07 Jul 1944
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1944
Page
1
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Soviet forces push along a 350 mile front toward Wilno and Lithuania. Red Army troops reach twenty miles from the Lithuanian border and press toward the Bug river as German lines bend under pressure. Cavalry and tanks move between Minsk and the Saylet Ball republics while advances threaten key railway hubs near Warsaw and the Baltic republics.
Bulletin from Carentan reports American troops crossed the Vire river and moved toward St Lo, driving west toward St Jean de Duye as they press an advance. Other dispatches note Soviet gains near Wilna and Moscow declaring martial law, while talks on repatriation of Allied POWs held by Japan continue via Switzerland.
The 20th Air Force hubibed used B-29 Superfortresses to bomb Sasebo and Ya watan on Kyushu, claiming a second raid on Japanese home islands. Gen. H. Arnohl announced the assault in Washington, noting it as the third raid since Pearl Harbor. Sasebo, near the UrS naval facilities, was hit for the first time in months, with Nagasaki area targets also cited.
A telegram from Shady Avenue parents Mr and Mrs Harley Ball reports their son Harley Hall was killed in France on June 6 during the invasion. He was 19, joined February, served with a medical detachment at Port Sheridan, and is survived by his parents sister Helen and three brothers. Hall worked as a Nichols Taxi driver and was well known in Corry.
Rome July 7 Secretary of War Henry J. Stimson, after touring the Fifth Army front, said American troops show inestimable quality and urge to engage the enemy. He noted one facet of the war is favorable but declined to predict its end, adding this is no time to let up.
Report says around midday tents occupied by Boy Scout Troop at Canarohta Lake burned. All boys uninjured. clothing and gear destroyed. Arrangements made to return the group to the city this afternoon.
Fire swept the Ringling Brothers tent killing or injuring hundreds at the Hartford show. Authorities say the toll reached 152 with many victims unidentified among charred remains. Governor Baldwin directed a statewide mobilization as investigators probed the blaze.
The Kurtz plant on Pennsylvania Avenue, once Burts Furniture, is leased by McEvoy Storage and Transfer Company of Jamestown to operate general warehousing. George Schnell will run the Corry property, with government food storage contracts in place and first shipments due today. Part of the fireproof space will serve government needs while remaining available for general storage.
Oil City Pa July 7 The blast at the Defense Plant Corporation aviation gasoline unit near here killed several workers and left others in critical condition. Fire destroyed an alkylation area, with flames spreading along a road. Emergency plasma shipments arrived as investigators and company officials assess the cause and reconstructions plans.
Corry residents listed among 23 called by the Union City draft board for pre induction examinations in Erie on July 20. The Corry men are Robert Lewis Brockman Guy Harold Brown Charles Hudson Akam and R D John Francis Punch plus others from Waterford Edinboro Union City and Wittsburg. The group will report to the Erie center at 8 at the morning of July 20 and those who pass will enter the reserve pool to fill future calls.
A Louisville and Nashville passenger train plunges 50 feet into a gorge of the Giese river near Jellico Kentucky and Takes 17 lives with 250 hurt. Wreck involved 5 cars and two soldiers trapped.救救 efforts continue as rescuers pull survivors from the wreckage and hospitals in Take City LaFollette Jellico Corbin and Williamsbury.
Reports of a panther sighting in the district north and west of the city prompted the Tourist to post a 10.08 bounty, later raised by the Rod and Gun Club to 20 and gifts from P M Nichols and others bring the total to 26. Sightings shifted to Monday evening on West Columbus Avenue and the piano place near the pump station. State Police at Corry barracks report armed readiness and a property owner’s reliable informant to call if the panther is seen.
An Indiana student from Corry Senior High School, Pfc. Robert Maas, 21, was killed in action in Italy in June after enlisting in March 1943 and going overseas in September. He leaves a young wife, Lois Strickland Maas, and a mother in Spring Creek. The piece also notes a Pittsburgh sentencing of Selective Service violators, including Melvin Keagle, Theodore Redmond, and Charles Kennedy, each to five years in a federal pen.
Chinese forces break the siege at Hengyang ending seven years of war with a smashing victory driving Japanese troops from the area toward Hankow and Canton railways. Reports say Japanese resistance in Saipan and other fronts faltered as American naval and air forces closed in on key island positions. Canadian trooper John Lawrence Pesko of the armored corps is reported killed in action, per Ottawa dispatch.
German defenders in northern Italy stopped the Fifth Army’s advance toward Livorno Pisa and Florence as Allied forces report heavy combat near Rosignano. American troops pressed from the coast inland, taking back portions of ruined positions after fierce fighting reminiscent of Cassino. Continuous counterattacks along the front slowed Allied gains.
The city reports about 1.499 million dollars of its Fifth Loan quota funded by midday totals. Purchases yesterday credited to the Corry Rotary Club amount to 45 thousand dollars plus. Erie county headquarters indicate Cony credited with 0.000 of the Montgomery Ward Fifth Loan purchase for a Chicago arm with a large Corry store. The city is well past the Fifth Loan quota and moving toward a record oversubscription.
Varraso, taken into custody yesterday on a indecent assault charge, was released last evening when a $1000 bond was furnished. He will be tried on Tuesday July 11 before Alderman George H. Gordon at 10 a.m.
Allied dispatches report American forces breaching Caen defenses and driving toward La Haye Du Puits across the Vire river. Artillery pummels German positions as Bradley’s First Army advances one to two miles toward the Cherbourg peninsula, while Caen remains contested with limited German withdrawal.
A Chinese army spokesman said today that Captain Ralph Thompson of the American Chemical Warfare Intelligence substantiated charges that Japan used mustard gas against Hengyent defenders. Thompson examined victims and a report from him is awaited. the spokesman added that confirmation would be shared with American and British governments in Washington.
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