Presidential Nominee To Speak Here In Somerset
Claude A. Watson of Los Angeles, Prohibition party candidate for president, will address a Somerset assembly in the court house assembly room on Tuesday evening May 23. Born June 26, 1885, in Michigan, he became a lawyer in California in 1928 and has held multiple business roles. Rev. J. F. Messenger will chair the meeting.
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Claude A. Watson
Court House
Somerset
Los Angeles
Calif
Prohibition Party
United States
Somerset Court
Manton
Mich
Mr. Watson
Alma
United States Steel Corporation
Four Wheel Drive Tractor Company, Incorporated
California
Watson
Indianapolis
J. F. Messenger
Judge Johnsons Son Enlists in the Navy
In Harrisburg on May 17 Frederick Welty Johnson, 17, eldest son of federal Judge Albert W. Johnson of Lewisburg, enlisted in the U S Navy. The judge introduced his son from the bench noting four brothers already serving in the armed forces.
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Harrisburg
Frederick Welty Johnson
Albert W. Johnson
Lewisburg
U. S. Navy
Woman Dies of Suffocation After House Fire
Corry May 17 Mrs. Sadie Salmon 55 died of suffocation shortly after being carried from a fire that damaged her home last night. Her brother William Langham is in Corry Hospital with severe burns.
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Corry
Sadie Salmon
William Langham
One Dead Four Injured in Auto Mishaps in Greensburg
Greenburg reports say one person died and four were in critical condition at Westmoreland Hospital after three traffic accidents. Leila Lyons 78 of Forest Hills died when her car skidded into a fence. Harry A. Eaton 50 of Irwin and wife Barbara 46 with Maude Verner 74 were injured when a vehicle struck a pole. Jeannette Councilman George Yurt 70 was struck by a car on Division Street.
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Greensburg
Westmoreland Hospital
Leila Lyons
Forest Hills
Harry A. Eaton
Irwin
Barbara
Maude Verner
George Yurt
Jeannette
Division St
Accused Mal Sedition Case Opens in Washington Trial
In Washington on May 17 the government opened its case against 29 defendants accused of sedition. Prosecutor O John Rogge alleged a conspiracy with German officials and Nazi leaders to incite disobedience in the U S armed forces. Defendants interrupted repeatedly, denying being Nazis, as Judge Ficher maintained order. The case relies on a 1940 statute banning disloyal acts in the military.
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Washington
O. John Rogge
U. S
Germany
Robert Noble
Edward C. Ficher
Edward James Smythe
Smythe
Rogge
Sam Rosenman
Samuel Rosenman
White House
South Carolina Democrats Fight For Control And Unity
South Carolina Democrats beat back an anti-fourth term bid for state chair, naming an uninstructed delegation of 18 to Chicago and ordering an August session to review national actions. Arkansas and Vermont also staged uninstructed delegations as party factions clash over white supremacy, poll taxes, and race issues ahead of the 1944 convention.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
South Carolina
Chicago
Arkansas
Democratic State Committee
Vermont
Thomas E. Dewey
S. Carolina
Platform Committee
South
Winchester Smith
Eugene S. Blease
Arkansas Negro Democratic Association
Republican National Committee
GOP National Convention
Republican Convention
Kansas
Iowa
Minnesota
Hawaii
Progressive Democratic Party
Olin D. Johnston
Bad Weather Delays Allied Bombers Over Europe
London May 17 The weather and heavy cloud banks limited air activity in Europe for a fourth day as allied Mosquito bombers hit Berlin last night and returned unscathed. Rain kept heavy bombers grounded while Nazis failed to attack Britain's south coast. The Mediterranean air force pressed operations against enemy points as the invasion mood grows.
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London
Europe
Berlin
Britain
Bristol
Portsmouth
Mediterranean Army Air Force
Oldest Ex-Sheriff Hiram Osler Dies in New York
Hiram W. Osler aged 86 of Bernice, longtime president of Sullivan county Sheriffs Association, died today at a daughter’s home while visiting. He was believed to be the oldest ex-sheriff in Pennsylvania. An oats shortage for Pennsylvania farmers was forecast by federal-state crop reporters due to late spring delaying planting across the state.
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William L. Worden
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Tang
Truk
Richard Hetherington O’kane
Ollan Island
Ollan O'Kane
Dlane
O’kane
Ollan
Kuop Island
Murray Frazee
Gettysburg
Sonyer
N. Y
Hiram W. Osler
Bernice
Sheriffs’ Association of
Sullivan County
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Allied push drives back Japanese in Burma and China
Allied forces press the offensive across north Burma near Myitkyina and Kamaing, with Gen Stilwell’s Chinese 22nd division cutting the Kamaing road. In China’s Yunnan, 20,000 American-trained Chinese spearhead westward across the Salween, capturing Chiaotouchie and Tatangtzu as air power dominates the skies and encirclement widens.
