Ealy Plans Bills To Limit State Authority Powers
Harrisburg March 5 A Republican senator warned of bills to curb the General State Authority financing and building powers. Governor James said the legislature must decide. The body now holds about 80 million dollars in bonds and operates ten state hospitals.
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Harrisburg
General State Authority
Senate
James
Charles H. Daly
Somerset
General Assembly
Senator Ealy
Supreme Court
Ealy
Somerset County
Refuse Appeal Of Princess Waldenburg
The immigration service appeal board rejected Maria Waldenburg known as the Princess Stephanie Hohenlohe Waldenburg Schillingsfurst in her deportation appeal. The justice department said it would proceed with steps to execute the deportation order and cited issues with deportation warrants for foreign nationals in restrictive circumstances. The Princess, described as a Nazi sympathizer in Parliament and a friend of Fritz Wiedemann, is free on a 25 000 dollar bond and arrived in December 1939 on a Hungarian passport.
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Washington
Immigration Service Appeal Board
Maria Waldenburg
Stephanie Hohenlohe Waldenburg
United States
Fritz Wiedemann
San Francisco
Barbara Hutton Freed to Remarry in Denmark
Barbara Hutton, former Barbara Hutton Woolworth heiress, is free to marry again after her divorce from Count Haugwitz Reventlow was finalized March 1. The couple’s separation dates to 1938. Their son Lance will live nine months with his mother and three with his father until age six, then six months each.
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New York
Haugwitz Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Hauewitz Reventlow
Denmark
Lance
Mrs James J Walker Denied Divorce In Florida Case
In Key West Florida Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez denied a divorce to Mrs James J Walker the former Betty Compton from the former New York mayor. The judge ruled the evidence showed incompatibility not cruelty under Florida law.
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Key West, Fla
Arthur Gomez
James J. Walker
New York
Crissinger Resigns as County Maintenance Superintendent
Al Crissinger of Greensburg resigns effective March 10 from the Westmoreland county maintenance superintendent post he has held since March 1939 to pursue another position.
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Crissinger
Greensburg
al Crissinger
R. F
Westmoreland County
Fire Ravages Double Houses in Boltz County
A cyclone swept through an Indiana county community destroying two double houses and damaging several other structures. Four families were left homeless as authorities worked to bring the blaze under control. Estimated losses stood around $10,000.
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Boltz
Indiana County
First Names Made Public by Board One
Local Board No 1 released 11 names from northern Somerset for the first March call 33. Eight are volunteers and will be inducted at Altoona March 17. Names include Richard Ross Pearce Peter Roses Walter Malik Rabic Eugene Yocca Dolgross Depplo Marcinko Cannoni Cybert and Ben Cook.
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Somerset County
Local Board
Richard Ross Pearce
Maple Ridge
Peter Roses
Cairnbrook
Walter Joseph Malik
John James Rabic
Holsopple
Eugene Earnest Yocca
Windber
Nick Eugene Dolgross
Albert Michael Depplo
Andy Joe Marcinko
Virgil Frank Cannoni
Anthony Jacob Cybert
Hooversville
Ben Paul Cook
Acquittal for Rackets Officials in Washington County
Former District Attorney James L. Bane and two ex detectives were acquitted of misconduct in office related to permitting six men to run lotteries and slot machines from 1936 to 1940. They previously were cleared of embezzlement charges and now face conspiracy trials alongside A L Phillips and five others.
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Washington, Pa
James L. Bane
Washington County
Bane
Michael J. Powell
William McBride
Ralph W. Peacock
A. L. Phillips
Charleroi
Earthquakes Reported Near Bergen in German-Occupied Norway
Four earthquakes struck near Bergen in German-occupied Norway, according to today’s dispatches. No damage was reported.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Bergen
Norway
Pedestrian Leo nard Overton Dies After Truck Crash Near Mt Pleasant
Coroner reports the death of 40 year old Leonard Overton of Torrance after being struck by a truck on a highway near Mt Pleasant. Overton suffered a fractured skull and died at Mt Pleasant hospital.
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Greensburg
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Leonard Overton
Torrance
Mt. Pleasant
Overton
Huntingdon Country Club Fire Destroys Facility
Fire of unknown origin today destroyed the Huntingdon Country Club. Officials estimate the damage at about $15,000, with no injuries reported. The blaze caused extensive damage to the clubhouse and surrounding areas, investigators seeking the cause.
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Huntingdon
Huntingdon Country Club
WPA cuts districts five reduce offices in Reading Williamsport
Harrisburg March 5 Col Philip Mathews state WPA administrator announced a reduction in administrative WPA districts from nine to five eliminating offices at Reading Williamsport Greensburg and Altoona.
