Jury Drawn For Trial of Burkholder
Frank J. Burkholder a 54 year old Garrett miner stood trial for murder after a lengthy jury selection. 12 regular jurors and two alternates were chosen from 65 prospective panelists with additional veniremen drafted to complete the jury. The Commonwealth opened the case presenting the events leading to the death of Kathryn Burkholder and 31 witnesses were called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Burkholder
Garrett Miner
Kathryn Burke Burkholder
Norman T. Boese
John S. Smith
Oliver Saylor
Wasserman
Arthur Livengood
Central City
Walter Cook
Northampton Township
Ruth Sipple
Jerome
William Bease
Windber
R. D
Charles I. Beam
Rockwood
Harvey D. Heiple
Somerset
Guy H. Smith
Brothersvalley
Harvey F. Pyle
Somerset Township
Noah C. Shultz
Simon B. Swank
W. Wadsworth Wagner
Ann Brant
Commonwealth
Paul E. C. Fike
Burkholder
Fike
Pvt
Paul O’mara
Garrett
Philip C. Dosch
C. T. Saylor
Straus Appointed U S Commissioner of Reclamation
President Truman names Michael W. Straus as U S commissioner of reclamation. Straus resigns as first assistant secretary of interior to lead the post, succeeding Harry W. Bashore who is retiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Michael W. Straus
U. S
Straus
Interior
Harry W. Bashore
One Hundred Join SAR Chapter in Somerset
Indications say the Somerset chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will enroll 100 plus charter members by the December 20 meeting at the Mary S. Biesecker Public Library. State president Charles B. Shaler and Malcolm MacPherson reported 50 names approved and aim to exceed Greene County’s 200-member chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Sons of the American Revolution
Mary S. Biesecker Public Library
Charles B. Shaler
Malcolm MacPherson
Pennsylvania Society
Somerset Committee
Messers
Shaler
MacPherson
Greene County
Daughters of the
Somerset County
Forbes Road
Great Crossings
Addison
Confluence
Car Radio for Sale by Harold Shober
Harold Shober offers a car radio for sale at 390 East Main Street. The listing notes a functional unit suitable for replacement or upgrade. Contact details are available at the stated address for prospective buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Shober
East Main Street
House Sends Hobbs Bill to Senate
President Truman predicts early passage of his labor law as House approves Rep Hobbs anti racketeering bill for labor unions. Senate hearings begin amid skepticism from Schwellenbach and mixed reactions from AFL and National Manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
General Motors
House
Rep
Hobbs
D-Ala
Senate
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Senate Labor Committee
Ellender
D-La
Murray
D-Mont
Schwellenbach
House Labor Committee
William Green
AFL
Ira L. Mosher
National Association of Manufacturers
Green
Mosher
Manufacturers
Salute to School Boy Patrols Boosts Safety Record
State Police praise School Boy Patrols for fifteen years of reduced accidents among students while adult accident rates rise. Motorists urged to stay alert for School Boy Patrols and the safety education they provide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swa
Accuse Six Of Bossing Enslavement In Nazi Labor System
Six leading Nazis were accused by documented evidence of masterminding the forced labor program that enslaved more than 6.5 million foreign workers. Prosecutors described widespread starvation, village burnings, and brutal hunts by the SS as plans to harvest slave labor. Documents cited include orders to recruit workers from Poland and Russia and to deliver anti social elements to Himmler for work to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel DE Luce Nuernberg
International Military Tribunal
U.S
Thomas J. Dodd
Sauckel
Fritz Sauckel
Hitler
Germany
Geoffrey Lawrence
Poland
Russia
Dodd
Heinrich Himmler
Ministry of Justice
Himmler
Husband Held for Death of Wife in Meade County
District Attorney Kenneth W. Rice announced aggravated assault and battery charges against Melvin D. Heald 36 in connection with his wife Ruth Heald 32 found dead in French Creek. Heald to face February term. charges include assault and battery with intent to maim and use of a whip. A hot stove poker burned her legs. handwriting on a purse note is being analyzed by the FBI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Kenneth W. Rice
Saegertown
Rice
Melvin D. Heald
Heald
Ruth
French Creek
