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23 Apr 1945
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1945
Page
1
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Japanese forces infiltrated under cover of darkness to retake a western Okinawa town long held by the Allied invasion. Meanwhile U S Marines landed on Taka and Sesoko islets near the Motobu peninsula as the Okinawa campaign continued with costly advances and high casualties on both sides.
LONDON April 23 Bremen Germanys second city apparently was being readied for the kill today by the RAF which hit the great port yesterday and again tonight in what may be a prelude to a major assault Field Marshal Montgomerys land forces. A fleet of about 250 Lancasters bombed dock areas with 12000 pound earthquake bombs just before dusk and Mosquitos switching from nightly Berlin raids followed with a volley of 2000 pound “blockbusters” The Kiel naval base also saw weekend bombing and ports are becoming graveyards for remnants of the German navy. Fire Captain Albert R Phillips 60 veteran of 33 years service drowned in the Allegheny River after leaping from the 30th Street bridge.
A collection of brief wartime dispatches: Truman summons top officials in Washington to a late afternoon conference. Hitler reportedly demotes Von Rundstedt after the Remagen bridge capture. Puerto Rico seeks a UN seat. Hitler orders guerrilla tactics to strike Allied weak spots. Pennsylvania leaders push for early May adjournment amid final sessions.
Campaign Secretary W Bruce Blisworth reports early morning gifts totaling 46 for the Salvation Army drive plus 1264 pledged beforehand, aiming for one third of a 6000 goal. Local industry gift expected and employee group reports due later. donors urged to mail or leave donations at North Center street site.
Patton's Third Army pushed southeast for 28 miles advancing toward the Bavarian Alps. American Seventh and French First Armies closed the Stuttgart Freiburg pocket, while Stuttgart and Freiburg fell and 87,276 prisoners were captured. The Draftee crisis in Franklin, Pennsylvania ended with Wilbur Shorfstall's suicide over induction worries.
Frisco conference advocates United States retention of strategic Pacific island bases in a pre conference push amid World Organization talks. Officials name Harold Stageen and others as key figures shaping a plan, with emphasis on stability and collective security proposals.
Corry reports a city wide clothing drive collected between twenty five thousand and thirty thousand pounds with 23 360 pounds weighed before delivery to the Armory. Twenty one trucks and crews from St Edward's School covered the city in four hours, unloading at the Armory. More than 50 volunteers and 147 youths helped. sorting will continue with women volunteers under Mrs Stewart starting Wednesday to classify items into six groups.
Washington April 23 The government announced a 34 million annual price relief program for packers and new distribution controls to spread meat supplies. Subsidies will aid slaughterers to ease the squeeze threatens business while housewives face no new taxes. The plan aims to shift livestock to federally inspected plants and move meat across scarce areas, part of a 10 point program to solve the meat shortage sought by Stabilization Director William H Davis after congressional pressure from the packing industry and consumers.
Associated Press reports from London on April 2 that a Hamburg radio broadcast claimed Hitler would remain in the invaded capital to keep German morale high. The program, attributed to Goebbels, asserted two strongholds would hold and that Berlin’s fall would not end the war.
Hatiae Penene reeaesert accompanied by her father E Hawkins left for Philadelphia with daughter Ann for a special operation by Dr Chevalier Jackson to remove a bobby pin from the child's stomach after ten days. X rays indicated the pin remained. the procedure was arranged for this morning.
Allied forces push 35 miles beyond Bologna reaching near the Po River as they battle German defenders. British and American troops tighten the noose around Bologna area with Ferrara and Modena in sight while air forces destroy hundreds of enemy vehicles.
City faces a wave of reckless driving with reports of cars speeding on West Pleasant East Wayne and East Main streets. A special motorcycle unit and aggressive prosecutions under the city ordinance are planned to curb the problem. A tire blowout near West Pleasant narrowly avoided injuries to two children, underscoring the danger. Residents urge recording license plate numbers to aid police. (Continued on Page Six)
The West Park Place VFW building project shifts location as the West Park square properties are sold by the VFW Building Association. A $75,000 building fund backs the new construction program with renovations and recreation facilities planned once restrictions lift. No final site is chosen yet as several options are under consideration. Former Erie pitcher Ted Malliet, 35, died in Germany on April 18, with relatives notified Sunday.
Eight American congressmen toured Buchenwald prison camp near Weimar on a mission arranged by General Eisenhower. They described the scenes as the most horrible imaginable with emaciated bodies and furnaces burning hundreds of corpses.
Soviet forces maintain control of a fifth of the city as a breach narrows to five miles. Red troops remain within about 15 miles of a junction with American units. Reports note tanks rolling across the Brandenburg Plain as the ground move continues.
Manila April 23 24th Division Yanks skirt swamps and crocodile rivers to seize Pikit 32 miles inland from Mindanao island beachhead 42 miles from Davao city. Land Division fights 750 miles north entering its fourth year overseas battles in the Caraballo mountains north of Luzon.
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