AFL Ready To Return to Shipyards
Bay Cities Metal Trades Council votes to send 15 000 workers through picket lines at 11 Bay area shipyards over defense contract work. John Frey says AFL CMS will lead, despite governor Olson appeal. plan not to reveal timing to avoid sightseers or political spectacle.
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John Frey
Metal Trades Council
San Francisco
Bay Cities Metal Trades Council
Bay Area
Afl-Cio
American Federation of Labor Metal Trades Unions
Culbert L Olson
AFL
Frey
AFI
CIO
Communist Party
Mediation Board Reports Progress in Defense Strikes
The defense mediation board says its actions to date have ended or postponed strikes by over 628,000 armor workers. Settlements include a La Porte Allis-Chalmers dispute and a tentative no strike understanding for Gulf Coast shipyards. The Fed notes May activity rebound from April labor disputes, with coal mine stoppages and Ford plant work cited as factors.
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Associated Press
Defense Mediation Board
la Porte
Ind
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Gulf Coast
Peter M. H. Wynhoven
Federal
New Orleans
Mediation Board
Federal Reserve Board
Ford Motor Company
Instrument Men Offer to Work 60 Hours in New York
The New York Times reports CIO workers at Ford Instrument Co in Queens ready to work 60 hours weekly to address a skilled labor shortage in the defense program. About 1,300 employees, with 200 already on 60 hours, may be asked to extend hours once new machinery arrives. The plant, a Sperry subsidiary, ships output to the navy and operates three shifts around the clock.
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New York
New York Times
CIO
Ford Instrument Co
Queens
Teol
United Instrument Workers
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Sperry Corporation
Navy
End Strike at Vandergrift Plant in Three-Day Walkout
Negotiations between CIO steel workers committee and United Engineering and Foundry Vandergrift plant ended with a largely retained contract. Defense mediation aided talks. changes noted but union demand for exclusive bargaining rights was not granted.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-Steel Workers Organizing Committee
United Engineering and Foundry Company
Vandergrift
National Defense Mediation Board
Windber Man Jailed on Desertion Charge
William J. Dixon of Windber was jailed on a desertion and non support charge and a surety of the peace complaint by Squire A C Hutchinson of Scalp Level. Dixon, estranged from his wife, was said to be a carpenter at Indiantown Gap and allegedly fired a gun at his wife near their Windber home.
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William J. Dixon
Windber
Squire A. C. Hutchinson
Scalp Level
Dixon
Indiantown Gap
Gettysburg Frat House Fire Claims One Life
Gettysburg College senior Donald Kaiser 23 of Swedesboro N J rushed into the burning Phi Kappa Psi house to wake guest Edward Fay 26 of Drexel Hill allowing their escape. Fay was burned on head and ears. Kaiser, 265 pounds, jumped from a porch roof after smashing a window. Mrs. W D E Scott 78 died of a heart attack two miles away after being aroused by sirens. Damage estimated at 15000. Cause under investigation.
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Gettysburg
Gettysburg College
Phi Kappa Psi
Donald Kaiser
Swedesboro
N. J
Edward Fay
Drexel Hill
Fay
Kaiser
Warner Hospital
W. D. E. Scott
James A. Aumen
Boswell Youth Hurt in 1941 Sedan Crash Near Lavansville
James E. Walker, 27, a Consolidation Coal laborer, was critically injured when his new 1941 sedan left Route 31 near Lavansville and struck two trees. He is in Somerset Community hospital with a fractured pelvis and other injuries. condition listed as fair later Sunday. Police report no reason given. car had only 1,600 miles. A Pittsburgh doctor was summoned for surgery.
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Boswell
Route 31
Lavansville
James E. Walker
Consolidation Coal Company
Somerset Community Hospital
Pittsburgh
Somerset
Walker
Fair” State Motor Police
Uhl Takes Oath as U S District Attorney
Charles F. Uhl, prominent Somerset lawyer, was in Pittsburgh Saturday where Judge F. J. Schoonmaker administered the oath of office to him as United States district attorney. This marks a second term for Attorney Uhl. Court will convene Monday morning in Pittsburgh as he occupies the new position.
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Charles F. Uhl
Somerset
Pittsburgh
F. J. Schoonmaker
United States
Attorney UN
Mr. Uhl
Jail Pair for Disorderly Conduct
Mrs Abbie Wortz aged 58 and Edward Leiby aged 40 both of Steystown RD 2 were arrested and jailed over the weekend on disorderly conduct charges. They were each sentenced to 30 days by Justice Charles G Clark.
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Abbie Wortz
Edward Leiby
Steystown
R. D
Justice of the Peace
Charles G. Clark
Sir D Arcy Power Dies in London
Sir D Arcy Power a renowned surgeon and author died in London. He served as a visiting lecturer at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1930 and 1931.
