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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1945
Page
1
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A fragment notes wilting conditions in February near a locality, mentioning a nearby area and an unclear source from a historical page. The readable text hints at plant decline indicators and a regional context without full detail.
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Three hundred B 29 bombers wiped out five or more square miles of Osaka's industrial heart before dawn. The attack expanded the five day campaign to 340 square miles. Fire engulfed the area, with reports of a solid sheet of flame.
OPA Administrator Chester Bowles proposed price ceilings on movie tickets and other amusements. Congressmen and senators reacted cautiously, seeking evidence of need before supporting price control. Bowles indicated ceilings could cover all amusement activities, including sports events and legitimate theater.
Associated Press reports German bombers destroyed an American built airfield in Russia and damaged Flying Fortresses in a nighttime raid. Moscow correspondent Alexander Kendrick says the Fortresses were needed to support Allied operations in Normandy. Russians blamed Americans for gaps in air defenses and safety.
Golden Rule Directors held their first meeting with new resident Earl T. Cherry presiding at the Ritz Restaurant. They approved an auditor's report, discussed routine business, and authorized a $7 donation to the Red Cross War Fund sparked by Dani Jones of Erie. Committee chairs were named and tasks assigned, including probes into inquiries about local industrial locations. Dan Tapgart and Sidney B. Elston were assigned to report on joining the Chamber of Commerce and pending legislative measures. The board also voted to have a representative attend all City Council meetings and requested possible similar access to Board of Education sessions. BumBaugh designated as the City Council liaison.
Official word reports First Lieut George H H Murray 28 husband of Mariah Wicklander of Minneapolis Minn and son of Mr and Mrs John R Murray RD 4 Erie killed in a near Kunming China air collision February 1. Murray served in Army Transport Command in China Burma theater as a navigator on AG-80 stationed in Thailand. Treasury report lists receipts 442 276 39 expenditures 218 021 972 56 net balance 15 571 122 189 62 total debt 423 525 921 718 85 increase over prior day 10 964 876 90.
A long list details 124 men called for induction exams on March 21, with many from Corry, Elgwer, Columbus, Spartansburg areas. The notice lists mailed examinees with addresses and includes names and residences across multiple towns including Edinboro, Union City, Waterford, Wattsburg, Clymer, and others. The item notes the heavy turnout and bus transportation from Pittsburgh.
Manila dispatch reports stiffer Japanese resistance in southwest Mindanao as American tanks advance toward Zamboanga and several towns. MacArthur notes progress as U S forces push along the airfield region south of Manila and clear areas near Zamboanga, with prisoners taken including a camp near Santo Tomas.
Pfc Walter Davis arrived home from Atlantic City after hospital treatment for battle injuries on the western front. He stopped at his mother Mrs Archie Bishop’s home for a few hours before continuing to hospital for further care and an artificial hand fitting. Davis was wounded in November and December and had been in a hospital ship during his overseas service.
Corry's Red Cross War Fund moved closer to the seven thousand dollar mark as gifts of about six hundred dollars came in. Chairman Laggars said the total was within nine hundred dollars of seven thousand, with more reports expected after payroll schedules. Some towns started later, but campaigns may continue into mid month as higher fund targets persist.
Pfc. Raymond Grady USMC has been discharged and returned to his city home Tuesday. He was injured last July with a fractured neck and spent time in Naval Hospital Camp LeJeune North Carolina. After leaving that hospital he received three weeks treatment at Aspinwall Veterans Hospital. His wife Ruth Becker and their son are staying with her parents Mr and Mrs Edward Hecker on West Church Street.
Pacific Fleet headquarters Guam reports three U S Marine divisions pressed Japanese forces today on Guam island. Marines sealed rock formations and numerous caves near Kami and Kangokui area while Japanese occupying cave emplacements and pillboxes resisted with small arms, machine gun, and mortars.
Federal Judge F P Schoonmaker stayed the order directing removal of Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr Alexander I Stewart from office for alleged violations of the Hatch Act. Proceedings are halted until a federal hearing on the petition denying the charges.
The uniform milk price of three dollars and thirty two cents per hundredweight for March deliveries in the New York milk shed was posted by J. Blanford administrator of the Metropolitan Milk Marketing area. Farmers also are eligible to receive 20 cents per hundredweight in payments from the War Food Administration boosting the total to 4.418 dollars per hundredweight.
Russian troops break through a main German line west of the Oder near Berlin’s fore field while German broadcasts report stiff defense around Stettin and Guben. Soviet offensives push toward Gdynia and Danzig pocket as Konstantin Rokossovsky aims to seal the Gdynia area with Red Army forces closing in from multiple directions.
March reports from London say Britain’s Conservative Party opened its annual conference with a firm pledge of support for Prime Minister Churchill and hints he could lead the party in the next general election. In a related dispatch a London analyst notes the party seeks unity amid internal debate.
About twenty men will depart tomorrow morning from the Carry Union City selective service district for induction. Originally 27 were called, seven appealed and their departure is delayed, so the group will likely number around 20. They will be assigned to Army or Navy at the Pittsburgh induction center and expected to leave for training tomorrow evening. Of the group, seven are from Union City led by Walter William Piste Richard Ellis Crosscut Loyd Norman McCray Donald Jerome Morehouse Alpha Leon Maine Henry Eugene Butcher and Ror Arthur Batley.
A letter reached Rev. Leonard Hagenboom in North East confirming his wife Mrs. Rush Groters Hogenboom and two sons David 12 and Stephen 10 are safe. The family, held during the wartime internment, were in a small town near Mantis and expected to travel home once transportation is available. Messages from Hagenboom and the Prisoner of War Information Service both indicate the family survived and letters through Clymer and North East arrived despite wartime disruptions.
Allied forces press across the Bulge northern tip and clear Pont à Ponton Bridge aiding river crossing. In Mo¨selle sector, homes captured as German detachment at the western bank recedes under bombardment. High casualties reported on both sides as operations continue.
Paris dispatch reports First Army troops capturing Hornet and seizing river bridges to form a stable Rhine bridgehead above Emmerich. Units moved through rugged Hochwald and Hunsrück terrain toward Koblenz while expanding the Saar and Moselle corridors. Gains include Saint Catharinen and nearby towns, with ongoing pontoon bridge work and attempts to shatter Cologne–Frankfurt rail links.
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