Critchfields Sue Over $20440 Damages From 1941 Crash
W. Guy Critchfield and Thelma Critchfield sue Minerva Schenk and Clark Carr for 20440.50 in damages from a June 25 1941 collision on Route 219 near Jennertown Somerset. Thelma Critchfield suffered severe facial injuries and permanent disfigurement reducing future earnings. hospital bills totaled 440.50. Previous related suits yielded 650 and 1200 verdicts.
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Amos J. Mock
W. Guy Critchfield
Thelma Critchfield
Minerva Schenk
Clark E. Carr
Mr Critchfield
George W. Schenk
Jennertown
Somerset
Mhelma Crunchfield
Eileen Casey
Frank Carr
Schenk
Micahel Shaffer
Darr
Miss Critchfield
Westminister College
Clark Carr Brough
Miss Schenk
Somerset County
Paul Krupper
Krupper
Carr
Pine Knob tract donation to Fayette county forests
Harrisburg reports the donation of 335 acres in Fayette county to the commonwealth by heirs of Dr. A. P. Bowie. The Pine Knob tract in South Union township near Uniontown is expected to become recreational land, but no funds are available for improvements now.
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Harrisburg
Department of Forests and Waters
Commonwealth
Fayette County
Pine Knob
A. P. Bowie
Uniontown
Union Township
Forests and Waters Department
Governors Conference Bars Politics
Gov Bricker aims to keep next week's governors conference free of politics prompting Spangler of the Republican national committee to skip Columbus plans deemed unlikely to include a formal meeting. Ohio auditor Ferguson announced Democrats would attend a reception regardless of GOP participation amid party leadership talks in Washington.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
Washington
Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Bricker
Ed Schorr
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ohio
Ferguson
Roosevelt signs bill to recruit 65000 student nurses
President Roosevelt signs the Boston bill aimed at recruiting 65,000 new student nurses this year for civilian and military duty. The measure responds to wartime needs and expands nursing staff for hospitals and armed forces.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Boston
Taft says meat shortage means no meat for civilians
Subcommittee testimony shows Senator Taft of Ohio claiming the meat market is demoralized and civilians will have no meat next month. Price Administrator Brown argues subsidies are needed to hold prices at 1942 levels, with potential total subsidies rising to about 2.5 billion this year and next.
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Ohio
Brown
John H. Wiggins
Washington
Prentiss
Taft
Senate Banking Committee
Office of Price Administration
OPA
New York City
Congress
Thomas
Idaho
William F. Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Murry
Senate confirms pay cap bill sent to House committee
Washington June 16 The bill to require Senate confirmation of most federal employees paid more than 4500 a year has been sent to the House civil service committee. Chairman Ramspeck D GA says the committee is busily engaged and he does not know when it can take up the measure.
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Washington
Senate
House Civil Service Committee
Ramspeck
D-Ga
Allied air strikes hit six Sicilian air bases in bold attack
Allied war planes from North Africa Malta and the Middle East struck six Sicilian air bases including Sciacca Bocca Di Falco Castelvetrano Borizzo Milo and Comiso along with coastal works at Capo Passero. Middle East fighters hit two enemy ships in the Aegean as 16 Axis planes were shot down with 7 Allied losses.
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Harold Vs. Boyle
Africa
North Africa
Malta
Italian
Sicily
Middle East
Aegean
Sciacca
Bocca di Falco
Castelevtrano
Borizzo
Milo
Comiso
Italy
Capo Passero
Castelvetrano
Joseph Morton
William Condy
Marsala
Axis
Pantelleria
Five Men Shot In Shipyard Riot At Chester Yard
Five Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co employees were shot in a melee at the No 4 yard in Chester Pennsylvania. Coast guard reserve guards tried to escort a man without a badge. a crowd surrounded them and a brick was thrown triggering shots. All wounded were hospitalized. extent of injuries not disclosed.
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Philadelphia
Coast Guard
Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Chester
Fourth Naval District
Navy
Jury To Be Picked From Streets For Musto Murder Trial
Judge Patterson ordered Sheriff Harvey to summon 40 jurors from the streets to try Michael Musto a 45 year old Altoona barber charged with the murder of his wife on April 6 at the courthouse steps. The trial is expected to begin tomorrow.
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Hollidaysburg
George G. Patterson
John T. Harvey
Michael Musto
Altoona
No Pay for Husband Who Avoids Wife
Knoxville report notes the eastern division of the Tennessee court of appeals affirmed a chancery ruling denying overtime under the wages and hours act. The decision held a husband stayed overtime at a Sunbright lumber mill not for the employer’s interest but to escape domestic friction.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Court of Appeals
Sunbright
King George VI Makes Secret North Africa Visit
England's king travels to North Africa in a sudden, secret visit. He meets troops including American Fifth Army units, inspects ships, attends a ceremony for Eisenhower, and honors war nurses before observing beaches and convalescent camps.
