Gashaw Commended by Doolittle for Berlin Mission
Somerset native Staff Sgt. Emory L. Gashaw, ball turret gunner on a B-24, saw his first action over Germany during the Berlin mission, earning uncommon commendation from Lt. Gen. James L. Doolittle. The note marks the longest initial mission by a U.S. Eighth Air Force group, with Gashaw’s 785th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bomb Group, among those cited.
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Somerset
Germany
Berlin
James L
Jimmy) Doolittle
U. S. Eighth Air Force
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U. S
Tokio
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Doolin
Doolittle
Arthur J. Pierce
Montague
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C. L. Gashaw
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D Day Closing Of Somerset Businesses For Two Hours
Somerset business leaders vote to close all houses of business for two hours on D Day following public notice. The move aligns with a nationwide plan to honor the Allied invasion with a community bell announcement and prayer. Sirens and horns will not be used to avoid confusion with blackout warnings.
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Somerset
Business Men’s
Chamber of Commerce
Business Men’s Group
State Defense Committee
District 8 Convention Held Here by Churches of Christ
Missionary to India Dr T N Hill addressed the District 8 Convention at First Christian Church, describing Indian life, caste, and orphan missions. Bethany College president W H Crambler urged education’s role for India’s future, stressing peace and leadership through church work.
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Sara Roberta Getty
T. N. Hill
India
Churches of Christ
J. F. Messenger
Dr. Hill
Mahatma Ghandi
Hill
W. H. Crambler
Bethany College
Navy
Mary P. Buckner
Foremen At Hearing Of WLB Today
War Labor Board calls for a public hearing on the Detroit area foremen strike that could disrupt aircraft production. Patterson warns the stoppage threatens engines and sub assemblies for the P 51 Mustang and jeopardizes Boeing B 29 and B 17 programs. The Foremen's Association of America faces possible sanctions under wartime labor laws as officials plan action.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Detroit
Patterson
WLB
Foremen’s Association of America
Packard Motor Car Company
Boeing Aircraft Company
James F. Byrnes
Storm Breaks Electric Current Over Somerset
Somerset endured its worst electrical storm of the year Monday night with thunder and lightning from 8 to 12 30. High winds knocked wires together, dimming lights across the town, as Pennsylvania Electric Company crews rushed to repair damaged power lines and restore service by early yesterday morning.
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Somerset
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Harry Townsend
Lightning Strikes Farm Killing Three Cattle Near Lavansville
Three cattle were killed by lightning around 11 p.m. while seeking shelter under a tree on William Barclay's farm, 3 14 miles north of Lavansville. The cow, heifer, and bull belonged to Barclay. A separate bolt struck the John Barclay farm nearby, tearing a roof hole and breaking windows.
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William Barclay
Lavansville
Mr. Barclay
John Barclay
William
Duquesne Light Receives National Security Award
The Duquesne Light Co. received the national security award for perfection of protection measures against all work hazards. Col. Henry A. Renime er, acting director of the army's Third civilian defense region, presented the award in Pittsburgh on May 16.
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Pittsburgh
The
Duquesne Light Co
Henry A. Renimeer
Army
Chinese drive nets second town loss for Japan in central China
Chinese high command said forces expelled Japanese from a second town on the Peiping Hankow line as it pushes southwest toward the Salween river and a route to India. Recaptured Chumatien and Suiping amid a growing battle around the ancient city in Henan. American air support aided the advance through the Mien pass toward Shwele river near Tengchung, close to Stilwell’s north Burma positions.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Peiping-Hankow
China
Salweem River
India
Chumatien
Chengtisien
Suiping
Henan
Loyang
Kuanyintang
Shansi
Tungkwan
Chanemaochen
Importantmien Pass
Tengchung
Shwele River
Joseph Stilwell
Burma
Heavy Bombers Pound Wakde and Wewak in New Guinea
Allied air forces delivered repeated heavy blows in Dutch New Guinea near Wakde Sarmi and Schouten Islands. 200 tons of bombs dropped on Wakde targets, with ongoing raids into Wewak Hansa Bay and Biak. Liberators hit Woleai, Rabaul, and other areas while fighters claimed several enemy interceptions.
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Wakde- Sarmi
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia
Wadke
Schouten ‘Islands
Hollarsdia
Papen Island
Schoutens
Wewak
Hansa Bay
Rabaul
Woleai
Carolines
Truk
Schouten Islands
Biak
Reds Bomb Polotsk Near Polish Border
Polotsk city near the Latvian Polish border was heavily bombed by Russian airmen last night as part of an aerial campaign targeting German communications in the east. The raid on the Riga rail line junction hit military stores and enemy trains, starting several fires and causing seven explosions. All aircraft returned to base.
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Russell Landstrom
Lcgndon
Polotsk
Moscow
Riga
Red Army
Japanese thurst near Indian frontier in Burma drive
Allied dispatches reveal a new Japanese thrust close to the India border, 11 miles east of the frontier and 220 miles southwest of Imphal. Chinese forces advance west of the Salween with American air support, aiming to reopen the road to China. In Kohima, allied tanks cleared a road block and linked with troops moving from Treasury Hill as Japanese defenses stiffen.
