Blast Kills 13 in Old Cincinnati Tenement
In Cincinnati a devastating blast in an old downtown tenement killed 13 people from five families. The dead include Lillian Schnetzer and her husband Frank, plus four of their children, with many others injured while residents on upper floors escaped. Fire officials investigated causes amid conflicting theories of gas leaks and explosive liquids.
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Cincinnati
Lillian Schnetzer
Roble
Kniw
Joseph Fridman
A. C. Moorhuus
Joseph P. Koebbe
Koebbe
Elmo
Jack” Campbell
Edward Shearwood
Koebse
Campbell
Korovice
Fir
Raymond Roy
Guy
Jack Morgan
Frieda
Robert
Helen Schnetzer
Carrie
Leonard
Joseph Schnetzer
Dora Smith
Driller risks deadly gas to find trapped men
In Beckley West Virginia on December 17 John Ware a 44 year old driller crawled 600 feet into the Raleigh Coal and Coke mine with only a noseguard to save three men trapped after an explosion that killed seven and wounded five. He felt the blast and traced the entry to locate the injured.
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Beckley
W. Va
John Ware
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Ware
Alleged Reds Win Big in AWA Union Election
NEW KENSINGTON December 17 4A report from the Aluminum Workers of America indicates Nick Zonarich claims the Reds backed by Communist party field workers won control of three union offices including the presidency A F Daughenbaugh was reelected president defeating Garfield Jones 362 to 80 with five tickets in the field among about 2000 of 7200 eligible voters.
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New Kensington
Nick Zonarich
CLO Aluminum Workers of America
Communist Party
Presid Ncy
AWA
If America
Whic
A. F. Daughenbaugh
Fiori Dies From Injuries After Windber Collision
Frank Flo ri 66 of 1910 Graham avenue Windber dies at Windber hospital after being struck on Graham avenue Sunday night. Neighbor Nicholas Delisa drove him to hospital. Coroner Dr F E Sass says inquest likely later this week. Born in Italy 1874 he came to Windber in 1910. Survived by widow Louise Flo ri and five children including Louis Flo ri of Windber. Funeral Thursday at St Anthony church with Rev Francis Capannari. Burial in church cemetery.
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Windber
Frank Flori
Graham Avenue
Windber Hospital
Nicholas Delisa
Tenth Street
Flori
F. E. Sass
Italy
Louise Flori
Louis Flori
22Nd Street
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Francis Capannari
Dimond Funeral Home
Lloyd George declines US ambassadorship
London reports that David Lloyd George refused the ambassadorship to the United States despite strong urging from Prime Minister Churchill. The 78 year old statesman cited his advanced age and said he could not accept. A source said it could take several days to find a suitably suited candidate after Lord Lothian's death.
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London
London News Chronicle
David Lloyd George
United States
Churchill
Lloyd George
Lord Lothian
Tragic Cambria County Fire Claims Woman and Five Children
A death toll risen from two fires in Cambria county includes a woman and five young children found in the burned home near Mineral Point. Survivors recount a perilous escape from the seven room residence as flames spread, with damages to Barnesboro storefronts and merchandise exceeding $175,000.
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Johnstown
Cambria County
Mineral Point
Barnesvoro
Wallah Burgess J. A. Westover
Kone 1Rour
Mineral Roi
Ms. Joun
Wviarie Bartlebauga
Joan Baricoauga
My.it.e Marie
Joan Lewis
Mous U
Wahua
Parlepb
Ugh Brothers
Coimp
E.ed
Lumuy
John Bartlebaugh
Mus. Ober
Bartlebaugh
Albert Scearspert
Ruth Pearl
Barnesboro
J. G. McCrory
David Karp
Ben Freeman Ladies
J. G. Murphy
Smith Theatre
Burgess Westover
Powder Fire at Picatinny Arsenal Damages Building Car
At Picatinny Arsenal Dover New Jersey fifty bags of smokeless powder being moved from a drying building to a flat car ignited tonight. Lieutenant Roger Barton said static electricity likely started the fire, the fourth in eight days. Damage was limited to charring of the building and car with no injuries reported.
