East Enders Register for September 1941 Election
Residents of the newly annexed East Enders area in Somerset borough must register at the Somerset courthouse registration office by August 9 1941 to transfer voting precincts from Somerset township to Somerset borough East. County Commissioners announce the move to participate in the September 9 1941 primary under the permanent registration act.
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East End
Somerset
Somerset Township
Somerset Borough
W. K. Walker
Dalton J. Beachley
Ernest C. Johnson
District Register
Somerset Borough East
Four-alarm blaze hits W. Boehm macaroni plant
Fire Chief Nicholas Phelan estimated a $35,000 loss after a four alarm fire swept the W. Boehm macaroni plant in Pittsburgh. The blaze caused extensive damage to the factory facilities and disrupted production.
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Pittsburgh
Nicholas Phelan
W. Boehm Company
Adjustment of Subscription Rates for American
The Somerset American announces rate changes due to higher press costs and reduced ad revenue. Effective September 1, 1941, carrier daily rates are set for one year six dollars and other terms, with mail rates for rural routes and out of county. Two year prepaid options offered through August 31.
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Press Association
National Defense Organization
Somerset American
Somerset County
Somerset
Libel suit filed against Tatuta Maru over cargo delays
A $15,000 libel action under admiralty law was filed by Arnhold & Co. of New York against the Japanese liner Tatuta Maru. The suit claims failure to deliver cargo of egg yolks, albumen and straw braid. The ship carried silk valued at $2,500,000, tea about $60,000 and furs around $75,000. The liner docked after a week near the Golden Gate amid negotiations to discharge passengers, refuel, and depart.
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San Francisco
Arnhold & Co
Broad St
New York City
Golden Gate
Bridge Drop Injures Two Near Trent
Two men were seriously hurt when the old red walled bridge over Laurel Hill creek near Trent collapsed during razing. Forrest L. Hall 45 of Markleton an inspector for the state highway department suffered leg and ankle injuries. George Bungard 22 of Rockwood R D 3 a farmer had a fractured pelvis concussion and head injuries. Bungard held the contract for razing the old landmark. Other workers escaped uninjured.
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State Highway Department
Laurel Hill Creek
Trent
Forrest L. Hall
Markleton
George Bungard
Rockwood R. D
Somerset Community Hospital
Bungard
Greensburg’s Oldest Woman Dies at 102
Greensburg reports the death of Anna T Leasure 102 the oldest woman in town. She was the widow of Rev Loren Bigelow Leasure a Reform church minister who led congregations in Somerset county Kittanning Wilkinsburg Emlenton and Scottdale. She leaves five children.
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Greensburg
Anna T. Leasure
Loren Bigelow Leasure
The
Reformed Church
Somerset County
Kittanning
Wilkinsburg
Emlenton
Scottdale
Thirteenth Meyersdale Striker Arrested Amid Union Tensions
In Meyersdale the thirteenth striker from a shirt factory was jailed on disorderly conduct with bond set at 200 dollars. Floyd Burke CIO union leader awaits hearing, while others face charges. incident ties to ongoing factory strike and local authorities’ efforts to restore order.
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Meyersdale
Floyd Burke
CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Association
Saturna
Burke
Constanl Kenneth Baldwin
Elenora Wilana
Summit Township
Wiliam
Suirt
Remai
Whipperman
Edith Walker
Burgess J. F. Reicn
Meyesdale
Joan Bittner
Burgess Reich
Walker
Somerset Courts
Sane
Mary Louise Eckfield
Amalgamated Clothing Worker Union
Broadway Street
Wiland
H. D. Baskind
Merle Glessner
J. A Blair
Burge
Reich
Baskin
New York City
John Canville
Floyre Burke
Amalgamated Clothing
Putsch Crushed in Argentina Amid Nazi Suspicions
Police reported the foiled plot in Entre Rios to overthrow Argentina’s government with nine arrests and propaganda seizures. Across the region, authorities in Peru Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay Chile Brazil Colombia acted against Nazi-linked groups and media under new or existing decrees.
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Buenos Aires
Entre Rios
Parana
Argentina
Paraguay
Bolivia
Brazil
la Plata
Ernst Wendler
Japan
Edmund von Thermann
Peru
Wendler
Atlantic
Uruguay
Alejandro Kayel
National Chamber of Deputies
Pacific
Chile
Santiago
Europe
Africa
Colombia
Panama Canal
Soldiers Riot At Truro Fairgrounds After Wounding Incident
Five hundred Canadian soldiers from Debret camp charged through 50 military police at Truro Nova Scotia and wrecked booths games and trucks after a soldier was wounded in a fight. Police arrested the show owner for the shooting and guards later dispersed the rioters. No serious injuries reported.
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Truro
N. S
Debret
Mexico Rebuffs German Protest Over U S Trade Ban
Mexico rejects Germany’s demand to protest Washington’s export blacklist of pro axis firms. Foreign Minister Padilla denounces the note as imperious and unacceptable while promising friendly representations for firms unjustly affected. Germany warns anti totalitarian measures influence postwar relations.
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Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Washington
Ezequiel Padilla
Rudi von Collen- TR
Germany
Roosevelt
von Collenberg
Padilla
Western Hemisphere
America
Alo
Avila Camacho
Mexican Republic
Explosion in Indiana Well Injures Two Men
Two men were hospitalized in Indiana after a gas explosion ignited in a 21 foot well. Cecil Anderson aged 28 carried a lighted cigar into the well where Wilson Turnbull, 24, was working, igniting gas at the bottom.
