Rivers Reach 2 Feet In Pittsburgh
Ohio River watershed floods as rains persist for a third day. In Pittsburgh the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela neared 25 feet, with crest forecasts rising to 29 feet by morning. High water blocked Route 53 near Confluence and flooded streets and basements while rail yards and streets faced rising water.
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Pittsburgh
Upper
Ohio River
Allegheny
Monongahela
U. S
W. S. Brotzman
Somerset
Greene
Fayette
Westmoreland
Cambria
Washington
Indiana
Casselman Creek
Johnstown
Stonycreek- Conemaugh
Army
Patton
Chest Creek
Casselman
Meyersdale
Jennertown
Somerset County Streams Rising From Heavy Rain
Rainfall of about two inches over two days plus melting snow has rivers and streams rising in Somerset County. Route 53 near Confluence closed due to flooding. Bus drivers report water on roads at Rockwood and Harrison as Coxs Creek and Stonycreek tributaries overflow.
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Route 53
Confluence
Rockwood
Harrison
Cox’s Creek
Casselman River
Stonycreek
Burnsworth Held on $7000 Bond in Kidnapping Case
Alfred Sylvester Burnsworth 22 of Somerset faces removal hearing on a kidnapping and auto theft charge from Pennsylvania to Ohio. Unable to post $7,500 bond, he is in U. S. custody. The case links two associates to the November 29 abduction of Mahlon J. Miller in Somerset, who was robbed of $22 and forced into his car. Burnsworth is described as a U. S. Army deserter and one co-defendant remains in Toledo awaiting trial.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
Alfred Sylvester Burnsworth
Somerset
Ohio Court District
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Burnsworth
Mahlon Jacob Miller
Toledo
George Mashank
U. S. Army
Mashank
Mahlon J. Miller
Somerset Post Office
Burnworth William Robertson
William Foy
Laughlintown
Morganza
Boose
Ex-convicts Linked to 400-Lb Safe Robberies
District Attorney Edward T. Kelley said two ex-convicts, Joseph Jehin and Rurian Audren, 26 and 30 respectively of Duck Run Indiana county, claim they moved 400-pound safes from offices and loaded them into a car. Police investigate alleged loot totaling over 32000 from multiple sites including Prankhouser Dairy Food store Curwensville and Veterans of Foreign Wars club Philipsburg.
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Clearfield
Atchney
Edward T. Keley
Kelley
Joseph Jehin
Rurian Audren
Duck Run
Indiana County
Prankhouser Dairy Food
Curwensville
Boron Brothers Coal Coo
Lecomte Mills
J. J. Brief Hardward Co
Karthaus
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Philipsburg
Enos Shaffer Sentenced for Second Degree Murder
Glenn Enos, convicted by a Somerset county jury of second degree murder, was moved by Sheriff Merle K. Glessner to Western penitentiary to serve five to ten years. Also sentenced was Lewis Boots Shaffer for throwing corrosive acid with intent to maim, to serve eighteen months to three years in Allegheny county workhouse.
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Glenn Enos
Somerset County
Merle K. Glessner
Western Penitentiary
Lewis
Boots) Shaffer
Allegheny County
Boy Drowns Riding Scooter in Creek Near Home
Four year old George Rockwaller son of Mr and Mrs Isaac Rockwaller of New Mexico died after riding his scooter into a creek near his home in Mifflintown. Two older boys found the body and tried to revive him but efforts failed.
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Mifflintown
George
Isaac Rockwaller
New Mexico
Banks Declare Dividends at Two Local Institutions
The First National Bank of Somerset declared a regular three percent semi annual dividend and the Somerset Trust Company declared a regular two percent semi annual dividend at directors meetings held Tuesday.
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First National Bank of Somerset
Somerset Trust Company
Somerset Borough Bond Drive Reports 554 840
Somerset borough bond drive committee in the American Legion rooms reported 554 840 in cash value of bonds as of December 29. Banks contributed 450 000 and others 104 840 with EE and other bonds to be tallied later. County, borough, clubs and societies added purchases. next drive hinted for April 1943.
