Berlin Airman Harry V. Coleman Fights German ME 110
Berlin born T Sgt Harry V. Coleman a turret gunner on the Flying Fortress Picadilly Ann shot down a Messerschmitt 110 during a bomber mission over Europe. The 20 year old son of Mr and Mrs Harry P. Coleman of Berlin is a war hero with an air medal and crew superstition of a number 13 pool ball. Coleman trained in Arizona and went overseas last fall after earning gunner wings in June 1943.
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Berlin
T. Szt
Harry V. Coleman
Harry P. Coleman
England
Narrowias
Messerstumitt liv
Coleman
Picadilly
Ann
James W. Ferry
Skidmore
Texas
Luftwaffe
United States
Brunswick
24 Families Displaced by Pittsburgh Apartment Fire
Twenty four families in the Squirrel Hill Parkway apartments were evacuated after a rapid smoke-filled blaze. Fire Chief William H. Davis estimated damages at 25 090 dollars. A man, 30 year old William Mayberry, was treated for smoke inhalation at Mercy hospital. 83 year old relative assisted by neighbors during the blaze.
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Pittsburgh
Parkway Aparbinellos
Squirrel Hill
William H. Davis
Davis
Hozeman
William Mayberry
Mercy Hospital
Sam Rosenbatt
Hau Weelie
Moher
Time
Nine soldiers drown at Camp Robinson lake incident
Nine soldiers are dead and two more missing after an amphibious exercise at Camp Robinson near Little Rock Arkansas. The accident happened in Lake No 2, the largest of seven artificial lakes in Lakewood east of the camp reservation.
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Little Rock
Ark
Here
Camp Robinson
Lake No. 2
Lakewood
Camp Robinson Reservation
Republican State Chairman Predicts Rising GOP Confidence
Pennsylvania Republican State Chairman M Har vey Taylor announced after the state executive committee meeting that reports from across the state show a rising tide of GOP confidence. He vowed an all out fight against federal bureaucracy and wasteful Washington philosophies with no punches pulled.
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Harrisburg
M. Harvey Taylor
Washington
Pennsylvania
German Spy Convicted Obstructs Wartime Espionage Ring
Dr. Fred W. Thomas, a Detroit obstetrician, was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for conspiracy to violate the wartime espionage act. Six others who pled guilty to related charges await sentencing.
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Detroit
Fred W. Thomas
Burke and Weise Tie The Knot In Trinity Lutheran Ceremony
Miss Mabel Florenc Burke and Robert Alexander Weise of Meyersdale wed Thursday afternoon at Trinity Lutheran church. The rite was conducted by Rev. Dr I Hess Wagner.
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Old Trinity
Mabel Florenc Burke
Robert Alexander Weise
Meyersdale
Trinity Lutheran Church
I. Hess Wagner
Governor Martin Backs Soldier Vote Action in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports Governor Martin told President Roosevelt the state will take necessary steps before July 15 to allow armed services personnel to vote. Republican leaders oppose a special session to split the ballot, while Myers calls the soldier vote bill a monstrosity.
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Harrisburg
Martin
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
James B. Duff
Charles M. Morrison
Commonwealth
Washington
Pensylvania
Francis J. Myers
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Myers
United States Senate
Governors Study Bobtail Ballot
Governors of California Maryland and Kansas told President Roosevelt that state laws will permit use of federal ballots for service voting. A broader AP survey shows eight others ready to change laws. many governors await legal guidance and the soldier voting bill copy.
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Associated Press
California
Maryland
Kansas
Roosevelt
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Nebraska
Vermont
Indiana
New Mexico
Walter Bacon
Delaware
Walter E. Edge
New Jersey
Quads follow quintuplets in Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires on March 16 quad births were reported to Senora Celio Giachiena de Angiulli, with the eldest girl dying later. The remaining babies ranged up to about 2 pounds 12 ounces, amid questions on birth registration and legality of the reports. The Diligenti quintuplets, eight months old, were also discussed as their father Franco Diligenti presented a birth certificate but refused reporter access.
