Girl Killed In Accident In Lansford Pa
Catherine Strickler 20, daughter of Edwin Strickler the newly elected Eastern Pennsylvania vice commander of the American Legion, was killed in a Blue Mountain crash. Four other Lansford youths were injured, two seriously, as a sun blinded driver Ed Edwards 20 collided with a tractor trailer on Route 28 near Coaldale shortly after 6:50 a.m. The victims were admitted to Coaldale Hospital with varying injuries.
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Lansford
American Legion
Eastern Pennsylvania
Blue Mountain
Catherine Strickler
Edwin Strickler
Legiono Post
Pittsburgh
Coaldale Hospital
Madeline Godbehere
Mary Boyle
Jacqueline Arner
Shirley Smyris
Edward Edwards
Coaldale
Edwards
Atlantic City
N. J
Walter Frey
New Ringgald
R. D
Three Leaders In Pittsburgh Arrested In Sedition Case
The FBI named Nelson as Organizer and No 1 Communist in Western Pennsylvania, on trial in Allegheny Court for sedition under a 1939 Pennsylvania law. He, Onda, and Nelson were among those arrested in Pittsburgh as the FBI also detained James Hulse Nelson and Benjamin Careuthers Sr., all held on $100,000 to $190,000 bonds amid rapid trial developments and new charges.
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U. S
Thomas J. Curtin
Netson
Pittsburgh
Communist Party
Western Pennsylvania
FBI
Allegheny Court
Pennsylvania
Nelson
House Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Andrew Rudolph Onda
Western Pensylvania “Steel
James Hulse Y Nelson
Charter Party
The
Daily Worker
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
Delsen
Onda
Doisen
Edward Boyle
Michael A. Musmanna
State Supreme Court
Dolsen
Youth Admits Starting Million-Dollar Tobacco Warehouse Blaze
A 19-year-old man told authorities he started the July 18 blaze at the J. E. Bahannon Co. Tobacco Storage Warehouse in Bowling Green. He said a cigarette lighter to see around sparked a stack of Burley leaf, with 2.5 to 3 million pounds destroyed and firemen battling the flames for over three days.
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Bowling Green
J. E. Bahannon Co
Marshall Funk
Warren County
Hershell Lane
Two Co Youths Cited For College Scholarships
State College reports Michael J. Baher and John King of Indiana County cited for outstanding scholarship in the Spring semester. King earned 2.88 in senior agricultural education. Baher posted 2.60 in agricultural education.
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State College
Michael J. Baher
John King
Indiana County
King of
Glen Campbell RD
Babco
Jets Battle In North Korea Involved Air Engagements
U S Eighth Army reports two major air battles over Northwest Korea. Twenty-eight Sabre jets clashed with twenty-four MiG-15s at high altitude. one Red fighter damaged and another probably destroyed. All American Sabres returned to base. Lt. Charles F. Lloyd of Marion Kentucky credited with probable kill. Earlier fight involved twenty-six Sabres colliding with fifty Red jets.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Charles F. Lloyd
Marion
Bucktail Balloon Derby Raises Hundreds of Balloons
About 1,000 balloons will be released from Hyner Mountain for Lock Haven’s Bucktail Balloon Derby on Labor Day. Each balloon bears a card with owner contact. finders are urged to return it. Cash prizes will be awarded. Last year balloons drifted across Pennsylvania and into neighboring states, some traveling over 200 miles.
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Lock Haven
Hyner Mountain
Pennsylvania
Gunman's Loot Fancy Clothes
A red haired gunman robbed a Baltimore haberdashery yesterday, taking about $30 from the cash register and nine pastel shirts. The suspect entered to view shirts and slacks, wore a pink shirt, yellow belt and gray pants, then locked owner Harry Farbman in a back room before fleeing.
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Baltimore
Harry Farbman
Farbman
Ex-Red Premier In Secret Meet
Alexander Kerensky former Russian premier now in the United States met with refugee groups in Munich to plan an anti-Kremlin campaign. He checked out of his hotel and arranged a secret rendezvous with Russian exiles to coordinate anti-Communist strategy. He led the anti-Communist League of fighters for freedom of the Russian people.
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Munich
Germany
Alexander F. Kerensky
Russia
Kremlin
Kerensky
United States
anti-Communist League of Fighters For the Freedom of the Russian People
Cuban Senator Buried A Hero
Havana mourned Sen. Eduardo Chibas with a hero’s funeral after his Aug. 5 suicide following a radio denunciation of President Pino Socarrs. Businesses closed, radio played dirges as thousands joined a three hour procession to the University of Havana and cemetery.
