Ficks Ordered to Vacate Land for Yough River Dam
Federal condemnation begins on 28.56 acres owned by John and Mary Fick of Addison township for the Youghiogheny river flood control reservoir above Confluence. The couple must vacate by a yet unspecified date, with viewers to assess damages on the land and cattle operation.
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Somerfield
Addison Township
Youghiogheny River
Confluence
United States of America
John and
Mary Fick
Somerset
Pennsylvania
Paul E. C. Fife
Somerset and Confluence
Fick
Fife
Pittsburgh
Western District Feedral Court
Somerset County
Mrs. Fick
Maryland
U. S. Engineers
Cincinnati, O
Army
McCullough Coal Corporation
Washington, D. C
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Confluence-Oakland
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Highway Department
Mexico Settles With Sinclair Oil Expropriation Case
Mexico reaches a settlement with Consolidated Oil known as Sinclair over properties seized during expropriation. Negotiations completed with details via the Mexican ambassador in Washington. Likely involves delivery of Mexican oil to Consolidated and a separate sale of 12 million dollars in fuel oil to Petroleum Heat and Power Co.
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Mexico City
Consolidated Oil Company
Sinclair
Washington
Consolidated
United States
Petroleum Heat and Power Co
New York
Fort Pitt Hotel Sold to New York Firm for 825 000
Pittburgh Hotels Corporation sells the 800 room Fort Pitt Hotel to Fort Pitt Hotel Inc a Lebis Hotels subsidiary of New York for 825 000. Samuel Lebis states the Fort Pitt will be completely rehabilitated.
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Fort Pitt
Pittsburgh
Pittburgh Hotels Corporation
Youth and Girl Slain in Stockton Field Case
Stockton California May 3 4 A 23 year old youth Nathan Chinchiolo and his 19 year old companion Dorothy Wooster were found dead in a field with throats cut and tied limbs. Autopsy said deaths from throat slashes and the girl assaulted. An abandoned car with bloodstain was found 100 miles away in Fresno.
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Stockton
Calif
Nathan Chinchiolo
Dorothy Wooster
L.ac
Orrin Fry
San Joaquin General Hospital
Chinchiolo
Fresno
Court Will Aid Farmers to Get Relief
Judge Norman T. Boose dissolves a temporary injunction against James C. Mankamyer after three petitions signed by over 50 state farmers urge settlement with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. The case centers on barbed wire fences blocking turnpike right of way at land entrances and a disputed effort to secure settlements for 142 Somerset County landowners.
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Norman T. Boose
James C. Mankamyer
Somerset Township
Turnpike Landowners Protective Association
Somerset County
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Mankamyer
Turnpike Commission
Turnpike Landowners’ Protective Association
Judge Boose
Turnpike Commissioners
Boose
Commission
Arthur H. James
Headless Bodies Found In Pittsburgh Box Cars
Three nude male bodies were found in box cars bound for a scrap yard in Stowe township near Pittsburgh. One chest bore the word Nazi in five inch letters, with authorities debating if the murders link to Cleveland’s serial killer case or a separate act of vandalism.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Stowe Township
Kingsbury Run
Cleveland
Anthony Sappo
Youngstown
Struthers
McClenachan Won’t Quit Amid Resignation Fight
Delaware County DA William B. McClenachan Jr refuses to resign as Judge Alpert Dutton MacDade and colleagues press for his departure. Chief Raphael Kaplan and detectives face criticism while state police announce 11 arrests and seizure of 11 truckloads of horse race gambling equipment in Upper Darby.
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Delaware County
Willam B. McClenachan, Jr
Alpert Dutton MacDade
MacDade
McClenacan
Raphael M. Kaplan
MacWade
McClenachan
McClennenan
Upper Darby
McDade
Kaplan
Wu Lare
Mother Finds Baby Strangled in Buggy at Gettysburg
Mrs. Mirian Henry discovered her five month old son strangled by a cord attached to the carriage windbreaker. Adams County Coroner Dr. C. G. Cris ruled the infant died from the entanglement, saying the cord wrapped around the neck. The mother had placed the child to bed in a room adjoining hers last night.
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Gettysburg
Mirian Henry
C. G. Cris
Adams County
Fire at Hotel Virginia wipes landmark in Virginia City
The Hotel Virginia, a Comstock Lode landmark for 75 years, burned early today in Virginia City. Nine guests escaped the blaze as flames swept the building.
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Virginia City
Virginia
Farmers Last Call for 1940 Emergency Loans in Somerset
Emergency crop and feed loan applications for 1940 are being accepted this week and next at the Somerset office of R. E. Craver notary and I. J. Nealon field supervisor of the Farm Credit Administration.
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Somerset County
R. E. Craver
Somerset
I. J. Nealon
Farm Credit Administration
Taft visits. Harrisburg governor weighs 1948 nomination
Governor James, after a visit by presidential hopeful Robert Taft, says he will seek the Republican nomination if draft by Taft of Ohio appears. He plans to host the Philadelphia convention and expects the Pennsylvania delegation to favor a first ballot for him, while denying any promises or talks of a formal entry. He will speak in Berwick on the American Car and Foundry plant centennial and has no set meetings with legislative leaders before Monday.