Patton in Germany Report Says Condition Remains Good
General George Patton Jr. in Heidelberg is reported in good condition after a neck fracture from a Mannheim crash. A morning bulletin had called his status grave but showed no significant changes. Mrs. Patton expressed confidence after visiting him and praised the care at the 7th Army hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. King
Heidelberg
Germany
George
Patton
Mannheim
Ackley Receives Prison Terms in Burial Scandal
Donald C. Ackley 31 a former undertaker in Binghamton was sentenced to Attica state prison for one and a half to three years and to Onondaga penitentiary for one year with both terms running concurrently. He faces an appeal after a week old conviction for second degree grand larceny and four misdemeanor counts for failure to bury bodies promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
N. Y
Donald C. Ackley
Attica State Prison
Onondaga Penitentiary
Harris S. Travis
Ackley
Attica
Broome
Daniel J. McAvoy
Onondaga
Carey Trial Opens in Reading for Cincinnati Man
Preliminary testimony began in Reading for Thomas Carey 34 of Cincinnati Ohio charged with fatally shooting Samuel Cohen 43 of New York alias Samuel Lawrence carnival proprietor on August 18 at the Kutztown fair. Witnesses describe the shooting location inside a carnival trailer used as Cohen’s office as the jury of six men and six women hears the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Thomas Carey
Cincinnati
Samuel Cohen
New York
Samuel Lawrence
Kutztown Fair
Raymond Deanl
Cleveland
Cohen
Raymond Sieger
Clifford Yeich
Thugs abduct Navy veteran during three hold ups
Harold D. Cohen a 43 year old former naval lieutenant commander and Lewistown theater owner was forced into a West Philadelphia car by three armed men. The abductors robbed him of $150 a watch and jewelry totaling $242 and other items during three robberies. He was forced to lie on the floor with a robber's knee in his back as the group carried out the crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Harold D. Cohen
Navy
West Philadelphia
Lewistown
Cohen
Man Sentenced for Robbery Seeks Penitentiary
John Warfield, 21, of Blair Heights, was sentenced to 21 to 5 years for robbery in Allegheny County workhouse. He asked the judge to make it the penitentiary, and Judge G Malcolm McDonald changed the sentence to 5 to 10 years in prison without explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
John Warfield
Blair Heights
G. Malcolm McDonald
Five Overcome by Apartment Oil Fumes in Pottsville
Five people were in serious condition at Wayne hospital and eight others treated after fumes from an oil burner in an apartment house in Pottsville. Hospitalized were Mr. and Mrs. John P. Grumbosky and their son John ages 2 and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zimmmerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Wayne Hospital
John P. Grumbosky
John
Edward Zimmerman
Boy Killed by Truck on Route 51 Near Elizabeth Township
Arthur D. Young seven of Elizabeth township was fatally struck by a truck on Route 51 near his home in Pittsburgh reports indicate the accident occurred today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Arthur D. Young
Elizabeth Township
Marines in China Could Stay Long While Talks Continue
President Truman said U S Marines in north China will remain for months unless Gen. Marshall secures a quick agreement between Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Communists. Marshall will be sent to unify China and pursue a settlement that could end Japanese forces’ removal delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
China
George C. Marshall
Truman
Chiang Kai-Shek
Byrnes
Bevin
Moscow
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Marshall
Hurley Hand
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chiang
Convicts 40 officials of Dachau camp
A U S military court in Dachau finds Camp Commandant Martin Weiss and 39 others guilty of murder torture and starvation in a 24 day trial. Defendants face death by hanging. trial heard reports of mass killings brutal beatings and inhumane experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Doane
Dachau
U.S
Martin Weiss
Klaus Schilling
Fritz Hintermeier
Paul Walter
Dachru
Germany
U. S S
Evacuation From Burma Nears Completion
