Bell Telephone rate request faces year delay in hearings
Investigators confirmed a lengthy exhibit pile supporting a 28 million dollar rate increase for Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. The Public Utility Commission adjourned hearings to January 12, allowing staff and opponents to study thousands of pages on real estate and land values used to justify the proposed July 21, 1948, rise. Anne X. Alpern and G Coe Ferrier led Pittsburgh and Philadelphia solicitors opposing the valuation method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Bell Telephone Company
Pentsylvaia
PUC
Bell
Pennsylvania
Anne X. Alpern
G. Coe Ferrier
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Otter
Beagle Club Field Trial Set for Indiana County
The Indiana Beagle Club will hold an AK sanctioned field trial at the Club House Grounds three miles west of Indiana on Sunday December 19. Drawing starts at 8 o clock. Thirteen combined classes and fifteen combined classes. Judges are Walcott Thames Mc Henry and Peters. Spectators may view top beagles in competition at a growing sport event with a fine club house kennels and running grounds.
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Indiana Cu, Beagle Club
Indiana
Indiana County
Walcott
Thames
McHenry
Peters
America
County Relief Shows Increase in Indiana County
State Treasurer Ramsey S. Black reported that direct relief payments to needy Indiana County residents for the week ending December 16 rose by 68 dollars. Total payments reached 3159 dollars, 580 dollars more than the same week last year, with state bureau figures showing current week 9159 dollars and previous week 3001 dollars.
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Ramsey S. Black
Indiana County
Bureau of Assistance
State Treasury Department
Dutch Offer for Indonesian Government Faces Delays
The article notes a Dutch offer to Indonesia for a new government, but a door to political agreement is said to be closed. A Dutch U.N. spokesman claimed armed forces could occupy Republican Territory but no decision was made. The Republic controls about a third of Indonesia, and an interim government formation before January 1 is unlikely due to unfolding developments. Dutch Cabinet in emergency session considered next steps as observers in The Hague interpret the signals differently.
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U. N
Indonesia
Hague
Mercury Dips To 22 Degrees In Indiana Borough
The thermometer showed 22 degrees at 7 am, with a fall from early morning and a low of ten degrees below freezing. By 10 am the reading hovered near 30 degrees.as the day opened with frigid conditions in Indiana Borough.
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Indiana
Wl Segrees
Union Leaders Tests Favored for Patriot Checks
Washington report says loyalty tests for union leaders in plants on strategic government contracts will be recommended to Congress. Rep. Kersten notes national security requires trustworthy leaders, citing dozens of armed forces contracts with private firms involving secret equipment. He cites the Atomic Energy Commission precedent with GE and the CIO United Electrical Workers.
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Washington
Fec
Congrésa
Kersten
f-Wis
Mnien
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Co
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Wherry Eyes New Liberal Congress
Senator Wherry predicts a unified progressive Republican front in the new Senate with leadership decisions pending. He expects Taft Van denberg or Millikin to fill top GOP posts while aiming to present a unified minority program and balance against Democratic initiatives.
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Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate Republicans
Congress
GOP
Taft
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Millikin
Senate
Nebraska
Army veteran to serve three more years career bid
Fort Monmouth New Jersey reports Master Sgt Le Roy Bensing a 31 year army veteran signed for three additional years. He stated I guess I will make the army my career. The announcement notes his intent to continue service and reinforces a career path in the military.
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Fort Monmouth
M. J
le Roy Bensing
Army
Quiz Aims To Close Spy Leaks Amid Hiss Case
The article notes a quest to close spy leaks as Mundt says the House group will not press two Communist witnesses again without consent. It mentions a push for stronger anti espionage laws and references Alger Hiss, a former State Department official, with Clark and the committee showing some agreement onGeneral Clark while awaiting Congress.
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Chambers
Miss Bentley Federal Grand Jury
New York
Alger Hiss
Mundt
House
Wiil
Clark
Geree
Long Point
Congress
Doctor Kills Lover in Cedar Rapids Hotel Room
Dr. Robert G. Rutledge confessed from a hospital bed to killing Byron C. Hartman, 29, over his wife, Sidney Rutledge, in a Cedar Rapids hotel room last Tuesday. He was critically ill after swallowing poison as police arrived. he described a knife attack and a subsequent drive to St. Louis with Hartman’s money and the weapon discarded along the way.
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Louis
Dae
Byron C. Hartmhan
Cedar Rapids
Robert G. Rutledge
John Sinclair
Maurice O'Neill
Rutledge
Hartiian
St. Louis
Assassins Fail Seoul Governor Attacked by Guerrillas
South Cholla Province governor Le Nam Kyu survived an assassination attempt as about 200 guerrillas attacked his party. The Home Ministry said twelve Koreans were killed, including the governor's secretary, nine police guards, and two guerrillas. The attackers fled after a clash with the governor's guard.
