Missing Farnsworth Murder Sparks National Hunt
Miss Farnsworth, a 27 year old San Francisco woman, was kidnapped from her night shift at an oriental curio shop and later found unconscious in a jungle thicket about 200 yards away. She died early today after a brutal assault. Paratroop boot evidence with possible blood stains sent to the FBI in Washington while authorities hunt unknown attackers.
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Bac
Ruth Warnsworth
San Francisco
Naval
FBI
Washington
Navy
Farnaworth
Miss Farnsworth
Hoffman Calls On Chiang at State Dinner in Nanking
Nanking China December 12 President Chiang Kai-Shek hosted ECA Director Paul Hoffman and other American officials at a state dinner. Vice President Li Tsung Jen attended with high ranking Chiang officials. Hoffman planned to depart for Korea via Shanghai the next day. A Hong Kong rumor of Chiang’s resignation sparked gold price drops as speculators bought at the lower figure.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Li Tsung Jen
Chiang
Hoffman
Korea
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Kiwanis Club Speaker Outlines Club Projects
Dan Aughenbaugh of the Pennsylvania Kiwanis district reviews club activities at the Clymer Kiwanis Monday. He cites Tiny Tim Club support for crippled children hospital ward, cleft palate clinic, safety patrol leader training, and annual baseball championships. Four guests attend.
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Dan Aughenbaugh
Pennsylvania District of Kiwanis
Johnstown Club
Cambria County
Clymer Kiwanis Club
Mr. Aughenbargh
Presbyterian Church
Les Weigle
Johnstown
Ernest Perry
Mar. Clearfield
Raymond Long
Pittsburgh
Augenbaugh
Kiwanis Club
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
Raymond Moley Divorced After 15 Year Separation
In Cleveland Judge Samuel H. Silbert granted an uncontested divorce to Mrs. Eda Dall Moley from Raymond Moley once a Roosevelt adviser. She testified they had been separated 15 years and that Moley showed no interest in her or their twin sons Raymond Jr. and Malcolm, 23. Moley now serves as associate editor of Newsweek in New York.
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Cleveland
Raymond Moley
Common Pleas Court
Samuel H. Silbert
Eda Dall Moley
Raymond, Jr
Malcolm
Moley
Roosevelt
News+ week
New York City
Troutman Dies at 82 in Greensburg Community Leader
Born November 24 1864, Troutman moved to Greensburg in 1897 and co opened a pane room dry goods store with Joseph Lacasse Cote Sr. He became a leading business figure, active in Masonry Elks YMCA and patriotic efforts during WWI. The Troutman stores grew under Allied Stores with multiple locations including Latrobe Connellsville and Butler.
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Troutman
Greensburg
Joseph Lacasse Cote
Notion
Bon Ton
South Main Street
Mets
Troutman-Cote
A. E. Troutman Company
West Second Street
Snedlana
Connellsville
Latrobe
DuBois
Warrey and
Butler
Allied Stores
Coal Weather Cuts Mining Output Across Regions
Weather constrains coal production with many mines in Kentucky and Tennessee idle or operating only a fraction of the week. Southern Appalachian operators report 40 East Kentucky mines idle while Pittsburgh district pits run five days or more. Steel industry captive mines continue at higher output to meet demand for metallurgical coal.
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Colorado
West Kentucky
Tennessee
L. C. Gunter
Southern Appalachian Coal Operators Association
East Pennessee
Kentucky
Pittsburgh
Fox Steel
Red, Proud of It Tells Press in Fallout From Hiss Probe
The witness Mrs. Bachrach asserts Communist Party membership after a contentious hearing in which she refused to answer many background questions citing the First and Fifth Amendments. The committee hunts for the original typewriter linked to Chambers documents as it probes the Hiss case and related activities. Meanwhile a separate Fish and Wildlife Service program seeks to freeze fish at sea for later processing and defrost on shore.
