Memorial Day Observed in Somerset Parade Honors All Veterans
Somerset plans a solemn Memorial Day with ceremonies at the courthouse plaza and a parade featuring World War II veterans, World War I and Spanish War veterans, and numerous veterans groups. A graves decoration unit led by Ross E. Pugh will place flags before Tuesday morning.
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Somerset
Court House Plaza
Court House
American Legion
Veterans Committee
C. S. Shaffer
Ivan Lambert
Clarence Lanner
C C. McDowell
Noah Schultz
Walter E. McNutt
Charles R. Blatt
Clifford Saylor
Harry Altmiller
Lloyd Saylor
P. S. Gohn
Elmer Nichol
Ross E. Pugh
Stonycreek High School
I. F. Woodrow
Gold Star
Yutzy
Warren Kaebrick
Somerset High School
J. Newton Taylor
Charles L. Shaffer
Theresa Doherty
Burgess H. Everett Musser
Sons of Union Veterans
Sons of Veterans
Somerset Fire Department
Fife
Husband Cemetery
Lutheran Church
Helene Critchfield
Somerset Fife
Albert A. Gartland
Bottleneck in Pennsylvania Lumber Industry
Harrisburg dispatch reports logging and lumbering facing a severe labor bottleneck in wartime Pennsylvania with unfilled requests for at least 1000 woods workers. Pulp and chemical wood reserves are only one month, far short of the normal year. The War Manpower Commission urges men over 30 to shift to war jobs and offers U S employment service help, noting deferments for essential positions.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
Selective Service
Associated Press
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Highland Park
Letroit
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
CIO
War Labor Board
Woods
Pacific Northwest
WLB
J. B. Fitzgerald
Lumbermen’s Industrial Relations Committee
Carl Parker
United Automobile
Meanest Thief Takes Braille Watch
Marine Private First Class Donald E. Kelley reports a pick pocket stole his Braille watch gifted by the American Foundation for the Blind after his eye injury in the southwest Pacific. He misses the watch as a companion and hopes to recover it, while preparing to return to Oakland with a seeing-eye dog.
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Philadelphia
Donald E. Kelley
American Foundation For the Blind
Villa la Vella
Southwest Pacific
Kelley
U. S. Naval Hospital
Dewitt
Iowa
Oakland
Calif
No Right In Ward Seizure Says Group
A Senate judiciary sub committee charged President Roosevelt lacked constitutional or statutory authority to seize Montgomery Ward Chicago properties. The panel labeled statements by Attorney General Biddle erroneous and urged hearings on judicial review of war labor orders.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Montgomery Ward
Roosevelt
Chicago
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Star Chamber
United States
Senate
Congress
McCarran
D-Ney
Revercomb
R-V. Va
McFarland
D-Ariz
McCarren
House
Sewell Avery
Ward
Remspeck
D-Ga
War Labor Board
CIO
Four Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases reported near Philadelphia
Four cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever linked to wood tick bites were reported in the Philadelphia area. A man in Bryn Mawr hospital is in serious condition, a woman patient is listed, a five year old is hospitalized locally, and a three year old is treated at home in Media. None of the cases occurred in the city.
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Philadelphia
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Loyang falls to Japanese after siege
Chinese press announced contact with Loyang had been cut and troops near the ancient city likely overrun by Japanese forces after days of siege. Maj. Gen. Tseng said confirmation was awaited and denied reports of Burma Road disruption by Chinese forces in Yunnan.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Loyang
Tokio
C. C. Tseng
China
Henan
Shensi
Tseng
Yunnan
Burma
Chefang
Chifang
Enemy Clings To Positions In Burma
Allied headquarters report Japanese efforts to seize the Imphal plain in India cost them 8,500 men since March. In Burma’s Myitkyina front the enemy clung to main positions. in the Palel Tamu sector they were repelled leaving 200 dead. Gurkha air-supplied roadblock troops defended and countered attacks along the frontier.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal
India
Burma
Myitkyina
Palel-Tamu
Tiddim
Allied Dead Lie In Peace At Tulagi
Memorial Day frames Tulagi cemetery where the first American beachhead dead lie beneath white crosses. Sergeant Clyde E. Smith oversees native caretakers keeping the grounds spotless and orderly as Allied servicemen from Guadalcanal and Vella Lavella lie in rest.
