Democrats Face Major County Party Fight For Control
Democrats race to file for county chairman state committee and county committee as renewal rules spark a contest for control led by Ernest Johnson. Ream and Neilan are top chairman contenders with longtime party figures opposing changes amid a rising new group. Continued on page two.
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John O. Ream
J. Frank Neilan
State Committee
Simon K. Uhl
United States Navy
Mr. Uhl
Berlin
Somerset
Ream
Democratic Party
Somerset County
Board of Poor Directors
Neilan
Rockwood
WPA
Neil C. Philson
Mabel L. Rhoads
Bertha Kehoe
Somerset County Times
Warren Hay
Kehoe
Ernest Johnson
Detroit Dairy Workers End Walkout After Return to Jobs
Striking members of United Dairy Workers Local 83 vote to resume deliveries in Detroit after a protest over overtime pay for inside workers. The CIO unionists meet as Army officials weigh back to work efforts amid supply concerns.
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Detroit
War Labor Board
CIO
Army
United Dairy Workers Local 83
Missing Man Dead Seek His Friend
The battered and bound body of James De Angelo, 42, a former tavern owner, was found in the trunk of his car on La Salle Street. Police seek his friend Onofrio Vitale, 42, of Calumet City, missing since February 24, suspected dead or in hiding.
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Chicago
James de Angelo
de Angelo
la Salle Street
John O'Malley
Onofrio Vitale
Calumet City
Ill
Emanuel
O'Malley
Vitale
Bomber Crashes At Presque Isle Killing One
Second Lieutenant T Walter Gage 25 of Stockport Ohio killed when an army B 17 co pilot crashed left runway at Presque Isle air base into a hangar. Nine crew members injured including Charles F Barnhill bombardier and Joseph John de Meter navigator with broken arms. Sgt Paul Zubatch among others injured. crash damages hangar and nose of plane.
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Presque Isle
T. Walter Gage
Stockport
Ohio
Presque Isle Air Base
Rex Smith
Tony
Charles F. Barnhill
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Joseph John de Meter
Monongahela
Paul Zubatch
Freeland
Greensburg Man Bonds on OPA Coupon Charges
Charles Bodenheimer of Greensburg posted 1000 bond in federal court to appear for a regular term on charges of illegally accepting and transferring gasoline coupons. He was arraigned after the charges stem from alleged OPA coupon violations.
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OPA
Pittsburgh
Charles Bodenheimer
Greensburg
Realty Office Safe Robbed in Pittsburgh Heist
Police report thieves pried open the Hill Realty Co. safe in Pittsburgh and escaped with 1198 dollars yesterday. The crime occurred in March with no injuries reported.
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Pittsburgh
The
Hill Realty Co
Bricker Links U S Postwar Success to Economy
Ohio Governor John W Bricker told a Boston audience that America's postwar success depends on a dynamic economy not a static system. He warned against government ownership and urged Congress to hold policy making, with taxes and debt concerns noted. Bricker and Lord Halifax to receive honorary degrees at Boston University convocation.
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Cornelius F. Hurley
Boston
John W. Bricker
Ohio
America
Bricker
New England
Boston University Institute
Congress
Lord Halifax
United States
Boston University
Auto Hits Train injuring four near Greensburg
Four people were injured when their car collided with a moving train at Norvelt crossing seven miles east of Greensburg. Driver Anthony Scifano 21 Latrobe and Loretta Mack 20 Mt. Pleasant suffered possible skull fractures. Gladys Hribal 20 Mt. Pleasant and William Donahey 35 Mt. Pleasant were treated for lesser injuries at Westmoreland hospital.
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Greensburg
Norvelt Crossing
Here
Loretta Mack
Mt. Pleasant
William Donahey
Anthony Scifano
Latrobe
Gladys Hribal
Westmoreland Hospital
Eight Charred Bodies Found In Paris Cellar
Police in Paris uncover eight charred female corpses in the cellar of a vacant house on Rue Le Sueur near the Arc de Triomphe. The house reportedly belonged to Dr Piot who disappeared before officers arrived. The case recalls Landru’s 1921 killings and execution.