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Chambers
Alger Hias
State Department
Communist Party
Mundt
Bachrach
John Abt
Washington
Lee Pressman
Nathan Witt
Henry Collins
Victor Perle
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Charles Kramer
William Ludwig Ullman
Irving Kaplan
Eleanor Nelson
Nelson
Louis Budnaz
Harold Ware
Hugh Delacy
John Coffee
Fish and Wildlife Service
Berle Called by Grand Jury in Espionage Probe
Former State Department aide Adolf A. Berle Jr was summoned to testify before a federal espionage grand jury in Washington. Whittaker Chambers had alleged Berle was told of Communist infiltration in 1989. Pumpkin Papers, films of government documents, were set for FBI examination after a judge mediated a dispute between Justice and HUAC.
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New York
Adolf A. Berle Jr
Justice Department
Berle
House Un-American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Chambers
FBI
Washington
Federal
Department of Justice
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Capitol
Reds Fight to Isolate Peiping Amid Heavy Losses
Reported heavy losses as Reds push to isolate Peiping with defences tightening. Fu Tso-yi says 200 Reds captured while city readies sandbagging and reinforcements. Fighting intensity reportedly wanes but strategic position remains tense around Peiping and nearby lines.
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Peiping
China
Nanking
12Th Army Group
Kuchen
Pengpu
Chinese Central News Agency
Chiang Kai Shek
Kiang Wei-kuo
Sixth Army Group
Paochiahi
Associated Press
Harold K. Milks
Ty Yu-ming
Suchow
Yangtze
Alth
Milks
Bueshaw
Pelping
Qen
Fu Tso-¥i
Peiping-Kalgan
Genrio
Kalgan
Tientda
Fup
Rumors Link General Fu to Coalition Government Talks
Rumors say negotiators want Fu to retain his troops while Reds balk at his terms and press for him to accept a high government post. The political motive explains Peiping’s calm as the city, conquered many times in 3,000 years, is predicted to change hands without bloodshed.
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Peiping
Joy Mine Unveiled In Franklin Pa New Coal Cutter
In Franklin Pa December 14 a Joy Manufacturing Co coal mining machine is unveiled for public demonstration tomorrow at Mathies Mines near Finleyville The unit operates with an operator and helper and feeds coal into shuttle cars It slices at floor level moves on caterpillar treads and aims to cut labor costs from current levels Joy officials say eight machines are testing in the nation’s mines
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Franklin
Joy Manufacturing Co
Joy
Pittsburgh
Mathies Mines
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Finleyville
Joy Spokesmen
Joy Machine
J. D. al Morrow
Pontiac Plans Quick Changeover For 1948 Models
Pontiac Motors will speed the 1948 model changeover to a minimum by January 10, while continuing 1947 production through year end. The GM division cuts normal six to eight week timing to clear a large backlog of orders and minimize downtime.
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Fontiac
Midh
Dee
Pontiac Motors
Pontiac
General Motors
R P Guest Home Is Completed In Indiana
The Roch ester and Pittsburgh Coal Company completes its guest home at 122 South Sixth Street Indiana. Each room is attractively decorated with a separate bath. Out of town officials and guests will use the home while transacting business with the firm. The third floor houses a caretaker and family apartment.
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Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
South Sixth Street
Inediana
Coal Company
Indiana
Blairsville High Sells Magazines to Raise Curtain Funds
The Blairsville High School Student Council solicits magazine subscriptions in Blairsville to fund new stage curtains. Members canvas during after school hours to raise money for the project.
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Blairsville High
Blairsville High School
Deareioe
Cow Runs Amek Amid Shoppers in Wilmington
A cow escaped from a battle pen in Wilmington and rampaged through the crowded downtown shopping district striking clothing store fittings and frightening pedestrians before being hit by a car and killed by police bullets. The animal fled north along Market Street and crashed into a clothing shop at Third and Market, then damaged furniture and chewed fabric before continuing into the street.
