Guilty Verdict Returns in Hooversville Assault Case
A Somerset County jury found Harry Hambley Jr. guilty on five charges in a criminal assault case stemming from the November 12 incident involving Mrs. Balph Montgomery. Hambley admitted liquor use and vehicle misdirection but gave incoherent testimony amid prior blackout memories and a past mine injury treated by Dr. Grazier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hambley, Jr
Hooversville
Balph Montgomery
Norman T. Boose
Hambley
Thomas H. Sterner
Somerset
A. M. Mathews
Boose
Ambley
Richard Shaver
Stoystown
Lottie Rubinsky
Richard
Clifford Thomas
James White
Bafter
Habley
Akron
Ohio
Matthews
Iwo Jima
U.S
Naha
Okinawa
G. G. Grazier
Grazier
Dou
Thomas F. Lansberry
Razier
Gra
Swift and Co. Plant Explosion Kills 16 in Sioux City
A gas fueled blast at the Swift and Co. packing plant in Sioux City killed 16 and wounded 91. Fire crews, aided by volunteers, faced a tangled six story wreckage as they searched for victims and possible more bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Sanders
Sioux City Journal-Tribune
Sioux City
Swift and Company
M. Francis
Mavssage
Dwight McCormack
Swift & Co
Clarence Chappelle
Chappelle
Ammonia Fog Forces 1000 From Beds in Oakland
A heavy ammonia gas cloud from a split pipe at Farm Service fertilizer plant in West Oakland forced about 1000 residents from bed to flee their homes. Five hospitalized, others treated for inhalation. evacuees sheltered in two churches as police and fire units warned and managed the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Farm Service Company
West Oakland
James Whitty
Frank Colubin
Thomas Dolan
Mrs. Morgan Wins New Crosley At Rockwood Event
Olive Morgan of Rockwood won a 1950 Crosley refrigerator during Stoner Electric’s giveaway in Rockwood. Over 1,000 attendees watched the prize presentation and heard a rhymed winning answer about the ShelVador. Al Bailey entertained on a Hammond organ while Rockwood High School girls sang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Morgan
Rockwood
Crosley
Stoner Electric Company
Morgan
al Bailey
Johnstown
Rockwood High School
Edna Jane Beck
Leatrice Schrock
Sara Jane Strong
Remorseful mother begs hospital to care for baby
A Pittsburgh mother who abandoned her newborn daughter in a garbage can writes to Allegheny General Hospital, signed only as Mrs. N, admitting hunger and guilt. She recalls finding the infant blue and nearly dead and says she would not have harmed her if she had known she was alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Allegheny General Hospital
Chiia
Chicago Retail Coal Dealers Press Truman for Action
The American Retail Coal Association urged President Truman to intervene to increase coal supply for small consumers amid a severe winter risk. Executives warned that continued three day work weeks by the United Mine Workers and bad weather could leave hospitals schools and homes heatless unless government action is taken. The group asked for a personal meeting with Truman or immediate policy steps likely under Taft Hartley law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Truman
American Retail Coal Association
John L. Lewis
Association
United Mine Workers
Mr. Truman
J. Atlee Schafer
Cleveland
UMW
Lewis
George S. Methe
Frank G. Reed
Paul Comrades
St. Louis
Clayton O. Mogg
Indianapolis
Edward C. Pankow
Detroit
B. E. Youngquist
Rockford
Ill
Paul M. Nauman
Dubuque
Six More Doros Survivors Safe as Search Continues
Coast guard reports six more Doros crew members picked up near midnight and taken aboard the SS Williamsburg. Ten others remain missing after the Dutch motor ship exploded and sank 300 miles east of Miami as planes and vessels comb the Atlantic for survivors. A PBM rescue plane had earlier landed eight survivors in Miami, one severely burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfilk
W. Va
Coast Guard
Doros
Williamsburg
Atlantic
Corps
Miami
Fla
Private Uhl Talks To Legion On Safety And Charity
At the American Legion post meeting seventy five members heard Pvt. W H Uhl of the Somerset state police barracks explain the green pennant program and the Legion pledged support. Six new members were welcomed and Oscar F Sutliffe reported on the county committee meeting. The Legion voted a tuberculosis society contribution and will back the Christmas party at the Governor theatre December 23 with the VFW. Home Aid society directors elected three: W Curtis Truxal Blair Barkman James R Stuart, with Truxal as president Forest Bowman as vice president and Arthur Mangne as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Legion Rooms
Pvt. W. H. Uhl
Somerset State Police
Legion
Oscar F. Sutliffe
Tuberculosis Society
VFW
Governor Theatre
Home Aid Society
W. Curtis Truxal
Blair Barkman
James R. Stuart
Charles Forest Bowman
Arthur Mangne
Hitch Delays Pact On Europe Armament Shipments
Secretary of State Acheson said a hitch in negotiations with Britain delays arms shipments to North Atlantic pact nations as talks on the $1.314 billion program proceed. He noted substance questions require further negotiation after a conference with British ambassador Sir Oliver Franks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Acheson
Britain
Oliver Franks
United States
Franks
State Department
London
France
Congress
Moratorium On Washing In N Y City
New York officials urged residents to refrain from shaving and bathing on Friday as part of a voluntary water conservation push amid critically low reservoir levels. The plan includes washing meals at once, reducing laundry runs, and delaying nonessential uses while rain and warmer weather slightly boost storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward J. Clark
