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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1945
Page
9
Fragmented OCR lists items for sale or auction including farm tools, heavy plow, bag binder, forks, J weighs, kilns, and hogs with weights and prices. It notes sections and owners and provides multiple weight figures such as 1505 100 Ibs and 45 Ibs adium with varying percentages and prices.
Russian troops pushed into Pomerania reaching Bublitz about 28 miles from the Baltic coast between Danzig and Stettin, with German reports claiming heavy fighting along the Neisse river and near Kuestrin. Soviet and German lines reportedly stretched 100 miles from the Oder toward Goerlitz, as Berlin and Moscow issued conflicting accounts and silence persisted from Moscow.
Clifford Baker of this city was fined 200 dollars plus costs after appearing in Smethport court charged with leaving the scene of an incident near Custer City between Bradford and Kane. He claimed the car struck an object, stopped, looked back, and saw nothing before driving to Kane where he was arrested. Judge Mudge Hubbard ordered the 200 dollar fine and costs paid.
Bulletin items report a Borin broadcast placing forces near the Erft river within eight miles of Co Jayne. In Washington a House judiciary committee rejects constitutional amendments for the war duration, blocking Senate action on treaty ratification and House tenure limits. A separate London dispatch notes a bomber fleet feint toward Berlin and raids shifting to rail hubs at Leipzig and Mannheim.
General MacArthur proclaimed Manila the capital of restored Philippine government as rifle fire echoed over the war torn city. He addressed cheering Filipinos from Malacanang Palace, vowing military rule from liberated commonwealth leaders and signaling the return of democratic governance under President Osmena. A military operation off Capul and Bih islands secured a direct route through the archipelago as Osmena pledged independence this year.
Flood warnings have been issued for the Clearfield Lock Haven area and upper Juniata basin to Huntingdon due to precipitation and snow melt. The Susquehanna basin above Harrisburg reports no other warnings. Heavy runoff fell mainly above Hearfield with up to one inch, forcing evacuations in Marietta where backwater from ice jams affected 135 families and more could be moved if needed.
Loyal representative Earl Chesry opened the Golden Rule Club annual dinner at First Presbyterian Church Corry with more than seventy members attending. New directors Miss Hole Jones and Robert M. Ow joined for two year terms, Lawrence Thomas for one year, and Taggart became vice president as retiring president. A toast and dinner followed with several new members introduced. Richard Rossbach introduced Dank Jones of the Erie Manufacturers Association who urged postwar employment growth. he noted Erie district employment rose from about 25,000 in 1940 to roughly 50,000 in recent months and stressed local industry must sustain jobs without relying on federal aid. The address continued on Page Six.
The Pennsylvania Aeronautics Commission proposed a 41.25 million dollar development program funding 148 new airports and upgrades to 95 existing fields. Governor and lawmakers will review the plan, with initial spending of 3.725 million for 1945 41. County allocations include Albion 230000 North East 881000 Union City 690000 Corry 241260 Erie area.
Admiral Mitscher announced results of a two day carrier strike on Tokyo and surrounding targets. US planes damaged several factories and airfields near Oji and Ota while destroying or injuring hundreds of enemy aircraft. Ground installations and ships were hit. several small vessels sunk, trains destroyed.
Police report two curfew breaches in Union city as venues including a licensed liquor dispensary and a restaurant kept open past midnight. Cases will be filed with War Manpower Commission for possible action. Most establishments complied with Byrnes curfew statewide. details on Pittsburgh and Philadelphia continued on Page Four.
Swollen Allegheny and Monongahela rivers are rising after two days of rain. Crest expected five to six feet over flood stage early tomorrow in Pittsburgh. A crest near 30 to 31 feet would flood low streets on the North Side and back up waters into sewers and downtown cellars as authorities warn of rising water.
Long shut roads near the city were opened after severe winter conditions. Zeleneck tractor work by Warne township supervisors cleared the town line road from Hare Creek to Clymet road, uniting marooned families. Concord supervisors opened McCray Wade road, isolating farms and reconnecting Webb McCray Wade Tarins homes.
Seaman Lynn W. Brotherson of Evie, home after nearly three years as a Japanese prisoner in the Philippines, is a friend of Bob Williams of Corry. They were aboard captured ships at Fort Hughes and Manila Bay and were held at Camp Cabantuan, Luzon, with other American prisoners. Brotherson will take sixty days’ leave before reporting for new assignments in the Navy.
Lt Gen Holland Smith said capture of Hill 982 on Iwo Jima would come within days as Marines push central plateau in a 400 yard advance. American planes began using main airfield Motojima No. 2, with Motoyama airfield No. 1 in use by yesterday. Fourth Marines and Fifth Division pressed the ridge line amid extremely heavy enemy resistance.
Chief Kangan poony received a request from New York state authorities at Albany for information about a missing man named John Dusharm believed found dead along a district highway in August 1939. An inquiry today failed to reveal any trace. residents with information are asked to contact local police headquarters immediately.
Beginning March 5 a new air mail schedule will take effect with four daily pickups. The first morning flight from Jamestown arrives at 4:15 Monday, continuing to Pittsburgh for dispatch. The afternoon route to Jamestown arrives at 4:10 and winds via Cory to Pittsburgh by 5:50. Local business firms may use the revised afternoon service.
Mrs Aniela Oldenski of Spartansburg RD 4 received word from the War Department that her son Private Edward Oldenski of the 140th Engineers Division in Germany was wounded in action. He is listed in serious condition but not yet described as exiled, and the department will report his status in a month. He has served 27 months and went overseas last August, currently hospital in England.
Allied forces push through Germans near Cologne and toward the Rhine as Patton’s Ninth and the First Army advance. Tanks enter outlying defenses of Cologne while heavy shelling targets the cathedral city. báo The Fourth German defenses fall as key towns along the Rhine frontier are captured and Canadian and American units close in on the Ruhr region, signaling a step toward the great German battle position.
Bridget McEvoy reports that her daughter First Ann McEvoy arrived safely in Me part Charles ton South Carolina Sunday from overseas duty in the European war zone. The nurse was injured on duty and hospitalized in France and England. Details on the injuries are unclear. Lieut McEvoy served with the First Field Hospital on the western front until late November. She was assigned to an Army hospital in this country for further treatment but location not yet advised. She trained at Buffalo General and began service after enlisting, with postings at Fort Mead and Aberdeen Md. before overseas deployment.
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