Pennsylvania House Passes Communist Ban Bill
In Harrisburg the Pennsylvania House approved a measure to outlaw the Communist Party, 145 to 8, sending it to the Senate where a similar bill awaits. The bill carries a 20 year jail term or up to $10,000 fines and would seize Communist property, drawing sharp opposition.
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Harrisburg
Communist Party
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
House
Senate
Bil
Commonwealth
H. G. Andrews
Dcambria
Granville E. Jones
Dphila
Edward Duffy
D-Phila
James S. Lovett
R-Westmoreland
John McKinny
Venango
Harry E. Seyler
York
John J. Welsh
Susie Monroe
Senate to probe spy ring tale and camping trip mention
Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security promised to deepen inquiry into a spy ring story linked to Douglas Sanders and eight minist spy ring members. Witness Yoshikawa said Sorge named a late writer and a missing American officer, while Sorge’s confessions included spying on Japanese and German war plans and pressuring Japan to strike the U S Britain France and Netherlands. The boy Douglas was kept with his mother after the incident near Wheaton in Illinois and Chicago.
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Washington
Senate
Chicago
Douglas Sanders
Moscow
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Douglas Army
United States
Mitsusada Yoshikawa
Wheaton
Vernon
Wese
Ahim
Doug
Ina
Ferguson
R-Mich
Robert Morris
Sorge
U. S
Britain
France
Netherlands
Russia
Indiana Lions Rally For Blood Donors In Broadcast
A Lions Club event in Indiana featured a taped bombing drill by WDAD host Bil Jordan to urge blood donations. Paul Hancock of the American Red Cross Johnstown district highlighted Indiana’s unmet blood quota and the need for volunteers to sustain hospital care and Korea-era demand.
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American Red Cross
Indiana County
Indiana Lions
Bil” Jordan
WDAD
Indiana
Seventh
Philadelphia
Shems
Bill Jordan
Blood Bank
Paul Hancock
American Rec Cross
Johnstown
Alood
Korea
Red Cross
Lions Club
Hancock
Dondee
Indiana Hospital
Altoona
Johnstown Center
Indciana
Army Twins Die In Fort Dix Tragedy
Fort Dix witnesses a fatal plane crash in which two Army airmen died on takeoff and several others were injured, with one of the 20 injured dying later at the base hospital. The pilots belonged to Battery B of the 29th Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Division, as witnesses noted a fire upon ascent. The event follows two prior Fort Dix air disasters in two years, including a 1948 midair collision killing 16 and a July 1949 transport crash at McGuire Air Base with five fatalities.
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2Éth Field Artillery
Fort Dix
Air Force
McQuire Air Base
Pine Woods
Pennsylvania Tries to End Margarine Coloring and Communists
The 1951 session began January 2 as lawmakers battled with deep disagreements. The Senate approved a bill to ban serving margarine colored by law and send it to the Governor. The House backed a measure to outlaw the Communist Party by name, making membership a felony with up to 20 years in jail or $10,000 fine. House Republicans delayed on the Senate tax package including real estate transfers tobacco taxes and higher rates on corporate net income cigars beer and public utilities gross receipts.
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Pennsylvania
Senate
Communist Party
House
Fishing Trip Fatal To Boy in Juniata River
In Lewistown Pennsylvania a 15 year old boy Dai lag de Armant drowned while wading in the Juniata River after reportedly slipping into a deep hole. His companion, Robert Wilkinson 14, said de Armant disappeared and the body was recovered about four hours later.