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Sir D'Arcy Power
London
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Brook's Tunnel Freight Wreck Paralyzes Rail Line
At Brook's tunnel east end near Confluence 17 freight cars derailed Friday night on the Baltimore and Ohio line. Workmen cleared the eastbound track by Saturday dawn with 72 hours estimated to finish all clearance. No injuries or cause given. traffic rerouted via Western Maryland line.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Brook’s
Confluence
Western Maryland Railroad Company
John Hewes, Jr
Pittsburgh
Brook's Tunnel
Maryland
Hewes
Watchm an's Murder Suspected In Lumber Yard Fire Ruins
Philadelphia authorities report the 72-year-old watchman Michael Regan was found dead under debris in the W. H. Lear yard amid a six alarm blaze at Thurs day s larger lumber site near Cramps shipyard. Coroner Hersch says a two inch skull wound suggests murder possibly to aid saboteurs. FBI notes fire may be sabotage.
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Philadelphia
Charles H. Hersch
Michael Regan
W. H. Lear Company
Cramps
Lear
Defense Industries
FBI
Hersch
Regan
Black
Cramp's
Air Corps Officer Killed in Ontario Auto Crash
Lieutenant William H. Carter a US Army Air Corps officer from Selfridge Field Michigan was killed in a crash near Forest Ontario. Two other airmen were injured including James M Ingham who was seriously hurt and taken to Sarnia General Hospital. Lieut Max Stubbs sustained cuts and bruises and was discharged from the hospital.
Cason Heads Letter Carriers District Election
French Cason of Greensburg was unanimously elected president of the Pennsylvania Southwest district at the 26th semi annual district meeting last night. He serves as president of Branch 266, National Association of Letter Carriers.
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Cason
Greensburg
French Cason
National Association of Letter Carriers
Pennsylvania
Hull lays out open trade and defense by aiding Britain
Secretary Hull declares axis aims to control seas and world domination, urging that the United States must deliver adequate supplies to Great Britain. He outlines five peace principles for postwar order, warns against internal division and production delays, and stresses aid to nations resisting aggression as essential to American security.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Great Britain
NBC
Japanese Claim Massive Chinese Casualties in China Campaign
Shanghai dispatch reports a Japanese Army statement claiming 33 449 Chinese were fatally hurt and 10 479 captured across 11 days of fighting in southern Shansi and northern Honan, with another 2 500 Chinese fatally hurt and 400 taken prisoner south of Fukien’s Chuki region.
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Shanghai
Shansi
Hona
Chuki
Fukien
Fall From Cliff Kills New Castle Man
David Kay aged 59 a prominent New Castle business leader died from a broken back after falling from a cliff near his summer home on Thursday Police said he may have fainted at the edge or rainfall made the ground slippery He headed Bessemer Loam Sand Shenango Clay and Oakmont Heights Development companies.
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New Castle
David Kay
Bessemer Loam Sand Company
Shenango Clay Company
Oakmont Heights Development Company
Greathouse Held on Morality Charge
Howard Greathouse a 34 year old Maple Ridge man was committed to the county jail on serious morality charges stemming from an alleged attack on a 13 year old girl. He was committed on statutory rape charges filed before Justice of the Peace Russel Schmucker. Court action will follow.
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Howard Greathouse
Maple Ridge
Russel Schmucker
Justice of the Peace
Mary C Warren, 103, Mount Holyoke Alumna Dies
Mrs. Mary C Warren, aged 103, longtime Jamestown resident, died yesterday. A Mount Holyoke College graduate of 1860 from South Hadley Massachusetts, she credited her long life to strict observance of Puritan ideals of her forebears.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Mary C. Warren
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
Mass
German High Command Confirms Allied Bombing Impacts
Berlin reports admit British raids on Western Germany caused damage to rail facilities and homes near Cologne with civilian casualties. Intercepted claims detail two ships sunk and multiple vessels damaged near England, while German sources note hits in the English Channel and Crete and assert German losses at 26 planes over three days.
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Germany
Rhineland
Cologne
High Command
English Channel
Crete
England
Suda Bay
Tobruk
North Africa
Salum
Fort Capuzzo
Dnb
English Midlands
Syria
Iraq
United States
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Roosevelt
Nazi Terror In Salonika
BBC reports German troops looted shops and homes in Salonika and stole the United States vice consul's car after threatening the garage owner with a machine gun. The Cairo radio via Free French agency supplied the details but gave no date. German secret police were active in punishing Greeks with pro British leanings.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
United States
Salonika
BBC
Cairo
Sunken freighter crew rescued after torpedo attack off Ireland
British freighter bound for New York from Britain, carrying a large whiskey cargo, was torpedoed off the Ireland coast. All crew were saved after about 20 minutes in lifeboats and were landed at an eastern Canadian port by another vessel. Many crew members were Chinese.
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Ireland
New York
Britain
Iraq Claims Destruction of Eight British Planes
Iraq high command claims eight RAF planes destroyed in a raid on Din El Debane airfield west of Baghdad near Lake Habbaniyah. The communique reports repulsed British patrols with heavy imperial losses and says Iraqi forces continued minor offensives around Rutba in western Iraq.