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Belman Morin
Allied
North Africa
England
George VI
North African
Europe
Tony
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunisia
Order of the Bath
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
F. G. Holt
Shamokin
W. F. Cook
Mount Pleasant
Mich
America
Oran
Ralph Howard
NBC
Chinese forces near recapturing rice bowl after Yangtze gains
Chinese troops neared recapturing most of the rice bowl as they retook Yangtze river points and pressed on Towhuti and Shasi with aid from American and Chinese air forces. A spokesman dismissed mass-kill claims, citing 100000 Japanese troops in the operation and noting possible gas warfare signs in Suiyuan and Woosung.
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Associated Press
Chungking
China
Yangtze River
Yochow and
Ichang
Towhuti
Shasi
Yangtze
Chiang Kai-shek
Qwchihow
Shihshow
Hwajung
Owchihkow
Yochow
Suiyuan
Woosung
Shanghai
Roosevelt Seeks Stronger U S Russian Ties
President Roosevelt told President Kalinin in a message made public in Moscow that forthcoming decisive battles will strengthen United States Russian collaboration. The remarks mark the anniversary of the Mutual Aid pact between the two nations.
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Roosevelt
Kalinin
London
Michael Kalinin
Moscow
Tojo declares decisive stage in war as Japan vows strength
In an extraordinary Diet session Tokyo quotes Premier General Hideki Tojo saying Japan has reached a decisive war stage with allies mobilizing all resources for a counteroffensive. He reports increased war production and asserts Japan will pursue independence for the Philippines and support for Germany and Italy.
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Associated Press
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Diet
Tokio Radio
Tojo
Shigetaro Shimada
Tokio
Imperial Navy
Southwest
Pacific
Mineichi Koga
Attu
Philippines
India
East Asia
Germany
Italy
Martial Law Declared After Race Riots in Beaumont
Martial law was imposed in Beaumont Texas after white and black clashes left one dead eleven injured and many businesses and a shipyard disrupted. Governor Aikin ordered guard patrols, a 8 30 p m curfew, and Texas Rangers aided a curfewed city while a white man, Ellis Cleveland Brown, died from a fractured skull amid reports of a racial assault.
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Beaumont
Tex
Texas Rangers
State Defense
Austin
Gvernor A
Aikin
W. W. Richardson
Ellis Cleveland Brown
Brown
Hornsbeck
Texas
Sidney Mason
Axis War of Nerves Talks and Balkan Outlook
Reports from Ankara say Romania approached the Allies about deserting the Germans in exchange for keeping parts of Bessarabia and Bukovina. Berlin boasted of a strong Balkan bulwark as Allied pressure and peace talk rumors swirl, while Axis air attacks hit Mediterranean targets and transport ships near Pantelleria and Lampedusa.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Berlin
Balkan
Mediterranean
Ankara
Rumania
Proaganda
Sweden
Germany
Russia
Middle East
United Nations
Turkey
Balkans
Europe
Berliner Boersenzeitung
Associated Press
Atlantic Front
Bulgaria
Romania
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Allehanda
Stockholm
Ukraine
Baltic Countries
Poland
Alexander Kollontay
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Rail Heads Damaged By RAF Typhoon
RAF Typhoons damaged several locomotives in a raid over northern France as part of ongoing air strikes against Europe. Spitfires shot down two German planes over the Channel. four British aircraft were lost, with two pilots saved.
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London
France
Europe
Berlin
Air Ministry
Denmark
Dunkerque
RAF
Bruges-Ghent
Lys Canal
Aalborg
Bombing Of Kendari Reported In Dutch Celebes Raid
Australia reports Liberators dropped 16 tons of bombs on Kendari in Dutch Celebes on Tuesday. The operation followed a 1000 mile flight from Australia. A Flying Fortress fought off 15 Zeros over Buka passage while completing a photographic mission. Japanese raids struck villages northwest of Lae and Buna on the Papuan peninsula.
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Australia
Liberators
Kendari
Celebes
High Command
Buka Passage
Solomons
Lae
New Guinea
Buna
Hutchinson Woman Joins WAC At Camp Blanding
Rhea M. Fife of Hutchinson Kansas tired of rationing issues in her grocery job joined the women's army auxiliary corps. After basic training she is stationed at Camp Blanding Florida where she now calculates ration points for military personnel purchasing food for their families.
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Camp Blanding
Fla
Rhea M. Fife
Hutchinson
Kansas
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Fife
Toll Bridge Toll Taker Dies From Self Inflicted Wound
Harrisburg report states George W. Leedy aged 50 toll taker at Clark's Ferry bridge Dauphin county died of a bullet wound to the head ruled death by his own action. He was found wounded last night in a Dunrannon cemetery and died at a hospital.
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Harrisburg
George W. Leedy
Duncannon
Clark’s Ferry
Dauphin County
Farr H. Grim
Leedy
Dunrannon
Somerset Weather Report From City Observer
Daily weather summary by David Grove shows 24 hour period from 5:30 p m Tuesday to 5:30 p m Wednesday with a maximum of 83 and a minimum of 63 and precipitation of .20. A year ago the maximum was 68 and the minimum value is not provided.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Weather forecast for Maryland to Western Pennsylvania
Scattered thunder storms and continued warmth expected Thursday from Maryland through West Virginia and western Pennsylvania. Eastern Pennsylvania may see scattered showers or thundershowers with cooler conditions in the north on Thursday.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
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Axis Claims
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