Ward Official Arrested Over Government Poster Incident
FBI agents arrested Paul D. Sowell, Montgomery Ward mail order operating manager, in Chicago as he removed a government poster from a plant under federal control. He faced charges of taking and injuring government property and was released on bond pending May 11. Posters targeted officials of Ward Chicago plants after the firm refused to follow White House and War Labor Board orders to extend an expired CIO contract.
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Chicago
FBI
Montgomery Ward and Company
Paul D. Sowell
Lowell
Richard Hosteng
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ward
Francis Biddle
White House
War Labor Board
CIO
Clarify Congress intent on wartime power seizure
Rep Crawford proposes House resolutions to state Congress never intended private property seizure not used directly in war production. He cites Montgomery Ward case and warns it fuels fear among small businesspeople. He urges challenging presidential action and seeks a reference list of president powers as commander in chief in war.
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Washington
Montgomery Ward
Rep
Crawford
R-Mich
House
Congress
Chicago
House Judiciary Committee
Unseasonable May Weather Delivers Heat Snow Floods
A weather mix hits the United States with New York City reporting its hottest May 4 at 83.4, while Los Angeles reaches 90 and Oakland 84. In North Dakota Red River Valley a 45 mph wind accompanies 25 above with heavy snow. South Dakota Minnesota frost warnings and Mississippi floodwaters fading.
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United States
New York City
West Coast
Los Angeles
Oakland
Calif
Red River
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Midwest
Kansas City
Mississippi River
Deep South
Miners Idle in West Pa as Walkouts Persist
Four western Pennsylvania soft coal mines remained strikebound with about 2,500 workers idle. Montour No. 10 at Library saw 300 men walk out over a grievance about a late start for a man trip. In Johnstown area 500 miners at Windber pit resumed production at UMW leaders' request after a seven day stoppage. Still idle were Sonman slope near Portage and 500 at St Miasso pit, plus 1,000 at Ford Collieries Curtisville mines.
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Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania
Montour No. 10
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Library
Johnstown
Windber
Berwind- White Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Sonman Slope
Koppers Co
Portage
Berwind-White
St. Miaso
End Walkout at Johnstown Ends After Steel Car Strike
Bethlehem Steel Franklin car shops workers end a walkout that began yesterday, with 1250 laborers securing to arbitrate grievances. CIO United Steel Workers call the action unauthorized. About 800 left yesterday over crew size. return to work not until Monday due to out of town workers.
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Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel Company
Franklin Car Shops
Cio-United Steelworkers
Auto Crash Kills Two at Groton Navy Base
Groton Conn May 4 Two sailors died when an automobile crashed through a barrier at the end of a street at the navy submarine base George J Mease 23 of Quakertown Pa a ship fitter third class was killed Emile J Herard 32 of Danielson Conn also died and Frederick J Sturm of Gloucester N J a submarine base sailor was injured
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Groton
Conn
George J. Mease
Quakertown
Navy
Emile J. Herard
Danielson
Frederick J. Sturm
Gloucester
N. J
Live Stock Burns at Alwine Farm in Johnstown
A Tuesday fire at Romanus Alwine’s Johnstown farm, R. D. 3, destroyed seven cows, three calves, farming gear, and oats worth about $4,000 with partial insurance coverage. Fire units from Hopsopple, Ideal and Krings fought the blaze, while volunteers saved seed potatoes. Hose lines stretched from Kauffman Run to the barn. livestock had just been brought in from pasture.
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Romanus Alwine
Johnstown
R. D
Holsopple
Ideal
Krings
Kauffman
Dr Shaffer Heads F and M Alumni Group Again
Dr F B Shaffer was reelected president of the Somerset Alumni club of Franklin and Marshall college at the annual meeting held Thursday night at the Ferner hotel. Wm E Griffith principal of Somerset high school was named vice president and James L Brant became secretary treasurer. The banquet, group singing, and talks by Dr Theodore A Distler and Rev Robert J Pilgram highlighted the event with remarks on wartime education and training for marines navy and navy air corps.
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F. B. Shaffer
Somerset
Franklin and Marshall College
Ferner Hotel
Wm. E. Griffith
Somerset High School
James L. Brant
Robert Roth
Robert J. Pilgram
Theodore A. Distler
Distler
Marines
Navy
Navy Air Corps
Pilgram
Dr. Shaffer
Eugene K. Robb
Bedford Schools
Don C. Reiley
Bedford
Francis H. Heinmenz
Cumberland
George L. Wehler
John A. Cooper
State Teachers College
Frostburg
Maryland
C. H. Glessner
Meyersdale
G. H. Strong
James C. Musser
Rockwood
F. D. Witmer
Berlin
George L. Roth
W. Curtis Truxal
H. H. DeLong
J. Edgar Lohr
Robert G. Shoemaker
Senate probes censorship approved by post office panel
The Senate post office committee endorsed a resolution by Senator Reed calling for a broad wartime censorship investigation including possible unauthorized disclosure of information. The measure, now sent to the Senate, stems from Vivien Kellems’ charges that mail censorship regulations were violated by published excerpts of her letters with Count Frederick Karl von Zedlitz in Buenos Aires.
