20 Oct 1943
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1943
Page
1
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Allied reports from October allege Mitchell bombers struck Rabaul and surrounding targets, sinking two Japanese warships and destroying about 60 planes. Further blasts hit Cape Hoskins, Midway, and Cape Couesing fields as troops move on New Britain. 24 enemy planes shot down, three Mitchells lost.
National Labor Relations Board reports Ajax Tor works election on October 25 to decide representation. Independent Iron Workers withdraw from the race, simplifying the vote to whether Ajax Lodge 1738 S A of M should represent Ajax employees.
Williams, chairman, expects waste paper drive to complete in one day with Friday cleanup if needed on Saturday. Residents urged to bundle paper and place at curb, with trucks arranged to cover sections of the city. Bennoy High School offers help in preparing and delivering bundles to the curb.
Birmingham district UMW units called a mass meeting to clarify the nationwide strike. The week-long walkout, unauthorized by the union, halted production in several Alabama coal mines, shut seven furnaces, and threatened industrial and domestic supplies. Thousands of workers faced job disruption as talks sought to end the stoppage.
A Pennsylvania Railroad steam freight wreck near Martic Forge Lancaster leaves Engineer L. M. Shaffer of Philadelphia dead and two fireman and brakeman slightly injured. Injured are FF Peterson of Hoboken and W. Bonsen of Harrisburg. Six cars derailed, 450 yards of track damaged. service to resume by evening.
United Kingdom and Soviet foreign ministers Hull and Molotov, along with British Foreign Secretary Eden, opened a series of daily conversations in Moscow. The initial two hour and eighteen minute session covered wartime and postwar topics with no public agenda. Officials said no schedule was prepared, and further meetings will address many issues before leaders meet, possibly with Churchill and Roosevelt later this year.
Local station operators say they do not believe counterfeit gas coupons have appeared in Corry. They note reports of suspicious A type stamps circulated, with 85 cent coupons selling for 10 to 15 cents. The scheme allegedly involved car owners in war plants using surplus work coupons, reducing gas allotments for others.
Amid chaotic wartime reports the Red Army drives 70 miles west of the Dnieper, severing German escape routes from Pyatikhatky and threatening khaki pockets along the Crimea. Moscow communiques claim major rail junctions cut, and massive German losses reported with hundreds of officers captured. In Corry, Pennsylvania, Lieut. Guy Abbey announces creation of a new Company A of the Pennsylvania Guard to defend the home front, recruiting 73 to 75 men with a captain and two lieutenants as Pittsburgh hosts an officer conference on November 5 to formalize the unit.
Associated Press reports homicide detectives identified the body pulled from the Allegheny River as Arthur J. Miller, 43, who had been missing about three weeks. Miller, an employee of the Pressed Steel Gas Company, was separated from his wife for two years and last seen Oct 3 en route to visit relatives in Saxonburg Buller county.
C F Bliss leads community activity for the film This Is The Army to be shown at Rex Mhedter starting November 1. Proceeds go 100 percent to the Army Relief Fund. William Livengood designates Bliss as Corry chairman to organize ticket sales and a local committee for the three day showing at the Corry theater.
Sharon Pa October 20 Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon for Joseph L Haberts who served as postmaster from 1910 for 16 years. He died Monday.
Nassau Bahamas report on the ongoing cross examination in a high profile smiting case involving Sir Harry Oakes. The defense questions key witnesses about the murder of a 68 year old baronet while details unfold of the charges and courtroom exchanges. The file notes Christie’s testimony and references to Mrs Kelly and other Oakville figures amid tense proceedings.
London reports German press agency contradicts Paris papers on Edouard Herriot death rumors. A Paris source suggested transfer for nervous illness, while earlier Roland and Herriot had repeatedly been listed as dead in various places. In Beverly Hills, Ben Bernie dies after long illness. family present.
Mixed dispatches report military and political developments: U S Congress debate over Chinese immigration and citizenship, Gestapo claims of actions against Norwegians, Allied raids off the Dalmatian coast, and Viscount Wavell sworn in as viceroy of India.
Harrisburg Oct 20 Governor Martin sternly warned liquor store clerks and state employees about discourtesies. He directed the Liquor Control Board to enforce courtesy rules and said any discourtesy in the administration will not be tolerated.
Jamestown local of the United Mine Workers telegraphed President Roosevelt urging intervention to reopen the coal mine cage to avoid a delicate situation if the War Labor Board does not sanction the agreement. The appeal was sent from Johnstown, Pa., on October 20.
A chaotic World War II dispatch reports the American Fifth Army pressing a German retreat along a line from Venafro to Capua, with British forces advancing toward Petacciato and Liberator positions. Villages were destroyed as the Axis lines retreated, leaving desolation along the Adriatic coast and heavy rail damage near Ajwoni and Posed.
Yugoslav forces smashed a German sea borne landing attempt along the Dalmatian coast between Split and Dubrovnik. A Balkans communique said British craft bombarded German shore batteries near Mljet and Dubrovnik while partisan units seized territory in Herzegovina and Bosnia as fighting spread along the coast.
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