Vogel Tells Of Invasion On Destroyer
Gene D. Vogel of East Main Street recalls D-Day and the invasion of Cherbourg in Normandy. His destroyer screened shore batteries, endured night danger from E boats and shells, and survived a dud torpedo during the Cherbourg assault that began June 25 and lasted to June 39, with heavy action near the Bay of the Seine.
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Gene D. Vogel
East Main Street
France
Cherbourg
Vogel
United States Navy
Somerset
Dorothy Bowman
Paul Vogel
Last Main Street
Normandy
Bay of the Seine
Caen
Cuba
Bay of
Seine
England
Methodists to Observe 17th Anniversary
The Somerset Methodist church marks its 17th anniversary with Rev. Dr. N H Sanner as guest preacher. Former pastors and visiting bishops highlighted dedication week in 1927. A special collection will be taken to cover current expenses before October conference. congregation and friends are urged to attend Sunday service.
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Somerset Methodist Church
N. H. Sanner
Sanner
Blairsville
L. S Elliott
McKeesport
Thomas G. Hicks
Somerset Charge
William F. Anderson
Joseph F. Berry
Richard B. Cuthbert
Henry N. Cameron
Harry W. Snyder
First Lutheran Church
Johnstown
C. G. Hesse
Somerset Church of the Brethren
Somerset Ministerium
Meyersdale Methodist Choir
Community Choir of
Somerset
Walker Quartet
Confluence Trio
Ligonier Methodist Choir
Mabel McKinley Baer
72 Calls to White House From P A C
Washington report releases a list of 72 calls by the CIO political action committee to the White House and top officials. Rep. Martin Dies says the PAC acts as the political arm of the New Deal administration. The document includes calls to Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and officials such as Elmer Davis and Frances Perkins.
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Washington
CIO
Political Action Committee
White House
PAC
Rep
Martin Dies
Biddle
Stripling
Labor Group
Labor Political Committee
New Deal Administration
New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
OWI
Elmer Davis
Price
Chester Bowles
Labor
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
C. B. Baldwin
Italians’ party for former soldiers canceled by War Dept
Jeannette and Vandergrift events for 25 former Italian soldiers were canceled after Maj. J C Wilson ordered the trips halted for “military reasons.” Veterans groups had protested the plan, labeling the men prisoners and the entertainment an insult.
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Jeannette
Garibaldi Beneficial Society
Maj
J. C. Wilson
Army Ordnance Depot
Chambersburg
Vandergrift
James Kyle
Sons of Italy Lodge
Maj. Wilson
Frank X. Murray
Pennsylvania Department of the American Legion
Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Murray
War Department
Pennsylvania
Wilson
U. S. Army
Washington
Antonio Masciantonio
Jeannette Legion
VFW
Garibaldi Society
Masciantonio
Legion
Robert C. Malcolm
Curtisville
Western Department
Letterkenny
Harrisburg
Hershey
Philadelphia
Johnstown
Arthur JL. Schwing
Veterans’ Organizations
Albert Torquato
Windber
Trus
Allied Air Swarm Strikes Nazi Oil Centers Ploesti Merseburg
Allied air forces hammered the Romanian oil center Ploesti and the Merseburg chemical fuel works in a twin strike involving thousands of bombers and fighter escorts. RAF Mosquitos hit Stuttgart as German defenses faced heavy pressure along the Normandy front.
