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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1944
Page
8
Weather across early December froze Chautauqua Lake with up to three inches of ice in places and left bays locked while a center channel remained open. Jamestown night parking disrupted plowing prompting an immediate city investigation into unenforced 2 to 6 am bans as fire and traffic incidents occurred.
William Taylor, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, begins his first year as an employee and officer. He moved from Pittsburgh to join as assistant auditor on December 7, 1914, becoming the bank’s longest-serving employee. Kane surpasses its 41000 quota. efforts to exceed the 115000 EB bond quota continue as the drive passes 65 percent. The American Iron and Steel Institute reports steel output in the first three war years reaching 263 million tons, nearly 80 percent higher than World War I peaks and about 180 percent above peacetime three-year records. Also noted are four deer kills reported locally, including the 250-pound 11-point buck by Joseph Janesec at Jackson Bill, with other hunters listed.
American forces push toward Saar district as Third Army troops advance northward and eastward against Saarbrucken. Artillery shells industry as Wehrden near Metz areas see forts Garching and Fort St Quentin capitulate. Seventh Army moves within five miles of Colmar with Alsatian city still under German control.
Democratic County Chairman Owen M. Burns denied reports that he would receive a federal judgeship after the first of the year. He stated there is no vacancy, no offer, and no request on his part. He noted three federal judges in the district hold lifetime posts. The rumor linked his campaign leadership to a post.
Mrs. Gertrude J. Gleason was informed by the War Department that her son, Cpl. Felix B. Gleason, previously listed missing in action, was killed in action on August 24 over Czechoslovakia. The Liberator bomber crew member had been returning from a fourth mission when attacked. other crew members were captured, and it was hoped he survived.
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