Borough Mobilizes for Dusk-to-Dawn Blackout
Somerset borough forms civilian defense council to prepare for the statewide blackout test next Wednesday night. Dr. W O Hershey leads the effort with C W Sanner supporting the county council. Volunteers from Roof Garden group and local businesses pledged full cooperation as preparations continue.
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Somerset Borough
Civilian Defense Council
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Civilian Defense Council
W. O. Hershey
Defense Council
C. W. Sanner
County Council
Sanner
Somerset
Roof Garden
Somerset County Defense Council
Lanner
Hershey
Burgess H. Everett Musser
Burgess Musser
Guy Critchfield
Somerset Borough Council
Richard Miller
George W. Roberts
Somerset man burned servicing car on turnpike
Robert B. Colvin of Somerset, an employee at Laurel Hill service station, suffered first and second degree burns to the face eyes and neck when steam scalded him while checking a New Kensington motorist's car on the Pennsylvania turnpike. He was taken to Community hospital where doctors said his eyesight should remain intact.
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Somerset
Laurel Hill
Pennsylvania Turnpike
New Kensington
Robert B. Colvin
R. B. Colvin
McKinley Place
Turnpike
C. F. Nagle, Jr
Colvin
Pvt
P. E. Conrad
Turnpike Motor Police
Public urged to curb travel for war effort
Washington reports a call from defense transportation director Joseph B Eastman for postponing state and county fairs non-essential conventions and group tours for the war. Civilians should limit train and bus travel and skeletonize meetings, with farmers conserving tires and avoiding non-essential trips.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation Director
Bhasiman
Eastman
American Legion
Rubber Salvage Days Declared by Roosevelt for 1942 Drive
President Roosevelt designates June 15 through June 30 1942 as Rubber Salvage Days urging national cooperation to boost the drive and influence future rubber rationing and conservation efforts.
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Roosevelt
Local youths salvage 1000 pounds of scrap rubber in Somerset
Five young collectors in Edgewood have gathered over 1000 pounds of discarded rubber since June 15. They sold the salvage for 1 cent per pound to Grinelle Houston, who passes it to the Atlantic bulk plant. Proceeds benefit Red Cross and U S Army and Navy relief and USO.
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Rubber Salvage Committee
Army Relief
Navy Relief
Red Cross
Edgewood
Grinelle Houston
Edgewood Clover Farm
Houston
Atlantic
Somerset Door
Column Works
Somerset
Somerset County
E. D. Knavel
Pennsylvania Petroleum Industries
United States Army Relief
United States Navy Relief
USO
The
Rubber Reserve Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Milk federation chief warns on city labor hours
John Brandt president of the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation said that until city center manpower is limited to 40 hours a week the industry has no right to draw from agriculture workers who labor 70 hours weekly.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John Brandt
National Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation
Tobruk Holds Against Axis Push Amid Seaborne Siege Threat
British forces withdraw to new positions near Tobruk while defending Libyan coast as Rommel plans to pressure the fortress. Analysts note Tobruk’s fall would threaten a wider Middle East drive and cut Axis supply routes from Tripoli to Italy. American aid could arrive by fall as the siege continues.
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Edward Kennedy
Cario
Tobruk
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Nile Valley
Middle East
Rommel
Tobrug
Egyptian
Libya
Tripoli
Europe
Indian Ocean
Germany
Far Pacific
Japan
US Pioneers Training Like Commandos
Fort Lewis Washington trains US pioneers as super-fighters for future battles. Marines use machetes and knives alongside tommy guns and rifles. The unit, armed with 30 and 50 caliber machine guns 37 millimeter cannon axes knives machetes saws and explosives, prepares for frontline assault duties.
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Fort Lewis
Wash
Combat Engineers
United States Army
Sevastopol Hard Pressed by Nazi Army
The front reports Sevastopol under heavy bombardment with 1,500 German dead in a single day and continued tank led assaults. Russian defenses hold as Soviet infantry and navy units repulse further German attempts toward the Caucasus.
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Sevastopol
Nazis Storm Gorky Fort Near Sevastopol In Crimea
Berlin reports German infantry and engineers stormed Maxim Gorky fort at Sevastopol as part of a northern assault, reaching two miles from the harbor entrance. The communique says German and Romanian troops cleared southern positions and ships in the harbor were destroyed by air attacks.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Red Army
Navy
Crimea
Caucasus
Maxim Gorky
Stalin
Siberia
Pravada
Communist Party
Signle
Ger
Russian Information Bureau
Fedor von Bock
Berlin
Crimean
Harpor
Ukraine
Volkhovo
Leningrad
Vast $8 550 Million Ship Build Program Passed
The House approved a monumental ship construction bill totaling 8.55 billion dollars. It envisions the largest build in U S history with over 500 combat vessels and 1000 smaller craft including 800 torpedo boats and sub chasers to ensure sea supremacy.
