Radioman Robert Mognet's Pacific War Faith Spotlight
In a South Pacific jungle Sunday service, aviation radioman Robert Earle Mognet played a portable organ, guiding sailors in hymns as memories of battle faded. He plans to pursue college and theology after the war, inspired by a bunky who studied by mail. After 23 months at sea, Mognet reflects on the PBY Catalina's rugged service, praises its resilience, and recalls Dumbo's role in rescuing downed airmen.
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Mary Hause
South Pacific
Jesus
United States
Robert Earle Mognet
Aviation Radioman
P. P. Mognet
South Edgewood Avenue
Res
Magnet
Flying Fortress
Soldier’s Death in France Tells of Holsopple Family Loss
A War department telegram informs Mrs. Wesley Holsopple that her husband Sgt. Holsopple of Company C was killed in action in France on August 10. He served four years, married to Margaret Shaffer, with two children, living with his mother on West Patriot Street. He would have turned 23 on August 25.
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War Department
Washington
Wesley Holsopple
West Patriot Street
France
Holsopple
Co. C
Margaret Shaffer
Florence Holsapple
Small Powers Face Big Problem in Postwar Security
Flora Lewis reports from Washington that after a week at Dumbar ton Oaks British American and Russian planners struggle to give small nations a voice in security decisions while the big four retain responsibility. They consider a council of eleven or twelve with special voting rules to allow majority action when two small nations join with the Big Four.
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Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
Russia
Britain
United States
China
General Organization
Moscow
Council
Assembly
Unite States
Counsil
France
Council of Eleven
P-38 Crash Near Trotter's California Home
Two P-38s collided near Hollywood as pilots 2d Lieuts Caesar and Caldwell bailed out with minor injuries. One plane crashed in an orange grove beside John Scott Trotter's San Fernando Valley home causing property damage to the barn and fence while the other exploded after striking the ground.
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Hollywood
John Scott Trotter
San Fernando Valley
Jack R. Caesar
Arnold
Carter L. Caldwell
Umatilla
Fla
Trotter
Corporal Kulda Receives Combat Infantryman Badge
Corporal Thomas M. Kulda of Clymer earns the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct in action against Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific Area. The presentation comes as part of broader recognition of soldiers with good conduct credentials.
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Southwest Pacific
Thomas M. Kulda
Clymer
Army sets equal time for five parties on overseas broadcasts
Washington dispatch reports the army will allocate equal weekly shortwave time to five political parties for troop broadcasts starting September allowing Democratic Prohibition Republican Socialist and Socialist Labor to use time. GOP critics argue Roosevelt speeches should count for the Democratic quota amid controversy over the Bremerton address ruling.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senator Revercomb
R-Wva
Prohibition
War Department
Socialist Party
Bremerton, Wash
Two Rob Produce Dealer Robbed of Watch and Cash
Harrisburg police held Jerome Oswell and George Edward Murphy both 22 and 26 in connection with a robbery of Altoona produce dealer George L. Walters. Walters reported losing his watch and $655 after being knocked down near his truck. Detectives recovered the watch and $628 after Washington named three other suspects held on $1500 bail.
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Harrisburg
Oscar L. Blough
Jerome Oswell
Washington
George Edward Murphy
George L. Walters
Altoona
Walters
William E. Reeves
Glessner Found Dead on Highway Near New Centerville
Elmer Glessner about 60 was discovered dead in the middle of the New Centerville Trent highway by Wallace Crawford. Coroner Dosch dated death around 5 45 am from an embolism after a tooth extraction the previous day. Survived by a daughter and one grandchild. Funeral today at 2 pm at Mills and Mickey Rockwood morticians with burial in Odd Fellows cemetery Rockwood.
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Elmer Glessner
New Centerille- Trent Highway
Wallace Crawford
Musser Bakery
Crawford
Glessner
Philip C. Dosch
New Centerville
Trent
H. B. Tucker
New Brighton
Mills and Mickey
Rockwood
M. G. Gahagan
Evangelical Church
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Allied air strike hits Padang cement plant in Sumatra raid
Allied carrier aircraft with eastern fleet support struck industrial targets near Padang on Sumatra in a fourth attack since Japan seized the island in 1942. The cement plant at Indaroeng, plus Padang harbor and Emmahaven, suffered heavy damage as ships, warehouses, a rail yard, and an airfield were struck. Rear Admiral Clement Moody led the operation with limited anti air fire. Admiral Mountbatten recently returned to Ceylon after London talks on war plans.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Japan
Padang
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Pacific
Europe
Indaroeng
Emmahaven
Clement Moody
Lord Louis Mountbatten
London
Sabang
Paris Liberation Parade Turns Into Gunfire Crisis
Gen Charles de Gaulle led a victory parade through Paris amid sudden gunfire from rooftops. Fire spread along the route from the Arc de Triomphe to Notre Dame as crowds fled, with several dead and many wounded. German holdouts battled French forces in the Chamber of Deputies before being cleared. Four AP and Life photographers captured the chaos.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Arc de Triomphe
Hotel de Ville
Notre Dame Cathedral
Interior
Rue de Bourdonnais
Rue de Rivoli
Fifth Avenue
FFI
Ariz
Chamber of Deputies
Second Armored Division
Associated Press
Andy Lopez
Acme
New York
Bob Landry
Hollywood
Life Magazine
Pathfinder
Charles de
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Air Strikes From Palau To Davao
General MacArthur reports allied air strikes extending from Palau to Davao with a newly completed air base 200 miles closer to the Philippines. Frontline patrols in Dutch New Guinea engage Japanese forces with jungle skirmishes leaving 320 enemy killed and 199 captured.
