Dies Says Winchell's Being Used
Rep. Dies accused radio commentator Walter Winchell of being used by a powerful organized group to vilify public figures who oppose their agenda. Dies, chair of the House Un American Activities Committee, spoke after Winchell's broadcast and challenged Dies to testify or sue. The two men exchanged sharp remarks at WMAL Washington as the confrontation continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep. Dies
D-Tex
Congressional Committee
Walter Winchell
Dies
Committee On un-American Activities
Blue Network
Winchell
Andrew Jergeng
WMAL
Pope Pleads for Rome Open City Across Fronts
New York broadcasts report Pope Pius XII urged both sides in Italy to make Rome an open city. Monsignor Fulton Sheen warned Rome’s bombing would destroy moral voice, saying destroying Rome would leave no center for morality and that military logic cannot justify such action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pius XII
Ita Willy
Rome 1
Bern
CBS
Rome
Fulton J. Sheen
Monsignor Sheen
Former Windber Resident Returns for Court Costs Payment
Harold Holsopple, once jailed on a 1936 morality charge in Somerset, paid 1261.15 in court costs and back allotments after being returned to jail by local authorities. He appeared with attorney Matthews before Ivan Lampert and, after settling, was released to Baltimore with his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Holsopple
Windber
Somerset Courts
Somerset County
Paul E. C. Fike
Richard Morgan
Holsapple
Matthews
Ivan Lampert
Baltimore
Somerset
Lenten Services Scheduled at Wills Lutheran Church
The town will hold a Lenten service at Wills Lutheran Church Tuesday March 28 led by Pastor Rev. Martin F. Foutz. On Thursday evening Rev. Glenn Stahl is guest preacher and Friday evening features a preparatory service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wills
Wills Lutheran Church
Martin F. Foutz
Glenn Stahl
Sipe Auto Parts Shortens Store Hours
Sipe Auto Parts at 153 West Main announces new hours effective April 1, 1944, from 10 30 a m to 5 30 p m daily except Sunday. Out of town customers may call 8 30–8 45 and 9 30–9 45 a m for morning bus shipments. Local shop at 374 West Patriot Street unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sipe Auto Parts
West Patriot Street
Baby Born as Father Dies on Same Day in Milford Township
A Milford Township couple welcomed a son at 9:00 a.m. while the father, Clarence H. Engleka, 47, died of a lung hemorrhage at 11:30 a.m. The mother Viola Engleka, formerly Viola Ackerman, and the newborn are reported well. Surviving siblings and relatives are listed. funeral set for Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at St. Paul Luther an Church with Rev. Elwood Stahl. Burial at the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Engleka
Milford Township
Engleka
Viola Ackerman
Helen
Clarence, Jr
Elwood
Carl
Charles
Merle
Glenn Knopsnyder
Rockwood
R. D
J. L. Spangler
O. B. Flickenger
Howard Stern
Somerset
Boyd Bowers
Conemaugh
George Shaffer
Berlin
St. Paul (Fritz) Lutheran Church
Elwood Stahl
Mills and Mickey
1800 Miners Go Back to Work in Pa Mines
Eighteen hundred workers return to two mines after settlements end four day strikes. Thomas Lambert, federal conciliator, reports resolving a 900 man walkout at Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co at Ernest in Indiana County and a shuttle car operators grievance at Ebensburg Coal Co in Cambria County. Workers will resume work tomorrow after Wednesday walkouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Thomas Lambert
Rochester &Pittsburgh Coal Co
Ernest Indiana County
Culver
Cambria County
Ebensburg Coal Co
War Labor Board
Davies Stricken on Railway Train
Joseph E. Davies former U S ambassador to Russia and Hull aide was removed from a Savannah train after an intestinal attack. He rested in a Savannah hospital and planned to resume his Washington trip in three or four days with his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Joseph E. Davies
U. S
Russia
Cordell Hull
Davies
Palm Beach
Fla
Washington
Allied Forces Repel Japanese Assaults in Pacific Actions
Allied troops beat back a Japanese attack on Korokina Bougainville with heavy fighting leaving many dead. MacArthur reported mop up on Emo and Ndrove islets near Manus, low American losses. Bombers hit Wewak Forum airdrome and other targets as operations continue in the Admiralties and New Guinea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Korokina
Bougainville Island
Douglas MacArthur
Admiralty Islands
Emo
Ndrove
Manus Island
MacArthur
St. Matthias
Admiralties
New Guinea
Wewak
Forum
Rabaul
New Britain
Babo
Dutch New Guinea
Hansa Bay
Kavieng
New Ireland
Renew Attack on Kuriles and Carolines by U S Pacific Fleet
U S Pacific forces report renewed air strikes in the Kuriles including Paramushiro and Onnekotan with a predawn attack and a first ever raid on Onnekotan. In the Caroline Islands a Coronado flying boat sank two small cargo vessels near Ponape. one U S plane was lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Eleventh Army Air Force Liberators
North Pacific
Kurile Isiana
Paramushiro
Onekotan, Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
Caroline Islands
Coronado
Fleet Airwing
Ponape
Onnekotan
Blackiston
Nemo
Fleet Airwing Four
Shuhushu
Kuriles
U. S
Seventh Airforce
Mitchells
Pnaps
Army
Navy
Marine
Marshalls
Nimitz
Wind Changes Volcanic Ash Over Naples Area
A veering wind spread volcanic ash from Mt Vesuvius toward Torre del Greco as the volcano remains violently erupting for nine days. No new casualties were reported after 26 deaths last week from roof collapses under ash and rock. Allied authorities feed villagers and livestock as ash covers fields and roads after rains soaked the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Mt. Vesuvius
Torre del Greco
Allegheny County Net Debt Reported for 1943
