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Corry Evening Journal

Location

Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1942

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SIX JOIN IN NEW AGREEMENTS FOR FULL WAR AID

The United States Great Britain Australia New Zealand and Free French signed reciprocal aid pacts on the third anniversary of France and Britain declaring war on Germany. The agreements formalize mutual assistance to support armed forces with equipment munitions and services while minimizing cash payments and ensuring efficient use of war resources across signatories.

Associated Press Washington United States Great Britain Australia New Zealand France Germany Tne State Department

Ickes Presses Single Wartime Oil Regulator Plan

Washington Sept 8 pressures mounted for creating a single wartime oil administrator to end overlapping authority. Harold Ickes, then Petroleum Coordinator and interior secretary, faced industry opposition as he sought centralized control, while disputes with the Office of Price Administration fueled tensions at the White House.

Associated Washington White House Harold J. Iekes Ickes Office of Price Administration Leon Hendersn Tekes

Council Plans Tax Appeal Court And Ward Revision Dates

The city schedules first ward tax appeal hearings on September 2 and 5 as part of a sweeping triennial reassessment. Assessors Frank Heath Elton Simmons and Don D Williams head the revision work. A council meeting on September 6 may set dates for Third and Fourth Ward appeals and enforce the revised traffic and parking ordinance.

Frank ©. Heath Elton Simmons Don D. Williams Yil Cory

Steelvendor sinks in Lake Superior near Manitou

The freighter Steelvendor, 250 feet long and built in 1929, foundered about 15 miles east of Manitou in Lake Superior. An SOS was received at 12:40 p.m. local time and the ship sank about 30 minutes later. 24 of 25 crew members were rescued by the Charles M. Schwab and William G. Clyde. one crewman, John Secon, from Chicago, is missing. The ship was en route from Duluth to Waukegan with 3,000 tons of steel billets when heavy seas caused a severe list and flooding. The cause remains undetermined.

Associated Press Cleveland American Steel & Wire Company Steelvendor Manitou Lake Superior Cleveland District Coast Guard Coast Guard Charles M. Schwab Pickands, Mather and Company William G. Clyde Pittsburgh Steamship Company American Steel and Wire Jonly John See Con F Oller Chicago Steelyendorses Duluth Minn Waukegan U. S. Steel Corp

Axis U boats destroyed praised in war anniversity remarks

The Associated Arm report from London notes September through August as the most successful months of the war for destroying Axis submarines. A. V. Alexander, first lord of the admiralty, told a war anniversary gathering that the effort is encouraging but must improve further.

Associated Arm London A.V. Alexander The Admiralty Alexander

Roosevelt Appeals to Youths of All Nations

President Roosevelt told young people worldwide that German nazis Italian fascists and Japanese militarists offer only death while the United Nations is the cause of youth He spoke to the International Student Assembly in Washington noting Axis nations will jam broadcasts and urging youth to embrace freedom justice and decency He denounced Nazi youth indoctrination as a diet of false facts distortions and prohibitions backed by Gestapo force

Associated Press Washington Roosevelt United Nations Axis Gestapo

Australian Forces Continue Mop Up At Milne Bay

Allied planes bombed and strafed Japanese troops in Kokoda and Milne Bay areas as ground forces rested. Milne Bay operations at the south eastern tip of New Guinea were summarized with Australians rounding up isolated enemy detachments. Lae and Buka raids supported by land-based American bombers targeted airfields while fighters hit Japanese positions. Treasury report shows Sept 1 receipts and expenditures with total debt at $98,306,572,56.

Associated Press MacArthur Australia Kokoda Lee Commounique Milne Bay New Guinea Salamaua Port Moresby Pacific Bose Solomonus United States Lae Owen Stanley

Harrisburg Announces 46 Captains for Reserve Defense Corps

Bulletin from Harrisburg reports the governor's office appointing 46 captains to the Pennsylvania Reserve Defense Corps Auxiliary. Additional items note petroleum coordination and rail tank car requisitions, Berlin radio coverage on prisoners, Vichy claims near Stalingrad, and Franco replacing Serrano Suner with Gomez.

Harrisburg Govermm Pennsylvania Reserve Defense Corps Auxiliary

Ask Another Huge Increase In War Taxes Plan

Treasury Secretary Morgenthau urged the Senate finance committee to authorize a further 6.5 billion dollars in individual taxes beyond the House bill, plus 4.5 billion in postwar rebates. The program would lift annual tax collections to about 30.5 billion and total taxes raised beyond current levels to roughly 14 billion dollars, draining more national income.

Eas Washington Treasuy Morgenthau Senate Finance Committee House Suth Treasury

Grand Jury to Probe Spy Ring Centered in Pennsylvania

The federal grand jury in Philadelphia will investigate an alleged nation wide spy ring centered in eastern Pennsylvania with potential national and international ramifications. The inquiry aims to examine FBI data on the ring tied to Italy, Germany, and Japan, with plans for sabotage and efforts to influence defense workers. The group reportedly sent war information to Germany and Japan and operated from a Philadelphia headquarters.

