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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1942
Page
1
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A long battlefront report notes Russians pressing across a forty mile front with continued attacks and American mobilization for war. Induction calls list thirty-two Corry youths and several former residents for final exams on October 0th, with eighty-nine registrants from Board No. 3 to travel to Erie for exams next week. Former Corry residents and local town lists are included among those called by Local Board No. 4 at Union City and other districts.
Associated Press reports a widening Soviet counterattack along a 40 mile front between the Don and Volga as winter nears. German leadership changes ripple through the front with Field Marshal von Lech replaced, while Allied and Soviet forces clash in renewed offensives around Stalingrad and Leningrad. Red Army bulletin notes Italian veterans and Soviet shock troops pushing from the northwest, capturing several heights amid heavy fighting.
London, Sept. 29. Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that public statements or speculation about the time and place of future Allied offensive operations were undesirable. A member pressed whether this had been conveyed to Wendell Willkie, but no reply was given. Churchill contrasted Willkie’s Moscow remarks about a real second front in Europe at the earliest possible moment with military readers who might require public prodding.
Toronto report from Sept 29 states the America Federation of Labor Metal Trades department chair Paul R Porter predicts U S shipyards will need at least 190000 women workers next year. He says pay will be equal for equal work and effort, with weekly earnings from 45 to 60 dollars, potentially 70 in some cases.
U S Army airmen near Kiska harbor engaged two Japanese submarines, strafing and bombing from multiple squadrons. One sub surfaced and rolled, likely damaged. another was seen sinking slowly after a coordinated attack. Pilot Chennault and his units claimed hits including a Japanese fighter.
Observers and civilian defense units are called to a large meeting at the Senior High school auditorium Thursday at 8 o clock. Films on the air warning service operation and its link to civilian defense will be shown by First Fighter Company representatives from the Buffalo sector. Lloyd Stowe arranged the showing. Walter H. Scott announced the event as the opening of a series of fall sessions for wardens police and others. Plans include permanent armbands and ID cards for all members next week amid refresher courses.
The Pennsylvania education department warns of a severe teacher shortage as of 1948 due to record birthrates, veterans entering service and industry, and lack of recruitment into teaching. Dr Harry Klompwer, chief of teacher education, says handwriting is on the wall and urgent recruiting programs are needed now.
Graterford Pa Sept 29 two long term prisoners escaped Eastern State Penitentiary feared for 24 hours before recapture. James F Van Sant 34 held 10 to 20 years and Frederick Teinito 25 held 20 to 40 years for murder scaled a 10 foot wall Sunday night the first break in 19 years. Warden Leichiser says inexperienced guards failed to maintain vigilance.
Representative Charles J. Faddis urged a special House subcommittee to probe payments exacted from workers by unions on government war projects at Meadville Pennsylvania. He called conditions there not isolated and accused a union strong-arm pattern hindering defense work and misusing labor in the armament program.
The Ministry of Information dismissed German claims that Allied troop transports were sunk in the Atlantic as false. The Germans alleged three large Allied ships were sunk in a convoy from the United States to England, but the denial counters these reports. Separately, R Lynn Emerick was appointed director of the Bureau of Forests in Harrisburg, with a long history in the department since 1909.
Navy reports more than 2301 officers and seamen from American merchant vessels dead or missing due to enemy action in World War II. The tally includes 10900? actually 10 men and 1881 missing with 61 ship captains and one stewardess Mary Colum Kimbo of Nashville listed among losses. Details cover casualties up to August 1, 1943 and pending updates on later attacks. The list notes that some missing may be prisoners or unreachable. full casualty lists will follow as confirmations arrive.
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Bureau of Vital Statistics has ended a months long backlog of 40 to 60 thousand birth certificate applications. The bureau now handles about 1,400 daily requests with a staff of around 100, many previously assigned to wartime duties.
Washington dispatch reports that Ollie of Price Administration today granted price ceiling increases of about 10 percent for packets of apple butter to offset higher labor and trust costs. The change reflects wartime controls aimed at stabilizing consumer prices amid rising production expenses.
In London Osbert Peake says Irish Republic army tied to weapons from nations of insensial recent years. In Condon a German air raid hits a village school, killing four children and two teachers, with others injured. In Washington Roosevelt seeks 2.86 billion for Navy planes. In Moscow Tass reports German Elite Guard and Gestapo officials arrive in Bucharest to meet Romanian leaders, suggesting links to Romania’s political scene.
Police say two Union City men were arrested on First Avenue after a drunken driving incident that sideswiped two other cars. Driver Drake admitted drinking, and his companion Potter was later charged with intoxication. Fenders were damaged on both vehicles. A separate treasury report showed September receipts of 28,015,298.20 and total debt near 390 billion.
James Pennell, 87, brother of Mrs. George Christensen of Co-Watsie, is listed among those missing or believed lost after the ship believed torpedoed in the South Atlantic. He served as an oiler on the ship Steel Age, operated by the Imperial Steamship Company of New York, with records spanning September 27, 198k to August 4, 1942.
Mrs aulen J Smillie, employed at Raymon Manufacturing, learned last week her U S Coast Guard husband Allen B Smillie, 29, is missing at sea. His ship left Cape Town Feb 19 for Trinidad, likely torpedoed in the South Atlantic. Named among those missing in merchant marine casualty lists released today. Smillie previously lived near Union City and Columbus area. his sister in law, Mrs Christensen, notes a maritime career of over ten years. Other missing seamen listed include Majba, Wilken, Hamilton, Layton, and Psilson. causes and survivors unconfirmed. Also reports national note on small business downturn with 200,000 retail stores to close by July 1943 due to goods and labor shortages.
London reports a British army officer on BBC broadcasting that Allied landings in France are possible and that the navy and RAF will strike French targets. The officer warns the day and location of any attack will not be announced, but promises the French people will be informed in time. The message is part of BBC's Prypich notice five days prior.
A neighbor, Francis Vicker, is held in connection with the deaths of Anna MacVeigh, 37, and her two children Barbara 2 and Margaret Ann 1 after a gas incident in Scranton. Police say Vicker adjusted a valve causing gas to flood the apartment, leading to the fatalities. The case follows a report of a manhunt and ongoing investigation.
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