No Coalition Cabinet Says President
President Roosevelt rejected talk of forming a coalition defense cabinet as Republicans urged defense policy be led by Republicans. Taft urged a Roosevelt declaration against a third term. Rhode Island pledged eight votes to Roosevelt boosting his convention tally. Union leaders signaled a Draft Roosevelt push to back reelection.
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Rooseevlt
Vermont
New Deal
Alf M. Landon
New York
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Women's Republican Club
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
NBC
Topeka
Kan
Ple
Washim
Europe
Rhode Island
Indiana
Raymond E Willis
van Nuys
Senate
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
CIO
Train derails damage on B and O line near Wilmington
A car in the Diplomat express between St Louis and New York derailed near Wilmington damaging a long stretch of track between the city and a nearby suburb late today. No injuries are reported.
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Wilmington
Del
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
St. Louis
New York City
Associated Press
U. S. Weather Bureau
New York
Boston
Miami
Chicago
Denver
Elkins
Teennebenee
Les
Wn San An
Lima Earthquake Kills 12. Over 1200 Injured
A powerful 60 second quake struck Lima Peru injuring more than twelve hundred people and killing twelve. Officials report damage across the city as rescue teams search for survivors. Local authorities urge calm and provide emergency services to assist the injured.
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Lima
Peru
Taft argues against third term on preparedness record
U S Senator Robert Taft in a Bergen County broadcast ridiculed using military readiness as a third term argument. He urged the public to avoid tying domestic issues to the presidency and warned against New Deal power, saying war should not be pursued to save democracy and that a German victory would threaten the Americas.
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Hackensack
N. J
U. S
Robert Taft
Rohio
Taft
Bergen County
Iult
Germany
Taf
United States
North
Central America
South America
Hold Mrs Romus For Grand Jury
Mary Romus of Shade township near Central City was held for court by Justice R S Shaver of Stoystown on liquor and gambling charges. Bond set at 500 each. Raid on her home and grocery store by Pennsylvania liquor control board and state motor police followed multiple visits and buys. Four punch boards and prizes were seized. This is her fourth liquor arrest. in May 1938 she pleaded guilty and was fined.
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Mary Romus
Shade Township
Central City
Justice of the Peace
R. S. Shaver
Stoystown
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Liquor Control Board
Pittsburgh Drunken Driver Arrested
State patrolmen from the Somerset sub-station arrested O. H. Clauson 42 of Brentwood Pittsburgh on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. A motorist reported a weaving car. Clauson was caught crossing Berlin’s public square and arraigned before Justice Josiah Swank of Somerset. He remains jailed awaiting preliminary hearing.
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Somerset
O. H. Clauson
Brentwood
Pittsburgh
Clauson
Berlin
Justice of the Peace
Josiah Swank
Berlin West
Clarence Watson Dies at 76 Democratic Senator MS from West Virginia
Clarence W. Watson 76 former Democratic U. S. senator from West Virginia died today after an operation. He lived in Fairmont and was president of Elkhorn Coal Corp. He helped develop Consolidation Coal Co. but retired from its presidency in 1928.
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Clarence Watson
Cincinnati
Clarence W. Watson
West Virginia
Watson
Fairmont
W. Va
Elkhorn Coal Corp
Consolidation Coal Co
House approves unlimited expansion of army air corps
Washington May 24 The House voted 391 to 1 for an unlimited expansion of the army air corps suspending the current cap of 6 000 planes to June 30 1941 and allowing an average of 8 500 pilots per year The plan comes as President Roosevelt unveils a national effort to train 50 000 pilots and the Senate naval committee sets a 10 000 plane cap for the navy air arm The navy's bill would raise its pilots to 15 000 and planes to 10 000 with an estimated 200 000 000 needed to reach the goal The defense push includes on going pilot training and hope governors will back the program
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House
Army-Air Corps
Roosevelt
Senate Naval Committee
Naval Air Corps
Navy
Congress
Army Air Corps Llt
Senate
Army Air Corps
Army
Air Corps
Repreesntative Marcantonio
ALN
John H. Towers
United States
Byrd
D-Pa
Towers
Walsh
D-Mass
Duluth
Stark
Missouri
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Puerto Rico
Central
South America
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Rockslide Injures Foreman At Laurel Hill Quarry
A quarry foreman, 46-year-old Ralph McQueary of Somerset, was treated at Somerset Community Hospital for a laceration above the eye, shock, and abdominal contusion after an incident at the Laurel Hill tunnel west portal on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Conflicting reports described a blast that caused a rockslide damaging cars and threatening the plant, or a destroyed quarry with power loss hindering repairs.
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Laurel Hill
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Somerset
Ralph McQueary
R. D
Somerset Community Hospital
McQueary
Hunkin-Conkey Construction Company
Donges Fire Loss Estimated At 14000 In Meyersdale
Fire destroyed the Stewart Donges retreading shop in Meyersdale with an estimated 14000 loss after stockpiled tires and camel back rubber stripping were discovered. Firemen fought the blaze as water shortages hindered containment and the town's siren repeatedly failed to sound. Authorities investigate cause while rumors of children at the scene are denied.
