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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1942
Page
1
OCR from a historical page yields scattered words and names including corporate terms and dates but no cohesive event. The readable fragments point to a possible sale or corporate notice in Erie with unclear timing and involved parties.
A fragment from a historic Union report notes tightened restrictions and a strict day by day approach to maintain order. Officials emphasized limited movements and heightened oversight in the days following a security assessment.
A partial OCR reads like notes on a railway plan or aid program tied to a welfare setup. Mention appears to reference a big project under a coalition or government, with unclear dates or parties.
The Imperial headquarters announced a 35,000 ton U S battleship of the North Carolina type damaged and a Portland class cruiser sunk in the Coral Sea. It said no authoritative source linked the battleships North Carolina or Washington to the action.
Stores will close all day on Memorial Day with Friday evening hours until 9 o clock to accommodate shoppers. Readiness for the 1941 school year includes exams at Central High School this week and Beccalaureate services to begin commencement week on Sunday evening. Treasury report from Washington shows May 22 receipts of 22 840 001 65 expenditures 144 569 009 67 and total ebb 673 734 524 096 78 with an increase of 30 042 205 04 over the previous day.
Bern reports say Pierre Laval faces possible ouster as German and Vichy leaders discuss his slow pace in full collaboration. Rumors rise of Jacques Dorlot or other collaborators taking control in Paris while Italy pressures Nice and Corsica and Germany weighs approval of a new armistice decree.
Lawrence Brown aged 17 from R D 1 pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter before Judge Elmer L Evans. He was driver of the car that struck and killed Robert Clyde Smith 17 on the macadam road near the city. Brown was found under the influence of liquor and driving fast and reckless. He received an indeterminate term at the Pennsylvania Industrial School at White Hill New Cumberland County.
The northeastern Pennsylvania resort town reels from floods that killed 13 in Honesdale and left ten still missing. Hundreds homeless, townspeople seek aid as rivers burst banks, homes washed away, and relief workers rush in. Industrial plants suffer damage and dramatic rescues occur as officials assess water safety and begin cleanup.
Gen Joseph Stilwell delivered a cautious message from India after a perilous retreat from Burma. He described the operation as a hard fought escape via jungle marches and a planned return to retake the region from Japanese forces. Stilwell refused an air lift to stay on mission and led troops and native escorts along a 140 mile rough march toward safety.
Wilbur F. Roush, 17, of Clymer, a brother of Mrs. Russell Merritt of Cary, suffocated when the cave-in at a Geneva TNT project excavation near Meadville trapped him. He died after rescue efforts failed. Coroner’s inquest waived. Burial at Hel land cemetery, with services at Spitzer Funeral Home. He leaves four sisters and five brothers, plus both parents and grandparents. He was a Bethel Tabernacle member.
Allied at Australia May 25 reports say Japanese attacks caused Allied ship losses after a crippled plane rammed a vessel amid shifts, with an Allied destroyer sinking the ship while planes were lost. MacArthur’s aerial advices note heavy blows over the weekend, and a communique details bombings at Vunakanai airfield near Rabaul.
May 25 reports from Tokyo indicate an imperial diet convened mainly to approve a large shipbuilding program but also to address intensified war mobilization and morale. The session follows news of heavy Allied losses in the Southwest Pacific and signals Japan’s commitment to intensified production.
Washington May 25. Congress considered proposals giving President Roosevelt broad authority to revamp the selective service system by classifying men by family status and dependency for army duty. Senators Johnson and Taft argued for varying schemes to fit a family allowance bill, aiming to set age, marriage, and dependency factors, with no automatic deferments for any class.
Army searchers bivouacked beside six airmen's bodies after an Irving transport plane plunged into a swamp near Houston Maine. The twin motor craft disintegrated on routine flight and scattered wreckage over boggy terrain. dead include Lt Col Louis S. Gimbel and five others identified as Wright, Franciscus, Herback, Wilkinson, and an unnamed commissioned officer.
Mexico City May 25 mass meeting marks submarine killings of Mexican sailors. The permanent congressional commission expected to approve Avila Camacho’s request for an extraordinary session before nightfall. Delegates planned to elect officers and pave way for a war session Thursday while troops patrolled the capital and citizens paid homage to the victims amid mixed cheers for allies and Axis leaders.
A rescued seaman Leonard Shearer of New Castle Pa says a submarine that torpedoed an American ship hoisted a Nazi flag to prove the attack was by German U boats. He testified the crew raised the flag to ensure their identity was known.
City and county authorities outline a coordinated blackout drill to run for fifteen minutes starting at 1 30 a m with Walter H Stolt and Capt Harry F Doughis directing Erie county wide participation. Motorists will be stopped and items limited to ensure safety and order during the drill. Wardens will patrol and escort residents home and theater managers are cautioned to keep patrons inside during the alarm.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 280,000,000 for work relief for the year starting July 1 and 9,767,000 for administrative costs, after cutting about 185,000 from the fund. He had tentatively estimated a need of 465,000,000 in January.
Long Beach California May 25 An agriculture chemist Roy B Beebe 8 year old claims the poinsettia Mexican Tower growing in southern California could solve the nations rubber problem He says a catalytic agent added to the plant sap yields a refined rubber in three hours and the process could produce enough new tires for every new car in the nation in ten months Beebe estimates cost at about one third of natural rubber and 2000 pounds of crude yield per acre of poinsettias AP notes claims not substantiated by other sources.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Listy VArchie W. Thompson Post No 2 Veterans of Foreign Wars reported the Buddy Poppies sale throughout the day grossed about 374 dollars. Expenses totaled 161 dollars, with most proceeds aiding disabled veterans and wartime relief efforts.
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