Laurel Hill Tunnel Holes Through to Join Pittsburgh and Harrisburg
Miners blasting through Loyalhanna rock completed the second barrier of the 160 mile Pennsylvania Turnpike. At 9 10 38 p m the final 12 foot section was bored and by 9 40 p m the mucking crews cleared enough rock for a 14 foot clearance. The joint meeting of east and west portal sections was within 1 200th inch, marking a historic milestone in the cross state project.
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PENN
Laurel Hill
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Somerset
Somerset County
J. C. Korte
West Portal
W. C
Korte
Shepherd
Robert L. Hokum
Hankinater Construction Company
Edward Ewing
East
Ewing
West
Ray's Hill
Kittatinny
Blue Mountain
Sideling Hill
Tuscarora
Allegheny Tunnel
Allegheny
South Penn
Man and Steel
Loyalhanna
Co C To Be Inoculated For Typhoid Smallpox
Company C, 110th Regiment, will begin a new three shot series of typhoid and smallpox inoculations starting Monday night. All enrollees must be vaccinated every three years and attend three consecutive drills each Monday night for the vaccinations. Some vacancies remain and officers seek eligible men to complete the roll.
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Company C
110Th Regiment
George Cassett
Cassett
Comny C
Welles in Paris to talk with Daladier
Sumner Welles arrived in Paris for a lengthy session with Edouard Daladier to present the United States stance to France as part of a four‑man European mission. He also met Albert Lebrun and left no public details about the discussions while France asserted it would crush the Nazi regime before seeking peace.
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Paris
Sumner Welles
Europe
Edouard Daladier
France
Roosevelt
United States
Daladier
Welles
Albert Lebrun
Ealy Warns New Deal Is Grave Peril
Senator Charles E. Ealy of Somerset County announced his candidacy for delegate to the Republican national convention at a meeting of the Republican Men in the court house assembly room. He assailed the New Deal as a total failure, warned state powers are being centralized in Washington, and urged electing a Republican president. Court House meeting also featured remarks by Carl Hoffman and James O. Courtney, with Boose stressing experience and committee chairmanship. Lorraine Stoner and Betty Snyder referenced. page three.
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Charles E. Ealy
Somerset
Somerset County
Court House
Czechovakia
Benes
Ealy
Princip
Washington
Roosevelt
Carl H. Hoffman
Hoffman
Courtney
James O. Courtney
Harrisburg
Ellis C. Boose
Jacob B. Schrock
Berlin
Mr. Boose
H. W. Smith
Congress
P. A. Kreger
Kingwood
Mr. Kreger
Board of County Commissioners
Lorraine Stoner
Betty Snyder
Tragedy in Meyersdale: Naylor killed after alighting from moving truck
Odis Edward Naylor, 33, of Meyersdale, fell from a descending truck on Salisbury street about 4 45 PM Thursday, died at Somerset Community Hospital that night. Police say the worker, riding with James Short, was in creeper gear. coroner and state police investigate the fatality as the fourth auto death in Somerset County in 1940.
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Odis
Edward Naylor
Meversdale
Somerset Community Hospital
Naylor
Somerset County
Meyerseale
Meyersdale
Salisbury Street
James A. Short
Short
F. E. Sass
Hazel McGilvery
Richard Short
Carl Burley
W. C. Price
Set. J. A. Blair
Pvt
G. G. Robinson
State Motor Police
Somerset
Hatch Bill Foes Lose Another Test in Senate
The Senate rejected a last-ditch bid to abolish the Hatch act ban on government workers political activity by 42 to 35, mirroring yesterday’s 44 to 41 split. Supporters, led by Sen. Hatch of New Mexico, predict the law's expansion to state employees paid from federal funds, with a vote expected tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Hatch
D-Nm
Somerset Man Plans Panama Coast Artillery Duty
Norman Shaulis of Somerset R D 3 left Wednesday afternoon for coast artillery duty in Panama. He is a son of Mr and Mrs Royden Shaulis.
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Panama
Norman Shaulis
Somerset
R. D
Coast Artillery
Royden Shaulis
Elizabeth Arrives in New York After 6 Day Atlantic Run
Queen Elizabeth, an 85,000 ton British liner, docked in New York after a six day zigzag voyage from Greenock. Captain Townley noted avg speed about 24 knots, no guns aboard, and no U boats sighted. The ship required ten tugs to berth, was escorted by a patrol, and carried sealed orders for the voyage.
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John A. Moroso
New York
J. ©. Townley
New York Harbor
Elizabeth
Police
Townley
British
Merchant Marine
Clyde
Vudl
Heress
Towney
William Sutcliffe
Wrlls
Scotland
Greenock
Clyde River
Psu
New York City
43Rd Street
47Th Street
Eiffel
RCA
Rockefelle Center
RAF secrecy expansion approved by Commons
A secret appropriation to grow the Royal Air Force was approved in the House of Commons without a vote. Air Minister Sir Kingsley Wood said the RAF would expand faster than Germany's, with Allied air strength rising as British and French reports boast naval supremacy and new air exploits against German raiders.
