23 Feb 1945
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1945
Page
1
The readable data shows scattered numbers and items such as 82800, 92, 68 73, 955, and prices like 5.00 and 15.00. It resembles a damaged retail or inventory fragment with unclear item names and dates.
Neutral Eye reports from a Swedish correspondent returning from Berlin describe the Berlin air raids and bombings, detailing crowds sheltering in underground vaults, mass evacuations, and the terrifying effects of the bombardment on civilians. The piece conveys fear for the Eastern Front and the looming threat to daily life as cities endure repeated explosions and blackouts.
An OCR fragment describes bombers, dust, and dead near a railway station. It mentions the all clear signal, crew losses, and a continuation on another page. Names and precise details are unreadable, but the scene implies a wartime air raid aftermath in a transported newspaper brief.
The report notes an airliner missing with 22 aboard near Rural Retreat Virginia and ongoing search efforts. American Airlines previously announced a transcontinental flight overdue from Washington to Nashville with 19 passengers and crew of five. The Tri Cities Airport and officials in Bristol report sightings of wreckage, while misfired coordinates place the aircraft near Pulaski and the Kentucky border region amid weather and mountainous terrain.
On Thompson Creek a massive ice gorge resisted dynamite charges last night and again this afternoon. Water backed up toward Hydetown center, with two more ice formations upriver risking a surge. Residents evacuated one family near Chelyfionie and others faced rising flood threat as workers struggled to dislodge the jam amid darkness.
American Marines reached Mount Suribachi and began a renewed drive on the central crater after raising the Stars and Stripes. The costly Iwo Jima battle continued with heavy casualties, while enemy air activity waned as US forces dominated coastal and air operations.
Corry reports completion of the infantile paralysis annual fund drive. Total raised in the city is 1791.85, surpassing last year and the largest amount in local history. Kinley says gifts and box returns brought 1442.69, plus 349.28 from Rex Theatre collections. A detailed donor statement will be mailed within a week.
The Senate foreign relations committee voted 18 to 4 to send the United States Mexico water treaty to the floor with a recommendation for ratification needing a two thirds majority in the Senate.
Forest County Sheriff and State Police arrest Harry H. Rodgers, 29, a Sanburg hardware store and Doane hardware cashier scheme suspect who fled in Warren after attempting to pass forged checks in Titusville and Oil City. Rodgers, linked to a Titusville gang, had a railroad employee sighting and a companion. authorities from Forest, Warren counties and the state police coordinated the capture after a Titusville bank alerted them. Details: Rodgers to face charges in connection with the furor around forged checks cashed in Titusville area.
Russian troops, close to encircling fortress Guben, push 11 mile advance through fortified German lines as Stalin heralds near end of war. Moscow reports say 1,150,000 Germans killed or captured since January 14, with planes, tanks, and guns losses cited. Berlin and Moscow accounts clash on current encirclement and latest gains along Neisse and Oder rivers.
A Sunday School hayride party of ten and their chaperone were injured when their sleigh and a truck collided on the Stillwater-Falconer road near Jamestown. Two children, Jane Carlson, 12, and Martha Gustafson, 18, were in critical condition. Five others were taken to Jamestown hospitals, four released after treatment. Chaperone Mrs. Fulda Peterson suffered a forehead laceration.
Two Tayion departments at the Aero Supply Mg Co plant shift from six to five days due to material shortages. Fewer machines will run in the former department as production tightens. Management says orders are ample but lack of aluminum alloys and other materials forces the pause. Indefinite period, rumors of wider layoffs denied.
Warren Pennsylvania February 23 four or five families in low lying areas were driven from their homes as the Allegheny River and Tidioute Creek rose. The river stood at eight feet five feet above normal but five feet below flood stage. Trunkville gorged briefly as backwater affected a few homes. Water covered a section of Pennsylvania tracks near Tidioute but trains were not delayed. One family was driven from home.
The House passed the $38,000,000 rivers and harbors improvement bill after Senate approval. The measure includes 4800 for Erie Harbor, Pa, marking a significant funding allocation for harbor work.
American troops of the Eighth Army reported mopping up Japanese forces on Capul Island off Luzon after a new Philippine invasion aimed at clearing the Manila to Malta shipping lane. MacArthur announced a landing on Capul as Yanks seized key posts including Manila Hotel and city hall while fighting continued at Corregidor and nearby Manila.
Ajax Iron Works employees who belong to the International Association of Machinists stayed away from work as union leaders and regional war labor board officials prepared for talks. Some nonmembers reported to the plant while many unionized workers stood by awaiting orders. A follow up meeting was planned as District Conciliator Stainbrape Meadville from the Regional War Labor Board was expected to arrive for discussions. No formal strike call had been issued, but workers at Ajax Lodge walked off pending action.
Army plans to pull out of canal operation in Canada and write off a large portion of the 134,000,000 investment. Congressional and wartime expenditure resources indicate the move aims to reduce strategic war costs. The February report cites official sources in Washington.
London reports the Turkish assembly voted unanimously to enter the war against Germany and Japan. The move follows the Big Three’s plan to classify Turkey among allied nations that take up arms against the Axis before March 1.
Carl Laverne Cooper, a Naval fireman and father of four from Cambridge Springs, died in the Pacific typhoon on December 18. A telegram to his bereaved father confirms his death after being listed missing. He leaves a wife and four children, with siblings Frank Cooper of Carter Hill and Mrs Worth Watson of Cambridge Springs.
FAURE FITTSHURGH Feb 2 The governments oil Subsidy programs designed to spur wartime oil production have proved a complete and obviously failure says Weller Hollman production chairman of District 1 Petroleum Administration for War He noted the stings program has worked in reverse from what its GPA sponsors promised
Berlin claims General Eisenhower launched a great offensive toward the Ruhr and Rhine, crossing the Roer with tanks and infantry near Labhyides of Eh nidl, while Third Army and Canadian First Army advance. The report notes battles near Trier and the Siegfried Line, with air attacks and shifting German lines as Allied forces push toward the Saar and Rhinefront.
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