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Charles L. Guptill
Buenos Aires
Senora
Celio Giachina de Angiulli
Senora de Anguilhia
Franco Diligenti
Angelica Delfino
Senora Diligenti
Delfino
Army At Cost of War Supplies Builds Young Army
The War Production Board told steel executives that to build a young army the nation may sacrifice war production. Officials warned up to 160,000 fathers could be drafted early due to manpower gaps, with replacement schedules failing to provide enough young workers.
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Washington
Steel
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Steel Industry Advisory Committee
Army
Navy
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Congressional
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
House
Francis V. Keesling, Jr
Wreckage Retards Advance at Cassino
Allied forces pressed through three quarters of Cassino as German defenders clung to wreckage and strongpoints. Monastery Hill assault neared the Benedictine abbey ruins while engineers bridged the Rapido to join Lt. Gen. Mark Clark's Fifth Army attack.
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Joseph Morton
Heradquasi Bats
Naples
Mareh
Cassino
Futh Army
Rome
Fifth Army
Lynn Heinzerling
Associated Press
Monastery
Via Cassinia
Hat
Sisembet
Heinzerling
Monastery Hill
Rapido River
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
U S Citizen Pretension Charge Against Pavel Ivanoff
Pavel Peter Ivanoff of Bobtown Greene County was charged in federal court with falsely claiming U S citizenship. He posted a $1,000 bond for his hearing appearance.
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U. S
Pittsburgh
Pavel Peter Ivanoff
Bobtown
Greene County
United States
Americans Blasted 76 Nazi Planes In Europe
In a daylight air offensive over southern Germany American fighters led by Lt. Quince L. Brown of Bristow Oklahoma shot down 76 Nazi planes. Brown achieved four kills in a day, tying a personal record as Capt. Jack R. Warren and Lt. William J. Simmons also claimed multiple victories. Eleven others earned doubles as part of a strong air show credited to Allied headquarters.
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London
Quince L. Brown
Bristow
Okla
Brown
Jack R. Warren
San Jacinto
Calif
William J. Simmons
Los Angeles
Germany
Berlin
RAF
Cologne
Essen
Bremen
Stuttgart
Britain
Daimler-Benz
Munich
Amiens
France
Planes Shot Down by U S Gunfire
Army reports 410 paratroopers killed by anti air fire from its own forces. The disclosure follows recent combat losses during operations in a high altitude airfield environment. Officials say misdirected fire caused the fatal incidents and are investigating the engagement details.
Mistake Kept Secret in Sicilian Paratroop Losses
Army reveals 410 American paratroopers were killed with 23 planes shot down during the Sicily invasion. The losses occurred when airborne reinforcements for the 82nd Airborne Division were hit by allied anti aircraft fire and friendly forces during a night drop over the Gela sector on July 10 11 1943. Sergeant Jack Foisie publicized the incident, prompting questions from Secretary of War Stimson who noted such cases happened but offered no specifics.
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William
Washington
Mare
Sicily
Army
Gela
Jack Foisie
Stars and Stripes
San Francisco
Commonwealth Club
Foisie
Stimson
Plames
John A. Moroso
Associated Press
Navy
London
Liberators Raid Truk Before Dawn
U S Pacific Fleet reports a first land based heavy bomber strike on Truk in the Caroline islands by Liberators from Marshall Islands airfields. One bomber hit by anti aircraft fire. all returned. Attacks also hit Ponape and Oroluk while Truk bases suffered explosions and fires.
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Leif Erickson
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Army Air Force
Truk
Caroline Islands
Chester Ww. Nimitz
Marshall Islands
Dublon
Eten Island
Truk Lagoon
Ponape
Oroluk
Oroluk Atoll
Marshalls
Nimitz
Pacific
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
British Spy Executed in North London Trial Convicted Spy
Oswald John Job, a British subject of German parentage, was executed at Pentonville Prison North London today for espionage. He had been convicted in January after being sent by the German secret service to gather bomb damage details and public morale information.
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London
Oswald John Job
Pentonville Prison
Job
Secret Service
Free School Day Proclaimed for April 3 in Pennsylvania
Governor Martin proclaims April 3 as free school day to mark the 110th anniversary of the commonwealth free school act and urges Pennsylvanians to observe the date.
