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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1945
Page
1
A fragmented OCR notice reports a men’s track meet in Ohio with unclear team names and a final score showing 85 points for one side and an undetermined result for the other. The readable portion mentions implied competition and venue but lacks complete details.
The readable fragments describe a TBM operation and a timing window involving an executive task. Specific names, places, or dates are not present in the legible text. This item appears to be a partial note rather than a full event report.
Reports from Paris on January 30 state Allied forces from the Third Army advanced into Germany near Weedenhausen and crossed the Our, while Canadian troops battered lines east of the Hal Sundigeh Drop in Holland. American and other Allied forces pressed toward the Siegfried Line along a broad arc, staging heavy movement and air strikes to disrupt German positions. The war front stretched to the vicinity of Antwerp as operations intensified, with more detailed coverage promised on the next page.
Blood donations via the Red Cross unit operated by Bat Jaw Hatch will resume in this city next Tuesday at Emmanuel Episcopal Church. The one day visit runs from 1 to 4 PM and 5 to 7 PM. Corry blood donors who have previously contributed are eligible again.
Corry's emergency coal committee began operation in the Municipal Building this evening to process the last ten delivery orders for local dealers. Williams said many customers reported for added allocations while one third faced delays or substitutions and others had short supply. the office system for handling orders is functioning, with local dealers awaiting shipments and expected to receive roughly six percent of their allotments.
Repeated failure of city garbage collection prompts Kinley and Stedman to pledge renewed effort. City officials warn emergency measures possible if weekly service falters, with independent trucking and new labor sought. Readiness to suspend household weekly pickup rule cited as potential cost-saving step after winter.
The Corry driven drive to aid Thrustile Paralysis victims reached 844 dollars, mid-point of last year’s goal, boosted by a 200 dollar donation from D. A. Hillstrom. Kinley Insurance and Rex Notrong contributions push totals to 542 and 4041 respectively, as the campaign heats up. Easton man gets life term in Eastern State Penitentiary for murder.
Bern reports police in the German capital fired into a throng of famished women overturning a truckload of potatoes. Twenty seven women were wounded. Paris notes Allies begin leafleting German lines about unconditional surrender. Rome mentions Harry Hopkins met Pope Pius XII. Rumors claim Japanese planes damaged U S transports and B 29s were active in the Philippines.
CPL Hinchman listed missing after October raid over Austria where five crewmen were prisoners later believed freed. He reportedly escaped with underground help and has returned to a 355 West Wayne street home in this city, with a telegram from the War Department confirming his safe rejoining of the unit.
Allied forces reached San Fernando and moved toward Manila as Douglas MacArthur announced the capture and advance to the flanks. In northern Luzon, U S troops pushed toward Baguio while repelling enemy counterattacks near San Manuel. Japanese casualties exceeded 25 000 with 1017 killed.
Emergency field orders lifted early allow railroads to clear congestion caused by storm conditions. Red armies in three-pronged push on capital noted as a dramatic wartime development. Heavy traffic at railroad yards has eased, promising relief to stalled shipments and regional towns once jammed junctions.
London dispatches claim Soviet spearhead forces blitzed toward Berlin in a massive three pronged assault within 85 to 90 miles of the capital. Zhukov's armies reportedly advanced from the Oder and Silesia into Pomerania and Brandenburg, threatening Berlin from north and east, with German broadcasts noting heavy fighting around the Oder river and in East Prussia as Konigsberg faces pressure.
Phodeste Sayre, son of Mrs Pern Sayre of Spartansburg, was killed in action January 12 while serving with the infantry in Belgium. He was nineteen, nearing his 20th birthday next month. The notification reached his widowed mother yesterday. He has an older brother Staff Sgt Victor Sayre in active service on the western front. A sister, Miss Fay Sayre, works at the Raymond Mfe Co. plant in this city. His father is a World War I veteran.
Washington June 94 The promotion of Col Elliott Roosevelt to Brigadier General was approved unanimously today by the Senate Military Committee. The nomination moves to the Senate floor likely Thursday for final confirmation.
Philadelphia report notes three dayFreight embargo limited shipments to war goods while Pennsylvania coal operators wait for car availability data. Several western mines idle, eastern coal regions suspended or cut back. Rail traffic surged through the era city with many trains carrying Army jeeps and tanks. Continued updates promised on page two.
The report notes Henry Wallace’s political fate depends on President Roosevelt’s stance as the 1940 Democratic convention looms. Roosevelt’s word to lawmakers could determine whether Wallace retains the Commerce post or secures the vice presidential nomination, amid Senate opposition and logistical shifts within the administration.
Blatt Brothers Greenville Theatre Corporation reports its 85000 special guaranteed preferred stock oversubscribed. Large blocks of the offering were taken by investors in multiple markets to fund the Greenville theatre project now nearing upper steel work. The issue can be called and redeemed as desired, with earnings pledged to support the Greenville operation. Typhoid Victim Die. Death of Joseph Good Over, 29, amid a cluster of typhoid deaths in the city. officials say the spread has been checked after a rapid rise to 30 cases in under a week.
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS Paris Jan 110 Allied naval force now engages in Dover Strait operations against the enemy near Walcheren. The North Sea command under Capt A F Pugsley directs the assault guarding the Schelde Estuary leading to Antwerp. Several southwest Holland islands such as Schouwen Noord Beveland Goerrr Tholen Orme Purlen Tiart Gemeters show German troop concentrations and heavy activity persists.
London dispatch reports Paris radio saying Col Gen Heinz Guderian was replaced by Col Gen Lothar Rendulic as German chief of staff and eastern front commander. Stockholm sources last week indicated Rendulic had received transfer orders to the Eastern front.
Washington, Jan 30. With dimes and dollars, America said Happy Birthday to President Roosevelt whose 65th year is marked by charity drives for infantile paralysis. Yet the event is eclipsed by news of a forthcoming Big Three meeting with Churchill and Stalin. Roosevelt hints at soon meeting the leaders to pursue total victory and a lasting peace as diplomatic moves unfold in London Paris Rome. Meanwhile Hopkin’s European tour signals conference prep and Byrnes’ absence prompts Stettinius to attend the British-Russian-American talks.
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