Three Vehicle Wreck on Route 53 Injures Two
A three car crash near Davidsville on Route 53 left two men seriously hurt and the vehicles nearly destroyed. Leroy E. Cooper and Thomas Blough sustained facial lacerations and body injuries. W Walter Baldwin drove a third car as investigators noted blunted impact and total damages over 1900 dollars.
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Kaufman School
Davidsville
Leroy E. Cooper
Holsapple
R. D
Thomas Blough
Jerome
Cooper
Blough
Jennertown
Baldwin
Jennertown Motor Police
Somerset County
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Listie Man Jailed On Court Process
George Datko of Listie was arrested on a court process served by Constable Foster Zeigler. He owed Somerset County costs from an old case and was jailed until the costs or part are paid. Datko and his family were moving from Pennsylvania when nabbed.
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George Datko
Listie
Foster Zeigler
Datko
County of Somerset
Pennsylvania
Darko
Stamp to honor China five year resistance announced
The Postmaster General announced a special five cent stamp commemorating China’s five years of resistance to Japanese aggression. It will go on sale first in Denver on July 7.
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China
Washington
United States
Walker
Denver
Warden Held on Gambling Charge in M'Keesport
Alder man Frederick Bradley tonight held Frank Caruso deputy warden of the Washington county jail for grand jury on a charge of keeping a gambling house. The alderman said Caruso furnished $2,500 bail.
County Lacks Asphalt for County Road Resurfacing
Pittsburgh June 94 Government restrictions cut Allegheny county asphalt to 25 percent of normal requirements forcing abandonment of resurfacing 385 miles of roads. Works Director John F Laboon told county commissioners the shortage was caused by rail and sea transportation bottlenecks.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
John F. Laboon
Laboon
Bethlehem to buy Cambria Iron in $55 share offer
Bethlehem Steel offers to purchase all Cambria Iron assets including the Johnstown plant under a 999 year lease. The deal covers Cambria holdings except corporate franchises and records. A June 23 stockholders meeting will consider the $55 per share offer and assume Cambria's obligations.
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Philadelphia
Bethlehem Steel Company
Cambria Iron Company
Théodore Voorhees
Cambria Company
Voorhees
Cambria
Johnstown
Bethlehem
Two Attendants to Answer for Patient Death at Torrance State
Greensburg June 9 A coroner jury recommends two Blairsville attendants William Pahel and Paul Householder both 18 be held for the grand jury over the death of James Tilolia 62 a patient at Torrance State hospital The jury found the death Saturday was caused by a ruptured spleen after attendants allegedly forced Tilolia to stay in bed They urged the welfare department to seek higher state funding to hire more experienced staff
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Greensburg
Torrance State Hospital
James Tilolia
Wailte Valley
William S. Pahel
Paul Householder
Blairsville
Tilolia
Fahel
Householder
State Department of Welfare
John R. Wiseman
Elmer Hogue
Albert Moore
Pahel
Tulolla
Coffee Service Shifts to Breakfast on Dining Cars
The Pennsylvania railroad announced today that coffee would be served on dining cars only at breakfast cutting service in other meals.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Haines Heads Borough USO Drive for Somerset
G W Haines was named general chairman of the Somerset borough USO drive with a call for coordinated solicitation. The business men division of the Chamber of Commerce, plus professional groups and the Somerset Red Cross, plan house to house canvassing from June 22 23 with five district captains and volunteer workers to reach a county goal of 25000 dollars.
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G. W. Haines
Somerset
Chamber of Commerce
Haines
Harold E. Musser
Walter E. Hart
Charles Coffroth
Businessen
Somerset Motor Corp
American Red Cross
Frances Orndorff
Orndorff
Ethel Knepper
North Center Avenue
East Main Street
Charles R. Blatt
West Main Street
Leland W. Walker
South Center Avenue
Joan Roose
Edgewood
Anna Jean McKelvey
Garrett Street
Tokio People Brace for Bitter News From Midway
New York dispatch notes guarded expectations in Japan as Asahi cites an unnamed admiral urging resilience amid naval reverses. German broadcasts echo Tokyo silence on Midway while stressing a protracted war will exhaust both sides and prevent all victories.
