Treasury uncovers ten million in Blackmer goods in New York
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau reports a ten million dollar cache of securities and cash tied to Henry M. Blackmer found in New York City banks under coded names. Blackmer fled in 1921 amid Teapot Dome inquiries and later lived in France. accounts are frozen pending tax and legal review.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Henry M. Blackmer
New York City
Blackmer
Albert Fall
France
United States
Switzerland
Treasury
New York
United State
Justice and Interior Departments
Witness deaths by own action hit Bund probe in New York
U S Attorney Mathias Correa disclosed the second self inflicted death tied to a grand jury inquiry into the German American Bund. George Schwindl a 42 year old German born naturalized citizen died from gas poison in his East Side apartment after receiving a subpoena.
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New York
U.S
Mathias Correa
Correa
George Schwindl
East Side
Schwindl
George Froebese
Milwaukee
Mid-West
Waterless
Ind
Heinz plans plywood airplane parts production
Production of airplane parts from plastic plywood will begin soon in Heinz plants. The H. J. Heinz Co., known for canning foods, will adapt some facilities to manufacture these aircraft components. The move signals diversification into aviation supplies.
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Pittsburgh
H. J. Heinz Co
Nine Planes Launch Somerset USO Drive by Air Squadron
An air squadron of nine planes led a fund drive for the USO in Somerset Monday evening with patriotic music from Ola Trinity spire and two flight runs from Roads Field at 7 and 7 20. Civil air patrol volunteers from Somerset Windber Hoover s ville Jerome and Wu tcher joined volunteers in house to house solicitations for army camp and front line needs.
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Ola Trinity
Somerset
United Service Organizations
Rnoads
Old Trinity
Powder Plant Blasts Leave Three Dead Near Uniontown
An explosion wrecked the Liberty Powder plant at Mt Braddock killing three workers and injuring two. Victims were Thomas Crayton 34 of Lemont Regis Owens 28 and Joseph Sikes 47 of Dunbar. Injured Francis Owens and Robert Conway. Federal investigators probing cause as blast rattled Uniontown area. Plant employs about 75 workers. nearby streetcar rocked by the concussion.
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Uniontown
Liverty
Mt. Braddock
Pittsburgh
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thomas Crayton
Lemont
Regis Owens
Joseph Sikes
Dunbar
Nurt
Francis Owens
Robert Conway
Connellsville
Murray Slams at J. L. Lewis
Bellaire Ohio June 22 CIO President Philip Murray denounces dictatorship in American labor as he compares John L. Lewis led United Mine Workers to puppet states. He warns against allied control by leaders and calls for elimination of such influence.
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Bellaire
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Europe
Orient
CIO United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
CIO
Murray
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Adolf Hitler
Luncheon Set for June 25 at Ferner Hotel
A luncheon is scheduled for Thursday June 25 at 12:30 PM at the Ferner Hotel. Price is 75 cents and reservations must be made by Wednesday noon. Contact Mrs Elsie Shaulis at phone 81 R.
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Ferner
Elsie Shaulis
Bicycles Are New Hazard In Traffic
Pennsylvania safety chief T Elmer Transeau calls for bicycle registration to curb rising crashes as war shortages boost two wheeled traffic. He notes 60 bicycle fatalities in 1941 and 1400 injuries in over 1200 accidents, with thirteen deaths in early 1942. Local programs in some cities show fewer fatalities.
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Ralph E. Wallis
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
T. Elmer Transeau
Gay Wades
Transeau
Freak Bolt Destroys Pine Tree in Violent Stonycreek Storm
A freak bolt of lightning last Saturday night in Stonycreek township destroyed a large pine tree about 60 feet tall and 3 feet in diameter. Splinters hurled over 300 feet, with roots found 50 feet away and a tripod of splinters formed by three rails on the ground.
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Stonycreek
Glade Church
Governor on Vacation Leaves Harrisburg for 10 Days
Pennsylvania's state government will operate for the next 10 days without Governor James. He left over the weekend for a southern trip including attendance at the governors conference in Ashville North Carolina and a review of the 28th division in training in Louisiana. He is accompanied by Lieut. Leroy V. Greene of the selective service staff.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
James
South
Ashville
N. C
Louisiana
Leroy V. Greene
Selective Service Staff
Germans Renew Offense Around Kharkov Sevastopol Front
Moscow dispatch reports renewed German pressure on the Kharkov front forcing Sevastopol garrison to fall back on two sectors. Fierce fighting raged along the Sevastopol line with street fighting reported and German casualties estimated above 100,000 as Luftwaffe support and naval units moved to the area.
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Sevastopol
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Kaharkov
Crimean
Black Sea
Odessa
Balkan
Fighting in Port's Sheets
Berlin reports fierce hand to hand fighting raging through Sevastopol streets along Severnaya bay in the northern defense sector with German forces storming houses. Simultaneous clashes on the south side claim a wedge into the Russian belt as Romanian and Nazi units seize fortified hills. Russians attack on central front near Moscow and in the Volkhov sector as tank support features in continued combat.