Calcutta dispatch reports about 10,000 American Army Air Force troops being evacuated from 34 airfields in Burma. Maj. Gen. T. J. Hanley Jr. says only a few custodial detachments remain at the bases as the operation nears completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Burma
T. J. Hanley, Jr
AAF
India
Freak Accident Seals Birthday Wish in Pittsburgh Kid Tragedy
In Moon Township Pennsylvania Paul J Sonny Berlyn Jr. died in a freak home accident after a clothesline noose slipped from a pipe in the cellar as he attempted to trap a mouse. The 11 year old had asked his mother to bake a white cake with dark icing for his twelfth birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Paul J
Sonny Berlyn, Jr
Sonny
Moon Township
Bevin Hopes for Friendly Solution at Foreign Talks
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the Commons he would soon depart for the foreign ministers conference and expressed hope the talks would help toward a friendly solution of the many urgent problems outstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Ministers Conference
Commons
Fighting flares in java as British reinforcements land
Scattered fighting across Java escalates as British Indian troops land at Tandiong Priok despite nationalist warnings. A convoy near Buitenzorg faces attack, another convoy to Bandoeng is halted and strafed. British planes support, eight prisoners taken, three Japanese aircraft seized. Maj. Gen Yamamoto admits aiding independence efforts. jailed in Singapore awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Haugland
Batavia
Java
Tandiong Priok Harbor
Buitenzorg
Bandoeng
Yamamoto
16Th Army
Southeast Asia Command
Singapore
Jail Breakers Double Dosed Bellefonte Case
Five inmates recaptured after a Rockview prison farm escape pleaded guilty in Centre County Court to jail break charges. Judge Ivan Walker ordered each to complete the original sentence then serve a prison break term. Lawrence Shope of Lackawanna County four and a half to nine years for larceny. Charles Oden of Allegheny two to four years for burglary. Theodore Funkhouser of Butler one to three years for larceny. Ira Kenner of Mercer two to four years for sodomy. Manley Parks of Bradford two to ten years for robbery and assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefonte
Rockview
Centre County
Ivan Walker
Lawrence Shope
Lackawanna County
Charles Oden
Allegheny County
Theodore Funkhouser
Butler
Ira Kenner
Mercer County
Manley F. Parks
Bradford County
Somerset Daily Weather Report Snapshot
Reported daily by David Gray U S Weather Observer for Somerset. Temperature range 5:30 p.m. Tuesday to 5:36 p.m. Wednesday shows a maximum of 25 and a minimum of 10 with no snowfall recorded. A comparison note provides the previous year’s maximum of 20 and minimum of 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Weather
David Gray
U. 8
Weather Observer
Weather Bureau
Boston Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Miami New Yor
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Washington
Weather forecast for Maryland and surrounding areas
Maryland faces increasing cloudiness and continued cold Thursday with snow arriving Thursday night and Friday. Snow starts in the mountains Thursday afternoon and likely changes to rain in the south Friday. Eastern Pennsylvania sees similar cold and snow from Thursday night into Friday. Western Pennsylvania expects snow starting Thursday afternoon and continuing night into Friday. West Virginia remains mostly cloudy and cold with snow spreading from the west to the east by Thursday afternoon and continuing through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Double Opportunity to Trade Cars at S. A. Chevrolet
Used car sellers offered best prices and priority for a new Post War CHEVROLET S. at S. A. Chevrolet Co on 374 W Main St Somestet Pa. This classified notice encourages quick sale with premium trade terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet S. & A. Chevrolet CO
W. Main St
Somestet
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Dame Justice
Hankow
Shanghai
International
Calvin Nair
Kenneth Custer
Kantner Ave
Michael Straus
SAR
Somerset Bus Company
W. Main Street
Somerset, Penna
Bauman
Presbyterian Women’s Ass’n
Gen. Patton
7Th Army Hospital
Carey
Rob Cohen
Mercury
Specht Motor Co
Ford
Japan
Patrick J. Hurley
Dachau Camp
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Richard T. Leonard
Leonard
Hori
Ford Company
John Bugas
Bugas
Lad
1. X. L Creamery, Inc
Somerset American
MR. Larmon
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