Recaptured: Three More Convicts Nabbed Near Canon City
Three of twelve escapees from the Colorado penitentiary were captured by guards, sheriffs and National Guardsmen in snowbound fields north of Canon City. Two wounded, one seriously, leaving one fugitive at large. Casualties included two dead convicts and several injured officers and civilians.
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Canon City
Colo
Colorado Penitentiary
John Smalley
Denver
Harold Faraway
Pueblo
Ernest la Vergne
Smalley
Raye
James B. Sherbondy
Eagle County
Roy Best
Garden Park
Orville J. Turley
John Klinger
Klinger
Turrey
Richard F. Heilman
R. L. Freeman
Soa
Lonnie Higgins
Chet Yeo
A. M. Smith
Man Held On Charge Of Stealing Mail Letters
Ralph Humbertson 50 unemployed of Somerset was arraigned in Pittsburgh on a US mail theft charge. He was held in $1000 bond for hearing. Postal Inspector J J Ryan said Humbertson admitted taking 16 letters addressed to the tuberculosis society from a Somerset post office box.
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Pittsburgh
Ralph Humbertson
Somerset
U.S
Roger Knox
J. J. Ryan
Greensburg
Humbertson
Oscar F. Sutliffe
Tuberculosis Society
Jenner Township Schools Sold in Public Auction
Five one room schools in Jenner township, closed due to consolidation, will be sold at public auction at Jenner Cross Roads school on Saturday Jan 3 at 10 am. Two buildings rest on land deeded to the district over a century ago the Dover school from Feb 23 1840 and Hare school from Nov 1 1845. The remaining three are Wolfman Maurer and Ralphton schools.
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Jenner Township
Jenner Cross Roads
Dover
Hare
Wolfman, Maurer
Ralphton Gools
New Year Greetings Pierce the Nation as 1947 Ends
The piece notes widespread Happy New Year wishes from churchgoers, police, bus drivers, and workers as the year closes. It reports business closures, a foggy damp day, and mild temperatures with no major accidents besides a noninjury highway incident near Shanksville.
Mustn't Favor Free Greek Government Recognized
The United States warned Greece's Russian backed neighbors and Russia itself that recognizing the rebel Free Greek government could trigger U S retaliation. Acting Secretary Lovett outlined Washington's stance that outside recognition lies at the heart of the issue amid the Vallades guerrilla movement.
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Washington
INS
Greece
Russia
United States
Robert A. Lovett
Markos Vallades
Lovett
Rahauser Names O Connell as Assistant D A in Pittsburgh
Appointment of Attorney Joseph D. O Connell, former Washington and Jefferson College instructor, to the staff of District Attorney-elect William S. Rahauser was announced today. He will serve on the office of the incoming district attorney in Pittsburgh.
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Rahauser
O’connell
Pittsburgh
Joseph D. O’connell
Washington and Jefferson College
William S. Rahauser
Hare Names Hay, Morgan As Deputies
Sheriff-elect Karl I. Hare announced two new deputies for the coming year Wayne Hay of Somerset township as chief deputy and Richard C. Morgan of Windber as deputy. Hare takes office January 5 and plans to move into the jail quarters. Both new appointees are veterans and the pair marks the Windber area’s first deputy from that locale. Other county deputies were reappointed for four years. The law firm Coffroth and Boose will be appointed counsel.
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Karl I. Hare
Hare
Wayne Hay
Somerset Township
Richard C. Morgan
Windber
Clifford Saylor
Air Corps
Harry C. Jacobs
Pacific
U. S
Thomas F. Lansberry
William P. Dively
Meyersdale
Dively
Merle Glessner
Meyersdale Republican
Harry E. Barkman
Somerset
Tevaco Oil Company
Amos I. Mock
Mock
Ivan Lambert
Anna A. Layton
Lambert
Layton
Elmer J. Shipley
Register of Wills
Martha Meyer
Register’s Office
Jewish girl arrested with two Sten guns in convoy
In a Jewish motor convoy between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv a Jewish girl was arrested after police said she carried two Sten guns. Mrs. Golda Meyerson of the Jewish agency demanded her release, citing a prior pledge against further searches for defensive arms. Meyerson and three agency members were in the convoy, with part continuing to Tel Aviv and part staying with the arrested girl at a police station.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Golda Meyerson
Jewish Agency
Palestine
British Ships Deter Refugees as Jews Taken to Cyprus
Hagana said in a broadcast that two refugee ships carrying 15,000 Jews bound for Palestine were boarded by British marines. The Polt York and the Pan Crescent were ordered to proceed to Cyprus detention camps, with their passengers detained at sea.
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British Board
Haifa
Hagana
Jewish Underground Defense Organization
Palesine
Cyprus
Polt York
Pan Crescent
Mihai's Plans Blocked At Bucharest
Abandoned King Mihai sought permission for himself his mother and 58 aides to leave Romania but departure was delayed past New Year after talks with Premier Groza over financial matters and royal allowances. Crowds cheered the republic as the Chamber of Deputies proclaimed Romania a republic and adjourned.
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Bucharest
Romania
Mihai
Switzerland
Anne
Bourbon-Parma
Copenhagen
Sinai
Petru Groza
Groza
Chamber of Deputies
600 Romanian diplomats purged in Communist drive
Dimitri Dimancescu, former counsellor at the Romanian legation in London, said 600 diplomats were purged in the Communist campaign leading to King Mihai's abdication. Four hundred fired in Bucharest, 200 abroad, by Anna Pauker. Dimancescu quit after a summons to return to Bucharest and plans to move his family to Morocco. He warned other anti Communist Romanian diplomats abroad face danger if they stay.