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Dover
N. J
U. S. Army
Picatinny Arsenal
Roger Barton
Arsenal
Amregberry Township
Marriage licenses issued to Frank W Hos Jones Mills and June Grim
An application for marriage was issued to Frank W Hos Jones Mills and June Grim in a state records snippet. The notice lists both parties as applicants for a marriage license. No further details on date or venue are provided in the fragment.
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Frank W. Hos Jones Mills
June E. Grimdianhead
Garden Patrol Somerset Boys of America Meeting Notice
An investitory meeting of the Garden Patrol Somerset Boys of America will be held in the street school this Wednesday at 7.
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Boy Scout
Garden Patrol
Somerset Boys of America
Britain warned of invasion as warplane output rises
Lord Beaverbrook warned of imminent German invasion plans and praised rising Allied air output, noting new aircraft added to Spitfires Hurricanes and Defiants. He cited intensified Reich production and predicted 26000 American built planes reaching Britain by 1942 while reporting civilian casualties and ship losses. Dutch spy Van Den Kieboom and housewife Dorothy O Grady were executed or sentenced for treason.
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London
Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Vomigat
England
Cailea
Juliders
United Kingdom
Germany
Reich
Admiralty
Netherlands
Charles Albert van den Kieboom
Dorothy Pamela O’grady
Isle of Wight
Two Die When Seaplane Dives Into Pensacola Bay
A flight instructor Ensign Clarice M. Donnelly Jr. of Montgomery Alabama and student Max Frederick Lettau of Manchester Massachusetts were killed when a training seaplane dived into Pensacola Bay during water landing practice. The craft sank in 30 feet of water near the naval air station after the crash.
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Pensacola
Fla
Pensacola Bay
Naval Air Station
Clarice M. Donnelly, Jr
Montgomery
Ala
Max Frederick Lettau
Manchester
Mass
Yoder Birth Announcement for Detroit Couple
Mr and Mrs Harold Yoder of Detroit Michigan announce the birth of a daughter Carole Jean born December 11 former residents of Somerset.
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Harold Yoder
Detroit
Michigan
Carole Jean
Laval Seeks Parley With Abetz Amid General Crisis
Marshal Petain and former Vice Premier meet with Hitler’s envoy to discuss the general situation as Laval calls for immediate talks with Abetz. The high level discussions aim to shape France’s stance amid mounting wartime pressures and political shifts.
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Marshal Petain
Hitler
Petain Loosens Laval Straitlaced Return In Talks With Abetz
French chief of state Petain summoned ousted vice premier Laval from surveillance for long conferences with Laval, Abetz, and Hitler envoy, amid chatter on continued French German collaboration. Abetz visited Laval, then Petain, and rumors swirled about Laval’s future and possible Paris move. A separate note said Weygand’s Africa army remains rather than returning to negotiations. The Bank of France increased non interest loans to fund German occupation as the franc loses international value.
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Vichy
Frances
Marshal Philippe Petain
France
Pierre Laval
Otto Abetz
Adolf Hitler
Petain
Laval
Abetz
Chateldon
Paris
Hotel Majestic
Bern
Swizerand
Abez
Germany
Chang
Berlin
Hitler
Reich
Ed Laval
Bank of France
Truck Driver Dies in Ambler Collision
In Amble r a 35 year old truck driver Charles Gilson of Ambler died after his Firlin Fash Freight truck collided with an oil truck on the outskirts of Ambler. The oil truck burst into flames sending burning fuel over the highway. Witnesses could not reach Gilson as flames burned. Others involved, Daniel Refsnyder A D Ciaracelli and Samuel I Erensberg sustained cuts and bruises.
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Ambler
Charles Gilson
Firlin Fash Freight Company
James Ottinger
Dublin
Gilson
Daniel
Reading Thanks Reading for sympathy from citizens
A message from the mayor of Reading England expresses gratitude for interest and sympathy from Reading, Pennsylvania citizens. J Bennett Nolan, chairman of the homes for British children committee, received the communication.
