Registration in Somerset Borough Amid Political Display
In Somerset County most of the 746 registrants aged 21 to 35 completed their draft registration by early afternoon. An exception occurred in Conemaugh No. 4 precinct where a constable removed campaign literature from the Kelso schoolhouse basement, while a Roosevelt portrait remained displayed beside the American flag. County officials urged decorum, deeming the display in poor taste though not illegal, and registration continued at three borough locations with long lines avoided outside opening.
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Somerset County
Conemaugh Township
Kelso School
Somerset
Kelso
William Saylor
A. M. Matthews
Conemaugh
Merle Glessner
Matthews
Selective Service
Glessner
Charles Mardis
Conemaugh No. 4
Ernest C. Johnson
Mardis
Court House
Roosevelt
James B. Landis
West Patriot Street
Miller Case Is Puzzling Discovery at High School Lawn
Robert Miller a 20 year old Somerset County club worker was found semi conscious on the Somerset High School lawn at 6 10 pm Wednesday neighbors notified police. Officer Cupp took him to Somerset Community Hospital where physicians reported he remained unconscious shortly before midnight. Miller zig zagged between Main and Patriot streets earlier and appeared in shock not intoxicated. His father Chester Miller of West Race Street visited him later. no evidence of automobile accident.
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Robert Miller
Somerset Country Club
Somerset High School
Miller
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset Police Department
W. W. Cupp
Cupp
Main
Patriot
Chester Miller
West Race Street
Moulder
Kill Sheriff At Registry in Sandhills Shootout
In Burwell Nebraska a sheriff and two men were wounded when a scuffle at a draft registration center ended in the death of Loup County Sheriff George Brock. Three suspects, including John and Richard Birkes, were arrested for questioning as the sheriff died in a hospital. Willard Brock was jailed for safekeeping.
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Burwell, Neb
Sandhills
Loup County
George Brock
Broken Bow
John Birkes
Richard Birkes
Loup
A. F. Alder
John
Willard
Valley View
Grand Island
Alder
Brock
Falls To Death From 5th Floor
Socially prominent Mrs. Nellie Tabb Bangs age 50 fell from the fifth floor of her six story East 62nd Street home landing in a courtyard where attendants found her. Police think she may have become dizzy and toppled over a balcony parapet after stepping onto it. She wore a nightgown with a housecoat and had returned Monday from a Hartford sanitarium where she was treated for a nervous disorder.
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New York
Nellie Tabb Bangs
William Jones
Kooser Opposes Roosevelt Third Term in Somerset Letter
Attorney Ernest Ogle Kooser of Somerset, a former Democratic state Senate candidate, writes in the Somerset Democrat against a Roosevelt third term. He cites alleged communistic leanings, broken pledges, and danger of war, arguing for stability, confidence, and reduced noise in policy. The letter’s full text is available at Republican headquarters.
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Ernest Ogle Kooser
Somerset
Blackstone
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Somerset Democrat
Rooser
Mr. Kooser
Francis J. Kooser
Kooser
Washington
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
Cleveland
Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Legislative Department
Supreme Court
Hitler
Stalin
Papago Chief Defies Draft Law In Arizona
An aged Papago chief, Pia Machita, defied the conscription law and ordered his young men to disarm two officers who tried to arrest him in Apit, Arizona. Deputy U. S. Marshal Henry W. Smith and a Papago policeman reported rough treatment, and both officers left for Tucson to avoid bloodshed. Machita has long rejected white authority in the desert village of about 100 residents.
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Apit
Ariz
Henry W. Smith
Tucson
U. S
Pia Machita
Smith
Machita Long
Arizona Desert
Rain, Guns, Japs and Nazis Reported in London Burma Road War
Warplanes will make the utmost effort to strike a fatal blow as U S forces at London Burma Road report heavy rain and gunfire. The report highlights Allied air raids against Japanese and Nazi targets while supplying China.
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U.S
London
Burma Rd
China
London Air Raid Toll Grows After Worst Attack In Days
Britain faced another German raid as ground guns and anti aircraft fire kept the attackers at bay. London suffered heavy bomb hits including a two story school used as an air raid shelter, with rescues continuing amid smashed ambulances and collapsing buildings. Fifteen boys were found alive after hours beneath a youth hostel basement. many residents remained unaccounted.
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London
Boms
Hitler
Wendell Willkie Calls for Unity in National Power Theme
Wendell Willkie urged a return to unity to rebuild America and enhance defense. He warned against personal power thinking and emphasized mobilizing national power for robust national security.
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America
Japanese vows to strike Burma Road supplies from Indo China
Indo China HANOT dispatch reports Japanese commander Kaishiro Sumita pledges utmost effort to block U S and allied war materials reaching Chiang Kai Shek’s forces via the Burma Road as Britain plans to reopen the route. Rome axis commentary cites risk of American entry if road opens. Domei says 10 000 Japanese troops will remain in northern Indo China amid border pressure.
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Hanot
Indo-China
China
Burma
Britain
Kaishiro Sumita
Japan
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mandalay
Rome
Mario Appelius
Mussolini
American Woter Keg and Bring the United States Into the War. Appolius
Domei
Far East talks as Burma Road moves supplies
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull conferred with Australian minister Richard Casey on Far Eastern developments as Burma Road shipments to China loom. Japan warned to block war material flow while Indo China air bases threaten the route. Hull set to address National Press Club on Oct 26.
