Republican Auditors Reply Over Mandamus Action Fit
Republican auditors defend that John R. King had no legal right to sue and state that the board split publication duties between papers of majority and minority parties. They assert Somerset American is minority aligned while Somerset Democrat and Somerset County Times are majority party papers. They claim publication complied with statute and that Somerset Newspapers Inc. controls both major Democratic papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. King
Waldo Buechley
Charles Sechler
King
Ine
Sechler
Waldo Butchley
Somerset American
Somerset County Times
Democratic Party
Board of Auditors
Somerset Democrat
West Union Street
Somerset
James B. Werner
Somerset Newspapers, Inc
West Main Street
Buechley
Pennsylvania
Democrat and County Times
Gen
Dewey Leads With 167 Votes In Oregon Primary
Oregon returns show Dewey leading the Republican presidential preference with 167 votes in a write-in battle for the state’s 15 convention votes. Stassen has 23 and Bricker 14. Morse leads Holman for renomination in statewide race with Morse at 255 to Holman 189 across ten of 1828 precincts.
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Portland
Ore
Wayne L. Morse
Rufus C. Holman
Oregon
Morse
Holman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Dewey
Stassen
Pritts Waive Hearings On Untaxed Whisky Case
Pritts brothers Harry and Jerry Pritts were released on $500 bond each after waiving hearings before U S Commissioner F A Holbert in Pittsburgh federal court. Charged with possessing 30 gallons of untaxed whisky and an unlicensed still, they faced a trial date. Ed and Clark Pritts were released for lack of evidence. Federal agents testified of an early morning distilling operation, including a 100 gallon still and a coat tied to Clark. A large sugar supply and a 1943 hunting license tied to Clark surfaced, with officers naming a likely sugar supplier. Earlier raids at Eastwood Inn yielded a three gallon keg of moonshine, reportedly 80 to over 100 proof, sold by a local inn manager for his ailing wife.
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U. S
F. A. Holbert
Harry
Jerry Pritts
Pittsburgh
James E
Clark
Pritts
L. E. Ross
Johnstown
State Liquor Control Board
Stite
Ed Pritts
Harry Pritts
Clark Pritts
Eastwood Inn
Ligonier R. D. 2
Lincoln Highway
Ligonier Valley
Earl Storp
Mary Storp
Overcome By Smoke, Dies in Canton Fire
Jay Wilhelm, 77, died from smoke and fire after attempting to save belongings in his Canton home. Carried from a second story by firefighters, he never regained consciousness. His wife, also overcome, is recovering.
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Canton
Jay Wilhelm
Resume Work Resumes At Steel Plants After Strike Protest
Pittsburgh May 19 Work resumed today at the Continental Foundry and Machine Company plant at Coraopolis and at the Vitro Manufacturing Companys Canonsburg plant. About 100 strikers agreed to submit grievances to negotiation. Workers at the Continental plant quit in protest of an alleged violation of union rules and workers at Vitro Canonsburg protested for a wage increase.
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Pittsburgh
Continental Foundry and Machine Company 5
Coraopolis
Vitro Manufacturing Company
Canonsburg
Labor Board OKs Mine Wage Pact After Yearlong Strife
The War Labor Board approved the wage agreement between John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers and over 70 percent of the soft coal industry, shifting wage control from Ickes to operators. The deal excludes the Southern Coal Operators, who challenge portal-to-portal pay in court, meaning only contract miners receive $40 back pay now. Portal-to-portal defines a nine hour underground day with 15 minutes lunch and 45 minutes travel, adding one production hour daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
Southern Coal Operators Association
Southern Operator Group
Edward R. Burke
Southern
Burke
Lewis
UMW
WLB
John P. McWilliams
Frederick S. Fales
George Mead
Walter T. Margetts
Seniors At Rotary Club Presentation Highlights Philippines
Senior class boys hosted the Somerset Rotary Club luncheon program. Davi Weimer spoke on the history of the islands. Other talks covered epic of Bataan, defiance of Japan, Filipino loyalty to America, Quezon's message, Roosevelt and the Philippines, and a tribute to the Filipino Flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Rotarians
Robert Morin
Davi Weimer
Islands
Dean Mickey
Merle Heiple
Bataan
Warren Latshaw
Glenn Long
Charles Emert
Joseph Knepper
America
John Bowman
Quezon
Wilbert Miller
Roosevelt
Philippines
William Berkley
Father's Body Found Hanging In Pittsburgh Home
Joseph Renk aged 45 father of six was found hanging by a wire from a door in his Pittsburgh home. The body was discovered by his 13 year old daughter Alberta and the coroner reported the finding today.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Renk
Alberta
Red Army Attacks in White Russia Sector Claim Fortified Nazi Hold Captured
Moscow announced that the Red Army attacked in the Vitegs area of White Russia and captured a fortified Nazi stronghold after a two hour battle. Reports also said Nazi assaults on Russian positions near Stanislawow in old Poland were repelled with heavy losses. The Baltic air fleet hit Kotka in Finland, while seven Nazi aircraft and patrol vessels were reported destroyed off Norway. Moscow noted no major land changes but indicated preparations for a new offensive and increased German propaganda on an imminent Soviet strike.
