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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1942
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text references Mrs Bhaeatis Dawas, ration schemes, a punctured document, and a distressing incident. Names, places, and events are garbled, but imply a local disruption or accident with noted individuals and injuries.
Chairman Vinson announced United States naval growth will reach 3,230 ships and, with Allied fleets, create stronger seapower to drive Axis defeat. He said the expanded navy will escort, patrol, and project force across theaters, enabling a sustained western front and rapid transport of men and matériel. Continued on page three.
Walter H. Scott announced arrangements for day work releases to join Civilian Defense posts during daylight tests. Calls go from central HQ to prevent plant line congestion. indoors only and traffic halted during tests. wardens patrol. Women urged to enroll in advanced first aid at Junior High School at 4 p m. unregistered women to enroll in the first aid course.
Nine Mybg Fortresses reportedly left Gibraltar and headed east as 250 planes reached Britain's Rock over four days. U S Navy says two merchant vessels were lost in the Mediterranean in August near a convoy, while Bugle Way sunk. Russian resistance may require U S petroleum aid if Caucasus oil falls under Nazi control. Allied mechanized forces near Glial oasis driven back after five days. Fire at State Island merchant vessel docks. Middletown airplane crashes near depot. pilot killed.
Midland Ontario reports a launch on Besusolell Island in Georgina Bay sinking during a picnic voyage. Of 41 Midland Machine and Foundry Company workers, 25 drowned, 16 survived. Bert Corbeau, foreman and owner of the outing boat, is among the dead. The incident occurred near Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, eight miles north of Toronto. A second item notes INSI reports Navy confirms missing Pacific fleet correspondent Jack Singer.
City officials announce deferral of revisions to the triennial assessment pending the tax revision and appeal court hearing. Grovestreet resident Thomas Garrity seeks basis for valuations while Mayor Hepler cites fair sale value but admits conflicting statements from officials about reductions granted to residential properties. Complaints of excessive increases surface as council plans to gauge taxpayer reaction before acting further.
Secretary of the Navy Knox said at a press briefing that it is a safe and sound assumption the Japanese will mount major new attempts to recapture the Solomon Islands. He noted reports of heavy naval and other forces and stated the U.S. will operate on that basis.
The Internal Revenue Bureau reported August tax receipts totaling 981667.10 dollars, up 207206183.97 from August 1914. Social security and liquor levies led, income tax rose sharply, cigarette taxes grew about ten million, and the new automobile use tax added over 13 million, while auto and fuel taxes fell due to rationing.
A coroner s jury ruled the death of 19 year old Leo Tucci an unavoidable accident after he was struck by an automobile near Gerry Spartansboro just south of town. Ralph Trippe of Spring Creek drove the car that hit Tucci as he and others investigated a previous crash involving Pell Popovich and Mrs Myrin Platt. Popovich faced a reckless driving charge and fines. The inquest followed a rear traffic confusion as witnesses described the sequence.
London dispatch reports Ambish forces advancing toward Tananrive from the northwest encountering strong French resistance 19 miles from Madagascar’s capital. The broadcast, relayed via Reuters from Fort Louis, Mauritius, says the British have halved the distance since yesterday when the line was 27 miles away.
Hollywood story of Mrs Glory Weller Miller 25 who woke with no memory after last November 4 and discovered she is married to Henry Miller a photographer she does not recall meeting or marrying in Nevada on May 1 The shocked scene followed her awakening at a motor hotel and police identified her from a photo Her first husband F Pierce Weller 60 died in California before her memory loss The couple entered a new era without memory of Pearl Harbor or the 1941 war onset.
August Luer, an 86 year old banker and meat packer held for a $100,000 ransom in 1933, died at Memorial Hospital in Illinois. He was dragged from his home July 10, 1933, and released at midnight near Collinsville after ransom demands and negotiations. Five defendants, including a woman, were convicted later and sentenced to prison in the fall of 1939.
Clarence Wagner of Clarendon pleaded guilty to larceny in Evie county court. He was sentenced to nine months in the workhouse at Blawrox, with a $10 fine and costs, after police found a cameo ring tied to the theft at the Curtig Home. Two other rings, valued at about $400, were recovered from his wife. she said the rings were given by him. Police identified the cameo ring as one stolen from the Curtig home.
Theodore Dreiser has been barred from public statements in Canada on a charge arising from anti British remarks in a Toronto Telegram interview. Ontario Attorney General Gordon Conant quoted the piece and Dreiser had been slated to speak at Toronto’s Ratton auditorium on Democracy on the Offensive. He was unavailable for comment and hotel employees reported he checked out.
Belfast notes two United States soldiers under arrest after Edward Jenaghan a 30 year old saloonkeeper was found shot and beaten near his home outside Belfast Police said Jenaghan was attacked after going to soldiers' billets to complain about disturbances at his saloon The suspects names were not released
Jerome McFarland age 22 was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a 15 year old West End youth was found in a paralyzed condition on West Main Street following alleged liquor purchases. Police plan to question dispensing places and investigate sources of liquor used at a high school football game. Bond set at 1000. McFarland held for the next term of court.
Two loaded barges the Transport and the City of St Joseph sank in heavy seas off Basle Harbor near Eagle Harbor Lake Superior The tow tug John Roen from Grand Marais Minnesota reported the incident The cook Mrs William McLeod wife of St Josephs captain died while others reached shore after life jackets were worn The Roen Steamship Co said coast guard saved the remaining crew about 25 persons onboard
Two women died and a man was seriously injured in a dawn collision at Miami's 86th Street airport. Both bodies were taken to a funeral home as officials examined the wreckage. The planes, in a US and PAAN mission, were not carrying passengers and the Army bomber command studied the scene. Civilians, including airline employees, were barred from the field amid the busy air traffic.
Allied communique reports 87 Japanese bombers with 10 fighters attacked near Port Moresby 32 miles NW, causing no damage or casualties. Allied fighters hit Kokoda track targets, destroying a Kumusi river bridge rebuilt by Japanese. Bomber unit back on Buka airfield. observable results not reported. A second item notes Italian press signals Italy’s growing Axis dissatisfaction and waning hopes of material rewards from the war.
Senate debate sharpens as a farm bloc presses for a higher parity price basis to curb inflation. Leader Barkley says the 46 percent upward revision is under challenge, with the chamber reportedly evenly split and a few votes likely to decide. Parity would set the floor for price ceilings and government loans tied to farm income in the Roosevelt era program.
The Soviet high command announced counterattacks in Stalin grad held off the German assault on the 29th day of fierce fighting. Pravda and army reports described heavy hand to hand combat, German losses of tanks and vehicles, and Soviet advances as heavy bombers ferried relief supplies and fresh troops to the Volga front. Dispatches from Berlin acknowledged delay but insisted the fall would not be final.
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