Roosevelt Urges Unconditional Surrender For World Peace
President Roosevelt told Congress that America must take the lead in world cooperation or risk another war. He called for unconditional surrender of Germany and Japan, said the Allied plan requires wiping out militarism, and noted the San Francisco United Nations conference will include equal Congressional representation from both parties. He described the Poland border settlement as a compromise and explained the Curzon line divisions of populations.
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Europe
Yalta
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Eight Miners Hurt in Accident at Otana Mine
Eight or nine coal miners were injured when a chain of miners were entering a drifting shaft at the Stafford Coal Mining Company mine near Clymer in Indiana County. Police said a wreck occurred as men moved into the drift early this morning. The mine employs 46 workers and is located in Indiana County.
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Indiana Hospital
Duniel Coal Mining Company
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Clymer
Indians County
Prisoners Of War Repatriation Aids Inland Allies
Associated Press reports the first group of liberated American and British POWs, numbering between 200 and 250, resuming repatriation from Odessa. Other dispatches note Chinese forces nearing the Burma road railhead near Lashio, German raiding across the Sento, and Allied counterattacks. A Tokyo broadcast claims Allied ships massing at Akyab. The Inter American Conference advances resolutions for enforcing peace. Churchill wins an overwhelming House vote in Britain.
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Odessa
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Sento River
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Akyab
First Report On War Fund Due Tomorrow In City
Chairman Dana Taggart of the Corry Chapter American Red Cross says the 1945 War Fund drive is under way with a partial report expected tomorrow. Quotas exceed prior years, goal is 17,200 with groups across industries aiding. He urges prompt action to finish by mid month amid larger war needs. Treasury report shows February receipts 5252/496,093.79 and total debt at 234,620,220 WG106. Increase over previous day 993,695,086.5.
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Third Airfield is Reached in Steady Advance
U S Pacific Fleet reports Iwo Jima nearing full control with the central plateau largely in American hands. Third Division Marines, advancing from Motoyama, faced heavy fortifications and endured intense fighting as 4,744 enemy dead were counted in the effort.
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Rocky Little Iwo Jima
Graves B. Braking
Motoyama
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Pacific
Jim Lindsley
Hell
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Tokyo
Findley Lake Farmer Found Dead in Car
North East March 1 William E Stafford 61 Findley Lake farmer found dead behind the wheel at 4 30 p m Wednesday on Greenman Hill Findley Lake road seven miles south of North East Deputy Coroner John Marks North East investigation says death due to heart attack Stafford left home at 11 a m to have coal sent home returning when stricken car veered to opposite side of road stopped against a snow drift motor still running neighbors saw the car at noon but not seen from Mrs Phyllis Stetson nearby who found the body in the car
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Greenman Hill
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Findley Lake Road
John Marks
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Stafford
North Beat
Dramatic Rationing Rises As Pork, Beef Prices Jump
A sharp point hike in the wartime rationing plan takes effect Sunday, raising values for cheaper beets and portents while forcing reductions for choice heel steaks roasts and many pork cuts. OPA notes heavy military demand and tight supply, with several items moving up four to six points per pound. Breadth of items affected illustrates broader curbs as red point values shift and 12 extra ration stamps cover meat purchases through June 30.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Boyles
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Sisi
City to lift coal control as supplies seem adequate
The emergency coal committee reports adequate city supplies and no need to extend federal control. Deliveries from the three Corry dealers run 24 hours, with some delays in home delivery for certain coal grades. Chairman Edward Hawkins is returning from a western trip and a lift likely follows his talks with Mr. Williams and local dealers.
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Willams
Corry
Edward Hawkins
Hepler
Williams
Highway crews busy as snow drifts close roads
Snowfall across Corry and surrounding districts created deep drifts, blocking rural routes and hindering plowing progress. Highway Department plows kept main roads open and attempted to reopen secondary streets while the Zalmeck tractor aided Carterill and Sciota Clymer road patrols. City streets also treated intersections and hills for slick conditions. Twelve injured on trolley derailment in Philadelphia after a switch fault sent a car off tracks and into a building, sparking glass injuries.
