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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1942
Page
1
A garbled note reports a 20K coin melt across several averages, with unclear terms and names. The text mentions a son Pont and a wary expt afternoon, but crucial details are illegible.
Fragmented OCR text referencing costs, names, and dates from a 1800s record set. Mentions Min, $40, 25 Bogerdus, Pennsyl, 1847, pneumonia, bridges, ships, Warren, San Diego, Crawford, McKean, Venan, and Decem. Lacks cohesive narrative or clear event. preserves scattered proper nouns and numbers.
A service for the children of Iplantville will be held Tuesday at Musser Interment Cemetery. The gathering aims to honor young lives with somber ceremony.
Allied forces capture Algiers with heavy opposition, while Oran is secured after a swift assault. Major General Ryder leads the operation, and U S Rangers command air base captures are reported along the Atlantic coast.
American forces led by Maj. Gen. Charles W. Ryder seized Algiers after a rapid assault, overcoming Vichy naval opposition and coastal batteries. The captured port, near German air bases, marked a major Axis disruption as Allied air and sea forces established control and moved inland toward Fort Sidi Ferruch and Blida, with continued fighting reported along the Atlantic coast.
Vichy reports ten U S landings opened a route for a major Allied push in Africa. Observers note beachheads near Saf, Fedhila, Rabat, Bou Sfer and Cape Signale as Montgomery targets Rommel. Rome hints at a dire horizon for Italy with potential three-front pressure from Britain, Africa and Russia.
State Department silent as developments are expected in Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean and South America. Watchers note potential shifts in control and strategic value as French holdings face regional pressures and international attention intensifies.
United States forces, in control of sea and air, push into French North Africa amid token land resistance. severance of relations with Vichy Paris confirmed after Laval action. Key U.S. commanders named in Africa theater. diplomatic tensions rise over Caribbean and South American French possessions. Eight Allied ships sunk by U boats last week, raising total ship losses to 618 since December 7.
Washington November 9 An Erie officer urged using Mindanao in the Philippines as a base to retake the islands and strike Japan with paratroopers and Moro allies. Capt Edward Kraus of Erie Pa said a large Japanese defense force could be airlifted to seize an airfield on Lake Lanao if the island fell to invaders.
Allied air forces blasted targets in Occupied France with American Flying Fortresses striking Lille locomotive yards and Abbeville airfields while fighting through German swarms. A joint communique says American losses included several planes. RAF crews then bombed Genoa Italy in what officials call the war’s heaviest raid on the city and harbor.
American forces on Guadalcanal push eastward with limited Japanese resistance as motor torpedo boats sink a destroyer or two near the island. An aerial strike on a cruiser and ten destroyers causes heavy damage to one destroyer. Ground forces advance four miles east of Telli Point. In New Guinea, MacArthur’s troops counter Japanese advances toward Buna with no major changes reported.
The House refused to go on record supporting a Senate plan to delay married draftees by one year for training before combat. The bill faces likely Roosevelt veto and would delay 200,000 married men from service until next spring due to the education requirement amid military opposition.
Twelve Corry boys were accepted for final examinations at Erie on Friday as part of preparations for induction into the armed forces. Names listed include Lawrence C Nichols Ralph Chiricuzlo George Mennor Alfred Long Lawrence Marton Jr Jack Proper Merle C Williams Glenn Brine Willem Robert Reynolds Sismund Steve Gronostar Eland M Harvey and Albert J Vii Olde. Local Board Division officials were to report on Saturday examining.
An Anidgeé woman, Kashayn Ka daish, 67, was found slain in a barn at her Rush township home. A short-handed axe lay near her body. Her husband, Joseph, 72, was found severely wounded with a throat wound and was hospitalized. Betty Pedo, 12, granddaughter, had minor injuries and was treated. State police investigated at Rockview barracks.
Associated Press reports German forces stalled their advance toward the Georgian military highway over the Caucasus mountains. Russian counterattacks near Nal chik smashed to hold progress, while Stalingrad fighting remained limited to artillery duels. An earlier communique claimed German gains near the city. Berlin sources later speculated Admiral Darlan and General Juin may have been captured in North Africa.
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler assuring Nazis in Munich on the Munich putsch anniversary that Germany will defend and counterattack American forces in North Africa. He downplays Allied advances in Egypt as minor and says the final blow will come at the proper time, pledging he will not abandon the country. He criticizes Roosevelt and promises thorough counterblows.
Allied forces strike French North Africa with light US losses and heavy landings. Algiers falls along with Safi and Oran encircled as 1,000 miles of African coast come under Allied control. Eisenhower announces Algiers capitulation as Axis defenses crumble.
Bulletin reports two US troop transports attacked near Algiers by German dive bombers while Vichy ports in US hands await custody. Bombing and landings fuel North Africa operations as British advances pursue retreating Axis toward Libya. General Giraud’s revolt rumors surface as French forces weigh joining a North African cleanup drive.
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