Big Battle For Center Imminent
A combined American and South Korean force halted North Korean flanking infiltrators near Taegu as 50,000 Reds pressed toward the central front. The heaviest fighting raged along a 120 mile line with Reds using tanks but suffering losses. commanders warned the next 48 hours could decide the drive while U S artillery hammered a wedge into the front near Kumwha Taegu.
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Tokyo
Taegu
MacArthur
John Michaelis
U.S
Tom Lambert
U. S
Lambert
Blairsville Soldier Harold Pahel Korean Casualty
Pvt Harold Eugene Pahel a 17 year old infantryman from Blairsville Blairsville was notified his son was slightly wounded in action on July 24 His name was not yet on official DoD casualty lists The soldier served since November 15 1949 and moved through Fort Knox Fort Lawton San Francisco to Tokyo sailing there in March
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Harold Eugene Pahel
Blairsville
Indiana
Pahel
Lillian Pahel
West Market Street
Department of Defense
Adjutant General
Fort Knox
Fort Lawton
San Francisco
Tokyo
Stalin renamed Brasov in fifteenth century style confusion
Berlin reports that Brasov in Romania was renamed Stalin by local popular vote to mark the Sixth Anniversary of liberation by the Soviet Army. Ada, the Soviet licensed news agency, notes the renaming as an expression of will across the region. A separate notice from Indiana County Registration Commission lists August 36 1950 as dates for registrar sessions at Alverda Pine Township Union Hall for elector registrations changes and removals.
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Berlin
Danube
Brasov
Stalin
Ada
Romania
Registration Commission of
Indiana County
Alverda
Pine Township
Union Hall
Vet Shoots Up Police Station
A 25 year old war veteran in Colorado Springs fired at police HQ with a Luger and army carbine then hijacked a tourist car and held its driver briefly. He fled after exchange of shots, commandeered a Kansas driver, and was arrested after stopping a taxi near Pikeview. No one hurt.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
I. B
Dad
Bruce
Gilbert Snyder
Colorado
Prings
James Watson
Frank Camp
Snyder
R. H. Warwick
Medicine Lodge
Kas
Warwick
Pikeview
Guest Minister to Preach at First Methodist Indiana
The Reverend Richard E. Smelzer of Duquesne Pennsylvania will serve as guest minister at the First Methodist Church of Indiana next Sunday morning. A Harvard graduate, he spent a year as a theological student in the University of Edinburgh and afterward traveled through England Scotland France Belgium Holland and Switzerland. He studied briefly under Karl Barth in Germany.
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Richard E. Smelzer
Duquesne
First Methodist Church of
Indiana
Mr. Smelzer
Harvard University
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
Edinburgh
England
France
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Karl ‘Barth
Germany
Crash victim shows improvement after head on collision
Payle Billings, 2, of Saltsbury Road, rerportedly improved after a Sunday crash at Glen Campbell that left him with a fractured skull, possible fractured vertebrae, severe shock and multiple injuries. Edward Egmatowski, 31, Glen Campbell, drove the other car in the head on collision at the scene.
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Payle Billings
Saltsbury RD
Glen Campbell
Adrign Hospital
Pyunxsutawney
Billings
Edward Ax Egmatovwski
Army PFC Eats 58 Eggs in 2 Hours in Malden
Army Pfc Robert Fulford of Boston allegedly accepted a challenge from wartime friend Arthur Clark of Stoneham to eat more eggs after a German story. In two hours he reportedly consumed 58 fried eggs and five bottles of milk, with a diner picking up the bill for the eggs and milk on the house.
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Malden
Mass
Army
Robert Fulford
Boston
Arthur Clark
Stoneham
Germany
Fulford
U N Officer Praises U S Troops in Korea Front
U N Secretary-General Trygve Lie s representative in Korea praises the U S 34th and First Cavalry Divisions and South Koreans for their heroic and tenacious stand against Red Koreans. Col Alfred Katzin of South Africa commends American GI s and UN command officers who halted the aggressors and kept the UN initiative in Korea.
