Three New York travelers injured in turnpike crash
Three people from Renselaer New York were injured when their convertible car struck a rear of a truck tractor semi trailer on the Pennsylvania turnpike six and one half miles east of the Somerset interchange. Mrs Gertrude Roeder 46 suffered multiple injuries. Her son Carl 25 and daughter Elizabeth 13 also sustained injuries. The truck driver from Indianapolis was uninjured.
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New York State
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Somerset Interchange
Gertrude Roeder
Carl
Elizabeth
Belmar Pace
Renselaer
New York
Roeder
Elizabeth Roeder
Walter McElhaney
Tacoma Street
Indianapolis
Indiana
G. R. Wagenseller
Bedford
Philip Lando
Illinois
Lando
Uniontown Doctor Dies in Maryland on Tilghman Island
Dr. Charles Franklin Smith 44 of Uniontown died of a heart attack on Tilghman’s Island while planning a Chesapeake Bay fishing trip. He is survived by his wife two daughters and a son and was a University of Maryland graduate who had practiced in Uniontown for years. The body will be sent home tomorrow after being taken to St Michaels.
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Tilghman
Charles Franklin Smith
Uniontown
Tilghman’s Island
Chesapeake Bay
W. J. White
University of
St. Michaels
Substitutes Considered for New Automobiles
Washington reports a conference of motor industry leaders and defense officials agreed on removing decorative trimmings and using substitutes for scarce materials in non functional parts. An office of production management order is expected soon, with plans to eliminate aluminum pistons and discontinue sponge rubber cushions while preserving copper radiators and other essential parts.
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Washington
Motor Industry
Defence
Office of Production Management
Six Injured In Ebensburg Car Crash
Six people were injured when a seven passenger car crashed into a guard rail at Ander son hill on the William Penn highway three miles east of Ebensburg. The driver Merle Foust of Somerset said he dimmed for an approaching car and lights failed. The injured include Clara Sopheck Nell Sopheck Louise Henry Lorraine Chappel and Max Cuiver. Wayne Sorge owner of the car, from McKeesport, was not hurt. Ebensburg and Cresson physicians treated the injuries.
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Anderson's Hill
William Penn Highway
Ebensburg
Merle Foust
Somerset
Foust
Pvt
G. W. Wright
State Motor Police
Clara Sopeheck
Nell
Sopcheck
Louise Henry
Lorraine Chappel
Cresson
Max Cuiver
Faust
Wayne Sorge
McKeesport
West Newton farmer shot son on bail
Greensburg reports Charles Shychuck, 52, a West Newton farmer, is free on $1,000 bond after being charged with assault with intent to kill in the shooting of his 11 year old son during a family argument. Police had searched three days before his arrest.
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Greensburg
Charles Shychuck
West Newton
Shychuck
James Buckley
Nick
UAW CIO Delegates Vote to Bar Subversives
In Buffalo on August 14 delegates of the UAW-CIO voted to exclude Communist Nazi and fascist members or sympathizers from any elective or appointive union position.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Uaw-Cio
GOP Gains 219 Voters In 10 Months
Somerset County registration figures show the Republican majority rising by 219 in ten months. Total registered voters fell from 38,341 in 1940 to 37,838 for the September 9 municipal primary, with Republicans gaining in women voters and in East End annexation in the borough.
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GOP
Somerset County
Republica Bari Oereiyesceere Reaciteumtiets
Sheik
TOUR
Saeuthgeenet Isseevssree
Ccicser
Toitais
Somerset
East End
Lynd
Somerset Township
Denee AP Ee
Tenerife
FBI Anserckvist
Somerset Borough
Red Army reports front holds. German losses cited in broad claims
Moscow asserts retreat from Pervo mask and Kirovograd as fronts stretch from the White Sea to the Black Sea. Pravda and Red Star list heavy German losses, claiming 21 divisions destroyed and air and submarine successes by the Soviets amid uncertain front changes.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Pervoma Sk
Kirovograd
Black Sea
Nikolai
A. Lozovsky
White Sea
Russian Information Bureau
Red Air Force
Baltic
Communist Party
Pravda
Red Star
Nazis Seal Off Krivoi Rog As Odessa Occupied
German high command claims encirclement and occupation of Krivoi Rog in southern Ukraine aided by Italian Romanian and Hungarian forces. They picture Odessa and Nikolaev as encircled while asserting large Russian iron ore losses as battles press toward the Dnieper and Dniester rivers.
