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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1942
Page
1
Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo resigns and is replaced by General Hideki Tojo. Tokyo radio reports Togo, once Berlin envoy, stepped down last December but kept the foreign portfolio, while Tojo consolidates leadership amid wartime pressure and shifts in policy.
The Gory School District will receive 16 AR 4L 64 as the regular semi annual state aid payment due this month. Harrisburg announced allocations for 4th Was, with Allegheny County receiving the largest single payment of 679,518. Erie County totals include 144 Aiy.st, with allocations to Erie jchanty districts and Mill broge Lormship.
Harrisburg reports the Public Utility Commission granted the highways department permission to alter two Erie railroad crossings on East 19th Street at the New York Central and East 10th Street tracks. The plan calls for widening East 19th Street to a four lane highway with concrete curbs and a five foot sidewalk on the south side, at an estimated cost of 5868 dollars.
Washington Sept 1 Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey ordered state selective service directors to direct calls toward boards with more single men or men with collateral dependents. Local boards must complete the initial classifications by October 16 and reconsider registrants in classes 9 A and 3 8 who have collateral dependents, with those dependents inducted ahead of those maintaining bona fide family homes.
Government officials reported rationing of fuel oil would be extended into parts of the Middle West under a plan approved by Chairman Nelson's special committee on fuel. United States troops have been ordered to stay off the streets of Belfast amid tension over threats from the outlawed Wish Republican Army. Pittsburgh begins an investigation of meat prices to determine if ceilings are being violated or wholesalers are upgrading meats. Increased minimum prices for bituminous coal range from 15 to 30 cents a ton, averaging 15.58 cents nationwide, effective October 1. Chinese forces storm toward Rinwa as Japanese reinforcements rush to halt Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's forces near one of the last air bases on the coast.
Chicago Sept 1 The War Production Board orders all distilleries to halt whisky gin and other spirits by November 1 Convert to War alcohol with a target of 76,000,000 gallons next year to supply synthetic rubber smokeless powder and other military civilian needs He cites five years of stored spirits totaling about 550 million gallons to tide over Sippers and outlines broad stockpile figures in the warehouse
Washington Sept 1 treasury representatives outlined a revolutionary proposal to tax money taxpayers spend to curb inflation. The plan would levy a graduated tax on personal expenditures not covered by income tax exemptions and credits, aiming to push up savings. Senator Vandenberg questioned its desirability, while Randolph Paul urged high income taxes with a spending tax to fill the gap. House committee chair George estimated annual yield at four to five billion dollars, but the plan could not apply to corporations and faced war-effort concerns.
Washington reports a government plan to ration all meat within four months, replacing free market sales with enforced quotas. Secretary Wickard says a conservation campaign will curb civilian red meat consumption to roughly the ten-year per capita average, while beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton and sausage face marketing quotas.
A Sunday explosion at the New Jersey Fulgent Company plant in Raritan Township Metuchen killed at least three workers and left others injured. Police reported multiple blasts at 9:50 a.m. followed by a large fire that responders contained. Two severely burned men were hospitalized in New Brunswick. identities included George Yerohat and John Horvath of Perth Amboy.
Police deny a dramatic arms and explosives dump near Belfast was to be used in attacks by the IRA on U S and British forces in Northern Ireland. Seventeen people questioned as raids uncapped a fortified arsenal five miles from the city. A mayoral hanging in Belfast intensified tensions.
Associated Press reports from London that the large Maras shipyards at Scederhamn on the eastern coast of Sweden were destroyed in a blaze described as one of the worst in years. The yard sits on the Gulf of Bothnia north of Stockholm and the fire allegedly raged for hours.
Corry a resident Frank B. Gilson aged 59 was found dead in a woodshed behind Mrs Myrtle Preno's home near East Branch shortly after noon Monday. Despondent over illness, a veteran of the Mexican border service, he had been staying with the Prenos. Coroner Ita Lowrey of Warren investigated the death, ruled as suicide following extended illness and recent hospital stay. He was a member of the First Baptist Church Aero Lodge 1808 and Local Painters Union. He is survived by a brother, two nieces, and a nephew with services planned at Brackens-Reting funeral home and Pine Grove cemetery.
Dispatches report Japanese troops opening a strong attack on the Kokoda sector near Port Moresby with heavy fighting as Australian vanguards regain positions. Milne Bay air and ground actions push back enemy forces while US and Australian bombers strike Lae and Buna. China notes Japan's decline, predicting more western Pacific land losses. A separate report says Clarence Bradley, 99, dies of gunshot wounds after an incident in Erie.
Corry Public Schools total enrollment reached about 1485 on opening day, up from 1369 a year ago. St Edward's parochial school added about 10 percent more students, with 180 enrolled. First grade led gains, and junior high and senior high classes show solid numbers as bus service and cafeterias operate.
Cairo dispatch reports 24 hours of intense combat in the western desert as German and Italian forces press the central and southern Alamein line near El Hemimal and the Quattara region. Allied New Zealand forces conducted a raid prior to a repulsed Italian thrust amid minefield activity.
Two men convicted of white slave operations between Pittsburgh Wheeling and Akron were sentenced to federal prison for violating the Mann act. Joseph A. Zullo of Pittsburgh received two years and Frank D. Evans of Cleveland was sentenced to 30 months. A separate order in Mercer, Pennsylvania, required two Pittsburgh milk dealers to pay 2500 to the district attorney for distribution to county farmers, after their conviction for false pretense in milk defrauding efforts.
Associaien Presa reports Adolf Hitler's invasion forces begin a fourth year of war with fresh reinforcements in the Soviet front at Stalingrad and Rommel pushing a major assault in North Africa. British HQ note heavy fighting at El Alamein while Rome claims 141,070 Axis troops ready for the push toward the canal.
Glenn Kine of Spartansburg was charged after an attempted assault on a West Washington woman. He pleaded not guilty and was held for grand jury action. He was jailed due to lack of bond while awaiting further proceedings.
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