130 Register In Berlin At Convention
Approximately 130 delegates from Sunday schools across Somerset County gathered in Berlin for the 38th annual Somerset County Sunday School convention. Dr. Mark Depp of Pittsburgh spoke three times, stressing church fellowship and democracy, while Miss A Myfanwy Roberts discussed children’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Fuller
Berlin
Somerset County Sunday School Association
Trinity Lutheran Church
Berlin-Brothers Valley High School
Mark Depp
Christ Methodist Church
Pittsburgh
A. Myfanwy Roberts
State Sabbath School Association
Miss Roberts
Paul Campbell
Somerset Township
Thelma Saylor
George Divley
Charles Hanke
J. E. McCartney
Childrens
George W. Hoffman
Young Peoples
C. A. Shilke
C. C. Shaffer
A. B. Hoffman
C. W. Kammerer
Depp
Heavenly Father
God
Frank A. Bittner
Meyersdale
Amity Reformed Church
Walter E. Lundberg
Casebeer Lutheran Cituzen
F. D. Witmer
Hay’s
Bethune
Dim-out No Blackout Is on Schedule for Somerset Night
Somerset officials plan a June 24 dim out with a central control board headed by Fred P. Hare Jr. and a staff including Charles Coffroth Harold Musser Michael Hercules Edward Specht and C M Sanner. A half hour blackout will cover the period while other safety lights remain on and essential war facilities operate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Pennsylvania
Pierce
Third Corps
United States Army
Fred P. Hare, Jr
Hare
Charles H. Coffroth
Somerset County Auxiliary Police
Harold E. Musser
Michael Hercules
Somerset County
Richard Pile
Edward Specht
Somerset American
Somerset Mercantile Appraisers List and Appeal Notice
Somerset American prints the 1942 mercantile appraisers list for Somerset County and asks readers to notify the Department of Revenue in Harrisburg of any business firms not listed. Appeal from the appraisement is set for Tuesday July 7 at the county treasurer's office in Somerset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset American Today
Somerset County
Department of Revenue
Harrisburg
Somerset
AFL CIO peace offer rejected by CIO leaders
AFL officials branded CIO counter proposals fantastic and accused the CIO of raids while seeking protection from the AFL. The American Federation of Labor Weekly News Service quoted no individuals, citing internal CIO strife and calls for unity only through a three member standing committee to negotiate labor peace.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
AFL
CIO
American Federation of Labor Weekly
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Ao United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Murray
Lewis
Husband and Wife Plead Guilty in Baby’s Death
In Ebensburg on June 10, Mr and Mrs Edward Vargo of Johnstown, both 23, pleaded guilty to murder in the death of their newborn last March. The infant was disposed of in Stonycreek River after a belt was tied around its neck. Judge Griffith sentenced Mrs Vargo to the women's industrial home at Muncy and her husband to Camp Hill industrial school.
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Ebensburg
Edward Vargo
Johnstown
Commonwealth
Stonycreek River
Vargo
George W. Griffith
Griffith
Mrs. Vargo
Muncy
Camp Hill
Truck Tire Blows Killing Driver in Beaver Falls Crash
BEAVER FALLS June 16 James C Shaw 56 of Bellevue was killed and his wife Marjorie 36 injured critically when their car collided with a brick laden truck on Route 51 two miles west of Fallston. State police say a front tire on the truck blew out causing the crash. Shaw was a government engineer en route to Berlin.
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Beaver Falls
James C. Shaw
Bellevue
Marjorie Shaw
Shaw
Fallston
Paul A. Rittelman
Shaws
Berlin
German vengeance razes Lidice after Heydrich attack
World News dispatch reports Lidice, Czech village of 1200, wiped out by Gestapo and German troops. All men killed, women and children deported to camps or sent away. Radio from Prague confirms. Authorities soon warn of a new wave of punitive measures across occupied Europe.
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London
Lidice
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia-Moravia
Europe
Gestapo
Prague
Heydrich
Berlin
Brann
Heinrich Himmler
Lidrice
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Berlin Story of Tragedy
Berlin radio announced that Lidice in Czecho Slovakia was razed after men were shot women sent to camps and children placed in institutions for sheltering Heydrich's assassins. Prague officials reported 483 residents with the town wiped from maps. Czech sources in London cited 1200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Lidice
Reinhard Heydrich
Prague
Two Boys Die Crossing Track Near Vandergrift
In Vandergrift on a curve near the railroad, two of three boys returning from a swim were killed by a westbound freight and a third boy was critically injured. Stanley Kozlowski aged 11 and Stephen Kolens Jr aged 9 from East Vandergrift died. Richard Rock, 9, also from East Vandergrift, was hospitalized unconscious with a fractured skull. Police said an eastbound train was on the other track when the accident happened.
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Vandergrift
Pennsylvania Railroad
Stanley Kozlowski
Herman Kozowski
Stephen Kolens, Jr
East Vandergrift
Richard Rock
Japanese Claims About Midway and Aleutians Prompt Debate
An Associated Press write up details a Japanese communique claiming victory at Midway with losses by the U S fleet and asserting Aleutian troop operations. U S officials call the claims vague and pressure on clarifications while noting discrepancies with American reports.
