Suder Fatally Shoots Himself in Berks County Farm
Clarence Suder 49 a Bro. Valley township farmer died after shooting himself with a .22 rifle early Tuesday. He left home at 4 30 a m to tend cattle and was found near the B&O railroad tracks about three quarters of a mile from his home. He died at Somerset Community hospital at 11 10 a m. his family cited ill health as motive and a search party located the weapon later hidden in the barn. He is survived by his widow and son Robert Wayne plus a brother and several sisters. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Clarence Suder
Brothersvalley Township
P. C. Dosch
Suder
Kari I. Hare
Berlin
R. D
Harry Flamm
Jay Suder
Walter Suder
Sherman Berkley
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B. and O
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Dosch
Somerset Community Hospital
R Wayne Suder
Berlin- Brothers Valley School
Lock Haven State Teachers College
Mr. Suder
Irvin
Emma Belle Walker Suder
Bertha Edith Gumbert
Robert Wayne
John Morris Suder
Edna Flamm
Alice “Dickey
Mary Hillegas
Trinity Reformed Church
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President presses tax bill debate as Congress delays action
President Roosevelt voiced displeasure over the slow progress of the tax bill as the House Ways and Means Committee shelved his plan to cap personal incomes at 25000 after taxes. Chairman Doughton said there was no time for further study and rejected splitting the bill to speed excises.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Ways and Means
Treasury
Doughton
D-Nc
Run-away Latrobe Girls Return Home After Detours
Two 15 year old Latrobe girls Diana Lemmon and Elizabeth Preveich ran away Sunday but ran out of funds in Somerset and were taken to Miss Dorothy Sipe of the Red Cross. She escorted them to the sheriff's office where Deputy Karl I Hare sought the truth. After questioning, police notified Latrobe that the girls would be claimed Tuesday evening. They had 3.00 between them when they left.
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Somset
Dorothy Sipe
Red Cross
Miss Sipe
Karl I. Hare
Mr. Hare
Diana Lemmon
Elizabeth Preveich
Five Day Strike Ends at Jeannette Plant
Steelworkers at the Semler Products plant return to work after a five day strike over higher wages. About 100 workers resumed duties under an agreement arranged by federal conciliators. Terms were not announced.
Attack on Lexington details Coral Sea defense
Chicago Tribune dispatch by Stanley Johnston recounts the final phase of the Coral Sea battle, praising American sailors and airmen as they defend the carrier Lexington. May 8 marked the closing action with scouts reporting Japanese forces near Tagula, as the crew prepared to fight under perilous conditions.
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Associated Press
Chicago Tribune
Stanley Johnston
Lexington
Coral Sea
Johnston
Tulagi Harbor
Carrie
The
Chicago
Frank J. Filchcher
Visiuity
Thousands Witness Sub Link U S Ship Torpedoing
Thousands at a Virginia beach watched as an enemy submarine torpedoed two large American merchant ships within view. One man, Robin Redwine of Philadelphia, was killed. 108 crew members were affected as one ship stayed afloat and the other was towed in. Military aircraft and surface ships hunted the raider with bombs and depth charges.
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Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Navy
Robin Redwine
Philadelphia
Coast Guard
Redwine
Vesel
Martin Johansen
Drexel Park
A. W. Brown
Eric Robert Blomquist
Severn
Chinese Call for Offensive in the Pacific
Chinese leaders urged an immediate large-scale offensive to deny Japan a rest and prevent gains as Chinese troops fight near the Kiangsi front. The Kiangsi clash narrows to 80 miles from a junction with Japanese columns 50 miles apart. Fierce fighting continues east of Shangjao and northeast of Shangjao with high casualties on both sides.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Pacific
Ulay
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Japan
Kiangsi
Shangjao
Kwangfeng
Mancheng
Nancheng
Hupeh
Hosueh
Hungarians Rally in Budapest Over Transylvania Crisis
Angry crowds gathered in Budapest to protest Romania's expulsion of Hungarians from Transylvania. Premier Kallay vowed Hungary would fight to the death to keep Transylvania, with accusations Romania seized food without receipts. Italian and German press praised Marshal Antonescu on his birthday.
