Rail unions urge Roosevelt to settle wage dispute before Dec 30 strike
President Roosevelt acts as arbitrator after railroads accept his offer as two major brotherhoods agree to let him decide their wage dispute. Non-operating unions and other groups seek time to consider. Key demands include 8 cent hourly raise, overtime and layover pay, with carriers proposing 4 cent raises plus overtime. Non-operating clerks seek 20 cent raise, while emergency boards propose smaller steps.
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Washington
Tomight
Roosevelt
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Roosevelt Tule
George Harrison
Clerks Union
Railroa Management
White House
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of
Brotherhood
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
U S Readies To Takeover Railroads
President Roosevelt ordered Attorney General Biddle to prepare papers for the government to take over the railroads amid a nationwide strike threat. Three of five railroad brotherhoods rejected mediation while management and two operating unions agreed to arbitration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Biddle
White House
Xmas Eve and Christmas Services Across Local Churches
Churches plan quiet Christmas observances with candlelight services and midnights across Grace Evangelical Trinity Lutheran St Peters Catholic churches. Holy Communion and Nativity scenes mark the season as armed service members abroad are remembered.
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America
Judea
Somerset
Trinity Lutheran Church
S. Hess Wagner
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
George L. Roth
Grace Evangelical Church
Reed S. Shirey
900 Strike at Sonman Mine Disrupts Portage Area
About 900 workers at the Sonman mine of the Koppers Coal company near Portage walked out today over a $3 strike fine deducted from Christmas pay. The action halts mining operations as the workers protest the deduction and demand resolution.
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Sonman Johnstown
Sonman
Koppers Coal Company
Portage
Christmas Gets Christmas Promotion at Fort Dix
Fort Dix New Jersey December 23 Private Basil L Christmas a member of a signal battalion based in Brattleboro Vermont was promoted to technician fifth grade The promotion carries a $12 higher pay in his next payday making Christmas a bit brighter this holiday season
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Fort DIX
N. J
Basil L
Brattleboro
World Wide Christmas Radio Plans Across Nations
New York reports a global Christmas radio schedule with addresses from Roosevelt George VI and Pope Pius XII. The plans include three hour extra programs linking home fronts with war zones, religious services, concerts, and variety shows across NBC CBS and MBS networks.
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CBS
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Bob Hope
Lionel Barrymore
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MBS
Hawaii
Bayous
Alexandria
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Lewis Stone
M. C
Blue
Santa
Niles Trammell
Robert St. John
Jack Benny
Fibber McGee and
Molly
Blue 8
England
Archibishon
Canterbury
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Camp Pickett
Eighth U. S. Army Air Force
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Somerset Closed for Christmas Observance and Community Gatherings
Somerset observes a holiday closure with post offices and many stores shut. Hospitals and charitable institutions plan festive meals, gifts, and programs for patients, residents, and children, while homecomings and community events mark a bustling holiday week.
Allies push toward Cassino and Ortona amid heavy fighting
Allied forces in Italy press attacks from Cassino east toward Viticuso and from the Liri valley toward San Vittore and Chieti. Canadian and American units fight house to house at Ortona while air raids are hampered by rain striking trains and a Nazi schooner near Zara.
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Joseph Dynan
Igiers
Cassino
Mt. Cavallo
Viticuso
Rome
Liri
San Vittore
Chieti
Ariella
Ortens
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Adriatic
Zara
Yugoslav
CIO Organizes Railroad Workers Drive In Altoona
A CIO campaign to unionize 20 000 or more Pennsylvania railroad non-operating workers begins with A B Martin named national director and Altoona as headquarters The organizing committee includes Thomas Bloom Pittsburgh Joseph Rice New Haven F M Mcmahon Jersey City and John L Yancey Chicago Allan S Haywood urged immediate action across the system
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. B. Martin
CIO
United Steel Workers
United Railroad Workers of American, Cio
Martin
Philadelphia
Mrs. Birch Receives Special Education Supervisor Post
Mrs. Jack Birch of North Center avenue is approved as Somerset county special education supervisor, succeeding her husband who is on military leave. She previously lived in Erie and studied at Oberlin College and State College, earning a BS in psychiatry and education, with postgraduate psychology work.
