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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1945
Page
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President Roosevelt asks ambassadors and diplomats abroad to stay at their posts during the San Francisco conference to avoid strain on travel and hotel facilities. White House and State Department officials emphasize no cabinet changes or new messages. focus on orderly delegation and reduced domestic logistics.
Reports from LONDON and MOSCOW say the Red Army reached within 16 miles of Gyor and 98 miles east of Vienna as Second and Third Ukrainian Armies push through Hungary and the Hron river crossing. Soviet tanks cut behind German lines while Nazis mass along the Mareal river defending Vienna.
In Union City two occupants maimed in a collision with an eastbound Erie Railroad express at the Fourth avenue crossing. Driver Raymond Hawley escaped unhurt. passenger Friend Shontz suffered fractured ribs and minor bruises. Investigators consider Hawley may have stopped short and offered Shontz a ride as the train approached.
Tokyo reported a force landed on the Kerema Islands near Okinawa in the Ryukyus. It said there was no American conti nuation and claimed five large warships sunk, five seriously damaged, and 154 plates shot down or damaged, with no independent confirmation.
The Corry Union City draft board reports April pre induction exams will be sent to Pittsburgh. An April 23rd bus trip from Union City will notify the group. The expected number called is under forty five, much smaller than March. The induction order will arrive soon.
London reports David Lloyd George, famed prime minister during World War I, died last night at his North Wales estate. Leaders planned formal tributes in the House of Commons as Churchill returned from the Western Front and prepared to speak for the government.
A Japanese communique claims U S forces established beach heads near Cebu City in the Philippines, with heavy air raids reported on Cebu Island. Tokyo radio cited landings at Talisay as U S forces pressed operations between Negros and Leyte, amid Allied counterclaims.
City Council schedules a five o'clock special meeting to arrange copying and preparation of the tax duplicate books for the School District. The work has been stalled this year after Miss Mullen refused handling duties, and the council will direct the City Clerk to oversee the preparation and cover the expenses. The completed books are due to the Board of Education by April 1, with hopes to finish in time.
Reports from Paris and Allied fronts describe Seventh Army lodgment near Mannheim and 19 miles of advance, Patton's forces near a blackout zone. First Army races toward Berlin with rapid gains as Allied air power supports operations. British and American actions cripple German armor across the Rhine, while RAF bombs submarine pens near Bremen. Argentina declares a state of war with Allies in March notes.
Frank Bromley charged with the murder of Lloyd Wilkinson of North East faces a preliminary hearing this afternoon before Alderman William Heisler in Erie. The hearing, postponed from two weeks ago at the request of Bromley’s attorneys, will determine if there is enough evidence to hold him for trial. Bromley has been jailed since being returned from Western Penitentiary to face state charges. Police and potential witnesses are en route, and a venue change battle is anticipated if the case proceeds.
An emergency session reviewed options for purchasing land west of the Senior High building for a potential expansion. No decision was reached as board members debated condemnation steps, funding, and the needed court procedures while sending Superintendent Dewey to Harrisburg for a conference with Dr H G Richer on school plant plans.
Washington March 2 labor leader Lewis notified the government a dispute exists in the anthracite region prompting a strike vote among about 62000 northern Pennsylvania hard coal miners. The issue accompanies Secretary Ickes' call for a contract extension as the current agreement nears expiration Saturday night. In Philadelphia a blast at the Navy Yard killed Jesse Hagan 25 and seriously burned Earl Johnson both African American, aboard a ship being overhaul in the Fourth Naval District.
A group of about twenty local retailers met last night at the Municipal building to hear Bayath and Rossin report on the latest OPA order MPR 88 and related regulations for clothing and house furnishings. Dana Taggart proposed renaming the Golden Rule Club to the Chamber of Commerce, with general discussion favoring the change for broader external recognition. Plans were made for a May dinner and guest-night dancing event, with details to follow. Meanwhile youths face a coroner's inquest over the deaths of two war workers, as police investigate a suspected theft linked to the case.
A meeting at the Junior High with committee chairs outlined Corty participation in United National Clothing Collection. Plans call for a single day effort on April 2 with about five donated trucks, volunteers, and student help to collect, sort, and pack usable clothing for shipment to the Howard Co. facility.
A German prisoner of war, Alfred Kurzwig, died at the New Cumberland Army reception center yesterday while playing soccer with fellow prisoners. The incident occurred in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, and involves the Third Army processing center.
Hodges and allied forces report a dramatic breakout east of the Rhine as German defenses bend. Tanks surge forward at Weilburg with seven armies advancing, signaling a potential decisive victory for the coalition and the collapse of German resistance.
March 27 report from Weilburg 244 miles southwest of Berlin says First Army tanks breach east of the Rhine in a bold breakout. German high command acknowledges pressure from Lt General Cenrge and a reported French Third Army thrust. Confused dispatches place forces near Frankfurt and Mainz with continuing efforts to penetrate defenses.
Paris report states Gen Eisenhower declares the main German defense line in the west broken and the enemy defeated. He says no negotiated unconditional surrender but an imposed one when Allied forces link with the Russians. Germany lacks strength for a future stand and warns against expecting a straight run to Berlin.
A contested German front across southern Germany aims to block Patton’s forces along a 250 mile arc from Luxembourg to Czechoslovakia. The tactic would trap hundreds of thousands of German troops in the mountain and river barriers while the First Army advances toward the Rhine.
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