Second Degree Verdict for Burkholder
A Garrett coal miner, Frank J. Burkholder, 43, was found guilty of second degree murder for beating his wife Kathryn last October. The jury deliberated about 90 minutes, and Burkholder admitted striking her during an argument at their home, claiming he did not intend to kill her.
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Mary Hause
Frank J. Burkholder
Garrett
Burkholder
Kathryn
William Decker
C. C. Glass
Meyersdale
A. M. Matthews
Garrett Beer
Decker
Paul E. C. Fike
Snow Remains as 2 More Inches Fall and Roads Open
Two more inches of snow bring total depth to seven inches with 22 degree temperatures at 10 p m Friday. PennDOT kept twelve trucks during the day and seven at night for plowing while five spread cinders on icy patches. Chickentown reports the most drifting as roads reopen but blow shut again after clearing. Turnpike crews and local streets saw intermittent clearing with few accidents. Absenteeism in schools rises due to snow and illness with Friedens noting half the student body absent.
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Pennsylvania Highway Department
Davis
Chickentown
Homer W. Hay
Somerset Township
Friedens
George K. Barron
Mercury
David Grove
Cold Weather Hits Pennsylvania with Snowfall
Pennsylvania faces continued cold and snow flurries as forecasts say the worst storm is over. Snow depths reach nine inches in Kane and eight in Warren, with five to six inches in several towns. Two deaths occur in Pittsburgh and two others in Easton and Wilkes Barre as accidents and injuries rise amid slick streets.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
U. S
Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh
Kane
Warren
Erie
Philadelphia
Mosgrove
Vandergrift
Kittanning
Mead
Cold Wave Moves In From Midwest
A bitter cold front swept into the Midwest with forecasts of up to 18 inches of snow in northern Michigan. Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan issued cold wave warnings as temperatures plunged to 20 to 25 below zero in Minnesota and as low as -25 in North Dakota. The system was set to move east with additional heavy snow squalls expected to raise totals in Upper Michigan and northwestern Indiana.
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Associated Press
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Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
North Dakota
Indiana
Nebraska
Kansas
Ohio Valley
New England
North Atlantic
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California
Byrnes Flight Delayed by Snow Enters Moscow for Talks
U S Secretary of State James Byrnes arrived in Moscow after a blizzard delayed the plane for over an hour. Bevin of Britain and Molotov were absent or en route as three power ministers prepared to begin atomic energy talks. Byrnes, greeting officials, voiced hope the discussions would bring the nations closer.
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Moscow
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Berlin
Bevin
Gatow
Byrnes
Molotov
Cordel Hull
Anthony Eden
Swap Views Is Important Says Byrnes
U S Secretary of State James Byrnes urged that exchanging views is key after the big three foreign ministers meeting, not formal announcements. He spoke after a harrowing blizzard flight over Moscow and noted progress depends on better understanding, with Bevin's Moscow travel uncertain.
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Moscow
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Spasso House
Ernest Bevin
Berlin
Bevin
Season for Snowshoe Rabbits Opens in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports snowshoe rabbits also called varying hares become legal prey starting December 17. The state game commission says these small game animals may be hunted after the close of the big game season, alongside raccoon as the only others allowed.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Game Commission
Halsey Warns Merger of Forces Could Lead to Dictatorship
Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey warned at a New York dinner that unifying the U S armed services might bring military dictatorship. He argued merger would destroy service initiative and civilian controls, favoring total national security through unified command while stressing practical coordination via the joint chiefs of staff. He noted a million New Yorkers welcomed him despite harsh weather.
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New York
William F. Halsey
United States
Halsey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chester W. Nimitz
Jonathan Wainwright
Dutch Veto on UNO for Indonesian Revolt Declared
Dr. Hubertus van Mook announced the Dutch government opposes handing the Indonesian revolt to the United Nations or similar bodies. He favors direct talks with Indonesians for results as Java faces military tension. Reports of Indian soldiers killed near Soerabaja and attacks on Belawan and refugee camps at Buitenzorg accompany the briefing.
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Java
Hubertus van Mook
Netherlands East Indies
United Nations Organization
Netherlands
van Mook
Soerabaja
Belawan
Medan
Sumatra
Buitenzorg
Extension of Jap Diet Session Ends With Labor Law Passage
Tokyo reports the Diet extended its session by four days after a rush of business. The House passed a labor union law granting workers rights to organize and bargain collectively and approved 20 other measures mainly repealing wartime laws. A farm reform bill faced delay under General MacArthur directives.
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Tokio
United States
House of Representatives
House
MacArthur
Combined Choirs Present The King Cometh Cantata
The combined choirs of St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Boswell and Davidsville Lutheran will perform Shultz Cantata The King Cometh at Boswell Lutheran church Sunday night directed by Arthur N Blough and Pauline Constable at the piano. The show repeats at St. Pauls Boswell December 23 at 7 30 pm and at Davidsville Lutheran December 24 at the same hour with Miss Caroline Baer serving as organist.
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St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Boswell
Davidsville Lutheran Church
Boswell Lutheran Church
Shultz
Arthur N. Blough
Pauline Constable
St. Paul’s
Davidsville Lutheran
Caroline Baer
Butchery of Six Million Jews Recited at War Crimes Trial
An affidavit by Dr. Wilhelm Hoettl, aide to Kaltenbrunner, details Nazi mass murder figures including about 4,000,000 Jews killed in extermination camps and 2,000,000 in other ways. The testimony accompanies American case against Nazi organizations and leaders as the trial nears Christmas recess.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Naz
Wilhelm Hoettl
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Russia
Hoett
Adolf Eichman
Warsaw Ghetto
Hans Frank
Oswiecim
Poland
Stoop
Warsaw
Robert H. Jackson
new@ong
Gestapo
S. A
United States
Jackson
U S to Close Staging Areas in France
Paris dispatch reports all U S redeployment staging camps in France will close by December 31. Antwerp is expected to become the main outgoing channel. Units including the 80th and 100th Infantry Divisions move to Le Havre with other divisions staged overseas for shipment home.
