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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1942
Page
1
A newspaper fragment notes a jury session concerning Brill Edward Wil- Brighai in Lima, with mentions of the Lavur state and a date range to early June. Partial figures and prices appear, including tax amounts. The text is garbled and several names and places are unclear.
Special Agent Joseph E. Thornton announced that 42 enemy aliens were tested and a significant quantity of dynamite seized across raids in western Pennsylvania settings including Pittsburgh, Erie, Johnstown, and Greensburg. The operation uncovered code books and photos of German leaders, with 14 of the detainees Russians. Three wealthy individuals were among those arrested, while others faced potential internment or parole decisions.
Associated Press dispatches report MacArthur’s forces striking Japanese positions for a second straight day in the Pacific near Australia. Australian radio says heavy fighting continues in the New Guinea highlands as efforts to weaken Japanese troops persist. London reports Vichy radio claiming French occupation of Brinkaville on Madagascar’s east coast. In the U S aluminum industry, CIO workers accept a War Labor Board directive limiting a proposed wage increase. A Vietnamese envoy development and other scattered items appear in the morning’s briefs.
Reports from Axis and Allied sources hint at a forthcoming major action in the western desert near Alamein about 80 miles west of Alexandria. British and German commands acknowledge bombardment and artillery duels with limited land operations reported as British reserves and motorized columns engage in ongoing exchanges.
Attendance drops threaten suspending four courses at the State College extension program this fall. Industrial drafting practices and blue print reading face closure if enrollment fails to rise, while operations inspection shows healthy numbers. Two more registration opportunities are announced for next week on Monday and Thursday evenings at 7 o clock.
Harrisburg reports the State Civil Service Commission found 5 050 applications for 526 to 1 4 district supervisor and parole officer jobs and more for general manager and assistant director posts. Chairman Robert Hall Craig Jr. said applicants range from 62 to 95 Pennsylvania parole board openings amid high war work wages.
President Roosevelt would gain broad authority to control wages salaries and farm prices as Senate and House committees approve measures. The bills set a November 1 deadline for the president to stabilize living costs, allow suspending ice controls to keep farm prices near parity, and cap wage increases for high earning workers while avoiding parity drops.
At Wendover Utah a bomber being refueled caught fire. Two cadets were burned to death and the plane was destroyed. Firemen could not reach the two in the nose of the ship. Army officials did not determine the cause.
Reports say Lyaeres Wagner 34 formerly of Clarendon, employed on a painting job in Second Ward, stole three rings valued over 450 dollars and a small amount of cash from Mrs. Owis on East Smith Street. Rings recovered after police traced the loot. Wagner confessed after his wife brought the evidence to authorities.
Soviet and German forces clash in a five hour fight for a vital hill in Stalingrad. Reports say German attempts to capsize the Soviet flank were repulsed and fresh Siberian reserves pour in as fierce urban combat and shelling continue.
Scranton police seek to verify if ex-soldier Orbar Taylor of Wilkes-Barre was on duty at Fort Jay New Jersey the night Margaret Martin, 19, Kingston stenographer, was killed four years ago. Taylor had admitted a crime years earlier but later claimed the tale was false. Investigators request Fort Jay records to place him at the time and location of the murder.
In a western Atlantic engagement, Royal Canadian Navy destroyer Ottawa credited with sinking the U-boat and capturing its crew after shellfire and depth charges. The commander was killed in the conning tower. all Germans reportedly surrendered with hands raised. Canadian casualties were one dead and 14 wounded. The incident labeled one of the war’s most spirited actions by the RCN.
National Defense Headquarters in Ottawa announced that Corp. Franke George Macko of the Western Ontario regiment, son of Mrs. Mary Macko of Corry Pa, has been captured as a prisoner of war after the Dieppe raid on August 19. Macko joined February 1940 and had been missing in action since the Dieppe engagement. his family had feared the worst as reports later surfaced of his capture by German forces.
Police investigate source of liquor reaching minors after two youths, one still in school, were found intoxicated at a high school football game. Officers plan to question the youths to identify who supplied the alcohol amid broader complaints of teen drinking citywide. A third Ward youth was arrested for abuse after refusing officers’ guidance.
A boiler exploded on a Baltimore and Ohio freight train near Listie Somerset County Pennsylvania killing engineer John J Berkley 55 of Somerset and injuring four other crew members Charles Inter 35 fireman Sand Patch Arthur Harcell 95 brakeman Somerset Ab Cook 56 engineer Meyersdale and Burdine Wilson 44 fireman Berlin seriously injured at Relais aid hospital. explosion described as terrific by onlooker Paul Wolford of Listie. Stationed near Listie.
Deputy Coroner Ro Lawrence Savson said the inquest into Leo Tucci nine of 280 Mound Street will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Municipal Building. Tucci died after a three car crash on the Corry Spartansburg road last week. Tucci’s survivor Miss Mary Kathryn Miller plans a Buffalo visit with her parents.
Witnesses describe a boiler explosion on the Lambria Johnstown branch of the B and C. Two engines worked a freight train when the boiler of the second engine burst, destroying the front locomotive and sending debris far from the rails. No cars derailed. Officials at Pittsburgh and St. Louis warned it would be several hours before a full report could be issued.
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