent with a maximum two years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.
A collision at the Steedman road and Mayville Sherman highway injured two Clymer women who were taken to Corry hospital. Mrs. Wallace and Mrs. Merle Newhouse sustained cuts bruises and cracked ribs while Mrs. Iva Dye suffered a skull fracture and was taken to Humeb hospital Erie in serious condition. Drivers Robert Wallace of Clymer and Louis A. Dye of Ripley plus Harold Miller and Gladys Arcter of Worth East were shaken but unhurt. state police and Deputy Sheriff Harold Lamb investigated.
British radio quotes a Romanian broadcast claiming German infantry is being ferried through the Bosporus toward Syria and Iraq. Reports from Baghdad say the Iraq air force bombed British warships in the Persian Gulf at Basra while Habbaniyah garrison near Baghdad was cut off.
Berlin reports that an official communique will be issued tomorrow detailing new arrangements between Germany and France following Tervent conversations. Expected are certain alleviations of armistice conditions discussed by Adolf Hitler Joachim von Ribbentrop Otto Abetz and French delegates in Paris.
The Zamzam sank between Brazil and Capetown with 201 aboard, including 20 Americans. Captain Willis Grey Smith, master of 37 years at sea, is missing. Among the passengers were 24 American ambulance drivers and various missionaries en route to Africa. The cause and fate of the vessel remain unknown as authorities and the U.S. consul general await details.
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