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Havana
Cuba
Eduardo Chibas
Carlos Pino Soccaros
University of Havana
Brothers Die In Two Vehicle Crash Near Frazer
Paol Aug 18 44 two brothers were killed when a station wagon rear ended a halted truck in Frazer. Robert F McFadden Jr 9 of Oxford was killed instantly and his brother R Hayes McFadden 2 died en route to Chester County Hospital. Their mother Flora McFadden 30 was pulled from wreckage unconscious and treated for shock. Hospital described injuries not serious.
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Paol Pa
Frazer
Robert F. McFarden, Jr
Oxford
R. Hayes McFaiden
Chester County Hospital
West Chester
Flora McFaiden
Sérinus
So You Men Might As Well Make The Best Of It
A humorous social column jokes about changing gender roles, noting the rise of women asserting rights while men face domestic challenges. It cites historical examples from Europe and anecdotes about marriage dynamics, then promotes modern electric shavers as a gadget aiding male grooming.
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Africa
Merry Wives
England
London
Married Women’s Association
National Federation of Housewives Associations
America
Ferdinand
Spain
Columbus
Isabella
Napoleon
Josephine
Wallz
France
Bob
Philips Research Laboratories
Holland
Norelco
Children Under 6 May Enter School Under New Law
Harrisburg report states Pennsylvania children under five years seven months may enter first grade if intelligence tests show a mental age of six. The measure signed by Gov. Fine requires tests by school psychologists and allows five year seven month olds to begin at midsemester for the first time.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John
Aliquippa Steel Plant Blaze Destroys Five Tanks
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. cleaned debris after a fire at the West Aliquippa Byproducts plant destroyed five tanks. Firemen battled for three hours to stop spread to other plant areas and nearby homes. No injuries reported. damage expected to be heavy though production will not be affected.
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Aliquippa
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
West
Ernest Kleber
Worker Drowns After Bridge Fall In Tampa
In Tampa on August 16 a 63 year old carpenter named W. W. Hudson drowned after timbers from a truck struck him as he stood on a bridge. Hudson, a railroad crew worker, was knocked into the Hillsborough River channel when the truck approached. The load swept him into the water after the front cleared him.
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Tampa
Fla
Hillsborough River
W. W. Hudson
Hudson
Black Lick Students to Attend Blairsville Schools
Black Lick Township has no local schools due to an agreement with Blairsville. Blairsville will enroll about 110 Black Lick pupils, including roughly 60 high school students and others from grades seven through twelve, under a pact signed last week between the two districts.
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Black Lick
Black Lick Township
Blairsville
Knights of Columbus Aid for Indiana County Flood Relief
The Indiana County Knights of Columbus contributed 3500 dollars via the Supreme Office to the American Red Cross Nationwide Flood Disaster Relief Fund. The Grand Knight announced the direct aid will help needy order members in the flood area as the local council joins others in hoping the emergency fund is fully raised.
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Indiana
American Red Cross
Indiana Council of Knights of Columbus
Supreme Office of the Order
New Haven
Conn
Ex Vet Calls Charges Fantastic Over Holohan Killing
Former Army sergeant Carl LaDolce and ex Lt Aldo Icardi are accused by the Defense Department of aiding two Italians in killing Maj William V Holohan on a OSS mission in Italy seven years ago. LaDolce says the confession is incomplete while Icardi and a Northern Italy senator defend him as a valiant partisan.
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Washington
William V. Holohan
Italy
Defense Department
Aldo. Ike’ Seardi
Preakness
N. J
LaDolce
War Department
OSS
Clayton O Fritchey
Department
Icardi
Cunea
Vincenzo Muscatelli
Carl G. LoDolce
Irondequoit
Rochester
N. Y
LoDolce
Snake Bite Hero Snake Returns With Killed Serpent
Sinton Texas hospital staff watched Henry Machado a 30 year old farm worker enter Sinton Hospital with a snake looped around his hand He said the snake bit him and he killed it then wrapped it around his hand Attendants reported the tourniquet effect helped and Machado recovered well
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Sinton
Tex
Henry Machado
Sinton Hospital
Machado
Denmark Names New Navy Chief
Denmark named Navy Captain H. F. Joelsen as chief of Arctic defenses in Greenland. Joelsen, 58, a noted naval hero and former naval attache in Washington Berlin and Ottawa, will establish his HQ at Groenedal, relocating from the former U. S. base there.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
H. F. Joelsen
Greenland
Joelsen
Navy
Washington
Berlin
Ottawa
Groenedal
U. S
Rains Break Texan Heat
Rains provide a brief cool spell across parts of Texas amid a scorching stretch of 100 degree weather. The Weather Bureau cites localized thunderstorms, with Beaumont dropping from 102 to 70, while Denison hit 112 and Marshall 109. Fatal heat victims include John J. Havelka of Jarrell, Ronald Lee Johnson of Athens, and Burnice Delashaw of Dallas.
