Weekend traffic deaths and local notices from 1948 era
A brief report recalls two Erie residents killed in weekend traffic crashes Kajetan Albosta 44 struck by a car while crossing a street and Waller Rawn 40 died from injuries after a collision with a railroad train. Also noted are Christmas week incidents including a purse loss, a park street arrest for drinking, and a stage show for Garry children. The article also covers Veterans Affairs figures on World War I veterans in schools and public assistance rolls rising with seasonal employment.
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Erie
Kajetan Albosta
Waller Rawn
Spy Probers Seek Two More Couriers in Red Rings
Washington dispatch reports congressional subcommittee plans to pursue at least two additional couriers tied to Communist espionage. Rep Mundt notes possible linkage to Elizabeth Bentley and Whittaker Chambers, who testified as couriers for wartime rings and later cooperated with the FBI.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congressional
Congress
House-American Activities Committee
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Miss Heatley
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Miss Bentley
Reds
FBI
PRT
Mundt
Committee
Free on Bond After Poisoning Slaying in St Louis
Dr. Robert Rutledge Jr., 27, freed on $5,000 bond after self administered poison incident and the slaying of engineer Byron Hartman, 29, whom Mrs. Rutledge admitted she had been intimate with. Additionally, a separate item notes a Hollidaysburg boy George Smiley, eight, died of cancer after doctors said he might not reach Christmas, and he wished for a bicycle.
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St. Louis
Robert ©. Rutledge, Jr
Byron ©. Hartman
Rutledge
Hollidaysburg
Der
George Smiley
William R. Smiley
George
Hopes for Peace in China Fading
December 27 dispatch reports fading hopes for peace in China as a Communist radio broadcast lists war criminals to be punished by a people's court. Chiang Kai-shek Madame Chiang Sun Fo and top leaders are named. Officials say the Communists have shut the door on negotiated peace and troops are moving into Nanking signaling continued fighting.
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Kai-Shek
Madame Chiang
Associated Press
Nanking
China
Commmunist Radio
People's Court
Chiang Kui-Shek
Sun Fo
Chiang
Peoples
Reds
Uder
Com
Frigid blast begins to break up across regions
Chicago dispatch reports a weekend frost over most areas easing today though subzero readings linger in the Middle Atlantic and Ohio Valley. Temperatures rise in parts of the Great Lakes and central plains as the cold advances retreat from the northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest with a dust storm in southern California. Lows include Pembina North Dakota 1 Willover North Dakota 10 Effingham Illinois 8 Quincy Missouri 15 Springfield Tennessee 1d Binghamton New York Elmira New York 4 Richmond Virginia 25 Harrisburg Pennsylvania 6
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Jasonenmueu
Chicago
Atantic
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes Region
Central Plains
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
California
Pembina
N. D
Willovar
Effingham
Quincy
Springfield
Binghamton
N.Y
Elmira
Richmond
Harrisburg
Reading man dies in crash on Philadelphia Pike
Robert J. Matz, 51, of Reading, dies from a fractured skull after a collision on the Philadelphia Pike west of Pottstown. State Police say Matz was riding in a car driven by Harry J. Moyer of Reading when it struck the rear of a truck driven by Jerry S. Stonehouse of Jacksonville.
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Pittstown
Robert J. Matz
Reading
Philadelphia Pike
Pottstown
Matz
Harry J. Moyer
Jerry S. Stonehouse
Jacksonville
Orders Tighten Japanese Staple Food Controls
Gen Douglas MacArthur orders Japanese staple foods and farmers supplies controlled under a new Allied economic program. Officials will check and demand delivery of all but essentials for farmers own use to ensure a fair distribution of limited food.
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Assielaven
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
En Deere
Aurienlyurad
Hecht
Vegetable Ivory From Palm Fibers Lures Ecuador Artisans
The durable creamy white substance from certain American palms is nicknamed vegetable ivory. Ecuadorian craftsmen shape it into ornaments, toys, ash trays and rings, while vast quantities are used to produce buttons and other items, rivaling real ivory in hardness and appearance.
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Ecuador
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Rex Theatre
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Veterans Administration
Department of Public Assistance
H. Ray Harris
Evangelien United Brethren Church
Wie Erle
Hazelsburg
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S. Paul Weaver
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Norton Warner
Mable Taylor
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Cal L. Heidt Ateiutas
St. Elizabeth’s Cemetery
Warren
Russell-Scandia
Joann Finley
Warren General Hospital
Carl Arnold
Youbasvie
Catherine Grutlarin
Joyce Wilson
Arnold
Ciivine
H. S. Anderson
Titusville
William Prewatt
Anderson
Richard Patton
St. Petersburg
Bracken- Keating
Pine Grove Cemetery
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Bear Lake
Dauphin County
State Sanitary Water Board
Conewango Creek
Pine Grove Township
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Sheaffer
Hunt
Congress — Committee
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Unt
Gomoy Wear
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Munist High Command
Ige
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TOM Collins
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Florida
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Arence Mure
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Model Dairy Co
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