Two Jap Agents Convicted In Washington
A U S district court found David Warren Ryder and Frederick Vincent Williams guilty of conspiring to violate the foreign agents registration act. Williams faced ten counts, Ryder two counts, for failing to register as part of the Japanese Committee on Trade and Information in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States District Court
David Warren Ryder
Frederick Vincent Williams
San Francisco
Williams
Ryder
Japanese Committee On Trade and Information
Justice Department
State Department
Far Eastern Affairs
Communists to Go to Prison
New York June 1 Welner Warstower alias Robert William Weiner, longtime financial secretary of the Communist party in the United States, ordered to begin a two year prison term. Federal Judge John C. Knox also recommended deportation to Russia after completion of the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Welner Warstower
Robert William Weiner
Communist Party
United States
John C. Knox
Warstower
Russia
Wilson and Thornburg Lead in Iowa Republican Primary
Returns from 387 of 2461 precincts show Wilson with 17 531 and Thornburg 11 901 while Dolliver and Davies trail. Democratic totals from 358 precincts list Hering 13 317 and Seeman 4 479.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Wilson
Thornburg
Dolliver
Davies
Herring
Seeman
Johnstown Man Listed As Dead
Navy releases casualty list for April 16 to May 10 naming five Pennsylvanians killed and 58 missing in action. Enlisted Marine Private Wilson Lydie of Johnstown listed as dead with next of kin Mr and Mrs Charles Lydic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Wilson l Lydie
Marine Corps
Charles Lydic
Johnstown
No Water Line on No Center Avenue War Board Denies Priority
Somerset borough fails to obtain priority for water line materials and for fencing at the water works. An alley in Somerset Heights between Alder and Columbia is vacationed. The council approves painting the comfort station and borough building woodwork. Applications to the Public Roads Administration seek oil for street repairs. Tax exonerations and several bills are approved at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Center Avenue
War Production Board
Borough of Somerset
Somerset Water Works
Somerset Heights
Alder Avenue
Columbia Avenue
Public Roads Administration
Lake Steamers Stopped by Detroit Strike
A walkout by AFL union workers paralyses four Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co vessels in Great Lakes ports. About 1,500 employees affected by Tuesday, with wage disputes cited by company president James T. McMillan. Seafarers' International Union attributes a Buffalo longshoremen lockout to breach of 1941 agreement. Conciliations service has overseen talks since April 6 on a new contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
AFL
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company
Great Lakes
James T. McMillan
Buffalo
Mardy Polaner
Seafarers’ International Union of the Great Lakes
United States Conciliation Service
Greater Buffalo
City of Detroit
Cleveland
City of
Greater Detroit
McMillan
Lightning Hits Ling Home Chimney In Somerset Storm
A severe storm struck Felgar Road Sunday afternoon causing a fireless chimney collapse at the H H Ling residence. Lightning blew off the chimney top and traced soot and debris to a cellar, with about $100 in damage. Neighbors aided in cleanup after the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H H. Ling
Felgar Road
Somerset
Ling
Windsors Visit Washington To Discuss Bahamas War Effort
The Duke of Windsor and the Duchess arrived in Washington to confer on the war effort in the Bahamas where he serves as governor. He said he planned to meet several officials during the brief visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsors
Washington
Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
England
Brazilian Ship Goncalves Dias Sunk by Torpedo Off Atlantic
The Brazilian government reports the Goncalves Dias torpedoed and sunk on May 24 off the North American Atlantic coast with six lives lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazel
Rio DE Janeiro
Goncalves Dias
North American
Atlantic
House rejects Florida canal and pipeline bill
The House voted 121 to 8 to block a $144 million plan for a Florida oil pipeline and Gulf to Atlantic canal. Mansfield said the measure is dead for now, though he left open a possible future reconsideration. The plan would have extended from Port St. Joe to Jacksonville and Fort Inglis to the St. Johns River, linking to a barge route to Trenton, New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Florida
Gulf and Atlantic
Mansfield
Riagburn
Port St. Joe
Fla
Jacksonville
Florida Peninsula
Fort Inglis
St. John's River
Trenton
N. J
Berlin Report on Cologne After British Raid
Berlin broadcasts quote Cologne dispatches stating 139 civilians dead so far and a continuing nightmare for residents. The report notes widespread destruction including the regional NS welfare HQ, department stores, schools, police, churches, hospitals, and fires across many districts. Residents show discipline amid losses and condemn the attack as terror and indiscriminate bombings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Cologne
West Deutsche Beobachter
National Socialist Peoples Welfare Organization
Lost Boy Found Alive After 3 Days Near Susquehanna
Three year old Alvan Diggan, missing two days and nights in a snake infested forest above the Susquehanna river cliffs, was found two miles from home crying but uninjured. He wore overshoes and carried a sand pail. bloodhounds aided the search led by state police and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Alvan Diggan
June Reed
Montgomery
Paul Miller
Watsontown
Nyle Rupert
Muncy Hospital
Alvan
T. G. Moriarity
State Motor Police
Diggan
Lycoming
Northumberland County
Susquehanna River
Tragic Monessen Shooting Follows Car Wreck
