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Case of 4 YouthsTo Be Studied ByOfficials TodayOil City and Franklin authoritiesare expected to confer today withDistrict Attorney D. J. Skelly relative to what action should be taken in the case of four boys who, police said, have admitted turning in five false fire alarms Friday nigtit.Two of the quartet, police said, I also admitted having fired the D. j L. Trax estate residence on W.First st,, last April 30.The four were taken into custody early Saturday morning by Franklin police.Police said the four are. Gerald Manross, 17, of Cranberry; Jack Henlen, 17, of 560 Innis st.; Wade Remus, It. of 25 E. Seventh st., and ; William Myers, 13, of Cranberry.mAm%Authorities added that the fourwill be questioned by state officers|■ 3‘’iw.rjA.Adks * * «• jtfm n nk'cVn*'4with **-■concerning other fires in this dis-{ tr;ct in recent months and aboutwhich there has been some question whether the blazes were set.PLANE (RASH KILLS THIRTJthat crashed in a blinding snowstnrn crew of three. The plane was boun tered over an area of 800 square yarOil City police said the four had sounded three false alarms here,y V* VFriday night and two in Franklin.The first local alarm came ati| 10:14 p. m, and took the departmentj to Central eve. and Seventh st. The second was at 10:47 p. m. when 1 firemen made a run to Reservoir ■and W. First sts,, and the third and final false alarm was sounded at j 11:06 p. m. when firemen were cal-] led to a point near the hospital.1 Franklin police reported the firs false alarm in that city was sounded at 11:50 and the second at 12:10Can Co. plant where they for about 10 minutes. Their statementwaitedto police continued, authorities said, that they then drove to the Mitchell ave. field where they met “the otherboys.ttName AssistantIJTo President OfPtDa. m.It was after the last falso alarmthat Franklin police apprehended the boys. Oil City poli.e held suspicions afl to the type of automobile that was being driven by the four, it was learned, and they broadcastrm to be watchful of theKnox Glass Groupofanmachine.The Franklin police radio picked up the message and officers in the county seat were on the alert aft- j derwood er the two false alarms were pounded there. They took the boys into custody -about 20 minutes after the final alarm was sounded in thatcity, they' said.Members of the Franklin depart-men who apprehended the pair were Ralph Brunton and RayBrown. With Chief Harry A. Jackson of that city’s fire department the boys were brought to the Oil City police station.During their questioning here, police said, Henlen and Manross gave signed statements that theyR. R. Underwood, president the Knox group of giiuss manufacturing companies, has announced the appointment of George B. Underwood as assistant to the president of the Knox group. The appointment was effective October 15. Bv way of elaboration Mr. Unreviewed the ten years’i service of hie newly appointed assistant with Knox Glass Associates, Inc., and outlined the duties attendant to the position.The younger Mr. Underwood became affiliated with Knox in July, \ 1936 as statistician. Some two years later he was named as sis-tant traffic manager, and late in 1939 was transferred to the sales division in the central office. Prior to his induction into the armed forces, G. B. Underwood served in the capacity of divisionalasOattbCCv.diEMGd'olOBb'tlt;itPItPPr-had set fire to the Trax property,Neat the razing of which, J. D. Traxleredlociallente5 rantestedn ee t-estimated, caused a loss of $15,000.The Trax fire, police said, occurred on April *40, the same ni ght that, the policemen’s annual ballwas in progress at the Knights of Columbus auditorium. The alarm that night was sounded about 9:20 m. and the resulting heavy traf-p.jits♦ * *flee cause by people driving to the scene of the blaze, made it compulsory for a number of local police to leave the hall to handle the traffic.Police said that Henlen and Manro«*s told them that with Wade Remus, Richard Robinson and Robert Weiser they had discussed setting the Trax fire while driving around in an automobile.According to their statement, police said, they had a can of gasoline in the automobile and that it was the intention of the pair to set fire to the barn on .the Traxcapacity ot divisional sales head, miscellaneous rales department of the Knox Glass Associates, Inc. Mr. Underwood has recently been discharged after .serving foitwo years in the United States army, his last station being with the occupational forces in Japan.Mr. Underwood will make his headquarters in the offices ofKnox Glass Associates, Inc, inKnox However, for t h* nlt; xt v-eral months he will divide his time between the eleven factories in the Knox group of companies in order to augment his operating knowledge and to thoroughly familiarize himself with the production changes made during his militaryleave of absence,Mr. Underwood is married and has one son. He makes his home in Oil Citv.ro€TfrntcIecIrDufberg Servicerproperty.They drove to West First st. near the estate and parked the automobile. The statements, police said, revealed that the Trax estatebarn was boarded-up and the pair could not gain entrance.Instead they went to the house,police said, where the gasoline wasthrown over a pile of papers, on the doors and walls and that Hen-To Be Held Todayilen lit the fire with a cigaret light-After that, police said the statement continued, the pair ran downA funeral service for Mrs. Alma Dufberg, weil known and highly respected resident of this citv for many years, who died at Oil City hospital at 11:15 p. m. Friday, will be conducted at the Steffoe fun* ralhome at 2 p. m. today.The body will then be sent to Los Angeles where interment will take iplace in the Forest Lawn Memorial ' Park cemetery, alongside her hu! band.The deceased, who was a native 1ithe nearby hillside to W. First st.. of Swedlt;,n camc tKls cl!y whonthe automobile and drove'near thegot in to a point. a girl and later opened an exclusiveContinental ^re-ss making shop, which was wide-j ly known throughout this section. She retired from that business aft-F. Duf-!l1 er her marriage to Chari* herg, who operated a grocery store
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Oil City Derrick
Oil City, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Oct 21, 1946
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