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WPA
Harrisburg
Col
Philip Mathews
Reading
Williamsport
Greensburg
Altoona
Nazi Move Thwarts British Balkans Front Plan
Berlin reports claim German panzer units in Bulgaria blocked British effort to establish a military front from Belgrade to Istanbul. British lines reportedly shifted from Sofia to Istanbul and Athens amid claimed German pressure. Goering and Antonescu held military talks in Vienna, described as confirming coordination in the Balkans.
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Berlin
Bulgaria
Germany
Belgrade
Sofia
Istanbul
Athens
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Ion Antonescu
Romania
Vienna
Balkans
Antonescu
RAF Raids Boulogne in Daylight
British bombers attacked Boulogne in daylight, hitting docks and starting a harbor fire. One German fighter was destroyed and six damaged, with three British fighters lost. a German Messerschmitt fell into the channel from 30 000 feet. No British bombs were reported to have fallen on Britain.
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London
English Channel
Boulogne
France
Air Ministry
Ministry
Channel
Britain
Three Children Die In Blaze At Blakeley WV Home
A house fire in Blakeley Charleston area killed Velva Washington 11 and brothers Clebert 6 and Franklin 4. Miner Clarence Washington, 42, was critically burned saving five others. Mrs Washington escaped unharmed. Investigators blame an overheated stove igniting wallpaper.
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Charleston
W. Va
Blakeley
Velva Washington
Clebert
Franklin
Clarence Washington
House Defeats Farm Parity Increase Proposals
Washington March 5 The House defeated two attempts to raise President Roosevelt s farm parity payments next year The rejected amendments would have increased the 1942 farm appropriations bill A Dirksen Republican from Illinois proposal sought 425 million and a Pace Democrat from Georgia sought 875 million proponents argued 212 million was insufficient to lift farm income in line with industrial prices
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Representative Dirksen
R-Il
Pace
D-Ga
Trusty Escapee James Good Arrested in St Louis
James Paul Good, a Somerset county jail trusty who walked off the jail three weeks ago, was traced from Baltimore to St Louis where he was arrested. He faces return to Somerset for an escape charge while awaiting further sentencing on prior thefts.
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James Paul Good
Somerset County
Good
Howard Baldwin
J. A. Blair
State Motor Police
Somerset
Paintborough
Frank
John Rakoczy
Norman T. Boose
Glessner
Baltimore
Trusty
North Carolina
St. Louis
Death For 18 Hollanders
Eighteen Hollanders were condemned to death yesterday by a German court martial in a dramatic espionage and sabotage trial. The court sat for a week and sentenced 19 others to prison terms from one and a half to seven years. Six defendants were freed. The group led acts of sabotage and terrorism against the German army and its supply service and conducted espionage.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Red Cross Trucks Leave for Madrid From Cold Harbor
Six American Red Cross trucks carrying food supplies sailed from Seville to Madrid aboard the Red Cross ship Cold Harbor. The goods will be given to Mrs. Alexander W. Weddell for distribution to the needy as the United States ambassador’s wife oversees relief efforts.
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Seville
Spain
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Cold Harbor
Madrid
Alexander W. Weddell
United States
Epochal Japanese landings widen South China coast push
Japanese authorities announced a surprise landings along a 250 mile stretch from Kwanghoi to Pakhoi in Kwangtung province. Foreign observers link the move to Japan's southward aims as Beijing tightens a blockade against supplies to Chiang Kai-Shek's Chinese forces. The operation, called an epochal achievement by the Japanese army spokesman, occurred Monday but was disclosed only late tonight.
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Hong Kong
South China
Japan
Kwangtung Province
Kwanghoi
Pakhoi
Gulf of Tonkin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Canton
Salonika Scene Set for Nazi Move In World War II
Rome reports a British plan to divert divisions to Greece while Germany hinges on Salonika as a pivotal base. Italian observers say 20 Mediterranean divisions and US-furnished gear bolster German forces in Bulgaria, with threats to the Suez and Crete as RAF and Italian air units clash in the Aegean theater.
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Salonika
Europe
Virginio Gayda
Yedy
Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italiia
Greece
Germany
Bulgaria
Greecs
Sues Canal
Balkan Valley
Agean
Franchet D’esperey
Turkey
North Africa
Archibald H. P. Wavell
Libya
Wavell
Mediterranean
United States
Dunkerque
Iidnce
Big Bend Miners End 3 Day Strike After Conference
Johnstown March 5 The 275 miners at the Big Bend mine of the Emmons Coal Mining company ended a three day strike after a conference between the union committee and management. A compromise agreement was understood to have been reached in the dispute over hiring. The 315 miners at Springfield mine Number 1 at Nanty Glo remained out. They quit after a 65 year old man was discharged for being too old.
