Two Deaths On Highways On Weekend
Two weekend highway accidents left Genevieve Shepler of McKeesport dead after a Route 31 crash near Somerset. Clair Benson of Johnstown died Sunday from injuries after a separate late Saturday run off near Kelso. The incidents occurred in winter conditions as state police investigated.
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Genevieve Shepler
McKeesport
Somerset
Clair Benson
Johnstown
Kelso
Greensburg
James Bension
Maple Ridge
Jennertown
J. D. Patton
Windber
Truck Overturns on Turnpike Near Laurel Hill Tunnel
Ronald F. Weaver of Allentown was hospitalized with head and facial lacerations after his heavy rivet truck skidded on ice and overturned on the Pennsylvania turnpike near the Laurel Hill tunnel. State police Turnpike Division investigated. Weaver expected to be discharged Monday.
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Ronald F. Weaver
Allentown
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Weaver
Laurel Hill
Pennsylvania State Police
Turnpike Division
Plan Reservoir for Meyersdale
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has bought land in the Wills creek valley two miles east of Glencoe to build a four acre reservoir. Wang Construction Co. will begin work today on a water supply dam at Laurel Run and Wills Creek. Wilmoth seeks additional smaller dams in Laurel Run valley for reserve water and flood control for Cumberland.
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Meyersdale
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B. W. Wilmoth
Wills Creek
Glencoe
Wang Construction Company
Laurel Run
Wilmoth
Cumberland
Coal official dies in Uniontown
L J. Kine aged 57 president of North Union Coal Co and longtime tax receiver for North Union township died at his Uniontown home. He belonged to a pioneer western Pennsylvania family that owned extensive coal holdings.
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Uniontown
L J. Kine
North Union Coal Co
North Union Township
Pennsylvania
Davis denies he walked out at St Patrick dinner
Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania rejected reports he left Philadelphia's Friendly Sons of St Patrick dinner during Chief Justice George W. Maxey's remarks. Davis said he exited to keep two other engagements and did not hear Maxey speak.
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Washington
James J. Davis
R-Pa
Philadelphia St. Patrick’s
Snow and Sleet Sweep Pennsylvania Before Spring
A sudden storm of snow and sleet hit much of Pennsylvania hampering air and road travel just before spring. Highways iced over and buses delayed while air traffic near Pittsburgh halted. Uniontown and Altoona called it the worst winter storm. crews cleared streets as needed. An Army plane piloting by Jane Scott crashed near East Liverpool but she was uninjured.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Uniontown
Altoona
Jane §. Scott
The
Wasps
Liverpool
Ohio
Scott
Butler
State Highway Department
Tesmeratepretao
Convicted Hatchet Slayer of Three in Spokane
Woodrow Wilson Clark, 27, ex soldier, was found guilty of first degree murder in the hatchet killings of three people in Spokane. The jury recommended the death penalty. The victims were Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Dillon, sign shop operators formerly of St. Paul Minnesota, and Mrs. Jones Stanley. Frank S. Winnett survived with multiple skull fractures.
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Spokane
Wash
Woodrow Wilson Clark
Clark
T. P. Dillon
St. Paul Minn
Jones Stanley
Frank S. Winnett
Dillon
Locomotive Strike Fatality in Johnstown Mill
Casimir Schultz, 41, of Johnstown died in Memorial hospital from injuries after being struck by a narrow gauge locomotive at a steel mill. He passed away yesterday. the incident occurred at the plant with authorities investigating the workplace accident.
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Johnstown
Casimir Schultz
Memorial Hospital
Dr. Baugher Speakers at Somerset Brethren Conference
Dr. A C Baugher chaired the Western Pennsylvania circuit conference at the Somerset Church of the Brethren. He urged that God’s kingdom comprises many elements and must be discovered within each person through parables and inner reflection. The program included Rev DeWitt Miller on evangelism and multiple sectional meetings with lay leaders and youth activities.
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D.D
General Board of Christian Education
Elizabethtown College
Church of the Brethren In the
Western Pennsylvania
Somerset Church
Christ
Russia
Germany
India
Democratic
America
DeWitt Miller
Roy S. Forney
Walter Berkebile
Paul
Brotherton
Louise Knepper
Mary Yoder
Evangeline Bauermaster
Mary Elizabeth Knepper
Helen Reiman
Baugher
A. G. Briedenstine
Hershey Junior College
Blanche Wingard
Breidenstine
Rockwood
Young Peoples Division
Church of the Brethren In
Russians smash into Romania across Dniester front
Russian forces pushed into Bessarabia along a 31 mile front crossing the Dniester and seizing 40 villages as German Romanian units retreat toward the Danube. Stalin announced Kremenets fell and Zhukov and Konev's armies closed on Odessa, Mogilev-Podolsk, and Yampol, threatening Bucharest and Ploesti.
