Fragmented OCR: meet day rescheduled
An OCR fragment mentions a meet day under a local event schedule. It references a city or venue and a revised date. Details are incomplete but imply athletic or school activity with a revised timetable.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1945
Page
1
An OCR fragment mentions a meet day under a local event schedule. It references a city or venue and a revised date. Details are incomplete but imply athletic or school activity with a revised timetable.
A fragmentary item notes an event involving Hinson with unclear details. Readable names appear but essential facts are missing. The brief resembles a local notice or sports snippet without full context.
Four major Corry area employers Aero Ajax Ray and Corry Jamestown plants join a plan to establish apprentice training with War Manpower Commission guidelines plus returning veterans compensation. The program offers classroom theory and practical plant work while trainees earn wages. A general administration group will be formed and a kickoff meeting planned for Thursday.
Washington march 26 the new manpower preamble adds to Byrnes authority over war mobilization. It grants power to impose employment exiles for plant closures and to regulate hiring and job transfers. Violations carry fines up to 10000 dollars. The bill also allows compulsory induction for those avoiding assigned work under board orders.
Major General William Ruperts, 55, commandant of the U S Marine Corps Schools at Quantico Virginia, died in Washington from a heart attack during a visit with his wife and five year old son to Col RC Kilmartin at the Marine barracks Navy Yard. He led the First Marine Division in the South Pacific and commanded Marines in the Peleliu invasion in Palau.
San Dingo Calif March 26 2000 wounded Marines and Navy men convalescing at the 5 Naval Hospital following bloody Iwo Jima fighting. Many veterans from Solomon Marshall and Fatiana Islands campaigns are recuperating, all recalling the fierce battle.
Mrs. Ralph B. Billsborough received the Silver Star on behalf of her husband Cpl. Billsborough, of the 15th Infantry, for gallantry in action in France on January 13. Surrounded in a burning building behind enemy lines, he aided a wounded comrade to safety under heavy fire, earning the decoration.
Mijon Leo Bo White, on behalf of Jat Thrantay Division, announces Bronze Star conversion to Pfc Robert Roden of Corry Pennsylvania and serving with the 10th Medical Battalion in Germany. Roden earned three battle stars while serving with Pisst, Third, Seventh and Ninth Armies on the Western Front. His citation notes heroic service near 1 December 1944, evacuating a wounded soldier under heavy fire. He entered military service from Pennsylvania.
A federal agent from the United States Alcohol Tax Unit was injured during a raid on three alleged speakeasies at 910 Pronoh Street in Erie. Three men and women were arrested as part of the operation, with bail set at 1,000 dollars. The incident follows a city wide curfew enacted February 6 and marks an opening drive against flourishing speakeasies. Harald Riewer, 34, faces arrest charges after the agent was struck with a beer bottle during the confrontation.
A derailment near Tamline between Wilcox and Johnsonburg wrecked sixteen grain cars, blocking the Erie and Renovo division until Sunday. A wheel failure caused the pileup, with 260 feet of track damaged and cars stacked. no crew were hurt. Detours diverted Saturday passenger trains via Olean and Warren. the eastbound Sunday morning train reached Johnsonburg around noon. Traffic returned to normal by nightfall.
Philippine based American bombers wrecked the big Jitsugetsu hydroelectric plant on Formosa on Friday as they continued pounding the southern fortress guarding the Ryukyus. Headquarters said new damage targeted Formosa installations Taiwan airdrome and the Okinawa naval base while MacArthur announced the crippling of the power plant and other targets in daily strikes toward the front. Also noted was the promotion of Reymond A. Cox of Meadville to chairman of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission at 7500 annually.
American troops backed by a large carrier task force press landings on the Okinawa group as Tokyo and Domei report intensified aerial bombardment of Ryukyu targets. Navy says 15 carriers 11 battleships 10 cruisers 2 destroyers supported the operation while U S forces aim to control airfields and harbors amid a sweeping Pacific offensive.
Cpl Tom Ressler, son of Mr. and Mrs W D Ressler of Corened Street, is due back tonight after three years in the Pacific. He served with a Marine air squadron, and notified his parents last week that he arrived in the States.
Allied dispatches report large Hungarian territory seized by Soviet forces. Soviet divisions shift from western front toward Budapest and Vienna area, with Danube and Moravian fronts under pressure. Bridgeheads and major towns along the Danube are reported as both sides contest crossings and tactical positions amid a widening advance.
Washington March 26 Associated Press Dem leader Barkley Kentucky outlines priorities for Senate action amid House Easter recess. He aims to push debt limit extension to 300 billion, consider draft and price supports, and move Bretton Woods talks after UN security conference decisions. Republicans seek a broader floor debate and oppose hasty measures.
Associated Press report from Washington notes senators questioning why Great Britain does not receive more Canadian and U.S. meat under lend lease as they launch a broad probe into the nation’s food situation. Senators Wheeler Shipstead Ewinder discuss butter rationing and Britain’s demand amid Canada’s meat surplus. Former U.S. government agencies announce lend-lease meat shipments to Britain in this quarter.
Reports from London Washington and Rome detail sweeping Allied advances east of the Rhine by U S First Army, along with German and French front developments. Roosevelt approves a nearly $20,000 payment to settle a traffic accident claim linked to a state guard vehicle.
Reports from London and Bern describe the Allied push across the Rhine creating deep gloom in Germany. Neutral capitals note rising defeatism but agree a complete collapse remains unlikely for now.
At Beside Pa on March 26 a fatal accident occurred when Ronald Shyder, 10, and Michael Wiskosky, 13, handled a .22 caliber rifle. The gun discharged while they were playing, striking the younger boy and causing a fatal outcome. Police report details are unclear due to garbled text.
An incident on West Main Street led to Ralph Hoffman receiving a sixty dollar fine and eighty three dollars in costs. He was ordered to pay by wage deduction after a struggle with Officer Glenn Dickson, during which Hoffman allegedly assaulted the officer. Assistant officers George and Herman Burtingeme helped subdue Hoffman and bring him to the city jail for Sunday morning hearing.
Officers of the Rod and Gun Club with six to eight helpers replaced the dam boom at Columbus yesterday. The heavy logs had been dragging over the winter and were re-secured with new log links bolted to the ends. Observers noted a good job, with anglers reporting larger perch and suckers as fishing prospects improve with the warmer weather.
In a rapid advance, forces push 235 miles from Berlin, deep into the Ruhr. The Westphalian Plain hosts tense fights as British troops press forward in an unchecked drive.
Allied forces push toward Frankfurt and Berlin as American Third Army breaches Rhine and advances beyond Offenbach Mainz and Bruch. Reports note German resistance collapsing with thousands surrendering while Ruhr and Rhine lines crumble east of Wesel and Duisburg.
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