Suspect Freed in Bellefonte Slayings
State Police released the only in custody suspect in the Fay Gates case as Commissioner Lynn Adams said the investigation must start over. Gates, 25, was beaten with a stone near Mt Eagle, following the earlier Rachel Taylor slaying near Lemont. Police sought a tan car driver and examined alibis while residents urged larger rewards.
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Mt. Eagle
Rachel Taylor
State College
Adams
Gates
Taylor
Centre County
Rockview
Curtin
Bellefonte
Centre
Miss Taylor
Lemont School
Wildwood
N. J
Republicans Block Opposition in Harrisburg Vote
In Harrisburg on May 7 44 Republicans in the House rejected Democratic opposition and moved the James administration program for relief 1940 toward final passage. Democrats led by Leo A Achterman sought to derail 17 bills by delaying hearings and forcing committee reviews. Transfers of 55 million with 4.41 million in cuts are proposed to fund relief repayable by June 1941.
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Harrisburg
House
Leo A. Achterman
Monroe County
James
General Assembly
Harry Shapiro
Senate
Ae Senate
J. W. Throne
Williamsport
Public Utility Commission
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Achterman
Officials Wreck Gambling Devices After Somerset Raids
Sheriff Merle K. Glessner District Attorney A. M. Matthews and Deputy Howard Baldwin destroyed confiscated gambling equipment from four raids in Somerset county. The loss value ran into thousands with three high price pin ball machines including a $500 unit and three slot machines. Proceeds from wreckage, $3 in junk and $4.75 in nickels and a dime, go to the Children's Aid Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle K. Glessner
A. M. Matthews
Howard Baldwin
Somerset County
Children's Aid Home
Television to cover GOP National Convention in Philadelphia
Washington announces television will cover the national Republican convention for the first time. The meeting in Philadelphia is set for June 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia
Trio Taken To Allegheny County Jail
Federal marshals moved Floyd Ohler Glen Clark and Levi Goldinger from Somerset to the Allegheny county jail to face a federal grand jury on charges of transporting girls across state lines for immoral purposes. The alleged victims are 16 year old Meyersdale girls who say they were abducted and assaulted near Grantsville Maryland.
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Somerset County
Allegheny County
Floyd Ohler
Rockwood
Glen Clark
Grampion
Clearfield County
Laurel Hill Tunnel
Levi Goldinger
Kittanning
Armstrong County
Laurel Hill
Frank A. Holbert
Somerset
Goldinger
John E. Sloan
H. J. Easley
Pittsburgh
Helen Stark
Betty Baer
Meyersdale
Meyersdale Street
Maryland State Line
Grantsville
Ohler
Clark
Labor Groups Press Against Labor Relations Act Amendments
Seventy five members of Labor's non partisan league in Pennsylvania met with state Congress members to oppose amendments to the Wagner act. Rep Francis E Walter urged unity between CIO and AFL allied groups and voting against changes. Union spokesmen argued craft unit amendments would weaken the act and bring back industry strife. Eleven lawmakers, six Democrats and five Republicans, listened to the arguments.
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Washington
Labor
Pennsylvania
Congress
Francis E. Walter
Democratic Unit
Walter
CIO
AFL
John Phillips
Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council
Phillips
League
Reports Of Nazi Advance On Holland
New York May 7 Two German columns advancing toward the Netherlands from Bremen and Dusseldorf trigger intense military preparations and disrupt Dutch international communications. The source names Leeuwarden and Arnhem as objectives and discusses possible feint tactics and English channel bases. Also notes Dutch royal family potential safety discussions with the response that they will stay with the people to fight.
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New York
Netherlands
Bremen
Dusseldorf
Europe
Associated Press
Washington
Holland
Germany
Leeuwarden
Arnhem
Friesland
Frisian
England
Poland
Berlin
E.s.t
Mediterranean
English Channel
Norway
United States
Fire Destroys Sachs Home at Quecreek
A two room frame house owned by Mr. and Mrs. John Sachs was destroyed by fire about 5:30 Tuesday evening. The origin is undetermined but thought to be the kitchen range overheated. Loss estimated at 1200 dollars with no insurance. Firefighters arrived to find the building and contents a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sachs
Quecreek
Sachs
Somerset
Cuhe
Richard Pile
Killer for Profit to Prison for Life
John Kurzawa, 21, confessed killer for profit, is sentenced to life for murdering Philp G. Loust of Dearborn after luring him to a vacant house and burying the body. Kurzawa, arrested near Washington Pennsylvania, was linked to a murder for profit gang. partner John Kasap, 22, awaits trial.
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Detroit
John Kurzawa
Philp G. Loust
Dearborn
Kurzawa
Loyst
Washington, Penna
John Kasap
Retired Pittsburgh Banker Edward E Duff Dies in California
Edward E Duff aged 75 a retired Pittsburgh banker and former deputy Allegheny county treasurer died in his Glen Dale California home Sunday friends said He was a longtime figure in Pittsburgh finance and public service.
