Not Closing Week Of 78th Congress
The week jams the 78th Congress as it nears a planned close yet stays for a longer session. Key items include a controversial social security tax hike and a range of bills, with Senate focus on rivers and harbors funding and postwar road construction.
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Washington
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Ways and Means
Palestine
Senate Military Committee
Heller
Poperty Disposal Board
Elevators to Strike in Pittsburgh January 3
Charles C. Levey of the AFL Building trades says the Service Employees Union Local 29 has voted to strike January 3. The action follows a demand to protest the RWLB wage-rate revisions and to allow a 30 day notice under wartime act.
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Pittsburgh
Charles C. Levey
AFL
Levey
Regional War Labor Board
Smith-Connailly
RWLB
Philadelphia
Miller Fatally Injured in West Virginia Auto Crash
Mrs Ruth Miller of Somerset reports her husband Clyde Miller was fatally injured near Charleston West Virginia on December 2 and died in a Charleston hospital. He was in WV for road construction work. Surviving are widow two children Patricia and Barbara and two sisters Hazel Ripp and Ednea Lape. Funeral plans by Charles R Hauger are incomplete.
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Ruth Miller
Somerset Rt. D
Clyde Miller
Charleston
W. Va
Butler County Coroner Rules Tragedy in Trailer Park
Coroner J. Charles Dengler ruled a murder and suicide at a trailer camp near the Butler county fair ground. John Calvin Myers, 49, killed Gladys B. Wilson, 35, then killed himself after arriving to work as a hustler at Parkers Landing.
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Butler, Nec
J. Charles Dengler
Butler County
Fricar
Gladys B. Wilson
John Calvin Myers
Parkers Landing
Butler County Fairground
Dengler
Myers
Wilson
B and O Allocates 75000 For Somerset County War Loan
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announces a 75000 allocation to Somerset county as part of Sixth War Loan purchases. President Roy B White says total B&O war loan holdings reach 14.5 million, allocated across 107 counties and communities along the railroad system.
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Somerset Co
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Sixth War Loan Committee
Somerset County
Roy B. White
Baltimore and Ohio
McNutt Leads Local Bond Drive in Sixth War Loan
Walter McNutt continues as organizations chairman for the Sixth War Loan and local groups including lodges churches and veterans push bond sales. Governor theatre joins national free movie day with free admission for bond buyers and incentives for large purchases.
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Walter McNutt
McNutt
Somerset
Governor Theatre
Wreck Victims Stabilized After Sipesville Collision
Eight people injured in a Sipesville crash Friday afternoon remain in fair condition at Community Hospital. Victims include Ida Beerus Dougan with fractures in both legs and Elizabeth Baush with one leg fracture. John H. Beerus, a Somerset merchant, is up and about in his room. The Ringer youth suffered an upper jaw fracture and tooth loss. Prosecution against Paul Friedline, 19, is not yet determined as witnesses say he pulled onto Edie road blind.
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Sipesville
Community
Ida Beerus Dougan
Elizabeth Baush
John H. Beerus
Somerset
Ringer
Paul Friedline
Edie
Beerits
Johnstown
Friedline
Beerus
Snow slows search for Harold Dolf in Susquehanna County
Harold Dolf, 38, a Kingsley bear hunter missing since Tuesday, remains unfound as 10 to 12 inches of snow blanket the area. Game warden Warren W. Ohlman plans bloodhounds to follow the trail from camp near Germania while 58 hunters comb the upper Kettle Creek valley amid deep drifts and fears of exposure.
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Coudersport
Harold Dolf
Kingsley
Susquehanna County
Warren Warren W. Ohlman
Germania
Kettle Creek Valley
Bellefonte
Ohlman
Elf
Dolf
Tuesay
Widow and Son Die in Pottstown Fire
In Pottstown on December 3 a cigarette spark smoldering in a chair caused a fire that killed Gertrude Hartman, 28, and her six year old son Jean by suffocation. Hartman’s parents escaped to a nearby roof. damage was about $4000.
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Pottstown
Gertrude Hartman
Jean
Hartman
Richard Lindauer
Train Kills Capt Reed Near New Cumberland
Col Herbert L. Grymes announced Capt Albert C. Reed of Washington DC, judge advocate at the New Cumberland reception center, was killed last night after being struck by a train near the military reservation.
