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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1945
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text from 1945 hints at a public or political note. The readable bits reference a person titled Esquire and a statement about votes or maternal concern, with unclear day and place. No coherent event or outcome is discernible from the fragment.
The fragmentary OCR reads as a local item with unclear names and figures. It mentions a top slight and weight or measurement hints, but most specifics are unreadable. The brief suggests a minor event or notice lacking recoverable proper nouns or dates.
Babson argues rail stocks are approaching a peak amid war gains. He cites reduced debt, strong government standing, and low interest rates as positives, but warns postwar competition, new pipelines, canal openings, and inflation will pressure earnings. He prefers nonrail carriers selling payment to rails. Continued on Page Two.
The city announces a Red Cross quota of £19,500 for the coming campaign, at least £9,000 more than last year’s figure. A designated chairperson will lead the effort, with planning to begin in a few weeks. The drive aims to exceed prior fundraising totals and bolster regional relief work.
County commissioners drop plans to turn over tax held properties to the city for sale after Erie counsel argues the county trusteeship forbids disposal. About 150 parcels in the city remain, with officials seeking a cleanup and a new arrangement to protect taxpayer properties and reduce nuisances.
Erie County draft officials clarified that all farm deferred youths aged 18 to 25 will be called for physical examinations. The Erie report claiming farm deferred youths would not be called was deemed incorrect. Reclassification guidance will follow the new federal order through local boards. About 150 farm deferments exist in the Corry Union area.
William Schnaekel, a PRR conductor from Erie, collapsed and died of a heart attack yesterday afternoon while preparing to board train No. 871 at Emporium. He was a veteran of the railroad, survived by his wife and daughter, and was with Corry friends when the fatal moment occurred after breakfast in a local restaurant.
Allied forces tightened the German bulge in Belgium with First Army units breaking clear of forest cover toward Houffalize and within six miles of Hellfriz, while Third Army pressed south near the highway stronghold. Von Rundstedt reportedly lost the bulk of more than 20 divisions in the breakthrough, but armor remained a looming threat as Patton’s Third Army reported 80,000 killed wounded or captured since December 22.
A car struck a man on East Main Street at 2 am and drove away before witnesses Robert Morris and George Jashman reported the incident. Lloyd Wasusas, later identified as Hitsworth Woodard of Goring Creek, was taken to Corry Hospital with injuries described as serious but non life threatening.
The Corry Union City area reports total employment at 246 as of January 1, 1945, up 17 from November, with large plants steady. Four big Corry manufacturers show one fewer payroll worker than a month earlier, while 83 percent of new hires and 3.2 percent of separations reflect a tight labor market.
Snow and sleet left roads slippery from Corry to Arie with numerous stalled cars and minor wrecks. State Highway crews faced heavy accumulations on secondary roads making plowing hard while many routes remained difficult or closed, buses and schedules disrupted.
Reports from Pearl Harbor indicate a fierce push against Japanese convoys off Indo China as Admiral Halsey’s fleet launches heavy strikes on Saigon and Cam Ranh Bay. Japanese losses mount with more than 100 ships sunk or damaged and 98 planes knocked out at Formosa in recent action.
Bulletin reports three Superfortresses flying over central Japan this afternoon in a show of air power. Unconfirmed sources from the Temadeast and the Federal Communications Commission outline the routes near Hanshin and the Tokyo-Yakima corridor while warning of possible weather interference and misreporting.
Berlin announces Soviet forces launched major offensives along the Polish front and on the Luzon battlefield. Moscow says German claims of German setbacks are unconfirmed as Soviet and Allied forces press advances in Poland and the Philippines.
A special meeting of the Board of Education was scheduled for Monday night at 8:30 with a teachers committee session at 7:30. The Edinger committee chair claims the board will investigate cafeteria shortages tied to Miss Gordy and Miss Benend Gurdon assignments. Directors will probe inventory discrepancies and alleged attempts to conceal stock from Junior and Senior High cafeterias amid reports of misused food supplies and missing items.
Mystayma Burma January 1 The first Allied motor convoy to China is prepared to move a four thousand mile supply run along the Leda road with American engineers on standby to repair and hold the route as Chinese forces press toward Namkhin and Wanting. The objective is to clear the Shwell valley and lanes paralleling the river to open the India China land route.
A small fire at Blaine Wallace garage in Clymer occurred this morning when a tractor inside the shop caught fire. The Clymer Fire Department was dispatched and extinguished the flames within a few minutes before they spread to the building.
Heavy bombers of the United States Eighty Air Force remained over Germany resuming missions after snowstorms forced a pause at British bases. Tactical support to ground forces continued as crews logged missions despite wintry weather and limited visibility along the front.
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