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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1943
Page
2
Notice is given that Letters Testamentary on the estate of the late James Notion also known as J Notion of Corry Pennsylvania have been granted to George H Gurdon executor. All persons indebted to or having claims against the estate must present them to the executor at Muln Street Omy Pennsylvania.
An Associated Press summary notes selective recovery in stock prices with investors cautious over national developments and Axis peace feelers. Technicals led declines while some sectors like electric and gas show modest gains. color notes describe interior display lighting and color schemes at major war plants and offices.
Army advances within 18 miles of Naples as German border defenses collapse along the upper Dnieper line. Vast Soviet offensives ring Kiev with little change as Soviets press toward Vitebsk within 10 miles. German forces retreat from the Taman Peninsula en route to Crimean garrisons in a headlong flight.
Russian airmen sink two freighters and several barges as Red Army forces press a multi pronged drive across the Dnieper toward Krementschug. Soviet advances threaten the German Dnieper line while Kiev area positions remain comparatively static. The Moscow bulletin notes capture of over 1,000 villages in the White Russia push toward the Baltic states and old Polish border.
The Corry salvage chairman Theo P. Williams appeals for silk nylon and rayon hosiery for war manufacturing. A one day drive is planned tomorrow, Thursday September 30, from 9 AM to 5 PM, with help from school children and a downtown headquarters at the Grand Theatre building.
Allied air forces from American and British units attacked Japanese supply lines in central Burma. American fighters hit the highway hub and rail corridor between Myanmyit and Myitkyina, destroying buildings and starting fires. Rail yards at Twainetha and surrounding lines suffered heavy damage while Beaufighters and British aircraft reported destroying enemy transport along the Chindwin and Irrawaddy rivers.
Subscriptions here on Tuesday reached 441 495 and boosted the drive to 1 231 885 09 overall. The Aero Supply Mfg Co added 200 000, bringing city purchases to a new high and banks report payroll deduction support rising as workers, schools, and Italian American Club members commit to the effort.
The Corry Red Cross reports 309 pints donated over two days with 176 pints on Tuesday and 201 donors called on Monday. Twenty five donors were rejected, and organizers project over 450 pints by day’s end under Tad T. Chery, chairman of the Corry Chapter.
Five men from Erie pleaded guilty to possession of illegal gasoline ration coupons and were fined a total of 850 dollars. They received one year probation. Names listed include Thomas Guthrie Anthony Marinelli Carmen Thomas Catio Paisy and Salvatore Bufalino. Additional sentences: Theodore F. Rzomp of Latrobe three months county prison for posing as a chief gunnery officer and Peter Savitaki a New York resident four years and a day for falsely claiming U S allegiance and failure to register as an alien. Grand jury indictments mentioned Mayme Robi wort Meadville and a white slavery act.
Philadelphia Democrat James P. McGranery plans to resign his seat in Congress next Wednesday, leaving the post open until 1944. He is reported to take a position as assistant to Attorney General Francis Biddle, with the appointment to be submitted next week. Treasury figures in Washington show receipts at 224,870,100.31, expenditures 27,500,292.48, and total debt 160,139,080,023.97, up 642.
Washington Sept 29 Associated Press Congress debates Wheeler bill to curb prewar drafting standings and demands wider payroll review. Wheeler argues administration hid dodgers and wage pay issues while Bailey outlines a draft age and family focus amendment. Byrd plans economy hearings with aim to cut 100000 of 4 million federal workers.
Juveniles from Spartansburg ages nine and 41 were detained by officers after a stone was thrown at a passing car during August ard. No prosecutions were instituted. A 13 year old Erie boy confessed to stealing about $53 from a Proctor store wallet at Beaverdam entered September 12. He hitchhiked to Canarohta Lake and spent much of the money. Prosecution expected. In Pittsburgh on September 29 twelve youths aged 6 to 12 were rescued from a fire at the Hilo Muo Nursing Home in Witkinuburn, causing $6,000 in damage.
In Detroit court on Tuesday Emma Elise Leonhardt 56 a housewife connected to a wartime data ring pleaded guilty The FBI said her East Side home served as a meeting place For years Carl Leonhardt Walter J Abt and five others had pleaded guilty or faced charges in the same case The group was accused of conspiring to send war production information to Nazi Germany
Arthur L. Ransom of R D 2 was held for the next quarter sessions court in Warren County after pleading guilty to larceny connected with the killing and butchering of two Hereford heifers owned by W. W. Waterhouse. The animals strayed to Ransom’s farm near Piccadilla Hill and were reportedly shot and butchered without establishing identity. Waterhouse had other young heifers killed while roaming. the missing cattle case centers on the two disputed animals.
Allied air forces claim sinking seven ships as operations near Finschhafen intensify. Australian troops press to disrupt Japanese supply lines along the New Guinea coast, destroying tankers and merchant vessels near Wewak and Wowk, while probing positions north of Pingenfafen and near Trebbe Creek.
Sept. 29 two men were crushed to death in the dirge blower cylinder of the engine room at Shenango Furnace Company's Sharpaville plant. Clyde A. Woods age 2 of Sharpsville and James Crowl of Greenville died when a scalding incident occurred while changing valves. Mercer county coroner Dr. P. B. Biggins began an investigation. Woods survived by a widow and two children. Crowl survived by a widow.
War Food Administration head James V. Jones urged Congress to extend the Commodity Credit Corporation and its subsidies beyond year end. He testified before the House Banking Committee that the 1942 all out food program relies on higher farm costs and credit guarantees to maintain increased production.
A series of brief items notes King Peter of Yugoslavia arriving near London en route to the Middle East and Split evacuated due to enemy pressure. Separate updates cover U S Senate hearings on family allowances for enlisted men and a Fulbright peace policy draft debate. Also a cheapening of chicken prices slated by October 1 under the Office of Price Administration with specific ceiling reductions for different poultry forms.
President Roosevelt’s delegation to Len Crowley is read as extending control of foreign relief and rehabilitation programs. The plan aims to unify the directing head for American efforts abroad, reducing overlapping agencies and securing congressional funding, with Byrnes pushing to bring the Office of Foreign Relief under Crowley along with other key offices.
Second Lt. Robert H. Knapp of Norwich, flying a P-47 Thunderbolt with the Eighth Air Force, reportedly reached about 840 miles per hour in a dive over Emden Germany. If confirmed, he would surpass prior fighter speeds and possibly break the sound barrier in level or near-vertical flight as his aircraft shed paint from the elevator surfaces during the descent before recovering control.
Lieut. Gen. Clark's forces capture remainder of the Sorrento peninsula after bitter fighting now in position to use heavy equipment for the first time. British 8th troops rush repairs to Foggia air field as air war shows a lull.
Allied troops push through bitter fighting to seize Nocera and the plains before Naples. Reports state German positions near Salerno collapsed and the Fifth Army nears Naples with heavy equipment ready. Engineers rush repairs at Foggia air base as Naples area grows clearer for Allied advance. Poggio base capture hailed as major Italian campaign victory.
Pittsburgh news reports a dramatic Oakdale blaze destroying six structures including the three story Sturgear Hotel leaving an estimated 895000 dollars in damage. Fire Chief Henry Hadiskon noted ten families totaling thirty five people were left homeless after residents Gusper Markovitz aged 63, owner, leaped from a second story window to escape. The other damaged buildings included residences.
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