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Asahel Bush
General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Palau
Davo
Dutch New Guinea
Sansapor
New Guinea
Vogelkop
Middelburg
MacArthur
Noemfoor
Schouten Islands
Geelvink Bay
Hungarian Radio Calls For Revolt Against Axis
Free Hungarian council in London urged Hungarians to overthrow their government and arm against Germans amid front linhas and rumors of Romanian troops fighting Hungarians in Transylvania. Count Karolyi led the manifesto as Bucharest issued a mobilization to drive Germans from Romania.
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London
Balkan
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Transylvania
Free Hungarian Council
CBS
London Radio
Michael Karolyi
Olea Kun
Bucharest
42 Tons Drop On Iwo Jima Burned By Liberators
U S Pacific Fleet reports 42 tons of bombs dropped on Iwo Jima by 7th Air Force bombers from Pearl Harbor. Admiral Nimitz says the raid follows neutralizing attacks with heavy anti aircraft fire and strong fighter opposition showing the island remains fortified in the last defense sector on the sea lane from the Marianas to Tokyo.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
7Th Airforce
Marianas
Tokyo
Ford Strikers Vote To Return To Work At Highland Park Plant
About 8,500 Ford Motor Company workers at the Highland Park plant voted to return to their jobs tonight ending a walkout that had threatened to disrupt production in the area.
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Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Highland Park
Paris Bombed Again as Germans Strike Bedtime City
German planes bomb Paris suburbs just before midnight causing fires and casualties. Paris radio said early Sunday shelling hit parts of the city as crowds celebrated General Eisenhower's triumphal tour. At least 110 dead and 719 wounded.
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Don Whitehead
Paris
London
Fighting flares as Germans retreat in southern France and Marseille
Allied forces push through southern France and Marseille as German holdouts along the waterfront retreat or surrender. French troops drive Germans from Notre Dame de la Garde while 5,000 have been captured and others scatter toward escape routes.
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Rome
Mar- Sele
France
Marseille
Notre Dame de la Garde
Algiers
Vichy
Toulon
Grenoble
Touloun
Rhone
Lyon
Paris
Germany
Allied forces push north after clearing Seine corridor toward Belgium
U S spearheads drive from Seine to Marne and toward the Reich border as British and Canadian forces seize bridgeheads on the lower Seine. Allied armor advances beyond Melun and toward Rouen Le Havre while German resistance collapses along the Paris region front.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Seine
Paris
Troyes
U. S S
Fifteenth Army
Channel
Belgium
Germany
Marne
Lagny
Meaux
Arcis-sur-Aube
Reich
Algiers
U. S
Vitry
Verdun
Peer
Naneis
Provins
Romilly
Vernon
Beauvais
Belerians
Fisenhower
Aernes
Orent Straneth
Arivine
Second Army
First Army
Rouen
le Havre
Melun
Somerset Weather Report Summary for Weekend
Daily weather note by David Grove reports a 24 hour period from Saturday evening to Sunday evening with a high around 73 degrees. The record also notes a minimum temperature and references prior year values for comparison.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Maxton
Deeasnest
Eetanene Conmnenen
Aoanene
Maryland and Pennsylvania forecast conditions for Monday
Maryland expects cloudy skies with light rain in the mountains and light sprinkles elsewhere with moderate temperatures. Eastern Pennsylvania clouds developing slowly with moderate temperatures. Western Pennsylvania cloudy with intermittent light rain and cooler conditions. West Virginia cloudy with intermittent light rain and moderate temperatures.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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Flora Lewis
John J. McCloy
Bremerton
White House
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Hal Bowle
Devers
Patch
Jacob L. Devers
Mediterranean
Alexander M. Patch
U. S. Seventh Army
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Wade Werner
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