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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1945
Page
2
London dispatch reports Air Secretary Sir Archibald Sinclair stating Allied air forces have reduced German oil output to near exhaustion. He said the percentage loss of US and RAF bombers sent had fallen by about four hundred percent since 1942, addressing the House of Commons.
Archibald notes the swelling crescendo of destinction as Allied bombers engulf oil plants tank factories and communications across the German armies on every front from west east and south. Treasury report shows March receipts 60.87 million expenditures 319.74 million, balance 16.71 million, total debt 324.94 million.
Police seek youth who stole a Yellow Taxicab and crashed it on Route 19 near Ernest. Reports of floods in Jamestown area with lake level rising to 1,308.80 feet, threatening flatlands around Monroe Street. Community events include Salvation Army revival meetings led by Colonel Quirk and local church activities. Oil City prisoner of war Wade Bussard reported. Meadville and Erie aviation and busines notices. school and club events. weather-related flood notes in Jamestown and Ridgway.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey signs a sweeping statute criminalizing employment discrimination based on race creed color or national origin. The Senate passed 48 to 6 and the Assembly 109 to 33 with minority Democratic unity. Dewey calls it an historic step toward equal opportunity nationwide.
In Connelsville Pennsylvania on March 6 two Liberty Powder Company workers were killed in an explosion at the Mt Braddock plant. The blast occurred in a gelatin package house not in operation. the two men were the only occupants. The company announced the victims as O. J. Krueger and C. E. Thomas.
Prime Minister Churchill returns to London after visiting the front and meeting General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. Churchill tours Jülich in Germany, describing postwar plans and vowing employment opportunities, as Allied leaders discuss strategy. Hitler is not present in the visit.
Harrisburg reports a showdown as administration forces press a Brun ner antipollution bill. The measure, tied to Martin’s waterway campaign, advances to amendments in the House. Senate approves a separate conservation aim 38 6 to regulate strip mining of bituminous coal. Republicans and Democrats in the House plan to offer amendments to strengthen the bill.
An item from Corry Pennsylvania notes Amy Alr Flel la reports and Donoghue RR Donoghu Corry coupled with a special crew assignment at a dedicated field. The mortgage filing appears in Er ert W. Ross and Eloise L. Culve records.
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