Garage Men Protest Turnpike Contract Monopoly
Somerset county garagemen protest proposed Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission contracts for towing and repair services calling it a monopoly. About 50 to 100 shop operators, led by attorney A. M. Matthews, plan a Harrisburg meeting to object as bids open for six districts. The commission seeks 24 hour service with two trucks per district and capped rates, placing a potential kickback scheme at issue.
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Somerset County
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Commission
A. M. Matthews
Turnpike Commission
Turnpike
Harrisburg
Connon
Matthews
Irwin
Laurel Hill Tunnel
Allegheny Tunnel
Midway Station
Side Hill Tunnel
Mg Hill
Kittatinny
Blue Mountain
Middlesex
Centre
Nation Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board of Lire
Somerset Township Opposed To Annexation
The Somerset township supervisors and school directors filed an appeal against Somerset borough council's annexation of East End. The appeal, filed by Attorney Clarence L. Shaver, argues several legal defects in the ordinance and notes financial and school district impacts including displacement of pupils and reduced tax income.
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Somerset Township
Somerset Borough
East End
Clarence L. Shaver
Ivan Lambert
Norman Boose
Woien
Burgess H. Everett Musser
Wawith
Ivan Lampert
Somerset
Gladehurst
South Side
W. W. Herring Dies Suddenly in Somerset Garage
William Wilbur Herring aged 27 collapsed while moving a car at J E Herring Motor Co garage about 4 15 pm Monday and died at home on West Main Street that evening. Death attributed to a stroke. Survived by wife Mildred and daughter, both at home. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 pm at his mother's home conducted by two local ministers. Burial in Husband Cemetery.
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William Wilbur Herring
J. E. Herrying Motor Company
West Main Street
Pittsburgh
Somerset
Aatage
William
Emma (Logue) Herring
Mildred L. Romesburg Herring
William W. Herring
Walter Oehling
Emma Herring
510
H. W. Kaebrick
Reed S. Shirey
Tor
Grace Evangelical Church
Husband
Walter 5. Hoffman
Mortiican
Fist Fight Highlights Shipyard Strike Turmoil
In San Francisco a clash between AFL and CIO agents at Moore's Drydock marked fresh disorder in a $500 million shipyard strike. Thousands crossed picket lines in Oakland and San Francisco as 1500 workers returned to duty at Moore's. Negotiations seek $1.12 to $1.15 hourly wages plus overtime and a union contract with Bethlehem Shipbuilding.
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San Francisco
AFL
CIO
Oakland
Alameda
Moore's Drydock
Maritime Commission
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Two Injured In Boswell Lumbering Camp Incident
Two Boswell area men were seriously and lightly injured while working in a lumber camp near Boswell on Monday morning. Jeremiah Wable, 57, sustained serious spine and pelvic injuries and remains hospitalized at Somerset Community Hospital. Eugene Stutzman, 30, from Stoystown, suffered a severe foot laceration and is listed in good condition at the same hospital.
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Boswell
Somerset Community Hospital
Jeremiah
Wable
R. D
Boswell Lumber Company
Eugene Stutzman
Stoystown
Public Utility Board Cancels Grant Harmon Certificates
The public utility commission in Harrisburg on Monday cancelled the certificates of Grant Harmon a Berlin trucker for failure to comply with the commission insurance regulations.
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Public Utility Commission
Harrisburg
Grant Harmon
Berlin
Agriculture's income hits record high in 1940
The agriculture department revised estimate places 1940 farmers gross income at 10.352 billion dollars, the highest since 1937, signaling a strong year for farming incomes in the United States.
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Agriculture
Washington
Agriculture Department
Jan Valtin Tells Gestapo Dossier On U S Penetration
Richard Krebs testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee with claims that the Gestapo operates a vast espionage and reporting network in the United States. He described a Hamburg master file classifying Americans and said German businesses host Gestapo agents. He outlined South American ties as a primary German objective and noted transfers of information clearance to San Francisco.
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Washington
United States
Latin America
House Committee On un-American Activities Today
Richard Krebs
Germany
Russia
Jan Waltin
Europe
Hitler
Gestapo
Starnes
D-Ala
Krebs
America
Hamburg
Clearing House
New York
San Francisco
Japan
Windber Youths Charged in Train Tampering Case
Seven youths aged 10 to 15 from Windber district were rounded up by Pennsylvania railroad police Sgt. Thomas S. Brewer and Windber Chief Ray Holsapple on charges of cutting train couplings on coal cars. They await juvenile court action in Somerset as the only ages prevent harsher charges of malicious mischief to railroads, with possible penalties up to ten years in prison and ten thousand dollars fine.