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Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Senate
Reed
R-Kas
Vivien Kellems
Connecticut
Frederick Karl von Zedlitz
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Utility Poles Silo Damaged by Storm in Somerset County
A rain and wind storm swept through Somerset County Thursday evening causing notable damage. The Coxes Creek area reported the roof blown off A. G. Knepper's silo, while eight electric light poles were toppled along Route 31 by the Pennsylvania Electric Company's crew. Other trouble regions includedRockwood and Boswell.
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Somerset County
Coxes Creek
A. G. Knepper
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Route 31
Rockwood
Boswell
Christian Endeavor Leaders Gather for Middle Atlantic Meeting
Cumberland Md May 4 Christian Endeavor leaders from Maryland Delaware New Jersey Pennsylvania West Virginia and the District of Columbia will meet here tomorrow for a three day spring conference of the Middle Atlantic region of the International Society of Christian Endeavor which will close Sunday.
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Cumberland
Christian Endeavor
Maryland
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Middle Atlantic
International Society of Christian Enddeavor
Allied and Japanese Forces Clash Across Burma and Kohima
Southeast Asia headquarters report attacks by Japanese troops repelled in northern Burma and near Kohima India. Imphal around Kohima remains contentious with Palel sector active, Imphal forces counterattacking near open country north of Imphal while routes to Kohima remain blocked.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Kohima
India
Lord Louis Mount- Latten
Imphal
Palel
Tokio
Berlin
Flank Attack Tales From Italy Reach Army Fronts
In Italy a group of soldiers share light hearted near misses and reunions on the line. Pvt Cecil Beckner and Pfc Bill Norman joke about a mistaken target with a jackknife ready. Sgt Frank Armentano fires into a sector, hitting comrades. M/Sgt Lloyd Hoar and Pfc Rhein Kolb discover they grew up near each other in Bishop SD while serving together since Sicily. Pvt Donald MacDonald and Pvt William Maiver recall teaching days in Quincy MA. Pfc Larkin Campbell from Ringling OK learns his sister Josephine is overseas near Algiers.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
AEF
Italy
Deladyed
Cecil Beckner
Burlington
Colo
Pfc
Bill Norman
Olathe
Beck
Norman
Beckner
Fritz
Lloyd Hoar
Rheinhold Kold
Bishop
South Dakota
Hoar
Kolb
45Th
States
Donald MacDonald
Pvt
William Maiver
Quincy
Mass
Dean Stevenson Appointed Dean of Women at Westminster
Westminster College announces the appointment of Miss Mary Jane Stevenson of Albright College Reading as dean of women. Dr. Robert F. Galbreath president disclosed the change today, succeeding Dean Mary E. Turner who resigned.
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Dean Stevenson
Westminster New Wilmington
Mary Jane Stevenson
Albright College
Reading
Westminster College
Robert F. Galbreath
Mary E. Turner
Attack in Forests by Russian Bombers Over Sevastopol
A Russian communique reports a merciless night air attack by Russian bombers on the German Romanian garrison around Sevastopol. Bombing and strafing silenced batteries, started fires, and produced explosions as Moscow said 47 German tanks were destroyed or disabled in adjacent land fights.
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London
Sevastopol
Crimean Por
Moscow
Stanislawow
Tiraspol
Red Star
Carpathian Mountains
Brazil Bank Holds on to Slav Funds
London May 4 The National Bank of Brazil refused to surrender a 9.5 million dollar Yugoslav deposit amid Tito led efforts to freeze Yugoslav funds in allied and neutral banks. A Partisan radio reported Yugoslav authorities asked banks in Washington London Rio de Janeiro and Ankara to stop payments from Yugoslav deposits. Tito said King Peter should remain in exile until the people want him back. Military envoy Velevit outlined Tito's plans for similar missions to Washington and Britain noting Tito's 300000 strong force and its Serb majority while fighting German rail and river targets in the Balkans.
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Wes Gallagher
London
National Bank of
Brazil
Peter
Josep Broz
Tito
Yugoslav National Committee of Liberation
Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Ankara
King Peter
Yugoslavia
United States
Josip Broz
Maj
Vladimir Velevit
Great Britain
Velevit
Montenegro
Slovenia
Serbia
Bosnia
Klupki
Ljubljana
Trieste
Russia
Moscow
Sgt Glover Tells About Plane Fight
New York May 4 An NBC London broadcast reveals Sgt DeSales Glover a 16 year old from Pittsburgh who served two years in the air force and shot down a Nazi Focke Wulf 190 during six missions over Germany including two to Berlin He describes firing about 100 rounds and seeing the enemy plane go down He wears the air medal and recalls pushing bombs from racks when release mechanisms failed.