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Lewistown
Juniata
Dailag de Armant
Robert Wilkinson
de Armant
Kids Believed To Have Poison Pot Missing In Park
In Stockholm police warn that children may be playing with a pot containing potassium cyanide enough to kill Stockholm. A cash box from Ragnar Carl Stedt was found with money removed. the pot remains missing. The item was discovered by police in a park after a bystander reported the find. A historical note mentions Leon Poneag from Florida on Easter Sunday, March 27, 1613.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Stoken
Ragner Carl.Stedt
Potee
Pone Ag Leon
Florida J
Truman Says Missouri and Kansas Absent on Flood Rehab
President Truman charges Missouri and Kansas state governments have done absolutely nothing toward rehabilitating flood damaged areas in a letter to St. Joseph Mayor Stanley Dale. He notes he has given aid but criticizes local governments and urges citizen pressure for action by authorities.
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ST. Joseph
Truman
Missouri
Kansas
Stanley S. Dale
CIO Packing Plant Union
Kansas City
Topeka
Youth 17 Shot In Gang Warfare Firefight
New York police described the shooting as teen gang violence. A 17 year old, Robert Delgado, was shot in the leg near a doorstep after a car with Turban Gang members sped by. Delgado said he belonged to the Dragons and the attack may have been retaliation for a Turban beating. Three youths were arrested and two others sought. condition not serious.
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New York
Robert Delgado
Delgado
Detogda
One-Year-Old Ends Hitchhiking Trip
Earl Fready, aged one, completed a hitchhiking journey from Harlem Montana to Azusa California after five days and 1500 miles. He arrived at a sheriff's substation tired but ready to return home once his father sends money. His father operates a ranch.
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Azusa
Calif
Harlem
Mont
Earl Fready
Polio Cases Near Pittsburgh Rise as Year Advances
Pittsburgh reports four polio cases this month with two deaths since January. The fragment notes a boy leaving for a cross country trip with his dog and recalls eight cents on arrival, while mentioning polio totals for the prior year and multiple fatalities.
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Pittsburgh
Lgg
Allegheny
Enri
Area Police Map Drive For Wage And Benefit Uniformity
Rhododendron Lodge 32 percent of the Fraternal Order of Police maps a plan to seek statewide wage sick leave and vacation uniformity. Sunday meeting in Punxsutawney set goals to win uniformity in Indiana Northern Cambria and Jefferson counties and to urge Kane and Oil City lodges to join. A picnic is tentatively planned for early next month while the auxiliary plans a Christmas dinner.
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Rhododendron Lodge
Order of Police
Punxautawney
Indiana
Cambria
Jefferson
Kane
Oil City
Two Teams Cut Off In War Games
Fort Bragg dispatch reports US defenders attempting to relieve two regimental combat teams cut off by enemy spearheads in large scale war games. The trapped units are the 102nd Regiment of the 43rd Widged Vic tory Division and the 10th Regiment of the 28th Keystone Division. Air Force planned emergency supply drops followed heavy enemy advances as Umpires staged ARMAGH Southern Pines exercise.
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Fort Bragg
N. C
U. S
Air Force
102Nd
43Rd
Armagh
Southern Pines
Anna Mary Koppitz
Greensburg
Indiana
Erg College
Charles
Robbindale
Ash Valley Schoola
Force
Dorothy Smith
Ageressora
Margaret Winslow
Indiattack
A.llege
Mesdeville
Seventh Corps
New England
Pennsylvania
Europe
Health officials publish polio prevention rules
Harrisburg report states Dr Russell Teague secretary of health urged parents and children to follow polio pointers from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Do not overexert or get chilled, avoid shared towels, limit presence where polio is active, wash hands, keep food clean, watch for symptoms, and seek medical help swiftly. Foundation funds can cover care via March of Dimes. No quick cures exist.
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Harrisburg
Russell
Teague
National Foundation For
National Foundation
Pennsylvania
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
March of Dimes
India plans massive export of monkeys to curb pests
New Delhi reports the Indian government approved a Madras State plan to export as many monkeys as possible to protect food crops. Monkeys, considered sacred in Hinduism, cannot be killed, yet officials say the 100 million strong population harms crops. Food Minister Munshi said lists of monkey dealers will be provided to speed exports.
