Pritts Trio Released On $500 Bonds
Harry Jerry and Ed Pritts were released on $500 bonds each after a raid on a moonshine operation. The trio face hearings in Somerset for tax evasion and illicit liquor offenses. A man called Yodeling Jo linked to the ring disappeared after the raid, leaving clues and a torn shirt.
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Harry
Jerry
Ed Pritts
Somerset
Clark
Jo” Pritts
Internal Revenue
Pritts
Pond
Jerry Pritts
Trent
Seven Springs Farm
Bond
Middlecreek
Hall Four
Maurice Lyons
John R. Garey
Lyons
Defer Rationing Pickles
Washington officials delayed the return to rationing for processed pickled spiced and brandied fruits until July 2. The goods had been free from rationing since December.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Bloom Seeks House Voice On Treaties In New Campaign
Chairman Bloom of the House foreign affairs committee launches a personal bid to change treaty powers. He argues the two thirds Senate ratification rule is undemocratic and would grant the House authority to act on future peace treaties, distributing a 20 page self funded document.
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Washington
Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Senate
New Yorker
Orlemanski Is Suspended By Bishop
Springfield mass suspends Fr. Stanislaus Orlemanski after he returns from Moscow without permission. He is barred from saying mass administering sacraments or public church duties and ordered to a monastery for an indefinite period. He plans appeals to Rome and the Holy See. The apostolic delegate in Washington says no appeal has been received and that diocesan priests answer to their bishop.
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George A. Shea
Springfield
O’leary
Fr. Orlemanski
Moscow
Father Shea
Orlemanski
Stalin
Poland
Ukraine
Russias
Apostolic Delegate
Washington
Amleto Cicognani
Holy See
Rome
Roosevelt rivals in race for national convention delegates
Oklahoma Democrats start selecting 22 delegates as Roosevelt seeks a fourth term while California pledges 50 delegates to Warren, placing him just behind Bricker and Dewey. The update outlines delegate tallies across states, with Downey and Holman facing primaries and Stassen Willis Griswold MacArthur and Saltonstall in lesser slots.
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Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Earl Warren
California
New Jersey
Oregon
U. S. Senate
House
District of Columbia
Downey
Dcalif
Holman and Cordon
Walsh
DNJ
Robert Kerr
Delaware
Warren
Gov
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Simeon S. Willis
Kentucky
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Douglas MacArthur
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Jack B. Tenney
Frederick F. Houser
Philip Bancroft
Hague
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Dewey
Walter E. Edge
Elmer H. Wene
W. Warren Barbour
H. Alexander Smith
Princeton
GOP
Andrew O. Wittreich
Tenafly
Adopt 48 Hour Week for Textile Firms
Harrisburg reports a war manpower commission order effective today fixes a 48 hour work week for textile firms.
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Harrisburg
War Manpower Commission
Stilwell Drives Deep Into North Burma Advancing Toward Kamaing
Allied forces under General Stilwell push within 11 miles of Kamaing as Chinese tank units and Allied air power press the Japanese in the northern Burma theater. In the Indian front, British and Indian troops shell Kohima and advance near Imphal while fighting at Potsangbam and Bishenpur. American bombers support the campaign by striking Katkyo and targets across northern, central, and western Burma.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Kamaung
Potsangbam
Bishenpur
Dim
Stilwell
Japan
North
Rma
Kamaing
Manpin
Taronyang
Imphal
Kohima
Tiddim
Palel
Katkyo
Myitkyina
Beachhead Prints Its Own Newspapers On Front Lines
In Anzio, about 30 combat crews publish local papers from foxholes, printing with underground mimeographs at night. Titles include Beachhead News and Sea Horse, with reports from their sector, light fiction, poems, and letters to editors. Real estate jokes and hospital fable gags appear. Morning editions prevail. daytime reporting relies on volunteers, making it a strictly night beat.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
AEF
Italy
City Room
Joe
Anzio
Foxhole
Beachhead
Sea Horse
Red Devil
Braves
Foxholes
No Man’s Land
Boxcar Gulch
Counterattacks recapture Suiping on Peiping-Hankow line
Chinese high command announced a counterattack recaptured Suiping, breaking the Japanese hold on the Peiping-Hankow railway in Henan, as Loyang and other crossings saw renewed fighting. Japanese forces faced heavy losses and were encircled near Chumatien. injuries and shifts in rail lines indicated possible broader moves toward Loyang and the Lunghai corridor.