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J. C. Stark
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Richard G. Casey
China
Burma
Casey
Lord Lothian
Pacific
Australia
Britain
Singapore
Burma Road
Rangoon
Indo-China
Raishiro Sumita
Japan
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
National Press Club
State Department
Industrialist killed in London air raid blast
William Lionel Hichens, 66, a leading British industrialist, chairman of shipbuilders Cammell Laird and Co and director of London Midland and Scottish railway, was killed in a recent London air raid.
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London
William Lionel Hichens
Britain
Cammell, Laird and Company
London, Midlands and Scottish Railway
Legionnaire Sam Miller Found Dead In Atchison
Sam Miller 43 a county draft board member and American Legion post commander was found shot to death in Atchison Kansas on October 16. Coroner Robert Jeffries said Miller left a note indicating he died by his own action and was despondent over world conditions.
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Atchison, Kas
Sam Miller
American Legion Post
Robert Jeffries
Miller
Nazis Ship Seaplanes and Submarines to Black Sea Base
In Bucharest reports say carload lots of disassembled German seaplanes and submarines are en route to a Black Sea naval base to be manned by Italians. German aircraft patrol Romania’s oil fields while reports of Russian forces near Galati intensify.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Black Sea
Danube
Romania
Tageblatt
Messerschmitt
Galati
Moscow
Sofia
Bulgaria
Russia
Turkey
Gibraltar Under Fire as RAF Assaults Britain’s Fortress
Allied aerial raids on Gibraltar sparked heavy anti aircraft fire from shore batteries and warships. Bells of gunfire echoed every 15 minutes as unidentified craft attacked twice but were repelled with no clear damage. French freighters halted at Gibraltar and five ships with unknown nationality arrived under air escort. Two troop-carrying merchant ships anchored briefly before sailing again.
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Algeciras
Spain
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Turks Might Aid Greece if Greece Attacked
ANKARA Turkey Oct 16 reports say President Ismet Inonu and the army chief of staff discussed Turkey aiding Greece if attacked by Germany and Italy. Unconfirmed talks of a Turkey Russia mutual aid pact circulated as Britain and Turkey were said to be aligned against Axis moves in the Balkans.
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Ankara
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Britain
Russia
Greece
Germany
Italy
Fevzi Chackmak
Sergei Alexandrovich Vinogradoff
Bulgaria
Foreign Office
Romania
Balkans
Jap Threat To Hongkong
Tokyo reported that Japan may use force against the Burma Road reopening and against Hong Kong if munitions to China resume via Hong Kong. Both routes lie within easy bomber range. Officials close to the Japanese government anticipated a decisive announcement within days.
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Tokyo
Japan
Burma Road
Hongkong
China
Zephyr Stage of Battle Of London
German sources report hundreds of warplanes off to England with London as likely target while British raids into Germany faced restrictions. A British bomber was claimed destroyed by anti-aircraft as Luftwaffe aims to reach a “typhoon” stage. The RAF purportedly limited to nocturnal raids on non military targets amid ongoing Briton defenses.
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Berlin
England
London
Britsh Planing
Germany
Netherlands
Reichmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Luftwaffe
High Command
RAF
Liverpool
Rains Turn Desert Into Quagmire On Route To Suez
Cairo dated dispatch reports nine months of drought ending as sub tropical rains hit Matruh to Alexandria corridor. Italian forces drive to Alexandria hampered by mud and rain while British reinforce rail line from Matruh to Alexandria. Italian air raids drop 1000 bombs in three weeks but fail to halt rail deliveries or supply lines.
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Edward Kennedy Matruh
Egypt
Rodolfo
Alexandria
Matruh
Oil Dump Fire Near Dunkerque Shows RAF Reach
British naval and air forces reported sinking five German vessels and damaging a sixth in a convoy attack, while Liverpool was crippled by Italian torpedoes. RAF bombers struck Kiel Hamburg and Dutch ports, with urban oil dumps set ablaze at Terneuzen and Flushing as ships and docks suffered direct hits.
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London
Suez
North Sea
Admiralty
Liverpool
Mediterranean
Italy
Dunkerque
RAF
Germany
Air Ministry
Flanders
Strait
Dover
Kiel
Hamburg
Lorient
France
Willemsoord
Texel
Netherlands
Coastal Command
Flushing
Terniezen
Terneuzen
Naval Base
Somerset Weather Report Improvised Data Incomplete
Daily weather note by David Grove reports 24 hour period 5:30 pm yesterday to 5:30 pm today with maximum and minimum temperatures unclear due to garbled OCR. The entry references a prior year figure of 67 for the maximum but lacks complete values and units.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania and Maryland
The forecast notes fair and warmer conditions across Western Pennsylvania on Thursday and Thursday night with Friday generally fair, cooler in the north and west. Eastern Pennsylvania to rise in temperature Thursday with Friday fair and warmer. Maryland expecting fair conditions west and central with cloudiness in the extreme east and interior warming on Thursday, then fair and warmer Friday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
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Wendell Willkie
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