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Charles A. Grumich
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
Indo-China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogaung
Kamaing
Malakawng
Kamaung
Salween River
China
Yunnan Province
Chungking
Chiaotouchie
Mamien Pass
Tatangtzu
War Prisoner Larry Allen Exchanged After 20 Months in POW Camps
Larry Allen, famed Associated Press war correspondent, was exchanged after 20 months in Italian and German camps. He described failed escape attempts after capture on Sept 13, 1942 during a Tobruk raid, recalled aboard the Gradisca, and noted his prewar Mediterranean coverage including the Illustrious attack and Galatea sinking.
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Charles
Foltz
Barcelona
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Allen
Tobruk
North Africa
Gradisca
Mt. Savage
Chieti
Rome
Poland
Italy
Sulmona
Bolzano
Mediterranean
Money Found In Police Car After Robbery
Erie police recovered a jar of stolen money after arresting a negro youth linked to the Monday night theft at a recreation center. Police Chief George J. Christoph said the suspect initially denied involvement, then directed officers to the evidence under a car cushion at headquarters.
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Erie
George J. Christoph
Allied forces clash with Japanese near Aitape in New Guinea
American units moving toward Wewak engage a Japanese force five days earlier in a patrol clash area between Aitape and Madang. Despite aerial bombardment and coastal strikes, the scene remains unsettled with thousands believed massing near Wewak. In nearby Hollandia area raids continue, and Bougainville reports indicate 250 Japanese dead found in Empress Augusta bay hospital area.
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Asahel Bush
New Guinea
Aitape
Wewak
Madang
But
Wakde
Hollandia
Philippines
Schoutens
Noemfoor Island
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
Germans conceal invasion wall with camouflage and underground fortifications
A wartime dispatch outlines a secret German west wall map showing buried fortifications, minefields, and camouflaged gun clusters along the coast. Allied reconnaissance notes air superiority and rapid invasion plans, with paratroop massing in southern England. Norwegian broadcasts mark independence day and pledge defiance against oppression.
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James M
Long London
West Wall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Paquis
Eisenhower
England
Channel
Sweden
Karl von Rundstedt
Erwin
Japs Set Trap At Loyang In Fierce Fight
Chinese forces claim a decisive stand near Loyang Henan with heavy assaults. Japan allegedly advances 65 miles southwest as Chinese press a counterattack, reoccupying a 22 mile stretch of the Peiping Hankow railway between Kioshan and Mingkiang. Chinese gains include Suiping and Chumatien.
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Chungking
Loyang
Henan
Peiping- Hankow
Kioshan
Mingkiang
Suiping
Chumatien
Wattsburg Trucker Kills Erie County Farmer in Roadside Crash
Guy Rouse Jr., 51, a well known Erie county farmer, was struck and killed last night while talking with friends in a car on the road. The fatal accident occurred in Wattsburg as a truck hit him during their conversation. Investigating authorities are examining the collision details and identifying the driver involved.
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Wattsburg
Guy Rouse, Jr
Erie County
Pignataro Taken as Allies Press Toward Cassino
Allied forces smashed through Pignataro, pushing toward Cassino to sever its road and rail links to Rome. British and Indian troops faced fierce German resistance while American and French units cleared Gustav line defenses along a 15 mile front toward the Gulf of Gaeta.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Pignataro
Liri
Cassino
Rome
Lynn Heinzerling
Associated Press
Gulf of Gaeta
Adolf Hitler
Castellanorato
Formia
Esperia
San Giorgio
Monte D’oro
Gustav Line
High Command
Via
Casilina
Rapido
Via Casilina
Somerset Weather Reported Daily by David Grove
Temperature for the 24 hour period from 5 80 p m Tuesday until 5 30 p m Wednesday shows a high around 75 and a low near 58 degrees. Weather data compares with a year ago with a high of 82 and a low of 52 degrees.
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David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
Weather Forecast Maryland and Mid-Atlantic Region
Partly cloudy and continued warm Thursday across Maryland with scattered afternoon thundershowers in the mountains. West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania share the same partly cloudy, warm pattern with widely scattered afternoon storms. Eastern Pennsylvania experiences similar warmth and mountain thunderstorms in the afternoon.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
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Somerset Boro Salvage Committee
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Stilwell
Forrestal
Carl Vinson
Georgia
House
Naval Affairs Committee
James V. Forrestal
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Melvin J. Maas
Vinson
U.S
Norway
Somerset Weather
U. S. Weather Bureau
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COVA
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