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Pittsburgh
Edward E. Duff
Allegheny County
Glendale
Calif
Scout Conference Opens In Altoona With Leaders From Five States
Nearly 400 Girl Scout leaders from Pennsylvania Delaware Virginia Maryland and the District of Columbia opened a two day conference in Altoona today.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Strike Deadlocks Pittsburgh Parking Garages
Striking parking lot workers and owners met for three hours with a state labor department mediator but could not break the deadlock that has closed about 40 000 garages and lots since Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
State Labor Department
Churchill elevated after Norway setback in House of Commons
In a stormy Commons debate Prime Minister Chamberlain retains power but elevates Winston Churchill to de facto commander of Britain’s armed services. Churchill gains veto power over major military policy while coordinating British and French forces, signaling a shift in wartime leadership and risks.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Norway
Britain
Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
German Nazi Press Claims Allied Planment May 20
Berlin reports cite a British French telephone claim of an Near East war advance by mid May and ordered action. London and Paris call the story propaganda and purely false. Narvik battlelines continue as German forces push north toward Bodoe to base air strikes.
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Berlin
Germany
Europe
Chamberlain
Reynaud
Eas
Maxime Weygand
London
Chamberlain- Reynaud
Narvik
Ctic
Namsos
Grong
Cosjoe
Bodoe
Germany asks passage through Hungary for troops report circulates
A Hungarian news agency report says Germany requested permission to move troops through Hungary. The dispatch cites a Belgrade Politika origin and notes Utro Sofia and Balkan diplomats discuss a Balkan defensive alliance. British and Allied plans to open a Balkan front are described, with Yugoslavia seeking ties with Russia.
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Robert B. Parker, JR
Apest
Germany
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Belgrade
Via
Politika
Budapest
Utro
Sofia
Nazi Germany
Bula
Berlin
Europe
Hungary
Balkan
Reich
Italy
Weygand
Near East
Alexandria
Russia
16 Year Old Mother Indicted in Slaying Case
Violet Delaney Long, 16, mother of a three year old and pregnant again, was indicted by Wetzel county grand jury on four counts of first degree murder in the February 15 shotgun killing of her husband Okey Long at their Silver Hill home. She is free on bond and trial set for May 20 after refusing to testify at a preliminary hearing. Sheriff Berger endured a 12 foot snowdrift ride to arrest her during a severe snowstorm.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
Violet Delaney Long
Beachy Heads Alumni Elects New Somerset County Officers
Wilbert H. Beachy of Somerset is elected president of the Gettysburg College Alumni Association in Meyersdale with forty members present. Harry S. Wolfersberger becomes vice president and Stanley Hoffman serves as secretary and treasurer. Dr. Henry W. Hanson, Gettysburg College president, speaks on the college’s progress and plans a $150,000 chapel.
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Wilbert H. Beachy
Somerset
Somerset County
Gettysburg College Alumni Association
New Colonial Hotel
Meyersdale
Harry S. Wolfersberger
Stanley Hoffman
Henry W. Hanson
Gettysburg
Hanson
Fleet Remains In Hawaii After Naval Announcement
Admiral James O Richardson said the fleet will stay in the Hawaiian area for further tactical exercises and training. Units not normally based at Pearl Harbor will depart next week for maneuvers off Lahaina Roads while the overall fleet readies to sail for the California coast. The main body including Saratoga and Yorktown would depart for the mainland Thursday, with about 90 ships, 11 battleships and aircraft carriers in the force.
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Honolulu
James O. Richardson
United States
Navy
Hawaiian
Pearl Harbor
Lahaina Roads
Relief
California
Richardson
Saratoga
Yorktown
Naval hero denounces wartime sea plan failure in Norway
Admiral of the fleet Sir Roger Keyes assails Churchill and the cabinet over the Trondheim fjord offensive. He says forcing the fjord with the fleet would have altered outcomes, while the admiralty argued the army was making progress. Chamberlain appoints Churchill to supervise daily operations.
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Roger John Brownlow Keyes
House of Commons
Admiralty
Norway
Roger
Zeebrougge
Ostend
Belgium
Chamberlain
Churchill
Vic Aanuralty
Clement R. Atlee
Archibald Sinclairs
Britain
Trondheim
Trondheim Fjord
Mediterranean
Somerset Weather Report From David Grove Daily Reading
Temperature range 79 high and 46 low for 24 hours ending 5:30 p m Tuesday. Precipitation .09 inches recorded. Temperature a year ago listed as 81 high and ? low.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Associated Press
U. S. Weather Bureau
City
New York
Boston
Miami
Weather Outlook for WV PA and MD Regions
West Virginia shows partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures on Wednesday and scattered showers Thursday, then cooler nights. Western Pennsylvania remains mostly cloudy with showers in the north Wednesday and Thursday, little temperature change. Eastern Pennsylvania sees partly cloudy skies and cooler south areas on Wednesday, with Thursday mostly cloudy followed by showers. Maryland reports partly cloudy and cooler conditions Wednesday, with Thursday turning mostly cloudy and shower activity.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
North Portion
South Portion
Maryland
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Sandra Anderson
Hudson
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Caruso
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