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06 May 1944
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Corry Evening Journal in Corry, Pennsylvania
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1944
Page
1
Postwar spending boom forecast for U S households
Roger W Babson predicts heavy postwar buying by about 65 percent of the 38 million U S families. Automobiles, appliances, and home furnishings will drive demand as 3.6 million families plan major car purchases and 18.75 million seek household equipment. millions more will buy furniture and decor as supply lines normalize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W. Babson
Babson Park
Mass
United States
Kom
State Council Moves Swiftly For Vote Canvass
The State Defense Council moved to set up mechanisms for Pennsylvania new GI vote plan. It directs compiling eligible voters data and arranging nationwide canvass to ensure all eligible soldiers receive ballots. The sweeping reform follows Gov Martin’s signiture and aims to speed up military enfranchisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Harrisburg
State Defense Council
Pennsylvania
Martin
General Assembly
Uwislation
Hhaltoy
Siney Jy
Ibs
Une Buyeendy
Joe
Hite
Carty Hub
France
Fennaylvanis
Gistann
Nylon stockings sold here misrepresented as real nylon
The OPA reported that many stockings sold in this city as nylon were actually a good grade of rayon chemically treated to resemble nylon. Some genuine nylon reached the market through lotteries at war plants, with rumors of a single local source under inquiry but no public progress announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Opa
OPA
Nnion
TosloWinik
Two Years Since Corregidor Surrender Marked WWII Shifts
Two years after Corregidor fell Japan mounted a multi theater offensive in China Burma and the Pacific. In Chungking Japan aims to isolate China from Allied bases while British and American forces gain ground around strategic rail junctions and routes to China Burma and India. Allied air and ground actions across the Kuriles Schouten Islands and Hollandia wake intensify under MacArthur and Nimitz with attacks on Wewak Wake Paramushiro Nauru Ponape and other Japanese positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philippines
Japan
Ching
China
Tn Chungking
Japart
Peiping- Hankow
Loynne
Chungking
India
Kahimeatta
Southeast Asia
Burma
Joseph Stilwell
Mogang
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Pony
Douglas MacArthur
Chester W. Nimitz
Kuriles
New Gainea
Marshalls
MacArthur
Schouten Islands
Hollandia
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
Wake Island
Macarttmi
Admiral Nimita
Central Pacific
Paramushiro
Nimitz
Nauru
Ponape
Truk
Jonathan Wainwright
Corry High Seniors Take Scholarship Tests
Corry High students traveled to Lawrence Park High School to take state scholarship exams. About 125 June graduates from the district competed for a $400 scholarship paid as $100 per year toward tuition at an accredited Pennsylvania college. Participants included Katherine Spielman Barbara Harvey Olive Lee Charles Rainesale Von Rickers Mars Copan and Elizabeth Coulter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvin Curry Hugh
Lawrence Park
Lawrence Park High School
Tventy
Gradu Eien
Nainy Accredited College
Pennsylvania
Katherine Spielman
Barbara Harvey
Olive Lee
Charles Rainesale
von Rickers
Mars Copan
Elizabeth Coulter
Corry Schools Near Finish of 1942 Term
Corry schools push to end the 1942 term with graduation set for June 7. Baccalaureate is planned for June 4, with junior high promotions on June 7. Alumni Association prepares for the reunion as plans move forward and faculty recommend graduate lists. Enrollment is down slightly since September but above many towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Board of Education
Dewey
Howard Sheen
Blood donors sought for two day Buffalo unit drive
Still need 30 donors for Tuesday after heavy bookings for Monday at the Buffalo plasma unit housed in the Episcopal Church basement. Corry Chapter chair Jirged urged 35 to 40 more volunteers to sign on for Tuesday session from 10 to 12 in the morning and 1 to 4 in the afternoon, aiming to reach about 40 volunteers for the week’s two days and to collect around 919 pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Episcopal Church
Cherry
Corry
Indian Nationalist J. Ghandi Freed in Health-Infirm Condition
Bulletins report Mahatma Gandhi released from Aga Khan Palace in Pune after detention since August. Government states release is unconditional due to health. Gandhi, aged 74, was a key India nationalist leader. London Daily Herald notes European Advisory Commission nearing armistice terms for Germany. In Texas, Democrats debate Roosevelt support at precinct conventions. U.S. moves to curb Nazi goods by negotiating with Switzerland on exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bombay