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Wilmington, Fel
Bec
Wilmingson
Wilmington Provision Company
Market Straat
Wilmington
Third and Market
Kensinger Killer Hunt Extended
Pittsburgh reports of prowlers near the home of 12 year old Carole Kensinger, victim in a fiendish slaying, prompt renewed police activity. Neighbors and a Philadelphia visitor sighted a tall man fleeing an alley last Friday night. Police press a vigorous investigation aided by rewards totaling 4410 for information leading to arrest and conviction.
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Pittsburgh
Carole Kensinger
Millie Northover
Philadelphia
Kensinger
Carole Lee
Lew Prowler
Peter A. Connors
Connors
Endurance Fliers Forced Down After Long Flight
Endurance fliers Dick Riedel and Bill Barris, from Fullerton, landed in Indio California after 568 hours 47 minutes aloft since November 20 due to ice on the carburetor they judged dangerous to continue. They remained short of the 726 hour record set in 1939 by Wes Carroll and Clyde Schlieper of Long Beach.
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Indio
Calif
Dick Riedel
Bill Barris
Fullerton
Wes Carroll
Clyde Schlieper
Long Beach
West Penn Power Plant Opens in Monongahela
West Penn Power Company began operation of the Mitchell Power station in Monongahela Pennsylvania on December 14. The new plant, costing 28 million dollars, currently produces about 26 000 kilowatts and will reach 80 000 kw after a second boiler is added in January. A second turbo generator is planned for next year. Ground was broken in December 1846.
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Monongahela
West Penn Power Company
Mitchell
Indiana Engineer goes to Persian Gulf as wet search and development engineer
Richard H. Warner son of Mrs. John Warner and the late John Warner former Indiana County Farm Agent has joined an oil company in the Persian Gulf He will work as a wet search and development engineer and be stationed on Banrein Island while serving as a chemical engineering graduate from Pennsylvania State College
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Richard H. Warner
John Warner
Indiana County
Persian Gulf
Indiana
Pennsylvania State College
Banrein Island
Costa Rica Invasion Sparks Border Clashes
Rebels seized La Cruz on Nicaraguan soil, about 30 miles from the border, as government forces reported a battle at Puertogol ey in Salanas Bay with a barge suspected of carrying equipment. Aerial clashes were noted with three enemy planes over Costa Rica. Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Luly Manuel Perayle criticized the UN for what he called an unjust complaint in Paris.
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la Crus
la Cruz
Costa Rica
Puertogoley
Salanas Bay
Noa
Gosta Rica
San Jose
Uns
Liberia
Luly Manuel PeRayle
Paris
Unied Nations
Iica Riga
Fire wrecks freighter Wine Street Homer in Philadelphia port
An all night blaze ripped the freighter Wine Street Homer at Port Richmond, burning plastic bags and paint as two holds and 3,800 tons of cargo were destroyed. Firefighters battled the inferno until dawn, with the ship bent and hull warped by extreme heat. The Homer, operated by Pan Atlantic Steamship Corp, was bound for Baltimore.
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Philadelphia
Seleware River
Conitenta
Winestow
Port Richmond
Portablo
Homer
Baltimore
Pan Atlantic Steamship Corp
Hiss Case Typewriter Sought By Detective In Philadelphia
A private detective linked to Alger Hiss reportedly traced a Woodstock typewriter to Philadelphia as an alleged clue in the Hiss Chambers spy probe. The Bulletin cited an unidentified informer noting 70 Baltimore documents tied to Whittaker Chambers and name sources include Hiss lawyers Edward C. McLean and William Marbury.
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Philadelphia
Alger Hiss
Woodstock
Evening Bulletin
Bulletin
Baltimore
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Edward C. McLean
New York
William Marbury
Thomas L. Fansler
Fansler
Harry L. Martin
Hoover Puts On Record For Raises And Costs Of White House
President Truman’s administration discussion centers on pay raises for government workers below 5000 dollars annually, averages around 15 percent above that, with no direct salary rise for the President. He suggests indirect help by absorbing more of executive expenses and proposes a VP housing option. Senator OConor pushes for action, while inauguration timing leaves any raise for current leaders uncertain.
