Fulmer And Four Others Break Jail
Albert Fulmer a 42 year old escapee and four companions broke out of Ebensburg jail on Thursday night after sawing through bars and escaping to the courtyard. Belesky was later captured in Johnstown while the others remain at large with state police and sheriff patrols conducting a wide hunt.
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Albert Fulmer
Somerset Courts
Western Penitentiary
Ebensburg
William Janick
Johnstown
James L. Walker
James Pearson
Jack Belskey
Crable
Belesky
Vincent Siciliano
Huber Street
Pat Farrell
Cambria County
Somerset American
Farrell
Fulmer
Richard Owens
Turnkey Owens
Owens
Auto Crash Kills 3 in Everett Area
Three youths died and three others were injured when a party from Huntingdon County wrecked six miles north of Everett. Victims include Dennis Mosbey 17 Robertsdale and Theda Swope 18 Dudley. Driver Donald Dolling Wood suffered a fractured skull with others treated at Everett hospital.
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Everett
Huntingdon County
Here
Dennis Mosbey
Robertsdale
Theda Swope
Dudley
Bedford County
Vernon Geisel
Donald Dolling
Wood
Everett Hospital
Ithel Miller
Cleona Swope
Geisel
Critchfield Tells Rotary About Saipan
Rotarian Clyde Critchfield, back after 22 months in the army including 18 in the southwest Pacific, spoke at the Somerset club luncheon about his infantry and amphibious tractor unit. He aided radio operations during the Saipan invasion in June last year and noted changes like fewer flies, new chapels and four lane roads since his first visit. Music and tributes to service members closed the program.
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Clyde Cmmtchneia
Southwest Pacific
Somerset Club
Ferner
Critchfield
Saipan
Southwest Pacific Islands
Honolulu
United States
Charles R. Blatt
Salvage Drives Continue in War Campaigns
Washington officials of the War Production Board say waste paper tin and fat salvage campaigns will be continued for the time being as part of wartime conservation efforts.
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Washington
War Production Board
Play Ball and Pay Raises Drive Peace Time Transitions
Washington dispatch outlines postwar shifts with meat rationing easing by September, wage boosts for workers and white collars, and end of travel bans on major sports. Officials say inflation risk is mitigated by new policy while nonmilitary supplies rise. News notes telegrams resumed, peacetime research body proposed, and wartime housing contracts under review.
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Anderson
Europe
Truman
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Vannevar Bush
Commutation of Petain Death Sentence by De Gaulle
General de Gaulle commuted Marshal Petain to life imprisonment, replacing the death verdict for collaboration with Germany. The High Court recommendation and de Gaulle’s approval reflected their complex history from wartime rivalry to postwar reconciliation. Petain, 89, had faced testimony from leaders like Reynaud Daladier Herriot Blum Weygand Laval during a 20 day trial.
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Belman Morin
Paris
de Gaulle
Marshal Petain
Vichy
High Court of Justice
Petain
France
Paul Reynaud
Edouard Daladier
Edouard Herriot
Leon Blum
Maxime Weygand
Pierre Laval
Army Navy Casualty Totals Rise to 1 070 138
Washington reports combat casualties in the war to date reaching 1 070 138, up 1 922 from the prior week. Navy adds 1 304 of the increase, Army 618. Army total killed 199 183 and Navy killed 52 963 since the war began.
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Washington
Army
Navy
War Department
Dr Well ington Koo Elected Chair of UN Preparatory Committee
The executive committee of the United Nations Preparatory Commission elected Dr Wellington Koo of China as its first chairman for a two week term. The group discussed an international secretariat to build technical machinery for a world security organization and postponed a decision on admitting press representatives.
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London
United Nations Preparatory Commission
Wellington Koo
China
Dr. Koo
Gladwyn Jebb
Monay
Woman Dies While Changing Trains in Harrisburg
Mrs. Daniel Felton age 52 of Youngstown Ohio died of a heart attack in Harrisburg while en route to Allentown. Her niece Joan Chudyik eight from Allentown was with her. the pair were traveling when the attack occurred. Deputy Coroner Frank Heidel notified Joan’s mother and Felton’s husband.
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Harrisburg
Daniel Felton
Youngstown
Allentown
Joan Chudyik
Frank Heidel
Joan
Heidel
Mary Chudyk
Methodist Laymen to Meet in Southwestern Pennsylvania
A gathering of Methodist laymen in southwestern Pennsylvania will hold the annual Institute of Lay Activities on August 25 and 26 at the Junonville Methodist Training Center near Uniontown. R. L. Wickline of Mt. Lebanon is chairman and the Rev. Harry N. Holmes of New York City will be guest speaker.
