Krissinger Plans Exit as Somerset DPA Chief
Richard H. Krissinger, executive director of Somerset county Department of Public Assistance, will resign Friday after noon at a regular executive board meeting to accept a field role with the American Red Cross. He has led the office for four and a half years and may be assigned to foreign or civil service work. succession plans remain undecided.
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Richard H. Krissinger
Somerset County Department of Public Assistance
Somersey
Wir
Krissinger
American Red Cross
County Board of Assistance
Olivia Dia
Moyersdale
Ai Mougi
State Department of Public Assistance
Civil Service
Te Rca Cross
Wall de Gune
County Assistance Board
Somerset County Teasurer
George L. Longridge
Gouvernor
George H. Barle
Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Proj.c.s
Blair
Bedford
Cambria
Somerset
Feacher
Gettysburg College
Penn State College
Manlius Military School
Manlius
New York
Somerset County
WPA
Berlin
C. W. Krissinger
Berlin High School
Tax Bets And Transportation Tax Bets And Transportation
The House ways and means committee boosted the tentative total of its tax bill to over 6.5 million dollars by taxing parimutuel wagering freight and express transport and coin operated amusements and by raising postal rates on newspapers. It proposed extending the coin device tax and reworking the corporation tax rate to 80 percent to spur efficiency.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Post Office Department
Cooper
D-Tenn
Automobile Driver Die in Pole Collision Near Centre Hall
Frank Wheeland 80 of Lindenhall a retired feed merchant and banker was killed when his car struck a pole near Centre Hall. He was alone in the vehicle and an inquest was deemed unnecessary by Coroner Charles Sheckler.
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Aute Hi
Bellefonte
Frank Wheeland
Lindenhall
Centre Hall
Wheeland
Coron
Charles Sheckler
No Warning for Blackout Ordered for Local Areas
Harrisburg reports local defense councils were ordered to maintain continuous air raid patrols and auxiliary police during next week's dusk to dawn blackout. Eastern counties rehearse Tuesday, central counties Wednesday, western counties Thursday. alarms will not sound at 8 30 to 5 00 am blackout start.
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Harrisburg
Eastern Counties
Central Counties
Western Counties
State Council of Defense
Willkie Says He May Not Seek Public Office Again
In New York on June 17 Wendell L. Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential candidate, said he doubts he will ever seek public office again. He spoke at a dinner honoring U S Senator Robert F Wagner.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
U. S
Robert F. Wagner
Detroit Chef Indicted for Treason in War Time Case
A federal grand jury in Detroit returned an indictment charging Max Stephan a restaurant proprietor with treason for aiding a German flyer who escaped a Canadian concentration camp last April. The case marks the first treason indictment in this country during the current war.
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Detroit
Max Stephan
Stephan
Fifty Years of Childrens Aid Society Began in Somerset
A Somerset tea marked the 50th anniversary of the Childrens Aid Society. Officers reviewed its founding by Mrs Maud Ogle Kooser and Mrs George R Scull, its maintenance struggles, and its landmark home for homeless children. Rev G Mason Cochran urged continued support and noted every child needs home and guidance. the event drew over 100 women.
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Somerset County
Childrens’ Aid Society
East Somerset
I. Hess Wagner
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wonener
Somerset
G. Mason Cochran
Highland Presbyterian Church of
Pittsburgh
Cochrane
Aid Society Board
Mr. Cochrane
Last Hours of the Lexington in Coral Sea Battle
The account details the final hours aboard the damaged carrier Lexington during the Coral Sea engagement. Stanley Johnston, the Chicago Tribune correspondent aboard, continues reporting on American fleet movements, air raids, and the carrier's perilous struggle before its fate.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Stanley Johnston
Lexington
Coral Sea
Johnston
Tulagi Harbor
The
Chicago Tribune
The Last Hours of the Lexington at Coral Sea
A wartime account of the Lexington’s final attack at the Coral Sea on May 8. The vessel took torpedoes bombs and near misses tearing holes in the port side and forward deck while crew including marines and officers battled fires and damage. Despite heavy casualties the carrier continued at speed toward Japanese forces before sinking.