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London
Landru
Paris
Rue le Sueur
Arc de Triomphe
Berlin
Transocean
Piot
Caumartin
Negro Killed after Shooting Woman in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police Lt. Mozuch said Hugo Trent, 37, a negro roomer in the Hill district, shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Lulu King, 65, before being killed by a police officer in a nighttime confrontation. Trent had threatened to shoot his wife and an attorney. the wife fled, and he shot his mother in law as she followed.
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Pittsburgh
Paul Mozuch
Hugo Trent
Trent
Lulu King
Hill
Mozuch
Pope Pius XII Urges Rome Be Spared as War Rages
In a 20 minute St. Peter balcony address on the fifth anniversary of his coronation Pope Pius XII appealed to Allied and German leaders to spare Rome from battle. He urged a peace of liberation and asked responsible men to avoid actions that would smirch their names. He prayed for Christ to protect Rome and all who suffer from the war. The Vatican broadcast noted the celebration would be subdued in view of world events.
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Edward D. Ball
London
Pope Pius XII
Rome
St. Peter's
Holy Father
Pius
Associated Press
Vatican Radio
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter’s Square
Europe
Christ
Ace Ready For Action In South Pacific Base Mission
Major Joe Foss, top Guadalcanal ace, returns to the Solomons as skipper of a marine fighter squadron. The Sioux Falls, South Dakota native leads a unit of veterans aiming to protect and bring home the men, insisting the goal is teamwork over record pursuit.
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Fred Hampson
South Pacific
Joe Foss
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Sioux Falls
S. C
Solomons
Eddie Rickenbacker
Battle over Toulon in Allied air and sea strikes
Allied airmen hammered Genoa Padua Florence and Toulon in 1700 sorties with 36 Nazi planes shot down. At Toulon Liberators hit six military targets including a submarine facility gas plant and an ammunition works while two merchant ships and a destroyer were damaged in the coastal strike.
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Joseph Morton
Naples
Genoa
Padua
Florence
Toulon
Fifth Army
Cassino
Adriatic
Korcula
Peljesac
Metkovic
Split
Lissa
Flying Fortress
Regensburg
Berlin
Italy
Anzio Habor
Choke Point
Allied Planes Hit Nazi Targets In Record Sweep
Brig. Gen. George McDonald said about 3,000 Allied aircraft took part in a Feb. 25 attack on Regensburg Augsburg Stuttgart and other targets in Europe. The strike included Fortresses Liberators B26 Marauders Spitfires Lancasters Halifaxes and Mosquitos with RAF and U.S. air forces coordinating under the Combined Allied Command.
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London
George McDonald
United States
Germany
McDonald
U.S. Strategic Air Forces
Europe
H.H. Arnold
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Strategic Air Forces
RAF
NBC
Allifed Command
Regensburg
Eight
15Th Air Forces
Augsburg
Pittsburgh Wage Dispute Unsettled by War Labor Board
The Pittsburgh school board and CIO Local 297 learned the War Labor Board will not serve in an advisory capacity in the wage increase dispute for 1,000 custodial and cafeteria workers. The WLB noted other settlement methods exist.
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WLB
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh School Board
CIO
War Labor Board
Liberators Bomb Pas de Calais In Unescorted Raid
American Liberator bombers struck military installations in Pas de Calais France for a second day. The raid was unescorted and completed with no losses, underscoring air superiority over invasion coasts.
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Pas de-Calais
W. W. Hercher
London
Pas-de-Calais
France
U. S. Eighth
Britain
Hamburg
Germany
English
No Speech Forthcoming From Hitle
London reports Adolf Hitler did not speak today in Berlin marking memorial day. Admiral Karl Doenitz read a grim address promising a renewed effort while Hitler was absent amid retreat in Russia and reports say Goering and Goebbels did not appear.
