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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
1
Airfields fall in New Guinea and Burma drive gains
Allied reports say MacArthur captured Hollandia and three Japanese air bases in Dutch New Guinea, with Aitape and nearby airfields taken. Mogaung in Burma saw Chinese troops break a major resistance as momentum shifts against Japan, while other favored targets included Kamiri and Paramushiro in separate theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
MacArthur
Newene
Southwest Pacific
Philippine Islands
Hollandia
Dutch New Gries
Mads
Aitape
Hellandia
Dauinge
Kamiri
Geolvink Bay
Hollandis
Burma
Joseph W. Bulwell
Mogaung
Southeast Asia
Junpin
Ma‘game
Kohima
India
William Bent
Burma-India
Chinnear
Central Pacific
Paramushiro
Matsuwa
Shumu
Manchuria
Seid
Chenghsien
Tengfeng
Explosions, Casualties, and Partisan Action Reported
Bulletin from London and Washington notes a April blast on the PK near Dover Strait signals, U S Army casualties total 148 425 through April 16 with 23 077 wounded returned to duty. Yugoslav Partisans claim to have landed on Koreula near Split, killing or capturing 800 Germans in a Dalmatian coast operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Deal
Dover Strait
Washington
Stimson
Hays
Al-mile
Koreula
Dalmatian
Split
Josip Broz
Post War School Conference Yields No Progress
A post war planning committee of the Board of Education met this week and made no progress on its assignment. The board will reconvene after its regular May session and a special meeting will follow to finalize the budget. Some directors could not attend, and the discussion focused on possible reorganization and a long range building program with no firm outlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Board of Edueation
Maych
Yewate Na cGzens
No Changes at Local M W Store From Federal Takeover
Federal takeover of Montgomery Ward top offices in Chicago is not expected to alter operations at hundreds of stores nationwide. Corsy store reports no orders or leadership shifts affecting retail outlets. local firm reps unavailable, but plan remains to be run by same personnel and system during the crisis. Nelson Derstein, 22, Hatfield PA, farmer, was killed in a single engine plane crash on Abram Landis farm near Salfordville, Norristown, PA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal
Montgomery Ward Company
Corsy
Norristown
Nelson Derstein
Hatfield
Abram Landis
Salfordvile
Russians Aid Liquidation of German Air Force at Sevastopol
Field dispatches from the Crimean front report Soviet artillery dominating Sevastopol and wiping out German air power. Red Star says enemy streets are dead and Soviet guns reached Germans and Romanians in their last strongholds. Russians also claim bomber cooperation and an attempt to seal the city’s fate, with heavy Luftwaffe losses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moscow
Crimean Front
Sevastopol
Red Star
Nish Command
MouEli
Aha
Ohee-Greit
Noval
Ar Rassias
AM Ebay
Eizit
Geman Air Nice
Navi Army
WATCH HERE FOR NAZI FUGITIVE
State police and Buffalo authorities seek Werner Winterfeldt an escaped German civilian internee last seen in Buffalo vicinity. He reportedly rode an eastbound bus near West Delavan and Delaware streets. FBI agents had earlier noted a similar sighting. Winterfeldt is described as 5 feet 11 inches tall, 176 pounds, with a scar and tan windbreaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry Sientation
Plantgat
Wily
Werner Winterfeldt
Thinti
Buffalo
Winterfeld
Ontario
Mary See
FBI
War Labor Board Seizure Risks in Montgomery Ward Case
Washington the War Labor Board faces potential seizure actions linked to Montgomery Ward amid Supreme Court consideration. The disputes involve Sewell Avery and Gypsum Company as key figures, with government resistance to court review and possible presidential recourse. Courts may seek to block or permit actions under the war labor disputes act as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward
Supreme Court
Asxorlaten
Washington
Bombay
WLM
Sewell Avery
Gypsum
Aavety
She of
Sen
Montgomnery
Elias
Mimmer Manuhicturing Company
Larouett Li Eipartment of Justice
Hoteyforad
le Laurd Hell
Addido
Congress
Troops Evict Chairman From Office in Chicago Clash
In Chicago on April 27 Associated Press reports troops from the Army detail forcibly removed Chairman Avery from his own offices after he refused to yield to government authority. Attentive officials described the scene as a pivotal conflict over cooperation with the United States government and war-time controls. Avery resisted moves to leave, while Major Weber oversaw the procedure and warned of further action if compliance was not achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Spigedo Montcomers Ward and Company
Chiao Plasti
Sewell DL
Avery
Roosevale
Avery Todity
Francis Biddie
Aiterell
Autrey
Vohmannerly
Taylor
Mustering Out Total $653,800
Washington April 27 The first 12 weeks of the new mustering US payment law report 659 800 paid to 103 45 honorably discharged personnel or survivors War Secretary Stimson announced today As of April 25 278 men one woman received five hundred dollars 300 payment for overseas service 2394 paid the 200 authorized for more than 60 days service All with the United States and 178 paid the 100 authorized for less than 60 days service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Avaly
Stimson
Ftay
United States
Oliver
Secretary of War
Thut
Australia
Armored Command Ocs
Fy. Knox
Edgewood Arsenal
Military Police
Pt Guster
Wich
Camp Davis
N. C
New Prosecutor Named for Janice Graham Trial
Edwin Moon announced Greenville attorney Donovan H. Henry will be appointed assistant district attorney to handle the Janice Graham trial. Henry replaces Alvin Tsenberg, now in the Navy, with Graham bound on a $10,000 bond for the triple slaying case. Navy induction notices include twelve foremen from the district, with departures planned May 3 and May 12, details to be announced tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin ©. Moon
Donovan H. Henry
Alvin Tsenberg
Navy
Henry
Greenville
Janice Grahamy
Everett Wilson
Moon
Harrisburg
Army seizes Montgomery Ward plant amid wartime orders
Armed troops guard the Montgomery Ward and Company plant as federal authorities seize it over noncompliance with a War Labor Board order. Roosevelt aviation policies, legal contests, and government efforts at daily sessions are noted, with company officials refusing to recognize the seizure as legal.