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Uncle Sam
American Legion
Somerset
Charles R. Blatt
Mr. Blatt
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Childrens’ Aid
Childrens Aid Society
Yinkey
Latt
Chester Egolf
Clarence L. Shaver
D. O. Thompson
Herman Balis
Fred B. Shaffer
Samuel Jaffee
Charles Weimer
Oscar E. Reitz
W. Guy Critchfield
Get2 For Denver Bank Robbery
Two Wilmington men Charles Mills and Charles Witsel were charged by the FBI with attempted robbery of the Denver Pennsylvania National Bank on July 21. Mills was captured in Lancaster after an eight hour chase and Witsel in Wilmington. bail of 25 000 will be requested. Bank president Alvin Mentzer 71 and housekeeper Louisa Dutaler 68 were beaten during the incident.
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Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Denver
National
John F. Sears
FBI
Charles V. Mills
Charles Witsel
Mills
Lancaster
Witsel
Leary
Alvin M. Mentzer
Louisa Dutaler
Pittsburgh Milk Ordinance Targeted in Court Challenge
A Pittsburgh injunction suit in Common Pleas Court challenges a June ordinance banning $2 unpasteurized milk. The Dairy Men's Association of Western Pennsylvania petitions the court to void or modify the rule.
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Pittsburgh
Common Pleas Court
Dairymen’s Association of Western Peanpecee
Allies Withdraw From Hill Near Medjez El Bab In Tunisia
Allied forces pulled back from a hill northeast of Medjez El Bab after heavy fighting on Christmas Eve and Day. British and American air units targeted Axis trucks and supply lines in southern Tunisia near the Libyan frontier, destroying about 20 vehicles.
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London
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunis
Tunisia
Pont-Du- Fahs
Foreign Legionnaires
Sousse
Admiralty
Tunisian
Naples
Libya
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Tripoli
RAF
Middle Eastern Command
la Goulette
Cairo
Albert Kesselring
Mediterranean
Rommel
Kesselring
Kesseling
Erwin von Witzelben
Tripolitania
RAF and Nazis Exchange Fire Across English Coast
RAF squadrons hunted the French coast while German pilots strafed streets and bombed a coastal town in England. An air ministry note said Mosquito bombers hit railway targets in France and two RAF fighters are missing. British reports claim Stuka units used new silver ball bombs in Libya.
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London
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
France
Folkstone
Calais
Ministry of Information
Libya
Three Chinese In Jail En Route To Federal Prison
Three Chinese men Lee Hen Yee Lee Gok Jeng and Chei Seik all from New York City remained in the county jail overnight awaiting transport to the federal prison at Lexington Kentucky. They were charged with violation of the narcotic law.
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Lexington
Kentucky
Lee Hen Yee
Lee Gok Jeng
Chei Seik
New York City
British and Japs Clash Near Rathedaung
Fighting reported 25 miles north of Akyab near Rathedaung in Burma with the Bay of Bombay Port area highlighted as strategic. Frequent air and sea operations mark the engagement as Allied forces press defensive actions against Japanese units.
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Akyab
Bay of Bombay
Burma
Wavell Strives to Oust Japanese as Burma Push Grows
Britain and Japan clash near Rathodaung Burma as Gen Archibald Wavell presses toward Akyab and Mandalay. Observers note only raid activity with main offensive not yet begun while Wavell says his army improves position daily and regains the Kubo valley.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Rathodaung
Burma
Akyab
Sir Archibald Wavell
India
Irrawaddy
Rangoon
Mandalay
Ratherdaung
Wavill
China
Paris Radio
Chindwin River
Chin Hills
New Delhhi
Chin Ills
Wavell
New Delhi
Kubo
Chindwin
North Africa invasion dealt major blow to Nazi hopes
The British war office in its annual war review says Allied invasions in North Africa and the Soviet winter offensive shattered Nazi chances of a "creative pause." It cites El Alamein and Tunisia advances, American help, and a shift of momentum to the United Nations.