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New York
Sgt
DeSales Glover
Pittsburgh
United States
NBC
London
Germany
Berlin
Glover
Bucharest Bombed by RAF Bombers in Night Assault
Allied reports say heavy RAF bombers struck Bucharest damaging workshops and freight cars, the first night raid on the Romanian capital. In Italy, Germans moved on the Adriatic and Cassino front as Indian troops repelled a small Nazi attack on the east coast. Mediterranean air forces flew 1250 sorties including rail yards at Ventimiglia to disrupt France-Italy supply lines.
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Naples
RAF
Bucharest
Italy
Adriatic
Balkan
Cassino
Eighth Army
Rome
Il Corriere
Marseille-Genoa
France
Ventimiglia
Enemy Drives Up Down Rail Route in Henan Offensive
Japanese invaders push along the Peiping Hankow railway in Henan with 60 miles still under Chinese control. Communiques report advances from Sinyang toward Minkiang and Kioshan while Yencheng area fights to slow the southern push toward Hsuchang and Chaghsien.
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Chungking
Henan
Peiping- Hankow
Chenghsien
Sinyang
Minkiang
Kioshan
Yencheng
Hsuchang
Chaghsien
War casualties rise to 197 841 total in armed forces
Washington May 4 The War Department announced a total of 197 841 casualties since the war began an increase of 5 005 from last week The army dead reached 26 575 Navy dead 18 992 Army wounded 62 312 Navy wounded 11 899 missing 33 814 and 9 192 respectively prisoners 30 601 and 4 456 The causes for the drop in missing not explained may reflect transfers between lists
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Washington
Emergency Appendectomy for Somerset Boy at Community Hospital
Charles Smith fourteen from Somerset was admitted to Community hospital at nine p m Thursday for an emergency appendectomy performed at eleven p m The boy's father is Oscar Smith and his grandfather John I Smith the sheriff
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Charles Smith
Somerset
Oscar Smith
John I. Smith
Allied Air War Intensifies With 20th Straight Day of Raids
American Flying Fortresses and Marauders join RAF Mitchells in daylight and night raids across Holland France and Germany. About 250 Fortresses returned safely while 3 Allied planes were lost and 9 Nazis were downed. Moonlight RAF raids hit depots at Mailly Montdidier Chateaudun and Ludwigshafen as air forces target German defenses and supply dumps ahead of invasion.
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William Smith White
London
Holland
Britain
Italy
Hitler
Europe
France
Germany
RAF
Ludwigshaven
Bucharest
Romania
Budapest
Balkans
Alps
Berlin
Danube
Frankfurt
Mailly
Montdidier
Chateaudun
Ludwigshafen
Goebbels Aims To Soothe German Nerves Amid Invasion Talk
London dispatch reports Nazi propaganda minister Paul Joseph Goebbels urging calm with promises of strategic options as invasion plans loom. He argues Luftwaffe cannot be finished by bombing and that ground troops hold the key, amid reports of heightened European tensions and mobilization.
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London
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Das Reich
Europe
Ankara
Empire
Russia
Alexander
Luftwaffe
Cassino
Officers Installed of PA Camp Patriotic Order of Americans
In Johnstown on May 4 the past officers association of the Pennsylvania camp Patriotic Order of Americans installed new officers. Helen Loudenslager of Philadelphia was named president May Rineer of Nanticoke is vice president Laura Becks of Philadelphia becomes secretary and G Allen Smith of Philadelphia assumes treasurer duties.
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PO of A
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Patriotic Order of Americans
Helen Loudenslager
Philadelphia
May Rineer
Nattiicoke
Laura Becks
G. Allen Smith
U S and Britain Tighten Nazi Blockade Policy
The United States and Britain tightened their economic blockade of Germany with a warning to neutral European businesses not to aid the Axis. A blacklist of 15,000 firms and individuals remains, with sanctions to continue postwar, initially easing 10,000 Latin American entries while 5,000 European targets face prolonged limits.
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W. Gton
United States
Britain
Germany
Latin America
Somere st Weather Report From David Grove Observer
Daily weather record for a 24 hour period from 5 30 Wednesday to 5 30 Thursday notes maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation and a year ago comparison. Data appears garbled with partial numbers and stray letters but identifies a temperature range and rainfall measure.
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Somerest
David Grove
U. S
Maryland and nearby states weather forecast Friday
Partly cloudy and cooler conditions expected across Maryland Friday. Western Pennsylvania also sees partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. West Virginia faces considerable cloudiness and cooler weather on Friday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Weather highs and lows across U S cities Thursday
The U S Weather Bureau reported temperatures for Thursday in major cities including Boston 81 and 55, Chicago 56 and 52, Cleveland 65, Denver 28, New York 90, Philadelphia 86, Pittsburgh 68, St Louis 54, and Washington 62, reflecting a wide regional spread.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Washington
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Budd’s Shoe Store
OPA
F&m Group
Zimmerman Motor Co
Frank Armentano
Hartford
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Ringling, Okla
Josephine
Larkin
Josie
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A. D. Graham & Co., Inc
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Somerset, Pa
REDS
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Tom Yarbrough
Sgt. Glover
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Noland Norgaard
By Spencer Moosa
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Richard Kasischke
Sifford
Somerset Welfare League
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