08 Sep 1941
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1941
Page
1
The readable parts mention an issue with a work or project and several over deadlines. Names and places are mostly missing or garbled, but the item centers on a stalled or disputed task with unspecified numbers and no clear outcome. Further details are not legible.
Fragments show a terse wartime note likely from 1940s era speech. Readable terms include angkit and asidera soumd as possible place names or coded references. Most details unclear. core message appears to signal a distant conflict or alarm amid scarce context.
A fragment notes a street alley scene with a person named N connected to an owed item or division. The readable bits are sparse and unclear, but the reference implies a local matter involving street space, an indebtedness, and an individual.
Berlin bombed as RAF delivers heavy air raids across the European theater. The bombardment killed 27 Berlin residents and injured many as British air offensive concentrates on Berlin Boulogne Kiel and other targets. British reports say several planes were shot down and harbor facilities were hit along the east coast as air power intensifies in the war.
A chaotic damaged report notes voting changes and polling places in a county primaries election. It mentions mayoral actions, county commissioners adjusting polling site locations, and expected early vote tabulation. It also references nominations for local and state offices and heightened voter interest amid staffing and plan operations.
An American timber carrier delivering aid to Soviet Russia arrived in Vindivostok today, marking the third such tanker arrival. The broadcast, heard via Sydney, reported the milestone as part of Allied relief efforts.
Albany official announces a government proposed rise in milk prices for Corry and nearby producers. About 58,784 New York milkshed producers were sent referendum material on the amendment authorizing the 16 cent increase, with a decision expected this week.
The nation mourns as Mrs Saya Delsmo Roawyyell, mother of the President, dies at age 86 near her family home in New Jersey. Her death follows her advancing years and will be observed with a period of mourning and a presidential address.
Pive planes from Lawrence Air port of his city participated in the undervous of private pilots held yesterday at the Jamestown Mu Aetpal Airport with 20 light planes joining in. The rendezvous was supervised by Neil McGray and marked by one minor accident. Attendees from Corry included Harry Lamona, Matthew Stormes, Dick Green, Jack Stout, Dr. Hugh O’Hare, Chas Syeigle, Lawrence Thomas, Jack Lyons from Union City, and others. A parachute stunt by Fort Eline was featured as organizers consider forming a Civitan Air Corps Reserve for a national emergency.
In Barcelona Spain on September, Myron C. Taylor, President Roosevelt's envoy, and William D. Leahy, Ambassador to Vichy, with Alexander Werldell, Ambassador to Madrid, held discussions after Taylor's talks with the President. Mrs. Taylor accompanied him aboard air passage across the Atlantic.
London dispatch reports a German U boat captured in the Atlantic after an auriel attack forced it to surface. British warships reached the stern and took the submarine as prisoner while aircraft and guards kept watch overhead. Naval authorities noted no precise location and tied the capture to the Greer encounter without confirming specifics.
Three Brooklyn men Benjamin Somerstein 25 Louis Kaufman 33 and Frank Cutrone 25 face kidnapping charges after a fur hijacking spree in New Jersey Pennsylvania and New Jersey. They allegedly forced truck workers to stop and hand over two kidnapped Black men Maria Rocellini Paterson N J and Carl Cousin Coplay Pa. Other suspects Aaron Somerstein Henry Schwartz and Henry Morowitz also faced charges in related hijackings.
Officials at Aero Supply Manufacturing Company deny rumors of up to 150 workers being laid off during a shift change at the Fourth Ward plant. The plan is to operate two ten hour shifts instead of three eight hour shifts, with no extensive layoffs expected. Some temporary delays in materials have been reported at various plants as steel and other supplies are hard to obtain.
Defense officials forecast a sharp rise in American war aid abroad over the coming six months. Supplies, both material and cash, are flowing to Britain, China, Russia, the Netherlands East Indies, and Free French forces as production climbs. Aid to Poland and other allies continues via lease-lead programs, with shipments extending through Burma, Vladivostok, and Windsor Ontario as plans to support overseas action mature.
Tokyo editor Hanawa of the Diplomatic Review urged Japan to rely on no external power and to pursue its own interests. He warned against Japanese leaders siding with Axis or other allies and cautioned against misreading American isolationist sentiment as a split public opinion.
Health official Johnn y Kanigan reports 10 new infantile paralysis cases in city as quarantine begins for a polio patient John Westcatt Craker aged AB months. Doctors say danger of spread is minimized though the case has apparently passed quarantine.
State and city police logged a string of weekend accidents with no serious injuries. A load truck overturned near Waterford after colliding with a boulder, injuring no one and causing minor damage. In Union City area a Chevrolet truck and a Plymouth sedan collided on Route 6, with both vehicles damaged and one entering a driveway. Continued on Page Two.
Sept 3 a woman identified as Mamie Standard was found unconscious tied on a sidewalk near State Street and admitted to Hamot hospital at 8:37 am. Chief George J. Christoph and Coroner Dr W G Stroble opened an investigation. autopsy to determine cause of death. Police note she had reportedly been drinking and was found at 2:26 am.
Washington reports that US gas tax returns should remain stable. Ralph K. Davies, acting petroleum coordinator, said September gasoline sales should match last year, implying tax filings remain steady. He noted July sales rose 112 percent vs 1980, and September could exceed last year, but offered no firm forecast on potential rationing or urgency.
Fredericksville, Va Sept 8 Troops from the 28th Division were called up for field maneuvers to defend the national capital against an invading force of about 75,000. The division, roughly 16 000 officers and men, protected the left flank of the Second Army as war plans depicted equal imaginary forces threatening Washington.
A survey of rental housing in the city begins under the Office of Price Administration with staff under supervision of Carl A S Conn. The study will measure rent changes over the past year, tenancy shifts, new housing, and structural alterations, aiming to map available homes citywide within about three weeks. Results will be compiled in Washington by the WEA Division of Research.
The Board of Education will review readjustments addressing class openings and congestion at the Senior High. Virginia Loveland, a 1840 college graduate, will supervise relief efforts as the district reorganizes to ease overcrowding noted at the start of the term. Ralph S. Dewey cited Senior High as the main opening issue, with minor shifts in fifth grade at Washington School and some pupil reassignment to balance numbers.
DETROIT Sept 8 George Fox an 88 year old man living under secrecy for 13 years was legally dead for six years when his daughter Mrs Thelma Ritzert Chicora Pa invoked probate after his actual death. Fox died Saturday night at Receiving Hospital after prompting police.
Soviet government declares Lower Volga a haven for Nazi spies and orders about 290000 Germans uprooted from Lat area and resettled in vast Siberian regions. Families invited to settle with land aid and state assistance. The decree accompanies broader claims of Nazi activity and enemy containment.
German reports say Soviet forces fought village by village around Leningrad while the German army pressed, repulsing a Red Army probe in the Dnieper region and damaging river craft in the north. Weather and terrain hindered German operations as fighters clashed at every hedgerow and tree line.
Moscow dispatches report that Soviet forces are stabilizing fronts as German forces mass major offensives on the weakest southern approaches to Leningrad and along the central front. Red troops allegedly repulse counterattacks, inflicting casualties while holding lines despite heavy German pressure.
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