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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1942
Page
1
A fragmentary price list from a historical issue shows per unit costs with odd codes and cents like 25c 31c and 69c scattered among a mix of items. The legible bits hint at consumer goods in a small town market, reflecting typical mid century pricing and catalog notation.
A House committee report urges consolidating War Production Board, Selective Service, War Manpower, and Office of Price Administration into a new War Mobilisation Office commanded by a policy board. It warns current agencies create confusion and risk war readiness as demand for a national service act grows. The plan envisions three offices: War Supply, War Manpower, and Economic Stabilization, with personnel retained initially. The panel stresses immediate action and occupational deferments to organize manpower for victory.
Reuters dispatch from the Italian frontier reports Alpini troops mutinying near Goriza. Ringleaders were shot by fascist police and troops were embarked forcibly without arms. Albanian maintainers proclaimed an independent Albania and are fighting Italians on their frontier.
German dive bombers and fighters renewed a full-scale offensive on Stalingrad as snowstorms cleared, while Soviet HQ reported lines held for 36 hours. Berlin said only a small portion of the city remained in Soviet hands, with destruction and stubborn street fighting continuing in northern districts and around the gin factory red barricade. Supplies and reinforcements reached defenders, and German long-range guns pounded the Volga crossings to disrupt traffic.
Floyd Shawley, 25, a Carnegie Army deserter from Ligonier, eluded military police near Ligonier two days of a day long search. Shawley, who vowed to shoot it out with pursuers, hid in barns and woods while capt. W. W. Carroll reported he avoided capture and warned authorities he would fire if tackled.
The U.S. Navy air force from Teeland reportedly bombed a U-boat with a Catalina Flying Boat. Hours later the submarine’s crew of five abandoned the sinking vessel and boarded an ice-tunk fishing cat, then were captured by an All Med destroyer Inter.
London dispatch argues Hitler’s collapse hinges on Allied air power. Boost in British and American air strength could cripple German defenses, industries, and communications, allowing Red Army advances. The piece notes German forces are battered, air fleets weakened, and Soviet manpower rising, with decisive action hoped within a shorter time.
Tonight at 7 30 o clock the air raid wardens auxiliary police and Civilian Defense units will meet at the Senior High School to report canvass results on signing wage earners to ten percent bond purchases and plan new wardens classes for the coming period
The Board of Health ordered two badly dilapidated frame houses at 108 Brook Street and 428 Concord Street demolished to remove insanitary conditions. Occupants of the Hern Pfister and Dell Kinney families were warned to vacate. thirty days will be allowed for action before condemnation proceedings proceed.
Four Lehigh Valley passenger coaches derailed seven miles east of Sayre Pennsylvania injuring one person and blocking traffic for hours. Rose Averino of New York suffered a neck injury but recovery expected. Eastbound rail broken unknown cause. eastbound track tipped for hundreds of feet. Westbound train halted. limited damage on westbound track.
City Council moves to recheck property valuations with late-week meetings to review revised assessments. City Engineer Don P. Williams has finished assessment records and council members will examine variations for final revision, with many changes anticipated. Councilman J. Fred Kinney has spent substantial time on the process.
City officials debate the $400,000 occupational tax amid wide delinquency. Solicitor Walter H. Scall weighs legal opinions on methods to compel payment as Safety Director J. Pred Kinley urges steps to eliminate the levy if enforcement fails. Continued on Page Three.
News Chronicle dispatch from Ankara reports Albanian mountaineers proclaim independence and engage falian forces on three mountain fronts. Also, Australian troops clash with Tapianese forces while HM Minister Evatt closes a diplomatic matter. Admiral Standley has arrived in Washington with a report on the Russian situation, awaiting a meeting with UK leaders. Bombers and RAF planes carry out Mediterranean and North Africa strikes, sinking Axis ships and damaging facilities. War Production Board sets up a Pittsburg office to accelerate iron reallocations under priority orders.
Congress finished ten months of work on a large wartime tax bill and sent it to President Roosevelt for his anticipated approval. The Senate completed the measure with a conference report that had already cleared the Senate by a 130 to 2 vote.
Supposed dispatches from Ankara claim US forces in Syria are being sent to Persia and Russia. The reports allege Americans were trained in special camps for modern warfare and imply coordination with Soviet forces in the Caucasus, but the sources are unconfirmed.
The city council approved early readings of a bill to delegate permit authority for construction alterations and sewer work to the city engineer and staff, eliminating council approval and bond requirements for non hazardous projects. Three permits were approved: a frame warehouse on Fulton Street, a sidewalk use for Root's Furniture, and a small frame shed on East Columbus Avenue. A second item notes New York’s first meatless Tuesday with Mayor DeGuardia urging restaurants and households to serve meals without beef, mutton, lamb, or pork.
A Union City inquest found that a teenager died from injuries after a car driven by Frank Gehrlein lost control near Union City. The victim Richard Roberts Meta, 17, died en route to Erie hospital from a crushed chest and internal hemorrhages. Gehrlein faced manslaughter charges as the coroner's jury and officials heard testimony.
Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, said retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers will have normal inventories of finished consumer goods placed under strict control soon. An order limiting each to normal inventories is being drafted and will be issued shortly, advancing beyond earlier reports that only sales and inventory reporting would be required. The WPB will move directly to formal control and enforcement of normal inventories.
London reports a British tally of sunk or damaged Axis submarines since the war began, noting over 630 U boats sunk or damaged in total. A V Alexander asserts US and UK shipbuilding progress bolster confidence in final victory at sea, while stressing continued need for sea control and full programs completion.
Stockholm dispatch reports the German ferry Deutschland torpedoed unknown time, with about 20 wounded and four soldiers killed. The vessel, carrying 1000 troops from Sasnaby to Trelleborg, avoided sinking and reached a harbor as bad weather forced a retreat toward Norway. many aboard were said to have jumped or fallen overboard in the explosion and sinking alarm.
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