Man Killed By Train In Fulton Run Area
A train tragedy in the Fulton Run area left an unidentified man dead inside a tunnel after the last train passed at 5 35 p m Saturday. The victim's clothing, a half envelope bearing the Cambria County Home address, and a size 47 winter underwear tag offered scant clues as investigators searched for identity. Coroner Edward J Fleming and Corporal J W Hickey questioned a Punxsutawney crew and reviewed a vagrant report as they pieced together the gruesome scene discovered by John H Orr at 8 15 a m Sunday.
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J.W. Hickey
Edward J. Fleming
Cambria County
John H. Orr
Westmoreland County
Cpl. Hickey
Punxsutawney
L. M. Grape
Eningeer
C. W. Hoskinson
Dorothy Dix Dies After Stroke in New Orleans
Dorothy Dix known for the Dorothy Dix talks column is dead at about age 90 after a stroke two and a half years ago. Mrs Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer native of Tennessee spent 50 years writing and nursing her husband George O Gilmer before his death. Private funeral services planned in New Orleans tomorrow as associates recall her career and wit.
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New Orleans
Dorothy Dix
Miss Dix
Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer
Montgomery County
Tennessee
George O. Gilmer
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Eliza’ Jane Nicholson
New Orleans Picayune
Gilmer
Nicholson
34 Stricken At Dinner Meeting
New York police say thirty four persons were taken to hospitals after falling ill at a Bertha Steiner Ladies Aid Society dinner meeting. Beth David and Lenox Hill Hospitals reported treatment for food poisoning symptoms with no diagnosis yet.
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New York
Bertha Steiner Ladies Aid Society
Beth David Hospital
Lenox Hill Hospital
Deadly Subzero Fire Shuts Greiner Baking’s Third Floor
Subzero temperatures grip Indiana causing auto troubles and a fire at Greiner Baking Company. Fire broke out on the third floor, siren failed, ovens and wooden floor damaged, losses estimated at 4 000 to 5 000 dollars with operations resuming by morning. Temperature readings hit minus 14 to 18 in the region.
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Indiana
Marion Center
Greiner Baking Company
James L. Jack
Greiner
Homer City
Brush Valley
Truce talks in Korea hinge on prisoner exchange deadline
United Nations and Allied negotiators in Munsan grapple over prisoner exchange and armistice supervision as the Dec 27 deadline nears for a provisional 15 mile cease fire line. Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols says no extension is requested. 30 day trial incentive yields little progress. if no accord by deadline, fighting continues and a new line will be drawn.
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King Munsan
Korea
United Nations
William P. Nuckols
U.N
Nuckols
Tokyo
Ste
Dials Soon In Parkwood Dial Conversion Planned
Parkwood telephone service will switch to dial operation at 8 am Tuesday January 15 as Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania takes over from Parkwood Farmers Telephone. The new dial central office will be on Church Street Jacksonville at a cost of about 270000 dollars. Subscribers will dial Indiana calls and Parkwood calls by the first two letters of the central office name plus five digits and a supplemental directory will be delivered to Indiana and Parkwood subscribers before the change.
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Parkwood Central
James R. Cober
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Bell Company
Parkwood
Parkwood Farmers’ Telephone Company
Dial
Church Street
Jacksonville
Educator Samuel H Hadley Dies in Sharon Pa
Samuel H Hadley 75 former PHC president died yesterday after a heart attack suffered November 33 he taught in New Castle schools and led the Sharon public school system from 1902 to 1913 later joining McDowell Bank before heading the Protected Home Circle.
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Sharon
Samuel H.hadley
Protected Home Circle
Hadley
New Castle
McDowell Bank
PHC
Steel Wage Talks Head For Crisis
Steel wage talks grown tense as United Steelworkers convene in Pittsburgh to decide on a path to a peaceful settlement or a nationwide strike, with Washington anticipated to push for a swift contract before the January 1 deadline and Cyrus Ching ready to summon talks if a strike is threatened.
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William G. Smock
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Washinton
Ching
Musmanno Sets Own Oath Date for State Supreme Court
PITTSBURGH Judge Michael A. Musmanno will take the oath as justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court here on January 3, with Chief Justice James B. Drew administering. Musmanno, a Democrat, won the post last November. his Allegheny County court seat will be filled by gubernatorial appointment. He requested the ceremony be held locally so friends could attend.
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Pittsburgh
Michael A. Musmanno
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
James B. Drew
Musmanno
Allegheny County
Philadelphia
Judge Heads Cleanup Of Government Posts
Federal Judge Thomas F. Murphy, known for the Alger Hiss perjury case, accepts a Truman assignment to direct a non partisan commission to root out wrongdoing in federal offices. The panel will act against corrupt officials and protect honest ones, with Murphy reporting directly to the President. White House only recently confirmed the move.