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Tokyo Says Americans Invading Palawan Island
Manila reports a Tokyo radio claim that a force of up to 3,000 Americans landed on Palawan Island southwest of Manila. If true, Palawan would extend U.S. reach along the South China Sea. In contrast, MacArthur’s July communiqué cited near total Japanese destruction at Corregidor.
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Pfc. Wascak Home From Overseas After Wounding
Pfc John Wascak, seriously wounded in France on November 22, arrived in the United States for further hospitalization. He is at Army General Hospital Camp Pickett Virginia and hopes for a brief furlough to visit his home in Corry. He enlisted in 1943 and went overseas last October. The Purple Heart was awarded to Pfc Wascak.
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Fifteen Escape In Derailment At Steubenville
Fifteen sleeping passengers on a Pennsylvania Railroad eastbound Spirit of St. Louis flyer plunged about 35 feet from a trestle into a shallow creek near Steubenville. Seven injured, one seriously. no fatalities. Passengers scrambled from the partly submerged Pullman cars into cold water and were sheltered with blankets and coffee.
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Total Snowfall Record Returns 151 Inches for Winter
Monthly weather data from J Pred Kinley notes 271s inches of added snow this period, lifting city total to 151 inches for winter. Four clear days, six partly cloudy, 18 cloudy. February warmer with four subzero days. City mean max 25.2, mean min 16.4. Also reports a Pretoria blast kills fifty, many in clothing, at ammunition loading area near Pretoria. at least 200 injured.
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South Africa
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Hell
Local resident found dead from gas fumes
Morris Shatzkin, longtime Corry resident, was found dead in his room at Mrs. Mary Wagner’s West Frederick Street home. Deputy Coroner Keating said he had likely died from carbon monoxide poisoning due to a high burning heating stove with no chimney. Survived by siblings in Kane and New York, with two brothers arriving to arrange removal. no inquest planned.
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Mary Wagner
West Frederick Street
Charles Keating
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Shatskin
Acre
Wilcox
East Main Street
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Anna S. Shatzkin
Sam
Jack
Wiso
Isaac
New York City
Sonia Pickman
New York
Keating
Murder and death by own action case at Brookville
A 37yearold sailor and his social work wife were found shot to death in their Brookville Massachusetts apartment. The bodies of Leigh Pullen Johns 35 and Wayne R Johns motor machinists mate were discovered in separate rooms with a .38 calibre revolver in the bathroom. Police broke in after relatives reported they had not seen the couple for days. Coroner Pred Byers issued a verdict of murder and death by own action and said no inquest would be held.
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Jefferson County
Associated Press
Brookville
Leigh Pullen Johns
Wayne R. Johns
Cpl Reed Faces Frozen Feet Hardship Abroad
A World War era report notes Cpl Charles W. Reed hospitalized in England with frozen feet. His parents Mr. and Mrs. A C Reed, former Cory residents now in Alcalon, and his wife and son in Akron, recall Reed’s Goodyear plant work before enlisting three years ago. He went overseas in late November 1934, saw action in Germany, then moved to England due to the cold injury.
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Goodyear
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Germany
Troops of Ninth Increase Peril to Ruhr Valley
British and Canadian forces push through Hochwald Gap as Ninth Army movements raise risk in the Ruhr region. Potton breaks through Trial's outer defenses, while a retreat east of the Rhine looms amid advancing allied units.
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TOLL OF PRISONERS CONTINUES TO GROW, WEATHER WORSENS
Allied forces push toward Cologne as First Army breaches defenses near the Rhine. Ninth Army closes on the Rhine banks and Moselle valley while Third Army advances past Trier toward Josbach. German defenses collapse in places but no general retreat yet. bridges and river crossings show heavy combat.
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Seal sale totals reach 2904 70 in city campaign
Final report by Eva Kepler shows Christs Seal sale netted 2904.70, short of a 3000 goal by 85.90. Local groups raised 155 from organizations, 502 from bonds and solicited gifts, 98.87 from pin sales, and 2135 90 from mailed appeals.
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