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Spencer Moosa
Chuneging
Peiping-Hankow
Suiping
Chenghsien
Loyang
Henan
Chumatien
Yellow River
Shansi
Lunchai
Lunghai
Mienchih
Tungkwan Tunnel
China
Satellites To Be Presented With Terms
Washington reports that allied campaigns against Axis satellites and European neutrals should yield terms once Allied invasion forces secure western Europe. Final decisions hinge on surrender timing and degree of German cooperation, with leniency tied to support given to the Allies. Officials say no lenient armistice is planned for any German population segment.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Europe
Germany
Finland
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Slavs Smash Through Ring In Macedonia and Slovenia
Yugoslav Partisans shattered an enemy ring in Macedonia with heavy German casualties and defeated a Nazi force in Slovenia, taking the sector between Zuzumperk and Trep-bnje. Fighting persisted in Serbia with rail line disruption near Uzice Visegrad and disruption of a station at Mokra Gora as reinforcements arrived. In Sanjak area, clashes near Plevlje and Prijepolije yielded over 100 enemy officers and men killed in two days.
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London
Macedonia
Slovenia
Zuzemperk
Trepbnje
Marsha Josip Broz
Tito
Zaremperk
Serbia
Sarajevo-Belgrade
Uzice
Visegrad
Mokra Gora
Sanfjak
Plevlje
Prijepolije
Oil for Cook Stoves Authorized Through September
The Office of Price Administration announces fuel oil for cooking stoves and hot water heaters is available to households from Monday through September 30 despite having coal or wood burning stoves. May 14. Washington report.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Allied Bombers Blitz Northern Italy Rail and Air Bases
American heavy bombers and RAF units blasted railyards and airfields across northern Italy including Ferrara Mantua Vicenza Padua Piacenza and Regio Emilia as Britain and Italy join in a month long assault with 90 000 sorties and 130 000 tons of bombs. RAF Beaufighters hit a convoy off the Dutch coast and Osnabruck Stettin and a Fock Wulf plant at Tutow were reported heavily hit.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Italy
Britain
Norway
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Reuter
Channel
RAF
Ferrara
Mantua
Vicenza
Padua
Piove di Sacco
Treviso
Mestre
Piacenza
Reggio Emilia
Europe
Germany
Eighth Airforce
Osnabruck
Stettin
Fock-Wulfe
Tutow
Bombing of Avisio Viaduct Hits Brenner Route
American Flying Fortresses bombarded the Brenner Pass corridor in Italy. They scored direct hits on the Avisio rail viaduct near Bronzolo, potentially halting the crucial 3,500-foot span that carried 35,000 to 40,000 tons daily to German forces. Other raids hit Bolzano yards, Trento rail facilities, and Milan Rimini lines, with widespread damage to Italian rail centers.
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Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Flying Fortress
Avisio
Brenner Pass
Hitler
Alps
Berlin
Rome
Brenner
Col
John F. Batter
Houston
Tex
Avisio River
Bronzolo
Adige
Bolzano
Trento
Liberators
Milan-Rimini
Piacenza
Milan
Fidenza
Parma
Modena
Bologna
Borgo Panigale
Castel Maggiore
Venice
Imola
Faenza
Cesena
Rimini
Ten Soldiers Made Citizens in Africa in 1945
Ten foreign born U S soldiers became American citizens at naturalization proceedings in Canastel Algeria. Certificates filed in the federal clerk's office list Pfc Soriano Mucci of Hazzard Washington county Pvt John Gubash Flinton R D 1 Cambria county and Pvt Aldo Peter Cangioli Clover Cambria county among those sworn in.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
Canastel
Algeria
Federal
Pffc
Soriano Mucci
Hazzard
Washington County
John Gubash
Flinton
Cambria County
Aldo Peter Cangioli
Clover
Allied advance reaches Cassino area in Italy push
Allied troops blasted a five mile by one mile wedge in the Gustav line above the Rapido and cut the Cassino Formia road. French forces reported advances beyond Castelforte as Americans pressed on in the Minturno and Minturno vicinity. British Indian troops held bridgehead against counterattacks while U.S. bombers hit the Avisio pass to sever Brenner Pass supply lines.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Rapido River
Cassino-Formia
Rome
Castelforte
Cassino- Formia
Rapido
Cassino
Brenner Pass
Germany
Avisio Pass
Garigliano Valley
Tame
Minturno
Associated Press
Sid Feder
Santa Maria Infante
Cave Carillo
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather data from Somerset records temperature from Saturday 5 30 p m to Sunday 5 30 p m with notes on minimum and past year figures. OCR text contains illegible segments but indicates a temperature range and prior year comparison for the reporting period.
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David Grove
U.S
Weather forecast summary for Maryland and nearby states
Maryland reports a Monday of fair skies. Eastern and Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia also expect fair weather and warmer conditions on Monday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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