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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1944
Page
1
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Russian forces push southwest in Hungary within 72 miles of Austria, seizing Miskolc and Satoraljaujhely. Tolbukhin’s Third Ukrainian Army clears near Lake Balaton while Petrov’s Fourth Ukrainian Army tightens the Slovakian junctions. overall progress ranks at 10 to 20 miles daily toward Budapest and the Danube as the drive aims at the Austrian frontier and Yugoslav routes.
Allied war planes dropped over 114,700 tons of bombs on Germany in November. Britain based RAF, US 8th Air Force in Italy and other British air units contributed major shares. More than 74 enemy planes were destroyed while 185 bombers were lost. Attacks targeted fuel and military centers along the western front.
Associated Press dispatches from London and Rome report heavy Allied actions across Europe. American bombers and escorts hit German fronts. Fifth Army fights near Bologna and Faenza while plans for postwar worker bonuses proceed in Washington. Rome notes Luftwaffe targets under intense bombardment and discussions on reprisals surface in London along with continued trials of collaborators.
Lieut. Jack Bell arrived home on Saturday after three years and eight months of active service with the Army Air Corps. He earned a Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal with five clusters, three Pacific campaign stars, and the American Defense Service Medal star for anti submarine patrol. Bell trained at Santa Ana Kommanders school and March Field, then served on the Pacific coast and in the Marianas Gilberts and Carolines. He completed 14 combat missions, with his B25 credited with two enemy planes destroyed and four on the ground. He will take a 30 day leave with his parents Frank and Mrs. Bell of Molt Street before reporting for next assignment.
The Associated Press reports from Saipan that a large force of B-29s bombed Tokyo for about an hour and a half, striking the Mitsubishi engine plant at Nekojima. Despite intense anti aircraft fire and interceptors, bombs hit the target with high accuracy. One squadron lost a plane. Japanese claims of losses vary.
Washington reports 20 more Japanese ships sunk by U.S. submarines bringing total to 874 ships, 89 warships, with 37 more probably sunk including 11 combatant vessels. In Philadelphia, the 10,000-ton light cruiser Atlantis, namesake of the mighty A test, was commissioned at the Navy Yard.
Harrisburg dispatch reports a tight split in the 1945 General Assembly as Republicans and Democrats seek to hold lines. With a 32 to 18 Senate majority and party pressure on floor votes, organizing for the January session centers on recruiting allies for key appointments and majorities. The piece notes expected more party conferences and calls for cross faction cooperation to pass or defeat bills.
Fire at the Lynn Sill potato storage barn near Beaverdam threatened a major seasonal crop. The blaze around 1:15 prompted responses from Union City and nearby departments as insulating sawdust fueled the flames and hampered firefighters.
Pvt. Russell Glenn, a Corry youth, was seriously wounded on German soil on November 19 in World War II fighting. His wife Bernice and parents Ralph and ? Glents await further word as Red Cross inquiries seek confirmation of his hospitalization in England. He graduated from Cory High School in 1933 and worked as a toolmaker at Raymond Manufacturing before his overseas duty.
Foreign minister I. V. Soong becomes premier of China in a move that allows President Chiang Kai-shek to concentrate on military tasks. Soong takes acting vice presidency and is named acting president of the executive Yuan, with brother-in-law H. H. Kung as successor. Reports of a possible agreement with the Communist Party of North China remain unconfirmed.
Frank N. Ames, prominent Corry businessman and longtime president of Ames Supply Co., died early Sunday after a reported indigestion episode. The 63 year old was born in Corry on September 3, 1881, educated in Corry and New York City, and built the family firm into a major supplier and manufacturer. Funeral services will be private from his West Smith street home at 2:40 Wednesday, with burial in Grays Cemetery. He aided the local Standard Turmbuckle Company and later the Standard Automotive Products firm, shaping Corry industry through World War I and beyond.
The Board of Education holds its annual reorganization meeting at 8 PM with a 7:30 PM special session to finish business from the passing year. Expected actions include electing a president and vice president for one year, naming a solicitor, and approving board rules.
Announcement from the War Finance Committee notes only a modest rise in the city bond total. Bond sales for Series E were halted, with $4,805.25 recorded as part of the annulled issue. The update also references the MANOS to EHS transfer dated SH107750.
American airmen scored multiple strikes on enemy shipping and supply hubs in the Philippines and New Guinea theater. Fighter planes bombed bases near Valencia and Mindanao while heavy bombers hit Palawan and other western Philippine targets. Mindanao airfields and Celebes Island installations were attacked, with Rabaul and Ravieng reports of smoke and fuel fires.
In Athens colonial tense events unfold as martial law is imposed after clashes between Royalist and EAM forces. General Papandreou accuses militant factions of inciting civil strife while police fire on demonstrators and a curfew is set. The government seeks to rebuild a fractured cabinet following resignations.
Bloodhounds join the search for 8 year old Harold Dolf, a Susquehanna County bear hunter missing since last Tuesday near Upper Kettle Creek Valley. Bloodhounds expected to arrive at Germania tomorrow to aid the hunt.
Allied forces across the Saar river push toward the Siegfried Line after capturing a key bridge at Saarlouis. Patton units drive along the Roer river, reclaiming towns and closing in on the line, while British troops advance west of the Maas.
Weather conditions improve for hunting as temperatures rise. Ronald Paimant of Seger High reports the first deer kill of the season at 8:30 Friday near Spring Creek, a 140 pound buck. Other hunters include Wesley Knisely, Corey, Gay, Nelson Williams, Carse Elly, Ralph Vandarnot, Lee Fosburg, and Fred L. Cox with bucks ranging from 4 to 7 points and weights between 120 and 160 pounds, harvested Friday and Saturday near several creeks and farms.
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