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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1942
Page
1
German forces report capturing key heights west of Stalingrad after hard fighting. Soviet sources say Red Army held firm around the Volga metropolis with 350 Axis troops killed and heavy enemy reinforcements arriving. Russsian commanders claim no withdrawals and describe the battle as highly complex.
Newark O Sept 9 A mid air crash of a twin motor Army bomber trapped two women civilians and six occupants. Firemen aided by Army officers recovered the body of Mrs AL Weston 62 from the debris. Dollie Campbell who was shopping was killed. Salvage crews also removed Lieb Russell Newlin 30 of Indianapolis and D A Pecon of Dayton Ohio. Wright Field chief said the two other occupants were identified. Canadian officer killed for binning Ga Sept 9 Major Hilton Proctor leader of a contingent of Philadian paratroops was killed when a parachute plane struck his pavilion during a jump.
Stone shipments arrived today for the Soll stretch to Sciota, enabling early surface treatment along the existing right of way. State highway officials say the project requires no right-of-way changes and should start soon, with full completion awaited along a heavily traveled route used by residents and motorists.
Thirteen Corry residents were drawn to serve as grand or petite jurors for the September term of the federal court. One Corry resident, Charles Burkenirds, was selected for grand jury. Petit jurors include Merle Aiy, Pred L. Barnes, Lyle Blakeslee, Hugh Clark, Melvin Cobbett, Harry Croscot, Orin Hillonry, Daniel Lucy, Arthur Schaub, A Bruce Smith, Allan M. Spencer, and others from the vicinity. Additional jurors listed: E F Firth of Spartaneburg and Fred Phillins of Union City.
In the western air war waves of RAF bombers attacked Frankfurt in their sixth night raid this month, with fires left raging reported by the British air ministry. Seven bombers were missing. Other raids targeted the Rhineland and Great Yarmouth, Bedford area as German claims spoke of residential damage. Propaganda leaflets were dropped over southern England.
Washington signals a break with Vichy over American air raids on occupied France. Laval’s protest was rejected. bombing of German military targets in France will continue. A Vichy source claims Washington acted on Stalinist orders to justify the protests.
Trustees of Grange National Bank of Spartansburg win a Crayford county case. Judge O Clare Kent upholds the bank trustees against three claimants to land, over a tax sale and sheriff deed. The ruling notes a five day redemption period for delinquent taxes.
Classes start next week in the First Ward with the Stanford Hose Company hosting a training program for firemen and civilian defense volunteers. Frederick Kinley and Charles Craker, after two weeks of instruction at State College, will teach the course, which spans thirty two and one half hours. About fifty volunteers signed up, with aim to reach eighty to one hundred, as organizers seek broader participation. The schedule and exact evening will be set at Thursday's Hose Company meeting.
Registration for an Advanced First Aid Course by the Carey Chapter Red Cross will be held at Lie Munior High School library Thursday evening September 10 at 8 oclock. Eligibility requires a standard Red Cross first aid certificate earned within the past three years. The ten lesson program emphasizes hands on practice under instructors Harold G Wolfe and Robert O Brown with enrollment limited to twenty four members.
In Washington on September 9, congressional opposition to Roosevelt’s demand for farm price stabilization eased as 29 administration readers and labor groups reviewed a bill. Senator Brown of Michigan, chairing the Senate subcommittee, announced a comprehensive price control measure would be introduced in the Senate the next day and be considered by the banking committee by Friday or Monday.
Washington reports Senate finance committee backing a broad victory tax, targeting wages and salaries above 628 dollars a year. The plan would raise annual taxes beyond 25 billion, with credits for life insurance, debt, and postwar rebates, and details a staged deduction schedule by income and family status.
Dublin police sergeant Dennis O'Brien was shot while driving from his home in Billybaden County Dublin. A passerby reported the attack by assailants who fled, motive unknown. The incident occurred this morning near Belfast as reports came from that city.
The City Council will hold a regular session this evening replacing the Labor Day schedule. Officials expect routine business with little substantive action, as members were aware of the shift and preparing for the agenda.
General MacArthur said about 1600 personnel were saved as allied forces slowed the Japanese advance through the Owen Stanley Range near Port Moresby New Guinea. Australian patrols under heavy fire disrupted enemy movements while bombers attacked ships near Milne Bay and the New Guinea coast.
British headquarters report continued ill in ground fighting as RAF planes attack Rommel lines near Salam Matruh destroying traces fuel tank cars and staff cars. Three German planes shot down near El Alamein 30 miles west of Alexandria where Rommel’s forces reform. An earthquake of moderate intensity recorded in Weston, Alaska region. Berlin reports one hundred arrested after explosion at a railway station in Gaprovo. Bodies of four recovered from wreckage per Sofia dispatch. London reports daylight air raid sirens and no incidents over Thames estuary. UK Chancellor Kingsley Wood defends war expenditure with daily averages around 12.25 million pounds. Detroit area salvage seizes 50 tons scrap under War Production Board order. Mrs. John L. Lewis dies in Washington after a lingering illness.
The Corry draft board reports that five enlistments will cut the number of registrants reporting for final examinations to forty eight. Names of the enlisted are not given. Twenty two Corry boys were listed for induction on September 16, including Stephen David Regret and Herold Tate among others. Those accepted as preliminary Lomorgan will receive a ten day furlough before leaving for a new assignment center.
The government moved to regulate commercial vehicle operations to protect war transport. An Office of Defense Transportation order requires operators of trucks buses and taxicabs to carry a certificate of war necessity to obtain fuel tires tubes and accessories. Passenger cars and motorcycles are exempt.
In Philadelphia on September, a gun factory dismantled in a bomb-scarred English city has been shipped to the United States. Edward F. Stettinius Jr. says lend-lease is no longer a one way street, noting it speeds recovery and arms aid. He cites British cooperation and broader wartime aims.
The naval transport Wakefield once the liner Manhattan was severely damaged by fire at sea on September 3. All hands were saved with no loss of life. Salvage ships towed her to port as officers and crew worked with destroyers in a convoy. Survivors described hours of drama aboard the flame swept ship, with civilians among the passengers.
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