Heavy Rains Destroy Wheat Crop in Somerset County
Somerset County farmers face a reduced wheat yield this year after days of heavy rain and high winds. Farm Agent McDowell notes wheat stalks in a sappy stage were beaten down, with many acres blown over and replanting underway in hillside corn fields washed by floodwater. Cabbage and other vegetables suffer snail damage, but fruit trees remain largely unharmed and dry weather is expected to reduce snail numbers. The overall planting season remains strong with clover cuttings likely earlier than usual if this weather continues.
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Somerset County
McDowell
Blue Hooded Terror Nabbed in Pittsburgh Case
A 19 year old former WPA worker was seized by police as the blue hooded man who terrorized Overbrook Brookline women and children for two weeks. He was identified by three women and held for investigation. Purses were stolen in two attacks and he admitted molesting two small girls. Police guards were assigned to children traveling to school.
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Pittsburgh
WPA
Overbrook-Brookline
Harvey Scott
Scott
West End
Overbrook
Girl Testifies Despite Threat in Murder Trial
Lorraine Snyder of Irwin testified she witnessed High Constable Russell E. Shirley strike William Winters to death on January 9. She identified Louis Bevilaqua as the man who threatened her and noted Shirley used an object about six inches long. Winters died from a fractured skull. Bevilaqua faced new charges after her testimony.
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Greensburg
Lorraine Snyder
Irwin
Russell E. Shirley
North Irwin
Westmoreland County
Shirley
William Winters
Miss Snyder
Commonwealth
Louis Bevilaqua
Bevilaqua
Young Slayer Pleads Innocent
Marquette Michigan June 2 Fifteen year old Ross Heath admitted kidnapping and pleaded innocent to the charge. He was arraigned before Circuit Judge Frank A Bell and held on a 25000 bond for the September term. Heath told police he planned a ransom but killed the infant accidentally while fleeing the scene.
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Marquette
Mich
Ross Heath
Gloria Jean Nault
Frank A. Bell
Heath
C. C. Rushton
Joan J. Walsh
Ruth Heath
Chicago
Set
Charles W. Engle
Marquette State Police Post
New Swanzey
Bridge replacements LEDs? Costly repairs in Honesdale
Wayne county commissioners told a governor’s representative it would cost about 178000 to replace pinderfire bridges damaged by last month’s flash flood.
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Honesdale
Wayne County
Ten Thousand Japanese to Be Moved Into Arkansas
Gov Homer Adkins announced that ten thousand Japanese from the Pacific coast will be moved into Arkansas by the War Department within the next few weeks.
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Rock
Ark
Pacific Coast
Arkansas
War Department
Homer Adkins
Britain to observe United Nations Day June 14
London reports Britain will join the United States in observing United Nations Day on June 14 as designated by President Roosevelt to coincide with U S flag day.
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London
Britain
United States
Roosevelt
U. S
Sonman Shaft Model Mine Receives High Federal Praise
Federal mine inspectors praised safety measures at the Sonman shaft mine Portage Cambria County Pa after March 2 12 1942 inspection. Adequate ventilation explosion proof equipment timbering safe explosives protective clothing above standard haulage and rock dusting recommended to neutralize coal dust. The 392 workers produce about 1200 tons daily. A July 15 1940 explosion at a sister site killed 63.
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Washingon
Sonman
Portage
Cambria County
Pennsylvania
R. R. Sayers
Bureau of Mines
Koppers Division
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Sayers
Strikes Halt 3 Projects Across Allegheny and Beaver Counties
Carpenters strike to push daily wages from 12 to 14 dollars halted or slowed three projects in Pennsylvania. A $2 million defense plant expansion at Midland works and a $3 million Scaife plant expansion in Oakmont were curtailed, along with housing projects Mayfield Beaver Falls Arlington Heights and Woodland Terrace in Clairton. Workers demanded higher pay, while Scaife workers disclosed no wage scale.
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Pitssburgh
Allegheny
Beaver Counties
Defense Plant Corporation
Midland
Beaver County
Crucible Steel Company
Scife Company
Oakmont
Allegheny County
Mayfield
Beaver Falls
Arlington Heights
Pittsburgh
South Side
Woodland Terrace
Clairton
Scaife
British Control Battle Deepens in Desert at Tobruk Line
British forces under General Sir Claude Auchinleck report fierce fighting around Ain El Gazala and Bir Hacheim as Rommel’s African corps press to split the line. German tanks crippled yet regroup west of the line while Italians claim prisoner captures. The U S M3 tank debuts in desert action alongside new British heavy anti tank guns.
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Edward Kennedy
Ain el Gazala
Bir Hacheim
Eighth Army
Claude Auchinleck
Grant
U. S. Army
Africa
Churchill
House of Commons
Acroma
Tobrug
Royal Navy
Auchinleck
Rommel
U. S
Curtin challenges Japan as Australia urges unity in liberty loan
Australian Prime Minister John Curtin, buoyed by Allied successes, dares Japan to invade the commonwealth. He warns of a large land force landing and stresses renewed resolve in the second liberty loan, citing raids on Japanese bases and submarine wreck recovery near Sydney.
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Melbourne
Australia
United Nations
John Curtin
Commonwealth
Curtin
Port Moresby
Sydney Harbor
Ciutin
French Nazi Editor Slain in Paris Attack
Albert Clement editor in chief of Le Cri Du Peuple, collaborationist paper of the French Peoples party led by Jacques Doriot, was killed in an attack on a Paris street. His wife was wounded. the assailant fled on a bicycle.
