Divorces Decreed and Property Transfers Noted in Regional Courts
In Meadville yesterday Judge Herbert Mook awarded fifty three divorces and denied two in Rawford County. Erie County recorded estate exchanges including Olin B. Simmons ux to J Harold Patterson ux and L J Johnson wife to Fred A Deloux. James town market reports show upholstery prices up about three percent with overall furniture costs seven percent higher than last year. Warren County investigates a barn fire at Barley Nursing Home Venturetown with reports of gasoline and bags found near the horses. Authorities warn trespassers as deer club abandons petition drive. Police alert over Halloween vandalism and wheel-tire damage. County assessment appeals date November 16 at the courthouse. United Nations Day observed October 24. Pennsylvania highway fatalities for eight months total 945, with 314 pedestrian deaths. S. J. Groves reports paving progress on Route 919 Wilcox to Johnsonburg, ready for traffic in about two weeks.
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Erie County Court House
Olin B.simmons
J. Harold Patterson
First Avenue
L. J. Johnson
Fred A. Deloux
Lionville
Warren County
Barley
Venturetown
Red Bloc Nations Reported With Millions Under Arms
Washington reports President Truman cited estimates placing the Soviet Union and its allies at about seven to ten million armed personnel across ground air and sea forces. The figures cover Soviet Russia European satellites and Communist Asia based on authoritative information.
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Washington
Truman
Soviet Union
Soviet Russia
European
Asia
Erie lifer freed by pardon board
George Foster, once condemned for petty burglary and later given a life sentence under the Habitual Criminel Act, was released today by the state pardon board from Western State Penitentiary after 20 years. He denounced the law and urged youth to avoid gambling and alcohol.
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Erie
George Roster
Foster
Former Army sergeant pleads guilty in spy conspiracy case
Dana Greenglass a 28 year old former Army sergeant pleaded guilty in Federal court to conspiracy in time of war to convey seized government defense information to Russia. He worked on the stem bomb project at Los Alamos New Mexico and was named in a superseding indictment with four others including Anatoli Yakovlev former Russian vice consul in New York.
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New York
Dana Greenglags
Russia
Los Alamos
N. Mex
William Bandy
Greenglass
New Mexico
Anatoli A. Yakovlev
Thompson's Bor-soma Tablets Advertised for Kidney Pain Relief
An old advertisement claims Thompson's Bor-soma Tablets quickly relieve aches and headaches caused by kidney fatigue. It asserts the product cleanses poisons from blood and improves kidney function, urging readers to buy at drug stores.
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Thompson
FBI Issues New Wanted Notice for Subversives
The FBI released a new wanted notice dated July 24, 1950, directing law enforcement and patriotic groups to report information on sabotage and subversive activity. The card urges citizens to be alert and report only pertinent information to protect national security.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
German Reds Demand Clergy Loyalty Pledge
In the Soviet zone, East German Communists demand loyalty pledges from Protestant and Catholic clergy. Informants say the regime will avoid mass dissident clerics like Cardinal Mindszenty in Hungary and similar Protestant leaders in Bulgaria.
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Herlin, Vt. II
Germany
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Bulgart
Malik presses UN pick LI successor
The Soviet Union formally proposes the UN select a new secretary general from veteran Latin American or Asian delegates. No specific candidate named at first. India’s Rau suggests drawing up 22 names to aid consensus among the five powers. The US delegate Warren R. Austin had not spoken early, then planned to back an extension for Trygve Lie. Acorns found on Guadalupe Island near Mexico measure about two inches.
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United States
Warren R. Austin
Austin
Trygve Lie
Whitaker New President of PA Colleges Association
Martin D. Whitaker of Lehigh University is elected president of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities at the Hershey meeting. He succeeds R. Fitzgerald of the University of Pittsburgh, who joins the executive committee. Louis T. Beneset of Allegheny College is named vice president. Guadalupe Island lies 180 miles southwest of San Diego as Mexico’s westernmost possession.
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Heads College Association
Hershey
Martin D. Whitaker
Lehigh University
Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities
Whitaker
R. Fi. Fitzgerald
University of Pittsburgh
Louis T. Beneset
Allegheny College
Mexico
Guadalupe Island
San Diego
California
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James H. Dull
Jon
Pennsylvania
State Bureau of Highway Safety
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Baath
Ena Py Nagle Ec
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WLEU
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Tara
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Martin Motor Sales
West South Street
Corry, Pa
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Farmer Brown
Swift
Armour's Treet
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Armory
E. Washington St
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Mr. Spud
Corry
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