In Monessen Sarah Delegge a 17 year old girl drove her boyfriend William Ross car after a quarrel. She wrecked the vehicle and then killed herself with her father's pistol. The weapon was a police pistol owned by Philip Delegge her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Elliott Bianchi
Bianchi
Miss Delegge
Mexico declares war on Axis after U boat attacks
President Manuel Avila Camacho signs a formal declaration of war as of May 22, uniting Mexico with 26 nations. The move follows repeated U boat attacks on Mexican shipping and diplomatic refusals by the Axis to accept responsibility or reparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Patterson
Mexico City
Mexico
Manuel Avila Camacho
United Nations
Artic
South America
Panama
Brazil
Axis
Sweenen
Germany
Switzerland
Japan
Portugal
Italy
Ezequiel Padilla
Congress
Congres
Florida
United States
Score Watchers
Miami
Fla
Stockholm
Cuba
Polish Pilot Brings Bomber Home From Ruhr Raid
A Polish pilot and four wounded crew members return a battered Wellington Wimpy from a Rhineland raid. The plane lands without a wheel and with doors open, its interior smeared with blood, bomb doors dangling, and a rear gunner missing a foot. Despite damage, they bring the ship in, while Spitfires circle above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Middleton
RAF Bomber Command
Rhineland
Wimpy
Butch
Germans Bar Beer After July 1 Reported by BBC
The BBC reports a Berlin broadcast stating Germans will have to do without beer after this month as all malt beer brewing will be discontinued after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
BBC
Berlin
RAF and USAF pledge joint assault on German industry
British bombers hit a 400 mile invasion path with Swarms of Hawker Hurricane and Boston bombers aided by Spitfires. The attack focused on docks and factories from Holland to Cherbourg including a silk factory at Calais. Arnold in London pledged US pilots would join in a vast offensive against Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
London
United States Air Force
RAF
Cologne
Boston
Holland
Cherbourg
Europe
Flushing
Brugge
Boulogne
Dieppe
Abbeville
Calais
Germany
England
Canterbury
Norhern
France
United States
Henry H. Arnold
Arnold
A. T. Harris
RAF Bomber Command
Harris
Evening Standard
U. S
Evening News Banner
Hitler Plans Major Offensive Through Russia Turkey and Iran
A June to July German plan envisions a general assault on Russia from the entire front. Hitler aims to finish Russia with a pincer via Turkey and Iran, risking a springboard into Caucasus conquest. Iran and Turkey are depicted as leveraged by Berlin to seal a western front victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis P. Lochner
New York
Adolf Hitler
Turkey
Iran
Lisbon
United Nations
Hitler
Russia
Hiller
Caucasus
England
India
Germany
Germarm
von Papen
Franzel Papen
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Submarine Hunters Fail To Engage In Atlantic Sinking
Navy gunners saved from a medium U S merchantman sunk in the Atlantic on May 12 tell how they abandoned ship without firing a shot at the elusive axis submarine. Three crewmen injured were taken to St Thomas for medical care and 15 others brought to Key West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
U. S
Atlantic
Navy
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Paul C. Padgett
Jacksonville
Union Leader Jailed for Contempt After Union Meeting Fight
Anthony Buck White former president of AFL newspaper delivery drivers union local 211 was jailed for 10 days and fined 300 dollars for contempt of court following an alleged fight at a union meeting in Pittsburgh on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Anthony
Buck) White
AFL
Not a Thing in Cologne Says Texan Not a Thing in Cologne Says Texan
A Texan pilot Bud Cardinal of Fort Worth recalls Britain led 1250 bomber raid on Cologne and the Rhine industrial area. Other Royal Texas Air Force airmen including Leonard Johnson from Corpus Christi describe the mission, losses, and praise for RAF tactics and the bombing effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Middleton
RAF Bomber Command
Brother
Cologne
Bud
Cardinal
Forth Worth
Rhineland
Texas
Royal Texas Air Force
Canada
Jock
Hohenzollern Saridge
Rhine
RAF
Charlie Honychurch
Brooklyn
Southern Methodist University
Leonard Johnson
Corpus Christi
Royal Texas
Johnson
Harris
22 Corregidor Nurses Safe from Philippines Arrival
The War Department announced 22 army nurses on duty in the Philippines have arrived in Australia. General MacArthur says most served on Bataan and Corregidor, and left the Philippines just before Corregidor fell. Included is Second Lieutenant Mary G. Lohr whose mother is Mrs. Mary K. Lohr of Greensburg Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Corregidor Island
Corregidor
Mary G. Lohr
Mary K. Lohr
Clopper Ave
Greensburg
Somerset Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily weather record by David Grove shows a high of 80 and a low of 59 for the 24 hours ending 5:30 p m Monday. Precipitation data is unreadable in the source text. Historical comparison notes a prior day high of 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Weather
David Grove
B. S. Weather Observer
Maxim .v
Sresscecenneenenees
U. S. Weather Bureau
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia
Western Pennsylvania should see occasional showers and thunderstorms Tuesday with warmer temperatures. Eastern Pennsylvania expects showers and warmer conditions Tuesday. West Virginia reports showers and thunderstorms in the far east with higher temperatures in the northeast. Maryland shows scattered showers and thunderstorms in the east Tuesday afternoon with warmer conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Also Mentioned on This Page
United
City
Gulf ° Mexico
Lazaro Cardenas
Somerset Stores
No. Center
East
Bill
Monessen
Army
Altoona
Avila
Onaxis
Bro’t
U.S
Russ
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!