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Coral Sea
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Lexinston
California
Tne
Lel Nad
Aubrey Fitca
Sevastopol Defenses Hold Against Extended German Assaults
German forces renewed fierce assaults on Sevastopol and Balaklava while the Red Army repelled multiple attacks. Front-line dispatches say the highway to the naval base stayed in Russian hands, Balaklava remained under Russian control, and German progress stalled despite heavy bombardment and tank use. In Ukraine, Kharkov’s second battle favored the Reds as German attacks slowed and retreated amid Red counter moves.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Balaklava
Germany
Black Sea
SIA Nazi
Red Army
Kharkov
Ukraine
von Bock
No-Man's-Land
Army
Petain Faces Growing Discontent on Armistice Anniversary
Vichy reports show discontent widening in France on the second anniversary of the armistice with Germany. Marshal Petain urged patience and faith, noting state deficiencies and unrest among workers and peasants while promising further aid may come. He invoked June 17, 1940 and 1941 dates and urged citizens to banish criticism while he remains devoted to France.
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Marshal Petain
France
Germany
Petain
Witter
Quarry Foreman Killed In Pennsylvania Quarry
Adam Hornsberger a 45 year old quarry foreman died when the descending shaft of a stone elevator crushed him in a Lititz quarry. He was one of two men hurt in a previous accident at the site in 1931.
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Lititz
Adam Hornsberger
Hornsberger
U S Army fliers score 35 bomb hits on two Italian battleships
American four engine Liberators led by Major A F Kalberer of Lafayette Indiana blasted two Italian battleships with 20 and 15 hits each and a torpedo wound. British RAF planes aided by sinking a 10000 ton cruiser and two destroyers while damaging more. Convoys through the Mediterranean reached Tobruk and Malta despite heavy Axis air attacks.
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Drew Middleton
London
United States Army
RAF
Australian Prime Minister Warns of Global War Peril
Prime Minister Curtin warned Australians that Libya and Russia threaten the allied cause. He urged a second war loan drive of 9 million dollars daily, warned of possible Japanese attack if Australia falls, praised American forces in the Coral Sea, and noted Rommel’s gains and high submarine losses.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Melbourne
Australia
John Curtin
Libya
Russia
Hawaii
North American
Rommel
Curtns
Japan
Pacific
China
Coral Sea
Midway
Aleutians
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Curtin
Amercan
Japs Attack Port Moresby Harbor Raid
Allied headquarters reported that 18 Japanese bombers attacked Port Moresby harbor in New Guinea escorted by nine Zero fighters. One bomber and one fighter were shot down, with slight Allied casualties and no losses. The communique adjusted yesterday’s air combat to seven enemy aircraft destroyed.
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Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Canadians Aid US in Alaska
Royal Canadian air force squadrons and anti aircraft units have been operating with United States forces in Alaska for several days. Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart, chief of the Canadian general staff, stated today.
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Victoria
Royal Canadian Air Force
Alaska
Kenneth Stuart
Canadian General Staff
Ignored Tickets Cost Cohen in Traffic Violations
Philadelphia reports fines totaling 321.69 dollars against J. J. Cohen for ignoring 14 summonses during February. He faced charges of bucking traffic passing red lights illegal parking and reckless driving.
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Philadelphia
J. J. Cohen
Cohen
Flew Through Wall of Fire to Drop Bombs
Allied RAF pilots describe flying through heavy anti aircraft fire to score direct torpedo hits on an Italian battleship, a cruiser, and a destroyer in the four day Mediterranean battle. One plane wounded, another engine damaged, yet they continued their attack.
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Larry Allen
Libyan Desert
Mediterranean
United States
Gibbs
Nimitz Says Japanese Losses Tenfold U S in Pacific Wars
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz stated that Japanese personnel losses in the Coral Sea and Midway were at least ten times U S losses, with enemy plane losses in the same proportion. He urged increased ship and aircraft production as reinforcements arrive and noted focus on carrier strength.
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Pear
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Coral Sea
Midway
United States
Vinson
House War Committee
Uwo
Weather forecast update for Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia
Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia: Somewhat higher temperatures Thursday. Eastern Pennsylvania: Moderately cool Thursday. Maryland: Moderate temperature Thursday.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
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