Ways and Means Boosts Revenue With Tax Increases
The U S House Ways and Means Committee raises estimated revenue to 6 2010000000 by higher taxes on telephones telegraph and cable messages life insurance and photographic gear. It repeals excise taxes on washing machines optical equipment electric signs and rubber goods.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Morgenthau
Wwecause
Cooper
D-Tenn
Milled Girl then death by own action
Brooke county coroner’s jury found Dolores Messack 18 of Houston Pa died from a bullet fired by Sam Gaidos Jr 20 of Meadowlands Pa Gaidos killed himself May 30 on a local farm after the shooting The couple were found on a farm near Wellsburg where they had been target shooting
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Dolores Messack
Houston
Sam Gaidos, Jr
Meadowlands
Gaidos
Here
Brooke County
Frank Basil
Basil
Miss Messack
Quartet Lands In County Jail
Four men were jailed Thursday night on multiple charges. Wilmer F. Mills of Boswell faced auto code violation. Harry Campbell of Confluence faced false impersonation of an officer. Paul Tallion of Windber faced assault and battery and received 15 days. Arthur Shippey of Alum Bank faced fornication and bastardy with a $2,000 bond posted for court appearance and released Friday noon.
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Wilmer F. Mills
Boswell
Squire H. L. Emert
Harry Campbell
Confluence
H. C. Jacobs
Paul Tallion
Windber
Squire
Dan Morgan
Davidsville
Arthur Shippey
Alum Bank
Lawrence Leads Democrats in Pennsylvania Campaign Move
In Harrisburg on June 12 Democratic candidates agreed to install National Committeeman David L. Lawrence as state party chairman for the campaign duration. Auditor General F. Clair Ross, the governor candidate, announced the plan and said Lawrence would serve only for the campaign period.
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Harrisburg
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
F. Clair Ross
Davye Lawrence
Ross
Dave
Jail Sentences for Communists in Westmoreland Case
Seven men were sentenced to jail or workhouse terms in Westmoreland County on charges of perjury false pretense and election law violations tied to Communist party nominating petitions in 1940. Sentences ranged from 10 to 20 days to two years with several suspensions and a 30 day deferral for a dental treatment case.
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Greensburg
Allegheny County
Westmoreland County
Communist Party
J. Hilary Keenan
Edward G. Bauer
David Miller
Pittsburgh
Frank Gnarra
New Kensington
August Bergins
Penn
Gustave Caporali
Arnold
Steve Gaspick
Monessen
Fred Lilja
Wasyl Krupy
Grapeville
Keenan
Anthony Gabrish
Michael Marina
R. D
Arnold Fornari
Lukac A. Chovancec
Yukon
Drivers Strike Overloading Arrests Hit Frick Coke Ovens
Uniontown dispatch reports 500 to 1,000 unorganized truck drivers quit in protest after six drivers were arrested for overloading. At H. C. Frick Coke Co. Collier plant 70 of 400 ovens were idle, nine thousand ovens in Fayette county's beehive district still blast. State police say overloading runs 40 percent above legal limit with 10 percent leeway.
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Uniontown
H. C. Frick Coke Co
U. S. Steel
Fayette County
Forty Ninth Sunday School Convention in Shanksville
The Somerset area Evangelical and Reformed church holds its forty ninth annual convention next Thursday June 18 at the consolidated school building in Shanksville. The three sessions cover children youths and adults with sermons, hymns, addresses, and a 5 30 p.m. banquet.
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Stony Creek Township School
Somerset
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Shanksville
The
Reformed Church
J. E. Gindlesperger
Meyersdale
Ferne Engle
Marguerite Schrock Shaukis
Childrens
William A. Wahl
Marguerite Shaulis
Faye Landis
Mary Louise Felton
Junior Landis
Bernice Buehler
Philadelphia
Young Peoples
John B. Rinick
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Reading
Thomas Burnett
Marion (Black) Brodie
Japan
Morris Cooper
Sharon
Wilson Friedline
Berlin
Waldo Buechley
Stoystown
R. D
H. H. Glessner
J. Keller Brantley
Albert Glessner
Evangelical and Reformed Church School
John Bethune
Trinity Reformed Church
Paul R. Pontius
Second Evangelical and Reformed Church
Greensburg
Japs Beaten by U S Navy in Coral Sea Battle
The navy reports American losses were Lexington Sims and Neosho with most of their crews saved. Japanese losses exceeded 100 aircraft and several ships, including the carriers Ryukaku and Shokaku, were damaged or sunk amid a decisive air powered clash.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Lexington
Sims
Navy
Coral Sea
Australia
Japan
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
United States
Salamaua
Lae
Pacific Fleet
Wilson Brown
Midway Battle Heroism Told by Commander Arnold
Commander Murr E Arnold recounts a three day Midway fight in which U S Navy airmen sank three Japanese aircraft carriers within ten minutes. A total of four carriers faced the attack as planes from Midway engaged the enemy and rescued downed crews. Ensign Milton Tootle, 22, of St Joseph MO, shot down a torpedo plane at close range during a pivotal moment.