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Tom Yarbrough
London
Rumania
Dniester
Moscow
Odessa
Bessarabia
Danube
Lower
Romania
Red
Novo-Ukrainka
Black Sea
Old Poland
Kremenets
Lwow
Poland
Stalin
Gregory K. Zhukov
Ukraine
Tarnopol
Yampol
Bucharest
Ploesti
Second Ukraine
Ivan S. Konev
Mogilev-Podolski
East Bank
Slobodzeya-Balti
Field Marshla
Fritz Eric von Mannstein
Russia
Marshal Konev
Middle Bug River
Odessa-Lwow
Zhmerinka
Vapnarka
Lower Russia
Marshal Zhukov
Tarnov
Proskurov
Tojo Decrees Drastic Work Bank System
New Tokyo broadcast reports cabinet approval of a military type labor system in Japanese industry. Managers and workers face strict punishment for failures to meet demands with collective penalties possible for entire factory groups. A women’s service corps plan is also announced to speed mobilization.
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New York
Hideki Tojo
Tokio Radio
U. S. Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Domei
Tojo
Musto
Allied Jungle Invasion Pushes 150 Miles Behind Lines
Southeast Asia reports state Mountbatten commandos expanded a box like jungle beachhead 150 miles behind Japanese lines near Myitkyina. Heavy fighting caused strong Japanese casualties while British Indian forces suffered light losses. Chinese and American units press north to link with China as Japan counters along the Chindwin and Assam fronts.
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New Delhi
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Myitkyina
Southeast Asia
Mandalay
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Chindwin
Kabaw
Assam
Imphal
Red Italian Policy Shows Bold Intent
Moscow reports bold diplomatic moves as Russia recognizes Badoglio’s regime in Italy. The piece notes three weiteren topics: Finnish impasse, War and the Working Class declaring Japan cannot win against the US and Britain, and skepticism about a western front. A Russian source dismisses bombing as a path to victory and mocks the idea of a second front.
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Moscow
Pietro Badoglio
Italy
Russia
Marshal Badoglio
Vittorio Emanuele
United States
Britain
Europe
Comintern
Jean Darlan
North Africa
Japan
Germany
No Specials for Coming Campaign
Washington reports that long special trains used by presidential candidates in peacetime years may not be an attraction this year. GOP Chairman Harrison E. Spangler said he would not be surprised to see special cars added to regular trains for pre election stamping with some travel by the GOP candidate and entourage in day coaches. If renominated President Roosevelt would likely require a special train to keep travel secret due to wartime conditions.
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Washington
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
Nomine
Roosevelt
Yanks Launch Third Air Raid Across Europe in 24 Hours
Allied air forces from Britain and Italy pound targets across Pas de Calais and Klagenfurt while hitting Knin Metkovic and Graz. RAF losses 22 bombers. U S forces suffer non-specified casualties. More than 10,000 sorties yield about 29,000 tons of bombs over five days.
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Britain
Italy
German Europe
U. S
Pas de Calais
France
15Th Air Force
Klagenfurt
Graz
Austria
Frankfurt
Germany
Bergerac
Knin
Yugoslavia
England
Vienna
Channel
RAF
Iion
Friedrichafen
Oberphoffenhoffen
Lechfeld
Memmingen
Friedrichhafen
Zahnbadfabrik
Allied tanks push Cassino remnants toward surrender
Allied forces surged through Cassino clearing the town except for a western tip while taking numerous prisoners. Air power decimated Nazi air strength with 130 planes destroyed and over 2,000 Allied sorties, including raids on Udine Villorba Lavariano Maniago and other bases.
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Joseph Morton
Allied
Naples
Cassino
Italy
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
Continental Hotel
Fifth Army
Castle Hill
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Udine
Plovdiv
Sofia
Bulgaria
Berlin
British naval sloops sink six U boats in record Atlantic patrol
Five British sloops led by Capt. F. J. Walker sank six German U-boats in a 6,000 mile Atlantic patrol, with the Woodpecker lost but all crew saved. The victory, praised by A. V. Alexander, marked a major escort fleet achievement and left one U-boat crew captured.
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London
Woodpecker
Liverpool
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Kite
Starling
Hitler
Alexander
F. J
Johnny) Walker
Royal Navy
Ireland
Hit-Run Death Reported Near Fredericktown
Sheriff C. O. Williams reports a hit run death of Gulio Vodo, 66, of Pitt Gass, whose body was found today on Route 88 just north of Fredericktown in Washington county.
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Washington, Pa
C. O. Williams
Gulio Vodo
Pitt Gass
Fredericktown
Weather forecast for multiple states with snow and wind
Eastern Pennsylvania expects light snow and continued cold winds on Monday. Maryland reports light snow mixed with sleet and a cold, windy day. West Virginia faces rain southwest and sleet or freezing rain east and north, staying cold and windy. Western Pennsylvania has light snow in the east and north with sleet mixed snow in the southwest, and lingering wind and cold.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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