20 May 1944
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1944
Page
1
Babson warns of a later economic tailspin after a brief postwar recovery, predicting Russia’s economic gains and a political swing in the United States. He advises cautious farming, selling overextended land, and warns husbands to obtain wives’ consent in real estate deals while stressing prudent investment and location choice for families returning from war.
Allied air and ground forces pushed the German line toward a new mountain position near Terracina as Fifth and Eighth Armies breached the Hitler defenses along the Tyrrhenian coast. Allied air raids hit northern France cities including Orly, Villacoublay, and Reims, with up to 2,000 planes in operations. The campaign rolled on with heavy bombers and escort fighters supporting advances and striking ports and rail targets in occupied France and Italy.
Washington May 2 War in labor. Board approval of the belated wage agreement revives a year-old coal case. The decision does not alter current pay or conditions but creates a split as about three quarters of miners will receive $40 back pay in four monthly installments starting June while others will not. The Southern operators have not signed the contract, as the Southern Coal Operations Association remains unmoved.
Allied forces press on from New Guinea to the Solomons as MacArthur Nimitz Mountbatten unite for first time in a war effort. Wake airfield repair and Javan base attacks mark rapid advances with carrier aircraft striking Soerabaja and Java railyards. Heavy losses and strategic moves unfold across Burma and China fronts. Continued on Page Two.
Major Norman Newton, Harvard architecture instructor and British Eighth Army officer, reported from Cassino after the abbey’s ruins. He described reconstruction as possible though much reduced to rubble, noting the interior column forms, missing cross columns, and the intact statue of St Benedict.
New York May 20 Earl Browder general secretary of the Communist party of the United States announced at the party convention that American Communists would support President Roosevelt for re election. Browder said the president should be renominated and that his victory would shape the country’s future in the war and home front efforts.
London dispatches on May 20 quote Swiss radio relaying Bari reports that Allied forces have entered the Rome province. No official confirmation or clear indication of signficant gains was immediately available. British naval force escorting convoys to Russia reportedly sank or damaged several German submarines. one destroyer was torpedoed and sunk with few survivors.
Dr Merle Amy representing VFW and wartime agencies reports Corry men in service. Six killed in action to date, six killed in training, and several held as prisoners of war. Names include Orrin Bolden Elion Jukes Orville Street Robert Swan Donald Lendy and Kenneth P Wail. Those killed in training: Harvey Davis Leo Hutz Charles Kinney Joseph Mallick William Niemer and Harold Walsh. Prisoners of war held by Germany Hugh Debury James Rouse Rolland Kinney Lawrence Nichols and by Japan Robert Williams John Domisrowsk. Two died in service: Laude Price in Persia and Carlton Craker in a western training camp. Some from Corry and surrounding areas are not included in this list.
A fire at a Louisville facility destroyed nine horses and one pony today, with property damage to the farm at Nikeortc Luornbill Gowns. The incident, reported in Hy May 70, left the horses presumably dead with the cause under investigation.
President approves a ruling stemming from a youth classified 1-A while working on a farm. The Crawford district board and state chief Richard Mellon shaped a precedent affecting farm deferments in many drafts. The case involved farm work versus essential war industry and may influence numerous similar petitions statewide.
Associated Press reports Dewey captured all 16 Oregon Republican convention delegates in the state’s May primary. Early returns from 707 of 1728 precincts give Dewey 12371 votes to Stassen 1770 and Bricker 936, with Morse challenging on the senatorial slate. Dewey leads nationwide as Morse is labeled a danger to the party by supporters.
Governor Edward Martin told a Philadelphia Republican committee meeting that federal employees intrude into private affairs of citizens, claiming one in forty one Americans are affected. He urged the GOP to show they can craft a program superior to the current administration.
Wartime production showed uneven progress as about 4,450 workers remained off the job amid multi-industry labor troubles. A brighter front emerged as workers, complying with War Labor Board directives, began returning to plants. Detroit hosts meetings between Chrysler and UAW locals to resolve strikes affecting roughly 10,000 employees.
The Corry store of the State Liquor Control Board reports no definite new procedures yet though a change was planned to start Monday with the whisky rationing period. Customers may see buyers’ names and ration book numbers recorded, while addresses are being added to receipts as part of the registration effort. Inventory remains steady, with stock adequate to meet weekly sales, and store management notes the new system has improved control and inventory accuracy.
Edward Jordan of Carnegie Pa was freed after a court ruling found an error in the State Game Code. The case centered on the death of Malcolm Gibbs, a deer hunter in Forest County, and the charge was dismissed due to a legislative omission in the act shifting penalties for killing a human being by mistake.
Allied headquarters announced a retreat by German forces as Allies advance along the Hitler Line from Pico to Terracing. The push cut the German defense and forced a large swath of the southern NE front toward the southwest. Reports say Monte Cassino area and frontline towns saw renewed artillery and infantry action with thousands of prisoners taken. Allied air and naval strikes disrupted Italian supply lines toward Genoa and Livorno, and French and American units moved to seize key positions north of Sant’Oliva and Pontecorvo.
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