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Walter Clausen
Peearl Harbor
Navy
Midway Island
Murr E. Arnold
Kimberly
Idaho
Arnold
Midway
Japan
Milton Tootle
St. Joseph
Tootle
Japs Land On Attu Island Aleutian Outpost
The navy reports a small Japanese landing on Attu in the western Aleutians and ships in Kiska harbor. Air and sea clashes drive the attackers from Attu and Kiska, with ongoing operations and weather hindering search efforts. Attu lies 769 nautical miles from Dutch Harbor, Rat group nearby.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Attu Island
Aleutians
Navy
Rat Islands
Attu
Kiska Harbor
Aleutian
Alaska
Australia
Midway Island
North Pacific
Navy Department
Aleutian Archipelago
Kiska
Aleutian Arc
Dutch Harbor
Russia
Komandorski Islands
Alaskan Islands
Shumshu
Japan
Kuriles Islands
Pacific
Kuriles-Attu
General Tinker Lost in Midway Battle
Major General Clarence L. Tinker the Army air forces commander in Hawaii was lost in action during the Midway Island fight five days earlier. The search failed to locate his bomber or crew as Japanese forces retreated after the Midway engagement. Tinker 54, native of Oklahoma, had led Hawaii air forces since shortly after Pearl Harbor. He previously served as infantry, earned the Soldier's Medal for heroism in London, and was the first American air general reported lost in action in World War II.
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William F. Frye
Washington
Hawaii
Clarence L. Tinker
mid-Pacific
Midway Island
Tinker
War Department
Midway
Pacific
Wake Island
Herbert Dargue
Harold H. George
Australia
Oklahoma
Army Air Forces
Pearl Harbor
Delos C. Emmons
Walter C. Short
Hawaiian Department
Frederick L. Martin
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Philippine Constabulary
March Field
Calif
London
Hari-kari for Yamamoto hinted by U S navy
Washington reports a grim Navy hint that Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto may have to commit hari-kari after Japanese setbacks at Coral Sea and Midway. The piece notes imperial praise for a claimed victory and questions the emperor’s infallibility, complicating Yamamoto’s position.
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Washington
United States Navy
Isoroku Yammamoto
Hari-Kari
Coral Sea
Midway
Yamamoto
Tokio
U. S. Navy
Hirohito
Sevastopol Holds Against Nazi Siege Amid Tense Fronts
Russian forces under Semeon Timoshenko stiffened to defend Sevastopol as UK and US pledges of a second European front bolster morale. Red Star reported German losses from counterattacks around the siege lines while Kharkov front engagements continued with no immediate change. The overall situation remained extremely tense despite local Russian gains.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
United States
Semeon ‘Timoshenko
Ukraine
Kharkov
Sevastopol
Sevatsopol
Red Star
Karkov
Chicago Tribune dispatch on War correspondent Stanley Johnson
The AP version notes Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent Stanley Johnson aboard the Lexington reporter missing after the Coral Sea battle. Johnson has covered war for the Tribune since 1940 and served earlier from 1914 to 1918 with an Australian artillery unit at Gallipoli and Flanders.
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Associated Press
Chicago Tribune
Stanley Johnson
Johnson
Vohe Tribune
Gallipoli
Flanders
Coral Sea Battle Seen From Carrier Deck
Foreign Correspondent recounts five days at sea during the Coral Sea engagement. He details carrier forces, air battles, and the sinking of two Japanese carriers while the Lexington and Sims suffer losses. The piece frames it as a turning point in the Pacific war and highlights heroism aboard the Lexington and Neosho.
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Stanley Johnson
The
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Coral Sea
Japan
Australia
U. S. S. Lexington
United States
Somerset Weather Report by David Grove
Daily weather summary reports the 24 hour period from 5:30 PM Thursday to 5:30 PM Friday. It notes maximum and minimum temperatures and references the prior year values with incomplete OCR text but cites a maximum of 65 and a minimum value not legible.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Weather forecast for regional Pennsylvania and nearby states
Western Pennsylvania will be cooler Saturday. Maryland and Eastern Pennsylvania expect occasional showers and thunderstorms Saturday. Cooler conditions prevail across the region. West Virginia also reports showers and thunderstorms in the northern areas on Saturday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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