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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1945
Page
1
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Australian infantry assault Balikpapan, Borneo, as Japanese defenses clench around last footholds. Allied engineers rush to rebuild captured airstrip near Manggar while heavy fighting and artillery hits persist along the Samarinda road and Balikpapan bay.
Washington July 5 The House postwar military policy Committee endorsed universal training in peacetime as the orient principle and urged Congress to enact legislation to implement it during the current session. The plan would require every able bodied male to undergo one year of military training starting at age seventeen or eighteen.
General Derk Spaatz, famed for directing bombing that leveled Germany, is assigned to the Pacific Theater. He will report to the War Department for conference on his new assignment and will arrive soon for forthcoming plans.
A garbled 4th of July report notes city activity with limited details. The text mentions a quiet holiday, scattered stores open, and a few accidents or disruptions amid a restrained crowd and traffic.
Howard W Loveland becomes cashier of Citizens Bank as Hayy W Parker resigns the role but remains president and director Loveland has long served on the bank's board and is well known in the city His appointment aims to relieve Parker of routine duties and allow focus on overall bank operations
The wartime submarine Trigger with a crew of 20 to 85 officers and men is overdue from patrol in the Pacific. Navy and officials report a loss, next of kin notified, with Commander David R. Connie of Annapolis, Md., at the helm since February 1945 and holder of the Silver Star. The communique also notes 1045 U S submarines lost since the start of the war, including four destroyed for preventive reasons and 39 overdue or presumed lost.
Mackinac Island Michigan July 9 Officials at the governors conference named Gov. Bu Howard Martin of Pennsylvania Renih-Mean to succeed Gov. Herbert Maw as chairman. The meeting aimed to address food policy, price controls, and rationing as potential campaign issues.
Army dispatch reports 17 US divisions punch through island chain, 23 Nip divisions retreated, 420,000 enemy soldiers affected. American casualties climb to 54,891 as reinvasion objectives appear achieved amid mounting war pressure.
Manila dispatch reports General MacArthur declaring the Philippines won back in the campaign that reduced Japan’s grip on 115,600 squmiles of territory. He notes 260 days of fighting, 17 American divisions against 23 Japanese divisions, and claims bases near British Isles scale to aid future offensives toward Tokyo. The piece cites prisoner deaths, guerrilla resistance, and a crate of tactical aims including siezed bases, disruption of raw materials, and reintroduction of democracy in the Far East.
The men of Company A Pennsylvania Guard arrived home fromIndiantown Gap after a short training period aboard a troop train. Three heat prostrations occurred during the memorial service at the reservation but all men returned to headquarters after a few hours of hospital treatment. They marched to the armory on East Washington Street and spent time unloading equipment and checking property. Demobilization completed around four a m.
A small American task force reportedly moved into waters north of Japan for a hit and run bombardment and then slipped back toward the North Pacific. Tokyo carried word of shelling Karaito to land off the North Asia coast and a two day submarine bombardment of shore installations.
World watchers await Britain’s general election results as Conservatives led by Winston Churchill defend free enterprise against Labour plans for nationalization of key industries. Campaign ends with Churchill calling for global unity while Labour signals a swing toward social democracy. absentee votes still to be counted, with July 26 expected result. In a separate dispatch, Australian correspondents William Smith and John Elliott were killed by Japanese snipers during the Balliepspan invasion.
Corry employees of the Pennsylvaniad Electric Company will be represented through the Erie union at a meeting in Johnstown tomorrow to review the Regional War Labor Board decision granting an average six cent per hour wage increase and delaying a threatened strike of 1,000 workers. The RWLB action postponed the work stoppage planned for 11:58 p m tonight and set a stage for a possible retroactive back pay of about 280 000 dollars. The outcome hinges on whether the wage award meets the unions expectations as the meeting proceeds.
The Pennsy Pennsylvanian No. 581 from Philadelphia and New York derailed near Ridgeway about 6 am. The locomotive and two cars left the rails. no crew injuries. Mail baggage and one express car derailed. passenger coaches largely intact. An engine aided return of cars. investigation underway at Ridgway.
Associated Press reports the President signed a three year extension of the reciprocal tariff law. The extension preserves executive power to adjust duties while maintaining lower rates. lawmakers anticipate continued use of tariff powers to influence industrial policy.
Raymond L. Mallory, a Putas field youth employed in a lea plant, faced a wild drive through Corry streets and beyond Clymer. He paid fines and costs and was discharged from further charges. Three accomplices, two girls and another youth, were released with disorderly conduct charges pressed.
British officials flag a possible meeting between Churchill and Stalin before the Potsdam conference. Truman may attend, with White House sources noting uncertainty about a full Berlin area summit. Meantime Goodyear strike and Akron plant disruptions prompt presidential action. Finnish war casualties listed include 52,609 killed and 5,585 missing or wounded.
Three people were killed in a grade crossing crash near Orangeville Ohio yesterday. The victims include Howard D. Thompson 50 Thornton Gorgam 60 both of Sharon Pennsylvania and Helen Fogel plan from Sharpsville Pennsylvania. Investigators pursue details as officials name the locations and possible route.
Associated Press reports a subdued Independence Day across the nation with 138 fatal accidents nationwide, many on roads and in water. In Pennsylvania a calmer holiday included 30 fatalities from auto crashes, a fatal drowning, a burned death, and a parade incident. Philadelphia drew 500,000 to Pallmount Park as Burgettstown and western coal regions observed the day while many mines closed in observance of Bear Harbor. People stayed home following defense orders and safety pleas, and beaches and parks drew crowds despite the subdued mood.
Tokyo boasts of an amazing number of planes being produced underground, claiming about 100 planes in a hidden factory. The report notes widespread strikes on Nip homeland, signaling intensified air operations following the B-29 holiday attack.
Tokyo radio says 300 American raiders struck Nippon again as 100 Mustang fighters attacked Tokyo airfields. Four cities burned, 22 ships and numerous aircraft destroyed. Okinawa and Kyushu raids continued with heavy bomber and fighter assaults. American destroyers were sunk in actions near Iwo Jima and the Oilnswa operation, while U S Army Air Force bombers hit multiple targets on mainland Japan. Photographic assessments underway to gauge Pacific War Independence Day strikes.
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