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Reed
New Cumberland
Herbert L. Grymes
3384Th
Albert C. Reed
Washington, D. C
Lieut James Smith Missing In Navy Plane Crash
Lieut (jg) James Smith, a Somerset native and Navy pilot, is missing after a twin motored PBY crash between Brazil and Africa while opening a Brazil Africa air route. He previously served at Pearl Harbor and in Norfolk, with a wife Grace Rankin and two children at Lakehurst New Jersey, and is presumed dead. His sister Mrs. Berkey and other relatives in Somerset are awaiting further word.
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Acosla
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Somerset High School
Lieut
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Pearl Harbor
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States
Naval Air Corps
New Orleans
Norfolk
Lakehurst
N. J
Grace Rankin
Seattle
Washington
Douglas John
Barbara Ann
Berkeys
Somerset
Brazil
Africa
War Department
Jimmy
Sam Hemminger
Boswell
R. D
Farmer
Lieut. Smith
Paul Frederick
Solomons
James H. Kendall
Viola Berkey
South Center Avenue
Camp Rucker
Alabama
Philadelphia Man Fights Police In Two Hour Siege
Benjamin Nucifora, 54, a World War I veteran, barricaded himself with three daughters in his home and exchanged fire with police for over two hours. Tear gas and a .38 revolver were involved before officers entered the residence and took him to the hospital psychiatric ward.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Nucifora
Nucifora
Rose
Frank Caccaro
Philadelphia General Hospital
Wage tax urged upon Pittsburgh
A 75 page report from the Pennsylvania Economy League western division recommends a city wage tax to address Pittsburgh’s finances. It cites a 1 percent salary levy could raise about 7.5 million dollars annually and notes Philadelphia’s salary tax supports lower real estate costs.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Economy League
Philadelphia
Russians claim three Hungarian targets seized near Budapest
Russian forces under Tolbukhin report capture of Dunafoldvar on the Danube and major rail hubs Miskolc and Saturaljaujhely, with over 86 towns taken including Tamasi. Stalin proclaims twin Miskolc and Saturaljaujhely victories as troops press toward Austria and disrupt German retreats across Danube corridors.
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Dunafoldvar
Danube River
Budapest
Miskolc
Saturaljaushley
Feodor I.tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Dunatoldvar
Tamasi
Lake Belaton
Austria
Miskolec
Saturaljaujhely
Kassa
Kosice
Slovakia
Ivan Petrov
Fourth Ukraine
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Stalin
Yugoslavia
Asl
Red Army
Hungary
Tolbukhin
Danube
Moscow
Lake Balaton
Pravda
Moscow Radio
Danube Flottilla
Record Allied Bomber Raid Totaling 114700 Tons On Germany In November
Allied air forces dropped 114700 tons of bombs on Germany in November the heaviest month of wartime air power. RAF bombers delivered 59000 tons on 19 days 22 nights. USAAF based in Britain flew 16500 trips and dropped 37800 tons. Eighth Air Force’s peak remains June with 60000 tons and 17820 more.
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London
Germany
RAF
U. S
Britain
Eighth Airforce
Western Front
Planes from Italy Bomb German Rail and Industries
Italian based planes bomb Vienna area and German rail yards. U S Eighth Air Force and Ninth Air Force fleets pound Rhine cities Coblenz and Bingen. RAF and U S forces hit Dortmund and Hagen. Two interceptors shot down. heavy raids exceed 2000 sorties.
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Charles Chamberlain
London
U.S
16Th Air Force
Italy
Vienna
Germany
Britain
Western Front
Hagen
Ruhr
Giessen
Frankfurt
Papenburg
Emden
U. S
Eighth Airforce
Rhine
Coblenz
Bingen
Dortmund
U.S Ninth Airforce
Duren
Linnich
Saarbrucken
Siegfried Line
Bombers Hit Musashima Plant in Tokio Raid
Saipan based B 29s attacked the Nakajima Musashima engine plant in central Tokio with visual pinpoint bombing. The raid left industrial areas burning as crews fought fires and engaged enemy fighters.
