Romesburg Crashes In Back Yard
Robert Romesburg of Garrett crash landed his Piper Cub J-3 in his back yard after leaving Rhodes field. He sustained serious body and facial injuries and was admitted to Somerset Community Hospital around 2 15 p m. The accident damaged the plane worth about 1600 dollars and involved a box car and an apple tree. Inspector Fluet and Joe Martin investigated the incident.
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Robert Romesburg
Garrett
Somerset Community Hospital
Romesburg
Rhodes
Joe W. Martin
Erie farmer found dead bound and gagged at home
Joseph B. Campbell a 72 year old farmer on Waterford road was found dead by his daughter bound hand and foot with a necktie and handkerchief gagged. Deputy coroner said he had been dead about two weeks with multiple facial wounds from a sharp instrument. An autopsy was planned.
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Erie
Waterford Road
P.p Firman
Joseph B. Campbell
Firman
Habeas Corpus Granted for Soldier Hicks in England Case
Donald Hicks of Kingston New York won a habeas corpus hearing from Judge John Biggs Jr of the Third Circuit. Hicks, serving 25 years in Lewisburg penitentiary after an army court martial for rape, must be produced Aug 21 in Harrisburg. His petition cited illegal conviction in England with support from 1,675 Corby residents claiming the alleged victim was a person of ill repute.
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Scranton
Donald Hicks
Kingston
N. Y
John Biggs
Third
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hicks
Lewisburg
Biggs
William H. Hiatt
Harrisburg
England
Corby
M Nelly Killed as Babe Sped to Him
One month old James Arthur McNelly Jr. had never met his father Pfc James Arthur McNelly Sr. when his mother, en route to visit the Santa Ana Del Toro airbase in California, received a telegram. the father had been killed Friday in a plane crash near Mojave, California.
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North Irwin
James Arthur McNelly
Santa Ana del Toro
California
Oregon
James Arthur MccNelly
Mojave
Cal
Red Cross Seeks Trailer For Lichty Family
The Red Cross asks for a trailer to shelter the Harvey Lichty family after a Friday fire. They want to live on their farm near livestock and continue harvesting until a cold season house is ready. Anyone with a trailer is urged to contact the Red Cross immediately.
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The
Red Cross
Harvey Lichty
Sulphur Fumes Damage Gardens Near West Newton
Residents in Westmoreland county awoke to withered flower and vegetable gardens after fumes from two sulphur cars that caught fire on a nearby railroad night. Local officials believed the sulfur fumes caused the widespread plant damage.
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West Newton
Westmoreland County
Dr Schlosser Speaks Four Times at Church of the Brethren
Dr. Ralph W. Schlosser preached four sermons at the Church of the Brethren with Pastor Galen R. Blough, discussing church membership the kingdom of God and the value of work. He urged self respect through work, the fight against worldly sin, and devotion to God, noting about 300 in attendance.
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Ralph W. Schlosser
Church of the Brethren
Galen R. Blough
Dr. Schlosser
Schlosser
Kingdom of God
Church
Christ
Thomas
Philip
Eunuch
Norman Maust
Sacred Aires
Mildred Bowman Struby
Suits Found in Gage Park Pool Mystery
Workmen draining the Gage Park pool in Topeka found 10 vacant bathing suits on the bottom. City park commissioner Harry Snyder said the owners’ escape remains unknown and unanswered.
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Topeka
Kans
Gage Park
Harry Snyder
Huge Flying Boat Sinks In Chesapeake
The Navy Hawaii Mars, world's largest flying boat, sank in Chesapeake Bay after a rough semi controlled landing off Love Point Maryland. Only one of ten crew members injured, R S Nopie, a flight test engineer, treated at South Baltimore hospital. Pilot William E Coney Jr. aided by Martin company investigation continues.
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Rock Hall
Navy
Hawaii
Martin Company
Makin P
R. S. Nopie
South Baltimore
William E. Coney, Jr
Coney
Mars
Sims
Tempie Fay
E. R. Gervin
G. E. Pitcher
T. C. Barnhill
W. B. Bergen
Jones
Coast Guard
Baltimore
Glen L. Martin Company
Maryland
Gabreski holiday ends as couple plans Miami Beach move
Lt. Col. Francis Gabreski a famed flyer from Oil City and his bride spent the weekend with his brother in law Dr. Felix Stegelski in Erie. After leave they will travel to Miami Beach Fla where the officer will await reassignment following a leave of absence.