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Pennsylvania
Junonville
Uniontown
R. L. Wickline
Mt. Lebanon
Harry N. Holmes
New York City
Defiance of Chiang at new heights in Chungking
Communist Gen Chu Teh urged Japanese forces under Okura to surrender all troops except those surrounded by Kuomintang. Chiang Kai-shek factions clash as Mao Tze-tung not yet persuaded to meet in Chungking. Fresh travel applications surge to Nanking and Shanghai amid city control hopes.
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Spencer Moosa
Chungking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang
Nan- King
Shanghai
Chu Teh
Yasuji Okura
China
Kuomintang
Tokio
Associated Press
Okamura
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Mao Tze-Tung
Nanking
Japan
Indo-China
Japs Begin To Surrender In Manchuria
Japanese troops in Manchuria began surrendering with about 20 000 laying down arms as Soviet forces push on Harbin from three sides. Moscow reported rapid fall of enemy strongpoints along the Harbin railway corridor with a Red Army column advancing over 100 miles and capturing Pokoty and Chalantun, weakening Lungkiang defenses.
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Romney Wheeler
London
Manchuria
Red Army
Harbin
Moscow
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Khingan
Pokoty
Chalantun
Lungkiang
Tsitishar
Congressmen In Honolulu Visit Overseas War Efforts
Members of the House appropriations subcommittee arrived in Honolulu on the first leg of their overseas theater tour. They assess financing needs for wartime occupation and outline postwar overseas establishments. Reps. J Buell Snyder and Harve Tibbett joined the arrival.
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Honolulu
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
J. Buell Snyder
D-Pa
Harve Tibbett
R-Pa
Legal talent arrives at Nuernberg for war crimes trial
The United States Britain Russia and France sent legal representatives to Nuernberg to accelerate preparations for the first mass trial of German war criminals. The advance party includes Justice Jackson and 16 staff, with 100 more lawyers and interpreters to follow. Hess could face examination before any decision on his trial. About 250 seats for press and 180,000 daily words of translation planned.
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London
United States
Britain
Russia
France
Nuernberg
Germany
Hermann Goering
Naval
Arnold Dean
Supreme Court
Robert T. Jackson
Jackson
Staff Jackson
U. S
Sir Hartley Shawcross
I. T. Nikitchenko
Andre Gros
War Crimes Commission
Robert J. Gill
Charles Fahey
Control Council
James V. Bennett
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Rudolf Hess
England
Hess
Dean
Army Signal Corps
League of Nations
Japan's new premier orders strict armistice compliance
Tokyo reports Prince Higashi Kuni forms a three point plan for reconstruction and military control, ordering the army to strictly observe Emperor Hirohito's rescript to quit fighting. He vows to end past tensions with China and pursue a new social order while delaying surrender negotiations details.
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San Francisco
Japan
East Asia
Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni
Domei
Higashi-Kuni
Hirohito
Federal Communications Commission
Suzuki
China
Reds Polish Sign Pact In Unity
The Moscow accord sets Poland’s war damages compensation at 15 percent of reparations from the Russian zone in Germany. It also fixes a border along the Curzon line with minor deviations in Poland’s favor. The treaty was signed amid a scene of mutual understanding with Stalin and Polish representatives and awaits ratification.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Poland
Germany
Could Try Hirohito if Allies Decide War Crimes
A British foreign office commentator said there is nothing to exclude Emperor Hirohito from being tried as a war criminal if the allies decide he is responsible for Japan's aggression. The commentator added there is no immunity for members of Japan's new government.
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London
Hirohito
Japan
Foreign Office
Four B-32 Bombers Engage Japanese Fighters Over Tokyo
Four American B-32 bombers on a photographic mission over Tokio were attacked by ten Japanese fighters and met moderate to intense anti-aircraft fire near 20,000 feet around noon. Two Japanese planes were reported shot down. One B-32 piloted by 2nd Lt. S. Frick of Irwin Pennsylvania sustained heavy damage but the crew suffered no injuries.
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Russell Brines
Manila
Japan
MacArthur
Tokio
Nippon
Associated Press
Guam
Nimitz
Truman
United States
Tokio Bay
Manchuria
China
Indo-China
U. S
Kyushu
Shikoku
Okinawa
S. Frick
Irwin
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather report by David Grove records 48 degree high and 60 degree minimum for the 24 hour period ending 5:30 p.m. Friday. The data reflects observed temperatures in Somerset with the prior year noting similar minimums.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Weather Outlook for Maryland and Adjacent Areas
The forecast calls for mostly sunny conditions in Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania on Saturday with a gradual warming into the afternoon. Sunday brings some cloudiness with moderate temperatures, while western Pennsylvania and West Virginia see partly cloudy days with a slight rise in temperature on Saturday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible Sunday or Monday across eastern Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland and Virginia. Western regions expect similar thunderstorm chances Sunday and again midweek with near normal to warmer temperatures and a mix of cooling Sunday Monday and warmer Tuesday.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Virginia
Ohio
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