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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1941
Page
1
A compact price table shows multiple items with 25 27 23 129 and 29 percent, attributed to KRY As and VICE. The fragment hints at stock or commodity quotes, but lacks full items, dates, or contexts for exact interpretation.
British dispatches warn Finns army ready as Germany launches new drives on Moscow Leningrad and southern Ukraine. Soviet defense reports claim scaling back German advances while Hitler’s forces press east and Crimean attacks continue. Eden hints Britain taking action against Finland Romania and Fortress areas with limited details.
A CBS broadcast heard in New York reports British officials say supplies are arriving in the Persian Gulf region. The Russian- and Allied-led movement aims to deploy transport and mobilize forces to support the war effort amid shifting Allied routes. Dispatch notes shipments reaching Abbas, Bushire, and Bandar Shahpur with Allied powers including America Britain India and Australia coordinating.
TOKYO Nov 19 One Rustin soldier was killed and two captured in a clash along the Manchukuo frontier when a Soviet detachment crossed into Japanese held territory near Sanday Shoal. The Domei agency said Soviet troops were probing the area, with two rammed and one shot dead.
The weekly steel industry review notes ongoing strikes hit civilian steel users as coal shortages strain operations. Observers see production declines of about 700000 tons, impacting civilian consumers into 1920, with bottlenecks at Pittsburgh area plants and U S Steel operations.
President Roosevelt urges steel firms and United Mine Workers leaders to keep a closed shop or submit the issue to arbitration as strikes threaten national defense production. He sends identical letters to Lewis Fairless Grace PaneI stressing the common good and a prompt decision. Also reports U.S. envoy Steinhardt and Sir Walter Monckton arriving en route to Cairo.
Canon B C Reneau reports strong Red Cross Roll Call progress in WL with half the canvass complete. He urges residential district workers to speed up and close subscriptions this year to meet the 41200 goal amid heightened demand due to the international situation.
The National Bank of Cory and Citizens Bank disclose 1942 Christmas club distributions totaling about 9 to 25 thousand dollars with about a hundred subscribers to receive checks before December 10. A tax and employment upturn boosts bank earnings, signaling stronger Christmas business, following 1929 peak levels.
In Vichy after three days of conferences between Marshal Petain and General Weygand, persistent rumors say Weygand will leave his post as pro consul for the Petain government in North Africa. U S Ambassador Leahy met Petain. officials would not confirm or deny any curtailment of Weygand authority pending an official announcement.
November 19 Tokyo government faces calls to stop geisha parties as espionage and moral concerns arise. Finance Minister Kaya pledges not to attend or hire geisha for official entertainments, while noting the practice persists at private dinners and native-style meals.
The All Way Eloyic Company leads installation work on new holiday lights set to debut by Thanksgiving night, earlier than previous years. A large Christmas wreath will be erected at intervals along streets, with prizes up for a lame lighting contest run by the Golden Rue Club, though regulatory changes limit direct contest involvement. Merchants plan earlier stock arrangements as the Christmas trade period approaches after the Thanksgiving holiday.
Frank J. Dornish 69 president of Elk Gandy Company of St Marys died in a head on collision of his car and a truck one mile east of Driftwood Cameron county. He was en route to St Marys when the accident occurred and had worked with the company over 40 years. He is survived by a daughter and five sons. A second item notes an 11 week plumbers strike halting a 10 million dollar drydock project at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Rome reports raids on Naples and Brindisi last night with little damage and no casualties after a second straight attack on Naples. The Italian high command says two British planes were shot down over Cyrenaica and a third with 18 crew was captured, forced down in Axis territory.
Harrisburg Nov 19 Governor James directed Commissioner Lynn G Adams to deploy the state police in the captive mine coal strike only upon a written request from the peace officer in charge of the community.
East Asia dispatch reports Eden cautions Japanese forces against targeting the Burma Road. Communication stresses strategic supply routes and the risk of provoking allied retaliation as tensions rise in the theater.
Senator Pepper declares the Japanese must face consequences for aggression and warns against any peace built on blood. He cites China and the Pacific, urging firm U S measures after talks with Roosevelt and Hull. Senator Wheeler counters, saying no reason for a split US action with Japan.
HArrisburg Nov 1 The National Associated General Contractors says 45 million men will be put out of work by lack of metal as non defense construction cuts deepen Foreman says production 66 million tons yearly with 38 million for defense leaving 28 million for other uses He questions the curtailment and cites 1940 needs for steel. A narrowly escaped death report follows.
Acquittals follow a fatal crash involving Norbert A. Szkotnieel and others, with witnesses citing vehicle overturn near Eve 41 R. Anderson. The Anderson and Nam Jewell were among those injured. Benny McNplie and another were treated at Pyeville hospital for minor injuries and released.
Russian Ambassador Litvinov faced an incident in which British officials apologised after his plane was diverted and an escort, amid a storm, departed without clear arrangements. Litvinov, unsettled then calmer, boarded a British plane with his wife as the scene drew comment from the British minister Sir R. William Ballard.
In Van Nuys California a freight train stopped inside a 7,000 foot tunnel killing or asphyxiating crew members. Smoke and toxic coal gas hindered rescue attempts for hours while wind machines from movie studios were used to clear the air.
Washington reports an authoritative source says President Roosevelt will likely withhold executive action in the captive coal mine dispute if the situation remains quiet after Friday’s convention in Holyent. Despite sympathy strikes expanding in commercial mines and some violence, the government stands ready as 50 000 troops are held in readiness to take over if needed.
Assumatra Presy reports on a chaotic convention of the Congress of what appears to be a fictional body. The piece notes Murray pairing with an ally and endorsing a CIO slogan while hinting at national emergency talk. The prose is garbled and reads as a wartime or political parody fragment with unclear dates or places.
News from Tokyo reports a tram collision near Arakawa river claiming twenty lives with many injured. An earthquake affected Shikoku districts causing gas leaks and structural damage.
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