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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1944
Page
1
A fragmentary report mentions the Germey Aud 10th event, Hog, X, Mine arhir, and var rel with unclear details. The readable bits point to a local club activity linked to Wigan, but specifics remain vague.
Fragmented OCR shows mixed items including poultry weights and feeder prices. Mentions George Bown, CE Produce, Ohio, and various numeric tags. readability is low and concrete details are unreliable.
Soviet tanks sweep past Lake Balaton and push near the Austrian frontier. Front dispatches say deep penetrations threaten Budapest from multiple axes while rail lines to Vienna and Szombathely are reported blocked by Russian artillery.
Pvt Russell Glenn reported seriously wounded during fighting in German territory on November 10. He is in a base hospital in England and doing well. His wife Mire Bernice Glenn of East Cryssix Street received word from the War Department via V mail.
In Athens a British Sherman tank and a platoon seized the left-wing EAM headquarters as fighting widened through the city. Other fronts report Allied secured bridgeheads near Ravenna and a major air raid on Merseburg and Bellefeld.
Erie county resident and longtime Democratic leader James F Lavery died suddenly at his home 922 West Sixth street Erie. He served as county chairman and ran in many party primaries and was the Democratic candidate for Congress last month. He served in World War I and received the Distinguished Service Cross. Survived by wife Mrs Louis Lavery three daughters a son in service brother Urban Lavery Chicago attorney sister Miss Regis Lavery Chicago.
Private Robert Stufflebeam, inducted November 6 1943, has been reported missing in action as of October 17 in France. His sister Mrs. Almon Foster of West Main Street received a wire confirming the absence. He is the son of Roy Stufflebeam.
Allied dispatch from Philippines reports 25,000 Japanese in Ormoc valley pushing for victory or death as MacArthur warns of intensified fighting on Leyte. U.S. and Allied forces halt the escape attempt and counter gains include ridge combat near Lime and strong resistance from the 28th Division and Seventh.
The Corry native Clinton Magee, a former Atco employee and husband of Mrs. Minnie Briggs Magee, was reported as wounded in action then killed while serving with the infantry in German territory near Aachen. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. All Briggs Magee of 327 East Washington Street, were notified.
Washington reports reveal secret wartime tests of new air giants, led by the B-36 and other models, with Rear Admiral W A Kills urging $10 million for ramped rocket and jet production. Testimony before the House Appropriations Committee notes secrecy and a shortage of experts, as Langley Field conducts B-35 and B-36 trials.
Jamestown authorities seek Mrs Gatherlne Clark twenty of Jamestown and her seven year old daughter in connection with a disappearance since November twenty ninth. Relatives with ties to Unis city Spring Creek and West Spring Creek are named as Steman Ap thorp and others. State Police from Corry and Fredonia are assisting with the case as no word has been received from relatives.
Governor Martin discusses a proposed 24 million dollar teachers bonus for Pennsylvania in the 1946 legislative session opening January 2. He notes ongoing consideration, possible debt reduction use of a 17 million dollar state surplus, and postwar development projects totaling hundreds of millions.
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden declared Britain will shape governments of liberated nations and rejected the US hands-off stance in Italy. Eden backed the British veto on Count Sforza as Italian foreign minister, signaling a rift in postwar Europe policy and drawing mixed reactions in Parliament.
The War Finance committee reported large purchases of Liberty Loan securities totaling 103,009 for clients, pushing OKW's current total beyond the million mark and within 100,000 of the quota. Additional sales since yesterday morning added 8,043.77, bringing today’s total to 111,083.75 and the grand total to 1,011,699.75. The data shows a 15 61,100,000.
War Department confirms appointment of Lt General Mark Clark as senior Allied ground forces commander in the Mediterranean theater. Reports also say Chr Lewis Klemm is missing in action on the Western Front after serving in the Philippines and Europe. Klemm reported missing in a message to his wife Mrs Jessie Kemmn and to his parents in Brook Street.
Thomad Bayt, an investor in the War Produce tina Board's Sslynge division, told leaders across several Western Pennsylvania counties last night that there is no government plan to halt child labor.
War Department lists Pvt. Neil Gates as missing since November 21. His wife Mrs Mary Clubbita Gates, in Cord township, reported the notice and a telegram confirming the absence. Gates enlisted November 16, 1842, served over two years, overseas with an infantry unit in the Allied offensive against Germany.
Treasury position December 4 receipts 88 487 702.39 expenditures 439 347 571 50 net balance 17 115 170 032.74. cash in bank 224 031 128 916.81, increase over previous day 3 214 451 490.38.
A westbound freight train collided with a car at the Wye Novik Center street crossing near the Pennsylvania Railroad. The car was destroyed but all occupants escaped unharmed except a woman worker who suffered shock. Police assisted and halted the train, with the car left at a yard.
The 78th Congress passed a final appropriation measure totaling $415,524,713 to bolster miscellaneous agencies. House Appropriations Committee backed the bill, lifting total new funds by Congress this year to about $68 billion. Navy accounts dominate the package with $286,626,582, and officers revealed in closed hearings that secret tests are under way on large new aircraft potentially surpassing the B 29 Superfortress now deployed in the Pacific.
Authorities report inmates at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary took four guards hostage in a protest over being housed with German war prisoners. Warder Sanford said the exact timing and causes were unclear with some objections raised to quartering and the guards unharmed thus far.
Patton's forces push a new bridgehead across the Saar and press toward Saarbrucken. German defenses at Sleaford line come under heavy shelling as Allied bombardment escalates and German losses mount.
Allied forces push a broad bridgehead across the Saar near Saarlautern and Saarbruck, with the 9th Division crossing the Saar between Saarlachen and Merzig. Units press toward Saarbrucken as German defenses crumble and Allied casualties mount in the western Allied push into German soil.
In the Pitstika district of Allienk Greek snipers opened fire on a British convoy as troops passed by a road near dawn. authorities report one officer and an enlisted man wounded. The attack drew armored reinforcements and is linked to the National Liberation Front. details of the attackers’ positions remain unclear.
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