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London
North Africa
Russia
Germany
British War Office
Eighth Army
Libya
Tunisian
Solomons
Axis
United Nations
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Bernard L. Montgomery
el Alamei
Africa Corps
War Office
Britain
PBI
Pass Chendaele
Dunkerque
Tunisia
First Army
Algeria
Tunis
Bizerte
Djedeida
Italy
Allied forces tighten hold after Buna line advance in New Guinea
Allied ground troops in northeast New Guinea reduced a Japanese bunker triangle inland from the coast and repelled a counter attack to consolidate positions left of Buna. Forces widened the wedge along the coast as air and sea missions hit Kavieng Gasmata Lae and rivers near Buna.
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C. Yates McDanities
Australia
New Guinea
Buna Line
Buna Government Station
Buna
Dispersal Bay
Kavieng
New Ireland
Catalinas
Southwest Pacific
Gasmata
New Britain
Lae
New Leore
End of Military Rule Sought in Hawaii
President Roosevelt and Hawaii officials discuss restoring civilian authority in Hawaii. Navy Secretary Knox says a satisfactory formula for partial civilian control is worked out and will be announced soon. Key issues include military security around Pearl Harbor and restoring civil government as much as possible.
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Washington
Hawaii
Ingram M. Stainbach
Army, Navy, Justice and Interior Departments
Roosevelt
Knox
Gibraltar
Pacific
Partic
More Yanks Reach Dakar
A second group of American troops landed at Dakar French West Africa and took over the air drome. The move follows France’s decision to join the allied cause. Earlier, one contingent of American technicians and an army-naval mission led by Vice Admiral William Glassford Jr. arrived last week.
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London
Morocco
Dakar
French West Africa
Atlantic
Brazil
William Glassford, Jr
German Counter Push Repulsed by French Troops
German forces attacking south of Pont-du-Fachs about 30 miles south of Tunis were repulsed by French troops with only a single point angled forward slightly at heavy enemy cost.
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Pont-Du-Fahs
Tunis
Tunisian
Hammamet
London
Pont-du-Fachs
Russians Capture Kotelnikovski in Drive Toward Rostov
Russian communiques report the capture of Kotelnikovski with its station and 17 planes and a tank convoy. Torgovaya fell next, as Moscow pushes toward Rostov on the Don while claiming heavy Nazi losses and ongoing encirclement of 22 divisions.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Kotelnikovski
Stalingrad
Rostov
Sea of Azov
Caucasus
Torgovaya
Elista
Kalmyck
Don
Volga
Red Army
Middle
Millerovo
Moscow-Rostov
Middle Lion
Middle Don
Somaliland Becomes Fighting French Ally of United Nations
General de Gaulle's committee declares French Somaliland an ally to the United Nations and appoints Andre Bayardelle as governor at Jijbati. A garrison will guard the Red Sea colony as a strategic base, with troops transferred to active theaters of operation.
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London
de Gaulle
Andre Bayardelle
Jibati
United Nations
Vichy
Tunisia
Henri Honore Giraud
Somaliland
Paul le Gentilhomme
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Jibuti
du Pont
Fighting French to resume nightly broadcasts from London
Andre Philip announced that The Fighting French will resume their nightly radio broadcasts to France. The broadcasts were halted November 16 during Admiral Darlan's negotiations with the United States command in North Africa. Philip said the Fighting French favor a single administration with provisional direction of French interests and voices at the conference tables of the United Nations.
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London
France
Jean Darlan
United States Command
North Africa
Andre Philip
Charles de Gaulle
Darlan Eal
Philip
United Nations
Reno to be sworn in as state Superior Court judge
Harrisburg December 29 Attorney General Claude T Reno will take the oath as a judge of the state Superior Court at 2 PM Thursday in his capitol office to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Jesse's death.
Weather Update for Regions in Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia
Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect rain on Wednesday with little temperature change. Western Pennsylvania will see rain on Wednesday with a colder southwest portion. West Virginia also faces rain on Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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Maknassy
Marshall Rommel
Berlin
Rathedaung
Reds
Nalchik
Kalmyck Steppes
Velikie Luki
Rzhev
New Castle
Corsoner T
Nugent
Thomas Shephard
Neshannock Township
United States
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
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Warhitmn
Weather Bureau
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Chicago
Cleveland
Miami
New York
St. Louis
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