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Associated Press
Imperial Comand
U. S
Midway
Washington
Aleutian Islands
Midway Island
Dutch Harbor
Aleutians
Asahi
Japan
Aleutian Island
United States
Navy
Two Gloucester Fishing Draggers Sunk by Submarine
The New England coast reports two Gloucester draggers sunk by a nearby submarine. Fourteen men reached shore after 65 miles rowing, as shells and machine-gun fire felled the ships. One casualty was a dog named Spooks.
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New England
Gloucester
John O. Johnson
Forcastle
Joseph A. Ciarmitaro
Death ends career of Pittsburgh gang leader Schrocki
John Socks Schrocki of Rankin, once head of the Little Blue Bandana Gang which robbed for over six thousand dollars in about a dozen holdups, died today in western penitentiary. He had been sentenced three years earlier to 70 to 140 years for a robbery. Warden Stanley P. Ashe reported illness and an autopsy has been ordered.
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Pittsburgh
John
Socks) Schrocki
Rankin
Little Blue Bandana
Western Penitentiary
Schrocki
Stanley P. Ashe
Nazis Start New Drive On Kharkov Front Sevastopol Hold
Allied and Soviet fronts report renewed German offensives on the Kharkov front and continued heavy Fighting around Sevastopol. American and British navies reinforce efforts to curb Nazi surface ships. The Kharkov clash and Sevastopol defense persist amid mounting casualties and strategic toll on the Crimea.
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Kharkov Front
Reds
Sevastopol
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Kharkov
Rostov
Caucasus
Causacus
Causacus Oil Fields. the Communique Gave No Hint To the Extent of the Kharkoving
Iig
Sevtopol
British in Battle With Axis in Desert
British armored column with artillery and infantry clashes with Axis forces east of Bir Hacheim in the Libyan desert to relieve the besieged Free French fortress. Axis air and ground assault intensify as Hitler and Mussolini push to take Bir Hacheim, while defenders include a French doctor’s wife and an Australian nurse. The front remains a fluid desert stalemate with forces both inside and outside the siege probing for margins.
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Edward Kennedy
Bir Hacheim
Bir Aheim
Berlin
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
No Man's Land
Oasis
Jean Pierre Benard
Havag
Washington
Free French Press Service
Greek King at White House
King George II of Greece arrived at the White House with full military honors and a handshake from President Roosevelt. He was accompanied by Greek Premier Emanuel Tsouderos and said Greece will continue fighting with its army air corps and substantial navy. He aims to arrange direct shipments of supplies for Greek forces.
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Washington
George II of
Greece
Roosevelt
White House
Cairo
Egypt
Emanuel Tsouderos
Jena
Japs By-Pass Chuhsien to Push Beyond
Japanese forces pushing west along the Nanchang Hangchew railway advanced toward Kangsi province, near 170 miles from an opposing invasion group. Fierce fighting raged east of Chengshan as Chinese forces harassed flanks, with 18 000 Japanese casualties claimed in earlier attempts to take Chuhsien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Chekiang Province
Chuhsien
Nanchang- Hangchew
Kangsi Province
Chengshan
Kiangsi
Tungsiang
Nanchang
Midway Battle Report: Japanese Armada and Casualties
Admiral Nimitz announced that the Japanese force at Midway consisted of more than 30 warships with perhaps half becoming casualties in three days of fighting. The battle ended Saturday night with Japanese fleet remnants driven off and mixed losses reported on both sides.
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Walter B Clausen
Pharl Harbor
Hawaii
Midway
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Dutch Harbor
United States
Window Glass Cutters Hit 10 Cities In National Walkout
The national executive committee of the Window Glass Cutters League of America ordered a noon today walkout of 1,600 members in four major plants across ten cities, including several in Pennsylvania. Nationwide action targets window glass production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Window Glass Cutters League of America Today
Pennsylvania
Prisoners of War List Reveals 126 Americans Captured
The War Department announced 126 American sailors were taken by the Japanese, raising the total reported prisoners of war and civilian internees to 751. The notice, issued in Washington, compiles names and statuses as confirmed through Japanese communications.
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Washington
War Department
Se Cross
Somerset Weather Report Daily Update
Temperature for 24 hours ending 5 p m Wednesday shows a high of 4 and a low that is not specified. Comparison with last year’s maximum is unavailable due to incomplete data.
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David Grove
Weather Observer
Maxim Ceesees
U. S
Seaeenmenensteenaee
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Washington
Weather Outlook for Eastern States Bright Thursday
The forecast calls for warm conditions across eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Maryland with scattered showers and thundershowers on Thursday. West Virginia may see showers and thunderstorm activity with milder daytime warmth.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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Man
Frease
Willing Workers Class Methodist Church
Flyer
Iee
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George H. Gay
Honolulu
Dap
Gay
Mercantile List Today
Mountain Dale Farm
Trent
AFL Weekly
Paris
Amsterdam
Poland
Yugoslavia
Bern
Free French Committee
iHtter
United State
George VI
Robert Giffen
Russia
Edinburgh
Tirpitz
Scharnhorst
Army Red Star
Sevastopol Dispa
Kerchpe
Crimean
Topo
Crimea
Axis
Somerset Weather
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