Curran Picked By Republicans To Challenge Wagner
New York Republicans assigned Thomas J. Curran to oppose Democratic Senator Robert F. Wagner and help cut into downstate Democratic votes. Curran, a Manhattan party leader and Dewey associate, was named at a state committee meeting after Wagner was renominated. Vermont and Connecticut primary results followed with Proctor winning the Vermont GOP gubernatorial nomination and Danaher Baldwin and Mankiewicz renominated in Connecticut.
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Associated Press
Thomas J. Curran
Manhattan
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Dewey
State
Democratic Committee
Wagner
Ian
U. S
Vermont
Proctor Mortimer R. Proctor
W. Arthur Simpson
George D. Aiken
Charles A. Plumley
Harry W. Witters
U.S. Senate
Robert W. Ready
Ernest H. Bailey
A Mahoney
Pvt Raymond Haer Killed in Action in France
Mrs. Ella Haer of Garrett R. D. 1 has been notified by the War Department that her son Private Raymond C. Haer, 35, was killed in action on July 4 in France. He was a woodsman by trade and was inducted May 15 1941. He had been overseas since April, initially stationed in England. He served in an infantry division after transfer from ordnance and trained at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Fort Custer and Fort Breckenridge before going overseas last spring.
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Ella Haer
Garrett
Michigan
Fort Breckenridge
Life in France from Sgt Smith Front Line Letters
Sgt Bernard Smith of the 28th division writes of fox hole life since crossing the channel, training at Indiantown Gap and Camp Pickett, and his exploits including digging a large fox hole, washing clothes, learning a little French, and giving candy to French children beside apple trees. He describes night letters written after 9 pm, and the bond with home while overseas.
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France
Bernard Smith
John S. Smith
Somerset
Smith
110Th Infantry
Pennsylvania National
Grand Jury Mulls Phila. Strike Today
Philadelphia federal grand jury probes the city strike, possibly extending beyond Smith Connally act into the second war powers act. Witnesses include Philadelphia Transportation and various unions as troop guarded transit continues amid 181 idled workers.
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Philadelphia
Federal Grand Jury
Phiadelphia
U. S
Edward A. Kelly
Kelly
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Gerald A. Gleeson
Golden Dagger
Criminal Division
Department of Justice
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Transport Workers Union
CIO
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
President's Fair Employment Practices Committee
G. James Fleming
FEPC
Truck Auto Crash Kills Three Guards in Meadville
A state police probe followed a crash near Keystone Ordnance works that killed three guards. Harold Harman 32 and Fred Trees 48, both of Meadville, died at hospitals. Robert Brown 39 injuries were fatal en route. Charles Bowler 37 stayed in slight improvement.
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Meadville
Keystone Ordnance Works
Works
Route 19
Harold Harman
Robert Brown
City Hospital
Fred Trees
Charles Bowler
Murray MIA Son of Acosta Residents
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Murray of Acosta are notified by the War Department that their son Corporal Lewis Murray is missing in action in the European area. Corporal Murray has been overseas for months, first stationed in England. his father works as a miner for Consoliation Coal Co. at Acosta.
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Homer Murray
Acosta
War Department
Corporal Lewis Murray
Corporal Murray
England
Consolidation Coal Company
Eight ex Nazi officers executed in Berlin purge
Eight ex officers including Von Witzleben were hanged after a two hour trial by the people's court for high treason in Berlin. Reports say Himmler may be dead or wounded amid rumors, though unconfirmed by authorities. The trials described vast intrigues and a purge against Hitler.
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London
Werlin
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann -Goering
Erwin von Witzleben
Adolph Hitler
Germany
People's Court
Hitler
Gestapo
Himmler
Normandy
Hering
Berlin
Transocean
Cople
Fellsiebel
von Treschow
Hanson
Maj
Hagessen
Count von der Schulenburg
Formr
Moscow
Rial
DNB
Roland Feiser
Fuehrer
Senate of the People’s Court
People’s Court
Nazis Scramble As Russian Offensive Advances Westward
The Moscow briefing reports German counterattacks along the eastern front are draining reserves while the Red Army pushes toward Riga and Warsaw. Russian counts claim heavy German losses as Kyiv and Daugava corridors see renewed Soviet momentum and supply buildup amid looming autumn rains.
