Fire At Shanks House Tied To Sabotage In Somerset Area
Somerset firemen fought a blaze that destroyed an unoccupied house near Bakersville last Monday night. Wesley L. Shaulis of Bakersville said saboteurs have operated in the area for over a year and traced a short wave radio to the empty dwelling, with police confirming suspected fifth column activity and ongoing attempts to gain access despite changed locks.
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Somerset
Bakersville
Wesley L. Shaulis
Shaulis
Shanks
Pittsburgh
Shankis
Postwar plans eyed by Somerset Chamber of Commerce
The Somerset business men division discussed postwar activities at a recent meeting. President C M Friedhofer said a Pennsylvania department of commerce representative contacted him about suitable sites for plants. The group emphasized an industrial survey to assess buildings water supplies trucking and labor to attract postwar manufacturing and possibly secure small plants after the war.
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Somerset Chamber of Commerce
C. M. Friedhofer
Pennsylvania Department of Commerce
Price Control Bill Faces Senate Committee Action
The Senate banking committee will decide on extending price controls for another year and may accept amendments limiting subsidies after April 1 unless Congress funds them. Debates include the cotton escalator plan, rent hardship considerations, and potential shifts to postmaster salaries and the debt limit. The judiciary committee will also revisit poll tax prohibition amid a filibuster.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Taft
Rohio
Congress
OPA
Bankhead
Dala
CIO
Philip Murray
Senate
McCarran
D-Nev
Downey
D-Calif
Treasury
Senate Judiciary Committee
Bricker Bids Candidates Speak Out On Open Debate
Ohio Governor Bricker urged aspirants for public office to discuss issues openly at a press conference during a national governors gathering. He criticized military alliances, supported limiting presidential terms, and said he would pursue the presidency with unpledged delegates at Chicago.
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Ohioan
Hershey
John W. Bricker
Ohio Today
National Conference of Governors
Ohiona
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Bricker
Roosevelt
Dewey
Mackinac Island
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Allied Drive Reaches Biak in Dutch New Guinea Campaign
From Advanced Allied Headquarters in New Guinea May 28, American destroyers and tank landings pressed the attack on Biak in the Schouten islands as Japanese shore batteries answered with heavy fire. The Biak advance marks a turning point in the New Guinea campaign, eroding three Japanese armies and expanding an offensive that has recaptured vast Pacific regions and pushed toward the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies.
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Marlin Spencer
Eadquahlers
New Guinea
Philippines
U. S
Schouten Islands
Mindanao
Biak
Schouten
Dutch New Guinea
Geelvink Bay
Wakde
Douglas MacArthur
Palau
Japan
Carolines
Solomons
Bismarck Archipelago
Admiralty Islands
London
Berlin
Tokio
West Pacific
Netherlands East Indies
Hawkins the War Reporter Gathers Broad Topics
Short stout AP correspondent Lewis Hawkins is deeply serious about a world at war. He writes sober analyses with illustrative wit from London, where he lives quietly and wears a uniform only when required. Hawkins is well informed on naval affairs and comes from Michigan with Atlanta ties.
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Associated Press
Lewis Hawkins
London
Hawkins
Michigan
Atlanta
Allied Air Armada Hits Germany in Massive Invasion Week Blitz
The article reports a colossal Allied air assault from Britain and bases in Italy and Belgium, featuring up to 1,000 heavy bombers and 1,200 fighters. It details raids on Cologne and several synthetic fuel plants near Berlin, plus northern France and Belgium targets, with thousands of tons of explosives and strong RAF and American air forces in coordinated operations.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Escor
Gertons
Britain
Installa
France
Beltions
Gegium
Germany
Berlin
Cologne
Hitler
Merseburg
Zeitz
Lutzedorf
Lutzkedorf
Paris
Belgium
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Italy
RAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
Bourg-Leopold
Europe
No Changes On Red Front
London reports a lull on the Russian front with no important changes. Russia says 14 German planes were shot down Saturday and a Russian Baltic fleet force sank a German submarine in the Gulf of Finland. Germany cites local fighting on the Carpathian sector and says 2,500 prisoners were taken. Rovno and Sarny were bombed. Finnish records note fierce Russian attacks across the quiet Finnish front but with high Russian losses.
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London
Gulf of Finland
Carpathian
Rovno
Sarny
U. S
Office of War Information
Memorial Service Planned in Rockwood Church
Community memorial services will be held at United Brethren church in Rockwood on Sunday June 4 at 7 30 p m. Sponsored by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs firemen and auxiliary Grange Rotary Club Women’s Christian Temperance Union Women’s Club WPA American Legion and auxiliary and all other local organizations.
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United Brethren Church
Rockwood
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs
Firemen and Auxiliary
The
Grange
Rotary Club
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Womens Club
WPA
American Legion and Auxiliary
Hitler Huddle with Japanese Aims at Invasion Plans
Berlin via radio reports Adolf Hilter held talks with Japanese ambassador Osima at Hitler's headquarters with Ribbentrop present. Allied bombers pound western Germany as invasion nerves rise across Britain and the press watches for D Day timing amid travel curbs and tense speculation.
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London
Adolf Hiteler
Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Hiroshi Oshima
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Calais
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
United States
Atlantic
Dunkerque
Brussels
CBS
Frisian
Denmark
Fate of Rome in Italy battle looms in weeks ahead
De Valera fears Rome may be spared from a siege as German forces consider retreat north of the city amid Allied advances from Anzio. Roosevelt notes Rome’s safety hinges on German command and the city’s strategic role for supply routes.
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Washington
Rome
Italy
Roosevelt
Naples
de Valera
Ireland
Berlin
Ingersoll Jr. Killed in Action in Italy
The son of Charles Jared Ingersoll chief of the Philadelphia ordnance district was killed in action in Italy, according to a War Department telegram to his father.
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Philadelphia
C. Jared Ingersoll, Jr
Charles Jared Ingersoll
Philadelphia Ordnance District
Italy
War Department
Allied push from Anzio threatens Rome on Casilina route
Allied troops drive toward Rome along coastal routes from the Anzio beachhead with heavy artillery on the Via Casilina. American armor advances past Artena toward Valmontone as German forces rush reinforcements in a bid to hold the Casilina escape line. The Goering division is redeployed from a Florence rest area to the Valmontone front as the battle widens toward Ceprano and Albano while German lines shorten toward the Rome side of the Anzio Albano road.
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Naples
Rome
Anzio
Fifth
Eighth
Artena
Ceprano
Belmonte
Via Casilina
Valmontone
Herman Goering
Florence
France
Lake Albano
Cassino
Villa San Steffano
Norma
Alban
Albano
de Luce
Colli Laziali
Velletri
Somerset Weather Report From U S Weather Observer
Daily weather figures show 24 hour period ending 5 30 p m Sunday with a minimum temperature around 56 degrees. Year ago high and low recorded as 69 and 47 degrees.
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Somerset
David Grove
U. S
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Mama Enemas Mopgrmanneni
Weather Forecast for Maryland and Nearby Regions
Monday outlook fair and cooler for Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia also expect fair weather.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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