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Pusan
Korea
U. N
Trygve Lie
U. S
Alfred G. Katzin
South Africa
United Nations
Punxsutawney PSES Office Gets New Manager
Ira J. Tarr of Kittanning, long employed at the Indiana PSES office, is named manager of the Punxsutawney office succeeding the late G farey Kerr. Tarr, with 17 years in employment service, served as veterans' employment representative and interviewer in Indiana and previously led the Kittanning PSES office. He begins his duties yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira J. Tarr
Kittanning
Indiana
Pennsylvania
National
Tarr
Overweight Trucks Face Mass Tests in Pa
State Police arrests for overweight trucks top new highs as 2,500 monthly with 45 000 pound limit enforced. Permanent scales cut weighing time to five minutes, boosting overall enforcement including speeding and drunken driving. Wilhelm notes praise and hairline arrest criticisms.
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Harrisburg
Co. C. M. Wilhelm
Pennsylvania
Wilhelm
United States
National Safety Council
South Paradise Phone Rate Up
The Public Utility Commission authorized South Paradise Telephone Co to raise annual rates by 3425 dollars, effective September 1. The utility serves Jefferson, Clearfield, and Indiana Counties. Mrs. McLuckie will shop in Pittsburgh on August 24th and 25th at 8x.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
South Paradise Telephone Co
Big Run
Jefferson
Clearfield
Indiana
U S Builds Four Types of Homing Missiles Says Martin
Johnstown Pa August 23 The United States is developing four types of homing device missiles, says aircraft manufacturer Glenn L Martin Speaking at a Kiwanis dinner launching the All American Amateur Baseball Tournament Martin claimed the Baltimore firm will be on a full wartime basis by November and that the weapons can track targets better than any animal
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Johnstown
U. S
Glenn L. Martin
Kiwanis
Martin
Baltimore
All Holmes Councils To Meet Sept 8
All Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association councils plan a joint session in the Ebensburg Court House on Friday September 8 at 8 p m. Leaders from the coal industry will attend and the event precedes the state First Aid meeting at the arena September 9 at 10 a m. Barnesboro council sponsors. Indiana Council urged to attend. the meeting is the Holmes Association Coal Mining Institute.
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Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
Court House
Ebensburg
Fairgrounds
Barnesboro Council
Phe
Indiana Council
Dam Responsible In Road Project Indiana County Bid
Bids opened September 6 for a Conemaugh Dam flood control road relocation in Indiana County. The 3.18 mile project crosses Black Lick Creek and Aultman Run in Burrell Black Lick and Conemaugh Townships, northwest of Blairsville near Route 32004. A second section adjusts routes to allow backwaters in Aultiman Run.
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Indiana County
State Department of Highways
Conemaugh Dam
Black Lick Creek
Aultman Run
Burrell
Black Lick
Conemaugh
Highway Department
Blairsville
Aultiman Run
Food Prices Reach New Two Year High
Washington reports the official cost of living rose to the highest level in almost two years driven by Korean conflict pressures. The index climbed 1.4 percent from June to July, with April to July rising 3 percent. GM workers gain a $25 monthly COLA, while GM denies any price hikes. Meat fruit and vegetable prices led the surge, offset by declines in Irish vegetables and pork. Preliminary data suggest a slight dip in mid-August.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Geneal Motors Corporation
Tou Dgency
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
G. M
C. E. Wilson
Bureau of Labor Stytistics
Mrs C W Duncan Dies Yesterday In Indiana Hospital
Carrie Kline Duncan wife of Indiana councilman C W Duncan and sister of Warren Kline died yesterday at 11 40 a m in the Indiana Hospital. She was a descendant of pioneer Indiana County families and her father M B Kline was a prominent local business man. Her parents were M B Kline and Anna Hawxhurst Kline. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p m DST. Details in obituary column.
