Japanese pull out from settlement hunters lost
A Homestead youth Peter Kolan, 17, wandered away from his hunting party in Quemahoning township by car and foot toward Johnstown. He was found on the Menoher highway near Johnstown before 8 pm and reunited with his companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quemahoning Township
Peter Kolan
Homestead
Johnstown
John Gyure
Steve Gousby
Kolan
Charles Kunkle
Menoher
Kunkle
Karl I. Hare
Somerset
State
Motor Police
Jennertown
Gousby
Gyure
J. A. Blair
Set
Blair
Quemahoning
Route 219
Meyersdale
Summit Mills
Merle Tressler
Tressler
J. E. Cree
Glasgow
Cambria
John H. Deaner
Shanksville
Newton Spangler
Leo Stull
Stanard Foy
Markiston
N. J
Central City
Joe Monko
Reitz
Mike Dubosh
Mine
W. C. Manges
Herbert Matthias
D. W. Wenzel
Cal
Center County
Payroll holdup scare at McKeesport tube plant
Police swarmed the National Tube Company plant in McKeesport after a tip of a planned $1,500,000 payroll holdup. Chief Peter A. Connors led 24 officers guarding the site. no bandits appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mckeesport
National Tube Company
Peter A. Connors
Examinations Called Off In Civil Service Scandal
Harrisburg officials halted civil service exams for 12 000 applicants across Philadelphia Harrisburg Erie Pittsburgh Ebensburg and Wilkes Barre after a secret questions list leaked to a job applicant. Frederick Kissinger suspended as chief tester. case referred to state police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Erie
Pittsbugh
Ebensburg
Wilkes-Barre
Robert L. Myers, Jr
Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
Frederick Kissinger
Civil Service
State Motor Police
Kissinger
Myers
Ralph Bashore
Lavor and Industry
Boy Fractures Leg After Running Into Car
Six year old John Cugini of Hooversville fractured his right leg when he ran into a car driven by Louis G Fritz of Stoystown near his parents home. He was taken to Johnstown Memorial hospital where doctors planned to reduce the fracture and reported his condition as fair on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cugini
Hooversville
Louis G. Fritz
Stoystown
Nicholas Cugini
Johnstown Memorial’ Hospital
White Star
Jennertown
David Lawrence
Lawrence
Roosevelt
Earle
Edward W. Prendergast
J. Buell Snyder
L. G. Lichliter
Clarence A. Donaldson
United Mine Workers
Somerset County
Thomas Jefferson
New Castle man dies from auto crash injuries
Earl Allison, 49, of New Castle, died in a hospital at Butler from injuries suffered in a car collision at Blair's Corner, Clarion County, last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Earl Allison
New Castle
Blair’s Corner
Clarion County
Eight Below Zero in Kane as Chill Deepens
Temperatures in Kane Pennsylvania plunged to eight below zero today the lowest of the season. The frigid conditions hit the northern mountaintop town with warnings for travelers and locals to bundle up and stay indoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane Kane
Pennsylvania
President Roosevelt cuts southern trip for dental care
President Roosevelt, at temporary White House HQ in Miami, says slow healing of a gum infection forces him to shorten the southern tour by three days. He will return to Washington late Monday for treatment, cancelling planned stops at Warm Springs and Gainesville, Ga., to be rescheduled later.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
White House
Washington
Tortugas Islands
Here
Warm Springs
Gainesville
Patrolman Jack Giles posts bail in manslaughter case
Tyrone police report Patrolman Jack Giles posted 2500 bond and waived a hearing after the fatal shooting of 20 year old Joseph L. Ross. Giles said he fired as Ross and two others fled in a car after commands to halt. Police Commission chair Bayard supported the officer, calling it an accident and stating support for Giles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyrone
Jack Giles
Joseph L. Ross
Blain County
Chester B. Wray
Giles
Ross
Anutomobile
R. D. Bayard
Police Commission
Coal operators withhold final approval of rate scale
Western Pennsylvania bituminous coal operators withheld final approval of the new rate scale today. Byron H. Canon, association executive secretary, said the setup looks all right so far as they can see, but adjustments may be requested if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Byron H. Canon
Association
Sofranko Held for Grand Jury in Baby’s Death
Pittsburgh. Theo dore Sofranko was ordered held for the grand jury after his five year old daughter testified that he picked up his infant sister and threw her back in the crib. the four month old died from head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofranko
Pittsburgh
Theodore Sofranko
Joan
Eight Arrested on Lottery Charges in Pittsburgh Raid
Police arrested seven men and a woman on lottery charges after raiding a Pittsburgh confectionary on December 3. The incident led to multiple arrests and ongoing investigations by local authorities.
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Pittsburgh
Air racers Kling and Haines killed during Miami show
Two top US air racers Rudy Kling of Lemont Illinois and Frank Haines of Detroit perished when their planes crashed on the first turn of a small closed race course at the Miami air show. Miss Cochran set a new record in the same event.
