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17 May 1944
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1944
Page
1
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A fire at 235 Spring Street, cover of Church Street, left Mrs Sadie R Salmon dead and her brother William Langham seriously burned. Firemen aided victims, with Langham found on the top landing and Salmon carried out but died minutes after reaching air. Neighbors reported heavy drinking prior to the blaze.
The Air Ministry announced a heavy Bomber Command attack on Berlin last night carried out without loss, part of a renewed offensive against the German capital. The raid, conducted despite poor weather, targeted fortress and industrial areas, with British forces flying a large force of bombers.
Associated Press reports President Roosevelt again refused to commit to a fourth term. Oklahoma delegates and other Democrats see a possible draft nomination as party leaders push toward a July Chicago convention. Roosevelt’s silence fuels speculation about acclamation but maintains a steady stance as leaders forecast how the roll toward the nomination may unfold.
Corry woman, 24, named by police as mother who left her infant in Louise De Marillac hospital in Buffalo between Friday and Saturday night. Authorities traced addresses 5121 West Clinton Street and a relative or friend residence, both found vacant. State and city police, along with state troopers, searched for the mother without success. The baby remains in hospital care.
Allied forces and air power pound Japanese positions from Burma to the Salween and northern China. Chinese troops recapture a section of the Peiping-Hankow railway amid intensified Allied strikes. Loyang yields to pushes, while Stilwell’s troops threaten the Kamaing corridor. In the Pacific, Nimitz flags a major assault with a 240 ton air raid on Jiluit and broader blows on Shumushy, Wakde, and Schouten Islands.
Japanese guards deployed a large trap 125 miles west of the Peiping Hankow line and 40 miles south of Lunghai Ling to encircle Chinese forces at Loyang in northern Henan province amid bitter fighting.
Overnight entry into Sparta Mills offices yielded over 500 dollars in currency and soda stamps. Intruders pried at locked doors at two locations, damaged safe mechanisms, and fled before staff arrived for work, leaving little trace beyond minor currency and stamps.
London reports Rommel may have completed his final Atlantic Wall checkup as Allied offensives loom in the west and east. German high command edges toward coordinated defenses while Rommel and others head army groups. Russian and Soviet claims of summer offensives add to heightened war tension globally.
In a Washington dawn meeting Gen Alfred Arnold warned the Detroit foremen’s strike could be a major setback to the Allied effort if it persists. In Detroit, the Foremen’s Union faced the War Labor Board over wage and recognition disputes as about 50,000 war workers faced idleness. The Brians Manufacturing plant closed after Navy Bureau of Aeronautics balked at more output, affecting nearly 10,000 Briggs workers. President Robert H Keys and the union’s executive board were summoned to explain delay and possible penalties under the war labor disputes act. Civil action looms if private plants stay under private control, while government seizure would risk criminal charges against strike supporters.
Local resident Fayette Austin 67 collapsed while waiting on North Center Street near the Grand Theater. Medics declared him dead. deputy coroner says no inquest. Survived by brother Irvin and two sisters. Funeral set Friday at 2 PM at Bracken Kenting Funeral Home with Rev. Wilmer Heffer officiating. Burial in Cut tog cemetery.
Guy Rouse Jr., 61, a well known resident, was killed after 9 30 p.m. when struck or dragged by a neighbor driven truck on a Lyons to Beaverdany road. The accident involved a truck driven by Mary Ryilgatleuk. Police and coroner investigations continue with no charges filed. Services for Mr. Rouse planned at his home Friday at 2:30 p.m.
City police last night began a preliminary probe into two cars possibly linked to the Route 19 fatal crash north of Butler Sunday night that killed nine family members. A car left at a Corry garage by its owner was traced after a claim of a taped section test drive. Investigators pursue ownership, other car clues found in Spartansburg area, and a possible arrest as the inquiry continues with owners cleared or a break developing.
In May 19xx, Rev Stanislaus Orlemanski was restored to pastoral duties after promising to cease nonchurch activities. He received support from the American Bini Congress of Contemplative Unity as he resumed ministry amid public cheer.
Harrisburg May 17 Pennsylvanias powerful delegation will go to the Republican national convention uncommitted a party spokesman disclosed today Organization chieftains decided to withhold pledging the states 70 votes to any presidential possibility The action was taken as a courtesy to the national governorate conference which Pennsylvania will entertain at Hershey on May 28 31 Governor Thomas E Dewey polled more than 150000 write in votes in last months presidential preference primary prompting speculation he will get the states support of the first convention ballot.
The State Department issued questions for a statewide canvass to list armed service voters. The Defense Council will direct the effort with two-person canvassing teams. Questions seek voting district and county, full name, serial number if any, address, U.S. citizenship duration, and Pennsylvania residency details.
Reports state Moscow agrees with the United States and Britain on three power collaboration for wartime to postwar governance in Nazi controlled Europe. Agreements with exiled Norwegian Belgian and Dutch governments authorize Allied military commanders to run civil affairs in invaded territories with transfer plans to local governments after Order 15.
Eleven members attended the Mead Park Association meeting led by vice president Stanley Nichols in the absence of ill president O W Bracken. The board approved current bills and renamed Orn Stennett as caretaker of the third ward recreation center and park. They voted to spend over 75 on plants and shrubs with Stennett handling purchases and planting including evergreens, noting the park’s good condition and ongoing painting of tables. The Rod and Gun Club plans to stock pheasants in the pens, and other unspecified actions were discussed for the summer season.
German forces retreat after heavy tank engagements along the Gustav Line south of the Liri Valley as Allies press to overrun key positions. Americans and British seize important points, while German fears grow that Cassino may be outflanked.
Allied forces push into the Liri valley and near Ceprano as British Indian units wrest control from German positions south of Rome. The Gustave Line is reported overrun to the Gulf of Gaeta, with heavy tank and air attacks continuing.
Larry Allen, famed war correspondent and Pulitzer winner, was exchanged after twenty months as a prisoner of war. He was captured September 13, 1942, during a Tobruk raid aboard a destroyer, later held in an Italian camp before transfer to German custody following the Armistice.
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