Crime Rise Shown Here In 46 Report
Indiana County prothonotary A B Ansley released last night an annual 1946 crime report. In criminal court 215 defendants, up from 188 in 1945, with 44 disposed without conviction leaving 171. Of these 133 pled guilty 8 were convicted by jury and 2 adjudged guilty by the court. Drunk driving cases rose to 17 in 1946 from 9 in 1945, with 10 guilty pleas three found guilty after trial and two acquitted by juries. One information quashed and one defendant forfeited $500 bond and shipped out. Juveniles sent to state institutions fell from 11 to ?. Criminal fines and costs totaled $14,345.08 vs $9,576.12. Common Pleas Court entries were 111 in 1946 vs 1440 in 1945, including judgments suits in trespass assumpsit ejectment and equity plus conditional sales chattel mortgages tax liens etc. Divorce actions rose to 74 in 1946 from 63 in 1945. Receipts to county treasurer from Common Pleas were $3,543.35 in 1948 vs $4,113.50 in 1946. Most costs paid in cash at filing, leaving no outstanding accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
A. B. Ansley
E. E. Creps
Ansley
Common Pleas Court
Nine Felons Escape Brooklyn Jail In Daylight Break
New York police are mobilized to hunt nine prisoners including a killer and a former Alcatraz inmate after a daylight escape from Ray mond Street jail in Brooklyn. The breakout involved no violence and appears to be the largest in city history, with outside accomplices suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alcatraz
Raymond Street
Brooklyn
Albert O. Williams
Commissioner of Correction
Thomas McDonnell
Willams
Miles F. McDonald
Fort Greene Park
Five Parachute Free of B 29 in Scottish gale
Five American airmen parachuted from a B 29 lost near Lerwick Scotland in a gale. Pilot William E. Dee of West Palm Beach Florida landed in a lake and was found after about four hours. The others Craven Pitcher Shields and Gessert were later rounded up and hospitalized in Lerwick isolation hospital.
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Lerwick
Scotland
Shetland Islands
Lir
Wiliam E. Dee
West Palm Beach
Fly
Dee
Melton
Harry Craven
Big Spring
Texas
William L. Pitcher
Burlington
Kans
Howard F. Shields
Randolph
N.Y
Reuben Gessert
Marshield
Frazen Gs Side
Tana
Iceland
Union of Libya under Egypt Crown Proposed in Tripoli
Al Kola reported a newly formed Tripoli party issued a communique urging Libyan unity with Egypt under the Egyptian crown. The paper said the Egyptian Tripolitanian Party backed Libyan leader El Said El Senussi as Libyan viceroy, arguing the plan would thwart British aims to keep Libya independent while expanding military presence.
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Libya
Britain
Egypt
Father of Dr. Lapsley Dead in Glassport
John A. Lapsley of Glassport, father of Doctor John H. Lapsley, died at 11 30 pm in Glassport, born July 21 1862 in Indiana County. He was a prominent Glassport and McKeesport businessman, founder of Lapsley Brothers Lumber, civic organizer, and held many community roles. survived by wife Anna Belle, four children, three grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral services set for Sunday at Willis Funeral Home with burial in Mt. Vernon cemetery McKeesport.
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John A. Lapsley
Glassport
John H. Lapstey
iBrnest
Indiana County
Indiana
Blairsville
Thomas
Elizabeth
Munshower) Lapsley
Lapsley
Busin ‘Ness
McKees
Lapsley Brothers Lumber Company
Presbyterian Church of
Masonic Lodge
McKeesport
Pittsburgh
Odd Fellows and Rotary Club of
Pennsylvania Lumbermen’s Association
American Red Cross
Anna Belle (Wilson) Lapsley
Irvin Glasser
Reading
W. F. Hutton
John H. Lapsley
Ernest
Anna Belle Fife
George Lansley
Charles Lapsley
Daytona Beach
Florida
Mas
Sadie
Lewis J. McClellen
W. Campbell St
Legion Home
Samuel McClellen
Nancy Johnson
Alice Jackson McClellen
Helen Hill
George S. McClellen
United Presbyterian Church of
American Legion
R. E. McClure
United Presbyterian Church
Blairsville Cemetery
R P sale of mining towns follows trend in industry
The Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company explains selling its company towns to the Kovalchick Salvage Company at low prices with protections for employees. Rent stays stable under union guidelines and electricity will be supplied by regional power firms when available. The president stresses the move preserves worker welfare and long term company interests. The note ends with a demographic observation: about 105 boy births per 100 girls, but at 85, twice as many females survive as males.
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United Mine Workers of America
Clark
West Penn Power Company
Armstrong County
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
Gand
Coal Company
Kovalchick Salvage Company
Witnesses recount brutal lynching probe attack in Georgia
A 19 year old Walton County Negro, Lamar Howard of near Monroe, Ga, said two white men beat him at the Monroe ice plant when he refused to disclose testimony before a U S Grand Jury probing a July lynching near his hometown. He described a pistol threat and a ten to fifteen minute beating with fists and the weapon. The incident was related in an Atlanta FBI interview with Negro leaders and Atlanta World editor C A Scott.