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Rudy Kling
Lemont, Illnois
Frank Haines
Detroit
Miami
Fla
Lemont
Jacqueline Cochran
New York
Kling
Haines
Ksing
Clevland
Miss Cochran
Floyd B. Odlum
National Aeronautic Association
Weddell
Frank Hawks
East Hartford
Conn
Alexander de Seversky
Floyd Bennett Field
Havana
Hawks
S. J. Whittman
Oshkosh
Wis
Capt Kimmel Recounts War Tales at Somerset Rotary
Captain Don M. Kimmel spoke at the Somerset Rotary Club noon luncheon recalling his wartime duties directing the 110th regiment band and vivid battlefield discoveries. He described locating a French burial with papers bearing a return address to Beerits Sons of Somerset and marking the grave for later identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don M. Kimmel
110Th Regiment
Somerset Rotary Club
Company C
Somerset
Kimmel
Wilbur E. Schell
France
Rockwood
Everett
Everett Musser
Rotary Club
Struck Foot With Axe Leaves Farmer Grievously Ill
Robert Wilson a 65 year old farmer of Conemaugh township lies in grave condition at Johnstown Memorial hospital after accidentally striking his left foot with an axe while clearing in the woods. An immediate blood transfusion from his nephew Forrest Wilson aided his condition though he suffered severe blood loss and multiple foot injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wilson
Conemaugh Township
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
Forrest Wilson
Johnstown
Wilson
Borah Attacks Farm Bill as National Death by Action
Senator Borah assails the farm bill advocating crop reduction, calling it unconstitutional and a form of government blackmail that would lower buying power and starve millions. He urges using surpluses to feed the hungry and ship excess abroad, while critics argue Congress may regulate interstate commerce. The House sets a $7500 limit on farm benefit payments amid debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Hoover
Roosevelt
Page
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Andresen
R-Minn
Patman
D-Tex
House
House Banking Committee
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Pope
Franklin D. Rooevelt
Snyder
Earle
Pinchot
Fisher
Mellon
Lawrence
State Senate
House of Representatives
Charles Ealy
Pennsylvania
Buttner
Robert A. Buttner
Lichliter
Somerset
Lee Lichliter
Somerset County
Bittner
J. Buell Snyder
Hearst
Wellersburg Man Dies in Mine Rock Fall near Frostburg
James Harmon Micheals aged 40 of Wellersburg Pennsylvania was killed by falling rock in a coal mine at Barrellville near Mt. Savage Maryland. Melvin Reed the mine owner survived uninjured and recovered the body. Micheals leaves a widow and one daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frostburg
Here
James Harmon
Micheals
Wellersburg
Rock
Barrellville
Mt. Savage
Melvin Reed
Reed
King Proposes Amendments on Surplus Tax Law
Senator King of Utah announced he will offer amendments to a pending tax bill. The changes would cut undistributed surplus tax by 40 percent and halve the capital gains tax. He plans to move the amendments after the farm bill passes, attaching them to a repeal of the salary publicity provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
King
Utah
Senate
House
Verdict for Specht jury out 15 minutes
At the Somerset Civil Court trial a jury ruled in favor of Josiah Specht in a trespass suit by Jane Adler and her father Walter C. Adler. The case centered on a 1936 Route 53 accident near Somerset in which Adler alleged Specht's negligence and perjury at prior hearings. Specht admitted telling untruths under oath at Johnstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Specht
Jane Adler
Walter C. Adler
Miss Adler
Specht
R. M. McWade
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Greensburg
Boose
Somerset
Stoystown
Pessatan
Accient
French object to Japanese intrusion in Shanghai
Japanese trucks attempting to move supplies through Shanghai’s International Settlement faced a French cordon at the French Concession entrance. Police blocked five beflagged army trucks but authorities ultimately allowed passage after a hurried consulate meeting amid tense protests following the Victory parade bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Hongkow
Nantao T
Protests by U S Colonel Price Force Japanese Withdrawal
In Shanghai the Fourth Marine Regiment's Colonel Charles F B Price publicly pressured Japanese forces, prompting withdrawal from the American sector after a bomb wounded several, including Japanese and British officers. A Chinese student threw a grenade during the Victory March on Nanking Road, triggering panic and a cordon around 30 blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decapanese
Nank
Shanghai
Bri
Department
International Settlement
Nanking Road
Vaughan Read
Read
E. T. Maitland
Charles F. B. Price
Fourth Marine Regiment
Park Hotel
Price
Iwane Matsui
F. W
Nanking
Tanyang
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather note by David Grove records 24 hour period 5:30 p m Thursday to 5:30 p m Friday. Temperature readings unclear with missing data and a prior year reference showing a 35 degree maximum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
le Cressseeesenasios Assee
Western Pennsylvania Weekend Weather Outlook
Weather forecast reports cloudiness and warmer conditions in western Pennsylvania with occasional rain on Saturday. Sunday turns cloudy with snow flurries and colder air. Eastern Pennsylvania sees fair skies and warmth Saturday, then light rain tonight in western and northern areas, Sunday rain with cooling westward. West Virginia anticipates cloudy, warmer Saturday with rain at night and snow flurries as it turns colder. Maryland expects fair, warmer Saturday with probable rain Sunday.
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Pennsylvania
Northwest
West Virginia
Maryland
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