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Jack Birch
North Center Avenue
Somerset County
Birch
Somerset
County Superintendent of
Erie
Oberlin
Ohio
Kindergarden School
State College
Russians Force New Breach In German Works At Vitebsk
News reports from London and Berlin say the Russian winter offensive nears Vitebsk with new breaches in German lines. Berlin claims heavy fighting north and south of Vitebsk produced breaches despite German resistance.
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Vitebsk
James M. Long
London
Berlin
Moscow
Ivan Bagramin
Zhlobina
White Russia
Korosten
Kiev
Ernst von Hammer
Radio Commenta
Allied air raids pound Cape Gloucester in New Britain
Allied Liberator heavy bombers dropped 154 tons on Cape Gloucester while two direct hits hit 6 000 ton transports and a 3 000 ton freighter. Mitchell bombers attacked Wewak and Japanese shipping as allied forces press supply routes along New Guinea and New Britain coasts.
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Allieid
New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Arawe
Wewak
Rabaul
Bougainville
Huan Peninsula
Masawang River
Army Navy Team on Marshalls Raid Increases Pressure
Army and navy bombers joined in a two point raid on Marshall islands targets and reported spotting about 20 enemy vessels in the Kwajalein lagoon. Nine Japanese fighters intercepted over Kwajalein but caused no bomber losses.
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Arthur Burgess
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Kwajalein Atoll
Gilbert Islands
Ad. Chester W. Nimitz
mid-Pacific
Marshalls
Emid Islet
Jaluit Atoll
Kawajalein Atoll
Kwajalein
Roi Islet
Nimitz
Emidi
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Army
Dauntless
Flying Santa to pilot 700 mile coastal flight
An army regulation easing private coastal flight limits allows a flying Santa Claus to tour New England lighthouses. A wounded civil air patrol pilot will depart East Boston airport tomorrow for a nonstop 700 mile flight over 28 lighthouses from Portland to Chathemis on Cape Cod.
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Boston
New England
Civil Air Patrol
Army Air Force
North Africa
East Boston
Portland
Chathem i
Cape God
Allies Strike Pas de Calais In Fourth Day Of Bombing
Allied bombers targeted the Pas de Calais region in France and struck a rail junction near Merlimont while American Thunderbolt fighters attacked the Gilze and Rijen air base in Holland. British coastal guns fired across the Dover Strait as RAF heavy bombers conducted operations in northern France and western Germany amid reports of a suspected Nazi rocket weapon.
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Pas de Calais
France
England
Britain
Gilze
Rijen
Holland
RAF
Merlimont
Boulogne
Strait of Dover
Etaples
Germany
Berlin
New York
Allan A. M
Reader’s Digest
Furopt
Russians Repel Attacks Around Vitebsk and Zhlobin
Moscow reports intensifying combat in the Vitebsk bulge with counterattacks at Zhlobin and surrounding rail hubs. Russians claim to have repulsed German assaults near Gorodok and along the Dnieper corridor, while edging Russian air lines closer to Vitebsk and Nevel.
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Vitebsk
Bulge
Zhlobin
Zhlob
Dnieper
Gomel
Korosten
Kiev
Frit Mannstein
Viteb
Gorodok
Vitebsk-Nevel
Destroyers Ravage Bougainville In Pacific Action
In the South Pacific near Bougainville US destroyers shell and mine supplies on the invaded island. Reports say ships moved along the northeast coast to Empress Augusta Bay and attacked enemy supply lines as American forces consolidate a beachhead and push toward the western coast.
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Vern Haugland
South Pacific
ALLEL
Quairters
Rabaul
Bougainville
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather note for Somerset by David Greve reports 24 hour temperature from 5:30 p m Wednesday to 5:30 p m Thursday with the maximum and minimum not provided and no year ago comparison data available.
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David Greve
Weather Observer
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania and surrounding states
Friday to Saturday outlooks show fair skies and rising temperatures across Eastern Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia Highs in the 60s to 70s with increasing cloudiness and a windy warmer trend into the weekend. accuracy limited by fragmented OCR text.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Pavania
Maryland
Weather Summary From U S Weather Service
The U S weather service reports highs for Thursday in Boston Chicago Cleveland Denver Miami New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh and St Louis. Forecasters anticipate varying warmth across the region with temperatures building into the thirties and forties in most cities.
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Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Louis
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