Court Rules State Must Pay $3,666 in 1941 Eminent Domain Costs
In Addison Borough vs Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Judge Norman T. Boose orders the state to pay costs totaling 3666 dollars following a verdict for damages from highway relocation over school property. The ruling hinges on the 1939 act authorizing court costs in eminent domain cases and marks an early test of the statute’s reach.
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Norman T. Bovera
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Addison Borougn
Little Southern County
Boose
Addison Borough
Norman T. Boose
Court of Common Pleas
Aedi
No Veterans Of 1865 Left In County
Somerset county observes Memorial Day with no Civil War veterans left to participate. William Bender of Berlin, born March 15 1845, died December 11 1949, was the first and only veteran to answer taps. Parades begin at 10 at the courthouse plaza with services at cemeteries. towns including Meyersdale Berlin Windber observe similarly. stores and banks close, post offices observe differing hours.
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Somerset County
William Bender
Berlin
Mr. Benasr
Somerset
Iwackwood
Meyersdale
Windber
All Communities to Honor Dead in Memorial Day Observances
Western Pennsylvania marks Memorial Day with parades and services statewide. Senator James J. Davis in Scheide park Titusville. Blairsville hosts two Civil War veterans aged 97 and 93. National guardsmen absent. new first aid units join. Homewood parade honors Harry Faulkner, Civil War survivor. War-era concerns loom over communities as veterans face possible new calls to service.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
James J. Davis
Scheide Park
Titusville
Blairsville
William H. Campbell
Lairsby J
Adam Dunmire
Blackck
Gold Cross First Aid
Ambulance Corps
Harry “Daddy” Faulker
Homewood
Lioperty
Frank Tommain
Cleo J. I.d
American Legion
Pipeline to Bring Summit Gas to Youngwood Area
Peoples Natural Gas company announced plans to build a 28 mile gas pipeline from a Summit mountain field in Payette county to a pumping station at Youngwood in Westmoreland county. Construction details and timeline were not disclosed.
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Summit Gas
Youngwood
Pittsburgh
Summit Mountain
Payette County
Westmoreland County
Peoples Natural Gas Company
Baker heirs not liable in Rockwood bank suit ruling
Judge Norman T. Boose ruled that the Baker heirs of John D. Baker are not liable for a double liability assessment in a suit by Park M. Weimer as receiver of Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Rockwood. The court found the heirs have no rights to enforce the assessment and creditors were paid in full.
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Norman T. Boose
Baker Heirs
Rockwood
Park M. Weimer
Farmers and Merchants National Bank of
Weimer
W. M. G. Day
John W. Alman
Somerset
John Kenneth Auman
Addison
Wade Bungard
Edgewood
Indiana County
Auman
Minontieue Freight Lines
American Casualty Company, Insurance Carrier
Bungard
Workmen Compensation Board
Boos
Boose
Spencer Boor
Artemus
Bedford County
Samuel Schreiber
Marian Schreiber
Pittsburgh
Th Schreiber Trucking Company
Schreibers
Schreiber Trucking Company
Schreiber
Boor
Lincoln Highway
Reel's Corner
Wheeler in Indiana rally blasts Roosevelt over war policy
Senator Wheeler of Montana told an America First crowd in Indianapolis that President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chat echoed warmaker sentiment. He urged the President to reveal full defense facts and warned America is unprepared for distant war.
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Wheeler
Wenceil L. Willkie
Willkie
Roosevelt
Montana
Americas
North
South
America
Germany
Europe
Africa
Britain
England
AFL
Senate
Washington
San Francisco Bay Area
Physician and wife die in cottage fire near New Florence
Winfield DeWitt discovered the burning summer cottage at Ross Mountain park in Westmoreland county. Firemen found Dr. H S Monroe, 55, and his wife Nellie, 54, deceased in separate rooms as the roof collapsed. Coroner H Albert McMurray ruled accidental due to an explosion from an oil stove or lamp.
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New Florence
H S. Monroe
Ross Mountain Park
Westmoreland County
H. Albert McMurray
Monroe
Veterans Hospital
Aspinwall
Pittsburgh
Harry Ruffner
Dr. Monroe
I H Doutrich Dies In Harrisburg At 69
I H Doutrich prominent businessman and former U S congressman died at his home in Harrisburg after nearly three years illness. He was 69.
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I. H. Doutrich
Harriobury
I. H Doutrich
U. S
Convicted Blair County Pastor Appeals SSS Refusal
A 34 year old former Blair county pastor appealed to the U S Circuit Court in Philadelphia to overturn his conviction for refusal to register under the selective service act.
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Lambert
Pittsburgh
Blair County
U. S. Circuit Court
Philadelphia
British Bombers Hit Sfax Port In Italian Convoy Raid
In Sfax Tunisia on May 28 British bombers attacked a central port after an Italian convoy sought harbor. Casualties were reported among French and natives. The Italian steamer Rabelais was struck on the stern and took refuge near Kerkennah islands as strikes extended to another Italian merchantman and its destroyer convoy.
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Tunisia
Rabelais
Kerkennah Islands
Vichy
France
French North Africa
Mediterranean
Petain
Paris
Tunisian
Scout
British and Italian naval actions spark Syria and Sfax clash
British warplanes attacked an Italian convoy bound for Libya and bombed the port of Sfax Tunisia injuring several. RAF claimed hits on two merchantmen off the North African coast and British submarines sunk a French tanker and an axis transport. France and Britain pressed on with air force revival and potential policy reversals as Vichy leadership met with Germany.
