Somerset aviation booster eyes Johnstown airport bid
Al K. Young, Som erset airport lessor and noted aeronautical inspector for the Civil Aeronautics Administration, spent the weekend in Somerset on a bid for the Johnstown airport. He predicts postwar air travel will grow among easterners and cautions it will be an auxiliary to the automobile.
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al K. Young
Somerset
Lyer
Oklahoma City
Civil Air Administration
New
Johnstown
Mr. Young
Young
Pittsburgh
West
Ferry Command
East
Pacific
Texas
Dr Hemminger Enters Army Medical Officer Service
Dr J Ross Hemminger of West Main street has accepted an army medical officer commission and will report on Wednesday August 16 at the government hospital in Hines Illinois. Mrs Hemminger will stay in Somerset for several weeks before joining him.
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J. Ross Hemminger
West Main Street
Army Medical Officer&’ Commission
Government Hospital
Hines, Il
Hemminger
Somerset
Hatch Blames Republicans Over Postwar Unemployment Bill
Senator Hatch accuses the Republican majority of controlling the Senate for two years as lawmakers debate postwar unemployment compensation and potential changes to price controls. Hawkes predicts public desire to curb centralized power while Reynolds cites surplus disposal plans and reconversion concerns for industry pricing.
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Washington
Senate
Hawkes
Congress
House
Reynolds
Senate Military Committee
Murder suicide linked to quarrel in Johnstown
Deputy Coroner Govekar announced the pistol deaths of William McMahon and Lillian Baines at the Baines home in Johnstown. McMahon 41 shot himself after a quarrel with Miss Baines, 27, who was fatally wounded and died later in hospital. Geraldine Baines reported hearing shots and finding them.
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Johnstown
Joseph Govekar
William McMahon
Lillian Baines
Baines
Geraldine Baines
John Reed
McMahon
Lillian
Reed
Miss Baines
Roosevelt Catches Halibut and Flounder Near Juneau
President Roosevelt, fresh from Pacific war briefings in Bremerton, fished near Juneau catching a halibut and a flounder during a rare three hour outing. He outlined plans to aid veterans returning to Alaska and stressed Japan’s exclusion from the society of nations while detailing Pacific defense talks with top commanders aboard a destroyer.
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Bremerton
Wash
Pacific
Roosevelt
Japan
Juneau
Washington
Alaska
Washington, D. C
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Pacific Coast
Hawaiian
Alaskan
Sons of Nippon
Society of Nations
Hawaii
MacArthur
Robinson
Nimitz
Leahy
Ton
Oldest Legionaire Dies in Springfield
William Chetman aged 87 died in Springfield mass and was believed to be the nation’s oldest Legionnaire. A veteran of three British military actions he had been made an honorary member of the Springfield post American Legion in 1919.
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The
Pacific
Japan
Society of Nations
Navy Yard
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
Springfield
Mass
William Chetman
American Legion
Russian Push To Lure Nazis From Warsaw Front Deepens
Russian forces advanced toward Lomza 16 miles from the Nazi stronghold as Andrei Yeremenko's Baltic armies report 70,000 enemy killed or captured in a month. They seized Madona and moved toward Riga, while Ostensibly sealing positions near Kastsgua and Valga as German defenses crumble in Latvia and Estonia and western Latvia.
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London
Lomza
Warsaw
Bwebrza
Moscow
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Veremenko
Latvia
Baltic Sea
Madona
Riga
Estonia
Third Baltic
Vora
Gulf of Riga
Ivan Maslennikov
Rouse
Voru
Valga
Tallinn
Biebrza
Berlin
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Zakharov
Bialystok
Ernst von Hammer
Transocean
Poland
Vistula River
Daniel de Luce
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
German East Prussia
East Prussia
Churchill Visit Ignites Italian Push for Wider Troops Role
Churchill's Rome visit sparks Italian political calls to widen allied troop participation and revise armistice terms. Randolfo Pacciardi argues Mussolini and the monarchy shared responsibility for Italy's war entry, pressing for a United States of Europe to heal postwar Europe.
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Churchill
Randolfo Pacciardi
Republican Party
Pacciardi
Italy
Umberto
Badoglio
Mussolini
United States
Europe
Rennes Field Becomes Largest Airdrome in German France
Rennes airdrome in France now under American control covers more acres than LaGuardia and ranks among the largest, best equipped German fields. Originated by the British in 1939, it features 18 hangars, two concrete runways of 4 360 and just over 5 000 feet, with 250 foot wide railways and extensive taxiways and parking areas stretched two and a half miles into wooded cover.
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Rennes
France
Laguardia Field
New York
Nimitz Says Invasion Not Necessary for Victory
Navy head Chester W. Nimitz, returning from the Marianas, said invasion of Japan may not be necessary to win the war though occupation would be needed to win the peace. He urged readiness for invasion if required and outlined Allied air and naval attacks across the western Pacific from Paramushiro to Truk and Ponape with several bases bypassed.
