Urges Army To Break Up Picket Lines
A Senate committee heard calls for government operation of closed plants or prosecution of strike leaders to defend the war program. Navy officials urged armed intervention to break up San Francisco shipyard picket lines as 1,700 AFL CIO machinists halted work on $500 million of ships.
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Associated Press
Navy Gage
Maritime Commission
San Francisco
Defense
Senate
Denise
Ralph Bard
Navy
Eimory 8
Land of the Maritime Commission
Bard
AFL
CIO
Mare Island Navy Yard
Ravenna
Ohio
Frisco
Washington
Defense Mediation Board
Dio United Mine Workers
Defense Board
Southern Coal
Northern Mines
Southern
Pacific Northwest
Americ Potash and Chemical Corporation
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
LaPorte, Ind
Somerset high school 31st commencement honors readers and scholars
The 31st Somerset township high school commencement was held in the show auditorium. The program included a series of musical selections, an address by Lloyd H. Hinkle, diploma presentations by A. C. Wegley, and awards announced by Ralph E. Barnett. Reader's Digest scholars winner Maxine Lease led the honor list, with other awards going to Laward Smucker Jr., Alice Good, and several graduates noted with honors.
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Somerset Township High School
Seas
C.M. von Weber
Wand
Martin F. Foutz
Ernest Wever
C. F. Handel
Lloyd H. Hinkle
Bedford County
Schoors
Neptune Overture
R. B. Eisenberg
Harold Johnson
E. F. Goldman
A. C. Wegley
Board of Education
Ralph E. Barnett
Foutz. Laiers Ional
Reader's Digest
Maxine Lease of
Friedens
Raioh E. Barnett
Lear
John Vo. Lease
Laward Smucker, Jr
Edward Smucker
Youth Injured In Central City Car Bicycle Crash
Joseph Mateina fifteen of Central City rests in Windber hospital after being struck by a car driven by Boya M Ross of Stoystown Route 60 Central City. He sustained body bruises and breathing difficulty. Ross faced charges with a ten day jail term ordered in Somerset County.
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Joseph Mateina
Central City
Windber Hospital
Saorly
Boya M. Ross
Stoystown
Mateina
Ross
Somerset County
Memorial Service For Firemen In Somerset
Somerset's volunteer fire department will assemble at 10:30 a.m. Sunday for a procession from West Union Street to the Church of the Brethren for the annual memorial service at 10:45 a.m. The Rev. Galen R. Blough will preach Thoughts on Memorial Day.
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Somerset
Somerset Church of the Brethren
Galen R. Blough
Richard Pile
West Union Street
Child Injured In Fall From Car Near Somerset
Charmaine Kreger of Somerset was admitted to Somerset Community Hospital after falling from a moving car while riding home with her parents Mr and Mrs Jack Kreger. The door opened west of Somerset and the child sustained brush burns and abrasions. A Somerset physician was summoned and she was later reported in good condition.
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Charmaine Kreger
Somerset
R. D
Someret Community Hospital
Jack Kreger
Patrolman Reports Turnpike Radio System To Rotary
Corporal A J Letteer of the state motor police described a new radio system for the Pennsylvania turnpike to the Som erset Rotary club. He cited speeding dangers and a tunnel incident to illustrate why the device would help halt violators. He noted the turnpike has logged over 1.5 million miles in eight months with one minor accident and urged caution about ice and driver behavior on the highway.
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A J. Letteer
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Somerset Rotary Club
Ferner Hotel
Letteer
Tie
Corporal Letler
Cod Woo
Corporal Letteer
Pennsylvania
Oome
Donegal Interchange
Theastern
Allegheny Tunnel
McCann
Harrisburg
Truck Skids Injures Driver Near Meyersdale
Simon Murray 56 of Sand Patch RD 1 suffered a scalp laceration when his truck skidded on a rain slick curve along Route 219 near Meyersdale. The vehicle crashed into a guard fence, uprooting three posts. he was treated at Meyersdale Hospital and released.
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Simon Murray
Meyersdale
Somerset
State Motor Police
Murray
William Berkey Injured in Fall at Work
William Berkey, 35, Rockwood R D 2, a Farm Bureau carpenter in Somerset, fell about 12 feet at work Friday. He was taken to Somerset Community Hospital where his condition was listed as improved and the full extent of injuries was to be assessed.