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New York
Tokio
Midway
Asahi
Radio Berlin
Radio Tokio
Midway Island
Hatsude
Yashima
Petropavlovsk
Togo
Free French Hold Bir Hacheim Against Strong Axis Assault
Allied dispatch reports Free French defenders at Bir Hacheim repelling the tenth major Axis assault in two weeks. General Pierre Koenig confirms continued supplies and readiness for further attacks as the fortress on the Gazala line remains entrenched amid mine perimeters and desert heat. The dramatic stand inspires French units in the desert as signals of potential broader Vichy involvement.
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Edward Kennedy
Libla
Bir Hacheim
Gazala
Pierre Koenig
Foreign Legion
Farnce
Bir Macheim
Vichy
Japs Lose Pants Trying to Save Face
Honolulu dispatch reports a current gag from Midway on a message to Admiral Nimitz claiming the Japanese are losing face. The remark circulates as a wartime morale anecdote among Marines and fleet officials.
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Honolulu
Midway
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Roosevelt says no immediate draft for 18 and 19 year olds
President Roosevelt disclosed there will be no move to draft youths aged 18 and 19 right away. He indicated any such step would come only after several months.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Auto Crash Kills Railman Altoona
Joseph L. Allison, 30, a Pennsylvania Railroad inspector from Altoona, died when his car crashed on a highway near the city today.
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Altoona
Joseph L. Allison
Pennsylvania Railroad
First fatal blimp crash shocks nation at sea
June 9 report from Lakehurst details the collision of two lighter-than-air ships during an experimental mission. One survivor, Ensign Howard S. Fahey Jr., escapes from the L-2 as bodies of crew and civilian scientists are recovered. several men remain missing or lost at sea.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Atlantic
Naval Board of Inquiry
Naval Air Station
Navy
Howard S. Fahey, Jr
Scarsdale
N. Y
Coast Guards
Clinton
Toms River
A. B. Wyse
San Diego
Cal
R. C. Poteet
Langdon
Kas
Frank A. Trotter
Clarence C. Ross
Jacksonville
Fla
K. G. Lee
New London
Conn
Bureau of Ordnance
Ole V. Roos
Lakewood
Minneapolis
Gripsholm Makes First Japanese American Exchange Voyage
The Gripsholm docked in New York Harbor for a diplomatic exchange voyage exchanging 1500 Japanese diplomats and nationals for Americans. The ship sails Thursday for Lourenco Marques via Rio de Janeiro with itineraries subject to belligerent approval. An August arrival for the American party is expected.
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Jersey City
N. J
New York Harbor
United States
Gripsholm
Drottningholm
Lourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Rio de Janeiro
Japan
Africa
Lt Muckley Killed in Action in Eastern Theater
Johnstown report states Mrs Peggy Jones Muckley was informed by the war department that her husband Lieut Dwight S Muckley Jr of the army air corps was among four officers and two civilians killed somewhere in the eastern war theater He was for a time attached to the air unit of Lieut Col Buzz Wagner a Johnstown native and noted American air ace.
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Johnstown
Peggy Jones Muckley
War Department
Dwight S. Muckley
Army Air Corps
2500 Germans Slain In Hand-to-Hand Battle Before Sevastopol
Senator Bone reports a United States merchant ship sunk by submarines off Neah Bay Washington near the Pacific coast. The navy confirms a U S merchantman was sunk by enemy submarine action with no naval unit involved.
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Sevastopol
Washington
Bone
D-Wash
Neah Bay
of Washington
Pacific
Bane
Noah
Navy
United States
Honoluluans Return Home After Midway Victory
Pearl Harbor reports recounted a Marine and naval tale from the Midway battle as American forces repelled a Japanese attack. Residents slept after news of the victory while officials praised Hawaii’s defense and public vigilance during intensified alerts.
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Pearl Harbor
Midway Island
George H. Gay
Houston Tex
Pacific Fleet
Central Pacific
Dutch Harbor
Midway
Hawaiian Islands
Gay
Chester W. Weinzitz
Honolulu
Delos C. Emmons
Victor News Ag
Nimitz
Emmons
Navy patrol plane with ten missing over the Gulf
A Navy patrol plane carrying ten crewmen vanished after a routine training flight from Pensacola Florida. Next of kin for pilot Ensign Malcolm W. Bir and other crew members have been notified as search efforts continue for the unreported aircraft.