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Windber
Thomas S. Brewer
Pennsylvania Railroad Police
Ray Holsapple
Somers
T. Brewer
Jail Pair For Gigging Fish In Somerset County
John Phillips and William Hemminger, both of Boswell, were arrested by Fish Warden Minter Jones for gigging illegal fish. With six fish in possession, they were arraigned before Justice Charles J. Harrison Jr. and sentenced to 24 days in Somerset County Jail.
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John Phillips
William H. Hemminger
Boswell
Somerset
Minter Jones
Justice of the Peace
Charles J. Harrison, Jr
Nazis Cut Through Allied Positions West Of Canea
Allied lines near Canea on Crete endure brutal fighting as German forces press westward through coastal defenses. Reports describe heavy shelling and close-quarters combat with limited mention of armored support on the frontline.
Crete Battles Raging as German Landings Reported
Unofficial British sources say German tanks may have reached Crete by air and that fighting west of Canea produced heavy casualties. RAF claims aerial victories with at least 24 German planes destroyed and zero RAF losses. Reinforcements and air bases at Malemi are key focal points amid fierce hand to hand combat.
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Cairo
Egypt
Crete
Canea
Middle-East
Malemi
RAF
Nazi Sky
Germany
Bessarabia
Roosevelt Orders 1 Million to Register for Training
President Roosevelt directed about 1,000,000 young men who turn 21 by October 16 or within five weeks to register on July 1 for military training. The draft registration will be run by 6,500 selective service boards nationwide and those registering will be ranked locally to form a new national lottery.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Iide
Selective Service System
Oe Aany
Bismarck Battles British Fleet After Hood Sinking
The 35,000 ton German battleship Bismarck has been in heavy fighting since 9 p m last night against overwhelming British forces after sinking the Hood off Greenland on Saturday. The official communique confirms continued combat between Greenland and Iceland.
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Berlin
Bismarck
Hood
Greenland
Iceland
Special High Command
Four Italian Divisions Wiped Out in Ethiopian Cleansing Push
British declared that four Italian divisions have ceased to exist and two Italian generals were captured in operations north and west of Addis Ababa. General Liberati and General Baccari were taken with troops in Saddu area about 150 miles west. About 8,750 prisoners were reported captured including colonial infantry, Italian soldiers, and Banda prisoners. Tobruk remains encircled but entrenched near Salam on the Egyptian Libyan border. A British officer who returned from Tobruk described life there as quite normal.
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Crete
Long Island
Canea
Great Neck
Port Washington
Retimo
Candia
Oyster Bay
Port Jefferson
Brooklyn
Cairo
Egypt
Addis Ababa
Liberati
Baccari
Saddu
Debra Markos
Tobruk
Libya
Salam
Nazis Pound Crete in Fierce Allied Fighting
Berlin reports heavy losses for British defenders on Crete as German ground troops with bombers strike western positions. Nazi sources claim bombardment hit English troop concentrations and field positions, with pilots sighting a burning British cruiser and a burned des troyer beached nearby as Britain’s sea power allegedly weakens.
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Berlin
Crete
Britain
Roosevelt OKs 58 new naval auxiliaries and defense funds
President Roosevelt signed legislation authorizing 58 new auxiliary naval ships totaling about 550000 tons at an estimated cost of 300 million dollars. The act also approves a deficiency appropriation of 174.41 million, with 150 million for new defense housing and a war department civil functions supply bill totaling 228.60 million for river and harbor projects.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
British Carrier Hit By German Dive Bomber Attack
German dive bombers scored direct hits on a British aircraft carrier in the eastern Mediterranean, authorities reported. A British cruiser was also said to be hit in the same assault.
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Berlin
Mediterranean
Little Contraband in Jap Seizure
Manila May 27 E B Head manager of United States Far Eastern Trading company said goods seized by Japanese authorities at Haiphong Indo China on Sunday did not include war materials. He said the items shipped to China from the United States were blocked from reshipment since September and included trucks masks boiler plate scrap iron and some oil.