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William Berkey
Rockwood
R. D
Farm Bureau
Somerset
Somerset Community Hospital
Lindbergh and Wheeler Rally Against War in New York
Charles A. Lindbergh and Senator Burton K. Wheeler spoke at Madison Square Garden urging adequate leadership to keep the U S from entering the European war. The event drew about 20 000 inside and 2 000 outside as police guarded the America First rally and amid charges of Nazi and Communist influence by opponents.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Burton K. Wheeler
America
Lindbergh
Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
Louis F. Costuma
League of Youth For Democracy
Federated Council For Americanism
Social Democratic Youth
Democracy’s Volunteers
Student Defenders of Democracy
John T. Flynn
America First Committee
Joseph E. McWilliams
American Destiny Party
Congress
McWilliams
Flynn
Yorkville
Soce Aaust
Norman Thomas
NBC Red
CBS
Hitler
Lord Halifax
Wild Boar
Goering
Germany
Mussolini
Churchill
Mutual Network
Farm youth turns bank robber to wed
Larson Crawford a 20 year old farm youth was arrested in Levelland Texas for a 20000 robbery of the First National Bank. His mother soon found most of the loot buried on the Crawford farm. Sheriff Ed Hofacker said Crawford hoped to use the funds to marry. The bank was robbed yesterday.
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Levelland
Tex
First National Bank
Larson Crawford
Burton S. Burks
Ed Hofacker
Crawford
Storm claims third victim in Pittsburgh area collapse
The storm in Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania yesterday killed three people. Stanley Pisowicz, 28, former prizefighter, died of shock after a brick wall collapse. John Adler, 45, also died. Water Tobolski, 12, was hospitalized improving. Patsy Dent, 35, of Jeannette, died when lightning struck a tree sheltering him while fishing.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Stanley Pisowicz
Pisowicz
John Adler
Water Tobolski
Patsy Dent
Jeannette
Zamzam passengers survive dawn raid and 33 day Nazi voyage
Survivors told of the Zamzam being shelled near St Helena on April 17 and sent to the bottom by the Tamieses. More than 300 aboard were taken by the raider and later transferred to the Dresden. Eight others remained in Bordeaux while two Americans and an Egyptian were wounded.
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Vichy
France
Biarritz
Bordeaux
Recife
Brazil
Capetown
South Africa
St. Helena
Napoleon
Isle of Exile
Francis J. Vicovari
New York
Ned Laughinghouse
Wilson, N. C
Vicovari
Dresden
St. Jean de Luz
Laughinghouse
U. S
Henry S. Waterman
Rumors on Axis Moves Involving Switzerland and Turkey
Diplomatic whispers in Rome claim moves to bring Switzerland into the axis and to seek Russian permission for axis troops to use Russian soil toward the Persian Gulf for the Middle East clash with Britain. Some say Turkey could be pressed for Syria access. Crete’s outcome could trigger wider action. Mussolini dismissed General Guzzoni and replaced him with Antonio Scuero as undersecretary. staff post abolished.
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Rome
Switzerland
Russia
Persian Gulf
Middle East
Ukraine
Bern
Axis
Turkey
Syria
Crete
Mediterranean
Germany
Italy
England
Spain
Portugal
Gibraltar
Mussolini
Alfredo Guzzoni
Albania
Guzzoni
Antonio Scuero
Duce
Tirana
RAF Blasts Boulogne in Dover Straits Raid
British bombers roared over the Dover Straits to attack Boulogne occupied France. Vivid flashes lit the French shore while explosions were muffled by a stiff wind and German anti aircraft fire offered resistance from the Kentish shore.
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London
Dover Straits
Boulogne
France
Kentish
Germans Drowned as British Navy Sinks Crete-Bound Convoy
Alexandria, May 23. A British naval squadron smashed a German convoy heading to Crete, sinking an Italian destroyer and several merchant ships with hundreds of troops aboard. Thousands of Germans died or were dispersed. no landings reached Crete that night.