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London
Dimitri Dimancescu
Romania
Mihai
Bucharest
Dimancesco
Anna Pauker
Morocco
Guns In Egypt Soundly Mark Vittorio Emanuele III Farewell
In Alexandria on December 31 ex king Vittorio Emanuele III was honored at a funeral in St. Catherine's cathedral. A 21 gun salute rang out as Italian pallbearers and Egyptian military officers attended. Umberto II kissed the flag over his father’s casket, tears on his cheeks.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Vittorio Emanuele III
Italy
Navy
Air Force
St. Catherine’s
Umberto II
Fire at Enfields Residence on West Somer Street
The Somerset Fire Department responded to a 1 30 p m call at Ross Enfield's West Somer Street home. A gas water heater leak caused a fire confined to the heater, according to Fire Chief Richard Pile.
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Enfields
Somerset Fire Department
Ross Enfield
West Somer Street
Richard Pile
Four Die as Greyhound Buses Crash into Truck on Ice
Two Greyhound buses slid down an icy hill near Oxford Pennsylvania and crashed into a wrecked truck trailer. Seaman William Slack, 21, Horsham, died in the wreck. 11 others injured including Slack's wife. A third bus avoided the crash as drivers battled the icy slope.
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Oxford
Greyhound
Baltimore Pike
Pennsylvania
William Slack
Horsham
Slack
Mary
Richard Fox
Portland
Ore
Washington
New York
Peter Grossman
Baltimore
Louis Cociolone
Grossman
Francis Frield
Croydon
Safety film impresses educators and police in private screening
A group including educators state police borough officers and two dozen schoolboy patrol members viewed a private preview of Devil on Wheels at the Governor theatre to highlight dangers of reckless driving by youth and some parents. Officials praised the film as a strong warning and urged all drivers to see it with parents and students. A public showing is scheduled at the Governor theatre Friday and Saturday.
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Governor Theatre
J. A. Crowley
H. A. Stephens
Somerset
H. W. Hay
Somerset Schools
W. H. Uhl
Penna
William G. Layton
Somerset Borough Police
Devil On Wheels
Tornado Rips Through Northern Louisiana Casualties May Be 200
Anchorage dispatch reports a B 29 mishap near Point McKenzie west of Anchorage. Nine more airmen missing bring total to 14 likely dead in two Christmas period crashes. Search proceeds amid snow and poor visibility with ground, air, and helicopter teams deployed.
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Nothern
Louisiana
Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Elmendorf Field
San Francisco Bay Area
Knik Arm
Cook Inlet
Army Air Transport Command
San Francisco
Army Weasel
Palmer
Point McKenzie
Goose Bay
Knikarm
Charles Moses
Elemendorf
Vandenberg Declines 1948 Presidential Bid
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan formally asks Michigan Republicans not to nominate him for president in 1948. He states he should finish his Senate term and declines to back any candidate, though he leaves room for a potential draft if Philadelphia deadlocks occur.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Taft
R-Mich
Stassen
Minnesota
Dewey
New York
Senate
Philadelphia
President Truman to deliver State of the Union next Wednesday
President Truman will deliver his annual State of the Union message to Congress next Wednesday January 1, the day after Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Truman Sets 1948 Peace Goal In New Year Address
President Truman delivered a New Year message pledging continued efforts for lasting world peace in 1948. He expressed confidence in eventual global amity and UN efficacy, saying he is not discouraged. He noted 1947 had good aspects and joked about personal New Year resolutions.
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Washington
INS
Truman
United Nations
Tornado Toll Rises Across Louisiana and Arkansas
Eleven people were killed and about two hundred injured as tornadoes struck 100 miles of Louisiana and Arkansas. Cotton Valley bore the heaviest damage with extensive destruction and many homeless. Haynesville Gillham and Village also reported casualties and property losses as emergency services mobilized and concurrent searches faced rain and darkness.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Arkansas
Cotton Valley
Village
Ark
Haynesville
Gillham
W. D. Schaeffer
Louisiana National Guard
Sam Coyle
Schaeffer
Vance Ville
Vanceville
Minden
Minden Sanitarium
Charity Hospital
Spring Hill
Cotton
Weather Forecast for Maryland and Nearby Regions
Maryland will see occasional rain and mild temperatures on Thursday, turning windy and colder at night. Friday clears but remains cold with mountain snow flurries. Eastern Pennsylvania experiences rain and milder conditions with possible freezing rain in the north, wind at night, and colder, cloudy Friday with mountain snow flurries. Western Pennsylvania has rain and light freezing rain in the north, changing to snow and colder by night, with Friday snow flurries and strong winds. West Virginia sees rain and mild Thursday, then snow and colder at night with Friday snow flurries and strong winds.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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Lytle’s Fashion Cleaners
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Fred P. Hare, Sr
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Chuaren
L. S. Williams
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Somerset Chamber OF Commerce
Possal’s Hot Rods
Vikings
Mr. Truman
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Fed. Tax Inc
Critchfield
Somerset Weather
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U. S S. Weather Bureau
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Secret Bentetaes Bears
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