Clark
New Yorks
Health Department
New Jersey
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Croton
Indonesia Proclaims New Nation United States of Indonesia
Delegates from 16 states signed a provisional constitution creating a federation of 77,000,000 in Indonesia. The charter pocheits to take effect around Dec. 27 as the Netherlands hands over rule. Ratification by Jogjakarta parliament clears the six week Hague accord. Strong opposition from Communists and leftists remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth
Batavia
Java
Netherlands
United States of Indonesia
Mohammed Rum
Jogjakarta
Hague
U. S
Indonesia
Masjimi
Nationalist Party
PNI
East Java
West Java
South Sumatra
Madoera
Green Pennants Awarded To 5 More Schools
Pvt Willard H Uhl awarded green pennants to five schools including Rockwood Boswell Lincoln township and Wellersburg borough as part of a 30 day no accident test. Present were Edson B Powell Clifford Weimer Peter Kutchman and local officials while flags rose and a high school band played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard H. Uhl
Pvt. Uhl
Rockwood
Edson B. Powell
Clifford Weimer
Frank J. Slar
Boswell High School
James B. Dietz
Peter Kutchman
Boswell
Somerset County
Governor’s Highway Safety Committee
Lincoln Township
Bell
Uhi
Mack W. Shaffer
Pearl G. St. Clair
North Fork School
Mary Flick
Wellersburg Borough School
Edna Crissinger
Florence Hostetler
Leak Detected On 20 Inch Gas Line Near Roversford
A 20 inch natural gas line connecting with the big inch from Texas sprang a leak near Roversford in Montgomery County today. No damage or injuries were reported, and there was no danger to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Big Inch
Roversford
Texas
Montgomery County
Kostov Sentenced to Hang In Bulgaria Conspiracy Case
Traicho Kostov, once near top of postwar Bulgaria, was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court for a pro Yugoslav anti Russian conspiracy. Five co defendants received life terms, others from eight to fifteen years. Rostov denied the charges while others confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dimiter Mishev
Sofia
Bulgaria
Traicho Kostov
Supreme Court
Ivan Stefanov
Nikola Pavlov
Nikola Nachev
Ivan Gevrenov
Ivan Tutiv
Rostov
National Assembly
Marshal Tito
Russia
Georgi Dimitrov
Kostov
Yugoslavia
Canadian Woman Heads Legislature
Mrs. Nancy Hodges was named speaker of the British Columbia legislature becoming the first woman in the British Commonwealth to hold that post. Premier Byron Johnson appointed her to the role in Victoria on December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B.C
Nancy Hodges
British Commonwealth
British Columbia
Byron Johnson
Forgery Claim Casts Doubt on Dr Jaco Will
Miss Mattie Wright of Uniontown an aged French teacher contests a March 23 1949 will she says is a forgery and names George C Jaco of New Castle Del as executor while alleging an earlier Aug 20 1947 will made her residuary beneficiary. Dr Charles H Jaco died April 16 at 79 valued estate 110000 with most bequests to Jaco nephew. court ordered a fuller petition to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Uniontown
Charles H. Jaco
Mattie E. Wright
Jaco
George C. Jaco
New Castle
Del
Mattie Wright
Uniontown xxx
Boy 16 Faces Life in Prison in Essex County Murder
Raymond Welsh, 16, youngest person convicted of first degree murder in Essex County New Jersey, faces life in prison after a jury of eight men and four women found him guilty of killing his friend Fred Januszkiewicz, 15, near South Mountain Reservation in March. Motive believed to be robbery of 81 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Raymond Welsh
Essex County
N.J
Fred Januszkiewicz
South Mountain Reservation
Maplewood
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania to Maryland
Partly cloudy and cold in Western Pennsylvania on Thursday with a gradual warming into Friday. West Virginia remains cloudy and cold with chances of rain or snow in the east Friday. Eastern Pennsylvania is mainly cloudy and cold with a small chance of snow in the southeast Friday. Maryland experiences mostly cloudy and cold conditions Thursday and Friday with some snow or rain possible Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Somerset Weather Report Highlights for Tuesday to Wednesday
Daily weather summary from Somerset notes 24 hour period ending 5 30 p m with observed maximum and minimum temperatures. The report also references prior year figures and lists statewide readings from the U S Weather Bureau for Wednesday December 14 with temperatures from several locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Weather
David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Francis
Darlene Chilton
Manuel Coury
Fern Lee
Pork Trim Department
J. Edward Gump
NEW York Life Insurance CO
Johnson & Son
Berlin
MR. Farmer
C. E. Mostoller
R. D
Somerset, PA
Mrs. Morgan
Tot
Ocober
Private Uhl
Green Acres Farm
J. S. Glessner
Schrock
Oehling’s Drug Store
Governor & Park Theatres
Blue Ridge Theatre
Mrs
Forrest Warner
N. Franklin Ave
W. High Street
Earl M. Younkin
S. Center Ave
Hitch
Europe
N. Y. City
H. David Blough
Prudential Insurance CO
E. Church St
Heiple Supply CO
Jan Heiple
Coleman Brothers
Budd’s Shoe Store
Soerkarno
Bowman’s Contractors
J. Larmon
W. Main St
J. C. Billick
West Church St
John O. Stoner Farm
Joe Lawther
Oakhurst Tea Room
Will
Dr. Jaco
Boy
Constructioneer
Wasp
Jack’s Auto Store
Sesaeetees Seanes Pensegeieet
Denver
Curis
Frank Wengler
Somerset's
W. Union St
Crosley Shelvador
Barkman’s Hardware
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