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Harrisburg
James
Robert A. Taft
Tolms
U. S
Taft
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Joseph N. Pew
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Berwick
American Car & Foundry Company
Allies withdraw from central Norway and seek armistice
From Grong to Namsos, Allied forces abandon central Norway and reembark after a two day withdrawal. Colonel Getz declares a request for peace in the Trondheim area while Britain and France pull out, leaving Norway to face German advances with limited ammunition and no outside aid.
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Thomas F. Hawkins
Stockholm
Norway
Arctic Circle
Grong
Steinkjer-Namsos
Trondheim
O. B. Fetz
Getz
Namsos
Trondlag
Mosjoen
British War Office
London
Trond
Narvik
Eng-land
Blue Devil
Steinker-Namsos
Arctic
Steinkjer
Oslo
Allies Withdraw From Namsos in Norwegian Campaign
British and French forces pull back from Namsos and Andalsnes, ending the attempt to encircle Trondheim. Reporters describe orderly withdrawal amid heavy German bombing and siege at Narvik, with crews departing by destroyer and hotel arrests signaling tense moments in Norway.
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J. Norman Lodge
Namos
Norway
Curser
Grong
Norrsway
Namsog
Trondheim
Namsos
Andalsnes
Narvik
Arthur Menken
U S Efforts To Bind War Across The Med
President Roosevelt disclosed U S attempts to prevent the European war from spreading to the Mediterranean. He noted recent talks with Mussolini and the Italian ambassador to Washington and with the American ambassador to Rome. Sources said Ambassador Phillips warned Mussolini that Italy entering the war could affect American opinion.
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Washington
United States
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
Mussolini
Rome
Phillips
Italy
White House
Henry L. Stimson
Felix Frankfurter
the Supreme Ourt
Stimson
Frankfurter
Germans Boast Readiness to Repel British Action in War
Nazi leaders claim full preparedness to resist Britain and defend Norway as Deliberations shift to possible Mediterranean moves. Hitler and Goering boost officers in Berlin while DNB cites heavy British losses near Narvik and broader naval engagements. A Stoystown Lutheran choir will perform Simon Leder Sunday evening at 7 30.
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Louis P. Lohner
Beriin
Germany
Britain
Norway
A Ney
Narvik
Mediterranean
Chamberlain
Alexandria
Mussolini
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Scandinavia
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Berlin
Sportspalast
Hitler
DNB
Steinkjer
Trondheim
High Command
Stoystown
Simon Leder
Chamberlain tottering toward fall amid Norway upheaval
London reports the abandonment of Namsos and central Norway to German forces as unrest rises within Neville Chamberlain's government. Cherished fronts retreat withNorwegian casualties noted, while internal Conservative dissent grows ahead of a key parliamentary debate.
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Edwin Stout
London
Great Britain
Namsos
Norway
Neville Chamberlain
Narvik
Andaisnes
Chamberlain
Clement Davies
Sweden
Germany
Italy fears grow as fleet moves toward Dodecanese
Allied naval activity in Egypt and potential Italian reinforcements to the Dodecanese raise Southeastern Europe anxiety. Rhodes lies 75 miles from Alexandria as Italy eyes Aegean entry, while Turkey and Greece brace for possible war impacts. Reports note German arrests in Istanbul and Hitler seeking Papen in Ankara.
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Edward Kennedy
Athens
Alexandria
Dodecanese Islands
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Britain
France
Near East
Romania
Dodecanese
Egypt
Yugoslavia
Mediterranean
Italy
Albania
Jan Metaxas
Metaxas
Aegean Sea
Rhodes
Balkans
Dardanelles
Istanbull
Ankara
Hitler
Franz von Papen
Herbert Knee Granted Large Maintenance Order
Herbert Knee of Stoystown, once a fugitive, faced Judge Norman T. Boose on desertion and non support charges. The court ordered $48 per month maintenance for Ada Knee and five minor children, plus a $1,000 bond and prosecution costs.
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Herbert Knee
Stoystown
Norman T. Boose
Boose
Knee
Ada Knee
Justice of the Peace
Charles J. Harrison
Ferne
Violet
Iona
Gladys
Billy
Somerset Court
Heavy Snow Delays Bus Run Between Cumberland and Somerset
Passengers traveling the evening bus from Cumberland Maryland to Somerset report a heavy snow shower near Grants ville with large flakes reducing visibility. Snow did not linger long on the ground.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Somerset
Grantsville
Somerset Weather Report for 24-Hour Period
Daily weather data from Somerset with temperatures 42 maximum 32 minimum. Precipitation not recorded. Data by David Grove U S Weather Observer.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Ene Assouasulissw
New York
Boston
Mimi
Chicago
Denver Soneee
New Orleans
Columbus
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
West Virginia and Mid Atlantic Weather Outlook
Weather forecast for West Virginia northern counties shows cloudy skies with occasional light rain or snow in the northeast portion. Western Pennsylvania reports occasional light rain with mountain snow flurries and warmer days ahead. Eastern Pennsylvania notes cloudiness with rain in the west and north, cooler southeast, and weekend partial sunshine with cooler air. Maryland remains mostly cloudy and cool with mountain precipitation Saturday and dry, rising temps Sunday.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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