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Alvin M. Josephy, Jr
Marine Corps
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Clyde E. Smith
Amesbury
Mass
Guadalcanal
Vella Lavella
Allied Services
Navy
United States
Liberators Continue Raids on Biak as Maffin Battle Stalemates
Allied air forces pound Biak island for the 22nd time, piling up over 700 tons of bombs as heavy raids hit Schouten islands and Manokwari. Ground reports from Maffin Bay hint Japanese forces withdrawing under American artillery and infantry fire while Wewak and Rabaul also receive heavy bomber attention.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Biak
Philippines
Schouten Islands
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Maffin
Wakde Island
Schoutens
Manokwari
Geelvink Bay
Wewak
British New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
MacArthur
Maffin Bay
Sixth Army
Two Islands Attacked by U S Forces in Pacific Report
The U S Pacific Fleet reports army and navy air units attacked Kusaie and Ponape in the Caroline Islands and bombed Marshall positions. Mitchells, Ventura and Corsair aircraft supported by navy fighters struck airfields docks and enemy positions with many fires and moderate anti aircraft fire observed.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Kusaie
Ponape Islands
Caroline
Marshalls
Pacific
Fleet Air Wing 2
Kusaie Island
U.S
Ponape Island
7Th Army Airforces
Mitchell
7Th Army Air Force
Ventura
Fleet Airwing 2
Corsair
Dauntless
4Th Marine Aircraft Wing
Attack on German troop ships in Barents Sea reported
Russian war bulletin says bombers of the Red Fleet Air Force attacked German troopships in the Barents Sea north of Norway early Friday, sinking two transports and a destroyer and damaging three others. The Germans claimed heavy losses for the attackers while offering no eastern front update.
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London
Red Fleet
Barents Sea
Norway
Gasoline theft arrests of four Central City men
Four Central City men named John Antosik Steve Antosik John Heggedus and James Kephart were arrested by state police from Jennertown on charges of stealing gasoline from the L A Walker sawmill near Cairn Brook on May 12 and May 23. They were arraigned before Justice Fay Mulcahy with bail set at 500 dollars. Kephart waived hearing and was released on bond.
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Central City
Jennertown
Justice of the Peace
Fay Mulcahy
John Antosik
Steve Antosik
John Heggedus
James Kephart
L. A. Walker
Cairnbrook
Velletri Objective Of Yank Drive Is Reported Blazing
US forces press toward Highway six near Velletri with Vanguard tanks winning heavy German armor and artillery losses. Air action kills at least twenty Germans. two American tanks disabled. Captured positions in olive groves reported as Sherman tanks hammer the road.
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Daniel DE Luce
Fifth Army
Rome
Velletri
Alban Hills
Valmontone
Highway Six
Robert Moore
Oak Park
Lepini Hills
Eisenhower Praises Allied Trained Forces After UK Tour
General Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to supreme headquarters after inspecting British land forces. He declares troops fit for the invasion plan, a message echoed by Izvestia on Anglo Russian American military cooperation and by DNB on German preparations and espionage actions in Denmark.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Britain
Moscow
Izvestia
DNB
Italy
Denmark
Jutland
Aarhus
Tondern
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Hitler
R. R. System In Chaos Amid Allied Bombardments
London reports an eight day aerial offensive with 500 to 750 Italy based American heavy bombers targeting Lyon and rail hubs in southern France. Allied air forces raid Nice and the Par river bridge while British Mosquitoes harass Nazi targets. Luftwaffe loses exceed 300 planes as over 2,000 Allied fighters sweep Germany France and the Low Countries, destroying locomotives trains and barges.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Lyon
France
Fortress Europe
Britain
Italy
St. Etienne
Vaise
la Mouche
Chambray
Grenoble
Nice
Par River
French Riviera
Bihac
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Zara
Germany
Storm sweeps New Kensington and Tarentum causing damage
May 26 report from Pittsburgh notes a sudden storm that hit New Kensington Tarentum and nearby areas with up to three feet of water flooding streets and damaging gardens. A two story building in Tarentum caught fire from a lightning strike. Electric power lines and trees were blown down in New Kensington and traffic stalled for over an hour. Hail fell in some sections.
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Pittsburgh
New Kensington
Tarentum
Tragic Fire Rescue Ends in Tragedy for McCaslin Family
In Kittanning on May 26 a failed infant rescue at a burning home led to the death of 38 year old Douglas McCaslin of Templeton R. D. 1. After another family member saved the infant, McCaslin jumped from a second floor window to escape the flames.
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Kittanning
Erand Chila
Douglas McCaslin
Templeton
R. D
McCaslin
Allied forces push toward Rome seize Cori take Velletri
Allied tanks and infantry broke six miles beyond Cisterna to capture Cori and pressed toward Velletri as part of a broad advance toward Rome. Ninth towns and key heights were reported captured as German forces of the 10th army retreated along the Liri valley.
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Edward Kennedy
Naples
Cisterna
Cori
Velletri
Rome
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Via Casilina
Hitler
Liri
Somerset Daily Weather Report Summary
Temperature data for a 24 hour period ending 5:30 p m Friday shows values around high 80s with low near the 60s degree range. The report includes comparisons to the previous year and notes observer David Grove as the U S Weather Observer.
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David Grove
U. S
Weather Observer
MR Ees
Wisse Hiss
Weather Forecast for Eastern PA and Maryland
Partly cloudy and warmer in eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland with a likelihood of afternoon thundershowers. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia expect partly cloudy skies with continued warm thundershowers Saturday afternoon.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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John S. Milholland
Somerset Lodge No. 358
Forrest L. Hall
Josiah Swank
Chrysler
Judiciary Committee
M’farland
Schouten Island Base
Barents
Last Ditch
England
International Soundphoto
Eisenhower
George
South
James M. Long
R. R
Somerset Weather
U. S. Weather Bureau
Boston Teres
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Denver
Miami
New York
Philadelphia Crasemanes
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