03 Feb 1945
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1945
Page
1
An OCR fragment references a petition related to Hoyt Ce and a June item tied to Apt Street and Pine, with unclear context. Details are unreadable, leaving the main action and participants indeterminate.
Fragmentary OCR shows listings of weights and prices for various livestock items including cows, lambs, and ruminants with percentages and numeric codes. The text is garbled, but indicates an estate inventory or liquidation with weights, prices, and ratios. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable in the readable fragments.
Seventeen Corry district residents are named for induction into military service on February 12 and for pre induction physical examinations on February 13 at Pittsburgh. The lists include 16 called for induction and 83 scheduled for exams, with names and addresses of the men from Corry and surrounding areas.
City rights office handles appeals for coal deliveries as shortages press Corry dealers. Committee chaired by Edward Rawkins logs urgent requests while Hammond Elevator reports a third coal shipment of the week, easing but not ending the crisis.
Perry Nichols sells Nichols Taxi Service to Baker and Albert Xander. Nichols will keep a limited car service and two private taxis until the P. O. permit is granted. Baker becomes manager of the new Guy Taxi Service. Xander also runs Triangle Shoe Co. and will share taxi duties.
Corry district crews of the Stele Highway Department will start clearing secondary rural roads Sunday morning unless storms force a return to main routes. The Zalmeck tractor remains unavailable but will resume when needed. main highways reopening helps bus and train schedules. Many country roads are still blocked and some farm areas isolated, with plans aimed at bringing relief Sunday. Advance nurse legislation in Washington advances toward House consideration next week as military hearings begin Tuesday.
Allied forces push through Siegfried Line near Aachen driving toward Bonn. U S First Army advances into Germany as Second Division seizes heights near Monschau and Scheiden, while Colmar area sees heavy fighting and Rhine crossings near Neuf-Brisach. More than 25 French towns reportedly taken. continued battle along 40 mile Rhine front reported.
Roger W Babson argues postwar full employment hinges on keeping national income at or above 120 billion dollars. He recalls prewar figures and warns radical changes in education may be required after World War II to train 20 million people, with school committees central to employment.
American armored columns surged toward Manila from the north and southwest as United States forces closed in on the Philippine capital. The dismounted First Cavalry Division advanced 57 miles in 24 hours along the central Luzon plain, reaching Sabang within 24 miles of Manila, while the 8th Division pressed toward Malolos crossing the Angab river and the 11th Airborne took Batangas, 40 miles from Manila, with little opposition. Continued on Page Four.
After a two month winter storm, Fred Cooper's body was moved from his son Frank's snowbound Carter Sill district home to Bracken-Keating mortuary. Neighbors aided by Olin Moore and state highway crews cleared a route via Donation Hill, using bobsled teams Ralph Morris and Roy Ladd to reach the ambulance. The task took hours as a caterpillar tractor widened the way until the body was placed in the Bracken-Keating ambulance around 5 p.m.
War Production Board issued a gas heating order causing many licensed venues to close or adjust. Elks Club and other gas heated establishments suspended operations, while some venues using coal or having exemptions remained open. The utility released a clearer notice extending the period from 7 pm yesterday to 7 pm Monday, with heating kept to temperatures preventing property damage.
Canadian Opposition Leader John Bracken accused draftee cops of discarding rifles and ammunition en route overseas, prompting Defense Minister McNaughton to vow substantiation and a legal penalty for slander. The Grey North by election closing speeches highlighted debate over conscription policy.
German appeals to resist Allied calls and setbacks flood posters in major cities. Moscow radio reports panic and refugee crowds in Berlin as neutral dispatches note shortages and crowding. A Soviet commentator says terrain and weather favor Germany, urging action to crush Hitler’s armies.
A Meadville man sues for 3000 dollars in a Corry transfer case. Attachment papers have been served on Citizens National Bank and Walter Fy. Scott, with liens extending to Corry residents as assets are sought. The action, filed in Erie County Courts, targets the Bernstein estate and related parties to recover the fee amid impending civil court sessions.
Soviet troops capturing a baronial estate in Silesia liberated hundreds of Russian women held as slave labor for Nazi employers. The Red Star says thousands endured barbed wire camps where landowners and factory managers selected workers, with some sent to factories and others to domestic service.
Bulletin items report warnings from Tokyo against accepting Chinese and American landings in China. Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes missing Canadian soldiers in Seattle and Pacific Northwest cities awaiting court martial. A London rumor mentions Berlin open city speculation and German command plans, cited by wire sources with unclear origin.
City council plans Monday meeting to address failing garbage collection and uncleared residential streets. Officials consider asking residents to assist in snow removal near catch basins and hydrants while city crews work on improving plowed routes and alley access as complaints mount.
Red troops threaten the shipbuilding city of Stettin as Zhukov’s units push toward the Oder, seeking a 15 mile gain in the Austria Frankfurt defense area while engaging fighting about 38 miles away.
Allied reports claim Marshal Zhukov’s vanguards breached the Oder bridgehead near Kustrin, with Soviet forces advancing toward Berlin and breaching river defenses. Bombers pounded Berlin’s outskirts as German counterattacks pressed near Frankfurt and the shipyard city of Bremer, amid heavy fighting north and east of the capital.
Edward Darnofall of Fairhaven is listed missing in action in France since January 10. He served over thirty three months, mainly with military police, later transferred to the Rainbow Division and reported missing after November 1944. His family, including Mc and Mrs John A Darnofall, have received official War Department wires.
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