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Pensacola
Fla
Gulf
Naval Air Station
Malcolm W. Bir
Wiliam Price
Aviation
Earl D. Barnard
Alien W. Shepherd
Aviation Ordnanceman
Martha Shepaerd
Keota
Oklo
Thomas C. Holleran
Aviation Radioman
Catherine Holleran
Columbus
Ohio
Jon M. Ernst
Joel Ernst
Hamilton
John Elmo Boyett
Ralph Lamar Fisher
C. C. Fisher
Miami
Laverne E. Shaffstall
Ella Mae Sheffstall
Norfolk
Thirteen Japanese Planes Shot Down Over New Guinea
Allied headquarters at Australia reports thirteen Japanese fighter planes shot down yesterday over Lae and Salamaua in New Guinea. General MacArthur announced the engagement and tally.
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Australia
Lae
Salamaua
New Guinea
MacArthur
Sevastopol Defenders Hold Strong Amid German Assault
Russian officials say Sevastopol forces killed 2,500 Germans in brutal fighting as waves of infantry attacked the Black Sea base. Germans suffered heavy losses including 24 tanks and multiple aircraft, while civilians sheltered in city tunnels and vital industries remained protected beneath rock. The front near Moscow also saw German pressure with thousands dead over ten days.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Izvestia
Red Star
Red Air Force
Chinese Hold Chuhsien as 18000 Japanese Casualties Reported
Chinese forces report maintaining possession of Chuhsien despite repeated Japanese attacks. Three days of fighting push enemy casualties past 18000 while Chinese officials warn the broader war outlook remains grave. Reuters notes US and British air units have arrived, supplementing Chennaults Flying Tigers.
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Chungking
Chuhsien
Chekiang Province
Reuters
United States
British Sub Turbulent Sinks Italian Ships in Med
Britain's new submarine Turbulent torpedoed an Italian destroyer and four merchant ships in the central Mediterranean supplying Libya. It also sank an escort destroyer of the Navigatori class and another supply ship, while a small explosives-laden merchant vessel was sunk in a separate action.
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Robert Bunnelle
London
Britain
Turbulent
Mediterranean
Libya
Sardinia
Crete
Desert Army
Claude Auchinleck
Admiralty
Xis
Naples
Tripoli
Mussolini
Canada Lifts First Alarm Over Plane Approach
In Victoria British Columbia a northerly alarm sounded as planes neared Prince Rupert triggering the first civil defense alert in Canada. It was lifted when the aircraft were identified as friendly. In California Jackie Coogan is transferred to Santa Ana air base for flight training after a recent promotion to technician fourth grade at the army motor base.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific
Prince Rupert
Canada
Jackie Coogan
Ion
Calif
Santa Ana Air Base
Army
Pelley Indicted in Sedition Case
Indianapolis June 9 William Dudley Pelley leader of the Silver Shirts was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of seditious activities under the espionage act of 1917.
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Pelley
Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts of
America
Yanks Bomb Lashio Airfield in Burma Raid Report
The War Department announced American bombers hit Lashio, Burma road terminus, striking airfield facilities, ground planes, and railway equipment. Four bombers lost in bad weather on the India return flight. enemy fighters failed to stop the raid despite a long chase.
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Washington
War Department
Lashio
Burma Road
Lewis H. Brererton
India
Brereton
Department
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather data from Somerset by David Grove shows a 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Monday to 9 30 p m Tuesday with a high of 16 and a low near 0. data from a year ago not fully readable.
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Somerset Wieather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Cccos
Sconc
Weather Outlook for Mid-Atlantic States
Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect mild temperatures with warmer conditions on Wednesday. Western Pennsylvania may see showers in the southwest Wednesday afternoon, while West Virginia faces showers and scattered light showers in the west and south.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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United States Navy
Randall Jacobs
Washington, D. C
Pea
Ilistie Man
County
Cambria Iron
Boro
USO
Northwest
Southwest
USO Club
H. Everett Musser
Burgess
Axis
Fahrey
Muckley
Helena Rubinstein
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