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Indiana
Indiana Hospital
Cecil Anderson
Wilson Turnbull
Auto skid kills Scranton woman in rain crash near La Grange
Miss Cora Lovering aged 50 drove an automobile that skidded and plunged over an embankment at La Grange near Tunkhannock during a rainstorm. She worked as a bookkeeper at Scranton State Hospital. Two passengers were injured.
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Scranton
Cora Lovering
la Grange
Tunkhannock
Scranton State Hospital
Tutuila Narrowly Escapes Japanese Bomb Impact
Chungking July 31 The U S gunboat Tutuila escaped a Japanese air raid with a near miss. A witness from the United States embassy says the bomb landed five to eight yards off the stern, lifting the stern from water and buckling some superstructure. Oil barrels toppled and the speedboat was ruined but no crew member was hurt. The embassy suffered no damage.
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Chungking
United States
Tutuila
When Hirsch Sleeps He Really Sleeps
Police concluded Hirsch slept soundly after waking at 6 a m to find theft of his shoes wheel tire cash watch plaques flags and a box from his automobile on the North Side of Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Albert Hirsch
North Side
Hirsch
Free French commander downs two Messerschmitts over coast
London July 31. A Free French flight commander already awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross shot down two German Messerschmitt 109s over the French coast during the British attack this afternoon, and he is said to have damaged a third.
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Messerschmitts
London
Air Ministry
Prominent Pittsburgh Engineer Dies by Suicide
Prominent Pittsburgh industrial engineer August P. Diescher, 63, was found hanged in the basement of his Squirrel Hill home. The coroner ruled death by suicide.
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Pittsburgh
August P. Diescher
Squirrel Hill
Diescher
Red Army Counterattacks Halt German Advances Near Moscow
Soviet communique reports heavy losses for German forces in the Smolensk approach to Moscow with successful counter-attacks by the Red Army. The dayslong fighting includes air force support, prisoner captures, and continued battles around Porkhov, Novorzhev, Zhitomir, and Leningrad’s approaches.
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Smolensk
Moscow
Red Army
Russy Information Bureau
Porkhov
Novorzhev
Leningrad
Zhitomir
Kiev
Red
Baltic Sea
Russia
Ukraine
Pravda
Red Air Fleet
Harry S. Hopkins
Roosevelt
United States
Spasso House
Hopkins
Josef Stalin
London
Britain
Far East
China
Hopkins Sees Stalin in Third Hour Discussion
Harry L. Hopkins, Roosevelt’s personal representative, met with Premier Joseph Stalin for three hours at the Kremlin. He voiced a stronger conviction that Hitler is going to lose the war, reiterating ongoing talks on U S supplies and equipment to aid Russia in its fight against Germany.
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Moscow
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Hitler
Hopking
Stalin
U. S
Russia
Germany
Ecuador And Peru Reach 6 PM Ceasefire
Diplomatic mediators Argentina Brazil and the United States announced by radio that Peru would halt hostilities with Ecuador at 6 p.m. tonight. The announcement was made by Argentine minister Manuel Viale Paz on behalf of the three mediating nations.
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Quito
Ecuador
Argentina
Brazil
United States
Radio Today
Peru
Manuel Viale Paz
Pressure On Leningrad Continues Amid German Finn Assault
German and Finnish forces push toward Leningrad with seven Russian divisions reported destroyed and encirclement tactics in use. Prisoners, weapons, and supplies were claimed seized as Smolensk operations intensify and Moscow air raids were noted as effective.
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Berlin
Leningrad
Russia
Estonia
Scorch Earth
Smolensk
Moscow
Crack Army Of Japs Take Over Saigon
Frank L. Martin Jr reports Japanese forces have formally occupied Saigon with a first class army, air force, and navy coordinating action. The occupation includes displacement notices for locals and a Japanese civil army buying cotton and negotiating for rubber and minerals.
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Frank L. Martin, JR
Saigon
Indo-China
Japan
Tokio
Navy
Air Force
Nazi Planes Bomb Moscow as Fires Extinguished
German aircraft broke through defenses at Moscow during the night and dropped incendiaries that destroyed several houses. Fires were quickly put out and military objectives were reported undamaged. Russian night fighters and anti aircraft artillery kept most planes from reaching the city.
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Moscow
90 Serbian Reds Shot in Banat by Authorities
Berlin dispatch reports 90 leading Communists in the Banat region killed by authorities amid sabotage crackdown. Official German news agency quotes Belgrade sources on the executions.
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Berlin
DNB
Belgrade
Serbian Banat
Japan offers apologies and indemnities over Tutuila bombing
Sumner Welles announced the United States accepted apologies from Japan and that the incident near Chungking was closed. Tokyo offered full indemnities and measures to prevent recurrences, while both governments seek better relations amid wider Sino-Japanese tensions and prior Panay precedents.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
United States
Chungking
China
Welles
Roosevelt
Kichisaburo Nomura
Tokio
Japan
State Department
Indo- China
British Empire
Netherlands
Joseph C. Grew
Naval Ministry
Eleven Russian planes shot down near Lake Ladoga
Helsinki reports eleven Russian warplanes shot down northeast of Lake Ladoga. The past 24 hours saw only one Russian air raid on Finland, described as ineffective.
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Helsinki
Lake Ladoga
Finland
Weather forecast for West Virginia and nearby states
Weather outlook lists generally fair conditions for West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania on Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. Eastern Pennsylvania faces clouds with cooler warmth. Maryland sees clouds and scattered thunderstorms in the south Friday, then fair on Saturday.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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Tatuta Maru
California
Central Press Soundphoto
East Enders
Hall and
M. A. Rhodes
County Trust
Baskind
Argentine
Mountain Dale Farm
Reds
Nomura
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
U. S. Weather Bureau
Albany
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Galveston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York
Peerryy
Philadelphia
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