Foy Youth Sentenced to Morganza
Laughlinstown youth William Foy, 14, admitted to kidnapping and robbery of Mahion Miller of Somerset and a subsequent trip to Ohio. Judge Norman T. Boose sent him to the Pennsylvania Training School at Morganza, dropping federal charges and keeping him under Somerset court jurisdiction.
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William Foy
Laughlintown
Norman T. Boose
Mahion Miller
Somerset
Somerset Court
Boose
Pennsylvania
Morganza
White Hill
Young Foy
Elmer Schmeyer
State Motor Police
Peter Levy
Ursina
Alpert
Mabel Speicher Foy
Laughlinstown
Bill Foy
Alfred Burnsworth
Virginia Speicher
North Somerset
Burnsworth
Carnegie
Foy
United States Army
Albert Foy
Greenville
Charlie Hentz
North Center Avenue
Robertson
Somerset Post Office
Miller
Robnn
Fey
Spangler Elected Chairman of Republican National Committee
Harrison E. Spangler, veteran Iowa GOP leader, was unanimously elected chairman of the Republican National Committee after a deadlock among Werner W. Schroeder Wendell Willkie supporters. Schroeder and Frederick E. Baker withdrew after ties and a long dispute. Spangler, aligned with Hoover forces, had been Midwest campaign manager for Alf Landon in 1936.
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ST. Louis
Harrison E. Spangler
Iowa
Republican National Committee
Werner W. Schroeder
Chicago
Wendell Willkie
Schroeder
Frederick E. Baker
Seattle
Wash
Spangler
Baker
Herbert Hoover
National Committee
Midwest
Alf M. Landon
Three Children Die in Kansas Town Fire Tragedy
In Point Marion near Nilan a four room home burned killing three children of Mrs. Viola Jones. Matthew 10 Anna 5 and Viola 1 died after doors were locked while two others Alex 8 and Ethel 6 were rescued. An aunt said a coal stove upset sparked the blaze.
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Point Marion
Viola Jones
Nilan
Matthew Jones
Anna
Viola
Lee R. Herrington
Fayette County
Council Ponds On Buying War Bonds For 1946 Debt
Borough council debated using Victory bonds with the sinking fund to retire the street bond issue due in 1946. Uncertain federal maturities led to a referral to the finance committee. The meeting also awarded a salt contract for the water softener at 9.80 dollars per ton and sought four tires for the police car from the local rationing board.
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Victory
International Salt Company
Monoxide Fatal in Brownsville Woman Dies
District Attorney H Vance Cottom ruled the Brownsville death of 73 year old Elizabeth Golden an accidental carbon monoxide gas death. Her sister Harriet Faux 65 remained in critical condition from kitchen stove fumes in the same home. Elizabeth Golden was mother of Daniel A Golden a Brownsville Justice of the Peace.
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Uniontown
H. Vance Cottom
Elizabeth Golden
Brownsville
New Jersey Heaviest Battleship Launched at Philadelphia Yard
The New Jersey, biggest battleship yet, slid into the Delaware River at the Philadelphia navy yard in a wartime ceremony. Mrs. Carolyn Edison christened the ship Levitathan with a champagne bottle smashing the prow as nine tugs prepared to tow her to a dock. The event featured a blimp, Kate Smith singing God Bless America, and remarks by James V. Forrestal on naval progress amid Pearl Harbor's anniversary.
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Ted Meier
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Delaware River
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Jane's Fighting Ships
Carolyn Edison
Mrs. Edison
James V. Forrestal
Kate Smith
America
Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
W. W. Westfall
Somerset
Westfall
Two Aviation Cadets Reported Missing At Pensacola
Pensacola naval air training center reports two aviation cadets missing after routine flights Friday night. Joseph E. Moran Jr. 21 of New Kensington Pennsylvania and William H. Swinen Jr. 21 of Springfield Missouri are the missing pilots. Intensive air and surface search finds no trace. hunt continues. parents notified.
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Pensacola
Fla
Pensacola Naval Air Training Center
Joseph E. Moran, Jr
New Kensington
William H. Swinen, Jr
Springfield
Pearl Harbor One Year On United States Presses On
The United States marks one year since Pearl Harbor with no official speeches as shipyards launch 12 warships including the New Jersey and Bunker Hill. Nations honor the event with tributes abroad while Manzanar remains under martial law after a pro axis riot.
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Washington
America
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Tokio
Pacific
United States
Alhea
Nickio
Hawaii
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Bunker Hill
Quincy
Mass
Japan Admits Heavy Losses Amid New Battleships
Tokyo announced for the first time that powerful new battleships had joined the fleet since the war began and that unique aircraft carriers were completed. The broadcast reported losses totaling 40 warships and 65 merchant ships in the first year of the war, with 22 damaged ships including another battleship and two more carriers.
