Green Christmas Joyous With Few Shadows
Somerset county marks a green Christmas with church services two weddings and children’s celebrations. A hospital fire threatened a ward but no injuries occurred. Santa visits the Children's Aid Home, while Elks and Legion host sizable parties for local kids amid mild, mid spring-like weather.
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Somerset County
Edward Burkett
Somerset
R. D
Somerset Community Hospital
Bernadine Pugh
Listie
Windber Hospital
Windber
Chicks Spilt On Turnpike Across Pennsylvania Turnpike
A Christmas morning crash 16 miles east of Somerset caused 153 crates of chickens to spill onto the Pennsylvania turnpike after Harley Glenn Howe’s wheel detached from the truck. Howe, traveling at 50 mph, kept control and avoided injury as the vehicle hit a bank and scattered poultry along the road. Police report the scene and Howe’s quick thinking prevented harm.
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Pennsylvania
Harley Glenn Howe
Oakdale
Tennessee
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Somerset
Howe
Xmas Tree Fire Threatens Windber Hospital Ward
A Christmas morning blaze of undetermined origin damaged decorations and forced the evacuation of numerous ill children from the Windber hospital children’s ward. No injuries were reported as volunteers and staff moved youngsters to safety, with damage deemed slight though a cause was not immediately known.
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Windber Hospital
Windber
Community Hospital Receives Christmas Donations
Officials of Somerset Community Hospital announced Christmas donations received Wednesday evening. Senior Hospital Auxiliary members distributed Christmas baskets to patients. J C Penney Company gave a warm blanket. Cash gifts came from the D W Rhoads and S S Warner families.
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Somerset Community Hospital
J. C. Penney Company
D. W. Rhoads
S. S. Warner
Wagner's Deputy to Be Clifford G Braugher
Harrisburg December 25 G Harold Wagner state treasurer today appointed Clifford G Braugher 43 Erie as his deputy Braugher a native Oil City is supervising representative in the Inheritance tax division of the U S auditor general's department for the western district of Pennsylvania Previously he was connected with the federal department of revenue as traveling representative for the bureau of corporation taxes
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Harrisburg
G. Harold Wagner
Eld
Clifford G. Braugher
Erie
Braugher
U. S
Gneral
Pennsylvania
Federal Department of Revenue
Bureau of Corporation Taxes
Potential Half Cent Gas Tax Hinted by Harrisburg Talks
Altoona reports city Councilman Frank M. Hunter says conferences in Harrisburg suggest a possible additional half cent increase in the state gasoline tax next year. The remark came during a year end briefing.
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Altoona
Frank M. Hunter
Harrisburg
Thieves Flee After Accident on Route 56
An early Tuesday accident on Route 56 near Scalp Level involved a stolen car, two young men fleeing the scene, and a truck owner from Johnstown who said the vehicle had been stolen after 11 Monday night. The driver’s employer followed, and one suspect was seen with facial cuts.
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Route 56
Scalp Level Hill
Robert Clossin
Sherman Street
Johnstown
Clair Bantley
Bantley
Bedford County
C. J. McConnell
McConnell
Windber
Youngstown Plane Crash Kills Two Air Two Die in Vienna Airport Crash
In Vienna, near Youngstown, a New Castle built two cockpit biplane crashed on the runway. John Henry Fox and Eugene C Kalaczky died. Alfred Rossi was hospitalized with severe injuries. A New Castle instructor William Ices survived a separate takeoff crash, grounding his plane.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Steel
New Castle
New
Vienna
Here
John Henry Fox
Eugene C. Kalaczky
Alfred Rosisi
Roy Hardman
Rossi
al Lehberger
William H. Ices
Two Earth Tremors Felt in Asheville North Carolina
Two earth tremors were felt in Asheville last night with no known damage. The first quake occurred shortly before 9 p.m. and the second at 5:50 a.m. The disturbances resembled the passage of a heavy truck followed by a distinct boom sound.