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Edwin Stout
London
Royal Air Force
Kingsley Wood
Germany
House of Commons
Kingsley
Anston Churchill
Admiralty
RAF
Geran
Scotland
England
Sir Kings Wood
Cesar Campinchi
Paris
Simoun
Carol's Call To Arms Near Bucharest Reported
Military sources say Romania plans a new call to arms after King Carol cleared the lions and warned of rising taxes to fund expanded forces. A 1.6 million strong peace-time army is already under arms, with reservists likely to be mobilized. neutrality remains, though pressures from Germany and the Allies over oil and wool exports grow.
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Bucharest
Carol
Eryen
Germany
Romania
Rumania
Italy
Bulgaria
Viroel Tilea
London
Britain
Italian Ship Bombed Near England Coast
A 5335 ton Italian steamer Amelia Lauro was bombed and set ablaze off England's southeast coast. Moments after the SOS, the Italian ship Titania reported launching lifeboats to rescue the crew.
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London
Amelia Lauro
England
Titania
Flu Fatal To Finn Children
Harrisburg March 7 Former President Herbert Hoover addressed railroad and labor representatives in the capital urging moral and financial aid for Finland. He said the influenza epidemic may have mortality on a level with front line casualties and outlined how funds are deposited to the Finnish government in New York.
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Harrisburg
Finland
Herbert Hoover
Pennsylvania
Hoover
New York
Ten at Rininger service station arraigned for gambling
Ten men were arraigned before Justice of the Peace R. S. Shaver at Stoystown on charges of disorderly conduct and frequenting a gambling house following a raid on the Daniel B Rininger service station along Route 30 east of Stoystown. Rininger is bound over for court. All ten were fined $3 and costs. six patrons paid, four await hearings. Those paying were Arthur Sechler Chester Stahl Lewis Carbone Lloyd Wheeler Constantine Carbone and George Gray, all from Quemahoning Township.
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Justice of the Peace
R. S. Shaver
Stoystown
Daniel B. Rininger
Rininger
Arthur Sechler
Chester Stahl
Lewis Carbone
Lloyd Wheeler
Constantine Carbone
George Gray
Quemahoning Township
Thirty Days for Newmeyer in Somerset Vagrancy Case
Thomas B Newmeyer, 66, of Cairn Brook, was committed to county jail for 30 days after a hearing before Justice of the Peace Josiah Swank in Somerset on charges of vagrancy and disorderly conduct.
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Newmeyer
Thomas B. Newmeyer
Cairnbrook
Justice of the Peace
Josiah Swank
Somerset
Red Peace Proposals Ultimatum Ceptance
A brief note reports on peace proposals and an ultimatum outlined amid ongoing negotiations. The piece highlights key statements from involved parties and notes responses indicating acceptance or rejection within the diplomatic exchange.
Finnish War Gap Widens As Russia Presses Ultimatum
The Helsinki government acknowledged Turkish reports that Russia planned a peace offer with an ultimatum. Reports say Moscow seeks control of Karelian isthmus Viipuri Lake Ladoga Hanko and parts of Petsamo, with March 8 deadline. Finnish forces resist on Viipuri bay as casualties rise and old conscripts are called to serve.
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Helsinki
Russia
Finland
Copenhagen
Karelian
Viipuri
Lake
Ladoga
Hanko
Arctic
Petsamo
Kremlin
Viipuri Bay
Red
Allies Seek To Rush Planes Amid War Fear
Edward E. Bomar reports that a British French purchasing mission moved to rush orders for potentially one billion dollars worth of American warplanes. Arthur Purvis, head of the mission, said the full order should be completed within one year and that manufacturers would be summoned to New York next week to discuss terms.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Germany
Arthur R. Purvis
New York
Somerset Weather Report From David Grove
Weather note from Somerset by David Grove records 24 hour period 5 30 p m Wednesday to 5 30 p m Thursday. Maximum temperature 28 degrees with a low of 22. Temperature comparison shows last year 36 and 25 respectively.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Prinuee Isis
Associated Press
U. S. Weather Bureau
Prec City
New York
Boston
Miami
Chicago
Denver
New Orleans
Columbus
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
Ss . Maeles
Los
Weather Forecast Eastern States Tracks Light Snow
Eastern Pennsylvania shows mostly cloudy skies with light snow in the north on Friday. Maryland and West Virginia expect mainly cloudy conditions with light snow in southern areas. All regions should see fair conditions Saturday with little temperature change.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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Laurel Hill Turnpike
Laurel Hill Tunnel
W. C. Shepherd
Hoffman, Courtney
Boose
Smith
Florida
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Twenty-fourth
Hatch Bill
Q. Elizabeth
Commons
Stoysown
Ceptance
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