India
Mohandas J. Ghandi
Aga Khan
Pou
London Daily Herald
European Advisory Commission
Germany
War Bond Sales Show Sharp Drop in Corry Monthly Totals
Bond redemptions in Corry last month rose while new purchases fell, with cash-in totaling 512,990, half March’s outlay. Tax payments drove bond withdrawals. leaders say most redemptions stem from meeting March 5 obligations. Walter Scott reports April Series B totals at 84,540,465 with War Stamp unit at 14.1 million. Committee plans move toward the Fifth Loan and July rollout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wan
Corry
Mare
Walter Scott
Scott
Atarine
Small home on Route 77 burned near city
A small house owned by Guy Laird on Route 77 south of the city was destroyed by fire Tuesday while Laird was away. The blaze started inside the home and spread to brush and timber on a nearby hill. Spartansburg fire department saved a nearby building as firemen fought for hours to prevent the grass and brush from igniting into a larger forest fire. EDITOR OF GRIT DIES WILLIAMSPORT Pa May 6 Frederic E. Manson 98 editor of Williamsport Grit weekly newspaper for 4 years and managing editor for 34 years before death at Williamsport Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Route
City
Suestra
Guy Laird
Corry and
Spartansburg
Laird
Smallam
Blize
GRIT
Williamsport
Frederic E. Manson
Williamsport Grit
Ital
Williamsport Hospital
Prisoner of War Sergt Nichols Reported Missing
Sergt Tuuwence CG Nichols, a prisoner of war of the United Kingdom government, is reported missing after a heavy air raid. The War Department and International Red Cross confirm he is a POW held by German forces. details remain unclear as reports describe chaotic combat conditions and heavy bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt. Nichols
Minite Wellenwin
We. Shestrest
Eeeelyad Lefesrun
Adauist
Gewral Pininp
Wir
Siovishyi
International
Red Cros
Sergt Tuuwence
CG Nichols
Genin
Pabeney
Heux Gapnen
Corry
Raf
Vrei Goute
Trunk Death Probe Deepens In Chicago Los Angeles Case
Police intensified inquiry into a mysterious shipper linked death found in a Los Angeles trunk. Officers questioned more than a dozen witnesses in Chicago while tracing a man around 42 who allegedly sent the body wrapped with bloody clothing and packed with personal items. A teen girl accompanied the suspect to a railway express office where the trunk was declared. The body, a woman aged 20 to 40, showed an injury and possible poisoning or suffocation remains under study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Los Angeles
Philip Brietaie
Voy
Brieigke
Charles R. Hewttt
Railway Express
Joh Lopez
Henitf
Fund Drive Total Reaches 1270 in Salvation Army Campaign
The Journal reports the Salvation Army drive total to 1270 with projections showing a grand total of 6571.09 could be raised for local and overseas maintenance work. Completion may occur by the president’s stated end date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mornson Oy
Salvation Army
the Journal
Ure Army
Reds massing for huge offensive near Poland old regions
Reports via Stockholm say the Russians concentrate forces around Kowel and near Kolomyja close to Stanislawow as part of a new drive toward Berlin. Tass notes railways in the area are strategic, with a Soviet communique reporting 300 Germans killed in a two hour fight and Soviet air and naval units sinking five German and Romanian ships off Sevastopol to back the siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stockholm
Old Polana
Berlin
Red Army
Kowel
Warsaw
Kolomyja
Stanislawow
Caer
Tass
Poland
Sevastopol
Germean
Allied Air Offensive Reported as Liberators Hit Pas-de-Calais
Luxembourg radio reports Allied bombing raids in Pas-de-Calais as American Liberators strike Germon installations. The May 6 dispatch notes heavy bomber activity despite poor weather, citing strikes near Ploesti oil fields and Pescara, with Royal Air Force and Allied forces continuing strategic operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Pas-de-Calais
Thunderbella
Hitler
MoaNy
Oomngkol
Payee Ouuyny Alverite Tie Hartiers
France
Wareleboith
Marmyn
ALMED
Naples
Amolow
Romaint
Aolitexoy
Wellismtons
Chipley
Romania
Horthwest
Ploostl
South Africa
Pescara
Siamese Twins Die In Night In Phoenixville
In Phoenixville Pennsylvania on May 6 Joyce and Sandra Sterly died after birth twins with a shared body and split heads. Doctors described their condition as nearly unprecedented in Pennsylvania or elsewhere. Their widowed mother Mary Sterly, 24, learned of their deaths only after the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assaemieneres
Phoenixville
Miy
Ta Joyce
Sandra Stierly
Pune
Voyee
Samara
Neabies
Mary Sterly
Finfil
Harald
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