Fatal crash near Zelionople claims two youths
Vernon Everhart 22 of Rockwood died en route to Ellwood City hospital after a Perry highway crash three miles south of Zelionople. Edward J. Henry 19 of New Lexington was critically injured with a skull fracture and remained unconscious at Ellwood City hospital. The Western Union workers were identified as occupants. their car owned by Mr Zeigler of Zelionople Harmony. Funeral plans for Everhart were set for Rockwood with Rev H. G Ohman officiating.
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Wee City Hospital
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Western Union
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Zeigler
Otel Harmony
Samuel F. Everhart
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Laverne Everhart
George Everhart
Genevieve Wheeling
H. Gohman
Rockwood Lyon Church
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Business Men Meet Tonight in Somerset Club
The board of directors of the Somerset chamber business men's division will hold their first meeting of the new year Monday at 7 30 PM at the Somerset Country Club. Election of officers for the year will take place.
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Selects Wife's Grave, Dies at Cemetery
Walter X. Young aged 69 went to Greenwood cemetery to choose a grave for his wife who died Friday. He collapsed and died near the family plot.
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New York
Walter X. Young
Greenwood Cemetery
U. S. Steel On 1917 8 Speed And Defense Push
United States Steel Corp reports resuming 1917 18 pace with near capacity output for war and peace materials. Defense contracts total about 465 million dollars while exports rise, with net income in 1940 around 102.2 million dollars and 8.85 dollars per share. Plant projects include blast furnaces open hearths cold reduction and armor plate in Pittsburgh area and expansion of vessels and cement mill facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Drownings After Kite Flight On Thin Herminie Pond
Four children of WPA worker John Kusnik aged 10 to 13 drowned when they ventured on a pond’s thin ice at Herminie. Firemen from Herminie Greensburg and Irwin and a physician attempted artificial respiration but all efforts failed. An ad backed by a slate dump at the Keystone shaft on Herminie Manor road was noted.
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Greensburg
Irwin
Keystone
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Two Boys Drowned After Ice Breaks at Reservoir
In Mauch Chunk two youths, George Gerber Jr. 11 and Thomas Lesisko 14, fell through thin reservoir ice while playing. Both were local residents, missing for about an hour before their bodies were recovered.
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Mauch Chunk
Here
George Gerber, Jr
Gorge Gerber
Thomas Lesisko
Michael Lesisko
Edgewater Strike Ends as Harville Die Casting Talks Resume
OPM induces the strikers and management of Harville Die Casting Corp to confer again after a prolonged Edgewater labor dispute. The move aims to avert production disruption and reach a fresh settlement.
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OPM
Harville Die Casting Corp
Strike settlement nears at Harvill Die Casting plant
An agreement to end a ten day old strike at the Harvill Aircraft Die Casting plant in Los Angeles was reached after the CIO union pressured management and brought New Jersey aluminum workers back to work. Edgewater workers voted to return to cooperate with national defense while Bethlehem Steel faced union representation ballot tensions and Chicago’s McCormick Works reopened after an injunction against mass picketing.
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Eighr Pacific
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Associated Press
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Harvill Die Casting Corporation
Los Angeles
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Bdgewater
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Aluminu Company of America
Edgewater Workers
Edgewater
National Defense
Howard Curtiss
Steel Worker Organizing Committee
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Voling Curtiss
Chicago
McCormick Works
International Harvester Company
APL
AFL
Strike Imperils Auto Industry
Detroit March 23 1944 A strike tied to Midland Steel Products Co threatens shutdowns across major auto plants. Ford personnel chief Harry H Bennett warns Lincoln plant may close tomorrow without an immediate settlement as Midland supplies steel body frames to Ford GM and Chrysler. A prolonged CIO strike could halt production industry wide.
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Midland Steel Products Co
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Motor Co
Lincoln
Midland
General Motor Corp
Chrysler Corp
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Nazis Tele Bombers Attack England. Planes Arrive for Island Defense
Massive Allied air attacks and Nazi bomber raids unfold over England as huge planes arrive to bolster island defense. King and subjects join in prayer for divine favor.
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England
Ship In Flames
German war bulletin reports three air attacks in two days on Malta and disrupts along the North Atlantic to eastern Mediterranean. Valletta harbor bombed crippling a British cruiser and a large passenger ship, with seven Hurricanes shot down. Several freighters and a 6,000 ton merchant ship were hit or sunk or damaged, and convoy ships near Crete and Cyprus were attacked.
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Britain
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Valletta
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Irish Sea
Daily War Bulletin
Orford Ness
Peterhead
Colchester
Crete
Cyprus
Five English Ships Sunk Near Cape Verde, Reportedly
Reports from the Cape Verde islands say at least five English ships were sunk in recent days. The freighter Clan Oglivy was torpedoed and sunk March 21, and a Portuguese tug searched for missing lifeboats. Sixty-five survivors from the Clan McNab reached shore in two lifeboats carrying Indian and British crewmen. others remained at sea.
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Portugal
Cape Verde Islands
Clan Oglivy
Clan McNab
Free Meals In Plymouth Amid Blitz Devastation
Plymouth residents received thousands of free meals as government funds targeted rehabilitation and relief. Trucks with loudspeakers guided evacuees to food and aid while authorities planned transport to nearby towns for some. Lady Astor urged resolve, noting Plymouth endures Hitler's total war yet remains unbroken.
