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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1944
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text indicates a local report about debts and a third party, with unclear names and figures. The readable names suggest Furnah and N ayimie owe money, while an usher and a year are mentioned. The piece lacks coherent details and dates.
Allied reports detail heavy air attacks over Hollandia and surrounding Dutch New Guinea. One freighter sunk and nine other craft damaged as Allied bombers targeted Japanese defenses amid ongoing operations. Bombing extended from Koepang to Caroline Islands with strikes on Rabaul and Bougainville, reflecting intensified pressure in the Southwest Pacific.
Measles and mumps cases rise to two and one respectively as Board of Health reports. quarantine planned in one case and additional home inspections underway. Authorities credit prompt action, school officials, and purses for precautions that helped avert a wider spread while noting the outbreak has not become an epidemic. Nearby Brie Rotheen reports no verified cases. peak concern appears to have shifted to that city.
AP dispatch reports a four story Commercial Street Warehouse in Portland burned with undetermined cause. Chief Oliver Sunboen estimated damage over 100000 as the waterfront blaze threatened nearby property and shore facilities. Separate items note RAF and US air action in Europe and unconfirmed invasion rumors in Britain and France.
Soldier William Cottermann of Centerville was arrested after crashing a loaded express truck on Erie crossing at Center Street and backing into another car before attempting a getaway. He faced charges of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene. Paul Daniels accompanied him. the Ford coupe bore Pennsylvania license 1160086.
The Pennsylvania civilian defense test faced chaos in Corry as alarm systems failed and no one at the control center was notified during the surprise blackout. Harrisburg reported overall success with most cities complying, while one casualty occurred in Bellwood when a warden was struck during the blackout.
Leo J. Perkins, a Bear Lake youth and machinist’s mate, is reported missing in action. His parents Mr and Mrs A W Perkins were informed. Perkins turned 22 on February 23 this year and enlisted in March 1941. a brother Marvin serves with the Marines. Further notes mention the rivers cresting and flooding affecting local wharves and docks.
Republicans brace for primary day as Maine and Connecticut vote for delegates to the Republican National Convention. Willkie, Dewey, and MacArthur backers brace for contests while Dewey supporters press for advantage. Connecticut appears likely to yield 16 delegates with no binding instructions, as other states complete their slate.
Congressman R. L. Rodgers will be the chief speaker at the Memorial Day exercises to be held on Tuesday May 30. The Veterans Memorial Day Committee includes representatives from local posts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion and Spanish War Veterans and is organizing the event.
The Speaks Here Memorial Day committee received a telegram from the representative accepting the invitation to deliver the Memorial Day address. The Corry committee has not finished details for the annual exercises and will hold its first organization meeting in a few days. They plan a special wartime observance of Memorial Day and will announce plans as they are completed.
Captain Don Gentile, top ace in European theaters, has been discharged from the hospital where he was treated for minor injuries from a crash while returning from a mission. He is back in quarters and feeling well. In Pittsburgh, 34 WAC enlistees left for training at Fort Ogden, as Regina M. Hill announced enlistments have risen.
A three story brick building housing a store and apartments burned in Carlisle on April 14. Fire origin was determined as accidental, with damages estimated around 100000. Owner W. B. Shearer reported unable to document the loss. The incident disrupted local commerce and prompted firefighting efforts.
In Honolulu April 4 military authorities prepared to appeal a federal judge ruling that a Pearl Harbor habeas corpus case lacked authority to try a Navy yard worker for assaulting two Marine sentries. General Richardson and Admiral Nimitz testified the islands faced no imminent danger, while the War Department said provost courts would proceed pending higher court action.
A German radio report from London dated April 14 says a “very large” time bomb was found behind Michelangelo’s tomb in St. Peter’s vaults. The broadcast links the device to British origins and compares it to Balkan rebel bombs dropped by British planes.
London reports indicate a renewed night raid by German forces on the British capital. RAF Mosquito bombers struck Berlin and western Germany, while Allied air forces including American and British units engaged targets across Europe, with strikes on Augsburg and near Budapest. Casualties and losses cited but details remain fragmented amid a broad, high-intensity assault.
Harrisburg April 14 The state Game Commission fills two vacancies for the first time since Governor Martin took office in January 1943 James C Herman Clarksville to replace C Ben Gipple term expires Dr Carl B Yorenkra ns Bash Stroudsburg to replace Ernest E Harwood at New London four babies die from hydrogen peroxide or other acid power incident at Lawrence and Memorial Associated Hospitals in New London doctors report no change in condition of affected children
Allied planners outline a military government for most of occupied Germany with Ike Eisenhower as supreme commander of all forces and direct influence over civilian administration. The plan envisions Allied control of ports and economies while allowing other liberated regions to choose their own governments, and warns of a counter Nazi movement requiring decentralization of Germany.
Harrisburg April 12 The Manpower Commission’s findings provoke critique from William H. Chesnut state secretary of labor and industry who in letters to Commissioner Paul V. McNutt calls WMC programs a waste of public funds. He cites scrapped registers and Civil Service vacancies as misused resources. Washington April 4 The Treasury by April 12 shows receipts 88 009 359 96 expenditures 256 524 866 22. remaining balance 14 d13 total debt 186 957 003 180 71. slight increases from prior day.
Soviet and Allied dispatches describe relentless air attacks as dive bombers strafed and bombed Axis columns near Sevastopol and Simferopol. Reports from Moscow and London detail heavy fighting in the Crimea, with 20,000 prisoners captured and large ammunition stocks seized, while Gen Tolbukhin’s Fourth Ukrainian Army pushes along the southern coast toward Yevpatoriya and Koktebel.
In a record vote the House approved a postwar Navy appropriation bill to run from July 1. Supporters cite keeping the world’s largest fleet intact with no opposition to the budget, while opponents warn against wartime-scale spending and emphasize preserving Navy readiness for ongoing operations.
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