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Dallas
Texas
Beaumont
Houston
Panhandle
Borger
College Station
Weather Bureau
Denison
Marshall
John J. Havelka
Jarrell
Ronald Lee Johnson
Athens
Burnice Delashaw
New Wage Policy Adopted For Textile Workers
A wage policy boosts 90 000 CIO textile workers by six and a half percent amounting to eight and a half cents an hour, effective last March, aligning their raises with other New England mills under cost of living escalator provisions. The board approved a future escalator clause and delayed full seven and a half percent raises, while studying pension plans. Under the policy, workers may gain pay boosts via existing escalator contracts, future index-linked adjustments, or semiannual contract reviews to adjust for living-cost changes.
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New England
CIO
Obituary of Mary A Allshouse Miller in Punxsutawney
Mary A Allshouse Miller died at 11 15 am Friday in Adrian Hospital Punxsutawney born November 28 1877 in Washington Township Indiana County daughter of William F and Martha Jane Morrison Allhouse lifelong resident of the township member of Harmony Grove Lutheran Church widow of Barney Miller survived by brothers and sisters J L Wells Elderton Mra Archie Sadler Creekside R D 2 Mra Daniel Cramer Punxsutawney Mrs Wile Liam Busch Plumville J A Allhouse Creekside R D J D Allhouse Johnstown W A Allahouse Plumville friends will call Bowser Funeral Home Plumville 2 4 and 7 9 pm Saturday and Sunday funeral Monday August 20 at 2 00 pm Rev H J Gerhardt officiating burial in St Johns Lutheran Cemetery Sagamore
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Mary A. Allshouse
Miller
Adrian Hospital
Punxsutawney
Washington Township
Andians County
William F
Martha Jane Morrison Allahouse
That Township
Harmony Grove Lutheran Church
Five Points
Barney Miller
J. L. Wells
Elderton
Archie Sadler
Creekside
R. D
Daniel Cramer
H. J. Gerhardt
St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
Sagasmore
Baltimore Woman Blanche Sides Wiley Dies at 80
Mrs Blanche Sides Wiley of Baltimore dies this morning about six o clock. Funeral services will be held in Baltimore at 2 30 p m Monday. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stewart Sides of Black Lick.
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Blanche Sides Wiley
Baltimore
Wiley
Stewart Sides
Black Lick
Crime Probe Now Closed
Washington reporters note the Senate Crime Investigating Committee closed its open hearings after weeks focused on the illegal drug trade and underworld figures. Chairman O’Conor said a final report due by Sept 1 will include 18 legislative recommendations. Subpoenas and arrest warrants remain in force until the committee ends. Abner Zwillman, tied to northern New Jersey crime networks, was a highlight of the last week’s testimony.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
O's Conor
O'Conor
Abner
Longie Zwillman
New Jersey
Zwillman
House Votes Big Cut In Foreign Aid
The House approved a sizable but limited reduction in foreign aid, cutting European economic allotment to 985 million dollars from 1.675 billion. The vote split 149 Republicans and 37 Democrats for the cut, with 162 Democrats, 14 Republicans, and one Independent opposing. The bill totals 7.40875 billion and faces a Senate path.
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Rep
Reece
R-Tenn
Republican National Committee
House
Truman
Foreign Affairs Committee
Playgrounds Close as Blairsville Ends Summer Program
Blairsville closed its summer recreational program and municipal pool yesterday marking the final swimming day. Since opening June 18 the pool drew between 150 and 178 visitors daily. McGillick Park Boone's and the Morswood Avenue playgrounds also closed as of last Saturday.
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Blairsville
McGillick Park
Boone's
Morswood Avenue
San Marino Lifts Blockade After Gambling Closures
San Marino ends its two year blockade of the 38 square mile republic after the government agrees to close its gambling offices. Tialy had imposed the blockade while San Marino remained independent and surrounded by its neighbor.
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San Marino
Tialy
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