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New York
Thomas ‘F. Murphy
Truman
Alger Hiss
LM Fee Beers
Machinists Available If Notified Returns to Indiana
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce seeks to mobilize tool and die makers and machinists by reaching through friends and relatives to lure skilled workers back. It proposes advertising and asks readers to fill form 200 Skilled in Page Ten and encourage others to apply, aiding reunions with Indiana’s favorable environment.
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Indiana
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Ww. L. Ingersoll
New Jersey Tragedy Second Worst Plane Disaster In History
Authorities open a five way inquiry into a Florida bound air liner crash near Elizabeth New Jersey that killed 56. The twin engined C 46 from Miami Airline clipped a vacant house and a water pumping station near Newark Airport. Pilot Albert C Lyons fought to control the plane before it crashed. Aboard were 48 adults, four children, three crew, and a stewardess. Spectators and residents blamed the crash on airports too near congested areas and urged safety reviews. The disaster follows a 1950 Lake Michigan crash that killed 58 adults.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Lake Michigan
Joseph O. Fluet
Civil Aeronautics Board
Miami Airline, Inc
Newark
Albert C. Lyons
Miami
Nilat Aicht
Nlace
Uae
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Hand
Air See
New Jersey
State Tax Battle Is Now Over
Harrisburg December 17 AP The budget and tax battle in Pennsylvania nears end awaiting Gov John S Fine signature to enact an 118 million dollar tax package replacing a proposed half per cent income tax The protracted deadlock ended after 349 days of debate and estimates The package includes corporate net income tax collection over two years amounting to 61 million dollars in the current fiscal period In Pittsburgh firemen guarded dawn real estate transfer taxes amid a 100000 blaze in Glassport and the surrounding district The state fight continues on page five
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Commonwealth
Senate
Lax
Pittsburgh
Glassport
Fire blazes across Mon Valley towns cause heavy damage
Firemen battled a large basement fire at a pool parlor in a Meshed Valley town near Pittsburgh, injuring one, displacing about 25 people from six second floor apartments in zero temperatures. Damage nears $175,000 across several locations including Arnold and Scottdale. Investigators cite overheated furnaces and coal stoves as causes. other incidents reported include a Pittsburgh North Side burglary and a Barbeau Building blaze in Jeannette. A jury acquitted Henry Johns in a traffic death case from Punxsutawney after deliberating briefly, with costs to be split.
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Pennsylvania
Monongashela Valley
Pittsburgh
Arnold
Westmoreland County
Scottdale
Henry P. Arling
Mond
Grapeville
North Side
Hartfloor
Barbeau
Jack Conti
Oflord A. Comb
Rochester Mills
Point
Theodore Bucholz
Indiana
Area Soldier's Body Returned To West Coast
Defense Department reports Pfc Blaine L Little son of Thomas Little of Josephine arrived on the west coast from Korea. The funeral ship bearing his body was to dock in San Francisco on Sunday. Little was killed in action six months after entering combat after enlisting March 21. He trained 14 weeks at Fort Knox and later served in Japan. A Blairsville High School graduate, he was well known locally as an athlete.
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Defense Department
Pfc
Blaine L. Little
Thomas Little
Josephine
Korea
San Francisco
Little
Fort Knox
Japan
Pte. Little
Blairsville High School
Anathete
Christmas Party Preceded Operation in Woodward
In Woodward Oklahoma on December 17 a two year old boy Vernie Smith awoke after surgery to have his remaining eye removed due to cancer. Doctors warned blindness within days but a community Christmas party brought 500 townsfolk with gifts and greetings. Vernie learns to move with care as plans for a guiding dog unfold through generous support.
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Woodward
Okla
Vernie Smith
Vernie
Oklahoma City
Cecil Smith
Yuha Fund drives aid for Johnny Yuha story
A NYU Bellevue spokesman reports Johnny Yuha remains in critical condition after December hospital admission and recent operation. WDAD will host a 9:30 PM radio fund drive with county talent. Valley Daily News leaders Rutkowski and Bernardo spearhead the effort amid plans for lengthy rehabilitation and heavy equipment costs for the mother and son’s family.
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New York University
Bellevue Medical Center
New York City
Johnny Yuha
WDAD
Valley Daily News
Tarentum
Doak Butkowski
Mike Bernardo
Vander Xrift
Rutkowski
Yuha
Johnny
John Iny
Burke
Dokupy
A Seve
End . Ogers
Pete Kalohoskie
Betty A
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