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Atlanta
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Walton County
U. S
Lamar Howard
Monroe
IFBI
C. A. Scott
Atlanta World
Negro Daily Newspaper
Howard
A. E. Foltz
FBI
Athens
Lonely Highway Bridge
T. Hoyt Davis
Brand
Quake Shakes Tokyo But Causes Little Damage
Two minor earthquakes struck near Tokyo at noon, lasting about five seconds each. Meteorologists said the shocks were too light to damage structures, with the epicenter offshore southeast of Choshi on the Chiba Peninsula and felt within roughly 60 miles in three directions from Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Japan
U.S. Army
Chosi
Chiba Peninsula
Shikoku
Admits Hit Baby at Trial Sparks courtroom outburst
In Los Angeles a coroner's inquest into 3 month old Jack Arthur Satton’s death heard James Monroe Carson admit striking the infant three or four times while in care. Satten’s mother cried out as the coroner’s jury returned an open verdict on homicide or accident. Carson faces manslaughter charges afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Dan
Jacob Satton
Army
James Monroe Carson
Satton
If Dee
Jack Arthur Satton
Dee
George Holt
Carson
Viola Bell Satten
Harry Borde
Baby's Lung Pin Removed After Army Flight to Philadelphia
Three and a half year old Elizabeth Thomas of Opelika Alabama had a pin removed from her right lung at Temple University Hospital Jackson Clinic shortly after arriving in a Army C-47 transport. She rested comfortably with no complications and was expected to leave in a few days. The child and her parents had flown from Atlanta through hazardous weather, requiring direct authorization from General Carl A Spaatz as commercial aircraft were grounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Little Elizabeth Thomas
Temple University Hospital
Jackson Clinic
Wilam H. Thomas
Opelika
Ala
Mysterious Maharajah Trounces Booking at Claridge
London dispatch reports a British officer posed as secretary to the Maharajah of Peshawar to secure New Year’s Eve reservations at Claridge’s. After repeated refusals, he claimed the title and booked a table in minutes. The tale ends with the officer, in a gaudy turban, enjoying the hoax amid staff admiration and disbelief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Claridge’s
Peshawar
Negro Covington Dies in Electric Chair After Breakout Attempt
Cleve Covington, a 195 pound condemned man, failed to break from the state prison death house as an iron bar was torn from his cell. He yielded to the chair and died smiling after a last-minute effort to escape. He had beaten Watt Martin to death in Mullins in 1945 and was captured after fleeing to New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
E. C
Cleve Covington
Death House
Colingston
Watt Martin
Winston- Salem
N. C
Mullins
New York City
Fire Wrecks Hill Top Lumber Yard in Knoxville
A six alarm blaze at Hill Top Lumber Company yard in Pittsburgh Knoxville section caused about 35000 dollars damage to timber stores and a planing mill while nearby frame homes were saved by low wind. Seven families fled in night clothes but no injuries occurred as fire crews worked to dampen smouldering embers for hours. Telephone and power lines were toppled by the heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Hill Top Lumber Company
Knoxville
Black-Long
South Hills
De Gasperi Prayer Week Set For Indiana in Aid Drive
Italian Premier Alcide De Gasperi arrived in Paris en route to the United States to seek American financial and food aid for Italy. Indiana churches plan a January 6 to 10 Community Week of Prayer with services led by Dr. W Bruce Wilson and Dr L B Mosley, featuring talks on aiding Italy. schedule lists services at First United, Luther, Presbyterian, Methodist and United Presbyterian churches.
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Paris
Alcide de Gasperi
Rome
United States
Washington
W. Bruce Wilson
Italy
Third United Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh
Tinara
Churches of Indiana
ATC
J. L. Bogart
Baker, Ore
de Gasperi
Maria Romana
George Bria
Associated Press
Rome Bureau
Enrico de Nicola
Pietro Nenni
DrAttaives David McKey
U.S
Ellery. W. Stone
Lawrence C. Jaynes
Col. LE. M. Wampton
Ciampino
Wilson
Board of American Missions
United Presbyterian Denomination
L. B. Mosely
First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh
First United Presbyterian Church
de. Wilson
Lutheran Church
Democratic Filibuster Goes On In Senate Session
The opening of the 82nd Congress includes a planned two thirds vote rule for adoption. Senator Ferguson proposed a resolution to bar Bilbo and set his case for hearing January 6. Bilbo sits among the observers as the chamber begins with prayer while Senate leaders and supporters negotiate oath administration and leadership roles. Religious leaders gather near the Capitol to pray for divine guidance for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
R-Mich
Bilbo
Senate
Ellender
D-La
Biffle
Vandenberg
Overton D-Lat
Capitol
Congress
Miner Is a Critical Condition
A report details that after an altercation in icy conditions a man named Marks was dragged outside by vup and Uren, who allegedly struck him with a broom. He was left in the entryway, then a final blow was delivered before an ambulance was summoned. W. T. Cunningham was notified by the killer, claiming he had killed a man. No known relatives are mentioned for either party.