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Asheville
N. C
Last Day For Aliens Warn U.S. Officials
The Somerset post office will stay open until midnight to register late arriving aliens. By December 25, 1056 had registered at Somerset, as Earl G. Harrison warned non citizens of penalties up to $1000 fine and six months imprisonment for failing to register or giving false information. Officials note registrations exceed 4.2 million nationwide, with act aimed at surveying aliens and tracking non citizens.
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Somerset Post Office
Washington
Earl G. Harrison
Sam
Justice Department
Alien Registration Division
Harrison
Eagles Treat 1009 Kids At Somerset Club Event
A Christmas treat for Somerset children and nearby communities was held at the Eagles club on South Edgewood avenue. More than 1000 youngsters lined up after 1 30 p m to receive a candy box popcorn ball and an orange. A three year old dog named Sonny Boy sang in dog language earning a treat. The annual event drew a large crowd and capped a long standing Eagles club tradition.
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Somerset
Eagles Hall
Edgewood Aerie
Somerset American Legion Post
Court House
The
Legion Post
Somerset Community Hospital
Old Trinity
Trinity Lutheran Church
I. Hess Wagner
Hallelullah
Trinity Choir of
New York
Royal Chorus of
London
Elsie Baker
Lucy Marsh
Victor Concert Orchestra
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Mary Stoker
John H. Meyer
Pauline Mathias
Clyde Herring
George L. Roth
Children’s Home
Children’s Aid
East Somerset
Santa Claus
A. D. Graham
Charles R. Blatt
Governor Theatre
Eagles Club
South Edgewood Avenue
Sonny Boy
Kurt Bruner
Mr. Bruner
Eagles Club of
RAF Dives Through Clouds Hit Valona Airfield
British RAF claims a surprise dive bombing of Valona airfield in Albania enveloped by smoke after low level attacks on hangars aircraft and on the runway. Italian high command cites Alpine troops and Italian transport planes aiding Alsace front. Greek reports note Italian positions near Lotara Fass south of Valona as heavy snow and mist limit north operations.
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Athens
Valona
Alvanian
Royal Airforce
Valonas
Comba
Lotara Fass
Albania
Italy
Drinos
Lefkas
Epirus
Greece
RAF
Hotor
Saseno
Bomber Gift For Britain
Jimmy Mattern, veteran American flier, landed at St Hubert airport with a camouflaged Hudson bomber gifted to Britain by Lockheed Vega plant workers in California. The Spirit of Lockheed Vega Employees flew from Burbank with 10 000 spectators at takeoff, aided by Maurice de Smet as co pilot and an engine mechanic. A U S pilot on the last leg from Detroit to Montreal surveyed flying conditions.
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Montreal
Jimmy Mattern
St. Hubert
Mattern
Lockheed Vega
California
Great Britain
Spirit
Burbank
Maurice de Smet
Detroit
United States
Daughter for the Hokes in Salisburg birth announced
Mr and Mrs Robert Hoke of Salisbury announce the birth of a daughter at Johnstown Memorial Hospital on December 23. Paternal grandfather Dr Samuel Hoke a Meyersdale physician.
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Robert Hoke
Salisbury
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
Samuel Hoke
Meyersdale
Greeks On Albanian Front Celebrate Christmas Amid War
On a snowy Albanian front, Greek soldiers burn candles in stone shrines along a dark road. Snow piles over gun emplacements as troops haul shells and food to fallen comrades in a crowded hospital. A medic laments scarce wool socks and mittens while nurses sing carols for patients.
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Daniel Veluce
Tal
Christ
Greece
Five Die as French Plane Falls Over Spain
Five on a French warplane were killed when it was hit by Spanish anti aircraft fire and crashed into the Mediterranean near La Linea Spain. The aircraft, possibly from French Morocco, failed to find ram airfield and drifted eastward over Spanish territory. High seas hindered rescue efforts and wreckage washed ashore. The plane likely was on an observation mission from a North African base, aiming for Gibraltar. Earlier unidentified planes also skimmed over La Linea drawing anti air craft fire.
