Pittsburgh Flood Closes Plants as Rivers Rise
Flood waters shut a dozen war plants in the Pittsburgh steel and munitions area and stranded thousands of workers. Rivers rose six inches per hour while downtown streets filled and several bridges closed. Rescue boats aided refugees as Red Cross fed 3,000 to 5,000 people.
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Ohio River
Army Engineers Office
Hartis, Fulton
Loew's
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Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Monongahela River
Joseph Horne Department Store
Allegheny River
Red Cross
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American Bridge Co
LaBelle Works
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Drav
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Neely
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Tennessee
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Carnegie- Illinois Steel Co
Mingo Junction
Wheeling Steel Co
Steubenville
Point Pleasant
North Carolina
Floods Sweep East and South Hit Homeless Count Tops Ten Thousand
Red Cross says about 15 000 people homeless from Pennsylvania to Alabama with 5 000 in the Pittsburgh area as floods halt war work and force evacuations. Creeks, rivers rise from Connecticut to Mississippi affecting industry and transportation.
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Associated Press
Connecticut
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
William Carl Hunt
American Red Cross
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pittsburgh
Red Cross
Wellsburg
Marietta
MacMillan Named Resident Minister for North Africa
Harold MacMillan British under secretary of colonies is named resident minister for the allied headquarters in North Africa in a government reshuffle that does not involve the war cabinet.
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MacMillan
North Africa
London
Harold MacMillan
War Cabinet
Flood threat eased by cold winds over county
A 15 degree temperature drop from 6 p m Tuesday to 2:30 p m Wednesday halted days of heavy rain that soaked the area since Sunday and turned to snow by afternoon. Streams dropped, basements flooded in Rockwood as rainfall totaled about three inches in the Roof Garden region and southern county.
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David Grove
Rockwood
Main Street
Acme Market
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East Penn Rivers Near Flood Stage Prompt Evacuations
Eastern Pennsylvania rivers neared flood stage with planned evacuations in low lying areas. About 60 families evacuated in Hanover township Luzerne county with 70 more expected. Susquehanna at Wilkes-Barre rose to 22.1 feet. Schuylkill at Reading Crest 13.14 feet. Pottstown residents told to evacuate as creeks swell. Lehigh rises around Allentown and Lehighton held at or near flood levels.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
State Control Center
Hanover Township
Luzerne County
Wilkes-Barre
Susquehanna
Wyoming
Wyoming Valley
Abraham's Creek
Forty Fort
Schuylkill
Reading
Pottstown
Manatawny
Perkiomen
Allentown
Lehigh
Lehighton
Jordan
Little Lehigh
Manayunk
Philadelphia
Pajama clad Pittsburgh man found wandering mountains
James Morgan aged about 32 of East Pittsburgh was found Wednesday morning about 10 in the mountains near Friendship Forest, wearing only pajamas. He had left home around 3 AM and a late model car disappeared with him. He was hospitalized in fair condition and his sister reported prior similar disappearances.
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Lincoln Highway
Jennertown
James Morgan
Madison Avenue
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Paul O’mara
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Somerset Community Hospital
Miss Morgan
Jefferson man fined for cruelty to mules in logging camp
A Jefferson township man Fred Mathias Sr. was fined 25.50 for cruelty to animals after Western Pennsylvania Humane Society and a Somerset justice of the peace investigated mules kept in a dirty stable, underfed with open wounds. Mathias admitted he left heavy collars on the animals to avoid irritation. warned of harsher punishment if another complaint arose.
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Human Society
Somerset
Merle K. Glessner
Fred Mathias
William A. Coleman
Western Pennsylvania Humane Society
Alvin H. Armstrong
Justice of the Peace
Josiah Swank
Mathias
Burnsworth Remover Kidnaping Case Sent to Ohio Court
Federal Judge R M Gibson ordered Alfred Sylvester Burnsworth 22 of Somerset removed to the Northern Ohio district court at Toledo on charges of kidnaping and transportation of a stolen auto from Pennsylvania to Ohio.
Russians Press Forward on Four Fronts Near Stalingrad
Russian armies pushed into Kalmyck and Don regions recapturing Kotelnikovski and other towns. The offensives moved along rail corridors toward Zimovniki Salsk and Rostov while fighting raged in Stalingrad factory areas and at Velikie Luki in the Caucasus.
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Stalingrad
Russian Bureau of Information
Remontnoe
Red Army
Elista
Kalmyck
Kotelnikovski
Don
Rostov
Ukraine
Zimovniki
Salsk
Jashkul
Middle Don
Middle
Millerovo
Kamensk
Don River
Velikie Luki
Nalchik
Caucasus
Giraud Nips Plot To Assassinate Himself And Robert Murphy
CBS in Algiers reports General Henri Giraud and Robert Murphy target of a foiled conspiracy. Arrests of prominent figures followed orders by Giraud as he vows swift action to restore order behind the front. Murphy, 48, awarded for liaison work aiding Allied North Africa occupation. career diplomat born in Milwaukee.
