Britain And U S Salve Old Sores
Washington and London moved to patch old differences by blessing no new Italian government while designating a British minister to Washington to discuss European policy and supply issues. Officials stressed close consultations between Rome embassies and faced questions on British and Russian roles in Greece and Poland amid asserting a hands off stance on internal politics.
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Washington
United States
Britain
London
Richard K. Law
Coples
Ivanoe Bonomi
Formacy
Carlo Sforza
Italy
Stettinius
Rome
U.S
Alexander C. Kirk
Committee of National Liberation
Signor Ivanoe Bonomi
Greece
Poland
Auhorities
American Harmony in Rome
The State Department announced Washington is pleased with the new Italian government. It said U S and British ambassadors in Rome have been conferring closely, indicating that the last week of consultations among allied capitals has been cleared up.
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Washington
State Department
London
United States
Rome
Hild as Robbery Shield in Tacoma Case
Gerald Wayne Barnes, 17, charged with a $5,000 bank robbery in which a five year old child was used as a shield. Barnes was ordered held for the grand jury after being arrested at his home following identification by Sonny Fisher. The boy testified the suspect promised ice cream and a bus ride, then demanded money with a note threatening the child’s death. Detective Capt. Farrar said Barnes signed a written confession. Barnes came from Miami, Florida, in September.
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Tacoma
Wash
Gerald Wayne Barnes
Grand Jury
Sncond
Barnes
Sonny Fisher
U.S
Stuart Elliot
Shannon Mitchell
William E. Farrar
Miami
Fla
Ser’ Ember
OMAN DEAD ON VACANT LOT
The York Post reports a legislative committee found evidence of caste-based conditions at Sing Sing prison. It notes the facility as the only prison in the United States with such issues and highlights the gap between inmate meals and private meal purchases. The committee cites staff findings of worm infestations and calls for policy reforms.
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York
Yrk Post
Legislative
Sing Sing
United States
Itten
Ammittee
Sing Mie
Ty Hk
Britain’s Man of Destiny Churchill Lecture at Rotary Event
Penelope Baker reports Louis J. Alber praised Winston Churchill as “America’s staunchest and most understanding friend since Lafayette” during a Ladies Night program at the Ferner hotel. Alber, who spent six months with the Churchill family, offered a vivid portrait mixing impersonations and anecdotes. Churchill is depicted as towering yet mobile, fashionably unorthodox, and devoutly religious, with cigars and bravado emblematic of his character.
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Penelope Baker
Britain
Winston Churchill
Louis J. Alber
Somerset Rotary Club
Ferner Hotel
Churchill
Alber
England
America
Lafayette
Great Britain
United States
Somerset Still Digging Out After Snowbound Week
Somerset borough workers clear West Main Street and cleared sidewalks as a new snowfall slows recovery. Buses and mail service resume with delays. residents wade waist deep snow to reach main roads, while schools partly reopen including grade schools on West Patriot and Union streets.
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Somerset Borough
West Main Street
Edgewood Avenue
South Center
Wade
Somerset
Johnstown
Jennertown
Boswell
Germany
Somerset American
Davis Avenue
State Highway Department
York
William Beam
Newville
West Patriot
Union Street
Homer W. Hay
Somerset High School
Woman Says Diamond Not Kern s
Testimony from Johnstown neighbor Rae Wingard described Kern s diamond size as compared with her own, claiming Kern noted his stone was about two points smaller than hers. Other witnesses recounted Kent s whereabouts and cash found, with defense questioning prior records and timelines.
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Mary Hause
Johnstown
George Kern
Rae Wingard
Kern
Commonwealth
Irene
Collosimo
Muusder
Kent
John F. Carrol
Cambria County
Carrel
Shaffer
Johntown
R. D
M. L. Brown
Kern Weaver
Franklin Street
Fort Stanwix
Sally Atherton
Washington D. C
Moxham
Indiana
Atherton
Churchill Defends Greece Policy Amid Ongoing Criticism
London reports mount in Parliament as Prime Minister Churchill stands by Britain’s intervention in Greece and Italy. UK and US endorse Italy’s new cabinet while Bevin hints Balkan influence. Opposition accuses policy of bloodshed. Churchill promises more details to the country.
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London
Europe
Churchill
Britain
Greece
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Foreign Office
Ivano Bonomi
Ernest Bevin
Balkans
Atlantic
Bevin
National Labor Party
Russia
Romania
Washington
Roosevelt
London Evening News
New Weapon of Germany
An Associated Press report suggests German silver balls spotted by American airmen over Germany may be a new interference device for radio and radar. The article notes their metallic color implies electrical reactivity and potential to disrupt signals, a step beyond earlier foil-like interference attempts.
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C. E. Butterfield
Associated Press
New York
Germany
Earth
Second Wave Sinks Ship
Lt. Comdr James Mifflin Large of Stratford Chester County reported at a navy press conference that the second wave of Japanese planes doomed the light carrier Princeton on Oct 24 during the Philippines battle. He said a lone dive bomber caused a magazine explosion after fires were under control. Large, 40, a Princeton graduate, hopes to be assigned to the new Princeton when finished.
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Philadelphia
U. S. S. Princeton
Philippines
Comin
James Mifflin Large
Stratford
Chester County
Navy
Large
Camden-buily
Princeton
Rutgers University Banking School
New fighting erupts in Athens amid renewed clashes
In Omonia square and surrounding streets ELAS forces renew heavy fighting with British positions in the Grande Bretagne zone. British 75 mm guns fire on the area as police and militia attempt to hold. Rumors of a settlement fade as explosions and sniper fire continue, with Plasteras and MacMillan meeting but no official statement issued.
