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31 Jul 1944
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1944
Page
1
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A fragmented police report notes a murder on the coast and related incidents across towns including Erie and Corry. Names like Matise and Riche appear in scattered notes while authorities say a man was killed and others injured as investigations continue.
Soviet forces push toward Warsaw with reports of Kaunas fall and Suwalki triangle advances. Berlin media note Russian lines within 20 miles of the Polish capital as German defense braces for potential loss of Warsaw and East Prussia.
The Navy announced a cutback in submarine construction citing two factors fewer submarine completions than expected and a need for at least eight other ship and weapon types. The plan keeps overall submarine completion levels through the next seven to eight months while delaying new starts and adjusting yard workloads.
Allied commanders Nimitz and MacArthur push campaigns at extended fronts across the Pacific. In fierce action on Tinian and near Guam, American forces seize key terrain and deploy a secret weapon as 5,000 Japanese survivors face destruction. The push aims toward the Philippines and Halmahera as Lt. Gen. Kenney’s pilots destroy 25 enemy aircraft and set sights on further strikes in the western Pacific.
Dr C J Blanford administrator of the New York metropolitan milk marketing area reports July milk production at a record high. Estimated total July milk issue would reach 920,850,000 pounds with pool price around 2 68 per hundredweight plus 45 cents from WFA. Combined payments could push the July return toward 3 68 per hundredweight. Daily farm deliveries run around 880 pounds, far above five years ago when pooled milk began.
Congress faces no legislative action for weeks as committees push flawed reform measures. Semi weekly sessions may be held as leaders keep members tied to election campaigns and busy in campaigning life.
Washington July 3 Congress ends a five week vacation tomorrow with no firm plan to resume major business. Lawmakers face reconversion of 20 million returning workers and 10 million veterans, weighing bills to ease layoffs, stockpile disposal, and war surplus liquidation amid a lean legislative docket.
Late Saturday a string of freight cars broke loose at the Bri yard and rammed another car into the bumper block at the east end of the siding. The car swung off its trucks, fell east of the terminal, and blocked the box car loaded with grain. Wrecking train crews will restore the car and clear the siding. no delay affected the coal yard. Final bond day Pittsburgh reports bond sales efforts as war loan drive continues to midnight. Federal Reserve shows 18 county district purchasing progress.
War analyst MacKenzie argues Turkey will sever ties with Germany, opening a new Allied front. He cites Berlin’s hesitance, Allied pressure, and the potential for Turkish air and naval bases to accelerate a German retreat as weather ends offensive leverage.
AP dispatch from Rome reports heavy fighting along the Eighth Army front south of Florence with Allied artillery and infantry pressuring German forces. On the Lower Arno, combat continued as Polish troops fought in Seniquilia. Desert Air Force pilots joined in, while official lines claimed German losses and a failed Anzac thrust toward central Tuscany.
A complete trainload of small type locomotives for export passed through the Pennsylvania lines this morning. The sixteen engines were in three sections with two tenders per car and extra cars for chassis running gear and cab assembly. The shipment, routed via the Bri(e and Harrisburg division, follows two prior export loads wrecked near Sheffield months ago. In a separate note, British destroyers attacked German speedboats and torpedoed ships in the convoy off Bast.
Washington July 83 The Agriculture Department says civilian meat supplies for fall and early winter may be about 1 percent below this year due to reduced stock levels. Production of meat and dairy products will be offset by larger supplies of fresh fruits vegetables and processed goods. Total meat production this year is expected around 25 billion pounds with peak in the first half of the year and storage facilities stressed. Seasonal increases in beef and veal are anticipated but pork output may drop about 15 percent later in the year.
Mrs Florence Alcorn Corry R D 4 reported from the War Department that Sgt Kenny B. O Day has been seriously wounded in Normandy during the Normandy offensive. He is now in a base hospital overseas. No details on the wounds were given. The radio man served with a tonic crew and had been in action with American forces since the initial invasion days.
Bulletin reports Allied advances near Coutances with Granville seized by American forces. Tokyo signals warn of renewed Japanese pressure in the Pacific as Premier Woise vows a vigorous response. Manila nightlife to be curtailed. In Europe, heavy Allied air strikes target Romanian oil sites as German divisions retreat amid fighting in France.
Postwar planning progresses with a special group assigning duties to local figures. BT Cheney to survey farms, Edward Weldt to assess major industries, Dan Tiggert to study small firms, Walter Sent to pursue federal aid for sewage plans, Scott and Feldt to gather education data, Sidney Histon to prep for federal funds, Dr N T Gillette to coordinate airport inclusion, and efforts to secure hospital improvements and state support continue as timing tightens. Chaplin wife Odha O Neill Chaplin to enter hospital for childbirth within four days.
A Corry and Erie county Republican group travels to Pittsburgh to meet Governor Dewey and take part in presidential campaign conferences. Acting Chairman Joseph Hurley leads the delegation with State Committeeman Lawrence A. Taylor and others including Mrs Sarah McQuitty and Mrs Mation Austin as local party officials.
A Sunday afternoon accident on the Blacktop Field Road near Oil City left Glenn Hi willay 14 of Knox dead in Oil City Hospital. Keith Nale 14 and Joseph Agnello Jr 15, both of Knox, were hospitalized with serious injuries after a truck rolled over while returning from a Derr Creek swimming trip. The truck, owned by CUvier Kline of Wentlings Corners and driven by Culver Mong 17 of Mansfield, rolled several times as the group rode on the rear of the vehicle. About eight boys were aboard. two survived with injuries, one killed, all from Knox and nearby areas.
Allied dispatch reports Patton’s forces spearheading a high speed American armored column bursting through the German Seventh Army and pushing toward Avranches and Granville. About 10,000 prisoners taken since the offensive began last Tuesday as German resistance stiffened along a line from Gavray to Percy and Tessy Sur Vire.
Lehigh University will host 19 percent of Army Air Corps Reservists arriving August 2 under Dean Palmer. The group, including Bill Hammond, will begin classes August 7 and train for two semesters to better fit into the Air Corps. Reservists are under 18 years old and will come from civilian life, uniformed and trained on campus under Colonel George W. Easterday.
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