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Gabreski
Erie
Francis Gabreski
Oil City
Felix Stegelski
Gabreskis
Miami Beach
Fla
Newsmen on double date in Germany
James F. King recounts a U S correspondent and Tom Hoge of the Stars and Stripes on a date in Stuttgart. German women speak candidly about postwar life error and memories of Bombing and Hitler while sharing photos of prewar Stuttgart and discussing Jews and the war.
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Newsmen
Germany
James F. King
Stuttgart
Tom Hoge
The
Stars and Stripes
Hitler
Hildegarde
Miltary
AMG
Margot
New York
Stalingrad
Japan
Anti Semitism Rise in Poland Amid Conference Claims
Polish delegates told a Zionist conference that violent anti Semitism remains strong in Poland with reactionary forces aiding the Germans in starving Polish Jews. Miss Haya Grossman, survivor of the 1943 Bialystok Ghetto battle, cited killings since liberation and noted bands threaten Jewish communities with Russian arms for defense.
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Richard Kasischke
London
World Zionist Conference
Poland
Warsaw
Bialystox Ghetto
Miss Grossman
Flashlights Save Lives in New Guinea Air Crash
In northeast New Guinea near Lae, Maj. Gen. J. E. S. Stevens and two Australian divisional officers were saved after their plane ditched at night. Stevens and aides were injured. a flashing flashlight drawn by an aide guided an American cruiser to the wreck, enabling rescue.
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Melbourne
Australia
Ug. 5
Lae
New Guinea
J. E. S. Stevens
Wewak
Stevens
Robertson
Missing Air Gunner Hermann Reaches 108 Missions in War
Tech. Sgt. Kurt J. Hermann of Long Island, NY, a top aerial gunner, is missing on his 108th combat mission over Kochi Japan. His record includes 75 prior missions and actions over Rome Berlin Tokyo, with service in the 73d Bombardment Wing and brief time with the Eighth Air Force. He survived a life raft ordeal, a Sardinia parachute jump, and multiple fighter engagements.
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Marlin Spencer
Guam
Kurt J. Hermann
Air Force
Berlin
Rome
Tokio
20Th Air Force
Bylon
Long Island
N. Y
73D
Kochi
Shikoku
Lewis L. Coburn
Niagara Falls
Hermann
Merchant Marine
Sardinia
Air Forces
12Th Air Force
North Africa
Eighth Air Force
England
Henry H. Arnold
Washington
Doolittle
Eighth AF
Royal Airforce
United States
Spaatz
Europe
Japanese 28th Army Nearly Destroyed in Burma Fight
Mountbatten headquarters reports the 28th Army almost completely destroyed after actions along the Mandalay Rangoon road and at Arakan. British losses from the Sittang river battle cited as over 10 000 enemy dead with 3 300 casualties inflicted on the 54th and 55th Japanese divisions.
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Calcutta
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Mandalay Rangoon
Thailand
Sittang
Burma
28Th Army
Arakan
15Th Indian Corps
Philip Christison
Communiqtie
Arm amputated with carpenter saw in Corsica
A US Army air forces medic reports a flight surgeon in Corsica amputated an enlisted man's arm with a carpenter's saw after a hand grenade explosion shattered the hand. The crude operation lasted two and a half hours with limited anesthesia, and the patient was evacuated to an African hospital five days later. Sgt James C Webb from Conshohocken aided in the operation.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Corsica
Army Air Forces
James C. Webb
Conshohocken
Webb
Warning Hangs Over 21 Of Japan's Cities New Blows Reported
Allied air raids against 31 Japanese cities continued with 580 Superfortresses striking Nishinomiya Mikage Imbari Saga Mae Bishi and Ube as 3 850 tons of bombs were dropped The operation targeted warned cities with heavy fires and mines laid in Japanese waters on a day that also saw Mustang fighters from Iwo Jima and a Tokio area strike.
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Marlin Spencer
Guam
Nishinomiya- Mikage
Imbari
Saga
Mae-Bishi
Ube
Truk
Moon
Atoll
Iwo
Tokio
Inc
Chichi Jima
Bonin Islands
Spaatz
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Japanese Fight Back In Two Places
Japanese forces resisted the American cleanup on Luzon and counter attacked at two points from Thursday to Saturday but were beaten back. One Japanese company was annihilated in another operation, with 4 740 Japanese dead and 444 prisoners for the week, as MacArthur reported. American casualties for the week were 27 dead and 61 wounded.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
Luzon
Philippines
MacArthur
Kiangan
Cordilleras
Mayayao
Reunion of High School Friends Amid Pacific Carrier Crash
A Niagara Falls radioman Wallace Stachowicz and a crew member were shot down near Japan while supporting a carrier strike. Rescued two hours later by a submarine, he reconnected with hometown classmate Robert Darin from Niagara Falls. Other downed airmen included Ensigns John Janke and radioman Robert Taylor.