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Johnstown
Big Bend
Emmons Coal Mining Company
Springfield
Nanty Glo
Germany's Field Army Concentrates Along Black Sea Ports
Sofia bulgaria March 6 1941 Germany's field army in Bulgaria concentrates at Black sea ports and on the Greek frontier as the Balk an war appears near. Twelve Nazi divisions about 150000 men stand at the Greek frontier with more en route. Luftwaffe 1700 aircraft photograph Greek and Turkish defenses as observers watch for a clash. U S Minister Earle says British mission staff will depart monday and Bulgaria may face war consequences.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Greece
Germany
Europe
Earle
Rendel
Beny
Bogdan Philoff
Weygand Arrives in Vichy Ahead of Schedule
General Maxime Weygand, commander of France’s forces in Africa, lands in Vichy earlier than expected to meet Marshal Petain. He may discuss Syria and Indo China concerns amid fears of Japanese mediation and possible German moves toward the Suez route.
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Vichy
France
Maxime Weygand
Africa
French Information Office
Jean Chiappe
Tunisia
Chiappe
Syria
Weygand
North
Marshal Petain
Alep Ule
Petain
Europe
Middle East
Suez Canal
Adolf Hitler
Ethiopians Rout Italians in Gojjam Province Victory
British sources report native Ethiopians overran an Italian garrison of 20,000 at Burge in Gojjam and seized the fort 140 miles from Addis Ababa. Rebels reportedly occupied Mansuka near Debra Markos as Italians fell back toward Debra Markos.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gojjam
Burge
Addis Ababa
Reuters
Khartoum
Mansuka
Debra Markos
Lake Tana
Greece Stands with Britain Amid War Tensions
Athens reports Greece rejected German pressure for a separate peace with Italy and affirmed solid support for Britain. Foreign Secretary Eden, who met with King George II and Premier Korizis, left Athens after three days of talks with General Dill to assess the Balkans and prevent wider war.
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Greece
Italy
Britain
Europe
Anthony Eden
Eden
John Dill
George II
Alexandros Korizis
Balkans
Two British Freighters Reported Lost at Sea
New York reports two British ships missing the Politician of 7 939 tons and the Maplecourt of 3388 tons. The Maplecourt, built in Cleveland forty seven years ago, sailed from Boston January 4 for Halifax and England and was said sunk by enemy action in February. The Politician, once plying England and Caribbean routes, is described as a total marine loss likely off the English coast.
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New York
Cleveland
Boston
Halifax
England
West Indies
U. S. Gulf
Britain Pleads for Ships and Men in Battle of the Atlantic
London reports the first lord of the admiralty A V Alexander urging Parliament for vastly more ships and men to wage the Atlantic war. He notes American destroyers and aircraft joining the fleet, warns of German U boats from French bases, and cites merchant losses and convoy safety over time.
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Admiralty
London
House of Commons
A. V. Alexander
Atlantic
Britain
France
A. S. Cunningham-Reid
Hitler
Alexander Vold
U. S
U S bases on Panama land
Panama President Arnulfo Arias announced a manifesto stating Panama will allow the United States to build air bases and defense stations on Panamanian soil beyond the ten mile Canal Zone to safeguard the waterway amid an international conflict threat. Washington reportedly requested several sites outside the Canal Zone.
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Panama
United States
Panama Canal
Arnulfo Arias
Arias
Ten-Mile
Canal Zone Strip
Washington
Canal Zone
Italian battleship De Cavour scuttled after Taranto raid
Albert Ruccia of Newark New Jersey reports a Taranto contact said the 23622 ton Italian battleship De Cavour was set ablaze by British air attack in November and crew scuttled her to prevent munitions from exploding.
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New York
Diplomatic Rift Deepens as Bulgaria Aligns with Axis
In Sofia British envoy George W. Rendel delivered a blunt ultimatum to Bulgaria's Bogdan Poginoff and Ivan Popoff, denouncing Bulgaria's German dependence as incompatible with relations. Nazi troops push to the Turkish frontier while Greece and Turkey resist Axis pressure and Russia enters the tense Balkan chessboard.
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Rosia
Ion Antonescu
Vienna
Reichmarshal
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Black Sea
Romania
Bulgaria
George W. Rendel
Bogdan Punuiloff
Ivan Popoff
Rendell
Phuioli
Rendel
Legation
Axis
Somerset Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily weather report by David Grove records a 24 hour period ending 5 30 p m Wednesday. Temperature maximum 28 degrees and minimum near zero. Snowfall not specified.Year ago temperatures not clearly stated.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Babmas
Weather Outlook WV and PA Maryland Rain Snow Likely
West Virginia sees increasing cloudiness and warmer spells with Thursday and Friday bringing rain or snow. Western Pennsylvania turns mostly cloudy and slightly warmer with snow in the north and snow or rain in the south. Eastern Pennsylvania stays fair and warmer in the south while the north stays mostly cloudy and warmer, then snow follows Friday afternoon or night. Maryland stays fair and warmer Thursday and Friday. rain moves into the south and rain or snow in the north Friday afternoon and night.
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