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Paris
U. S
France
Tony
Antwerp
Liquidation Commission
U. S. Army
Service
80Th Infantry Division
le Havre
100Th Infantry
79Th Infantry Division
Seasor
89Th Infantry
16Th Corps
90Th Infantry Division
82Nd Infantry Division
G2nd Airborne Division
England
84Th
94Th Infantry
Second Armored
22Nd Corps
Patton to be moved to U S for hospitalization medical update
Gen George S Patton remains hospitalized in Germany after a car crash with a broken neck and possible partial paralysis risk. Col R Glen Spurling the attending neurosurgical consultant said Patton would be moved to the United States by air as soon as feasible, likely in four to six weeks, and that his long term prognosis remains uncertain. Lt Col Paul H Hill said Patton has been eating regularly. Spurling added a six month horizon may be needed to determine recovery of limb function.
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Richard A. O'Regan
Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton
United States
R. Glen Spurling
Patton
Spurling
15Th Army
Washington
Paul H. Hill, Jr
Saco
Maine
130Th Station Hospital
130Th Station
Gerow
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Hawaii
Walter C. Short
Ferguson
Secretary of War
Be ls en Be ast Irma Grese Hanged With Nine Others
The Be lsen gang led by Josef Kramer and Irma Grese were hanged at Hamelin on two gallows after British military court sentences for crimes at Belsen and Oswiecim. Eleven executed include Grese and Kramer. witnesses and guards described the event before final tally at 4 16 pm.
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Hamburg
Germany
Josef Kramer
Beast of
Irma Grese
Joanna Bormann
Kramer
Fritz Klein
Karl Francioh
Peter Weingartner
Ansgar Pichen
Franz Hieszler
William Dorr
Franz Staffle
Belsen
Oswiecim
Hamelin
Lueneburg
Pierrepont
Royal Engineers
Wese
Fall of Cities in Azerbaijan Seen Imminent
Teheran dispatches report Tab ris and Ardabil under near control of Azeri autonomy forces. Two thousand rebellious tribesmen press garrison surrender at Ardabil as government troops await orders from Teheran on whether to fight or yield. High Iranian source says fall of both cities appears imminent.
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Teheran
Local Autonomy Movement
Azerbaijan
Tabriz
Ardabil
Japs Trials Start Feb 1 After Delays
TOKIO reports war crimes trials of Japanese leaders will not begin until about February 1, two weeks later than expected. Prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan said first defendants have not been chosen, but it is believed ex Premier Hideki Tojo and several cabinet ministers will be tried jointly.
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Tokio
Joseph B. Keenan
Associated Press Today
Hideci Tojo
Cows Break Records For Butter Fat In Erie County
Four cows with a war effort production averaging over 500 pounds of butter fat in 305 days were cited by the Erie County Dairy Herd Improvement Association. Earl Rockwell of Union City owns three cows and Arthur Morris of Carter Hill owns the fourth.
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Erie
Erie County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Earl Rockwell
Union City
Arthur Morris
Carter Hill
Arrest of eight more Japanese guards and officials
Allied headquarters ordered arrests of eight more Japanese guards and officials for abusing prisoners of war. Five already in custody face formal charges and likely trials in Yokohama. The new list includes seven civilians and soldiers from Muroran Camp and Major Umino, former Pontianak camp commander. Trials date not set. U S military commission to meet in Yokohama. General MacArthur's HQ seeks full reports on six notorious incidents from 1932 to 1940 including an assassination plot against Yonai and Matsudaira.
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Tokio
Yokohama
Muroran
Hokkaido
Umino
Pontianak
Borneo
United Nations
Japan
U. S
MacArthur
Mitsumasa Yonai
Imperial Household
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Marine Fliers Listed Dead In Snowstorm Crashes
Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rockey announced seven marine fliers were listed as dead, three missing, and two injured after six Hellsdiver crashes in a snowstorm on December 8. Aerial searchers sighted five wrecked planes about 80 miles northwest of Tsingtao. negotiations were under way to return injured survivors to Tsingtao.
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Peiping
Keller E. Rockey
Marine Hellsdiver
Tsingtao
Shantung Peninsula
Rockey
Controversy over Pearl Harbor inquiry widens hearings
Senate and House investigators faced extended sessions as the Pearl Harbor inquiry prompted calls for staff replacements and a possible change in leadership. Lt. Gen. Gerow recalled the December 1941 events, while witnesses faced repeated questioning and debate over essential facts and urgency.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Senate House Committee
William D. Mitchell
Barkley
D-Ky
Committee
Senate
Lucas
D-Ill
Senator Ferguson
R-Mich
Leonard T. Gerow
Ferguson
Gerow
War Department
Weather Outlook for Maryland and Nearby States
Mostly cloudy and continued cold through Saturday to Sunday across Maryland Eastern Pennsylvania West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania with snow flurries in the mountains. Snow flurries in the north portion Saturday and Sunday with mixed precipitation Tuesday or Wednesday and much below normal temperatures.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Double Opportunity Buy Used Cars for Top Prices
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Chevrolet St. & A. Chevrolet CO
W. Main
St. Somerset, Pa
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