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England
Mhose
Lady Astor
Hitler
Crowds Gather at Coney Island for Spring Day
Police estimate 250000 people packed Coney Island New York on March 23 4 p m with soldiers and sailors and their sweethearts despite cool 52 degree temperatures No swimming reported during the event.
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Coney Island
New York
Britain declares vast bomber reserves and new long range types
Britain announced from London that four engine bombers have arrived from the United States and that huge reserves of bombers and fighters are ready to fly in the Battle of Britain. Lord Beaverbrook cited record production, with 3 200 aircraft a month and several new engines moving to production. Britons observed empire day of prayer as clergy led services nationwide.
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Britain
England
United States
Lord Beaverbrook
Sunday Chronicle
Royal Air Force
Consolidated Aircraft
Wee
San Diego
Calif
Egypt
Sofia
George VI
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British Broadcasting Corporation
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley
Canterbury
Free French Prisoners Negotiations Reported Steady
In Vichy on March 23 observers believed Germany would resume French German talks after Pierre Laval’s ouster. Dispatches quote Georges Scapini saying 29 000 to 34 000 French prisoners of war would soon be freed, hinting that Admiral Jean Darlan may join as negotiator and that economic and industrial coordination would follow.
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France
Pierre Laval
Faris
Georges Scapini
Germany
Jean Darlan
U S Warships Sail to Brisbane for Short Visit
United States warships led by Rear Admiral John H. Newton set course for Brisbane for a three day stay. The formation, headed by the heavy cruiser Chicago, arrived in Sydney after a training cruise and granted 2 000 officers and men an extra day to enjoy the city.
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United States
John H. Newton
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British Air Raids Reported on Berlin and Coastal Areas
British bombers attacked Berlin in a night raid, hitting the diplomatic quarter with incendiaries from a great height but causing little damage. Reports note anti airfire halted many raids and some aircraft collided with German defenses.
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New York
CBS
Germany
RAF Bombs French Coast
The RAF fought a smash attack along the French coast from Calais to Brittany targeting the port of Quiberon near the submarine bases. Royal Air Force units engaged in heavy bombing operations during the day as part of the ongoing campaign in occupied France.
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RAF
Calais
Brittany
Quiberon
Matsuoka visits Moscow en route to Axis meetings
Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka arrives in Moscow for a one day stopover on the way to Berlin and Rome axis talks. He says he hopes to meet leaders here on the return trip to Tokyo and may observe western Europe if time allows.
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Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Berlin
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Matsuoka
London
Washington
Joachim von Ribventrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Mussolini
Count Clano
Mototoff
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Ume
S. A. Lozovsky
Yugoslavia
Sino-Japs In Hot Fights On Hainan Island
Reports from Hong Kong say bitter fighting raged on Hainan as Japan concentrated forces for a southward move. Chinese dispatches claim a turning in their favor with over 1,000 Japanese wounded and sent from the island, plus counterattacks around Kaocan Kiangsi with 500 Japanese killed and 800 wounded.
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China
Hainan Island
Japan
Kaocan
Kiangsi
Neghelli In Ethopia Is British Prize
Cairo report states British columns driving north from Kenya and Italian Somaliland captured Neghelli, a key Ethiopian town near water holes and the Addis Ababa Jibuti line. British advances also siege Cheren in Eritrea as push toward Harar and Diredawa continues.
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Egypt
Addis Ababa
Kenya
Neghelli
Dolo
Mega
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Jijiga
Eritrea
Cheren
Asmara
Galla Borana
Rodolfo Graziani
Mussolini
Grazian
Harar
Diredawa
Addis Ababa-Jibati
Japs Forecast U S Entry as War Nears May or June
Tokyo papers Asahi and Yomiuri predict the United States will enter the European war by May or June as Germany seeks to peak. They say the US may convoy supplies to Britain and face German blockades, warning of a shifting naval balance if Britain loses. They also note potential exchanges of ships and the addition of new American battleships.
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Asahi
Yomiuri
United States
Europe
Roosevelts
Britain
Germany
America
Japan
North Carolina
Washington
Pacific
Soldier's Death At Indiantown Gap Ruled Self Inflicted
The body of Private Wilbert E. Maile 21, a radio operator with the 108th field artillery regiment from Philadelphia, was found by guardsmen along the Appalachian Trail near Indiantown Gap Pa. Deputy Coroner H S Gingrich of Lebanon County ruled the death as by own action.
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Wilbert E. Maile
108Th Field Artillery
Philadelphia
National
Yugoslav Cabinet Crisis Delays Axis Pact Signing
Belgrade reports say the Yugoslav government failed to finalize a cabinet agreeable to capitulation to Hitler. Aimed for Vienna to sign with the Axis, the plan was postponed amid widespread protests and street demonstrations across Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Several ministers resigned in protest.
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Weather Forecast for West Virginia and Nearby Regions
West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania expect occasional rain with little temperature change Monday and Tuesday. Rain ends Tuesday night with a turn to colder conditions, while Eastern Pennsylvania remains cloudy with occasional rain and a cooler turn. Maryland also stays cloudy with rain Monday and Tuesday and cooler by Tuesday.
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