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Reading
England
J. Bennett Nolan
British bombers rain death on Mannheim for seven hours
London reports a seven hour raid on Mannheim, with an airplane factory, a dye plant and other targets set ablaze. Germany admits ten killed and fifty injured across western and southwestern areas, including Basel. Basel claims British planes caused extensive damage and may seek reparations. Submarine base at Bordeaux attacked, and daylight raids hit several Nazi airfields as one merchant ship burned.
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London
Mannheim
Germany
Bordeaux
France
Air Ministry
Upper Rhine
Britain
Basel
Switzerland
Marcel Pilet-Golaz
Ludwigshaven
Coastal Command
Atlantic
Addiion
He llene s Take Fort From Foes In Greece War Front
Athens reports major Greek gains in northern Albania near the Yugoslav border. Italian fortifications above Klisura and Tepelni are said seized or neutralized as Greeks press toward Valona. Durazzo bombarded by British aircraft. snow and frostbite afflict troops on both sides.
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Athens
Greece
Palermo
DaLiic
Klisura
Adriatic
Valona
Durazzo
Alcanian
Argirocasron
Tepelni
Tirana
Mussolini
Explosion at Nobel tied dynamite plant injures dozens in Karlskoga
A blast at the Bjoerkborn dynamite plant in Karlskoga injures at least twenty people and damages buildings within a mile. Thousands take shelter as authorities fight flames for five hours and evacuate parts of the city. Workers at the plant also take cover, seeking safety as magazines are cleared.
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Stockholm
Bjoerkborn
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Karlskoga
Anzacs Eager To Battle Blackshirts In Libya
British forces press toward Bardia as Australian units push from Salum into Italian Libya. Air superiority dominates the desert, while 40,000 Italian prisoners are moved toward Sidi Barrani. Prisoners march along Via Vittoria as Mussolini statues loom nearby.
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Libya
Chaling
Pauie
Bardia
Salum
Eypt
Libyan
Wiceat
Sidi Barrani
Via Vittoria
Mussolini
50 000 Nazis Back Italy
Columbia Broadcasting reports from Belgrade that over 50,000 German troops moved into southern Italy and parts of Genoa and Milan to aid Italian forces. They may perform police duties in exchange for Italian labor in German factories. Movements followed Marshal Badoglio's resignation on December 6.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Belgrade
Balkan
Italy
Libya
Albania
Yugoslavia
Winston Burdett
Bari
Naples
Genoa
Milan
Burdett
Fietro Badoglio
Two Die After Snowstorm Train Collision Near Grove City
Charles Covert, 64, died in a hospital after a collision between his car and a train during a snowstorm three weeks earlier. Passenger G. F. Becker, 79, also died shortly after the crash.
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Grove City
Charles Covert
G. F. Becker
Becker
British attack nears Bardia as Libya drive expands
Cairo reports British forces press the counter invasion in eastern Libya, capturing forts Musaid Sidi Omar and Shefferton and advancing toward Bardia. Royal air and naval bombardments target coastal defenses while armored units circle the town to cut the coastal road to Tobruk.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Africa
Bardia
Libya
Reuters
Musaid
Sidi Omar
Shefferton
Capuzzo
Libyan
Mediterranean Fleet
Royal Air Force
Tobruk
Associated Press
Somerset Weather Report From David Grove Observer
Daily weather summary notes 24 hour period 5 30 pm Monday to 5 30 pm Tuesday with high 52 and low 24 headed by Somerset observer David Grove. Precipitation 0.9 inch. Records compare to last year with maximum 46 and minimum 42.
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Deoress Iccris Tevernesy Ones
Weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania and nearby states
Western Pennsylvania shows some cloudiness with milder temperatures in the north on Wednesday and Thursday as conditions worsen with increasing cloudiness and rain moving southward. West Virginia expects cloudiness rising to warmer conditions with rain in the afternoon or night. Eastern Pennsylvania sees increasing rain in the west and north portions later in the day. Maryland reports cloudiness on Wednesday and Thursday, warmer conditions followed by rain in the extreme west by afternoon or night.
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North
West Virginia
West
Maryland
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