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Crete-Bound
Larry Allen
Alexandria
Egypt
Crete
Crete Battle Hype Grows as Public Seeks News
Berlin reports no official Crete victory yet despite heavy publicity on Crete’s strategic value. The piece notes air naval activity in the eastern Mediterranean and losses for British forces, while Germany stresses secrecy and hints Crete may foreshadow an invasion of England.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Crete
Mediterranean
Nile
Suez Canal
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Germany
Signal Corps
England
High Command
Guenther Prien
Prien
Scapa Flow
Royal Oak
Adolf Hitler
Australian Casualties in Greek Campaign Hit 3983
General Sir Thomas Blamey reported Australian casualties in the Greek campaign totaled 3983 men. The figure was released from Melbourne with May 23 dating, reflecting British imperial forces’ losses in the Middle East theater.
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Australia
Melbourne
Thomas Blamey
Middle East
Dunsford Appointed Project Engineer in Uniontown
Harrisburg May 23. The highway department announced Albert E. Dunsford of Somerset has been appointed project engineer in district 12 Uniontown at a salary of 1850 dollars a year.
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Dunsford
Harrisburg
Highway Department
Albert E. Dunsford
Somerset
Uniontown
Hitler Hasn't Asked France For Her Navy
Adolf Hitler has not demanded possession of the French fleet or colonial concessions, Admiral Darlan told a radio audience in Vichy. He said there was no ask for France to declare war on Britain and asserted France would choose its own path in Europe. British reports claimed a French tanker was seized for aiding Germany, while German officials continued high level talks in the occupied zone with figures like Field Marshal von Brauchitsch and Count Schwerin-Krosigk.
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Vichy
France
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Jean Darlan
Germany
Darlan
Hitler
England
Organization of Europe
Vich
Navicerts
United States
Casablanza
Morocco
Ministry of Economic Warfare
London
Great Britain
Walter von Brauchitsch
Paris
Lutz Schwerin-Krosigk
Emir Abdul Back In Iraq After Coup
The Press Association learned in London that Emir Abdul Dah, regent of Iraq deposed in the April coup, has returned to Iraq to consider forming a new administration. He had been abroad since Rashid Ali Al Gailani seized power and his forces clash with Britain in an undeclared war.
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London
the Press Association
Abdul Dah
Iraq
Rashid Ali al Gailani
Britain
British troops may patrol toward Baghdad from Fallujah
Military sources said British forces in Iraq have consolidated around Fallujah and may dispatch armored car patrols toward Baghdad about 35 miles away. They stressed that reports of an imminent Fallujah fall and Baghdad capture were exaggerated.
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Cairo
Egypt
Iraq
Fallujah
Baghdad
Crete Battle Roundup Reclaims Malemi Airfield Amid Heavy Drone Attacks
Allied forces including British and Greek troops pressed a three hour assault to retake Malemi airport on Crete while repelling German parachutists and sea reinforcements. British long range bombers and anti aircraft fire claimed success against several transports as ground defense stiffened with tanks artillery and machine guns. The fight on Candia and Retimo intensified as German air power sought to sustain forces on the island near Suda Bay and Canea.
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Malemi
Cairo
Egypt
Crete
Candia
Retimo
Perm
Britain
Dodecanese
Canea
Suda Bay
British Auxiliary Cruiser Asturias Sees Action at Sea
The British auxiliary cruiser Asturias arrived at Rio de Janeiro and Lt. R. W. F. Rule said she had seen action. He refused details on timing location or opponents, replying only yes and no to questions about sighting or sinking the German freighter Lech during patrols in the southern Atlantic.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
R. W. F. Rule
A. H. Ardill
Atlantic
Berle Warns of World Conquest Threat
Adolf Berle assistant secretary of state warned in Atlantic City that an attempt at world conquest is nearing the new world. He said the United States will meet the challenge with reason and strength and that the nation faces a dangerous situation with hard decisions ahead.
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Atlantic’city
N. J
Adolf Berle
United States
Berle
Weather Forecast for Eastern and Western Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland
Eastern Pennsylvania sees fair skies with slight cooling in the south Saturday then fair and warmer Sunday. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia enjoy fair weather with moderate temperatures Saturday and Sunday. Maryland reports fair conditions with moderate temperatures Saturday and Sunday.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
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Liste
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George Connor
Charles Barron
Edward Smiucker
Frances Bender
Roy Griffith
Rotary of Turnpike
Lindbergh and Wheeler
Storm
Lamzam
U.S. State Department
Aris
RAF
Theuadron
Emir Abdul
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Bureau
U. S Albany
Eeeteneet Eines
Boston Wanene
Chicago
Cleveland Ones
Galveston
Miami Sageees
Philadelphia
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