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New York
Japan
Tokio
Hideo Hiraide
Imperial Navy
Hiraide
Jane's Fighting Ships
Chichibu
United States
United Nations
Japanese Agent Riot Fatality Marks Manzanar Camp
A protest riot at the Manzanar relocation camp ends with a Japanese loyalist killed. Martial law is declared to restore order as authorities move to quell the disturbance at the wartime camp in California.
Martial law at Japanese relocation center after Pearl Harbor riot
The Japanese relocation center in Manzanar California was placed under martial law after a pro axis Pearl Harbor anniversary celebration sparked a riot. One Japanese was killed and nine wounded as military police fired on a crowd of about four thousand, with tear gas and gunfire used to quell the disturbance.
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Roosevelt
Hull
Pearl Harbor
New Mexico
200Th Coast Artillery
Bataan
Corregidor
Philippines
Manzanar
Calif
Manzanair
Dec
Ralph P. Merritt
Pearl Hartor
Fred Tayama
Citizens’ League
Tay Uyeno
Inyo County
Independence
Tayama
Ageno
Merritt
Japan
Fear Harbor
British Planes Win Praise and Exchange Of War Knowledge
The United States aircraft mission to England led by T P Wright praised British Spitfire with Merlin engine Mosquito bomber and Lancaster force. Wright noted Britain’s rapid design updates from combat lessons and closer production ties with the United States while acknowledging lower man hours due to bombing risk.
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Wasrington
United States Aircraft Production Commission
England
T P. Wright
War Production Board
Wright
United States
Yank and Jap Swap Blows in China Skies
American and Japanese planes clashed over China as Brig. General Claire L. Chennault's Skydragons attacked Japanese air bases. Japanese raids targeted Hengyang and Kweilin, with Suichwan also bombed. Chinese forces repelled two attacks northwest of Anking in the Yangtze valley.
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Chungking
China
Claire L. Chennault
Hengyang
Hunan
Kweilin
Kwangsi
RAF Escalates Destruction Over Germany and France
Allied air forces pounded German shipping and railways in southwestern Germany including Karlsruhe and Pforzheim, with Whirlwind bombers and Spitfires roaming over France and the Low Countries. RAF raids hit three ships off Brittany, damaged railway targets, and involved Dutch- and German-reported losses, with at least nine bombers missing and heavy civilian casualties claimed in Eindhoven.
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London
Britain
France
RAF
Germany
Karlsruhe
Pforzheim
Brittany
Dortmund-Ems
Low Countries
Mussolini
Italy
Spitfire
Royal Canadian Air Force
Bolbec
le Havre
RCAF
Eindhoven
Holland
England
Air Ministry
Berlin
Netherlands
North Africa
Dlact
Reggio
Tunisia
Four Allied Merchant Ships Sunk by Axis
The Navy announced four United Nations merchant ships were sunk in October and November. More than 130 crew and passengers were dead or missing after the last sinking off the northern coast of South America. The final casualty count was not yet available due to many survivors from prior torpedoings.
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Washington
United Nations
Tere
Atlantic
South America
Navy
Allied and Axis clash in Tunisia Tebourba battle area
Intensified ground fighting around Tebourba, 35 miles below Bizerte, as British and American forces defend key high ground. Air actions report four enemy planes down, eight allied planes lost, with longrange P 38s and Maltese fighters aiding. Eighth Army prepares attack at El Agheila as raids hit Reggio, Gela, Sfax, and Bizerte targets.
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Lewis E. Hawkins
London
Tebourba
Bizerte-Tunis
Tunisia
Bizerte
Tunis
Djeideda
Mateur
Walter Nehring
Djeidede
U. S
Malta
K. A. N. Anderson
First Army
Veterans of
Biverte
Pre
International Information Bureau
Berlin
Algeria
Eighth Army
Africa Corps
el Agheila
Libya
Reggio
Italy
Gela
Sicily
Sfax
Sousses
Railroads Cut
Russian forces surged west of Azney and near Velikie Luki as they repelled German counterattacks in three days of fighting. At Stalingrad fierce fighting continued with German losses and limited Soviet gains while a separate central front push kept advancing amid stubborn resistance.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Azney
Stalingrad
Velikie Luki
Volga
Don
Don River
Red Army
Rzhev
Caucasus
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia
Eastern Pennsylvania sees occasional light snow on Tuesday mixed with rain in the south, with continuing moderately cold air. Maryland expects light snow tonight near the coast, then Tuesday with light snow or rain and continued cold. West Virginia reports light snow in the north and light rain or snow in the south on Tuesday with persistent cold.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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