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Hoover
White House
Congress
O’conor
D-Md
Civil Service Committee
Truman
Barkley
Pleas of Guilty in Road Deaths Case
Reynolds A. Phillips and William J. Nardozi, both Pittsburgh residents, plead guilty to robbery related charges in the Paul Fleming case. Sentencing set for a later date. Harry Wittle of Homer City pleads guilty to forgery over four bad checks totaling 70 dollars. Lawrence Hugar of Charley pleads nolo contendere to assault and battery. sentencing to follow.
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Pittssburgh
Paul Fleming
Indiana
William J. Nardozi
Pittsburgh
Sen Tence
Harry Wittle
Homer City
B. B
Little
Lawrence Hugar
Charley
Nolo Contendre
Big Wife
Obituaries highlight Flynn infant and three more deaths
Infant David John Flynn Sr son of David and Dawell Flynn of Arcadia Indiana Hospital born September 20 1948 died at home December 13 survived by parents sister Linda Sharon paternal Floyd Flynn Arcadia and maternal Rose Brilhart Arcadia funeral December 16 at 10 00 a m grandparents Floyd and his wife at their home in Arcadia Rev Roy J Werner of Glen Campbell to preside burial Thompson Cemetery near Hillsdale friends may visit grandparents home. Mrs Lottie Watson Strongstown died in Indiana Hospital and funeral at Bell Funeral Home Wayne Avenue December 15 2 00 p m Rev D Earl Turner officiating burial Oakland Cemetery Indiana. Mrs Madge Falcon Thompson wife of Dr Lloyd L Thompson Pittsburgh died yesterday after a long illness survived by husband two sons Lloyd L Thompson Jr Richmond Va James E Pittsburgh one daughter Beatrice at home sister Mrs Elsie MacDonald New Florence brothers John Falcon New Florence Ralph Falcon Indiana. Funeral at her late home December 16 3 00 p m burial Homewood Cemetery. Thomas Williams son of Olan Dilts and Lillian Neal Williams of Banks Township near Smithport died December 12 from carbon monoxide poisoning born June 1 1931 White Township truck driver for Ray Wetzel survived by five brothers and four sisters Jay Johnstown Clifford at home Ruth Kohler Mt Vernon N Y Dillard at home Anna Cox Monterey Calif Cecile at home Calvin Nyack N Y William at home and Katherine at home funeral December 16 2 00 p m Smithport Methodist Church Rev Rex Brickell Hillsdale burial Circle Hill cemetery Punxsutawney friends may visit Williams at parents home until 11 00 a m Thursday then body to church for service
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David John Flynn
David d
Dawell Brilhart Flynn
Arcadia
Indisha Hospital
Isteter
Linda Sharon
Floyd Flynn
Rose Brilhart
Roy J. Werner
Glen Campbell
Thompson Cemetery
Hilledale
Lottie Watson
Strongstown
Indiana Hospital
Bell Funeral Home
Wayne Avenue
Madge Falcon Thompson
Lloyd L. Thompson
Marlborough Avenue
Pittsburgh
Armagh
Grove City College
Allegheny County Medical Association
Third United Presbyterian Church
James E
Beatrice
Elsie MacDonald
New Florence
John Falcon
Ralph Falcon
Indiana
Homewood Cemetery
Thomas Williams
Olan Dilts
Lillian Neal Williams
Banks Township
Smithport
White Township
Ray Wetzel
Jay
Johnstown
Clifford
Ruth Kohler
Mt. Vernon
Monterey
Calif
Cecile
Calvin
Nyack
William
Katherine
Rex Brickell
Hillsdale
Circle Hill Cemetery
Punxsutawney
Rail Foreman Dies a Hero
Youngstown dispatch reports section foreman Michael Ruddy 68 of Lowellville died at the scene after being crushed by a freight locomotive while near Lowellville. He reportedly tried to push Pete Bavansisy 60 of New Castle from the tracks as a fast westbound freight approached. Both men were killed.
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Youngstown
Michael Ruddy
Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie
Ruddy
Lowellville
Tomy
Pete Bavansisy
New Castle
Baransky
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