07 Mar 1945
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1945
Page
1
A small contingent from a regional alliance arrives home after duty abroad. Veterans and families gather outside the depot for a brief ceremony as officials release a muted statement on ongoing reintegration efforts. Local volunteers coordinate support for returning service members and their households.
Fragmentary OCR yields scattered data on weights and pricing for cows and sheep, with percentages and numbers interspersed. Readable bits indicate auctioning metrics and livestock counts, but details are incomplete and unsorted.
As river floodwaters sprawl over 1000 miles of Midwest lowlands, eight lives are lost and thousands displaced. Ohio River heights reach record stages threatening munition output while relief agencies and the Ohio State Guard mobilize in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
U S Marines push inland on Iwo Jima facing entrenched Japanese positions on the northern headland and near the high ground. The battle around the center and north continues with heavy artillery and mortar fire as divisions led by Keller E. Rockey and Slifton B. Cates pursue a break through the Japanese garrison of about 20 000 defenders. American casualties rise to 2080, with Marine forces holding a line within 600 yards of key objectives by nightfall.
Disorder spreads from Regina Coeli prison as crowds clash near the royal palace. Bombs explode in several Rome areas while officials consider resignations and a purge after Gen Rostia's escape. Gen Armanetto Brunetti named Carabinieri commander as Premier Bonomi's fate remains undecided.
The White House said President Roosevelt will appoint William H. Davis as economic stabilization director succeeding Fred M. Vinson, who becomes federal law administrator. George W. Taylor will replace Davis as War Labor Board vice chairman, with Davis handling wage and price balance akin to his prior role.
The trial in Gyeoming County Court opened with the first witnesses today Army Pvt. James E. Buckley 22 Bath Pa charged with murder in the hitch hike killing of Magincent Nowakowski Blakbury Pa farmer Buckley’s ally was selected yesterday to hear the case in court.
BBC says 4th British armored column near Mandalay Burma. Shibata death announced. many Japanese leaders reported dead or self-inflicted. US floods hit western Pennsylvania coal pits. 3683 idle workers. German claim of a local Adriatic landing attempt beaten off. American mountain troops advance two miles southwest of Bologna in the Apennines in a limited successful drive.
A citywide salvage paper drive reaches new highs as Second ward pupils bring several tons to the Junior High building and Washington and Fourth ward collections continue. Officials urge bundling and careful handling to prevent scattering while mirroring the week’s strong community cooperation and potential Friday work.
Flood waters rose in Columbus and surrounding valleys as Creek and Brokenstraw overflowed. Water depths flooded lowlands near bridges, with highs last night near driveways. early morning readings showed a drop. Meadville faced flooded tanks and cellar water while other streams clogged highways across the district.
Kenneth Edwards of Erie has been freed by American troops after being a prisoner of the Japanese since January 2, 1942 in Manila. The telegram from the War Department says his condition is fair. Edwards, former Manila Y M C A secretary, was interned at Los Banos after capture near Samp McKinley.
Berlin reports a large Soviet assault on the Berlin front and on the Oder around Kuestrin as Red Army forces push toward Stettin from Wollin. They have crossed the Oder estuary at Dievenow and captured Goszczyn, advancing on Danzig with the aim of breaking toward the Baltic coast.
Allied air forces attack Dortmund and Osnabrück region oil facilities and rail hubs. Eighth Air Force, with 250 fighters escort, targets refineries near Bielefeld Soest and Wesel and disrupts multiple critical plants from Dortmund to Siegen in a large night strike.
Staff Sgt Robert Damon of Spring Creek was wounded on the Western Front and sent to a nearby Army hospital. His wife Mrs Biny Kafferlin Danniy announced arrival in the New Year and possible transfer to Deshion Hospital as he recovers. The veteran has long been hospitalized, with family acknowledging ongoing treatment through February 1941.
City Solicitor reports delays in the MacDonald damage suit over property from South Center Street onto MacDonald land. Attorney John Spuecier has the transcript and will prepare appeal arguments. spring hearings unlikely. The trial favored the city by limiting damages while actualability awaits court ruling after counsels’ arguments.
A Manila dated report says after 54 days of fighting Allied forces led by Fifth and Eighth Armies push to end Nipponese resistance. Parachute units report extensive cave and tunnel actions as Japanese divisions hold lines near Manila with heavy fighting noted.
The War Production Board amended brownout rules to cap outdoor entrance lighting at 60 watts per entrance to ensure public health and safety. The measure targets widespread misunderstandings and already bans showroom lighting, vehicular displays, and decorative advertising in outdoor public passageways.
A forward base officer was cleared of voluntary manslaughter after a general court martial over a January mercy killing of a trapped bomber crewman. The trial heard from witnesses about the crash that killed two crew and injured others, with the sergeant gunner ultimately dying. Names were not released in the dispatch.
Allied forces under General Patton push within fifteen miles of the Middle Rhine as First Army nears Bonn beyond Follain. Cologne prisoners total surpass one million. German resistance along the western front weakens with shrinking riverline holds.
American Third Army advances push German forces toward the Rhine with the Fourth Armored Division capturing the German commander of the 53rd Corps, Lt. Gen. Gref Von Roshkirk, who besieged Bastogne. The First Army drives near Giessen as Wesel bridges become impassable and Rhine objectives loom.
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