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New Delhi
India
Madras
K. M. Munshi
Truman Lobby Claim Over Voice Fund Sparks Clash
Senator McCarran accuses President Truman of lobbying to restore Voice of America funds after the House trimmed an $85 million cut to $56 million. Truman told Congress VOA opened a crack in the Iron Curtain by publishing a friendship resolution for the Soviet people. Full Appropriations action set for today as debate continues on funding. Senator Fulbright threatened to seek additional propaganda money if funds remain reduced.
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Washington
McCartan
D-New
Truman
Voice of America
Congress
State Department
Ruwin
Voice
House
McCarran
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Full
Appropriations Committee
State-Commerce-Justice Toney
Fulbright
D-Ark
Appropriations
Senate
US Commission To Move Offices To Bonn
FRANKFURT Germany Aug 21 The U S High Commission announced it will move its offices to Bonn by late October or early November The original plan aimed for September completion but the construction scale caused a six week delay and postponement of the move
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. High Commission
Bonn
Peace talks under strain as U N cites Chinese and North Korean divergences
Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols says Chinese and North Korean negotiators show growing differences as both sides seek leverage over the buffer zone. He notes Chinese guidance from Feiping and possible Moscow influence while North Korean directives appear to flow from a communist hierarchy. Observers report North Korean army youths in peasant dress along the Kaesong convoy route amid patrols near Panmunjom.
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William P. Nuckols
U. N. Command
Nuckols
Feiping
Red China
Moscow
U. N
Korea
North
Korsang
Nuckol
Kaesong
Associated Press
Robert B. Tuckman
Panmunjom
Stumpjing
U.N
U. M
1300 Prison Inmates On Food Strike
Salem dispatch reports about 1300 State Penitentiary inmates entering a second week of a sit-down strike over a guard’s use of a billy club. Food was halted for most, except solitary and hospital prisoners, while about 40 trustees returned to work.
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Salem
Ore
State Penitentiary
George Alexander
Alexander
George A. McIntyre
Boston
Morris Race
McIntyre
William L. Josslin
Severe quake reported in sea near Pacific region
New York Aug 21 two metropolitan seismographs logged a severe earthquake at 6 08 21 A M EST probably between the Aleutian and Hawaiian Islands A seismologist from Fordham University said a second shock at 6 17 48 A M EST occurred with an estimated distance from New York of about 4950 miles He noted the quake was west of New York and likely in the Pacific north of the Hawaiian Islands The Palisades Columbia University seismograph reported only the first shock
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New York
Aleutian
Hawaiian Islands
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
Lynch
Pacific
Columbia University Sesamo
Area Winner In Pasture Test Finals
Harry Kimmel Jr of Shelada won Indiana County Green Pastures Contest in Southwest area among 157 entries across 14 counties. His pasture to be judged against three area winners in late August with 826 pastures in 50 counties. State judges will be committee members from Connecticut Maryland and New York. Also two Indiana County youths Clayton Winebark and Tony Dobrosky earned the American Farmer Degree to receive the National Award October 8 in Kansas City Missouri.
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Harry Kimmel, Jr
Shelada
Dele Sprankle
Indiana County Production and Marketing Administration
Kimmel
Connecticut
Maryland
New York
Mr. Kimmel
Indiana County
Clayton Winebark
Rochester Mills
R. D
Tony Dobrosky
Avonmore
R. PD
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Income Tax Hint Would Come Today
Washington report on the Senate Finance Committee’s eight week review of the House revenue boost. Chairman George predicts a vote on personal income tax increases as the panel weighs two main plans. One would raise taxes by 12 percent across all brackets, while Treasury favored adding three percentage points per bracket for higher revenue with different impacts.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
House
Committee
The
Treasury
Wage Board tightens wage petition process in August change
Dr John Perry Horlacher of the Wage Stabilization Board announced new filing rules effective August 27 for wage adjustment petitions. Petitions must use official forms available at Wage and Hour Division offices with instruction sheets to streamline applications and cut delays. In Hollidaysburg a separate jail incident involved four inmates slamming a guard and escaping while a dictionary was being handed in. Names include Richard Hippensteel Tyrone Edward Becker James Davis and Robert Skipper Altoona and Warden John Harvey reported the incident.