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Carrie Kline Duncan
Indiana
C. W. Duncan
Warren Kline
Indiana Hospital
Adenauer presses for armed police and more troops
Bonn chancellor Konrad Adenauer repeated demands for West Germany to form a police force and for Western Allies to send more troops. He argued for a force strong enough to guard the frontier with the Soviet occupation zone and to maintain internal order, opposing a new German Wehrmacht. Diplomatic sources cited possible forces around 45,000 with U S division increases.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Adenauer
Kurt Schumacher
Chanon
Europe
London
United States
East Germany
Dayton
Judgig
Local Board Notified To Furnish 112 Men For Induction
Selective Service Board No 76 covering Indiana County will furnish 112 men for pre induction physicals on September 14. Miss Grace Williams office clerk says the 112 will report to the Old Post Office Building in Pittsburgh for exams. The new Italy board quota brings Indiana County total to 222. 108 had been allotted previously.
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Selective Service Board No. 76
Indiana County
Associated Press
Grace Williams
Selective Service Office
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Italy Selective Service Board
Williams
Altoona
Democrats Lead Special Registrations in Indiana County
Democrats continued to lead in special registrations in Indiana County with 38 signing up at Clymer yesterday. Republicans registered 94 and three registered as independents. The commission schedules Smokeless in Wheatfield Township tomorrow Saltsburg Friday and Alverda Saturday for further registrations.
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Inodigna County
Clymer
Wheatfield Township
Saltsburg
Alverda
Four States Pick 54 For House Races
In three states yesterday most incumbents and vote counting favored renomination. New York Mississippi Wyoming and Delaware selected 54 House seats with several incumbents winning or leading. In New York veteran Republicans Sterling Cole Kilburn and Democrat Louis Heller held or won renomination while Brooklyn Democrat Pfeifer lost to Victor Anfuso. Ed Halls 17th district race remained undecided with a close lead for Lester Mosher.
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Associated Press
New York
Mississippi
Wyoming
Delaware
U. S
W. Sterling Cole
Clorence E. Kilburn
Louis B. Heller
Brooklyn
Joseph L. Pfeifer
Victor L. Anfuso
Edwin A Halls
Hall
Lester R. Mosher
Arthur Whetoabitha
Korea
John Bell Williams
Frank Smith
Oscar Wolfe
Will M. Whitting
Blairsville Postmaster Examinations Set for Saturday
Examinations for the Blairsville postmastership will be held Saturday at 8:30 AM in Blairsville High School. More than 25 applications have been filed. Acting Postmaster Helen Smith is expected to seek permanent appointment. The job pays 4320 dollars annually.
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Blairsville
Blairsville High School
Helen Smith
Leila Mel Gillick
Idaho Man Dies Of Heart Attack
Elderton resident Guthrie Hollis a 63 year old carpenter died suddenly of a heart attack while hunting near Elderton. He collapsed at a friend's home after feeling unwell and was pronounced dead Tuesday evening. Full obituary appears on page two.
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Duty Guthrie Hollis
Shelocta RD 3
Idaho
Elderton
Hollis
Blocked Walk Brings Arrest
Vandergrift truck driver Richard L. Womeldorf learned sidewalks are for pedestrians only as his express truck blocked the Philadelphia Street sidewalk between 10th and 11th streets and obstructed a traffic lane. Police arrested him for violating a borough ordinance.
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Indiana
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L. C. Rogensteel
W F Hildebrane
Registration Commission
Hoh. Wilson
Lewis Dean McKellips
Coffeyville
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Carl McKellips
Army Pfc
Lie
PSES
Punxsutawney
South Paradise
All Holmes
The
Holmes Association Coal Mining Institute
North Korea
South Korea
UTP
Usan
Chungam
North
Indong
Pohang
Hyonping
Naktong River
Geetie Sure
Calutia Motors
Cadillac & Oldsmobile
N. 4Th Street
Democrats
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