Ten Jurors Chosen For Kent Murder Trial In Somerset
A jury panel of 39 selected ten jurors seven men and three women for James Henry Kent’s murder trial. An additional 18 potential jurors were drawn for Tuesday. The first trial in September ended in deadlock after 41 hours of deliberation with seven to five in favor of acquittal. County officials note a past similar timing tied to another local death.
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Kern
Tood
Criminal
Hazel K. Hoffman
Somerset Township
Homer L. Metzgar
Quemahoning
Guy S. Lambert
Shade Township
Olive Brecht
Upper Turkeyfoot
Elsie Sara Bell
Lincoln
Lloyd R. Gross
Somerset
Walter McNutt
Ralston Putman
Casselman
Edward Knipp
Conemaugh
Jennings B. Powell
Norman T. Boose
John S. Smith
Boose
A. M. Matthews
James Henry Kent
Kent
State Supreme Court
Paul E. C. Fike
Ney
George Kern
Johnstown
Ogle Township
Cambria County
Fish Blames Dewey for Defeat in Farewell Speech
Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York accuses Governor Dewey of helping defeat him by denouncing him as un American and sparking a Republican purge. Fish claims the Dewey remarks cost him a House majority and predicts a large defeat if Dewey seeks renomination.
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Washington
Hamilton Fish
House
New Deal Administration
Moscow
Thomas E
Dewey
Fish
Augustus W. Bennet
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
New York
Gillette warns of hollow victory without strong American action
Senator Gillette of Iowa warns in the Senate that a weak stance will yield a hollow victory and spread totalitarianism. He cites discouraging Europe news, limited public access to the Atlantic Charter, and a supposed news blackout by Russia and OWI responses.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Senator Gillette
Iowa
America
Senate
Gillette
Europe
Russia
Office of War Information
Federal Communications Commission
Davis
OWI
Elmer Deis
Fire Destroys Cottage of Conn Family in Draketown
A six room cottage in Draketown, four miles northwest of Confluence, was destroyed by fire, leaving Mrs. Conn and four pre school children homeless. Nine of eleven children were away at school or work. Red Cross in Somerset appeals for furniture, bedding, linens, silverware and clothing, with temporary shelter offered at a neighbor’s seven room house.
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Joseph Conn
Draketown
Confluence
Conn
Robert Johnson
Red Cross
Somerset
Somerset American
Helen Balis
Somerset Red Cross
Somerset 66
State Highway Department
Johnson
Boswell Soldier Paul Adams Killed in Action
Pfc. Paul Adams aged 21 of Boswell R D 2 was killed in action November 3. He was the son of Mr and Mrs George Adams and left a widow Mrs Sue Shaffer Adams of Ralph ton. Adams graduated Boswell high school and worked for National Radiator Co in Johnstown in 1942. He married January 1943 and went overseas last January after being inducted February 1943. He saw action in Italy with a later posting to France and had a prior slight wound on May 23. He leaves a widow, parents, a brother Ralph at home, and sisters Mrs Dean L Jennertown Mrs Harry Kimmel Boswell R D 2 and Betty Evelyn and Janet Adams.
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Pfc
Paul Adams
George Adams
Boswell
R. D
War Department
Sue Shaffer Adams
Ralphton
Adams
Boswell High School
National Radiator Co
Johnstown
Italy
France
Ralph
Dean L, Jennertown
Harry Kimmel
Betty Evelyn
Janet Adams
Mrs Rudy Vallee Walks Out Again
Hollywood reports Bettyjane Greer as Mrs Rudy Vallee says she is leaving again due to clash of temperament. She will not pursue legal action yet and notes their marriage since December 2 1944 has seen repeated splits and reconciliations after an interim divorce decree in July.
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Hollywood
Rudy Vallee
Bettyjane
Benne’s Son Reported Safe in German Prison Camp
After months of silence, Mr and Mrs Leo Benne of Listie received a letter from their son First Lieutenant Louis Benne dated August 30, stating he was in a German POW camp in northern Germany near Berlin. He describes being wounded, hospitalized in Budapest, and mentions meeting fellow prisoner Robert Walker of Somerset.
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Louis Benne
Hungary
Budapest
Leo Benne
Listie
Germany
Bob Walker
Somerset
Robert Walker
Archie Walker
R. D
Red Cross
Lieut. Pardly
Louis
Lieut
Benne
William H. Nold
Regional Aviation Cadet Board
Johnstown
Italy
United States
Kriegesgefangenenlager Luftwaffe
Nr 3
Berlin
Charge keeps killer for patient at Clarks Summit
Scranton dispatch reports 65 year old Harry Allspaugh keeper at Clarks Summit State Hospital for the Insane is charged with slaying 76 year old patient John McNally. District Attorney James F Brady accuses hospital officials of trying to destroy documentary evidence and substitute misleading testimony. McNally died last Tuesday from a chest crushing beating.
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Scranton
Harry Allspaugh
Clarks Summit State
John McNally
James F. Brady
Brady
State Department of Public Welfare
McNally
Greek American delegation seeks U S mediation in Greek conflict
A Greek American group asked the State Department to mediate the Greek resistance versus British forces and urged London to end its move toward dictatorship. The memorandum supported non intervention and urged active U S involvement to safeguard Greek democracy and Allied unity.
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Flora Lewis
Washington
State Department
London
Stelos Pistolakis
Committee For National Unity
Liberal Party
Stettinius
America
United Nations
Great Britain
National Liberation Front of
Greece
Pistolakis
Roosevelt
Churchill
Yugoslavia
Stalin
British Send More Troops To Greece
ELAS forces shell central Athens with mortars near Constitution Square as RAF Beaufighters strike ELAS concentrations. British planes report partial gains around Piraeus while Greek regulars break up another ELAS formation and a British patrol is ambushed near Volos.
