Flu grips Somerset pupils as 1296 miss school
Heavy illness sweeps Somerset county schools with 1296 high school pupils absent on Friday. Conemaugh township high school closes as Bedford area reports rising absentee rates, while Berlin Brothers Valley and Shade Township schools show high counts. Meantime Boswell reports high attendance and weather slows travel.
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Thousands Out Of School By Flu Across Five Pennsylvania Communities
A flu and grip outbreak forced school closures in Chambersburg Johnstown Columbia Norristown and Avalon. Chambersburg suffered worst with church and theater closings and a two week ban on public gatherings. More than 800 of 3000 pupils were absent as health officials imposed strict epidemic measures.
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SGT. DURLING COMES HOME
Army correspondent Sgt Richard J Durling returned to Berlin after discharge at Indiantown Gap He served as field and city desk editor in Marseille guiding 10 American correspondents and four French typists His ship SS Bienville faced a 72 mph gale before docking and he edited the Bienville Bugle aboard The son of Mrs Emma Durling he previously was sports editor of Somerset American before enlistment in February 1943.
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Bienville
County Bond Drive Falls Short of Victory Loan Goal
Somerset county totals reach 1 19 000 in bonds with 358 000 in E bonds toward a 1 675 000 quota and 600 000 in E bonds. Somerset borough reports 345 000 in sales and 80 050 in E bonds amid busy bank activity. Chairm an Blatt notes uncertainty on reaching the target before the official close while E F and G bonds issued through year end are included. Cavalcade of Victory tickets exhausted as soldiers perform at the high school auditorium tonight.
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Somerset
Student dies after Route 40 accident near Hopwood
Roland R. Pyne an 18 year old engineering student at the University of Cincinnati died in a local hospital after being struck by a car on Route 40 near Hopwood. State police said he planned to enter the armed forces on December 20 and was hitchhiking to visit his parents in Washington D C.
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Roland R. Pyne
University of Cincinnati
Hopwood
Pyne
Washington, D. C
Weekend burglars loot Ted Reo's cafe again steals meatballs
Sunday night burglars entered Ted Reo's cafe and took edibles and merchandise. They returned last night and took meat balls from the spaghetti bar, according to Reo who described the theft as bold and bizarre.
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Los Angeles
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Reo
Mentzer Speaks On Samaritan Spirit At Lions Dinner
Joan W. Mentzer of McConnellsburg addresses the Somerset Lions club charter night at Calvary Methodist church on the Good Samaritan spirit. Ernest Johnson presided at a banquet for 124 with gold and purple chrysanthemum decor and a perfume gift for each lady. Mentzer notes Cuba Havana Lions convention spirit and lauds local projects including a playground and Boy Scout sponsorship.
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Delay Soldiers For Students Is Charged
Returnees aboard the troopship Torrens arrived with 1,730 servicemen from Karachi India. They say soldiers were left behind to make room for 50 Indian students but Capt. Robert E. Gibney denied any favoritism and said he was not authorized to comment further.
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Karachi
India
Robert E. Gibney
Pittsburgh
Poland Canada Greece Back Europe For UN Site
Poland Canada and Greece shifted to Europe as the United Nations site, while the Philippines asked for a U S location to counter isolationism. Greece’s stance was anticipated, but Canada and Poland’s moves sparked debate as the preparatory commission opened a showdown on site selection.
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Central Government Forces Reach Mukden Edges
Chinese dispatches report van guards of central government forces have reached the outskirts of Mukden and should enter within three days. The advance from the Great Wall to near Mukden faced minimal Communist opposition with under 100 government troops lost.
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Yamashita Sentenced to Death by U S General Court Martial
Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita was sentenced to death by a five general U S military commission for permitting atrocities by Japanese troops in the Philippines. No execution date was set pending review by the commander of Western Pacific forces and confirmation by General MacArthur. Yamashita showed nerves as the verdict was read and expressed thanks to his American defense lawyers.
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Tomoyuki Yamashita
U. S
Philippines
Western Pacific
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Yamashita
Russell B. Reynolds
Malaya
Allies Begin Transfer Of Germans Across Occupied Zones
The Allies plan to move 6,650,000 Germans from Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland into four occupation zones in Germany. Transfers start this month and finish by August 1, 1946, with detailed allocations to each zone and country noted by the State Department.
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Verdict Is Surprise To Col. Clark
Col Harry Clarke of Altoona Pennsylvania said Gen Yamashita was the perfect client after Yamashita was found guilty and sentenced to hang Clarke had expected acquittal and noted the general gave him a silver watch ribbons and a field tea set before trial He said he would leave all decisions to his counsel
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Trials for Japanese War Crimes Set to Start in January
Tokyo reports confirm war crimes trials for top Japanese, including former premier Tojo, to begin in January under General MacArthur. Prosecutor Keenan said nations may nominate court members, with Tojo likely among those tried for creating a war of aggression starting 1937. Kido accuses Tojo, while defending the emperor’s non-responsibility.
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Plotters May Be Tried In Hawaii During War Crimes
General MacArthur's prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan indicated some Pearl Harbor plotters may face trial in Hawaii for murder. He named Hideki Tojo as not to be tried there and warned that no one considered a “small fry” would escape. Keenan stressed federal statute violations justify Hawaii trials.
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Marshall Tells How Dewey Soft Pedalled News On Jap Code
Washington reports Gen George C. Marshall testified that he urged Gov Thomas Dewey to keep secret the U S code cracking method used against Japan. Marshall said Dewey silenced himself and later offered help to civic debate. He noted President Roosevelt did not know of the appeal.
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Mass German Army Planned Invasion Of Russia Ten Months Early
At Nuremberg, prosecutors reveal Hitler began reinforcing Russian border troops as early as September 1940, nearly ten months before the June 22 invasion. Documents show Hitler aimed to annihilate the Russian army and believed Germany could win quickly, with Spain and Gibraltar also considered for expansion in a larger campaign.
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British Find Oldest Bomb In England After 191 Days Digging
British troops in London finally uncovered England s oldest unexploded bomb after 191 days of digging. A German plane dropped the missile nearly four and three quarter years ago. Waterlogged soil hindered the operation as soldiers reached the fins and revealed a bomb twice the expected size weighing about 4000 pounds.
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England
Big Three foreign ministers to meet in Moscow on December 15
A Foreign Office spokesman announced that Russia Great Britain and the United States will hold preparatory talks in Moscow on December 15 to discuss Russia's views on an atomic energy commission within the United Nations framework. France and China are notified but no direct discussion of Germany is planned. The meeting aligns with the Yalta pledge for quarterly Big Three reunions.
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Somerset Weather Report from 5:30 PM Thursday to 5:30 PM Friday
Daily temperature summary from Somerset notes a maximum of 33 and a missing minimum with precipitation reported as 0.8 inches. Observer David Grove records the period 5:30 PM Thursday to 5:30 PM Friday.
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Weather Forecast For Maryland And Adjacent Regions
Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania expected mostly sunny and warmer Saturday, fair and mild Sunday. West Virginia and western Pennsylvania see similar warmer Saturday, with Sunday cloudiness or showers, then mixed conditions through Tuesday to Wednesday with rain or snow possible and near normal temperatures.
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