Graham to Succeed Lohr In Defense leadership
Albert D. Graham Jr. named county commander of civilian defense replacing Kenneth Lohr who resigns effective January 1 1944 due to U S navy induction. Lohr led county wardens through 1942 43, organized groups, conducted warden and officer schools, and served as county commander since May. Lohr employed by Specht Motor Co now on military leave. married to Frances Barnhart with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert D. Graham, Jr
Kenneth Lohrr
United States Navy
Graham
Stoystown Road
Lohr
Spechts
Specht Motor Company
SRU
Navy
Mr. Lohr
Frances Barnhart
Stoystowne
Sale of Sally and Rumpus Bloodhounds at Folsom Prison
The board of prison directors ordered an auction sale of Sally aged four and Rumpus eight months, the prison's only bloodhounds, to cut costs. The sale is planned at Folsom California.
Glass Jar Quota Unchanged for 1944
The War Production Board announced that the 1944 quota for glass jars and bottles will be about the same as 1943. Jars for canning remain unlimited, keeping production levels steady for wartime food storage.
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Washington
War Production Board
Drys Reported To Have Ten Million Lobbying Bankroll
Representative Celler denounces national prohibition as a dangerous move backed by a dry fundraising pool of about ten million dollars. He argues soldiers in uniform should be spared from liquor restrictions and urges Congress to reject the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Celler
D-Ny
Congress
Sahara
Roosevelt Yields Rail Wage Issue
President Roosevelt resubmitted the wage dispute of 1.1 million non operating railroad workers to an emergency board, framing it as pay for or in lieu of overtime. Unions view the language as limiting discussion to overtime while the White House cites unsettled non operating pay claims. A draft resistance by J Monroe Johnson drew Senate rebuke as labor tensions rise and a railroad strike threat looms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
R. A
Interstate Commerce Commission
Capitol
J. Monroe Johnson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Reed
R-Kan
Johnson
Memorials For Somerset Lawyers Scheduled For Jan 10
Judge Norman T. Boose sets Monday January 10 at 1 30 p m in courtroom 1 for the Somerset County Bar to present memorials for members who died since October 1927. A three member committee will designate speakers with thirteen deaths and thirteen memorials planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County Bar Association
Norman T. Boose
Court Room No. 1
U. S
Pennsylvania
Charles F. Uhl
John A. Berkey
Co. L. Shaver
Somerset County
Charles W. Walker
John S. Miller
Bar Association
Louis C. Colborn
Charles H. Ealy
Frank W. Cooper
Wellersburg
Philadelphia
Archibald M. Matthews
Russians seize Berdichev and widen front in Poland drive
Russian forces captured Berdichev 25 miles south of Zhytomyr after five days of fighting. The move improves rail links toward Poland and Romania while additional towns fell elsewhere as Vatutin’s Ukrainian forces push deeper into prewar Poland andPolesia. The German defense faced a wide penetration with heavy losses reported.
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James M. Long
London
Berdichev
Poand
Numania
Joseph Stalin
Zhitomir
Fritz von Mannstei
Poland
Kazatin
Kiev-Vinitsa
Vinnitsa
Zhotomir
Rumania
Dnieper Bend
Nilokai Katutin
Moscow
Vatutin
Polesie
sSarny
Red Army
Polonicek
Novograd Colynski
Novograd
Colynski
Moscow News
Polesian
Sarny
Radomysl
Korzec
Berlin
Krichev
Russia
Nevel- Vitebsk
Ukraine
Zhlobin
Upper
Dnieper
Belaya Tserkov
Russian Ukraine
Dnieperbeng
Stockholm
26 Graduate at Princeton in graduation ceremony
Princeton University conferred degrees on 26 members of the class of 1944 in Nassau Hall. Five earned bachelor of arts and 20 received bachelor of science in engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Nassau Hall
Argentina imposes strict press control decree by Ramirez regime
A government decree signed by President Pedro Ramirez and Interior Minister Luis Pestel orders all newspapers magazines and news agencies to conform to state limits on content. It requires editorials to bear authors signatures subjects foreign subsidies and formal financial reporting while detailing four punishment levels for infractions.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro Ramirez
Argentina
Ramirez
Luis Pest Sel
Cope
News Repsridig Wii Ve Tegulvean Pregister
Supreme Court
Milwaukee Pilot Emerges After 100 Days In Jungle
Major Arthur L. Post of Milwaukee, aerial photographer, survived 100 days in enemy-held jungle near Rabaul after being shot down. He gathered intelligence, photographed an enemy convoy, evaded patrols, and survived burns and injury. He will receive the Distinguished Service Cross in Washington.