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Stewart Donges
Meyersdale
Mr. Donges
Donges
Meyersdale Borough
Arrest Pair For Larceny In Berlin Area
Two Somerset township youths aged 16 and 22 were arrested Friday afternoon on auto larceny charges tied to a burglary at the Reiman farm in Berlin R D 2. They admitted taking the light sedan from the Reiman garage and were bound over for criminal court with $1,000 bonds each.
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Somerset Township
Jacob C. Reiman
Berlin
R. D
Reiman
Albert B. Cramer
Somerset
Wilbur S. Johnson
Somerset R. D
Cramer
Johnson
Justice of the Peace
H. S. Whipperman
North Center Avenue
Brothers Valley Township
Squire Whipperman
Britain braces for invasion as Empire Day fears rise
London reports show heavy security around Whitehall and Downing Street as Britain prepares for possible German invasion. Rintelen and 76 Irish Republicans are seized while new wartime powers enable government control over production, prices, and labor. A mission to neutral Spain and plans for a Moscow trade push are announced.
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England
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Blue
Irish Sea
Empire
George VI
Germany
Britain
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United States
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Rintelen
Nazi Germany
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Foreign Office
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Isle
1.R.A
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Eire
Ulster
United Kingdom
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Irish Republican Army
George
Boulogne
Calais
Hitler
Spain
Moscow
Germans Press Toward Calais Gates in Northern War
Berlin said German forces smashed toward the gates of Calais and fought Allies in Ghent streets as they pushed from the Somme into northern France and Belgium. Berlin claimed lipid gains near Boulogne, Lille, Maubeuge, and Tournai, with air and sea actions against Allied transports and ships.
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Berlin
England
France
Calais
Ghent
Belgium
English Channel
Channel
Dover
Scheidt River
Somme
Britain
Loretto Heights
Arras
Lille
Maubeuge
Tournai
Amiens
Thief Robs Attorney’s Home Coin Bank
While Attorney George O. Phillips was at a Philadelphia hospital awaiting the birth of his second son a burglar broke into his Lansdowne home and stole the coin bank belonging to his first son Tommy taking $3 in cash from the itemization.
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Coin Bank
Lansdowne
George O. Phillips
Philadelphia
Tommy
Horse Goes Swimming in Delaware River
Dan the saddle horse escaped from a riding academy pasture and swam in the Delaware river. Harbor police escorted the animal ashore.
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Chester
Dan
Riding Academy
Delaware River
Belgian Diplomatic Loot Seized by German Paratroopers
A German military source describes a parachute officer seizing Belgian foreign office archives within 20 minutes of Brussels surrender. The account follows German troops advancing, with training notes on marching pace, orders, and a tense encounter near Ghent as Berlin presses toward the coast.
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Brussels
Adolf Hitler
Foreign Office
Berlin
Poland
Norway
British Drive Nazi Plane Over Northeast Coast Raid
British aircraft early today repelled a German warplane that crossed the northeast coast and dropped several bombs. The action ended with the enemy plane driven off.
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London
Volunteers Held Off Nazis For 23 Days at Hegra Fortress
Oslo reports the 23 day defense of Hegra in mid Norway by volunteers armed with Napoleonic era guns. Sub Lieutenant Hellandsee Skien says German tribute noted the gallant resistance but capitulation came from food shortages and water loss. The 190 defenders faced artillery and air bombing with limited medicine and survived by melting snow for water.
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Oslo
Hegra
Norway
Hellandsee Skien
Trondheim
Skien
Pneumont
German Armies Reach Channel Coast Near Calais
Berlin reports German forces smashing toward the English Channel have reached the coast at points south of Calais. Exact locations were not disclosed.
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Berlin
English Channel
Calais
Two Properties Sold by Harrison in Somerset Borough
Friday sales through the Charles J. Harrison Jr. real estate agency moved two red brick homes. The J. H. Sifford estate residence on West Main Street was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Croll, and the P. M. Laxman West Catherine Street home was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ryan.
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Somerset Borough
Charles J. Harrison, Jr
West Main Street
J. H. Sifford
Ed Croll
West Catherine Street
P. M. Laxman
Robert Ryan
Allies Hold Boulogne as Calais Battles Rage in Channel Front
Allied forces report Boulogne stubbornly held against German armored advance while Calais area sees close fighting. In the Dover Strait corridor heavy artillery and air bombardment pin German columns, with French 75s and machine guns firing across the lines as clashes continue from Boulogne to St Omer. The Valenciennes Cambrai actions widen the figh t with pincer moves in the Somme and Flanders sectors. details remain limited.
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Boulogne
French War Ministry
London
Channel
England
Strait of Dover
Meuse
Valenciennes-Cambrai
Batte
Flanders
Flanders Fields
Somme
St. Omer
West Virginia and nearby areas forecast showery weekend
Weather forecast notes mostly cloudy conditions in West Virginia with scattered showers Saturday and cooler, partly cloudy conditions Sunday. Western Pennsylvania remains cloudy and cool with scattered showers Saturday, then Sunday is cloudy. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland see showers Saturday with cooler temperatures, followed by mainly cloudy Sunday and scattered showers in western areas. extreme east slightly warmer.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
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