29 Nov 1943
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1943
Page
1
An OCR fragment reports a compact note about ore processing, mentioning a sound event and a sulfur-related term. Readable details are limited, but the item appears to be a brief industrial or mining reference with emphasis on ore and sulfur.
Fragmentary OCR text shows police reference and an event in progress or under inquiry. Readable details are limited. the fragment preserves a mention of law enforcement involvement and an unspecified incident context.
A brief note describes an unnamed driver named Tuvelint Hawsatt and a damaged car in an unclear incident. The text provides no date location or outcome.
A garbled OCR segment mentions a theft incident, an arrest of Charles, a university guard, and various civic and YMCA notes. It references hospital, battalion, and ministerial roles with unclear dates and places.
Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate Finance Committee that the wartime budget requires about $10.5 billion in new taxes, warning inflation threats from a large surplus and urging no cuts to spending that would hinder victory. The plan would lift annual revenue to roughly $43.5 billion with the House measure adding to current levies.
Two masked robbers robbed the General Baking Company at about 7 a.m. yesterday, binding the watchman and forcing alarms to be ignored. They took $11,000 from the safe and cashier, then fled in a company truck, abandoning it blocks away.
Ira Henry sustained a knife wound and Wade Henry was jailed after a quarrel over a rabbit hunting trip near Youngsville escalated into stabbing at a home on Seventh Street. Ira lay at Gorry Hospital with a deep back wound. Wade Henry was arrested at the Phoenix Hotel bar. Both men recently arrived from Youngsville and work for Bissell Company.
The nation launched fourteen ships Sunday including nine fighting ships and five cargo vessels. A triple launching occurred at San Fedo for destroyer Excor and others. submarine Cable christened at Groton. air craft carrier Nelenta Bay launched at Vancouver. Blue and Admiral Benton launches at Staten Island and Alameda respectively. Additional ships were launched at Newark and other sites across the country.
Associated Press reports the January draft may call about 300000 men, far above War Department estimates. Officials cite prewar father registrations and board delays as causes, with Congress pressuring White House and media for clearer manpower data and faster induction.
Lieut Guy Abbey reports that enlistments for Company A in the Fifth Pennsylvania Home Guard are near complete with only ten men needed. Officers will be at the Armory tonight and two extra days are allowed to secure the quota. Final report to head-quarters expected tomorrow, after which the unit will hold its first drill.
Yugoslav guerrillas push 25 miles inland from Metkovic in Hercegovina and repulse German attacks, while Tito headquarters report continued operations. In Bern a Swiss paper notes 100 former French deputies commend Petain for democracy efforts. In Chungking reports say Japanese attempts to seize Changteh and Changshu gateway city were beaten back with disorderly retreat.
Washington November 29 Republicans push proxy voting by service members for next year’s general election. Democrats charge a smoke screen to undermine the centert frees ballot bill as the Senate resumes consideration. Republicans form an almost solid phle 1 Anx behind a substitute by Senator Dunham (R-Cons.) to permit service personnel to designate a proxy to cast ballots for federal offices.
Authorities denied rumors of a shooting at Cameron Ida Inn on South Center Street. Police reported no facts to support the claim, stating there had been no incident, quarrel, or brawl among patrons during the weekend.
In the Southwest Pacific a Liberator heavy bomber strikes a Japanese cruiser at the St George Channel near New Britain and New Ireland. MacArthur notes the cruiser as medium class and the action adds to November’s tally of warship losses in the Northern Solomons. Adm. Halsey reports over 1 000 Japanese killed at Bougainville.
Dr M M Odom said the son of a Tulane professor confessed to strangling 17 year old Jean Lewis in a New Orleans area automobile. Irvin MacCaffertyn Cutlins, 20, identified by the coroner, is held for questioning in Jefferson parish jail Gretna as authorities continue the investigation.
A two-vehicle collision on a Cory county road sent five passengers to Union City hospital. two were removed and one remained in critical condition. The Miller car, traveling at high speed, struck a truck driven by Howard Dernhoefer of Erie, causing extensive damage to both vehicles. Local officers investigated the crash and witnesses aided the injured before EMS arrived.
Two real estate men Dawid Finke and Ramuel Clokey were shot dead at a Philadelphia real estate office. Within minutes two YMCA workers Miss Moe Chappell and Mrs Nora Harley were killed by a gunman who later killed himself. Police linked the gunman to the four killings and named Herbert Silver as a possible witness. A telephone call described as hearing a plea followed by more shots reported by Silver. The War Department also released a list of 419 American POWs in Germany, with none from the northwest counties.
London February 29 Associated Prag reports that Allied forces intensified offensives on three fronts against Hitler’s regime. The dispatch notes a possible set of dramatic war developments, including accelerated Allied movements from British bases, a Soviet push into White Russia, and potential high-level talks among Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin.
The report outlines extending the Pittsburgh to Buffalo segment to provide direct air service from Canada to Washington and on to Pittsburgh and beyond to Buffalo, New Delhi, and South American routes, subject to Aeronautics Board approval.
Reported Allied air raids continue against targets in western Germany and Belgium as part of the widened campaign. British and American forces claim hits on airfields and depots with no noted losses in freight flights, while German retaliations are described as limited.
Maj. Gen. Dawson Olmstead of Corry received the Distinguished Service Medal for meritorious service in high responsibility posts. The citation notes his duties as Commanding Officer at Port Monmouth and Chief Signal Officer, highlighting exceptional conduct and distinguished service.
Allied forces push along the Sangro near Archi as British and New Zealand troops of the Eighth Army drive a fresh bridgehead and press toward the German lines. The advance includes heavy bombardment and prisoner captures amid fierce counterattacks, with American and Italian sectors reporting progress elsewhere along the Adriatic front.
Secretary Ickes urged miners and operators to speed wage contract talks as government custody ends in 198 bituminous pits. He called for national unity to restore harmony and noted the release of 48 additional mines while avoiding strikes since October 26. John L. Lewis faced southern operator resistance to portal-to-portal talks.
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