26 Jul 1944
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1944
Page
1
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Allied naval task forcesraided Palau in the western Pacific and Sabang in the Dutch East Indies. Tokyo radio claimed cruisers, destroyers and carriers attacked Palau with two of 30 planes shot down. Sabang harbor and city were raided with two allied destroyers and submarines sunk. The report notes Palau as a key fortress near Mindanao and Guam and places the actions within broader US advances in the Marianas.
Washington reports that Argentina is charged with deserting the regional effort against the Buenos Aires regime. A U S backed statement circulated among 19 American republics maintains no recognition until concrete acts show fundamental change. The note threatens continued diplomatic isolation until Argentina aligns with UN policies.
Washington July 26 officials proposed Wallace as a possible head for a post war international body to stabilize prices and supplies of stock and farm products. The idea, backed by the United Nations food conference at Hot Springs Virginia, envisions a world body to manage resources and trade. Wallace would be free after his vice presidency ends in January, regardless of November election outcomes, with officials weighing him for the chief executive post of the international organization.
Pfc Herbert Mastin, son of Mrs Mary Molfitt of A D 8, and nephew of Mrs Male Trigeuitt of Stewarts Road, arrived home with First Division Marines after Southwest Pacific service. He wore the Presidential Unit Citation stripe and star, four battle stars including Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and New Guinea campaigns, and served from Pearl Harbor onward. He was with the first Guadalcanal landings and endured 158 days of combat, with malaria four times but in good shape now. He has a 30 day furlough then orders to Qualitico for Special Ordnance School before reassignment.
Soviet and German forces clash along the Vistula River and near East Prussia with heavy engagements reported on the eastern bank. Nazi garrisons face pressure as advancing Cossacks engage German units and Red Army reserves threaten from the east.
Soviet forces reach the Vistula line near Warsaw and thrust toward East Prussia. German garrisons at Brest Litovsk, Dvinsk, Lwów and others are reported doomed as Stalin’s encirclement drives tighten. Cossacks and Soviet air forces harass the German army along the Visla eastern bank near Pulawy. War aims include halving the Baltic, liberating Poland, and opening routes to East Prussia.
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey met at Albany to discuss post Labor Day campaign plans. Bricker arrived with Mrs. Bricker and said he aims for a vigorous effort aligned with the national Republican organization.
July 26 dispatches from New York Rome and London summarize Balkan and Central Europe events. Reports claim Field Marshal Ernst Von Busch committed death by his own hand amid German operations in Poland. Allied powers discuss continued support for the Polish government in exile and readiness to aid a Soviet recognized Polish Liberation Committee.
Harold Lines a paratrooper and former Columbus High School student, is officially listed missing by the War Department after participating in the Normandy invasion with American airborne forces on June 6. The message came to his parents, Perry and Mrs Lanes, who live east of Corry, as a war front casualty notice with additional family details and other missile reports.
Robert Hammond, year old son of Mr and Mrs Howard Hammond of Concord Fidge Road, fractured bones in his right wrist last evening while helping with the hay harvest on the Hammond farm. Riding a hay wagon, a portion of the load slid off, the boys fell, and he was taken to Cor Hospital for X rays and treatment. His condition this morning was reported as good.
Preliminary talks on postwar school development cite State aid as the first requirement. The district faces 83,000 in debt with 7,000 against the Junior High and 6,000 for the remodeled High Vocational School. Current debt service is 14,500 annually, limiting bonded debt to two percent of vote valuation. At present valuation, the district can borrow about 4,410,000, with a likely need for voter approval to sustain future plans. Authorities anticipate state and federal aid schemes, with local programs advancing only to prepared plan stages pending higher-level decisions.
Sareen Md Carmet Pa July 26 a mother Mary Rachel 36 and her two daughters Mary Tou 7 and Barbara 8 died when a frame dwelling burned on the first day of the New Jersey family's vacation Loretta Dula 4 also perished as the home was destroyed The tragedy occurred amid a vacation visit from Jersey City and Philadelphia papers report the victims and the blaze in concise form
Allied forces push toward Pisa south of the Arno and near Florence as the Eighth and Fifth Armies gain ground on a broad front. German shelling targets American units around Pisa and river crossings while air operations claim 65 German planes destroyed and 26 Allied planes missing.
The Democratic primary left Cotton Ed Smith in second place behind Gov. Olin D. Johnston as the long notable foe of the New Deal trails out after nearly 48 years in politics. In Arkansas, Huey P. Long ally Hattie Caraway lagged in renomination while J. W. Falbright led in Congress in his first term.
AP from Washington July 26 Bradley Dewey head of the Rubber Bureau announced its dissolution by September 1 and said the synthetic rubber industry will survive peacetime. The new synthetic output reaches about 36,000 tons annually, far above prewar consumption, as Dewey argued against planting natural rubber trees.
Mail from Tarawa veteran Lieut Chuck Schultz Jr describes a 25 day brutal Saipan assault. He notes dirt filled ships and near misses, recounting seven years in service and a close eye wound. His May 17, 1944 letter to his father recalls rugged gear loss and fierce fighting, ending with a safe return news brief.
Marshall Eugene Cook, 11, was struck by a car near Route 7 and Lincolnville Road in Riceville as he headed home for water. He died shortly after at Corry Hospital. The driver Harland Drake stopped and assisted his mother en route to the hospital. Funeral services set for Thursday at 1 pm in Spariansburg.
Allied reports describe heavy fighting in Normandy as American and British forces push forward. American troops crossed the St Lo Porters road and advanced up to 3000 yards amid fierce German counterattacks. Heavy air and artillery support aided the drive toward Verrieres and surrounding sectors on the western front.
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