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Berlin
Odessa
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Krivoi Rog
Ukraine
Dnieper
Sea of Azov
Dnepropetrovsk
Essen
Russia
Hitler
Dniester
Bug River
DNB
Lake
Ladoga
Helsinki
Roosevelt Churchill Conference Afloat Off Atlantic Coast
The Daily Mail describes the Roosevelt Churchill talks aboard a conference ship near the American shore. Navy destroyers patrol the area while Roosevelt and Churchill converse on deck with maps and documents at hand. Churchill wears a peaked cap. Roosevelt in a summer suit and fisherman hat as cigars and cigarettes accompany the discussions.
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London
Roosevelt Churchill
The
Daily Mail
American
Atlantic
Walter Farr
Roosevelt
Churchill
Farr
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Churchill
German Korrespondent brands Roosevelt Churchill plan a plagiarism
Berlin radio and the German foreign office response derides the Roosevelt Churchill military outline as a plagiarized version of Wilson points. They denounce alleged aims of territorial gain and economic sovereignty, and call the proposed destruction of the Nazi tyranny grotesque. US House vote on extending military service prompts commentary on European policy pressures.
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Berlin
Deutsche Diplomatisch Politische Korrespondenz
Wilson
Roosevelt-Churchill
Churchill
Roosevelt
Ukraine
United States
House of Representatives
America
Europe
Boulogne Bombed Again by British Air Attacks
British bombers continued raids on Boulogne and the northern French coast. Early dawn operations followed overnight Channel crossings with anti aircraft fire along the coast and explosions heard inland. The air ministry said fourteen German planes were shot down yesterday and five British aircraft were missing.
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London
France
Boulogne
Channel
Continent
Air Ministry
Roosevelt Confers Aboard British Ship Prince of Wales
White House says at least one Roosevelt Churchill meeting occurred on the British battleship Prince of Wales. A photograph with caption about church services on April 10 1941 was corrected to Aug 10, 1941, during Roosevelt’s Potomac cruise off New England.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Prince of Wales
H.M.S. Prince of Wales
New England
Britain
Bismarck
Lord Halifax
King George V
J. C. Stark
Hitler
Germany
Russia
United States
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
London
Great Britain
Congress
Europe
Augusta
Scottie Falla
Sumner Welles
Elliott
Franklin, Jr
Churchill
Roosevelt and Churchill Outline Eight World Peace Points
The Roosevelt Churchill declaration presents eight key aims to guide postwar Europe with US Britain support. It links aid to Russia, disarmament of aggressors, free seas, and a permanent general security system, while stressing a plan to curb Nazi power and coordinate action from Asia to Europe.
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Europe
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Churchill
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Empire
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Board
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Roosevelt-Churchill
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Poland
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
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Latvia
Estonia
Somerset Weather Report Highlights Mild Temperatures
Daily weather data shows 24 hour period from Wednesday 5 30 p m to Thursday 5 30 p m with a high around 77 degrees and a low near 39 degrees. Previous year readings recorded at 81 and 61 degrees for the same span.
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U. S. Weather Observer
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Veenneeernees
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St. Louis
Washington
UCU Eoo
Weather Outlook for Eastern States Friday Thunder Showers
Eastern Pennsylvania shows mostly cloudy skies with showers Friday and Friday night and Saturday showers with local thunderstorms. Western Pennsylvania and Maryland see showers and storms with higher temperatures. Saturday turns partly to mostly clear in spots. West Virginia remains cloudy with showers Friday, then partial clearing and cooler conditions later Saturday.
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Pensylvania
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
West Portion
East Portion
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