Pennsylvania Associated Press Philadelphia Sept. J Easter U. S Gerald A. Gleeson Gleeson Federal Bureau For Investigation U.S

Beaverdam seniors to help with potato harvest

Beaverdam district plans next week to enlist 12 to 15 senior high boys to assist with the potato harvest on local farms. Students must secure parental consent and submit a report after the work. The program aligns with a national effort to ease farm labor shortages and is supported by the War Production Board and Pennsylvania Employment Service.

Ralph &, Dewey Moning Beaverdam Ely Dewey Sion Board Pennsylvania ‘Employment Service Finth Belt Dako Mre

Karlsruhe Heavily Bombed by Strong RAF Force

London reports a formidable RAF force marking Britain's war anniversary with heavy bombs on Karls ruhe upper Rhine rail workshops. Fires raged, smoke rose to 8000 feet, eight bombers believed shot down as German defenses repelled attacks in northern France and Midlands England. Karlsruhe, population 15000, suffered extensive damage with multiple raids since Sept. 17, 1941, sirens sounding along the coast and inland. Two German planes were shot down. another damaged near Enzland with casualties.

Associated Preay London RAF Britain Germany Rhineland Karlsrutie Rhine DNB Midlands England France Karlsruhe Saarbruecken Karls Mat Enelant

Willkie Greets Troops in Egyptian Desert

President candidate Willkie visits U S forces near Cairo, praising their work and urging greater home attention to the Mediterranean front. He tours army workshops with Maj. Gen. Maxwell and meets Prime Minister Nahas Pasha, stressing strategic importance of the theater. Ten arrested in Pennsylvania for stealing gasoline rationing books.

United States Cairo Sept Wendell L. Willie Willkie Tivesell Maxwell U.S. Ary Middle East Wilkie Egypt Chungking Moscow Mediterranean Western Weyn'dlon Nahas Pasha Philadelphta

Four Receive Final Citizenship Papers at Naturalization Court

A naturalization ceremony in Warren Wednesday granted citizenship papers to four residents. Federal officials attended, led by Judge Alison Wade. The class of thirty included several named individuals from Erie and Warren counties, with residents from Columbus Township and Spring Creek among the group.

Spring Creek Naturalization Court Warren Erie Alison Wade Warren County Bjuba Hari Helen Hempke Katherine Borsa Columbus Anna Wolosyen Spring Beebe

Randolph Pushes 26.9 Million Drill Plan for 18 Minerals

Representative Randolph of West Virginia urges Congress to approve a 26,885,000 program to drill for 18 critical and strategic minerals in 31 states as aid to the war effort. The measure seeks resources for exploration and development to bolster national supply during wartime.

FED Washington Randolph D-W. Va House

Japs Move to Attack in Siberia

On the China front Japanese invasion forces reportedly abandoned a key point in retreat as Chinese dispatches claim recapture of the Lupao highway and river center northwest of Anton. High Chinese officials say Japan will attack Siberia soon and tens of thousands of Japanese troops withdrawn from China are massing on the Manchukuo frontier.

Chiniese Lupau Anton Japan Siberia China Siberian Manchukuo

Indian Held in Assault Twice Jailed Before

An Indian man, Coran Williams, 49, of Russell Route 3, was jailed after an assault at a train station ticket office. Williams, who had appeared in court previously on two similar charges, could not post a 3000 bond set by Alderman Gordon. He attacked Allen M. Spencer, a clerk, striking him with a heavy telephone receiver before a colleague intervened. Williams, intoxicated and with no recollection, was escorted from the scene by officers and remains in custody. He has prior sentences in Ontario and Mayville for similar offenses. Police report Spencer sustained head injuries but is recovering.

Ob Veturney CoRon Williams Russell Ene Leon Brown Williams George H. Gordon Weis Spencer Brantford Ont Litre Valley

Stalin Grad Lines Lift Pressure at Stalingrad

German steamroller assaults pushed Red Army lines back on southern approaches to Stalingrad. Soviet reports claimed new wedge in defenses and heavy losses for Nazi forces, with 1200 Nazis killed in 24 hours. In Egypt, British counterattacks near El Alamein pressed Rommel’s forces as Axis attempts to reach the Nile stalled.

Roger D. Greene Associated Press Stalingrad Waa Waelunk Hiller Red Star Fedor von Boek Egypt Britain Alexandria Coun Irwin Hommel G. H Columans Siren Eas Rommel

Erie Sailor Killed in Action in Navy Telegram

Erie telegram confirms John William Bengel Machinist Mate first class United States Navy killed in action. The message, received by his mother Mrs Rose Bengel of 2852 Hazel Street, notes uncertainty over ship name and date, with officials stating details could not be divulged. Related notices include details of Gusky, a deputy collector, resigning from the Internal Revenue service and a bomber crash near Little Rock with multiple fatalities.

Erie John William, Bengel United States Navy Rose Bengel Hazel Street al Gusky Internal Revenue Randall Jacobs Dispatch Pepemis Sa Uhr Gusky

Steel firms accept Pittsburgh wage board ruling

Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation and four other U.S. steel subsidiaries announced their formal acceptance of War Labor Board directives. The measures grant a 5-cent hourly wage increase, maintain union membership, provide union checkoff, and guarantee a minimum daily wage for CIO United Steelworkers.

Pittsburgh Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation U. S. Steel War Labor Board CIO United Steel Workers

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