09 Nov 1944
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1944
Page
1
A highly partial and garbled OCR read yields a fragmentary text about a spring event, with references to dates, places, and names that are not coherent. The readable portions suggest a public notice or brief item but lack sufficient context to specify people, organizations, or actions.
A large bloc of 250000 military ballots bears on Pennsylvania's tight results as Roosevelt leads nationally. With only 6 of 8208 precincts left, the civilian tally favors Roosevelt, while Davis trails Myers by about 1675 for the U S Senate. Other statewide contests show uncertainty awaiting military ballot counts.
MCA Press reports Chinese military authorities claim Japan used large quantities of poison gas in an attack to capture the Kwangsi capital Rweilin. The assault failed as Chinese defenders held their lines. Japanese columns pressed toward Lilichow in southern Kywange province, while Chinese forces repelled two assaults along the Hunan Kwangs railway corridor.
German Air Force ace Novotny, a ground commander famed for 258 downed planes, was killed in action in combat. The German communique said his loss was among Luftwaffe pilots with many successes.
Bulletin reports two gangs formed from deserters from U8 Canadian forces and French Foreign Legion suspected in a wave of holdups and killings in Rome and Naples. Aftonbladet cites German evacuation of Mannerfest and civilans removal. Five killed in southern England bombing. German withdrawal from Strumica valley continues Greece retreat.
At Corry Rationing Board the A gasoline ration forms surge with 9580 issued by last night and today’s mail adding about 900 enries. Final total may reach 4000 before processing. Coupon No 14 activates December 22 nationwide, with three No 1 1/4 coupons each for four gallons. Motorists must attach mileage records to supplemental gas ration requests and keep the fire record.
Nippon commander claims conditions differ from U S force expectations as tropical hurricane hampers American operations and neither side declares victory amid ongoing combat scenes in the theater.
Associated Press dispatch from MacArthur headquarters in the Philippines reports the road to Ormoc under heavy battle for a fourth day. The American 24th Division and elements of four Japanese divisions clash on muddy mountain slopes and ridges near Limon, with rain and fog hampering air and ground operations. The fight remains indecisive as forces vie for control of ridges guarding a horseshoe bend at the village of Limon.
Tokyo radio reports General Yamashita will seek conditional surrender from General MacArthur while neither side declares victory. In the Ormoc road battle, mud and a tropical hurricane stall fighting as American and Japanese forces trade heavy artillery and air attacks. Seven enemy planes are shot down as pilots press operations on Leyte and nearby islands. A Nobel prize in literature is awarded to Johannes Jensen of Denmark for The Lone Journey and The Pall of the Wind.
Arch ie Butts the deserter and bandit confesses to state police describing a desert escape with a girl and thefts. Co conspirators Homer Orton and Sam Pautts are noted. Pautts was shot during capture and remains in a military hospital. Police detail a car theft tied to the Orton farm near Wattsburg Road.
London dispatch reports Soviet forces crossed the Danube at Apatin south of Budapest, while German and Hungarian resistance tightens around the capital. Moscow asserts troops are inside Budapest as the Red Army presses toward a decisive push, with renewed Soviet evaluations and battlefield claims from radio broadcasts.
Roosevelt won a fourth term by the smallest popular margin since 1918, with about 44.39 million votes and a 2.87 million edge over Dewey. The nation seeks unity to win the war and forge lasting peace as Roosevelt plans to return to Washington from Hyde Park.
Army total 437,956 and Navy 71,639 push combined service casualties to 509,195. Secretary Stimson cites updated reporting methods and a week’s rise of 20,235 for the Army and 1,260 for the Navy. Killed, wounded, missing, and prisoners listed with figures.
Churchill calls for a three power conference to halt the earth destroying war. He cites improved prospects after U S elections and says Montgomery has opened the Scheldt estuary to Antwerp, enabling Allied forces to strike Germany. The speech notes heavy Allied casualties but insists public goodwill remains.
Fragments indicate a city plan to collect paper salvage Friday from Holtz holders and school buildings. The operation requires school buildings to be prepared and pupils to be sent for supplies, with truck crews coordinating the pickup.
A large Erie Railroad crew started rebutting grade crossings this afternoon. Delays were due to material shortages but all needs for the work are now on hand and completion is expected soon. Maple avenue leads the first zone to be rebuilt with bituminous facing material, followed by Center street.
A Thursday night Allied communique from Adm. Chester W. Nimitz and Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur details extensive air and naval operations across the Pacific. Attacks reached up to 9 000 miles from north to south with hits on a Japanese destroyer in the Southern Philippines and a freighter sunk in the western Philippines. Allied aircraft claimed 35 to 39 enemy planes shot down in the western Philippines.
A British foreign office spokesman said Churchill and Eden would not go to Paris with others unless President Roosevelt travels with them. In Washington, incomplete returns showed Florida and Arkansas approving state constitutional amendments outlawing the closed union shop, with California voting similarly.
Two men were killed and two others injured when a freight train struck a car at the Wallerton Hydetown crossing. Victims include Eugene Huta, 94, of Franklin R. 0 5, and Giusy Fook A. Whitmen, 81, of Fresh fin RD. The four employed as laborers from Titusville area were returning from editing work near Hyder Town when the car stalled at the crossing and was struck broadside by the locomotive. Whitmen died at the scene. Hurd died later at Titusville Hospital. The injured were taken to hospital for treatment. Deputy Coroner C. M. Sonne indicated initial findings. The incident occurred about a few miles east of Hydetown. The train reportedly dragged the car about 350 feet. Further details continued on page six.
Berlin radio reports mark the Bavarian capital’s commemoration of the 1923 beer hall putsch without a speech from Adolf Hitler for the first time since he rose to power. High party officials were to gather in Munich but the format changed due to what has been termed a fatal mobilization. Some reports suggest Hitler’s silence stems from mental strain after the July bomb plot, with no broadcast from him since July.
Allied forces resume hammering actions around Schmidt as Patton opens a push to isolate a major Nazi defense. In the Hurtgen Forest area the First Army regains ground previously lost and continues mopping up operations on both sides of the city amid ongoing assaults.
Allied and German forces clash along a snowbound front in Holland as U S Third Army divisions press the Metz corridor and near Hurtgen in Germany. Patton directs drive toward Nancy while Dutch bridge actions threaten Moerdijk defenses amid heavy weather and counterattacks.
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