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Stephen Barber
Athens
ELAS
Constitution Square
EAM
Volos
R. M. Scobie
Piraeus
Red Army Breaks Into Budapest Amid Danube Push
Red Army vanguards reportedly penetrated Budapest as Malinovsky and Tolbuchkin aims linked forces to surround the city. Russian columns swept along the Danube east of the capital with other units advancing toward Bratislava and Vienna, while German defenses sought to blunt the push and protect eastern Slovakia.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Red Army
Budapest
Paris
Algiers
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Danube
Malinovsky
Third Ukraine Army
Feodor I. Tolbuchkin
Ipoly
Bratislava
Vienna
Dregelpalank
Austria
Slovakia
Kassa
GI Joel Get Xmas Leaves On 30 Days
U S Third Army replacement center in France reports 30 day home leaves for wounded veterans chosen for the Three R program. Soldiers and a few officers with purple hearts receive this reward after recovery sit to a dinner, with Capt Willard Kibby welcoming them and vowing leaves are real.
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Joel
Edward D. Ball
U.S
France
Third Army
Willard Kibby
East Cleveland
Ohio
Army
Pearl Harbor Attacker Nagumo Confirmed Dead by Domei
Domei News Agency in Tokyo announced Admiral Chunchi Nagumo, commander of the Pearl Harbor task force, died on Saipan July 7. The report, relayed after Nimitz statements, says Nagumo and Rear Admiral Yano were killed on Saipan and that Nagumo receives posthumous honors including a full admiralty promotion.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Pearl Harbor
Domei
Chunchi Nagumo
Saipan
Chester W. Nimitz
Nagumo
Nimitz
Yano
Federal Communications Commission
Nippon
Ratsiu Lands In Romania Amid Arrest After Parachute Drop
Eugen Ratsiu the half brother of Horia Sima was arrested near Arad after parachuting into Romania. He carried a radio transmitter 3 000 000 lei and gold and admitted being sent to contact the underground Iron Guard Nazi movement. Authorities expect a series of arrests following his capture.
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Bucharest
Eugen Ratsiu
Horia Sima
Antonschu
Rec
Arad
Romaia
Ratsia
Iron Guard
Yanks Pressure Cologne Front As German Lines Collapse
Allied dispatches describe heavy fighting along a four mile front near Faenza with German counterattacks by Kesselring's 90th Panzer Grenadier Division. In France and Germany, U S and Allied forces drive toward Duren and Cologne, with Haguenau Sarreguemines and Maginot line towns falling as air and ground forces press the objectives.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Faenza
Eighth Army
Albert Kesselring
90Th Panzer Grenadier Division
Rommel
Africa Corps
San Prospero
Pideura
Paris
Haguenau
Sarregue
Roer River
Cologne
U. S
Germany
Rhine
Roer
Mariaweiler
Duren
Haven
U. S. Seventh Army
Ests
Courtney H. Hodges
Siegfried Line
Fraulautern
Saarland
Schlich
Hodges
Editz
Dhorm
Schafberg
Ormoc Falls as MacArthur Reports Destruction of Japanese Garrison
General MacArthur announces the annihilation of the Ormoc garrison on Leyte after a four day battle. The 77th division seized Ormoc and linked with the 7th, trapping remaining Japanese forces and seizing large amounts of equipment and supplies. Air strikes and shipping attacks continue across the central Philippines and surrounding areas.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Ormoc
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Vetteran 77Th
Seventh
Japan
Borneo
Tarakan
Balikpapan
Andrew Bruce
77Th
Ormoce
77Th Division
7Th Infantry
24Th Corps
7Th
Albuera
V Bombs Kill 716 Citizens in United Kingdom
PONDON Dec 11 Nazis bombs killed 716 civilians in November in the United Kingdom, more than four times October and September totals. Officials also reported 1,511 hospitalizations that month, with August seeing higher casualty numbers during the blitz.
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Pondon
United Kingdom
Ministry of Home Security
Liberators Continue Blows on Iwo Jima Base
Seventh Army air force Liberators pressed air strikes on Iwo Jima in the Volcanoes on Friday and Saturday. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz released a communique noting new thrusts at the Bonin, the Palaus, the Marianas, and the Marshalls.
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Washington
Seventh Army Airforce
Iwo Jima
Volcanoes
Navy
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Bonin
Palaus
Marianas
Marshalls
Planes Team Up for Raids Across Central Pacific
U S Pacific Fleet reports neutralization raids December 8 to 10 targeting bases threatening the B 29 on Saipan. Navy, army and marine planes struck Haha Jima and Iwo Jima area airstrips. Corsairs and Avengers strafed Babelthuap and Pagan air strip while raids continued in the Marshall Islands.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Army
Marine
Saipan
Japan
Iwo Jima
Haha Jima
Bonins
Iwo
Tokio
Second
Marine Aircraft Wing
Babelthuap
Palaus
Carolines
Pagan
Marianas
Central Pacific
Marshall Islands
Somerset Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily weather notes show temperature ranges and precipitation data for the 24 hour period from Sunday evening to Monday morning. The report includes maximum and minimum temperatures and mentions precipitation and snowfall measurements, with figures not clearly provided in the fragment.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove Weather Observer
ABC
Weather Outlook For Maryland And Nearby States
The forecast calls for cloudy and cold conditions with strong winds across Maryland and surrounding states. Snow flurries are expected in the mountains and along the coast, with temperatures well below freezing Tuesday night and continued cold through Wednesday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
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Roer Cave In
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