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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1945
Page
8
A list of Corry churches extends invitations for worship at numerous centers including United Brethren in Christ First Baptist and Nazarene along Essex and Washington streets. Services feature morning worship with sermons titled This Is Holy Ground and The Year of Jubilee plus Holy Communion and youth programs. Local readers are urged to attend and join in planned social and prayer gatherings.
A church notices card lists services across Sundays and weeknights. Pastor A R Horst leads 270 A.M. Sunday School and 11 A.M. worship, with Rev. Minard Klaus and Billy Hamilton noted for morning and evangelistic services. Open-air meetings, prayer meetings, youth groups, and Torchbearer activities populate daily programs.
Wayne Valley U B Church lists Sunday School at 10:00 with Mrs Marian Crane. 8:00 Christian Endeavor led by Johnrobert Sill. 8:30 Worship. Wednesday prayer at 8:15. Friday choir rehearsal. Fourth of July picnic at Sill's grave across from Leon Proctor's home if rain moves to church basement. Also multiple area churches offer classes, services, and events including Pleasant and South Center Streets Presbyterian, St Pauls Lutheran, The Brokenstraw Parish, and more with varied times and upcoming summer schedules.
In New Guinea near Hollandia a glider and tow plane rescued five more people from the Shangri La valley after 47 days marooned high in 10,000 foot peaks. The mission aims to remove an Army captain, a movie cameraman, and eight Philippine soldiers who assisted the rescue party and built the airstrip. Cpl Margaret Hastings and two airmen survived a deadly incident in the valley wall. Hastings, Dollom, and Decker were the only survivors of a prior crash that killed 20 Army personnel. The group described a Tibetan like enclosure and a dramatic rescue narrative emerges from the grim terrain.
Reports from Japanese broadcasters claim four towns have fallen back into Chinese hands as fighting persists. Allied forces report heavy bombardments along the coast with ships and transports seen operating offshore. General MacArthur announced night units shelled targets along the western coast as American strikes sank eleven Japanese ships, including a minelayer, during coordinated attacks.
A fragmented notice notes that Washtd F Byrnes secretary and R Biettini head a stalled nomination process. hearings are suspended and a vote day remains to be set, with pending decisions delaying action and requiring further scheduling.
The report lists Byrnes chosen to succeed an unnamed official, with the ceremony expected to formalize the appointment. References to Roose, Truman, and other administration figures appear amid a mosaic of names and titles across the leadership and cabinet positions.
A fragmented report notes Pvt Rayr of the 378th Third Arm unit near 263 and a local ported that the next fe MeCoy participated in the spied territory in Germany.
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