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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
2
Erie police hold William McKeand on drunken driving charges after his arrest earlier in the week. The column reports multiple local incidents including a railroad accident, hospitalizations from a wreck near Sheffield, and a missing sailor from Kane.
Secretary of War Stimson announced total armed services casualties through December 14 rise to 847099 for the Army and 80618 for the Navy. Over the two weeks, Army deaths reach 102961 with 319935 wounded and 65782 missing, plus 59165 prisoners, while Navy deaths total 31189 and 35942 wounded with 4486 prisoners.
Lt James Tower of Grand Island Nebraska, a 6 foot 4 inch 190 pounder, led a grenade assault into a machine gun emplacement. After his grenades, 34 German soldiers emerged from a hidden culvert and surrendered as Tower and an accompanying officer questioned the lack of a loaded carbine.
Federal Bureau of Investigation identified the deceased as Laura Fischer an Austria-born enemy alien found dead in a hotel bathtub at Christmas in New Orleans Police searched for a man listed as her husband D J Stafford of Chicago who left the hotel after requesting no disturbance until Sunday as authorities pursued the mystery of her death.
In Ellwood City Pennsylvania on December 26 Louis B Mayer age 75 from Lillyville fell into a 15 foot sand bin at Ellwood Stone Company's Rockford plant while mixing sand with another worker. A cave in buried him and rescuers recovered the body hours later.
Secretary Dr. AH Stewart said venereal disease remained at a low rate in 1944 in Pennsylvania and urged a stronger campaign in 1945. He called for cooperation with health and law enforcement authorities and community meetings on February 7 National Hygiene Day to map an attack strategy.
Ansaniatkit Press reports Washington and London have recognized the London exile government while Russia weighs provisional status for the Lublin committee. Moscow hints at year end action and Western powers anticipate broader recognition across Europe, with France already exchanging reps.
A total of 899 registrants from the 11‑county Erie district have been called up for pre induction physicals at the local armory in January. The city boards will examine 167 men from Erie and three county boards will test men in Lawrence Park Girard and Union City.
Soviet and allied troops breached defenses around Budapest. Units from the Hed army entered Buda from the west and northwest while Marshal Tolbikhin's First Ukraine Army pushed along the Budapest Vienna railroad, seizing multiple localities in the Danube bend.
A garbled health note warns that backache and leg pains may signal kidney trouble. It stresses attention to symptoms and urges seeking medical advice, noting possible soiling of waste removal and toxin buildup. The text is fragmented and difficult to read.
Drifts close several major highways while some roads stay passable. East south from the city toward Spring Creek and Garland corridor sees hopeful opening by late morning. Route 17 to Spartansburg with Corry end in bad shape risks closure if drift continues. Mail routes to Olean City Titusville and Clymer face delays. Local rail crews prepare to keep interlocking switches functional as storms persist. Rural carriers report service suspended on some routes.
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