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Harrisburg
Martin
Chinese Puppet Premier Wang Ching Wei Critically Ill
Private Chinese reports say Wang Ching Wei Japan's puppet premier at Nanking is critically ill with only a fifty percent chance of recovery. The March 16 bulletin notes his condition as of today.
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Ti Chungking
Wang Ching-Wei
Japan
Nanking
Reds Divide Nazi Troops On Border
The Red Army split German forces at the Romanian border and sealed Nikolaev. Soviet reports say Germans surrendered near Nikolaev, with Proskurov under heavy pressure and Vinnitsa within reach. Vapnyarka fell as Konev’s Ukraine army boxed in 32 localities.
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London
Red Army
Vapnyarka
Odessa-Zhmerinka
Ukraine
Moscow
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Vinnitsa
Realizin
Proskurov
Bug River
Tyazhilov
Tyushikki
Gnivan
Zherinka
Voroshilkovka
Vapnijarka
Dnister River
Rumania
Germania
Odessa
Weather Slows Italian Campaign More Than German Resistance
War Secretary Stimson credited weather with slowing Allied progress in Italy, not German resistance, at a Washington news conference. He cited six accomplished Allied objectives, praised air power against Cassino weather delays, and noted broader fronts gains and German division losses.
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Howard Flieger
Washington
Italy
Stimson
Cassino
Mediterranean
Balkans
Adriatic
Men Needed For Ship Repair Recruiter Seeks Workers
Men interested in working at the Puget Sound navy yard Bremerton Washington or other yards on the Pacific coast and Philadelphia should see Leo F Donati recruiting representative United States civil service Mr Donati expects to be in Somerset at the United States employment service office until April first.
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Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Washington
Pacific Coast
Philadelphia
Leo. F. Donati
United States Civil Service
Donati
Somerset
United States Employment Service Office
American Bombers, German Defenses Clash Over Southern Germany
In a massive air battle over southern Germany, American fliers and heavy RAF bombers struck targets near Augsburg and Ulm while facing a concentrated German defense. American fighters claimed 76 German planes down with 13 losses, 3,360 tons of bombs dropped by over 1,000 bombers.
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London
Germany
Stuttgart
Berlin
Brussels
RAF
Augsburg
Ulm
Munich
Censorship Lift Reveals Fatal Sicilian Airstrike Mixup
London dispatch reports Allied transport planes were shot down by friendly and enemy fire during Sicily invasion. German raiders aided the confusion while ships unloaded nearby. At least 23 transports and 410 airborne troops were lost in the July night.
Test Tube Plan Shelved by WPB Amid Manpower Crisis
The War Production Board has laid aside the test tube plan to revive civilian production in Cleveland Kansas City and Philadelphia regions using idle and surplus materials due to a manpower shortage. WPB officials said the move is temporary and aims to address labor shortages before resuming civilian production.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Cleveland
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Chinese Troops Press Six Mile Advance in Burma
Allied headquarters reported Chinese forces in North Burma scored a six mile advance pushing Japanese units into foothills along the Hukawne valley. They seized Tingkawk Sakan twelve miles south of Walawbum and moved toward Jambu Bum. South of Taro they routed a Japanese force and pressed high ground above the Chindwin river.
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New Delhi
Burma
Hukawne Valley
Tingkawk Sakan
Walawburn
Taro
Walawbumn
Chindwin River
Somerset Weather Report Snapshot
Daily weather summary from Somerset by David Grove reports the 24 hour period 5:30 pm Wednesday to 5:30 pm Thursday. It lists maximum and minimum temperatures and precipitation with a comparison to the prior year noting a 76 degree maximum and unspecified minimum.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Weather Observer
Weather Outlook Rain Likely Across Maryland and Regions
Maryland can expect occasional rain and cooler temperatures on Friday. In Western Pennsylvania light rain morning, cloudy and cooler afternoon with possible drizzle or snow in the mountains. Eastern Pennsylvania sees occasional rain and cooler conditions Friday. West Virginia reports rain and cooler start, cloudy and cooler afternoon.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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