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LA Linea
Spain
Mediterranean Sea
French Morocco
Rams Airfield
Spanish Terriory
Gibraltar
Italy's Bombs For British In North Africa
Rome reports fascist planes bombed and machine gunned British forces in eastern Libya while Albanian based units attacked a British squadron at Valona. British air base at Christmas saw explosions and fires. Libyan situation unchanged.
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Rome
Libya
Albania
Valona
North Africa
Tripoli
Naples
High Command
Mikado Calls For Unity
Emperor Hirohito opening Japan's imperial diet urged total national unity to handle ongoing world upheavals. He noted closer intercourse with treaty powers and directed ministers to present the 1941-42 budget and temporary military expenditure for debate. The diet, the first without political parties, will be difficult to organize and recesses after a brief session until Jan 20.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
French Fined One Million Francs by Occupied Orleans
The Depeche de Tours reported that the population of Orleans in German-occupied France was fined 1,000,000 francs after a German army telephone wire was cut. This punishment reflects the harsh measures used by occupiers to deter resistance and maintain control during the occupation.
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Vichy
France
Depeche de Tours
Orleans
Bardia Under Siege 9 Days RAF Active
Cairo reports British forces pressing toward the Bardia fortress in eastern Libya on the ninth day of bombardment. The RAF and ground troops prepare for a possible all out assault on the Italian garrison of about 20 000 as raids hit Hmim Gazala Gunna Burge and Hess in Italian East Africa.
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Egypt
Bardia
Libya
Elege
Sidi Barrani
RAF
Western Desert
Middle East Command
Hmim
Gazala
Salum
Gunna
Burge
Hess
Talian East Africa
Kassala
Sudan
Ehiopia
Christmas Bomb Truce Acknowledged By German High Command
Berlin reports a Christmas bombing truce with no British attacks since the Manchester raid of December 23 to 24 and no RAF retaliation. The Manchester assault shows its impact by visible fires. a German speedboat sunk a third ship on December 23. German editorials stress unity and a hoped early victory, while some papers claim the end is in sight.
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Berlin
High Command
Britain
Manchester
Midlands
Berlines Boersen Zeitung
Germany
Lokatanzeiger
Othr
Super Cabinet Considered For Vichy Government
Informant sources said a French supracabinet could direct key policy in Vichy with Admiral Jean Darlan minister of the navy Gen Charles Huntziger war minister and Pierre Etienne Flandin foreign minister named as possibilities. Darlan is in Paris for negotiations with Germany, with talks resuming after Laval’s ouster.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Charles Huntziger
Pierre - Etienne Flandin
Darlan
Paris
Pierre Laval
German Balkan Troop Move Tops Hungary Rail System
1160 Trains report a German expedition pressing 20 divisions toward Romania across Hungary, with 300000 troops and equipment. Berlin aims to complicate Russia and secure Danube fronts, while Hungary restricts passenger service to clear lines for Nazi transports. Diplomatic dispatches note rising Russia Rome axis tension and Moldavia fears as frontier gates close and Jewish refugees are turned back.
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Hungary
Balkans
Runmnia
Germany
Romania
Turkey
Greece
Bulgaria
Russia
Slovakia
Reich
Bucharest
Red Army
Moldavia
Siretul
Danube
Rumania
Galati
Black Sea
Fasc
Somerset Weather Report From Daily Observer
The bulletin records 24 hour temperature from 5 30 p m Tuesday to 5 39 p m Wednesday with a maximum near 57 and a minimum around 17 degrees The data is reported by David Grove US Weather Observer The text notes last year s maximum of 26 and minimum 14 for comparison.
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David Grove
U. S
Weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania and surrounding regions
Western Pennsylvania sees rain on Thursday and Friday with warmer conditions in the east. West Virginia also reports rain on Thursday and Friday, turning colder Friday afternoon and night. Eastern Pennsylvania expects rain with warmer southern areas and clouds, followed by rain in the north with moderate to heavy rain Thursday night into Friday and a colder Friday night. Maryland anticipates rain with warmer conditions in the western portion Thursday and moderate to heavy rain Friday night.
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Por
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Maryland
West Portion
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