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Manila
E. B
United States Far Eastern Trading Company
Haiphong
Indo- China
China
America
Republicans Lose First Monetary Test in House
In Washington on May 26, House Republicans pressed to extend President Roosevelt's emergency monetary powers but failed the first test 177 to 122. The vote sought permission to consider a two year extension from next June 30 covering the President's power to revalue the dollar and the $2 billion currency stabilization fund.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Trolley Collision Injures 10 on West Carson Street
An outbound trolley left tracks near the Point bridge and crashed through a guard railing onto a Pennsylvania railroad siding. The motorman and nine passengers were injured, with about 25 other riders unharmed.
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Tretley
Milan
Pittsburgh
West Carson Street
Point Bridge
Nazis Claim Success In Crete Battle
Berlin reports a successful battle for control of Crete as reinforced German troops engage British forces. The German high command claims major losses for Britain in cruisers destroyers and submarines, while noting British seapower eroding and potential withdrawal from Crete waters.
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Berlin
Crete
Britain
Mediterranean
Dienst Aus
Alexandria
High Command
Hood
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Iceland
England
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Mac
Royal Navy
Admiralty
British suffer heavy casualties in southern Iraq battles
Baghdad reported 150 British casualties in failed assaults on Iraqi lines near Manquil and Choumiba. Attacks on other fronts were repulsed as British troops retreated after a major west front clash near Ramadi and Rutba with prisoners and seized machine guns. An emissary from the deposed Regent Abul Siah sought to form a rival government in Basra while Rashid Ali al-Gailani remained in Baghdad.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Manquil
Choumiba
Ramadi
Rutba
Havas
Bern
Switzerland
Rashid Ali al Gadlani
Abul Siah
Basra
Persian Gulf
Chinese Gain Against Japanese On Multiple Fronts
Chungking May 26. The Central News Agency reports Chinese troops gaining the upper hand on several fronts. In south Shansi province Japanese casualties are put at 40,000 in two weeks of heavy fighting. Japanese lines in the Chungtiao mountains show signs of weakness and may collapse soon due to a Chinese counter-offensive.
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Chungking
China
the Central News Agecy
Shansi
Chungtiao
Former King Carol II and Elena Lupescu Visit U S Territory
Carol II of Romania and Madame Elena Lupescu landed at St Thomas Virgin Islands aboard the Acadia marking their first steps on U S soil. They will stay two days before boarding the America to reach Havana by June 1, continuing a European royal voyage.
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Charlotte Amalie
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Carol II of Romania
Madame Elena Lupescu
United States
Acadia
Carol
Madame Lupescu
America
Havana
Cuba
Bismarck Hit by British Torpedo as Hunt Continues
British naval planes scored a torpedo hit on the German battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic near Denmark Strait. The admiralty said the chase remains hot and that warships and planes pursue the ship, while Norway's radio and officials noted ongoing combat and doubt over air superiority.
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Norway
Oslo
Bismarck
Denmark Strait
Iceland
Greenland
Hood
Tirpitz
King Geo
Mediterranean
United States
Erich Raeder
U. S
England
Germany
Governor appoints Laughlin to state employment council
Governor James appointed J. Lester Laughlin of Altoona to the advisory council for the state employment service and unemployment compensation. Laughlin is named as a representative of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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James James Laughlin
Harrisburg
James
J. Lester Laughlin
Altoona
Laughlin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Somerset Weather Report By David Grove
Daily weather note records 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Sunday to 5 30 p m Monday with high 79 and low 35 degrees. Previous year figures shown as 54 and 13 but incomplete.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
N. S
U. S. Weather Bureau
Albany
Boston
Chicago Svaeee
Cleveland
Denver
Galveston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh St. Louis
Deans
Washington
Weather forecast for multiple states in the mid-Atlantic region
Western Pennsylvania sees increasing warmth on Tuesday with possible local thundershowers near Lake Erie Tuesday afternoon or night. Wednesday brings mostly cloudy cooler conditions with local showers. In West Virginia fair and warm Tuesday with Wednesday mostly cloudy and scattered showers. Eastern Pennsylvania fair and warmer Tuesday, Wednesday mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers. Maryland generally fair and warmer Tuesday with cooler, cloudier Wednesday and scattered afternoon thundershowers.
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Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
West Virginia
Maryland
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W. W. Herring
Jan Valtin
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