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Beircut
Lebanon
Iraq High Command
Din el Debane
Baghdad
Lake Habbaniyah
Avert Strike at Talon Plant in Meadville
A strike threatened at the Talon plant was averted when the AFL slide fastener union voted to accept a compromise agreement. The pact provides a seven percent wage increase and other contract changes.
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Meadville
Talon, Inc
AFL
Churchill Defers Tale Of Hesss Purpose In Flight
May 18 London reports show Prime Minister Churchill delaying a secret Hess inquiry. British broadcasts push Germany to reveal Hess details while Germans hear rumors of purges and arrests. News from Gothenburg cites Hess wife arrests and widespread questioning across Berlin.
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Churchill
Scotland
London
Curbstone Kibivers
Germany
Ickes Urges Total Aid To Britain In War Fight
Secretary Ickes told an audience of 675000 in New York that the United States must give everything to Britain to defeat a common foe. He warned against appeasers and urged unity, democracy, and readiness for a long, militarized struggle.
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New York
United States
Britain
Harold L. Ickes
Great Britain
Central Park Mall
Mutual Broadcasting System
Ickes
F. H. la Guardia
Louis F. Costuma
Ickes Ried
England
America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Russia
South America
Leaders in America Unite to Defend Democracy
A group of high officials urged new citizens to sacrifice for democracy in observance of I Am An American Day. Biddle warned that England's defeat would push the US toward war and erode freedoms, while Knudsen and Rayburn stressed sustaining democracy, higher living standards, and converting industry to defense.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Francis Biddle
England
America
Adolf Hitler
National Education Association
Wallace
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Chicago
Soldier's Field
Rayburn
CBS
United States of America
Reds Join With Iraq And Axis Eyes Middle East
Istanbul dispatch reports German quarters claim Russian volunteers aiding Iraq and pilots joining the Iraq air force amid Axis plans. German and Russian envoys discussed cooperation with Iraq in the Middle East battle for oil as Britain eyes Syria. Turkish papers urge Britain to occupy Syria to block Axis aid.
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Turkey
Iraq
Middle East
Moscow
Syria
Tass
Pee Eh
Germany
Italy
Franz von Papen
Vinogradov
Majidi Shefket
Baghdad
Aankara
Britain
Tan. Askam
Nab Nazis In Hess Case
British radio reports via a Swedish newspaper say many prominent Nazis have been arrested in Germany over the Rudolf Hess case. Willi Messerschmitt was questioned by the Gestapo about Hess’s aircraft. Frau Hess reportedly arrested but AP sources say she is not involved and remains with a chauffeur.
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Germany
No. 3
Fuehrer
Sweden
Goteborg
Berlin
Goteborgpost
Hess
New York
London
Rudolf Hess
NBC
CBS
Willi Messerschmitt
Gestapo
Scotland
Associated Press
Frau Hess
Stockholm
Hitler
Field Marshal
Goering
New Zealand Premier Says Prepared for the Worst
Cairo May 18 New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser said in an interview that his country is prepared for the worst but hopes for the best in the Pacific. He noted U S influence remains key and that no hostility from Japan has been shown, expressing hope for peace and urging American involvement to aid democracies.
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Cairo
Egypt
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
Pacific Ocean
Middle East
Fraser
United States
Pacific
Japan
Italian Duke to seek surrender at Amba Alija in East Africa
The Duke of Aosta abandons Amba Alija and sends an emissary to seek terms for 7,000 Italian troops surrounded at the mountain fortress 280 miles northeast of Addis Ababa. British reports also note air battles from Tobruk to Suez and ongoing Middle East to Greece raids.
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Cairo
Egypt
Duke of Aosta
Ethiopia
Amba Alija
East Africa
Addis Ababa
Tobruk
Basra
Habbaniyah
Iraq
RAF
Middle East
Suez
Suez Canal
Messerschmitt
Hassani
Greece
Argos
Mainoi
Menidi
Camp Rashid
Baghdad
Duke of Ros
Alan M. Cunningham
High Command
Middle Fast Command
Somerset Weather Report
Daily temperature range from 5:30 p.m. Saturday to 5:30 p.m. Sunday recorded by David Grove U S Weather Observer. Data shows maximum and minimum temperatures with comparison to the same period last year.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Carne Catee Herreneeneh
Bade Tenedens Henetting
Eastern Pennsylvania West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania Weather Forecast
Forecast for Eastern Pennsylvania shows fair skies with slight warming Monday and Tuesday. West Virginia expects fair weather with rising temperatures Monday and increasing cloudiness Tuesday. Maryland remains fair with interior warming Monday and Tuesday, with east fair and west clouding. Western Pennsylvania predicts fair conditions with rising temperatures Monday and increasing cloudiness Tuesday.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
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