Somerset County War Bond Drive and Heroic Soldier Tom Clark
Somerset county residents rallied for the Fourth War Loan as Dr. Guy N. Hartman announced bonds totaling 204 265 75 sold to 2 308 people. The event highlighted Lt. Tom Clark from Ligonier who swam the Yangtze and shot down two zeros in China while praising hospital care and veterans’ support.
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Tommy Clark
Abe
Sayev
Speasner
Gienn
Ana
Auuressig
Rotary Ana Sivus Ciuw
Saiesfici
Somerset
Bine
Grace Bvangpelas
Pijins Tigers
China
Ligonier
Allegheny College
Yantze River
Yangtse
Aiso
Guy N. Hartman
Somerset County
Jack Danahey
Lions Club
Emil L. Anderson
Rotary Club
Charles R. Blatt
Somerset Borough
R. H. McClintic
Fort Pitt
Elmer Turner
Greensburg
Blatt
Somerset Area
Richard Pile
Somerset Jefferson
Stonycreek
Marie Little
Odella Shawley
Somerset Community Hospital
Africa
Army Nurses Corps
Shawley
Harold FE. Musser
Communiy
Lieut
America
Hartman
OPA Sets Fresh Vegetable Price Ceilings for Winter
The OPA plans price ceilings on carrots spinach peas snap beans eggplant peppers cucumbers and more to curb winter price hikes. The schedule fixes monthly caps for New York City stores January through June with plans to extend to six additional vegetables later.
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Washington
Jima
CPA
New York City
New Drainage For East Main Street
Due to icy winter conditions on East Main Street 500 feet of new drainage is being installed from near Dr. R. Colvin’s residence to Kimberly Avenue. Ten inch pipes on the steep grade and eight inch pipes on upper slopes, Somerset borough provides pipe and labor, with the state highway department resurfacing with blacktop in spring.
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East Main Street
R. Colvin
Kimberly Avenue
Somerset Borough
State Highway Department
Park Theatre
Colvin
Dense Fog Shuts Atlantic Coast Transport and Air
Dense fog blankets the Atlantic coast from Rhode Island to Virginia delaying road, water, and air travel. LaGuardia reports a 400 foot ceiling and 42 morning flight cancellations as winds disperse overnight fog for a return to at least partial clearing tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Rhode Island
Virginia
Weather Bureau
West
Cola
Wat
Laguardia Field
New York City
New York
New Jersey
Chesapeake Bay
Red Cross Plans Campaign in Somerset County 1944
Somerset Red Cross planning committee outlines a 1944 war fund drive with a $31 500 county quota and an $8 000 share for the Somerset chapter. The drive starts March 1 and runs separately from the February war loan drive.
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Somerset County
Fred P. Hare, Jr
General War Fund Campaign
Martin Foutz
Mognet A. E. Mognet Struck by Influenza
Mognet A E Mognet of Somerset Route 6 a livestock dialect? Actually cattle? No. Suffering from influenza.
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Somerset
Russians Break German Line Near Leningrad. Rail Link Restored
Russian forces press south and east of Leningrad capturing MGA rail junction and 14 nearby towns. Stalin calls MGA a key railway link and stronghold as the Red Army advances toward Moscow via Volkhov Vologda and Yaroslavl. Northwest and central fronts report encirclement and dispersion of German troops. Farther south Rokossovsky’s forces seize Ozarichi and eight other communities near Kalinkovichi Mozyr.
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James M. London
Leningrad
Moscow
Red Army
Mga
Great Northern
Wius
Mos
Monitor
Eddy Gilmore
Associated. Press Convencent
Joseph Stalin
Narva
Vinyagolovo
Ussimus
Volkhov
Vologda
Yaroslavl
Schluesselburg
Apraksin
Krasnoye Selo
Novgorod
Estonia
White Russia
Constantine Rokokovssky
Kalinkovichi-Mozyr
Ozarichi
Kalinkovichi
Nazi Agents Urged to Do Utmost in South America
La Razon published a letter attributed to Ruppert Wellnermel of the German embassy in Buenos Aires urging Nazi agents in South America to disrupt Pan American vice. The document, quoting Erich Meynen and praising Hitler, ties German activity to recent Argentine and Bolivian events and mentions Robert Kellman as Brazil’s top Nazi agent.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Ruppert Wellnermel
Buenos Aires
Naz
America
la Razon
Erich Otto Meynen
Argentina
Adolf Hitler
Une
South America
Robert Kellman
Brazil
Aid Wa
Meynen
Hitler
American
Helmut Arrest Reported as Potential Spy Ring Uncovered
Buenos Aires on January 21 reported that Osmar Alberto Helmut was arrested by British authorities in Trinidad and dismissed from government service. The Argentine president’s office said information supported a possible enemy spy ring operating in Argentina and that a full investigation is underway with numerous detentions.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro Iamirez
Prinidad
Osmar Alberto Helmut
Argentina
Prefers Long War as Japanese Leaders Face Reverses
Allied reports list 38 Japanese warships and merchant vessels sunk or damaged in a broad Pacific and Indian Ocean theater. Submarines and aircraft struck 12 enemy merchantmen and a cruiser, while PT boats and Liberators hit targets across New Guinea, Amboina, and Bangkok with further air raids. General Tojo urged patience for a long war as Japan faces mounting losses.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Pacific
mid-Pacific
Marshall Oe
Indian Ocean
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Paciffic
Douglas MacArthur
China Sea
Marshall Islands
Maloelap Atoll
Jasuit Atoll
Wotje
United States
Cannon Named Commanding General of U S 12th Air Force
Allied briefing from Algiers reports Lt Gen Faker announcing Maj Gen John K. Cannon as commanding general of the U S 12th Air Force and commander of the tactical air force aiding the Fifth and Eighth armies. Cannon, based in Salt Lake City, has served in North Africa since 1942 and held prior commands under Doolittle and Coningham.