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London
Karl Doenitz
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Germany
France
Russia
Zeughaus
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Spirit of St Louis Train Hits Car Killing Eight
Eight people from Columbus were killed and two injured when a Pennsylvania railroad Spirit of St Louis passenger train struck a car near West Jefferson Ohio. The vehicle occupants included Mrs Melissa Lyons and four children Shirlene John Inez and another unnamed child along with Mrs Louis Sherman and two of her children Betty and Lena. Sherman drove the car and was among the injured. The train was travelling from St Louis to New York and none aboard the train were hurt. The collision delayed the eastbound train about one hour.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spirit of St. Louis
West Jefferson
Here
J.W. Hurt
Melissa Lyons
Shirlene
John
Inez
Louis Sherman
Betty
Lena
Sherman
Hurt
E. W. Davis
St. Louis
Russians strike deep into Ukraine with rail advances
Four Soviet field offensives push toward Proskurov Gulyatin area cutting rail links to Romania and Hungary. Soviet reports claim advances to within 22 miles of Kherson and seizure of dozens of localities along the Bug and Dnieper fronts, threatening Axis supply lines.
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Tom Yarbrough
London
Ukraine
Proskurov-Gulyatin
Rumania
Hungary
Kherson
Dnieper
Moscow
Proskurov
Tarnopol
Odessa-Lwow
Gulyatin
Berislav
Tyaginka
Black Sea
Old Poland
Uman
Gaivoron
Bug River
Odessa-Lwow Sena
Gorodnitsa
Saturay
Hukawng Valley Push Envelopes Deep Into Burma
Allied forces led by Americans and Chinese drive through the Hukawng valley cutting key Japanese escape routes and reaching within 11 miles of the valley’s southern end. Stilwell says the valley may soon be ours as mopping up presses the 18th division toward Walawbum Maingkwan and Kamaing.
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New Delhi
Hukawng
Burma
Joseph W
Vinegar Joe) Stilwell
Southeast Asia
Walawbum
Nampyak River
Kamaing
Chanma
Tot Dies In Burning Home
A child died in a house fire in Clearfield when flames consumed the home of Mr and Mrs Gus Erickson. Rodney Jan Erickson, 31 2, was killed in the Friday blaze.
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Tot
Clearfield
Rodney Jan Erickson
Gus Erickson
Russian Push Near Bug River Targets Tarnopol and Nikolaev
German high command reports a Russian spearhead near the Bug southwest of Uman was repulsed. Moscow says tanks joined infantry near Stalingrad and Melitopol as Russia advances toward Nikolaev, Dolinskaya, and aims to cut German lines to the Black Sea.
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Bug River
Uman
Gaivoron
Berlin
Proskurov
Tarnopol
Carpathian Mountains
Rumania
Hungary
Odessa
Black Sea
Moscow
Stalingrad
Melitopol
Dnieper
Dolinskaya
Nikolaev
Niikolaev
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily temperature reading from 5:30 pm Saturday to 5:30 pm Sunday shows a high of 44 and a low of 35 degrees. Observations credited to David Grove, U S Weather Observer, with prior year minimum of 31 degrees.
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David Grove
U.S
MALOU
Weather Bureau
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Janneeesanammnenanenresoraeemmenee
Denver
Vecemnmeneneensnenranent
Miami
Cece Cama
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Weather Forecast for Maryland and Nearby States
Monday outlook across Maryland and surrounding areas shows rain transitioning to snow flurries and a drop in temperatures in the west. The east sees rain end and cooler air, with wind and light snow in spots. Western Pennsylvania remains windy and colder with scattered snow flurries while eastern areas cool after rain. West Virginia stays cloudy and cold with light snow flurries in the north. This summary reflects a broad regional cold spell with mixed precipitation.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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