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Bern
Switzerland
Budapest
Rumania
Transylvania
Nicholas Kallay
Hungary
Balkan
Ine Antonescu
Russian Forces Score Local Kharkov Triumph in Frontline Push
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet counter attacks across Kharkov and Bryansk fronts as Sevastopol battles intensify. Russians claim heavy German losses including hundreds of tanks, transports, and 125000 attackers at Sevastopol. Allied air and naval actions also described with German claims of progress.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Timoshenko
Ukraine
Bryansk
Leningrad
Red Army
Red Air Force
Red Navy
Tass
Donets
Fedor von Bock
London
Reuters
Kherkov
Paris
27 Japs Raid Darwin Again
Twenty seven Japanese bombers backed by 25 Zero fighters renewed an attack on Darwin Australia. The barrage caused only slight damage, with three prior raids noted. Allied forces claimed several enemy planes downed while suffering losses.
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San Francisco
Darwin
Australia
Radio Melbourne
CBS
Australia Broadcasting Corporation
Liberators Aid British In Sinking Two Italian Cruisers and Damaged Ships
Allied forces led by U S four motor Liberators and RAF planes struck the Italian fleet off Taranto and Pantelleria. The Trento cruiser was sunk and two Italian battleships damaged while two destroyers and other ships were hit. British naval and air units defended convoys to Malta and Tobruk amid Axis claims of bigger losses.
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Malta
Tobruk
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African Desert
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Middle East
British
Fleet Air Arm
North Atlantic
Alexandria
Taranto
Egypt
Trieste
Fea
Bolzano
Pantelleria
Sicily
Tunis
British 8th Army Stands After Retreat At Tobruk
Cairo dispatch reports the British Eighth Army forming a wide desert semicircle at Tobruk after a retreat from Ain El Gazala. Rommel claims victory, but Tobruk remains in British hands as supply trains push tanks and guns to Ritchie’s forces. The front line from Ain El Gazala to Bir Hacheim lies in Axis hands, with reinforcements likely to decide Acroma and El Adem.
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Eighth Army
Tobruk
Ain el Gazala
Libya
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Hitler
Neil M. Ritchie
RAF
Mediterranean
Acroma
el Adem
Knightsbridge
Ritchie
Bir Hacheim
Rommel
Rocco Not Sentenced in Slaying Case
In Pittsburgh on June 16 a 14 year old, Vincent Rocco, convicted of manslaughter in his 9 year old sister's death awaits his attorney Louis Little to decide on a possible motion for a new trial. The jury recommended extreme leniency with the verdict.
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Rocco
Pittsburgh
Vincent Rocco
Louis Little
Soldier Dies of Sunstroke in Mississippi Field Hospital
Private George A. Sheskey, 21, of Cochranton Pennsylvania, died last night in a Biloxi field hospital five hours after suffering sunstroke while on duty.
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Biloxi, Miss
George A. Sheskey
Cochranton
American bombers strike Italian fleet in Mediterranean
Larry Allen reports that American heavy bombers entered the Mediterranean sea war, scoring direct hits on two Italian battleships, three cruisers, and one destroyer. The attack comes as RAF Liberators support from Libyan bases, following rival moves by Mussolini's fleet after Taranto.
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Larry Allen
Alexandria
Egypt
Cape Matapan
Greece
Littorio
Ital
Mediterranean
Taranto
Mussolini
Uncle Sam
U S Airmen Join Sea Air Battle in Central Mediterranean
The article notes a large sea air engagement in the central Mediterranean where American air and army units aided the fight against Axis forces. It details British convoy movements near Sicily and Libya and reports Italian and German losses as air forces concentrated on Sicily straits. Roosevelt’s policy of deploying American forces to strike anywhere is highlighted as confirming broader aerial activism.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Mediterranean
Pacific
London
Malta
Tobruk
Sicily
North
Africa
Libya
Rommel
Alexandria
Gibraltar
Roosevelt
Turkey
Congress
Weather Outlook for Eastern Regions
Forecast covers Eastern Pemerixens with mild temperatures on Wednesday. Maryland expects moderate warmth. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia face occasional light rain as the day changes.
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Pemerixens
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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