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Kharkov
Sevastopol
Russia
Black Sea
London
Reuters
Severnaya Bay
Berlin
Crimean
High Command
Moscow
Volkhov
Leningrad
Chinese Stop Jap Advance Rumored in Kiangsi and Chekiang
A Chinese communique reports strong attacks on Lungyu and Chuhsien rail towns in Chekiang province and says Chinese forces hold the Kiangsi front, driving Japanese garrisons from Kinhwa after repulsing pushbacks along the Chekiang Kiangsi rail line.
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Chungking
Lungyu
Chuhsien
Chekiang
Kiangsi
Egypt in Peril as Axis Forces Advance Toward Capuzzo
Axis tanks and motorized troops mass for an assault on Egypt within 12 miles of Capuzzo border as Rommel plans a frontward strike. Tobruk has fallen, with 28,000 prisoners reported and heavy losses to British, while reinforcement timelines favor the Axis with delayed Allied help.
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Capuzzo
Edward Kennedy Cario
Tobruk
Egypt
Sidi Azeiz
Nile Valley
Asia
United States
BBC
Cairo
Jan Smuts
Alexandria
Rommell
Lightning German Tobruk assault shocks British defense
Cario Egypt June 22 report details a swift German attack on Tobruk that shattered the Libyan port’s outer defenses. Parachute troops dropped in vain as Rommel's armor surged to the waterfront, catching defenders off guard and crippling supplies.
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Edward Kennedy
Cario
Egypt
Tobruk
Junkers
Marshal Rommel
Seaside Shelling by Submarine Stuns Oregon Coast
A likely Japanese submarine shelled Seaside Oregon for 15 minutes, firing nine 60 pound shells near Fort Stevens and the Jean Heffling farm. No injuries or major damages reported as authorities near the mouth of the Columbia River expanded air searches for the underwater attacker.
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Seaside
Ore
Oregon
Columbia River
Fort Stevens
Carl S. Doney
Jean Heffling
Colonel Doney
Doney
Tobruk Fall Perilous to Churchill
In London the Tobruk collapse and German threats to Alexandria and Suez spark criticism in Parliament. Churchill, in the United States with Roosevelt, faces scrutiny over Libyan strategy while Attlee may brief on Libya and Belisha and Winterton join calls to defend government policy.
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Drew Middleton
London
Tobruk
Churchill
House of Commons
Alexandria
Suez
Middle East
Mediterranean
Winston Churchill
United States
Roosevelt
Clement Attlee
Dominions
Leslie Hor
Belisha
Earl Winterton
Libys
Singapore
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Gen. Grant
Britain
Stalin
Evening News
Pay Boost for Sub Officers
The Senate approved a bill to raise pay by 295 percent for naval officers on submarine duty and add a $5 per hour bonus for divers in hazardous or deep submergence tasks. The House sent emergency measures to the Senate to suspend peacetime officer selection and allow temporary wartime promotions, with reversion after the war unless permanent promotions are recommended.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Navy
Marine Corps
Reprisal killings alleged in Czechoslovakia
Stockholm reports German authorities executed 130 people in Czechoslovakia over the past three days. Berlin correspondent of Svenska Dagbladet said tonight.
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Stockholm
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Svenska Daghladet
Navy Silent on Aleutians Operations and Ship Losses
Washington reports Japan may press operations in the western Aleutians as weather shields moves. Navy and Army Air Forces acknowledge bomb hits on a cruiser and a sunk transport, with seven ships damaged, while Attu and Kiska landings are seen as otherwise strategically minor.
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Washington
Japan
Aleutian Islands
North Pacific
Attu
Kiska
Navy
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Rommel Promoted to Field Marshal General
German broadcasts report Erwin Rommel has been promoted after Axis forces captured Tobruk. Rommel told the nation that Afrika Korps suffered heavy losses but achieved a hard won victory, declaring Germany’s triumph in Libya and saluting the panzer army.
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Berlin
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Rommel
Axis Afrika Korps
Germany
Convoys Established for East Coast Shipping Safety
The navy announced convoys are protecting east coast shipping from Maine to Florida. The official note states convoying has operated roughly 30 days in the eastern sea frontier lanes, with no further details provided.
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Washington
Navy
Eastern Sea Frontier
Maine
Florida
Roosevelt Churchill Agree On Maximum Allied War Power
Roosevelt and Churchill held round the clock talks to press the maximum concentration of allied war power against the enemy. They avoided detailing decisions while acknowledging broad collaboration on lend-lease production shipping and uniting agencies. A final summary was not expected until talks conclude with heightened secrecy and possible second front decisions.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
China
Sevastopol
United Nations
Chiefs of Staff
United States
Stephenly
Roosevelt Churchill
Somerset Weather Daily Report
Daily weather notes report temperature highs and lows for Somerset with data recorded by David Grove, weather observer. Includes previous year comparison and precipitation readings, though some entries are incomplete.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
S. Weather Observer
Weather Forecast for Eastern and Western Pennsylvania
Eastern Pennsylvania will see showers and scattered thundershowers in the morning with mild temperatures. Western Pennsylvania is expected to stay moderately cool Tuesday. Maryland’s eastern portion will have showers and thundershowers in the morning, with a moderate Tuesday across the state.
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Pennsylvania
Westera
Maryland
East Portion
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