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Milwaukee
Rabaul
New Britain
Arthur L. Post
George C. Kenney
J. A. Post
Maj. Post
Washington
Kenney
Gen
U S Bombers Hit Kiel Bordeaux and Ruhr Front
U S heavy bombers and escorting fighters blasted 95 German planes as they attacked Kiel shipyards Bordeaux and Ruhr targets across an 800 mile front. The raid cost 25 bombers and 12 escorts. 62 German planes were shot down by Flying Fortresses and Liberators.
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W. W. Hercher
London
U.S
Kiel
Bordeaux
Rous
France
Germany
Duesseldorf
Berlin
Emden
DNB
U. S. Eighth Air Force
North Sea
RAF
Boulogne
Calais
Dominion
Muenster
U. S
Hitler
Trelleborg
Sweden
China Readies Offensive Despite Limited Equipment
China’s armies stand ready to launch a general counter-offensive this year, contingent on allied actions in other theaters. Minister Liang Han-Chao said increased air power would aid the effort. A communique also reports capturing villages around Owchihkowo on the Yangtze above Tungting Lake as Chinese forces press toward the city suburbs.
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Chungking
China
Liang Han-Chao
Owchihkowo
Yangtze River
Tungting Lake
Leese Takes Over Eighth Army as Italy Front Sees New Siegfried Line
Allied dispatches report Lt. Gen. Sir Oliver Leese assuming command of the British Eighth Army as German engineers rush a Siegfried Line near Cassino and Pescara while Canadian and Indian forces gain ground on the Adriatic front. Weather limits air activity but Allied bombers target Balkan routes and shipping. Montgomery remains as senior commander directing invasion forces in Western Europe.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied
Algiers
Europe
Oliver Leese
Eighth Army
Italy
Adriatic
Rome
Cassino
Fifth Army
Pescara
Leese
Eighth
Ortona
San Tommasso
Mark W. Clark
Venafro
Samucro
San Vittore
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Britain
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery
Allied Marines Drive Toward Cape Gloucester in New Guinea
United States Marines expanded the Cape Gloucester perimeter as invasion forces linked near Sag Sag seven miles from the Cape. A carrier air strike damaged warships around Kavieng, and Dutch and Australian air units attacked Japanese freighters near Timor. Australians pressed along the Huon peninsula toward Cape King William as jungle troops were caught between advancing Allied forces.
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New Guinea
United States
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Saidor
South Pacific Air Force
Kavieng
New Ireland
Australia
Koepang
Timor
Borgan Bay
Sag Sag
Bargen Bay
Cape
Tarret Hill
Huon Peninsula
Cape King William
Finschhafen
Madang
Liberators
Alexishafen
Betty New Hazard for U S Troops in Italy
Sardonic American humor names Betty as Public Enemy Number One among doughboys in Italy. The caricature portrays Betty with three teeth and a flat face, described as a dangerous pin-your-ears back gal rather than a coy pin-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingon
Betty
Italy
Somerset Weather Reported Daily by David Grove
Daily weather note records 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Tuesday to 5 30 p m Wednesday in Somerset. Temperature data shows 37 degrees as the high and 29 degrees as the low with a prior year reference of 13 degrees.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Lesiboas
Nesta Bei Patrio Senetai Vanttaisee
Bait Aise
Citiers de Thatiaiscbacs
Weather Outlook for Maryland and Nearby States
Cloudy with drizzle or light rain in Maryland on Thursday, then clearing and colder Thursday night. In eastern Pennsylvania expect drizzle or light rain with freezing drizzle in the mountains, turning to snow flurries in the west and north late Thursday as rain turns colder. Western Pennsylvania will see snow flurries and a sharp drop in temperatures Thursday, with much colder conditions at night. In West Virginia Thursday rain changes to snow flurries and colder air follows Thursday night.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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Scharnhorst
Duke of York
Norway
North Cape
Scharhorst
Jamaica
Kenneth Lohr
Ross R. Scott
Leland W. Walker
Scott
Walker
Francis J. Kooser
C. L. Shaver
Kooger
Jeremiah Sullivan Black
George R. Scull
Somerset
First National Bank of Somerset
Somerset Trust Company
Fred W. Biesecker
W. Curtis Truxal
Mitton J. Pritts
REDS
Berdichevv
Mediterranean
von Mannster
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Gilmore
Jungle
Western
Borgen Bay
Boston
Cleveland
Denver
Miami
New York
Pittsburgh
St Louis
Otnott Orda Hort
Torre
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