15 Mar 1945
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1945
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text references a race or game with bets and names but lacks coherent details. It mentions scores or times like 305 and 190 with unclear participants such as jeans, aldwins, and tahdina, offering no verifiable event, date, or outcome.
U S forces raised the Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima after fierce fighting by Marine divisions. Adm Chester Nimitz named military governor as casualty toll tops 20 000 with latest reports noting 3 050 Marine deaths by February 21. The flag rising followed the capture near Mt Suribachi amid a costly push toward securing the air base for B 29 operations.
Erie authorities report arson after a barn burned following a previous fire at the Davison boarding home for war workers children. Fire officials say a shack near the barn was found burning Tuesday and a third blaze was halted. damage was estimated at 1500, with Treasuty figures following in related items.
Bulletin reports a German approach to Allied representatives in Stockholm was proposed for armistice but immediately rejected. A Tokyo broadcast claims the British Pacific fleet from Australian bases joined U S operations near Mindanao in the Philippines. Chinese forces surge toward Hunzhou Hengyang corridor while Japanese troops try to break from Mandalay fortress under heavy fire.
A new Firestone store is planned for Center Street, with Buffalo investors leasing the former Root Furniture Building. Al Marty holds title to the property and will manage the project, including a tire shop in the rear and a car service area accessed from Center alley. The plan includes a stairway to the second floor for potential future tenants.
A mother of two faced charges of persistent neglect regarding health and schooling. The case before Alderman G. Gordon was continued to see if the parent will promptly comply, with prosecution possible and penalties anticipated. School authorities note several similar cases to be prosecuted if conditions do not improve.
Moscow reports Soviet forces gain footholds from the Oder to East Prussia as Malinovsky’s Second Ukraine Army captures Zvolen and Koenigsberg vicinity. Churchill in London promises victory this spring while rallying Conservative Party on peacetime production.
Paris dispatch reports Allied forces advancing on the Rhine with the 5th and First Armies securing a Moselle bridgehead near Koblenz and Remagen. Americans claim control of the Rühe Fernaus road and push toward Koblenz while German defenses along the Rhine collapse under pressure.
Negotiations between Ajax Tron Works management and Ajax Lodge affiliated machinists resume this afternoon. The union equity committee meets with Ajax officials to narrow issues before Jacob Binir of Pittsburgh returns tomorrow for a second hearing at Hotel Corry. A final agreement is not expected today but progress is anticipated.
Mayor Hepler imposed an immediate dog quarantine after a rabies suspected dog escaped its owner Wilbur Lathrop and attacked three other dogs. Dr. C F Bennet advised authorities as the new ordinance, published to take effect Saturday, placed emergency provisions in force immediately.
Wilbur Lathrop of Concord street seeks a White English setter believed rabid after it escaped Monday and attacked another dog and a bystander. The owner, told symptoms suggested rabies, urges capture or killing to protect others and allow care if non rabies illness. Police report the dog seen near Maynard farm in Beaverdam. caller offers reward or information.
Chiammar Dan Hagin announces a little over 8300 in the last twenty four hours lifting the total above 87,509. The Tritt Increator Company and its employees, plus two divisions of the Golden Rails Club, submit larger gifts. Several individual donors from unaffiliated groups also contributed. A new progress report will be issued Saturday as organizers push to reach or exceed the 317,200 target.
A freight train derailed inches from the right of way of the New York Central near Erie Pennsylvania. Fifteen cars of a Bessemer and Lake Erie freight toppled after a collision with a Centurys passenger train. Flagman L B Daniels rushed to warn the crew but could not avert the danger. Several windows shattered and minor debris spread across the track as the two trains narrowly avoided a major wreck.
Manila dispatch reports American forces capturing Campilan and Sibuyan Sea areas as part of ongoing Pacific campaigns. General LeVine's 24th Division landed near Zaisanjay and Leyte, securing key landing zones while inflicting light American losses on Japanese defenders. Mindanao also saw Allied advances as Maj. Gen. Tate’s division seized towns and disrupted Japanese positions along vital shipping routes toward Manila.
Allied air forces bombed Berlin rail links as RAF and US bombers hit industrial targets for the 30th day. A new RAF super-bomb claimed to have destroyed an 8000 span area of the Bislefeld viaduct 80 miles east of the Rhine while German air defenses were challenged. three Allied fighters were lost.
Staff Sergeant Buck Hulett of Columbus receives the Silver Star for gallantry with the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment during the Belgian salient operation. He led a frontal assault through knee deep snow, aiding a company advance as German defenses opened fire.
Washington reports 425 007 Army ground force casualties on the Western Front through March 1. Secretary Stimson notes 34 468 new U S. casualties in February, with January higher at 1 96 percent. Navy losses total 9 1102, pushing overall World War II casualties since Pearl Harbor past 839 589.
In Cairo March 15 the arrival of 1000 freed American servicemen is announced by American headquarters. The statement says they will be refitted, given medical care, and examined to speed their journey home. Two other shiploads of rescued Allied prisoners had reached the port earlier in the week.
In Rome the 16th Air Force fought alongside Russian crews for the first time yesterday in coordinated attacks on targets in Austria Hungary and Yugoslavia. American fighter pilots met German planes opposing Russian bombers and joined the battle. Twenty allied planes are reported missing from the actions.
Rhodes and Stormes announce the Lawrence Airport is open for the season. Operations are limited while spring conditions on Spring street improve, with staff on site Saturdays and Sundays by appointment. Plans include flying courses and lessons, plus ground instruction, as personnel shift to Hemd port daily later. A separate Erie is noted with a nine year old injured in a school game after being struck by a swinging bat.
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