Fire Following Fairview Crash Imperiled Town
A wreck on Routes 20 and 98 sparked a blaze in Fairview with 16 explosions from gas, pitch, oil and turpentine. Hauck store burned while fire crews halted spread. Postmaster Neibauer lost about $5,000 in the adjoining Hauck store area. temporary post office opened at his home.
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Baie
Earl Vigrass
Fairview
Highway 98
Hauck
Church Street
Robert F. Reed
Akron
Ohio
Reed
West Springfield Barracks
P. O. Neibauer
Niebauer
Lawrence Again Named Dems State Chairman
The Democratic state committee reorganized for wartime presidential campaigning to back Roosevelt for a fourth term. Lawrence urged strong women’s organization at county level. Ruth Grigg Harting named vice chair, Major Albert Gastrock treasurer. Emma Guffey Miller kept as Democratic national committeeman. Pre-primary endorsement rule abolished, delegates-at-large kept. Roosevelt renomination urged to keep Pennsylvania in the Roosevelt column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Harrisburg
Democratic State Committee
Roosevelt
Keystone State
David L. Lawrence
Ruth Grigg Harting
Lancaster
Marie Bickert
Philadelphia
Albert E. Gastrock
Henry Brockerhoff
Bellefonte
Lawrence
Emma Guffey Miller
Pennsylvania
James P. Clark
Fifth Joins Forces on Anzio Beachhead
Allied forces on the Anzio beachhead report progress with gains up to three miles on day and a half after breaking the perimeter. Lt General Mark W. Clark commands units that have captured 1,100 prisoners and moved beyond 10,000 since the on to Rome offensive began. Canadian troops seize Pontecorvo in the Liri valley as Eighth Army surrounds Piedimonte and pins defenders near Aquino.
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Appian Way
Mark W. Clark
Rome
Liri
Pontecorvo
Eighth Army
Piedimonte
Via Casilina
Aquino
Franklinite Survives Sinking of Two Destroyers
John L. Simpson former bank teller on 30 day leave after surviving two destroyer sinkings. He rode the Murphy when rammed by a tanker in New York harbor October 21, with half the ship sinking. On April 20 he was aboard the Lansdale torpedoed in the Mediterranean, 52 dead in the hit section. Simpson avoided the doomed area and awaits promotion.
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Franklin
John L. Simpson
Exchange Bank and Trust Company
Feak
Boston
Simpson
Murphy
New York
Lansdale
Mediterranean
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Arthu van
William W. Servill
Forest County
John OC. Walton
Earl Chadoff
Hoth
Tra TT. Fiss
Legislative Commission
New Post
Dems
FIFTH
Anzio Beachhead
Gom
Sassino
Formia
Pontins Marshes
Leed
Perth
Ott Libby
Libby
ITV
QUEEN
van Camp
Lady Betty
Quart Bel
AY Hare Brands
Armour Sram
sWiFts Prewlay
van Boston
Rita Brand
Hutte
Prem Geall
Red
Ripa
Beki
Ivory
Itnoorus Higetiann
Armour
SWIFT
Nold
Morrell
HAMS
Florida
Xperts
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