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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1942
Page
1
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AP dispatch describes Allied air and sea actions in the Solomons around Guadalcanal including air bombardments on western Guadacanal and Rekata Bay. It notes Japanese assaults repelled, ships bombed, and prisoners taken as MacArthur's forces push in New Guinea, with a graphic account of wartime brutality and a separate note on Lepke Buchalter's execution in Albany.
Grand jury returns true bills on tipsy driving and other offenses at Erie during November term. Howard L. Barber of Meadville and Irx Drake of Union City charged with operating motor vehicles under the influence. Doc Finney, Erie negro, indicted for slaying Clarence Bradley in August. Bradley fatally shot during a quarrel. Peterson and Huss face lesser counts including supplying liquor to minors and assault. The session also examined incidents near West Washington Street and the State Fish Hatchery area.
President Roosevelt refused to comment on Allied claims of U S troop deployments in Liberia and on the Solomon Islands. He said disclosure could aid the enemy and preferred withholding any statement. The press conference touched on race troops in the African republic and possible Allied dispositions.
Washington reports urge a single unified fighting force joining Army Navy and Marine Corps under one commander. Proposals include a congressional high command for wartime mobilization and a sweeping federal reorganization via an economic general staff, amid war-time urgency and resistance over red tape and duplication of effort.
President Roosevelt told a press conference that no final decision has been made on national service registration for women. He noted that compulsory registration was under consideration but would not bar women from choosing where to work or be sent, instead aiming to match workers with war industry needs.
Pittsburgh authorities report a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck and killed two schoolgirls and injured another at the South Eleventh Street crossing on the South Side. The dead are identified as Isabel Hoffinals, 15, and Rita Probala, 14, who were en route to South High School. A sibling of one victim, Hofman Towbel, 13, was injured.
Associated Frese reports that rail and coast radio links failed in the San Francisco area and Sacramento, with San Francisco stations going silent at 10:43 A.M. local time and Sacramento stations shutting down five minutes later, cutting communications along the West Coast.
Berlin dispatch says Soviet high command readies a winter strike to breach the Vitebsk Smolensk line about 974 miles west of Moscow. Reports claim armies will move from Rzhev toward Velikie Luki and Vyazma to encircle and reach the Dina river, with a second group aimed toward Smolensk to join forces.
Mayor Health Officer Jon D Flanigan reports a surge of contagious disease cases including measles and mumps with several also of chickenpox in the city. Quarantines are in place at Fairview district with multiple families listed as exposed. officials urge parents to keep children home and seek care to prevent further spread.
James Nevis, a veteran Raymond Manufacturing Company employee, narrowly escaped serious flam a in a gas explosion in the heat treat department this morning. He suffered burns on the right arm and received treatment at Corry hospital. An accumulation of gas in an oven caused the blast with little damage reported.
An early report states at least 27 people died and many injured when a tornado leveled much of Berryville Arkansas late last night. Fires started immediately, hindering rescue efforts as doctors, nursing staff, and supplies struggled to reach the stricken town.
Olin W. Brecken, chairman, told morning meeting that committees in charge of the Coty War Fund canvass aim to complete solicitations today and tomorrow. The drive has lagged in the business district and among factory workers, but most plants reported exceeding their quotas and total raised reached 10,556 while awaiting reports from other units and solicited individuals. Committees are urged to finish by week end, with a report due at Monday night’s meeting.
Bulletin from BERLIN claims U boats in the North Atlantic attacked Allied convoy routes to Britain sinking nine ships totaling 68 500 tons the report lacks Allied confirmation. In Washington DC Navy says American troops on Guadalcanal destroyed 12 Japanese light tanks in a week and torpedo boats scored a hit on a Japanese destroyer reinforcing enemy troops. In Cairo Army Air Forces pilots shot down two Japanese fighters in five days with some own losses reported. In West Pittston Pennsylvania heavy surface subsidence damaged about twenty homes on three streets from Sullivan Trail Coal workings. sidewalks curbing foundations and framing were affected though gas and water lines remained intact.
Red Army headquarters claim Tanks pushed into Stalingrad northside factory district and halted a German assault. They report 1,500 Nazis killed and 16 tanks destroyed as Soviet tanks countered near the Volga Don corridor. In the Caucasus, Germans launch a major attack on Nalchik area. Soviets claim limited success and German retreat in other sectors near Tuapse.
Corry youths ordered to report for final exams and induced armed forces service on November 1. Union City Board No 8 calls forty nine men for two days with most reporting November 6. New furlough rules cut return time to one week for those passing exams and inducted after November 1. Names Corry boys slated to report at Erie on November 6 include Johnson, Vanise, Myers, Nichols, Ghivewsia, Brands Menor, Guord, Geex, Howlett, Chiricuzio, Williams, Fro man, McCreery, Whaley, Morton, Proper, Williams, Swanson, Apthorp, Gronostar, Harvey, and others. Continued on Page Four.
Washington Oct 30 leaders demand deep cuts in federal civilian spending as Congress readies January budget. McKellar acting chair plans early meetings with department chiefs to prune nonessential items before budget submission. Economy-minded senators seek substantial savings by trimming items prior to formal budget.
American troops reportedly established bases in Liberia on the West African coast as Allied advances and a potential squeeze against Axis forces in North Africa emerged. British forces pressed along the Alamein line near Alexandria, with reports of renewed attempts to land behind Allied lines and heavy losses in counterattacks.
Philadelphia October 30 The body of Mrs. J. Hall Stackpole 43 formerly of St Marys is found on the street after leaping from a fifteenth floor window of the Hotel Warwick where she was visiting her mother Mrs. Joseph H Reilly. Identified by police as Mek Walburs the accident follows her divorce from J. Ball Stackpole.
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