Beef Famine Triggers OPA Price Ceiling Revisions
The Office of Price Administration revamps wholesale beef ceilings to allow moderate rises in some zones starting Dec 16, with Kansas City as the basing point. Retail ceilings remain tied to the March high, while new grading and fixed cost margins aim to curb evasion and ensure fair distribution.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Basing Point
Kansas City
OPA
Navy
Department of Agriculture
New York Man Fleeing Constable Recaptured in Somerset
John Joseph Lynch, 49, of New York City, who had been sentenced to 15 days in the county jail for drunkenness, attempted to escape Constable Ed Arisman in Boswell. A pursuit with Deputy Sheriff Karl I. Hare ended with Lynch being recaptured near the jail, and he will serve the sentence.
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John Joseph Lynch
New York City
Ed Arisman
Boswell
Arisman
Somerset
Lynch
Karl I. Hare
Hare
British film censors drop US profanity demand for In Which We Serve
London officials announced they will not require American audiences to hear cusswords in the censored version of Noel Coward's war film In Which We Serve. The decision ends a long dispute over language cuts and allows broader release.
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London
Noel Coward
Douglas C Brodie Returns From Japanese Internment Camp
Britisher Douglas C Brodie returns to Rockwood after eight months in a Japanese internment camp and four and a half months at sea. He and his wife Marion Black Brodie, daughter of Rev. Black of Rockwood, joined their eight month old son Andrew after escape via an exchange in Lourenco Marques. Brodie recalls scarce rations and says he was treated fairly, noting Wake Island civilians later occupied their Kobe home.
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Mary Hause
High Seas
America
Douglas C. Brodie
Marion Black Brodie
B. A
Black
Rockwood
Brodie
Leicester
England
Andrew
Japan
United States
Empire of the Rising Sun
Pearl Harbor
Kobe
Meyersdale
The
Reformed Church
Yokohama
Europe
Far East
Lourenzo Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Capetown
South Africa
Wake Island
Red Cross
Wakethease
President Gets No to Powers Bid in Congress
Congress halted a bill granting President Roosevelt broad authority to suspend tariff and immigration laws during wartime. The Ways and Means Committee postponed the measure indefinitely amid opposition from Republicans and some Democrats, with fears of executive overreach and impacts on tariff oversight.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Rayburn
D-Tex
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Loughton
Coughton
Rep
Jenking
Ohio
Tops
Robert F. Patterson
Navy
James V. Forrestal
Emory
Land
Francis Biddle
Disney
Oklahoma
11000 Killed in India Cyclone Report Claims
The governor's report says the Bengal Midnapore cyclone on October 15 and 16 killed 11,000 people. Relief efforts were hindered by civil disobedience in a Gandhi dominated area.
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India
London
Midnapore
Bengal
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All_Tnaia Congress party
Representative Plumley Attacks AP Antitrust Suit
In Washington on December 10 Rep Plumley criticizes the Justice Department anti trust action against the Associated Press as an attack on the Bill of Rights and press freedom. He says the suit seeks government control and a monopoly while harming public liberty and the right to free speech.
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Washington
Justice Department
Associated Press
House
Plumley
Congress
Vermonter
Associated Press Organization
New Deal
Bus Truck Crash Injures Three Women In Pittsburgh
A Greensburg Pittsburgh bus collided with a government owned ordnance department truck late today injuring three women passengers. Names include Mrs Bertha Myers McKeesport with hand injuries Mrs Charles Molt Irwin with a shoulder injury and Mrs Mary Megosky Rilton with a head injury. Driver of the government truck Lewis J Bresock Morgantown WV reported attempting a left turn onto Liberty Bridge. Bus owner Harold C Taylor West Newton was uninjured.
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Pittsburgh
Greensburg
Langley Passes Aviation Cadet Exam in Pittsburgh
Donald Langley, 18, son of Jack Langley, Somerset promoter, passed his aviation cadet exams with a 97 in Pittsburgh on Wednesday and will be sworn into service Friday morning. He previously worked for the Somerset American as an assistant sports reporter and is a Somerset High School graduate.
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Donald Langley
Jack Langley
Somerset
Pittsburgh
Young Langley
Somerset American
Somerset High School
Russian Red Army Repels German Counterattacks Near Stalingrad
Soviet communiques report heavy German counterattacks between Rzhev Velikie Luki and Stalingrad, with Germans losing about 3 500 men and 50 tanks while the Red Army claims major gains on central and southern fronts. Moscow says Germans suffered about 2 000 dead in noon reports, plus 73 transport planes destroyed in Stalingrad area as winter fighting continues.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Stalingrad
Rzhev
Velikie Luki
Red Army
Nothwest
Volga
Don
Don Bank
Berlin
Car Hits Aged Man On Route 219 Near Somerset
John Stake 82 of Route 219 near Alwine's dairy was struck by a car driven by Glenn E. Schrock of North Edgewood Avenue Somerset. Stake suffered a possible concussion left shoulder fracture head injuries and bruises and was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Johnstown, R. D. 4
Glenn E. Schrock
North Edgewood Avenue
Somerset
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
John Stake
Alwine
Schrock
Jennertown
Stake
Young Schrock
Anna Leadbeater
Benscreek
Detainer Filed Over Parole Violation by Marker and Brother-in-Law
A federal detainer was lodged against August Marker for parole violation after he and his brother in law Ray Shaffer of Adamstown stole four chickens from Thomas Emerick of Jenner Township. The theft occurred early Sunday morning and led to their arrest by state motor patrolmen.
