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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1945
Page
1
Economist Roger Babson warns the real estate boom is underway with local conditions shaping gains and risks. He advises buyers to target growing cities, seek well located land on major streets, and watch price quotes per front or acre while noting possible declines as war contracts end.
Aero Lodge and Aero Supply Manufacturing Co Inc have reached a complete understanding of terms for the coming year. The contract has not yet been signed pending a formal draft. Union negotiators authorized signing based on the agreed terms, with company officials notified. Changes focused on job classifications and clarifications. the paid vacation plan is settled.
U S Pacific Fleet reports carrier planes bombed the Okinawa base in the Ryukyus amid a second straight day of attacks. Tokyo radio cited heavy enemy plane losses and noted carriers from Task Force 38 joined the strikes. The Bismarck Sea was sunk off Iwo Jima earlier in the invasion, while an unidentified carrier was damaged.
Report indicates CPL Ondus, a Corry resident, was missing since March 13 and phoned her parents from Titusville last night stating she would return to Corry. Police believed she was seen with sailor Clifford Proctor near Bear Lake, but further inquiries followed.
Corry’s Bell Cross War Fund has given 3100 since the last report and pledges totaling 15000 plus a second 750 from Aero employees push the total nearer the 417200 goal. Campaign workers aim for a final intensive effort to raise the remaining 1000 by Wednesday night, with reports from Precision Products Iron Works Davisupogle and other local employers and trades confirming contributions.
Two weeks remain to file nominating petitions for mayor, City Council seats, and three school board posts. Candidates or petitions are scarce with little public campaigning yet visible. Local officials anticipate increased activity next week as postwar city and school district issues require careful taxpayer scrutiny.
March 24 United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis faced a tight deadline to seal a wage contract with coal operators. Negotiations showed little progress as Lewis refused to discuss extending the current pact beyond its March expiration and kept options open on a strike.
Reports at noon indicate Republican petitioners circulate support for Councilman Fred Kinley as a mayoral candidate. Kinley signals willingness to run while Republicans show split backing. Mayor Hepler plans a Democratic bid for a third term amid circulation questions.
A puzzling theft at Hotel Carry last night left four large dressed chickens missing from the kitchen while a wrapped chicken remained. Early morning clues showed several chickens later found on a Matt Street house porch. A planned large roast of beef was abandoned as the incident unfolded with the night clerk noting no one seemed to be about. The police reported seeing a group of youths in the area.
The case of Al Mary, charged with forcibly robbing a gambler during a Breyer Place wind up on West Main Street, was heard yesterday before a crowded council chamber. Witnesses described the money taken from Dey and the ensuing struggle as Alderman Gordon moved the hearing to the main assembly room. Marty was bound over to county court for a felonious charge, with county defense and perjury questions looming as Steno services captured the testimony. Page Two continued.
London reports 9500 Allied warplanes, the greatest aerial armada ever over Germany, aiding the Rhine crossing as 500 transport planes and gliders drop east of the river. Calcutta notes heavy air and ground actions in central Burma with 1090 enemy killed in 48 hours. Manila says US 43rd Division nears Baguio, Nagilian airfield captured, as MacArthur announces progress.
Grandparents of 18 year old Pvt. Homer Avery of Clymer report his death in action on the Western Front in Germany. Avery, who lived with his grandparents and attended Clymer schools, enlisted in 1944 after turning 18. He trained in Florida and went overseas about nine months ago, with a letter from the European front dated the seventh of the month.
Mrs Isurry Christensen of Columbus Nas reports Lt Thompson was wounded in Germany on Mavenath while serving as a line officer with the 320th Infantry. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Andrew Thompson of Columbus and was with Agro Supply before enlisting in June 1942. He received his commission at Camp Lee Va in 1935 and has been overseas since February last year. He has been sent back to Paris hospital for treatment. Brigadier G Richard Legters, son of Mr and Mrs George Teter, of Clymer, arrived in New York and will be assigned to a hospital nearer home after a brief stay in a New York Army hospital.
Allied forces launched a massive Rhine crossing from multiple bridgeheads as Montgomery’s 21st Army Group and American First Army push toward Berlin. Airborne units dropped behind German lines while naval craft aided river assaults. Troops entered Wesel and Rees as Patton’s Third Army advanced toward the Oder, signaling a full-scale push to end the war in Europe this spring.
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