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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1945
Page
6
Heavy light snow blankets the area as highway crews plow and spread salt. Volunteers and local officials mobilize to clear streets, prevent accidents, and aid residents while pilots drop corn to aid wildlife in central Pennsylvania. Police report a string of petty thefts and a court case looms as residents brace for ongoing winter conditions.
A bus carrying military workers from Lebanon to the Middletown Army Depot overturned on the highway a mile west of Hershey, injuring about forty but causing no serious injuries. George Hick drove the Victory Bus Co vehicle and James Sheehan opened an emergency door. Passengers were transported to Middletown by a following bus and private cars.
Russian units push north into the Polish corridor and seize Driesen 93 miles northeast of Berlin. Zhukov’s northern wing cuts toward the Danube line, capturing more than 150 focal points in Pomerania. The Moscow supplement notes 4,000 German casualties, 100 prisoners, and numerous captured weapons and vehicles as Berlin front remains about 125 miles away.
Fragmented OCR notes special missions in Europe naming three White House aides. It references Prené, Stephen Early, Samuel T. Roseman and Laubhitti Cusrie amid efforts to marshal public relations and relief aid, with vague wartime role hints and disjointed phrases about oversight and support.
Officials fought a daytime blaze at the Greek Orthodox Church in Jamestown after noon. Five fire companies struggled to reach the rear fire origin as a bell tower and interior were damaged by flames and water. Cause unavailable.
Union City faces fuel shortages as school officials order a temporary closure of Union City High School until Thursday. The advisory committee warns that fuel stocks are critically low and may force wider curtailments including closures of theaters, churches, and other venues if deliveries cannot be secured.
Mr and Mrs Harry Barnes of Union City received a card from their son Sergeant Leon Barnes stating he was a prisoner of war in Germany. The War Department had earlier notified them his son was missing in action since November 1944, and the new card confirms he has been overseas for the past year and a half.
Sparta residents take short trips while others host guests over the weekend. A post office rent notice invites patrons on Thursday February 15 from 1 AM to 1:30 PM. Social news includes Mrs. William Ingram and Mrs. Ver Putnam hosting a third birthday party for a granddaughter in Corry with seven guests and pink white decorations. Hospital and birth announcements, neighbor visits, and church notes wrap the local scene.
Erie Pa January 36 Judge Elmer Evans instructed the Erie county grand jury to fully consider the need for a county morgue here. He said representatives from the Erie County Morticians Society will again appear this week and noted two grand juries must approve any new county construction. The last grand jury urged action toward establishing a morgue, by building a new facility or modernizing the present one run by undertakers.
Answers to questions printed on the Editorial Page dated January 20 1945 are listed. Items include Archbishion characters of Athens One born after death father George M Cohan Palst Mouth Thoom map iy legally declared to be the father if the man acknowledges the child. noted failure due to temperament King Richard II and the Hudson River and Lake Erie.
A local ad seeks pale wood cut in short lengths or up to 13 feet, offered to ruberold company buyers via G. W. Peterson at Sparta Hotel and Nollinger Parne on Turnpike Road. Roadside or plant delivery options noted with prices by calls to the shown contacts.
A new clearing house for rationing currency will be housed on the fifth floor of the Commerce Building in Erie by March 1. The office will add about 20 clerical jobs in the district under Thomas Murray of Pittsburgh, with Howard W. Seabury and James Gurlin assisting. Murray will split duties between Erie and Pittsburgh while maintaining space in OPA headquarters.
Treasury report shows January 27 figures with receipts 187,031,857.71 dollars and expenditures 282,798,110.15 dollars, yielding a net balance of 18,809,234,747.95 dollars and total debt at 239,590,870,390.44 dollars. The increase over the previous day is 99,198,786.75 dollars.
The Pittsburgh market page records mixed farm prices with apples and Katahdins noted steady. Beef and pork futures show hogs and cattle steady, with calves and sheep aligning to steady or varied quotes. Prices span several states including Pennsylvania New York Ohio Maine Florida and Buffalo stockyards report.
New York egg market notes a firm wholesale trend with sparse quotations. Whites extras quoted around 42.9 cents, mediums about 39.8 cents, with browns and other grades showing similar cautious pricing amid market uncertainty.
Associated Press reports subdued losses among many issues while leaders show slight gains in Monday trading. Investors monitored postwar prospects and European developments, with notable moves in Amellent, Bethlehem Steel, Boeing, General Electric, General Motors, Kennecott, Penn, Standard Oil, Westinghouse, and others as prices fluctuated amid caution.
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