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Paris
Albert Clement
le Cri du Peuple
Clement
French Peoples Party
Jacques Doriot
Atlantic U-boat Toll Up Three Sinkings
The Associated Press reports nine more ships sunk in the Atlantic as U boat warfare intensifies. Thirty one seamen are dead or missing, with at least 286 survivors confirmed. A Panamanian vessel and a British merchant ship also fell to torpedoes, with crews evacuated in lifeboats after lengthy separations and dramatic rescues.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Navy
Caribbean
Trinidad
United States Considers Balkan States Enemies and Turkey’s Fate
President seeks war declarations against Bulgaria Romania and Hungary linking them to axis plans. Britain and Russia may face shifts as American aid, lend lease, and possible bombing targets extend to the Balkans and Turkey with strategic consequences in the Mediterranean and Soviet fronts.
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Kirkel, Simpson
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hungary
Hitler
Washington
White House
United States
Roosevelt
United Nations
Russia
Turkey
Suez
Germany
Britain
China
Libya
Berlin
Japan
Russian West Front
Essen
Mediterranean
Egypt
Smash Nazi Secret Army in Transvaal
In Johannesburg on June 2 a preliminary trial opened for 48 men charged with high treason. Prosecutors say a Nazified secret army formed in 1941 included policemen farmers and miners aiming to overthrow the government. Fresh sabotage and lawlessness followed, with the government threatening the death penalty for saboteurs after mine and power station blasts.
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Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Memrn
Transvaal
Vereeniging
Chinese Battle on Three Fronts Fronts Inching Toward Chekiang Hongkong
Japanese forces launched two fresh offensives while pushing a third from Kiangsi toward Chekiang. Chinese troops fought hard along the railway corridors and rivers, recapturing five towns in Chekiang as Japanese pressed toward Chuhsien and the Hongkong area amid a widening coastal push.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
China
Chekiang
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Canton
South China
Kwaigtung
Canton-Hakow
Domei
Tsungta
Hongkong
Chuhsien
Kinhwa
Tokio
Navy to commission 100 more fighting ships this year
Navy officials told Congress that about 100 additional ships would be placed in commission this year to defend seafronts and protect vital shipping lanes to troops and allies. Chairman Vinson said he would introduce a bill to greatly expand aircraft carrier production, aligning with the service plan for an overwhelming aerial punch.
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Shington
Nav
Congress
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Test Blackout Dates Set for Virginia and Pennsylvania
Virginia will blackout June 17 while Pennsylvania splits into three zones on June 23 24 and 25 for a dusk to dawn test. Traffic will move and street lights will dim except for a 30 minute total blackout period at an unannounced time. Maryland date is to be announced.
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Baltimore
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Rowland K. Adams
Maryland
District of Columbia
Adams
Bank official dies after ingesting poison tablets
Pittsburg June 9 53 year old Wilbur C Black vice president of the First National Bank of New Kensington died in a hospital. Chief Deputy Coroner John D. Aldisert said Black's death resulted from taking poison tablets.
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Pittsburgh
Wilbur C Black
First National Bank of New Kensington
John D. Aldisert
Black
Bombing of Essen Heralds New Phase in Allied Air War
A massive 1,036 Allied bombers and fighters attacked Essen and nearby Krupp plants in a major night raid, part of a two raid blitz with Cologne. Churchill called the operation a token of greater things to come as Britain and the United States pursue expanded air offensives across Germany.
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E. C. Daniel, JR
London
Krupp
Essen
Germany
Britain
United States
Rhein Metal Borsig
Cologne
RAF
Channel
Gravelines
Hardelote
France
England
House of Commons
Churchill
Runr
Low Countries
High Command
Canterbury
Ipswich
Reds Attack Like Kharkov Capers Upset Nazi Plans
Moscow dispatch reports Russian forces using Kharkov tactics in two Kalinin front sectors with at least 1850 German dead and 1500 wounded. Northwestern front pressure stalled German offensive aims while Kerch Kharkov Izyum areas remained quiet and Germans reassemble for Moscow and Sevastopol.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Kalinin
Valdai Hills
Lake Timen
Leningrad
Kerch Kharkov
Izyum-Barvenkova
Stockholm
Tamilovska
London
Sevastopol
Heydrich linked to sabotage plot via Gros confession
FBI read a confession from Dr. Hans Gros in court, detailing 1939 arrival, intent to photograph harbors and factories, incite strikes, and organize sabotage including ship and plant destruction. Testimony linked Heydrich to the plan and noted Gros’s claim of voluntary action after arrest. He denied California ties to Japan or others, and cited contacts with CIO leader John L Lewis and labor figure Harry Bridges.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Hans Helmut Gros
Germany
Gros
Frances
Albrecht Rudolph Curt Reuter
Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Heydrich
Saxonia
Migio
Patrick Horgan
California
John L. Lewis
CIO
Harry Bridges
Pacific Coast
Hitler Arrests Magistrates Rally Across German Cities
Reported arrests of magistrates in Cologne Hannover Dresden and other cities as the Nazi regime intensifies actions against those discontent with the war. The dispatch notes the measures reached Bern with mentions of Frankfurt and broader suppression.
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Hitler
Bern
Switzerland
Cologne
Hannover
1 Gne
Dresden
Frankfort
Somerset Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily temperature data from 5:30 p.m. Monday to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday recorded by David Grove shows maximum and minimum temperatures with precipitation. Year ago figures for comparison are listed but unreadable.
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Somerset
David Grove
U. Ss. Weather Observer
Weather Forecast for Mid-Atlantic States Wednesday
Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect somewhat higher temperatures with scattered thunderstorms. Western Pennsylvania sees scattered showers and thunderstorms with warm conditions. West Virginia also has scattered thunderstorms and continued warm weather on Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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