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North Africa
Jean Darlan
War Memorial
Admiral Darlan
Andrew Cunningham
Royal Navy
Dwight Eisenhower
Henri Giraud
Darlan
New York
Henri Honore Giraud
French Africa
Robert Murphy
Roosevelt
Giraud
CBS
Charles Collingwood
Seaso
French Guard Mobile
Collingwood
Murphy
Austria
Spain
France
Paris
Vichy
Milwaukee
Rommel Gone in North Africa Strongholds Shelling Report
Allied artillery shelled enemy hills northeast of Medjez el Bab as Libya and Tunisia merge into a single Africa battle. U S troops advanced toward Gabes while air actions hit Tunis roads and Sousse port. Storms and mud slow operations. Rommel's main armor whereabouts remain uncertain amid reports of a motor column west of Tripoli and mines thinning out.
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London
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North Africa
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Reuters
United States
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Tripoli
Tunis
U. S
Sousse
Rommel
el Alamein
Fei Agheila
Walther Nehring
Mediterranean
Eighth Army
Cairo
Wadi Bei el Chebi
Pantellari Island
Chile Moves Toward Break With Axis
The Chilean senate held a closed session as Defensa claims Chile will sever diplomatic ties with the axis. The break may come before Interior Minister Raul Morales returns from Washington on January 10. A spy-prosecution bill is seen as preparation for the break and any resulting crisis.
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Chile
Defensa
Raulmorales
Washington
Chiang Calls Hsiung Home
Washington December 30 Gen Chiang Kai Shek orders the Chinese military mission to return to Chung King amid reports of serious dissatisfaction with China's role in allied strategy and Hsiung Shih Fei the mission head may depart with colleagues though no date is set.
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Washington
Chaing Kai-Shek
Chung King
Hsiung Shih-Fei
Hsiung
China
Million Dollar Fire Damages Syracuse Hotel Block
A fire in downtown Syracuse’s Empire hotel block killed one person and left nine missing. Officials fear several bodies may be in the ruins.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Empire
Plane Crash Kills Seven Crew In Salton Sea Region
San Diego reported that a navy patrol bomber crashed in the Salton Sea area of Imperial Valley killing seven crew members and injuring two others. The 11th naval district released the evening notice.
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Calif
Salton Sea
Imperial Valley
11Th Naval District
Three More Jap Ships Bombed at Rabaul
Allied planes hit three Japanese ships in Rabaul harbor on New Britain as Allied ground troops at Buna drive a wedge to the sea, isolating the pocket. Beaufighters raid Timor as B-24s bomb Gasmata airdrome and Allied forces seize beach positions near Buna Mission Giropa point. Fierce fighting rages in Cape Sananan da and Soputa Track areas.
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Vern Haugland
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
Buna Mission
Timor
Gasmata
Portugese Timor
Betano
Buna
Cape Sanananda
Soputa
Bombers Hit Lorient U-Boat Pen in 600 Mile Raid
British and American heavy bombers blasted the Lorient submarine base and docks in a long range raid. Three bombers were lost this month while enemy fighters reportedly destroyed in the surge over Lorient. Allied fighters conducted diversionary sweeps over France with no opposition reported over the target area.
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Ernest Agnew
London
Germany
Lorient
Atlantic
France
Lorientere
Britain
England
Attempt on Nogues Life Reported by Foreign Correspondence
The Foreign Correspondence weekly newsletter said an unsuccessful attempt was made on Auguste Nogues the French governor general of Morocco. It cited Washington reporting that the failed plot occurred days before Admiral Darlan's assassination. Nogues suspected an axis agent and noted he worked closely with Darlan. The newsletter editor is Sir Willmott Lewis.
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Washington
Foreign Correspondence
Auguste Nogues
Morocco
Darlan
Nogues
Suung
Willmott Lewis
London Times
Flue Fire at Pletchers Extinguished Without Damage
Somerset fire department answered a Wednesday 8 30 p m call to Albert Pletcher's home on South Rosina Avenue. The blaze started from a defective flue and was extinguished with no property damage.
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Pletchers
Somerset Fire Department
Albert Pletcher
Rosina Avenue
Daily Somerset Weather Report Summary
David Grove, U S Weather Observer, reports the 24 hour period from 5 30 pm Tuesday to 5 30 pm Wednesday with a listed maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation and related notes. The station notes include comparison to the previous year and a reference to the 9 10th in temperature measurements.
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Ashoc
PSI Ovobil Sc Seconn
Weather Forecast for Mid Atlantic on Thursday
West Virginia expects snow flurries and colder conditions on Thursday. Maryland reports snow flurries west portion with diminishing winds and colder air. Eastern Pennsylvania sees snow flurries and colder Thursday. Western Pennsylvania notes snow flurries colder with diminishing winds Thursday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
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