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Lodge
Marker
August Marker
Boswell R. D
Ray Shaffer
Adamstown
Thomas Emerick
Jenner
Allies Press Tunisia Drive Amid Mud and Skirmishes
Allied air power floods Tunisia as heavy rains stall ground fighting north of Tunis and Bizerte. Paratroopers disrupt axis supply routes near Tebourba while Axis claims of gains are denied by Allied HQ. Montgomery poised to strike El Agheila as rumors swirl of Tabarka occupation.
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James F. King
London
Tunisia
Tunis
Bizerte
Morocco
Tebour Da-Mateur
Tabarka
Berlin
Tunisian
Mediterranean
DNB
Axis
Tebourba
North Africa
Eighth Army
Bernard Montgomery
el Agheila
Libya
Montgomery
Rome
el] Agheila
Alan Humphreys
Reuters
Shackles Off Prisoners Of War Today
Britain and Canada ordered German prisoners unshackled after the Swiss proposal to release all prisoners by December 15. Ottawa urged Germany to accept. Dieppe captives’ status unclear. Earlier, 1,268 Germans and 107 officers were shackled in October. Bowmanville unrest led to injuries and a guard being seized.
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London
Britain
Canada
Germany
Dieppe
Ottawa
MacKenzie King
Bowmanville
Ont
James Sialston
Turins Fire-Streak Opens New RAF Bombing Blitz
A force of 200 to 300 RAF bombers hit Turin for a second night, hoping to cripple Fiat and other Northern Italian industry. Italian officials report extensive damage and fires with 75 killed and 112 wounded previously, while British losses were light and German anti aircraft defenses appeared weak.
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Alfred E. Wall
London
Turin
Royal Arsenal
Italy
ISAF
Churchill
RAF
France
Germany
Mussolini
Switzerland
Britain
Ted Air
Bomber Command
Systemate Igea
Turim
Fiat
Lancia
Snia Vicosa
Montecatini
Alps
Vichy
Virieu-Le-Petit
Bourg
England
Belgium
Air Ministry
Allied report cites Buna and Gona perimeter in New Guinea
General MacArthur's noon communique confirms Japanese counterattack at Buna failed and Allied forces fully occupy the Gona area on northeast New Guinea's shore. Air support aided Buna and Gona operations as Allied forces consolidate positions from Buna to Gona.
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Australia
Buna
Gona
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Uona
Vane Gona
Air Instructor and Student Die in Louisiana Plane Crash
A student Theodore Rivoir of Philadelphia and instructor Charles Mansfield of LaFayette were killed when a plane from the LaFayette School of Aeronautics crashed in a field near Scott on Wednesday afternoon. The airfield public relations office confirmed the identities.
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Lafayette
LaFayette School of Aeronautics
Bosco
Scott
Theodore Rivoir
Philadelphia
Charles Mansfield
Norris Hints Roosevelt Offer After Defeat
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, a defeated veteran, indicated that President Roosevelt had offered him an important position. The remarks came during a Washington moment on December 10.
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Norris
Washington
George W. Norris
Ind-Neb
Nebraska
Roosevelt
MacArthur Drives Jap Forces From Gona In New Guinea
Allied forces under General Douglas MacArthur report the fall of Gona and the near destruction of the Japanese beachhead in southern New Guinea. Curtin confirms the victory as American bombers and ships block Japanese reinforcements toward Buna and Port Moresby.
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Melbourne
Japan
New Guinea
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Gona
Buna
John Curtin
Port Moresby
Ai Field
Big Island
MacArthur
Plippines
Gona-Buna
Owel Stanley
Por Moresby
Gasmata
New Britain
Buna Gona
Guadalcanal
Libere Uvadron
De Gaullists Demand End of Darlan Policy
The Fighting French say about 25,000 political prisoners remain jailed in North Africa under Vichy after Roosevelt's request for release. De Gaulle urges abandoning the detour of Darlan, while Churchill and Eden debate his position and the North African policy amid protests and secrecy.
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Belman Morin
London
Vichy
Roosevelt
Jean Darlan
Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Darlan
Commons
Churchill
Britain
North Africa
Morocco
Dakar
Martinique
America
de Gaulle
Anglo- American Press Association of
Paris
German drive in Yugoslavia claims heavy Serb losses
Cairo reports authoritative sources say nearly 10,000 Serbs were killed in Slavonia and three villages near Belgrade were demolished as part of a German effort to restore peace. Col. Gen. Alexander Doehn was said to threaten deportation of males 17 to 50 unless order returns. Axis-occupied Yugoslavia faces a desperate economy.
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Cairo
Slavonia
Belgrade
Alexander Doehr
Germany
Poland
Yugoslavia
Weather report for Somerset by David Grove
Daily weather summary from Somerset records the 24 hour period 5:30 p m Wednesday to 5:30 p m Thursday. Temperature figures for maximum and minimum are not provided and appear as blanks. The note compares with the previous year showing a maximum and minimum values, but specific numbers are missing.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. Weather Observer
Weather Forecast for Eastern States Friday
Eastern Pennsylvania expects warmer conditions on Friday with light winds. Maryland forecast calls for warmer Friday with light rain. West Virginia awaits light rain and warmer temperatures with a colder western portion Friday. Western Pennsylvania will become colder in the extreme western portion Friday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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