Russians Reach 20 Miles From Warsaw In Major Push
Russian forces drove toward Warsaw along a 1000 mile front pressing from the Baltic to the Carpathians. Brest Litovsk and Przemysl fell. Jaro slaw and other forts were captured while 960 towns and villages were overrun. Berlin claimed a shortened front as German lines buckled across Poland and the Baltic region.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Vistula
Warsaw
Brest Litovsk
Pr 1
Jaroslaw
Silesia
Moscow
Red Army
Kobiel
Siennica
Kolbiel
Ceglon
Siedlce
Poland
Baltic States
Czech
Stanislawow
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Przemysl
Lithuania
Riga
Baltic
Joniskis
Siauliai
George Lindemann
Estonia
Latvia
Insterburg
German East Prussia
Berlin
Baltic Sea
Konstantin K. Rokoesovsky
Budapest
Lwow
Stenislawow
Bialystok
Daugavpils
Rezekne
Nimitz reports heavy Guam fighting and 2000 Japanese losses
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced stiff enemy resistance on Guam with a fierce counterattack repulsed. About 2,000 Japanese were reported killed as American forces pressed operations around Agana and Orote peninsula, while air and naval actions targeted Rota Nauru Ponape Truk and Palau.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Marianas Island
Nimitz
Agana
Orote
Sumay Naval Station
Tinian
Rota
Rota Island
Nauru
Ponape
Truk
Carolines
Marshalls
Truk Lagoon
Japan
Palau Islands
Palau
Philippines
Robots Attack and Rocket Depot Hit Over Pas-de-Calais
RAF heavy bombers struck a German rocket installation in Pas-de-Calais near Watten as civilian workers in southern England dug through debris for victims from a flying bomb blast. A robot crashed into a river with no deaths reported, while a restaurant bombing trapped and killed several people during a day of flying bombs over southern England and London.
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Judson O’quinn
London
RAF
France
England
Pas-de-Calais
Watten
Superforts Bomb Mukden in Daylight Raid
The 20th bomber command reported a daylight attack on Mukden area industrial targets in Manchuria. It notes no further details were available and marks the first daylight B-29 operation against the Japanese inner zone, following prior night raids and two earlier Superfortress attacks on Yawata and Sasebo.
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Washington
20Th Bomber Command
Mukden
Manchuria
20Th Air Force
Yawata
Kyushu
Sasebo
West Point entry mayct be possible for Pvt Carl Anderson
Pvt Carl Anderson, 19, has word from West Point officials that he is eligible to enter the military academy. His father, Pvt Anderson’s father, doubts the plan, noting Carl has been in France since D-Day.
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France
Great Falls
Mont
Carl Anderson
West Point
Anderson
Pisas Fate in Battle Opens With Arno Duel
Allied and German artillery battled along the Arno river in the opening Pisa fight as Vatican officials urged restraint over damage to Pisan monuments. U S artillery pounded Nazi defenses on the Pisa line while Florence faced a feared assault as troops closed on the city. Polish forces crossed the Misa near Ancona and pressed into Senigallia streets at the Adriatic mouth.
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Florence
Italy
Berlin
Arno
Rome
Pisa
Vatican City
Osservatore Romano
Galileo
U. S
New Zealand
Adriatic
Misa
Ancona
Senigallia
Stars and Stripes Raised Over Guam Island
Admiral Chester Nimitz announced that the American flag was formally raised over Guam headquarters in the third amphibious corps area. Guam, once an American naval base, fell to Japanese forces on December 10 1941 as World War II progressed in the Pacific.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Stars and Stripes
Guam
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Rey S. Geiger
Third Amphibious Corps
Acosta Miners Return After Short Strike Over Scales
About 300 Acosta coal miners walked out Thursday over alleged scale shortages. The county sealer Ernest Statler tested the scales and found them accurate, prompting the miners to return to work Friday morning.
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Acosta
Ernest Statler
Wor
Briton Normandy Drive Advancing To Cut Off Coutances
Allied columns surged into the Coutances area on the Breton peninsula driving toward inland France. Aerial raids hammered retreating German forces as Rommel reinforced near St Denis le Gast and Caen front dispatches noted German transports shifting westward. The four day battle produced about 4 000 prisoners with fighting extending over roughly 200 square miles along an 18 mile front.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U.S
Coutances
Breton Peninsula
Normandy
France
Coutance
Erwin Rommel
Notre Dame de Cenilly
St. Denisle Gast
van Maupertuis
Percy
Avranches
Tessysurvive
Vire
Omar N. Bradley
Tanke
Europe
Nocket
North Africa
Caen
Rommel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Breton
Sevine
Somerset Weather: 24 Hour Temps Reported
Daily weather summary with 5:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. readings shows a maximum of 58 and a minimum value not recorded, compared to last year’s maximum 68 and minimum not listed. The report credits David Grove, U S Weather Observer, for the Somerset area.
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David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Weather forecast for Maryland and surrounding states
Maryland expects a fair and warm Saturday with possible thundershowers in the mountains. Pennsylvania areas show mostly clear conditions with lower temperatures. West Virginia and western Pennsylvania expect mostly clear skies and cooler warmth than Maryland.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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