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AL Dopking
Japan
Tokio Bay
Wallace Stachowicz
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Stachowicz
Robert Darin
Navy
Fujiyama
Halsey
John ‘R. Janke
Glenside
Robert ‘Taylor
Chicago singer denied alimony after brief marriage
Nancy McGuire testified she has monthly expenses of 175 dollars but Judge William S. Baird awarded her only one dollar a month in alimony due to a 28 day marriage to actor Donald McGuire.
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Hollywood
Nancy McGuire
Chicago
Williams
Baird
Donald McGuire
Marianas B29 Raid on Japan Drops 3850 Tons of Bombs
U S forces based in Guam report over 580 Superfortresses raid Japan at night hitting the Abe coal liquefaction plant and other industrial targets. Large fires observed as anti aircraft and air opposition were light. One American plane missing. B29s also attacked Moen airfield no 1 at Truk with no opposition. P51s from two squadrons strafed Tokio area destroying enemy planes locomotives and oil tanks.
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Guam
Japan
Abe
U. S. Army Strategic Air Forces Headquarters
Moen
Truk Atolli
Tokio
Japs Claim Okinawa Raid Hit U S Bases
Japanese report a night bombing raid on Okinawa before dawn aimed at U S bases for an invasion. Domei described planes attacking Naha air field Kita air strip and an Ie island air strip, claiming fires three locations and successful hits despite Black Widow night fighters.
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San Francisco
Okinawa
U. S
Tokio Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Naha
Kita
Japanese Generals Targeted For 45 Day Furlough Reward
In North Luzon on August 6 Maj. Gen. William Gill announced a bounty of 45 days furlough at home for any soldier who captures alive a Japanese general in the 32nd Division area. Reports say Yamashita may be among the elusive leaders, linked to mountaintop hideouts as the US Filipino forces tighten the net.
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Luzon
William Gill
Yamashita
Malaya
Gopher
Undertow Carries Off Little Girl at Erie Beach
Carol Ann Fisher, 9, drowned when an undertow swept her from a Lake Erie peninsula beach while her sister Joan, 8, watched. The incident occurred near their home as the elder girl waded in water about waist deep and the body was not recovered.
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Erie
Carol Ann Fisher
Lake Erie Peninsula
Carol Ann
Joan
Fire raid reports deepen Allied air offensive against Japan
American forces expanded attacks across Kyushu and central Honshu with 140 bombers and fighters from Okinawa striking Kyushu for over two hours while 80 Mustang aircraft from Iwo Jima hit the Tokyo area. MacArthur reported fires at Takanabe and damage to factories, yards, and a bridge.
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Okinawa
Kyushu
Tokio
Guam
U. S
Japan
FCC
San Francisco
Honshu
Takasaki
Shibukawa
Maebashi
20Th Air Force
Marianas
Nippon
MacArthur
Takanabe
Nimitz
Ise Bay
Shantung Province
China
Kurile Islands
Straed
Iwo
Halsey
Pacific
Cargo Ship Sunk and Air War Reports Near Honshu
Naval Liberators sank a small Wendney coastal cargo ship south of Horshi, near Guam. They shot down and damaged six of eight enemy planes along the Honshu coast and Fleet Air Wing 18 destroyed an enemy launch carrying oil drums at Truk atoll.
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Guam
Naval Liberators
Horshi
Nimitz
Honshu
Fleet Air Wing 18
Truk Atoll
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather for Somerset reports 24 hour period 5 30 p m Saturday to 5 30 p m Sunday with maximum 19 and minimum 43. A year earlier recorded maximum 86 and minimum 65.
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David Grove
U.S. Weather Observer
Joes Avon Etanes
West Virginia and Nearby States Weather Outlook
Weather forecast notes thundershowers in West Virginia with cool Tuesday followed by lingering showers. Maryland expected mostly cloudy with showers and moderate temps Monday and Tuesday. Western Pennsylvania shows mainly cloudy with possible rain Monday and generally fair, moderate temperatures Tuesday. Central Pennsylvania reports cloudy with brief rain Monday and moderate temps Tuesday.
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West Virginia
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