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Japan
Charles H. McMurtry
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Marianas
Nimitz
Guam
Saipan
Navy
Army
Marine
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Bonin Islands
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Pagan
Rota
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
Marshalls
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
Marc A. Mitscher
Richmond Kelley Turner
Roy 8. Gieger
Pearl
Sink 3000 Ton Jap Freighter
General Headquarters Southwest Pacific reports Allied air forces sank a 3,000 ton Japanese freighter in Davao gulf near Mindanao in the Philippines. Night bombers also hit two more freighters near Halmahera, while Vogelkop and Babo strip were bombed. In British New Guinea the Aitape campaign toll stands at 285 killed, 23 missing, 999 wounded.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
New Guinee
Davao Gulf
Mindanao
Philippines
Halmahera Island
Vogelkop
Dutch New Guinea
Babo Strip
Reds resent implications in Warsaw uprising mess
Moscow reports the Soviet Tass agency rejects any Polish exile liaison with the Red Army over Warsaw actions. It says Polish emigrant circles in London bore responsibility for events, while German forces encircled Bor’s troops and the Red Army pressed the suburbs.
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Moscow
Red Army
Warsaw
National Committee of Liberation
Tass
Bor
London
Empoli Falls to Eighth Army as Florence Faces Street Fighting
Amo river city of Empoli in front of Florence falls to the Eighth Army as patrols probe allied lines amid a Hitler pledge of renewed offensive. Patriots and Fascists clash in Florence while authorities pursue end to street fighting. Adriatic front reports brace across the Cesano river bridging 35 miles south of Rimini.
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Rome
Amo
Empoli
Florence
Eighth
Beacier Mans
Lower
Arno
Adriatic
Cesano
Rimini
Massive Allied Bomber Offensive Surrounds German Forces
More than 1,250 American heavy bombers led waves against Field Marshal von Kluge’s units as they retreated south of Falaise. RAF heavy bombers and Allied fighters struck road junctions, bridges, and armor across Bernay to St. Malo, with additional strikes in Yugoslavia and southern France. Twenty eight Allied aircraft were lost. weather was clear for air operations.
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AAF
Chichi Jima Island
Bonins
Tokio
Pagan Island
Marianas
Rota
Guam
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
London
Guenther von Kluge
Falaise
Bernay
Elbeuf
Rouen
Buchy
Conches
Quille
Damville
St. Peter Meulan
Hernonville
Seine
Battlefront
RAF
Ninth
Eighth Air Forces
Tactical Air Force
Mediterranean
France
Italy
Yugoslavia
Europe
French Riviera
Push Deeper into Burma
Southeast Asia command reports Burmese and Chinese forces pushing from Myitkyina into Kazu as part of an advance toward linking the Ledo and Burma roads. Allied units also move east toward the Chindwin River from India, meeting some Japanese resistance near Imphal.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Myitkyina
Kazu
Myitgyina
Bhamo
Lungling
China
Ledo
Chindwin
Tamu-Sittaung
India
Imphal
Hengtam
Soldier picked up on train en route to Denver without pass
Fort Warren soldier captured on a train bound for Denver without a pass explains no buses to the fort and no taxi available as the train departed. Military police reported the incident in Cheyenne Wyoming on August 12.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Fort Warren
Denver
Fort
Brandschain Quits WLB Resigns Assistant Director
Sylvester Garrett, chairman of the regional war labor board, announced Joseph Brandschain has resigned as assistant director of the board's disputes division. Brandschain joined RWLB in February 1943 after serving as a referee and mediation officer for the national WLB in Washington.
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Brandschain
WLB
Philadelphia
Sylvester Garrett
Regional War Labor Board
Joseph Brandschain
RWLB
Washington
Allied forces close trap on German retreat from Normandy near Falaise
Allied forces push north and south to seal the Falaise gap as German Seventh Army retreats toward Paris. U S First Army opens a dawn offensive between Wire and Mortain while air power rips through columns of tanks and troops. More than 115 000 prisoners have been taken since D Day and 40 Nazi divisions contacted as the advance tightens.
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James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
LU. S
Argen
Paris
Seventh Army
Falaise
Lisieux
Brazzaville
CBS
Supreme Allied
U. S
France
le Mans
Argentan
Coffin Corner
Normandy
U. S. First Army
Bulge
Wire
Mortain
Stalingrad
Europe
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather bulletin notes 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Saturday to 5 30 p m Sunday reporting maximum 64 and temperature a year ago 66. Data credited to David Grove A S Weather Observer.
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David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
Wali
Weather Outlook for Maryland and Mid-Atlantic States
Maryland Monday mostly clear hot and humid with showers in the mountains by afternoon. Eastern Pennsylvania Monday clear hot and humid followed by mountain showers by evening. Western Pennsylvania Monday clear hot then scattered thundershowers by evening. West Virginia scattered thunder showers Monday afternoon and hot throughout the day.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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