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Washington
House
Naval Committee
United States
Bond Issue Approved for Titusville School Addition
Harrisburg reports the Titusville school district in Crawford county won approval from the department of internal affairs for a $50,000 bond issue to fund an addition to Colestock high school.
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Harrisburg
Titusville
Crawford County
Department of Internal Affairs
Colestock High School
Churchill Returns For Second Conference At The White House
Churchill arrives in the United States to hold immediate talks with President Roosevelt about plans to crush the axis and possibly open a second front in Europe in 1942. The White House confirmed the secret arrival and said discussions will cover war strategy and the allied effort. Also noted were Churchill’s aides and other leaders crossing the Atlantic including Queen Wilhelmina planning talks with Roosevelt.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Weston Churchill
Britain
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Europe
White House
Churchill
London
Stephen Early
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
United States
England
Africa
Hitler
Tobruk
Crimean Kharkov
Alan Francis Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Hastings L. Ismay
War Cabinet
G. M. Stewart
War Office
Charles Wilson
John Martin
C. V. R. Thompson
Mr. Roosevelt
Luru
Russia Approves British Russian Pact In Wartime Session
Moscow reports that the Supreme Soviet approved the British Russian treaty and the government foreign policy. Molotov announced enhanced US deliveries and a 3 billion dollar American air program despite axis convoy losses. He cited London Washington talks as speeding victory over German imperialism.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Supreme Council
Vyacheslav Molotov
Russia
Britain
United States
Molotov
Joseph Stalin
Europe
London
Washington
Roosevelt
Murmansk
Archangel
Russian
Artic
Germany
Danger to Our West Coast is Lessened
Secretary of War Stimson said the danger of an immediate Japanese attack on the U S west coast has greatly diminished due to American successes in the Pacific. He cited the Midway battle and noted limited Japanese landings on the Aleutians while fog and weather hinder clearer reports. He promised full public release of information as it becomes available.
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Washington
United States
Stimson
Pacific
Midway
Aleutians
Alaska
Siberia
Ture
Italian battleships Littorio and Cavour damaged in Mediterranean attack
The U S War Department identified the two Italian capital ships Littorio and Conte Di Cavour as the targets of a June 15 air strike by B 24 bombers from North Africa. The raid, in cooperation with British forces, scored direct hits and forced the Italian fleet to retreat. One enemy plane was shot down with no American casualties.
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Washington
Mediterranean
War Department
Harry A. Halverson
Boone
Iowa
United States Army
Mediterranean Sea
Royal Air Force
Halverson
Littorio
Cavour
North African
Messerschmitt
Seventh in Tribune Series on Coral Sea Carrier Fight
The report recounts the Lexington air battle during the Coral Sea engagement. Stanley Johnston, aboard Lexington, details the attack on a second Japanese carrier and claims of its sinking by U S naval fliers.
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Associated Press
Chicago Tribune
Stanley Johnston
Lexington
Coral Sea
Tulagi Harboos
U. S
Johnston
Ch Tribune
Chicago
Texington
Dover
Kentisa
Britain
Navy
Battle Over Coral Sea Reveals Lexington Air Tactics
Chicago Tribune correspondent recounts the Coral Sea clash where Lexington pilots and air gunners struck the Japanese carrier force with a fierce air battle. He notes 63 Japanese planes lost and 16 American aircraft, including 11 from Lexington, with vivid accounts from crew members.
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Jans
Coral Sea
United States
Weather Report From Somerset Weether By David Grove
Temperature data for a 24 hour period from 5:30 pm Wednesday to 5:30 pm Thursday is incomplete and partially unreadable. The record references a maximum and minimum and a year ago comparison but actual figures are missing.
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Somerset Weether
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Dmaxeum
Maryland Weather Outlook Friday Warmer With Showers
A somewhat warmer day is forecast for Maryland on Friday. Western Pennsylvania and western Virginia expect higher temperatures with a few widely scattered showers. Eastern Pennsylvania sees a higher Friday temperature with scattered showers in the west and north portions.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
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