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Vup
Uren
W. T. Cunningham
Cunningham
Marks
Federal Trade Commission read 4547 pages of radio scripts daily
The 1946 FTC annual report notes workers read an average of 4,547 pages of radio script each working day, highlighting the heavy workload in radio advertising regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yolre
Federal Trade Commission
Noon Stocks Rise Amid Broad Market Momentum
A wide range of major issuers including Anaconda Cop, General Motors, U S Steel, and IBM showed gains as investors shifted toward risk assets. Positive economic signals supported energy, manufacturing, and consumer staples shares, with blue chips leading the advance in a session marked by solid volume and improving market breadth.
Obituary notices from Blairsville and Glen Campbell
Multiple Blairsville area obituaries detail Nellie Smith Thompson born June 25 1891 and married to Chas B Thompson with nine grandchildren. Also Lewis McClellen and Margaret Simpson Dunbar funeral details at Blairsville and Glen Campbell Presbyterian churches. Floyd Stanley Thompson dies suddenly near Homer City with services in Nazavine Church and Oakland Cemetery Indiana.
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Floyd Stanley Thompson
Terring Run
Homer City
Thompson
Tearing Run
Nazavine
L. T. Wells
Oakland Cemetery
Indiana
Bell Funeral Home of
Martinsville man dies in electric chair after fatal duel
J Amon J Gusler of Martinsville a 52 year old furniture worker admitted to killing J Russell Smith age 88 after plotting a dynamite death trap following an alleged kiss at a party. Gusler died in the electric chair at the Virginia Penitentiary early today. He was married and had two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Jana Amon J. Gusler
Martinsville
Virginia Penitentiary
Gusler
J. Russell Smith
Bassett
Smith
Bell Becomes Pennsylvania Governor Amid Brief Inaugural Day
John C Bell Jr sworn in as Pennsylvania s 33rd governor succeeding Martin. He pledges to continue Martin era policies and to govern for the welfare of the state s people while awaiting James H Durjan s inauguration. Martin resigns and files his resignation as the ceremony ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard A. Unger
Harrisburg
John C. Bell, Jr
Pennsylvania
Howest
U. 3
Edward Martin
Bell
Keystone
Martin
James H. Dur
Maretin
Duff
George W. Maxey
State Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Charles M. Morrison
The
Commonwealth
Dr Sollberger Addresses Science Teachers Group in Boston
Dr Dwight E B Sollberger a College faculty member attended AAAS meetings in Boston from December 26 speaking to National Science Teachers Association on Time for Science Instruction in Secondary Schools He is a director and editor of the Yearbook and also attended biology teachers and nature study society meetings A note suggests a gardening tip about making a flower holder with a trailing vine in a tropical shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight EB. Sollberger
Boston
American Association For the Advancement of Science
National Science Teachers Association
Sollbergers
Hig
National Association of Biology Teachers
American Nature Study Society
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Ask Union of
Ga.Lynch
Maharajah
Gazvile
Negro
Sen
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
D. C
Harry P. Cain
Tacorha
Wash
Senator Cain
Buzzie
Candy
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
al Chem & Dye Am Can
Am Rad & St. S$ Am
Smelt & R
Tel & Tel
Anaconda Cop
Atcht&sp All Refining Bald Leco Balt & Ohio
Bendix Aviat Beith Steel
Boeing Airplane
Briggs Mfg
Budd Co
Case
Js) Co
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Calum G & EL Com Solvents
Cons Edison
Curtiss-Wright del Lack & West du Pont de N 'l
Auto-Lite
Erie RR
Penney
Penn RR Pub
Sve
Pullman
Pure Oil Radio Carp
Reading Co
Repub Steel Sears Roebuck
Socony-Vacuum Sperry Corp
Stand Oil Co
Stand Oil
Ind Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Gas
Imp US
Steel
Warner Bros
Pict West UN Tel A
Woolworth
Youngst
Sh & T
Nellie Smith Thompson
Enterprise
Burrell Two
John E
Jane Ramston Smith
Methodist Church of
Chas. B. Thompson
Ward Thompson
R. D
George S
Ambridge
Wayne G
Glenn
Elizabeth Krid ‘Ler
Jesse Starry
Fontana
Calif
Mary Stockdale
James RB. Smith
Samuel E
Ralph L
J. Leonard
Canton, C
Harry C
Monacal
Paul R
Detroit
Mich
John M. Hempstead
Margaret Simpson Dunbar
Glen Campbell
Alexander Dunbar
J. E. Murray
Ray Leibenguth
Allentown
Mae Stine
Fred Smith
Buffalo
N. Y
David
Robert L. Dunbar
Dunbar
Glen Campbell Presbyterian Church
Plummer Harvey
J . Wermer
Weather Report
the Gazette
Dr. Sollberger
Tropics
Ortese 3.C.streams
Lidia E. Fiakham
Wyatt Cabinet Works
Gompers Ave
Allen-A
Moorhead
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