11 Nov 1944
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1944
Page
1
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Fragmentary OCR notes mentioning OPA offices and mixed figures. No coherent event or names established.
Patton pushes armored units into Metz as Allied forces widen operations in Europe. The War Department reports heavy tank and aircraft activity, with B-29s and long-range bombers supporting attacks. Details and casualty figures await further briefings.
Monday night board session discussed budget and routine items. A tentative push toward future district development was noted as probable but open to director approval, with talks on school form of organization and possible construction held previously.
The United States Britain and Russia invited the De Gaulle government of France to join the Euroyein advisory commission. The move aims to rebalance influence amid postwar diplomacy and European security considerations.
Prison guards used tear gas to stop a November escape bid by inmates at Lewisburg Pennsylvania. Acting Warden J E Thomas reported the plan involved hostages including Dr Edward Rinck and secretary Norma Kuttkay. Guards freed the hostages and subdued the assailants. no one was harmed.
Erie county officials reported 178 service ballots returned from Corry men in the Army Navy and Marine Corps joining roughly a quarter of local service voters participation. Ballots from Erie city service members numbered 3120 with 1110 from county districts outside the city. outlook may shift Dewey lead but not affect general election outcomes for state and federal offices.
The Allied desk reports Japan’s Leyte defense sees a major battle as Yamashita’s reinforcements, possibly 10 000 troops, reach Ormoc after a 19 ship convoy attack. U S air strikes and destroyer actions sink three transports and six destroyers, with heavy fighting across eastern Leyte and shifting fronts near Ormoc.
Ambassador Mehmet Munir Erlegun, dean of the Turkish diplomatic corps in Washington, died early today after a brief illness following a heart attack twelve days earlier. He was 58 and had been under medical care at a local hospital. Assistant diplomats and Turkish officials mourn the loss as a prominent figure in Ankara Washington relations.
London November 11 1948 reports mark the 26th anniversary of the end of World War II with a look at key figures. A shellshocked German corporal at Pisa walked free as fit and left a city haunted by war. Roosevelt Churchill Stalin and Goebbels appear in vignettes detailing their roles and uncertainty about peace. The piece threads together fleeting glimpses of leaders, pilots and officials in a reflective panorama of a world emerging from conflict.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden flew to Paris to confer with General De Gaulle and French leaders. Mrs Churchill and aides accompanied them. security delayed news release. landmark visit marked first since May 1940.
The Golden Rule Club retail division plans a Monday meeting at 7:30 PM to decide open trading hours for the Christmas season. Officers urge strong attendance as chairmen report member stores’ preferred hours and a uniform schedule for extra evening hours and related details.
The Corry group of the Erie County Health and Tuberculosis Association held its first meeting at the Library building to plan the 1945 Christmas Seals campaign in Corry and county towns. New members include Ralph Carroll Paul Meerdink Edwin Armitage and Roberta King. The drive will distribute literature and promote promotions in Corry, aiming to surpass last year’s $2600 in donations.
Ethel Barrymore missed her first New York appearance in fifty years as grippe forced bed rest and canceled the performance of Em defiled Heaven in which she was famed. Her absence from the play marks a rare interruption in a long dramatic career.
The Aero Supply Mfg. Co. denies plans to cut to a five day week. Lon Raines at the plant labor office says no further installment plans are under consideration and current orders justify a six day operation. Voluntary separations have reduced staff from 2850 to about 1950 with no new hires planned. The company expects to sustain six days indefinitely.
Preparations begin for the MacDonald family damage suit arising from street project debris onto South Center property. Attorney John Spaeder will argue the city never formally accepted responsibility while Scott argues damages exceed evidence weight. Proceedings may be heard in December with a decision not until spring.
Mr H Heerlen one of the oldest residents in Rule county quietly observes his wife Mrs H C Heerlein’s 93th birthday at her daughter Mrs George Bilsworth’s home on Marion Street. Born in 1850 in Nashville Tennessee she has lived in Corry for over 65 years. Her husband died 22 years ago.
In a Armistice Day address Columbia November news reports that demand for artillery shells is soaring and hot shells are loaded into freight cars for overseas shipment as shortages are framed as a product of wartime successes. Byrnes notes military times and the need for further material from war factories while Eisenhower and MacArthur are cited with heavy ammunition usage.
Babson Park Massachusetts November 11 1928 economist Roger W Babson predicts a next four year Congress controlled by Republicans and conservatives will cut taxes overall with a return toward prewar rates on corporation and personal income taxes later and warns of deflation risk if cuts are too radical. He expects foreign policy shifts toward a World Organization and limited war powers for emergencies while farmers and unions get less consideration and overtime pay ends. He urges saving money for a rainy day.
An admiralty communique announced British submarines in eastern waters in recent weeks. It said one large and one medium supply ship were aided, with a submarine chaser and three landing craft. A medium-sized supply ship and a mine sweeper were probably sunk or damaged, with several supply vessels uncounted.
Allied forces under Lt General Patton push toward Metz on a 75 mile front. About nine miles gained over three days as the Third Army throws in more tanks to breach German defenses. Six infantry divisions and the Second Tank Division sustain the advance with additional armored units and reinforcements reported near Saarbrucken and the Saar frontier. Continued on Page Two.
Registrations for an adult night school at Hatch Vocational School, south of Finior High, open Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 and start the following week if enough signups. Courses cover machine sales practice drafting blueprint reading and shop mathematics over eight weeks with two evenings per week.
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