380 Officers to be Called for Army Recall
Approximately 380 reserve Army officers from 26 western Pennsylvania counties will be ordered to active duty between May 21 and June 29. The recall includes 270 lieutenants and 71 captains, with a national total of 12,650 captains and lieutenants. Most will be infantry and field artillery. field grade officers may volunteer for the first time, with 1,500 majors and lieutenant colonels called nationally. The local quota is expected to include most majors and lieutenants, and recall is prioritized by volunteer status and prior service. Chaplains are urged to volunteer though no quota is set. Each reserve officer will have 30 days to wind up civilian affairs after orders.
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Pennsylvania
District Army
Army
Organized Reserve Corps
Nd National Guard
Boy Faces Leukemia In Erie Home Family’s Hope
Two weeks past Stephen Weaver a four year old from Fairview showed loss of interest and frequent falls. He had black eyes and was diagnosed with incurable leukemia at Hamot Hospital by Dr. John F. Drumheller. Prognosis: about a week to live. Parents Tom and Ruth Weaver, meat cutter at Cook's Market, stay by his side as he weakens.
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Eric Child
Erie
Stephen Weaver
Tom
Ruth Weaver
Fairview
John F. Drumheller
Lltle Stephen
Hamot Hospital
Two Area Men Admit Stealing 150 Chickens
Meadville and Erie men confessed in open court to pilfering 150 chickens valued at 200 dollars from the Cribbs Methodist Home at Conneautville starting June 15, 1949. Livy Raymond Mattocks and Lea King pleaded guilty with District Attorney Raymond P. Staf fer and Sgt. C. G. Naddeo present. Bail was set at 1000 dollars each, with sentencing scheduled for March 26.
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Meadville
Maron
Evie
Herber
Cribbs
Conneautville
Livy Raymond Mattocks
Poplar Street
Lea King of
Erie
Connenttville
Raymond P. Staffer
C. G. Naddeo
Pennsylvania
Erie to Protest Phone Increase
Erie March 14 city council protested the Pennsylvania Telephone Corp. proposed 2 percent rate hike to take effect May 1. A 4-0 vote authorized the city solicitor to file a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission, with the mayor to sign it. Over 50,000 Erie users would be affected.
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Erie
Pennsylvania Telephone Corp
Public Utilities Commission
Clairence K. Pulling
PUG
Pennsylvania Telephone
PUC
NLRB Election Planned at Max Factor Hollywood
The NLRB will hold an election at Max Factor's in Hollywood next Tuesday to decide if workers will join the Teamsters Union. About 200 votes are expected from employees handling cosmetics like face creams lipsticks mustache wax dyes wigs and related products.
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NLRB
Hollywood
Max Factor's
Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Former Union City Man Killed in Plane Crash
Harold Estes 38 and Howard Stitt 32 died Tuesday when a single engine Cessna 120 crashed on a landing at Gal Cleland airport. Estes, Navy veteran and pilot, was born in Union City and had lived in East Cleveland after leaving Union City about 12 years ago. Stitt, of Brecksville, Ohio, died in the wreckage. The Civil Aeronautics Authority attributed the crash to coming in too high on the first approach and a nose dive on the second pass.
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Union City
Mareh
Willoughby
Harold Estes
Arthur Estes
Howard Stitt
Brecksville
O. Estes
Stitt
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Gal Cleland
Estes
Union
Jewelry store heist nets or yields massive gem seizure
A suede gloved young thief visited Schlum berger, Inc. on the exclusive east side after making an appointment. He spent 45 minutes, drew a gun, and fled with 40 000 dollars in gems. He returned the next day unannounced, fired a pistol, and pocketed 160 000 dollars worth of gems.
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Schlumberger, Inc
East Side
Farm Show Pays One Half Million in Premiums in 1951
Harrisburg March 14 Premiums for winners in competitive farm products at the 1951 Pennsylvania Farm Show reached over 30 thousand dollars. Checks totaling 25 950 were mailed this week to farmers by the State Farm Show Commission chaired by Miles Horst. Remaining premiums will be sent next week. Largest single award went to apple display winners with 1 123 dollars. Fifty departments and multiple livestock and crop categories are listed with specific payouts for milk, corn, small grains, potatoes, tobacco, edible nuts, vegetables, maples, apiary products, wool, fowls, and dressed turkeys. Remaining payments cover poultry economics school demonstrations and various contests, closing the 1951 show accounts.
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Harrisburg
State Farm Show Commission
Miles Horst
Cme
Pennsylvania
UN patrols probe past Han River near Seoul
Field dispatches report UN patrols crossed the Han River south of Seoul but found no Red troops. Allied units pushed through the front seeking retreating forces as Communist lines around Hongehon tightened. Two Communist corps have been in the area for a week, digging trenches along ridgelines and the Hongehon Valley.
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Han River
Eighth U. S. Army
Central Korea
Hongchon
Iond
Hongehon
Hongchow
United Nations
Allied air observers project large force near Hongchon
Observers say as many as 120000 or more troops may be north and west of Hongchon, indicating a sizable enemy or allied deployment in the region. Additional reports detail cautious assessments by air observers regarding movement and concentration of forces in the area.
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Hongchon
Hongchon Site Report from Chinese Headquarters Southeast of Chuchon
An OCR fragment notes Hongchon about 15 at ramites southeast of Chuchon, mentioning a Chinese headquarters in South Korea.
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Hongchon
Ramites
Chuchon
South Korea
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