10 Apr 1945
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1945
Page
1
A damaged OCR snippet mentions a relay event with a time around 1.35 and a 125 unit context. Names and specifics are unreadable, but the fragment implies a relay race outcome or timing. Further readable details are unavailable in the fragment.
Associated Press reports from Guam outline Japanese defenders on Okinawa slowing U S gains with bayonet counterattacks while Allied artillery and battleships shell strong positions. Maj. Gen. John A. Hodge’s 2d US Army Corps breaches inland, but the northern advance remains limited as 60,000 plus troops hold a stout defense and a two to three month fight for the stand is feared.
A heavy mournful whistle from one of the new Diessel engines on the Erie Railroad drew crowds in town last evening. The locomotive pulled a trail of 142 freight cars on an eastbound run through the city around 3:00. Locals noted the unfamiliar sound as it passed the Center Street crossing.
An April dairy subsidy will be paid at the gate for 70 cents, up from the previously scheduled 35 cents. The new rate, announced last night, affects local milk producers and applies to this month’s production, with a gradual step from the winter rate and a rise above March’s 35 cents, taking effect in May.
News reaches West Pineusual Street that Castrantas of Weat Pinusual Street was killed in action in Europe. The family, informed by a March 13 wire, reports he served with General Patton’s Third Army in Germany. Survived by parents a brother Harry and two sisters Bessie Castrantas and Georg et Castrantas.
The Ba Uwatin Board met with all members present for an evening session that yielded little routine business. The treasurer reported a district balance of 7853,04 as of April. Citizens urged relief on two old tax recounts tied to properties sold by the county. New contracts were approved for waste collection at district buildings and ash removal for the year. Superintendent Dewey discussed bonding plans and postwar planning, noting tuition pupil numbers down about twenty at Corry. Cafeteria finances show average meals of 161 at Junior High and 104 at Senior High, with overall good records. The finance committee outlined delinquent tax collection, with books recently received, and the matter was referred to the salici.
The report notes several buildings captured in the heart of the city as Nazi resistance continues behind fortified streets. Koenigsberg officially capitulates, signaling a decisive end to the fighting in the area.
German forces defend a corridor toward Czechoslovakia as Soviet armies push through Vienna. The Red Army reports heavy battles across the city core with key landmarks under threat while encirclement sharpens the fall of Vienna. Prisoners and advances in Prussia and surrounding regions are noted as Allied forces coordinate western approaches. A separate note from Ft McClellan mentions a poliomyelitis outbreak prompting quarantines.
Allied reporters describe a German grim facility near Limburg where a 70-year-old Nazi surgeon led staff including a 45-year-old chief nurse and warden. The site, one of six built to Systematically dispose of laborers, reportedly gassed, poisoned, or shot thousands, with stench noted and protests from locals and church officials.
One killed and two others injured when a coupe driven by Marion Tripp crossed the New York Central tracks near Ripley. Mrs Alec McDonald died at Hamot Hospital Erie after being severely injured. Mrs Harvey McDonald and her infant son Marion are in critical condition with multiple injuries. Tripp escaped unharmed after leaping from the stalled car as the State Express struck. The McDonald family and relatives are centered in this city with ties to local businesses.
Five candidates seek the sheriff and five seek the judgeship in the upcoming June primary. Republican filings for judge include Roberts Fir man Land Barber and Orcuit. Burns heads the Democratic judgeship ticket. For sheriff, Republicans Bartt John ston McClelland Bennett contest. Democrat Nelson runs unopposed. Also, Needlework Guild of America elected Mrs Harold Connett as president with Mrs Donald Spackman succeeding as first vice president.
The region reports Republicans filing petitions for mayor and council seats while no Democrats seek council or school posts. J Fred Kinley and Elmer Kincaid head the Republican entries with other firms named in industrial concerns.
Claude P Weber a South Center street resident and son of Mr and Mrs Weber is a prisoner of war in Germany. A War Department telegram informed his parents that he survived capture during late December fighting in France with the 1st Division Seventh Army combat engineers. The Red Cross corroborated Weber's status as a prisoner and relieved his family's anxiety.
British forces, with air support, attack German defenses across northern Italy. Allied troops advance toward key positions as heavy bombardment opens the offensive.
Series of brief war dispatches from London and Calcutta and Washington. Reports note Allied and Axis air actions over Berlin Kiel and Okinawa, British advances near Meiktila, and U.S. Senate food policy talk. Also Chinese command claims Lavlukow fighting continues and potential coal mining disputes cited.
A Corry resident from Murrow Street was among ten men called Friday for a district draft examination at Pilebie. The list includes numerous names and towns across the region as the draft process continues.
A protest erupts over a large consignment of trout intended for planting in Kinzua creek being hijacked. Kane sportsmen gathered at the Kane post office to meet the trucks from Corry hatchery and learned the driver delivered the fish to Bradford people via Warren. The incident, as reported, continues on page five.
Canadian forces push within twenty miles of Brunswick as Montgomery’s Ninth Army units advance to the Marth Sea and the port of Emden, signaling a rapid Allied tightening of the northwest front. The ruined Krupp works lie in ruins as the offensive tightens.
Paris dispatch reports the American Ninth Army advancing toward Germany and the First and Third Armies encircling Hannover and approaching Berlin within 127 miles. German forces push east from the north and southwest toward the Ruhr while the Ninth Army nears the Ruhr center and Hannover. The observers warn of a likely encirclement of Hannover as Allied forces press toward mid Germany.
Walter Pio a veteran wounded at St Lo and in Germany is home at 37 Hes Congress Street awaiting further treatment. His condition is improved and he is to return to hospital care. He is accompanied by his wife Mrs Ruth G Flanders who had visited him at Camp Pickett.
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