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London
Moscow
Riga
Berlin
Germany
Poland
Italy
Yugoslava
Hungary
Norway
Heinrich Himmier
Betlefront
Birzai
Noel Lithuania
Red Army
Radviliskis
Balic States
Latvia
Daugava River
Krustpils
Jekabpils
Warsaw
Vistula
Kielce
Carpathian
West Bank
Walther von Model
East Prussia
Lomza
Sambor
Drohobycz
Congressman Hoffman Undergoes Major Operation in Bethesda
Republican Congressman Clair Hoffman of Michigan had a serious major operation at Bethesda Naval Hospital on Saturday and is reported in fair condition. He is known in Somerset for visiting during Republican rallies and his weekly newsletter runs in the Somerset American.
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Clair Hoffman
Michigan
Bethesda
MD. Naval Hospital
Hoffman
Somerset
Somerset American
American forces drive toward Guam stronghold frontline advance
U S naval dispatch reports rapid American advances on Guam with Mt Santa Rosa height seized and a center wedge threatening to split remaining Japanese defenses. Nimitz cites 10 000 enemy dead since July invasion and three days of air strikes on Nauru and Kuriles as Wake raid and Paramushiro actions follow. Premier Koiso warns Japan of unprecedented difficulties as homeland fears grow.
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Mt. Santa Rosa
Cheer W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Nauru
Marshalls
Japan
U. S
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Kuriles
Navy
Paramushiro
Kuniaki Koiso
Tokio Radio
Marianas
New Guinea
Indictment Hurls at Studio Over Sound Stage Costs
In Los Angeles on August 8 four executives and Public Pictures were charged with violating war production board rules by overspending on a sound stage. Assistant U.S. Attorney William Rizzi said the studio used critical materials for a permanent stage costing 57,000 dollars after a permit was refused for 145,000 and only a 23,000 temporary stage was approved.
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Los Angeles
Republic Pictures
Asst
U.S. Atty
William Rizzi
Allied Aerial Armadas Strike German Front as Paris Drive Presses
Allied air forces over 3400 planes supported ground operations toward Paris smashing front line targets and transport hubs. Marauders and Havocs hit seven bridges around Paris Reims Amiens while RAF bombed rocket sites and Norwegian shipping. Mustangs escorted Beaufighters as heavy bombers hit Caen defense lines aiding Canadian First Army thrust.
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Ned Nordness
London
Paris
Ninth Air Force
Paris-Reims-Amiens
France
Norway
Joigny
Yonne River
Marne
Nanteuil
Amiens
Reims
Fight Air Force
Caen
First Army
Inmandy
Rioning
Army
Canadians break into strong enemy lines toward Paris
Allied forces push toward Paris as Canadian armor and infantry advance through Caen’s outskirts and breach defenses south of Le Mans. U S heavy bombers and flak pound targets, with Bradley’s forces nearing Le Mans while St Malo and Cherence-le Roussel see intense combat along the Brittany coast.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Paris
le Mans
U. S
Europe
Caen
Cintheaux
St. Lo
Gaumesnil
Omar N. Bradley
Germany
Normandy
Brittany
Vire
Orne
St. Malo
Cher
Transocean
Loire
St. Nazaire
Somerset Weather Report Daily Temperatures
Somerset daily weather report notes a 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Monday to 5 30 p m Tuesday with a maximum of 82 and a minimum of 58 degrees. The temperature year ago shows a maximum of 83 and a minimum of 47 degrees.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Weather forecast for mid Atlantic states Wednesday warmth
Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland see fair skies and a touch warmer. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia expect partly cloudy conditions with continued warmer temperatures.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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