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Salween
India
Charles A. Grumich
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal
Burma
Japan
China
Daletme
India Frontier
Manipur
Dalerme
Kaladan River
Buthedaung
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Salween Front
Chungking
Salween River
Mamien Pass
Tenchung
Joseph W. Stillwell
Myitkyina
Kohima
Kohima Junction
Treasury Hill
Allies Reach Agreements With Exiled Governments
London and Washington disclosed accords with the governments in exile of The Netherlands Belgium and Norway to govern liberated areas. The Netherlands Belgium Norway will hand civil administration to their respective governments as military needs allow with allied command retaining supreme civil authority during operations. Russia approved but did not join the arrangements.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Europe
London
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway
United States
Britain
Russia
Finland
Hitler
British Isles
French National Committee
Hull
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Algiers
de Gaulle
France
French Smash Center of Gustav Line Presses to Outflank
Allied reports say French and American forces severed center Gustav line, threaten to outflank defenses along the Liri valley. The Fifth Army reports dozen towns and heights taken between Cassino and the sea. Allied armor massed across the Rapido, with Americans securing Spigno and Mount Cavita as Germans retreat toward the Adolf Hitler line. Prisoners exceed 3,000 as the pace intensifies.
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Naples
Gustav Line
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Fifth Army
Cassino
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Sant’Angelo
Alphonse Juin
San Giorgio
Fammera
Spigno
Gulf of Gaeta
Castellanorato
Mount Cavita
British based squadrons idle as German radio warns night raiders
German radio warned of night air raids at midnight after a day of quiet Allied activity. Nazi broadcasts claimed several nuisance raiders near northwest Germany and Schleswig Holstein. The big Allied aerial offensive began April 8, with American bombers striking German fields and plants, followed by mass operations across multiple countries. RAF Mosquitos attacked Ludwigshafen and targets in northwest Germany, while some planes failed to return from missions. Canadian pilot Charlie Scherf of Edmonton downed five German planes near Stettin and damaged a bomber and a Dornier.
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RAF
Reich
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Hitler
Europe
England
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Edmonton
Alta
Stettin
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Ludwigshafen
Rommel Inspects Atlantic Wall Amid Normandy Invasion Talks
London reports say Rommel completed a possible final personal inspection of the Atlantic Wall focusing on Normandy and the Cherbourg peninsula as Allies reportedly prepare a main assault across the channel. Axis commentators forecast D-days on both fronts with Britain planning sessions amid wartime uncertainty.
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London
Erwin Rommel
Atlantic Wall
Normandy
Cherbourg
Berlin
Sweden
England
Norway
Bay of Biscay
Germany
Hamburg
Britain
U. S
Axis
County plans 2 mile restricted zone around Moon Township airport
Allegheny county commissioners, preparing for the day the government will turn Moon township airport to the county, tentatively decided yesterday to establish a two mile deep restricted building zone around the project.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Moon Township
Jones and Laughlin earns gold star for Pittsburgh plant
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation announced that the Maritime Commission awarded the Pittsburgh works a gold star to be added to the M pennant presented last September.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Maritime Commission
Pittsburgh Works
Navy airship crash near Lakehurst kills ten crewmen
Philadelphia report says a patrol training airship, 250 feet long with 416000 cubic feet of helium, crashed into a hangar at Lakehurst Naval Air Station during a training takeoff. Six officers and four enlisted men died. an 11th crew member is in critical condition. names not released.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Air Station
Fourth Naval District
Jaluit Bombarded for Hours by Allied Forces in Pacific Strike
United States warplanes pounded Jaluit in the Marshall Islands for hours using bombs aerial cannon and machine guns in a major Sunday to Monday assault. About 240 tons of ordnance fell on Japanese installations as 284 sorties were flown by Dauntless dive bombers Liberator and Mitchell bombers and Corsair and Hellcat fighters. The attack aimed to reduce Japanese garrisons in the eastern Marshalls where Mili Wotje and Maloelap remain uncaptured.
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Washington
Jaluit
mid-Pacific
Marshall Islands
Army
Navy
Marine
Dauntless
Mili
Wotje
Maloelap
Casualties Appear Lower, Alexander aide says
An Allied staff member in Naples reports five day Italian offensive casualties so far are less than expected. He warns progress will slow as Allied forces continue to advance though attrition remains manageable.
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Joseph Morton
Allied
Naples
Harold Alexander
Italy
Somerset Weather Report From David Grove Observer
Daily weather summary reports a 24 hour period from 5:30 p m Monday to 5:30 p m Tuesday with a recorded maximum around 79 degrees and rainfall data incomplete. Previous year temperatures are referenced but details are illegible, limiting precise comparison.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Maryland and PA Forecasts Partly Cloudy With Scattered Showers
Maryland and Pennsylvania expect Wednesday to be partly cloudy and warm. Western portions may see scattered afternoon thundershowers in Maryland and Pennsylvania, with northern and western areas experiencing showers and thundershowers in the afternoon. West Virginia also reports partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers later in the day.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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