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Seoul
le Nam Kyu
South Cholla
Home Ministry
Plane Fails To Rescue 9 In Glider In Ice Block Shelter
December 9 rescue effort leaves seven men stranded on the ice cap after a C-47 forced landing. Two fliers sent in a B-17 become marooned following a snowbank crash. A doctor among the nine is reported healthy as they improvise shelter with ice blocks and parachute supplies.
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Air Force
Food Price Outlook Reflects Retail Burden on Consumers
Sawyer argues inflation dangers are understood by retailers who must pass all rising production and distribution costs to shoppers. Charles Brannan, 1949 agriculture secretary, says marketing efficiency will drive farm abundance distribution as the nation enters a era of plenty and faces the urgent task of moving surplus to those in need.
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Sawyer
Charles T. Brannan
America
United States
Brannan
City May Be Spared Red Siege Amid Nanking Battles
Associated Press reports near Nanking as Communist forces push along the Hwai River line with crossings west and east of Pengpu. Peiping trenches deepen while Li Chi-Shen in Hong Kong denounces Fu as bluffing and hints at a coalition move. defense HQ retreats 30 miles northwest of Nanking.
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Pengpu
Hwai River
Nanking
Peiping
Chu Hsi-Chun
Hopeh
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Moosa
Hong Kong
Li Chi-Shen
James D. White
Li Li
Kuromintang Revolutionary Committee
Li Tsung-Jen
Dicketing
Chiang
China
Naneking
Defense
Supersonic Plans Foreseen By Bell Air Craft Chief
Washington reports Bell Aircraft president Lawrence D. Bell said engines for speeds two to three times the X-1 are available and stability at extreme speeds has been achieved. He credited the rocket plane tests with opening a new frontier of flight and suggested manned aircraft reaching 1,000 miles per hour and beyond may soon be built.
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Washington
Lawrence D. Bell
Bell
Bell Aircraft Corp
Buffalo
Wright Brothers
The
Aero Club of Washington
Fire Razes Illinois Newspaper Plant in La Salle
An early morning blaze gutted the Daily News-Tribune plant at 602 Second Street La Salle reducing a two story building to rubble. Estimated damage about 500000 dollars. Cause undetermined at dawn. Publishers Mr and Mrs Peter Miller said emergency publication would continue using the Republican Times printing plant in Ottawa and offices at La Salle Armory.
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LA Salle
Daily News-Tribune
Second Street
The
News-Tribune
Associated Press
Peter Miller
Republican Times
Ottawa
la Salle Armory
Rose Bowl Queen Virginia Bowe Crowned in Pasadena
In Pasadena California Virginia Bowe a blue eyed blond 18 year old Pasadena City College coed was chosen to preside over the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game on New Year's Day. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Bower Arcadia California and was selected from 2560 candidates as the loveliest in the area.
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Pasadena
Calif
Queen Virginia
Tournament of Roses
Virginia Boweet
Pasadena City College Coed
Joseph
Lada’s Girl Gives Up on Edward Gade
Berlin report says Ursula Schnidt, a German actress living in Newark, ends romance with Edward J. Gade after he slipped through the Soviet blockade into Berlin. Gade sought visas to move Ruth Rieckl and their child to the United States amid a tangle of wartime loyalties.
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Berlin
Bonde Traulein
Ursula Schnidt
Edward J. Gade
Lada
Newark
Germany
Ruth Rieckl
Ursula
Aretta
U. S
Ruth
United States
Punxsutawney Florist George Crissman Dies At 93
George Crissman a Punxsutawney florist and long time resident died at 4:00 am December 18 in Adrien Hospital after a stroke. Born February 28 1875 in Marineburg he lived in Punxsutawney since 1908. He belonged to English Lutheran Church Odd Fellows Kiwanis Groundhog Club and local camps. He leaves wife Minerva Mil l and children including Mrs Charles Weaver and four sons Oliver Joseph George Jr and Frank. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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George
Crissman
Punxiue Itawney Florist
Adrien
PunXautawney Ainte
English Lutheran Church of Bursautawney
Groundhog
Oliver
Mary
Robinson Crissman
Mare Unaburg
Smickseburg
Steve John Henkel, SR
Iselin
Austria
Clearfield Co
Iselin and
McIntyre
Anna Patrick Henke
Steve, Jr
John
Michael
Marie
Newark
Anna Maraska
Helen Nene
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Velleig
Jean
Verna
Delores
Holy Cross Church
Sylvester F. Noroski
Robinson's
Saltsburg
Sayre Faces New Federal Grand Jury Probe
New Federal Grand Jury in New York plans to question Francis B. Sayre former Assistant Secretary of State and UN delegate about espionage matters. The probe ties to Alger Hiss now indicted for perjury amid allegations Hiss supplied data to Whittaker Chambers. Chambers praised the old jury's work while noting Hiss’s personal troubles.