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Athens
Omonia
Grande Bretagne Hotel
Whi
ELAS
University Street
Omonias Square
Constitution Square
EAM
National Liberation Party
Ronald M. Scobie
Greece
Harold MacMillan
Mediterranean
Harold Alexander
Nicolas Plasteras
Plasteras
MacMillan
Smash Three Nazi Weather Expeditions
American navy reports a summer coast guard campaign against four German weather expeditions near Greenland. A 180 foot armed trawler Externsteine was captured and sent to Boston. two ships scuttled. one cutter damaged but towed home. A Nazi bomber was sighted near the ice packed Arctic waters.
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Washington
Greenland
Coast Guard
Navy
Boston
Northland
Europe
Cape Sussi
Shannon Island
Ee Dane
Dane
Earl G. Rose
Muncy
Storis
NC Apple Crop Expected To Triple 1943 Harvest
North Carolina officials predict this year's apple crop will be about 1,782,002 bushels, three times the 1943 level, and more than 600,000 bushels above the 1833 to 1949 average. Final figures estimate 1,781,003 bushels in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Seventh Army Near Rhine Border Drives Through Barriers
Allied forces push seven miles along the Rhine plain into eastern France and near the German border. U S Seventh Army advances threaten Karlsruhe and the Siegfried line while First and Ninth Armies push toward the Roer river. Saar gains and new crossings are reported as operations intensify across multiple sectors.
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Austin Bealmear
Paris
U. S
Seventh Army
Rhine Plain
France
Siegfried Line
Karlsruhe
Germany
U.S
Ninth
Roer
Cologne
Saar
Alexander Patch
Palatinate
Scheibenhard
Lauterbourg
Seltz
Baden
Rhine
Patch
Siegfried
Niederroedern
Alsace
Maginot
Bitche
Ludwigshafen
Mannheim
U. S. First
Ninth Armies
Eschweiler- Duren
Kesternich
Duren
First Army
Gurzenich
104Th
Schophoven
Pier and
Merken
Ninth Army
Vichhofen
Bombers Hit Bangkok Rangoon Nagoya Targets in Pacific Strike
In simultaneous air assaults from India and Saipan, 20th Air Force bombers hit Nagoya and other military targets in Japan, Bangkok and Rangoon, with substantial losses reported. MacArthur reported high Japanese casualties in Leyte and Samar, and U S forces closed the Ormoc corridor as battles continued across the Philippines.
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India
Thailand
Burma
Saipan
20Th Air Force
Nagoya
Japan
Mitsubishi Aircraft
Haywood Hansell, Jr
Marianas
Reveni
Bangkok
Rangoon
War Department
Curtis Lemary
Southeast Asia
Thomas Kuenning
New Bremen
Ohio
Hatsudoki
Dean Schedler
U.S
MacArthur
Commnique O
Leyte
Harrison
Pacific Islands
U. S
Ormoc
U. S. 7Ith
Ormoc Port
Bacolod
Negros Island
Luzon Island
Verde Passage
Luzon
Manila Bay
Philippines
Borneo
Dutch Celebes
Moluccas
Ceram
New Guinea
Solomons
77Th
Sino Troops Take Tonkway In Burma
Chinese forces under Gen. Lee Tao have taken Tonkway 120 airline miles north of Mandalay after advancing from Ka Maing in October. The 22nd division of the 6th army now eyes the Burma road between Lashio and Muse while pursuing Japanese across the Irrawaddy toward Shengu and Tonkway. Meanwhile the British 14th Army secures positions near Mangdaw in Arakan hills.
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Chungking
Lee Tao
Mandalay
Tonkway
Burman
Mogaung
Kamaing
Burma
Lashio
Mu-se
Bhamo
6Th Army
Irrawaddy
Shengu
Muse
Namkham
Arakan Hills
14Th Army
Mangdaw
Southeast Asia
Merchants Cash Checks Targeted by Ash Blond Swindle
In Baton Rouge 21 merchants cashed checks for 34.09 totaling 715.89 in a scam tied to an attractive ash blond. Detectives could not locate the subject's address employer or bank account.
Wells Attacks Churchill as Would Be British Fuehrer
H G Wells labels Prime Minister Churchill a would be British fuehrer who has lost his head in the Greek crisis. He warns that if we do not end Winston, Winston will end us, in a Tribune article published today.
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London
H. G. Wells
Churchill
Fuehrer
Winston
Weekly Tribune
Fortune in France reports mule pack with supplies
Pvt. Charles E. Fortune Jr. of Spur Texas observes two lost mules in the bat tale area now carrying rations ammunition water and gasoline. He notes his own mobility has reduced due to the burden and terrain.
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Fortune
France
Charles E. Fortune, Jr
Spur
Tex
Battale
Somerset Weather Report Dated Wednesday Thursday
Daily weather summary lists 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Wednesday to 5 30 p m Thursday with temperature maximum and minimum and snowfall and a comparison to a year ago.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Maryland and PA Weather Outlook For Weekend
Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania expect sunny skies with rising temperatures Friday and Saturday fair and warmer. Western Pennsylvania will see some clouds Friday then mostly cloudy and rather cold Saturday with light snow likely north. West Virginia should have mostly sunny skies with rising temperatures Friday and Saturday fair and warmer.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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