Mine Cavern Cracks Water Mains in PITTSTON
A mine cavern at the Ewen colliery of Pennsylvania Coal Company cracked water and sewer mains and opened a 30 by 30 foot hole between two houses in Pittston yesterday. No injuries reported.
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Pittsburgh
Pittston
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Ewen
Siegfried Line Breakthroughs by Allied Forces
Allied announcements report the U S Third Army piercing the Siegfried line after crossing the Saar river near Saarlouis and advancing toward the Roer. In Italy, British Eighth Army nears Russi while air raids target Austria and Germany.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Eighth Army
Paenza
Russi
Ravenna
Faenza
Alboreto
Montone
Luftwaffe
Austria
Upper Silesia
Germany
Brenner Pass
Verona
Austin Bealmear
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
U. S
Saarlautern
Saar River
Siegfried Line
First
Cologne
Roer
Second Army
Holland
Maas
Venlo
95Th
Saar
Westwall
George S. Patton
Associated Press
Lewis Hawkins
Patton
Saar Frontier
Fifth
Stafford L. Erwin
Saarbrucken
Cite Ste. Barbe
Fallenden
Lucherberg
Luchem
Brandenberg
First Army
Inde
Lacherberg
Duren
Superforts Bomb Tokio Fourth Time
American bomber forces launched a fourth daylight raid on Tokyo within ten days as the 20th air force extended its campaign to destroy Japan's industrial capacity. The Japanese claimed limited damage to their side and noted about 15 of 70 B-29s were shot down in a hour and a half raid.
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Washington
Tokio
Japan
20Th Airforce
Mariana Islands
21St
Saipan
Asiatic
Marianas
Germany
United States
8Th Airforce
England
Rouen
France
China
Yawata
Kyushu
Aerial War Rages Across Philippines In World War II
In Leyte and nearby areas American and Japanese patrols clash as air and sea battles unfold. MacArthur reports no ground advances amid severe Leyte weather. U S bombers strike Palawan and Legaspi airdrome. Japanese raids hit Carigara bay Morotai and Leyte posts. destroyers engage in Camotes sea as air forces bombard Davao and Mindanao targets.
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Marlin Spencer
MacArthur
Philippines
New Guinea
Ormoc
Leyte
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Manbate
Valencia
Palawan Island
Mamotes Sea
Camotes Sea
Ormoc Bay
Legaspi
Luzon Island
Samar
Davao
Mindanao
A and P Buys 5 Million War Loan Subscriptions
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company announced a 5 million dollar subscription to the Sixth War Loan. Bonds purchased through the Federal Reserve Bank will be distributed across 38 states where A and P operates to support county war finance committees.
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New York
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Federal Reserve Bank
Johnson Convalescing After 65 Europe Missions
Tech. Sgt. Paul E. Johnson, son of Mrs. Margaret D. Johnson of Garrett RD 1, is resting at an RAF convalescent hospital in Truax Field Wisconsin. He completed 65 missions over Europe as radioman and gunner on a B 26 Marauder before being returned to the United States.
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Paul E. Johnson
Margaret D. Johnson
Garrett, RD 1
Truax Field
Wisconsin
Europe
Teresa Wright Becomes Mother To Boy Baby
Hollywood December news reports actress Teresa Wright and husband Niven Busch welcomed a baby boy weighing 7 pounds 4 ounces yesterday. The Oscar winner for Mrs Minniver is credited for her film work and writing career.
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Teresa Wright
Hollywood
Academy
Somerset Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily temperatures from 5:30 p.m. Saturday to 5:30 p.m. Sunday show a maximum of 37 and a minimum of 17 degrees. A year ago the maximum was 29 and the minimum 16 with no clear snowfall data available.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
L. 5
Weather Observer
Seignemigreammneesaseerasacthietssina
Maximus
Erereveetnseerne
Mind Eens Nthe
U. S. Weather Bureau
Bostoneeeaves
Chicago
Philadelphia
Ae Arcane Ronal
Pittsburgh
Weather Outlook Maryland and Mid-Atlantic Region
Maryland sees bright sun on Monday with a warmer afternoon and clear cold night. Eastern Pennsylvania follows with milder afternoon, then rising temps Tuesday. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia forecast mainly sunny Monday, with Tuesday turning partly cloudy and rain possible by afternoon or evening.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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