Allegheny County's total gross indebtedness on December 31, 1943 stood at 90,042,116.66 dollars. Offsetting assets totaling 24,036,264.51 dollars reduce the net debt to 66,003,852.15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
British Com mando force near Myitkyina advances in Burma drive
The Southeast Asia command reports British forces have cut within 32 miles of Myitkyina as Gurkha and Kachin troops push 33 miles south of Sumprabum. Allied air power claims several enemy fighters shot down and ground targets destroyed while joint Hurricanes attack Japanese communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Grumich
New Delhi
Burma
Southeast Asia Command
Myitkyina
Imphal
Manipur
Sumprabum
Aniskan
Chindwin River
Calls for Offensive On Salween Front Grow In China Press
Chinese newspapers call for a southwest Salween offensive as the Burma campaign faces the rainy season. The Ninkou Daily News correspondent says the Stilwell drive could aim to open a land route from India via Ledo Road while opponents urge decisive action elsewhere in Burma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Farnsworth Runming
China
Salween
Chinees
Upper Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Ninkou Daily News
Ledo Road
India
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Lower
Commandos Of Air Give Full Support In Burma
Lt Col Philip G Cochran’s air Commandos support British ground forces in Burma by dropping naval depth charges land mines oil and fire bombs on Japanese positions along the northern front. Commando bombers with 75 mm guns provide air artillery support while fighters cut Japanese telephone lines using hook knives under the planes. Maj Robert Petit of Berkeley Calif the silver star and oak leaf holder completed a wire-cutting job when a knife broke loose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Commando Force
India-Burma
Philip G. Cochran
Burma
Robert Petit
Berkeley
Calif
Allied Air Forces Hit Pas-de-Calais Front and Paris Area
American heavy bombers and fighters joined 1700 aircraft in strikes along the French Netherlands invasion coast and toward Paris. Thunderbolts attacked coast defenses near Chartres and the Eiffel sight, while Marauders hit the Ijmuiden dock area. RAF and US crews sustained losses but reported heavy tonnage dropped across Pas-de-Calais, Berlin, and Lyon fronts with thousands of tons of bombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Pas-de-Calais
Channel
Britain
Cherbourg
Ijmuiden
Holland
Eiffel
Thunderbolts
Eiffel Tower
Chartres Chateaudun
St. Andre de L’eure
U. S
Aulnoye
Lyon
France
Berlin
Europe
Frankfurt
Germany
Tjmuiden
Hitler
RAF
Motley Navy Of Dunkerque Ready Again
The mot ley yachtmen's Davy that saved Britain at Dunkerque in 1940 is ordered to stay ready for up to six months. The admiralty asks river and tidewater craft sailors to serve up to four weeks, part of new wartime prep measures amid travel bans and restricted civilian movement in Britain and Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Davy
Britain
Dunkerque
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Tt Wa
Ireland
Eire
England
Europe
Portugal
Lisbon
Faeland
Red Army reaches Prut river as Balkans battle opens
Russian forces surge across the Prut on a 53 mile front near the Carpathians threatening the Mannstein line. Stalin boasts of advancing to Ukrainian borders while Konev’s army seizes key positions and encircles towns, with German casualties mounting in the three year invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Yarbrough
London
Red Army
Prut River
Rumania
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Stalingrad
Balkans
Marshal Stalin
Carpathian Mountains
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
Stalin
Dniester
Lower
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
BBC
Germany
NBC
Red
Bucovina
Old Poland
Bug River
Nikolaev-Odessa
Black Sea
Tarnopol
Kamenets Podolsk
First Ukraine
Gregory K. Zhukov
Proskurov
Byeltsi
Allied Forces Press Cassino Engagement As Tanks Break Cover
Allied dispatch from Naples reports intensified fighting at Cassino with German tanks emerging for a smoke screen but driven back by heavy artillery. Communiques note continued heavy shelling, New Zealand forces advancing near the southwest edge, and Allied air and sea actions targeting Leghorn, Bienano, and nearby rail links as German reinforcements regroup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinzerling
Naples
Cassino
New Zealand
Ducal Palace
Padiglione
Urchin
Grenville
Anzio
Anzio- Nettuno
Luftwaffe
Mt. Trocchio
Rapido
U. S
Leghorn
Bienano
Florence
Rome
Rush Troops To Balkans To Save Oil
British dispatches report Hitler rushing armored reinforcements through Hungary and Romania to the Balkans to safeguard oil supplies. The item notes ongoing troop movements with a continuation reference to Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkans
James L. Long
London
Hitler
Hungary
Rumania
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather data reports from Somerset detail the 24 hour period ending 5 30 p m with high and low temperatures. Compared figures from the prior 24 hours and the corresponding day last year are listed, though some text is garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Grove
U. S
Weather outlook for the mid-Atlantic states Monday
Eastern Pennsylvania and western Pennsylvania expect rain and cool temperatures. West Virginia sees showers and moderate warmth. Maryland forecasters note cloudy skies with occasional rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stilwell
Joseph Stilwell
Tanai River
Hukawng
Un-American Probers
W. H. Bomley
Holsopple
Clarence Engleka
Husband
Somerset Chamber OF
Torokina
Merlin Spencer
Carolines
Ey Leif Erickson
Grey’s Restaurant
Ukhrul
Eomunique
Erst
Sorma Hills
India Plain
Commandos of Air
W. W. Hercher
Continental
Somerset Weather
U.S. Weather Bureau
Boston
Ddctiv
Miami Rs
NOW
VOLK
PHAAA
St. Louis
Wassei
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!