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Russell Landstrom
London
Moscow
Red Army
Vitegs
White Russia
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Tiraspol
Ts Dnestr
Baltic
Red
Kotka
Ean
Norway
Poland
Nazis Shoot 47 Allied Air Officers
London reports reveal that 47 British Dominion and allied air force officers were executed after a mass escape from a Dresden area prison camp. Foreign Secretary Eden told the House of Commons that 76 participated, 15 recaptured, 14 at large, with the rest shot during arrest or escape attempts. He noted no Americans were involved and pressed for a full Swiss report on international law implications. The incident intensified wartime anger and calls for justice.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Dresden
Germany
Eden
House of Commons
Switzerland
New Yorker Fools All to Reach Tito
Walter Bernstein, New Yorker correspondent, slipped into Yugoslavia to interview Marshal Tito, fooling censors and officials. His interview is awaiting release by Allied censorship and would be the first personal Tito chat by an allied writer published if permitted. Bernstein’s tale contrasts with another Tito interview blocked by Mediterranean command censorship since April 30.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Italy
Mediterranean
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Walter Bernstein
Yank Magazine
Tito
Bernstein
Cairo
Associated Press
Joseph Morton
Mediterranean Command
New York
Wakde Air Field Taken in New Guinea Invasion
Advance reports from Allied headquarters say 6th Army forces stormed Wakde island, seized the air field, and pushed a beachhead eight miles on the Dutch New Guinea mainland. MacArthur notes rapid operations around Hollandia continue as Japanese defenses collapse.
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New Guinea
6Th Army
Wakde Island
Douglas MacArthur
Wakde
Dutch New Guinea
MacArthur
Hollandia
Wakds
Toem
Insoemanai
Isoemoear
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Courageous Flying Fortress Crew Risks All To Stay With Wounded Navigator
A damaged Flying Fortress battles through heavy flak and 600 miles of combat to remain with a wounded navigator whose parachute was accidentally kicked out. Lt. William A. Moses orders bail out while crew members elect to stay, lifeboat rafts deployed after the plane sinks in the Channel. Navigator dies minutes later. rescue by British air sea service. Crew included Lt. Eugene W. Gilbert, Lt. Harry H. Mitchell, Sgt. Roy A. Roesch, Sgt. John L. Clarke, Sgt. Wylie E. Dumm, and others.
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Flying Fortress
England
William A. Moses
Pittsburgh
Moses
Eugene W. Gilbert
Quincy
Ill
Roy A Roesch
Toledo
Ohio
John L. Clarke
Jamestown
N. Y
Gilbert
Harry H. Mitchell
Martinsburg
W. Va
John N. Ragan
Dewitt
Ark
Eisenhower Surveys Invasion Preparations In Britain
General Eisenhower returned to supreme headquarters after inspecting air and ground troops in England and Northern Ireland. Axis broadcasts claim English ports are jammed with invasion material and note improved Dover Strait weather may hasten D-Day plans.
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James M. Long
London
Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Britain
England
Northern Ireland
Straits of Dover
British Isles
Disorderly Retreat of Germans Forces Across Hitler Line
Allied forces report German troops falling back in disorder after breaks in the Gustav and Hitler lines. American and French troops push from the Liri valley to the Tyrrhenian coast, with prisoners, artillery, and armor flowing toward the rear as British Canadian units advance along the Liri valley toward Aquino. Polish troops near Cassino close on Piedimonte as the Eighth Army tightens the noose from the north.
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Edward Kennedy
Naples
Italy
Hitler Line
Liri
Tyrrhenian Sea
Sant’Oliva
Liri River
Cassino
Sid Feder
Associated Press
Gulf of Gaeta
Formia
Itri
Formft
Monte Faggeto
Lofty Peak
Fondi
Terracina
Anzio
Gustav
Hitler
Piedimonte
Via Casilina
Rome
Eighth Army
Aquino
Allied Air Blitz Resumes Berlin Offensive with 1500-Plane Fleet
London reports a renewed Allied assault on Berlin and Brunswick with about 1,500 American bombers and fighters. They claim 125 German planes shot down at a cost of 26 bombers and 19 fighters, as 2,500 Allied aircraft take part and drop around 3,000 tons of bombs. The RAF also targets northern France with Mosquito and Typhoon raids amid heavy anti-aircraft fire.
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Sky Battle
London
Berlin
Brunswick
U. S
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
France
Focke-Wulfs
Henry H. Arnold
Europe
Myitkyina Drive Boosts Overland China Route
Allied forces under Merrill and Chindit command punched toward Myitkyina in a three pronged assault. Airborne engineers and Chinese troops aided by medium bombers aimed at the Japanese airfield and supply routes from Mandalay, Mawlu, and Bhamo. The push seeks to reopen the overland path to China amid heavy fighting and Japanese countermeasures.
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ASL
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
Frank Merrills
Mogaung-Myitkyina
Mayraw Kakan
Chindit
Air Commando
Bhamo
Mandalay
Mawlu
Merrill
Salween River
Yunnan Province
China
Chungking
Myitkyina-Bhamo
Laokyo
Southeast Asia
Suport
Weather forecast for Maryland and nearby states
Maryland Saturday partly cloudy then warmer in the afternoon with scattered afternoon thundershowers in the extreme west. Eastern Pennsylvania Saturday increasing cloudiness and a warmer afternoon. Western Pennsylvania Saturday mostly cloudy and warmer with showers in the west. West Virginia Saturday scattered thunderstorms and warmer in the afternoon.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Portion
West Virginia
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