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Algiers
Faker
John K. Cannon
12Th Air Force
Cannon
Tactical Air Force
Arthur Coningham
North Africa
Morocco
12Th Bomber Command
H. Doolittle
Training Command
Coningham
Salt Lake City
Utah
Submarine War Sinks 12 Japanese Cargo Ships
American submarines sank 12 Japanese cargo vessels in the Pacific, raising total sinkings to 408. The navy issued a brief communique listing ship types without detailing locations or crew hardships.
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Hamilton W. Faron
Washington
Japan
Pacific
Navy
America
Allied push against Adolf Hitler line in Italy frontline
British troops seize Minturno after a hard fight as German defenses along the Adolf Hitler line crumble. Allied patrols cross the Ravido near Cassino while air and artillery targets hit Ciampino, Centocelle, and Guidonia airfields in central Italy.
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Garigliano
Cairo
Cassino
Liri
Pontecorvo
Rome
Minturno
Minturmo
Suio
Castelforte
Ventosa
Ravido
Eighth Army
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Ciampino
Centocelle
Guidonia Field
Casualties Total Over 141000 For American Forces
The army casualties through December 23 total 105,229 with later additions in Italy bringing the Italian campaign sum to 19,210. Navy casualties reach 35,257 including 25,225 Navy, 9,950 Marine Corps, and 442 Coast Guard personnel. Summary lists killed, wounded, missing, and prisoners across Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
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Washington
Stimson
Italy
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Dispensing Fasting Granted in Scranton Diocese 1944
Bishop William J. Tafey granted a general dispensation from fasting and abstinence laws within the Scranton diocese for 1944 due to wartime conditions. The move was announced January 21.
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Scranton
William J. Tafey
Allied air assault on Pas de Calais and Berlin raid report
Allied planes hammered the French invasion coast and Berlin in a large daylight and night operation. U S heavy bombers and Liberators with RAF escort claimed multiple Nazi planes as RAF Dominion fighters joined in. The raids dropped about 2000 tons on coastal defenses while Berlin was struck with over 2300 long tons.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Berlin
U. S
RAF
Pas-de-Calais
France
England
British
Air Ministry
U. S. Army
Dominion
Brittain
French
British Sink Jap Cruiser Qsf Malay
The British submarine Porpoise, under Lt L W A Bennington, sank a Japanese cruiser of the Kuma class near the Malacca Strait after a bold attack. The destroyer escort counterattacked with depth charges but the submarine escaped. The action involved Royal Navy units moved from the Mediterranean following Italy’s surrender and highlighted Far East operations.
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Roger Greene
London
By List
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Far East
Indian Ocean
L.W.A. Bennington
Malacca Strait
Lima
Border Fight Deadlocked
London reports a deadlock in the Russia Poland border dispute as Moscow weighs U S mediation offered by Secretary Hull. Polish leaders hesitate to alter their London coalition and Russia declines direct talks with the London Polish government.
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London
Moscow
Washington
Unte
U. S
Hull
Churchill
Stalin
Man Died in Somerset State Hospital Suicide
A 25 year old man, An drew Casper of Stoystown Road, committed death by his own action at midnight in his room at Somerset State Hospital where he had been admitted in November. Guards found him hanging to window bars. coroner P C Dosch ruled death by strangulation in a personal crisis.
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Andrew Casper
Stoystown RD
Somerset State Hospital
P. C. Dosch
Bombing Attacks Press Through Pas De Calais Flak Heavy
Grim reports claim 7 500 sorties against Pas De Calais last month as US heavy bombers struck in cloud cover. Berlin raids hit 11 factories in the capital and damaged Neukölln with at least 30 fires. Air ministry and US Army disclose day’s operations against Pas De Calais.
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Pas-De- Calais
U. S
Stockholm
East End
Neukoelln
Reich
British
Air Ministry
U. S. Army
Pas- De-Calais
London Faces Massive Night Raid Amid Losses
London reported its heaviest air raid since 1940 as German planes raided the city and southeast coast last night. Eight enemy aircraft were shot down, the largest tally in a night raid in ten months, with casualties including a mother and two babies injured by a bomb near a surface shelter.
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James F. King
London
Britain
Maryland and Mid-Atlantic Forecast Saturday
Maryland and nearby states forecast fair conditions Saturday. West Virginia sees similar fair weather with little temperature change. Eastern and Western Pennsylvania also expect fair skies with moderate temperatures and winds diminishing.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
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American Red Cross
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