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John Perry Horlacher
Philadelphia
The
Wage Stabilization Board
Department of Labor
Hollidaysburg
Blair
John E. Harvey
George
James A. Shoe Wake
Intra-Plant Equity and Fringe Benefit Changes Approved
The notice outlines interplant equity and intra plant inequity changes, plus a fringe benefit agreement and a cost of living adjustment. It cites rare and unusual changes to regulations affecting employee benefits and compensation.
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PS Regerragae Mares Om Vm
Wife Of Slain Husband Held In Bridgeville Murder
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Stella Davis, 40, is jailed on murder charges after admitting she shot her husband Andrew Davis, 42, in their Bridgeville home during a dispute. She says she fired a .38 revolver after he followed her upstairs, declaring it was him or her.
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Pittsburgh
Stella Davis
Andrew
Bridgeville
Davis
Frank Mye
Water main stolen. thirteen towns hit by outage
Thirteen communities in the Naples area face water cuts after an attempted pipe theft damaged a water main. An unknown person tried to steal iron piping, leaving the region with disrupted supply.
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Naples
Private services for Turley infant and local obits
Private services for Gregore Allen Turley infant son of William and Thelme Turley of Homer City were held at Askew Funeral Home at 3 30 p m with Rev Edgar Thornburg officiating. Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery Indiana. Mrs Affie Saba of 1623 Philadelphia Street died Monday August 20 at 7 20 p m Arrangements by Bell Funeral Home Indiana incomplete. full obituary to follow in tomorrow's Gazette.
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Gregore Allen Turley
William and
Thelme
Kirk) Turley
Homer City
Indiana Hospital
Askew
Edgar Thornburg
Greenwood Cemetery
Indiana
Affiffee Saba
Mohanna Saba
Philadelphia Street
Bell Funeral Home
Wayne Avenue
Fight Looms In Congress On Point Four Program
Washington Aug 21 Senators McMahon and Fulbright moved to shift Point Four aid back to the State Department in a 7.499 billion foreign aid bill. They urged the program remain under State control as a permanent feature. House plans would create a separate agency for Point Four, with McMahon proposing a temporary setup until defenses are strengthened. Acheson faces possible policy direction challenges amid debate.
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Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
Fulbright
D-Ark
State Department
House
Senate For‘eign Relations
Armed Services
Point Four
Free World
State Acheson
Thomas Cabot
Acheson
Presdent Truman
Princess Margaret's 21st Birthday Celebrated at Balmoral
Princess Margaret reaches age 21 with a Balmoral family celebration and festive greetings from Britons near Ballater. Guests include Royal friends and potential suitors as Balmoral hosts a royal ball presided by King George. Locals brace for letters and gifts as the princess, born at Glamis Castle, marks a quiet yet notable milestone.
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Ballater
Scotland
Margaret
Balmoral
Castile
Balmoral Castle
George
Margaret Rose
Northland
Glamis Castle
Knights of Columbus Mass Opens 68th Supreme Council Meet
PITTSBURGH August 21 Delegates from 3700 councils at the 68th Supreme Council convention attend a pontifical Mass celebrated by Bishop John F. Deards of the Pittsburgh Diocese The gathering marks the start of formal sessions with Governor Fine expected to speak at a reception afterward Spanish ambassador Jose Felix DeLaquerica y Erquiza to speak after a banquet The delegates represent 805000 members across the United States Canada New Zealand and other territories reflecting broad international participation
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Pittsburgh
Knights of Columbus
Supreme Council
John F. Dearsden
Pennsylvania
John &. Fine
Jose Felix DeLaquerica Y Erqiza
United States
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