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New York
Francis B. Sayre
Sayre
U. S
The
Philipines
United Nations
Paris
Sayer
State Department
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Grani Dury
Hiss
Grand Jury
Siyer
Savings Bond Sales Rise in November 1948
Savings Bond sales in the area show growth with November 1948 running about twenty five percent ahead of the same period last year. State totals reached $24,405,896.25 while Indiana County logged $125,770.50. The report notes a monthly decline in redemptions across all series and promotes E series bonds as ideal Christmas gifts with jackets available at banks or post offices.
Dr. R Nix, Formerly Of Homer, Dies
Obituary notes the death of Dr. R Nix formerly of Homer City with survivors including sons James M. and Russell J. and brother William H Nix of Worthington. The article mentions his banking start in St. Louis and later work in incubator manufacturing with his brother, along with his final years as an accountant for Monessen Egyptian Charge Co. Details also reference funeral plans and service arrangements in a Queens County New York home.
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Edwardsville
McKendry College
First National Bank of St. Louis
Homer City
James G
Nix Haifa
Dee
United Nairn
Trons
Monessen
Nancy M. Rnson
Faluja
Judy
W. N
James M
Russell J
Indiana
William
Nix
Worthington
Egypt
Israel
Robe
David B. Graham
Queens County
New York
Greenfoams
Aged Woman Robbed and Slain by AWOL Soldiers
State police in GRID Michigan report two AWOL youths Harold Sweet 22 Johnstown Ohio and Tra Thomas Howell 17 Beckley West Virginia admitted bludgeoning 80 year old Toledo landlady Lucilla Harwold in her rooming house and stealing a diamond ring worth 400 to 500. They were stopped six miles from the Ohio line for questioning at 12 30 A M EST. Howell admitted striking Harwold with an iron bar. no money was taken. They said they needed funds to continue a cross country tour and had been staying at her home for a week. The loot appears modest. Police described both as AWOL from Fort Jackson.
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Grid
Mich
Dee
Toledo, Ohio
Lucilla Harwold
Howard Mongeon
Harold Sweet
Johnstown
Oh!o
Tra Thomas Howell
Beckley
W. Va
Mongeon
Harwold
Toledo
Sweet
Howell
Ohio Line
Eris
Fort Jackson
D. C
Mrs. Harwold
One Fugitive Still At Large In Blair County Breakout
Hollidaysburg Pa Dec 17 Recapture of two men at Lubbock Texas left at large only one of the four men who slugged a warden and broke out of Blair County jail. Sheriff Grady Harris of Lubbock Texas said he was holding Alwood C Burger 20 of Altoona and Robert E Maloney 24 of Morris Run Tioga County. They were arrested Sept 12 after a parked auto loaded with goods near a night spot. Harris said a statement signed by the two men indicated they had looted homes and business places in Mander a Ky St Louis and Kansas City Mo Topeka Kas Oklahoma City and Tulsa Okla and Wichita Falls.
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Hollidaysburg
Lubbock
Tex
Blair County
Grady
Harris
County
Alwood C. Burger
Altoona
Robert E. Maloney
Morris Run
Tioga County
Freedom
Man Dera
Cythtania
St. Louis
Kansas City
Topeka
Kas
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Okla
Wichita Falls
Storm Sweeps Redondo Beach
A major storm battered Redondo Beach and nearby towns with wind and high waves. About 150 residents lacked heat water or grit as seawalls were breached and several houses were destroyed. Snow fell in the mountains and rain exceeded an inch in many communities.
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Los Angeles
Redondo Beach
California
Lot Redondo Beach
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Lawrence Trunzo
Omer City
Anthony Formoso
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White
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Edith
Alzabeth
Margaret Crisaman
Boavento
Thomas A. Gess
Palmertown
Gess
Anna Thompson Stump
Burrell Township
Zlone
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Reynolds
Lada’sville
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Circle Hill
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Blairsville
W. H. Nicholson
Presbyterian Church of
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Felix Pitzerell
Taylor Avenue
Indiana Memoria Hospital
Italy
Rose Morasco
St.Bernard's Catholic Church of
Pitzerell
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Theresa Guido
Phoenix
Ariz
Stanley Mutz
Jenney Carmella
du Bois
Arch Catalano
Elmer Carcella
Eugenie Catalano
Rossiter
Tony Morasco
Creekside
Joseph Morasco
Ther
St. Bernard’s Catholic Church
James Brady
Koehler
Farr
St. Bernard's Cemetery
R, Nix
Homer
Weather Report
Couder
Sey
North Carolina
Serevice
Bell Funeral Home
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