Two Great Lake Steamer Disasters Reported Sinking
The James J. Foy and Ashcroft collided in heavy fog 42 miles west of Cleveland, causing the We James J. Foy to sink with about ten lives lost and 46 survivors reported from the Ashcroft. The Reed and the Frank Vigor were also involved in late April incidents on Lake Erie with crews evacuated and no serious injuries. Coast Guard and tow efforts continued as weather hampered search and rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Interhuke Steamship Co
Todig
James J. Foy
Bsckusba
Mich
Bufizo
Lee Point
Canmelot
O. Mirne
Central War
Toda
Wat
Reseus
Evie
Comnenut
Lake Rite
Ashcroft
Bill Oy
Hie Dimes Reed
Urau
Lovie
Cleveland
Guy Red Bightstone
Fletcher
T He Reed
Columbia Transit Co
Frank Vigor
Wits
Pelee Passage
West
Lake Erie
Philly
Baruch donates million for veterans physical medicine
Bernard M. Baruch has given 1 100 000 for the promotion of physical medicine for returning war veterans. He aims to fund research and training over ten years, honoring his stepfather Dr Simon Baruch. The plan emphasizes massage, hydrotherapy, light, heat and occupational therapies to restore veterans to normal mental and physical health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Bernard M. Barnes
Tam
Baruch
Saratoga ‘Springs
Simon Baruch
Smaller Draft Calls Likely as Local Lists Stay Low
News from Corry Union City district indicates a tight pool of younger men under 26 and an ongoing need to call older draftees. May pre-induction exams target around half the last group, with farm deferments and reclassification logic shaping future quotas and potential mandatory reclassification up to age 60 or 80 if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry Union City
Womien
Union City-Corry
Two Killed In Memphis Wreck
Memphis April 27 two trainmen were killed and at least one passenger seriously injured when the Pan American passenger train derailed near Keeling Tennessee thirty five miles from Memphis. Ambulances rushed from Memphis to the scene as three cars rolled over and two others set crossways on the track. The railroad disclosed initial reports list only one seriously injured passenger. The killed engineers were J. Lewis and J. P. Throk smorton both from Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Py Ave
Memphis
Zonsville
Nashville
Keeling
Tenn
J. Lewis
J. P. Throksmorton
German Bombers Strike English Coast Three Times
Allied air forces mounted a massive pre invasion bombing surge with U S and British bombers attacking German targets including Essen Hamburg and ports near Paris as German raids on the English coast aimed at invasion mobilization. Heavy losses reported on both sides with multiple aircraft down and broad fire storms over Essen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English
Associated Prowy
London
U. S
Atlantic Wall
Essen
Selpveintart
al- Ten
Germany
Italy
Pulsburgit
Schweinfur
Villeneuve St.Georges
Paris
Mosquito Bouibers
Hamburg
Berlin
Portsmouth
Theer
Krupp
Morgan defeats Furlong in Donora district primary
Washington Pennsylvania April 27 complete unofficial returns from the 24th legislative district show Thomas E Morgan, a predicted physicist, defeating Rev Grant Furlong of Donora in the Democratic primary. Furlong tally stood 7484 votes to Morgan’s 834, with Morgan backed by the regular Democratic organization and Furlong aided by CIO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas E. Morgan
Grant Furlong
Donora
Furlong
Greene Counties
Morgan
Rep. Furlong
CIO
Tribute to Cardinal O'Connell at Holy Cross Cathedral
April 27 Boston hundreds of clergy and lay mourners gathered at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross for a pontifical Mass in honor of Cardinal William O'Connell whose earthly remains lie in repose at the altar. The ceremony echoed medieval pageantry as mourners paid solemn homage to the late prelate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
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New Guinea
Madang
Stilwell
Im Mogaung Valley
Winterfeldt
Cal
I Vane
Howell
Rourl
Averys
Gysum Company
Warren, O
Courk
Janice Graham
Montgomery Ward Plant
Federo Governimentt
Ashe
Lonnjis
Lodny
Montgomery Ward and Company
Kangent
Isu Proley Frm
Roosevelt
Micaida War Labor Board
Department of Commerce
Allowmey General's Office
Sewell Lo Avery
Company Bord
Erie
Ols
Corry Union Board
RAF
Schweinfurt
Cardinal O'Connell
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