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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1944
Page
1
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America’s first B 29 task force raid against Yawata, Japan, reported no enemy-action losses. Two aircraft were lost to accidents, with crews safe, as bomber command bases in China supported the mission. The strike hit coke ovens and steel mills, with large fires observed.
Directors of Aero Supply Manufacturing Co. held a meeting at the local industry today denying significance to the session. Attending from New York were Henry Rudkin L Moen Harold Seer and Tannenbaum. Corry members included TN Ames L E Graham Arthur Creighton and Sam J Irvine. Treasury report shows June 14 figures with tax expenditure and debt increases.
Arthur Thompson 44 a well known resident of the First ward was found hanged from a tree east of the city near Hare Creek late yesterday afternoon. Police and Deputy Coroner Charles Bearing ruled death by self inflicted action following despondency after recent discharge from a local plant. Burial set at Fine Grove with service at Bracken-Keating Funeral Home.
Italian front reports say Allied units drive toward the Tyrrhenian Sea breaking through toward Acquapendente Narni and Terni. The Eighth Army seizes Todi while the Fifth Army moves past Lake Bolsena capturing Arqua Pendente. Germans may defend near Rimini as the advance presses on from Pisa Florence to Himini.
Supporters of Dewey Bricker and Stassen seek to influence the Republican platform drafting ahead of the June 21 committee session. Dewey backers push a foreign policy plank. Bricker's stance may be led by Senator Robert Taft. Ball plans to urge a strong postwar peace policy. CIO aims to influence a cross party platform.
Civilian Defense volunteers conduct a citywide canvass with rapid progress. Chief Warden Stott notes many ward teams have finished planned streets and others have minor returns due to absent householders. Mapping aims to finish tonight. ward captains to report Monday at 7 15 PM. In Corry, work is over halfway. attendance issues slow returns but finish within six days expected. Totals will not be published.
Pred Drace a 66 year old Corry resident, employed by Corry Jamestown Mig Corp, suffered a serious factory accident when his left hand was caught in an automatic punch press at 8:30 this morning. He lost part of the hand from the wrist, including the thumb and first two fingers, and the pinky tip was crushed. He was taken to Corry Hospital for treatment and his condition is listed as favorable. Milk production in May rose 16 percent from April, reaching 487,000,000 pounds, but remained two percent below May 1943 levels per the Pennsylvania Agriculture Department.
Warships and planes report heavy fighting near a major island position as troops press a skirmish within miles of strategic targets. Casualties and attempted landings are mentioned, with uncertain details from the Tokyo front.
American troops landed by the most experienced invasion fleet in the world 1,600 miles southeast of Tokyo at Saipan in the Marianas. Covered by battleships and carrier planes, they secured beachheads after advancing from behind Saipan, facing stiff Japanese counterattacks. Adm Chester W. Nimitz reported heavy fighting but progress against organized defenses as the operation continued.
Bulletins report bold Allied forces backing the Saipan invasion and a major air raid on Japan. Tokyo radio claims Bonin Islands and Korea strikes with minimal losses, while a Navy task force hits Bonins. Nimitz faces a strategic dilemma as Japanese defenses hang in balance. In Europe, Allied forces push toward Cherbourg as tank battles rage near Caen Caumanty and Tilly-sur-Beutles.
War dispatches confirm Staff Sgt Maurice H Johnson was killed in action during a major campaign in the Mediterranean theater. Johnson, a Hawaii and European theater veteran, previously served with the regimental unit and was noted in posthumous transmission by family in Corry. Local residents reported his death reached their apartment building in New York State.
Two youths escaped Warren jail yesterday afternoon just before 3. Harold Borst, 20, already sentenced to Allegheny county workhouse, and Alvi Reed, 18, awaiting transfer to Morgan for an indefinite term, fled after an elder warden loosened the enclosure gates. No trace found by late afternoon.
The War Finance Headquarters reported strong advances by the Women's Division led by Mrs. Don Williams with more than $5,000 in sales yesterday. A new 11-foot thermometer at the Kell building corner near North Center and Washington will chart daily totals as the campaign progresses this week.
The Wilder Tract near the city, totaling 1027 acres and held by the Mary A. How estate, is eyed for purchase by the State Game Commission as a game refuge. Reports say a lumber operator may seek to buy adjoining timber and land, with Pittsburgh Businesses handling taxes for years. The tract includes 175 acres adjoining with seed pines and timber, and the owner’s representatives may sell if the deal advances.
Washington reports the Saipan landings threaten Truk as a major Japanese base. Allied planners see a broad Pacific campaign with MacArthur and Nimitz advancing to Manila and beyond as Japanese links are cut. The coming months may push operations toward Luzon or Palau as bases shift northwest.
Three American columns press forward against strong enemy resistance as Allied plans threaten to cut off Nazi forces in the peninsula. Ships and air forces engage in heavy bombardment to secure the harbor operations.
Allied reports say fighting intensifies as forces press toward Cherbourg peninsula. American columns reach near key road junctions three miles from Le Grand Cherbourg route while German reinforcements rush to hold St Souveur and Haye du Putts. Air forces fly thousands of sorties in support as trenches and mobile fighting continue along the Normandy front.
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