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Tunis
RAF
Cairo
North African
Admiralty
London
Libya
Britain
Syria
Lebanon
United States
Martinique
West Indies
Mediterranean
Marshal Philippe Petain
Aulnat
Clermont-Ferrand
Aip
Reach
France
Crete Falls to German Forces as Invasion Nears End
Berlin reports the final phase of the Crete invasion as Stuka dive bombers join troops to crush Greek and British pockets. Canea captured, several merchant ships sunk near South Suda Bay, and Parachute units bolster the seizure amid heavy fighting and retaliatory threats.
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Berlin
Crete
Mediterranean
Canea
DNB
Suez Canal
South Suda_ bay
Suda Bay
AFL Seeks Mediation Before Defense Industry Strike
AFL directed affiliates to refrain from strikes against defense industries until mediation is exhausted. It urged discipline of locals striking early and pledged similar action against federal unions. The moves align with Roosevelt’s call for using mediation to keep defense production running.
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American Federation of Labor
Washington
Roosevelt
Council
Sidney Hillman
Harvey W. Brown
AFL International Association of Machinists
Senate
Hillman
California
Vultee Aircraft
Truman
DMO
Defense Investigating Committee
Office of Production Management
Defense Commission
Jailed farmer to steal his savings
Pittsburgh May 28 Convicted of jailing a farmer on charges that he kept firearms at his home and then stealing the man's life savings of 1050 dollars Constable William Hartland of Mifflin township was sentenced today by visiting Judge John H Wilson of Butler county to serve 11 2 to 3 years Society said the court a highwayman who risks himself in stealing but you an officer of the law robbed a man of his earnings under the guise of judicial process Frank Mastrangelo 60 made the charge against Hartland who announced he would appeal the case.
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Pittsburgh
William Hartland
Mifflin Township
John H. Wilson
Butler County
Frank Mastrangelo
Hartland
Germans Can Bomb New York from Long Range Bombers
The Aviation article reports Germany can strike New York and other East Coast targets from bases in Norway France Portugal and West Africa. It says four types of long range bombers could hit factories on Long Island Baltimore or Hartford and return to Europe. The Canal Zone is within some aircraft ranges.
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Aviation
New York
Peter Masefield
United States
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West Africa
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Hartford
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Canal Zone
Few Bombs On England
German raiders dropped a few bombs in forays over the southeast coast of northern Ireland and western England. The attack was the most pronounced in ten days but light and past midnight with little damage reported. Dover Strait mist hindered observers as long range guns near Boulogne fired salvos across the Channel and flashes were seen on the French coast.
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Northern
Ireland
England
Dover Strait
Boulogne
France
Woodring Calls Unlimited Emergency a Threat to Democracy
Harry Woodring former secretary of war said in Wichita that an unlimited emergency could birth a synthetic dictatorship. He urged the President to submit all actions to Congress for approval to protect democracy during a Kansas Society for Crippled Children gathering.
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Wichita
Kas
Harry Woodring
Roosevelt
Kansas Society For Crippled Children
Congress
Treasury Tax Plan Doomed
The House Ways and Means Committee ended a five week hearing on raising 3.5 billion dollars in additional revenue amid predictions that the Treasury civie profits tax plan would be ditched. The plan proposed a 10 percent cap on invested capital as the maximum a corporation could earn before an excess profits levy of 33 to 65 percent applied.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
The
Submarine Usk Lost Reported by Admiralty
The admiralty announced tonight the loss of the submarine Usk. Details were not provided, with officials offering only the wartime casualty notice. The incident adds to the maritime and underwater warfare toll reported in London.
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Usk
London
Admiralty
Crete battles intensify as Germans push on coast
Cairo dispatch reports grim fighting on Crete as German forces push to hold Malemi airfield to Canea with heavy dive bombing. British and Anzac troops, exhausted, fall back to stronger positions behind Canea amid continued aerial reinforcements to the island.
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Cairo
Egypt
Crete
Malemi
Canea
Candia
Retimo
Crete Allies Exhausted Near Canea Amid Heavy Bombing
London reports British and Greek forces in Crete driven back behind Canea under intensified air attack. Reinforcements from Germany deepen the crisis as fighting continues. British base at Suda Bay remains threatened while RAF bombs German units from Egypt.
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London
Crete
Canea
Suda Bay
Narow
Somerset Weather Reportedly Mixed with Enigmatic Data
Daily weather figures from Somerset note a 24 hour period ending 5:30 PM Wednesday with an 81 degree maximum and a 60 degree minimum. A year ago the low and high are unclear due to garbled OCR text.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Ecosiees Asters Storcsesngnsiatundegnaenn
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania and surrounding states
Western Pennsylvania remains fair and warm on Thursday with local thundershowers possible in the north Thursday afternoon or night and in the south Thursday night. Friday brings cooler, cloudy conditions with local showers in the south. East of the mountains the forecast mirrors fair to warm with showers Friday and cooler air, while Pennsylvania north and east sees generally cloudy and unsettled skies Thursday night into Friday.
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Pennsylvania
North Portion
South Portion
West Virginia
Maryland
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