Homer City Collision Injures 4 on Christmas Eve
Four people were injured in a two car crash on Ridge Avenue in Homer City Christmas evening. Edward Cipollini, 17, was admitted to Indiana Hospital for possible wrist fracture dislocation. Joseph Fink, 29, and Mike Stellar, Homer City R D, suffered cuts and bruises. Joseph Stellar received dispensary care and others treated by a local doctor. Authorities say Fink was reaching to check a car heater when his vehicle swerved into Cipollini’s.
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Homer City
Gazette
Edward 3
Cipollini
Waterman
Indiana Hospital
Joseph Fink
McIntyre
Joseph Stellar
Homer City R. D
Mike Stellar
Fink
Mike Steller
Ridge Avenue
Goering's Kin Goes on Trial in Vienna
Dr Franz Hueber 64, brother-in-law of Hermann Goering, faces high treason charges in Vienna. Hueber, a former Austrian Minister of Justice in 1930, married Goering's sister and served under Nazi Germany as Berlin justice undersecretary and in 1943 led the German administration court.
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Vienna
Dee
Herman Goering
Franz Hueber
Goering
Berlin
Police Deploy New Radiophone System for Blakeville
Blakeville police have installed a new radiophone link between headquarters and patrol cars. Initial tests indicate satisfactory communication. Installation completed late last week. system in operation daily.
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Blakeville
Labor Leaders Back Expanded Taft Hartley Non Communist Plan
In Miami Beach the Executive Board of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union endorsed a substitute for the Taft Hartley Act requiring financial reports and non Communist affidavits from both employers and employees. President David Dubinsky urged broader coverage and announced a $250,000 pledge to United Jewish Appeal for Palestine and a $500,000 loan for six months. The board, meeting in closed session, planned to continue today. Gearharts advertising notes price cuts on spats suits and dresses.
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Miami Beach
Fla
International Ladies,Garment Workers’ Union
David Dubinsky
Dubinsky
Jabor
United Jewish Appeal For Palestine
U S C-82 Tries Rescue of 13 Airmen on Ice Cap
An Air Force effort to rescue 13 airmen stranded on Greenland's ice cap was stalled by severe Arctic weather. A C-82 towing a glider was forced back to Goose Bay as the third glider mission failed previously. four rescuers remain on site with supplies, while earlier attempts and crashes are noted.
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Greenland
Saipan
Norfolk
Washington
Arctic
Air Force
Goose Bay
Labrador
Heav‘est
Blue West 1
Florida thawing ends bitter cold spell
Florida's cold snap shows signs of ending after no crop damage reported by Weather Bureau. Tallahassee hit 36 degrees while Ocala 42, Pensacola 42, Orlando 47, Tampa 49, Daytona Beach 56, and Miami 67. Winds and rain marked the weekend as temperatures rise gradually toward tomorrow.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Weather Bureau
Tallahassee
Ocala
Pensacola
Orlando
Tampa
Dayton Beach
Miami
Scott Appears To Be Winner In Party Feud
Rep Hugh D Scott Jr a Philadelphia union reggaer and three term congressman appears to hold the GOP chairmanship as party leaders mull rivals for the January Omaha meeting. Dewey may back him or oppose him with Taft Stassen Dirksen Gamble Brown or Vandenberg in play as supporters assess a bid for national chairman.
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Scott
Washington
Hugh D. Scott Jr
GOP
Philadelphia Union
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
Dewey
Omaha
Pdewey
Taft
Chio Oy
Harold K. Stassen
Stassen
Ed Gamble
Portland
Ore
Gamble
Everett M. Dirksen
Illnnis
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Fatt
Rep
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Freg Scott
Israel Egypt Resume War and Peace Hopes Fade
Israel and Egypt fight a large scale battle in the Negev as both sides press for gains and possible peace talks. Cairo mentions a general clash while Israel reports no details on losses or initial forces. United Nations observers accuse Israel of breaking the truce as fighting spreads along the Rafa to Gaza arc.
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Israel
Dec
Ane
Negev
Cairo
Dessouki Abaza Pasha
Egypt
Rafa Frontier
Gaza
Paris
United Nations
Holy Land
Psa Anifitars
Dews
Record Set By PO Here
The Indiana Post Office reported a 23 percent rise in Christmas mail from 1947. From December 13 to 24 inclusive, 30 662 packages passed through the Indiana Post Office with 530 078 cancellations, up 100 508 from last year. Roy Fee said every parcel and piece of mail was delivered in time for Christmas.
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Indiana Post Office
Roy Fee
Fee
Firemen Answer Christmas Alarm In Indiana
Fire chief James Jack said two alarms were answered Friday afternoon and Christmas Day. The Christmas call at 2 45 p m reported a blaze in A I Brandons White Township home five miles east of Indiana, started in the basement and extinguished on arrival with roughly 200 dollars damage. The Friday call at 1 p m involved the Indiana Floral shop at 630 Philadelphia street, where firefighters found only a flue fire from an overheated furnace and no damage.
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Indiana
James Jack
A. I. Brandon
White Township
Philadelphia Street
Pedestrian Hit By Truck Friday in Indiana
Howard Miller, 52, of 127 South First Street Indiana, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg when struck by a truck driven by James L. Watkins, 28, of Indiana R VQ 8. The accident on North Sixth Street occurred as Miller stepped between two parked cars into the truck’s path at 8:18 p.m. He was admitted to Indiana Hospital in serious condition.
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Howard Miller
South First Street
Indiana
James L. Watkins
Miller
North Sixth Street
Indiana Hospital
Five Wrecks During Christmas Weekend In Indiana Borough
Police report five automobile crashes during the Christmas weekend in Indiana Borough. Joseph Edward Sanders of Creekside faced reckless driving charges after his vehicle struck a parked car driven by Patricia Lee Hawxhurst on Fourth Street, pushing it 106 feet. Damages listed at $150 to Hawxhurst’s car and $175 to Sanders’ vehicle. Other incidents include a two car crash on an unnamed corner injuring Keller and Clawson with combined damages around $150, a minor collision on Church Street involving Kathleen Taylor and Raymond Cornman with $12 in damages, a two car crash on Wayne Avenue causing about $80 in damages to both parties, and another two car crash on South Sixth Street with $40 in damages to Williams Bruner and Milford Little. An additional charge was filed against D W Miller for illegal passing at Philadelphia and Ninth Street on Christmas Day.
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Indiana
Joseph Edward Sanders
Creekside
Patricial Lee Hawxhurst
Washington Street
Fourth Street
Sanders
Hawxhurst
George B Keller
Chestnut Street
Henry Clawson
Homer City
R. D
Keller
Clawson
Church Street
Kathleen Taylor
Philadelphia Street
Raymond C. Cornman
Smicksburg R. D
Wayne Avenue
H. D. Deardort
Wilkinsburg
Mazie M. Carnah
Two Indiana R. D. Men Hospitalized After Crashes
Two Indiana R D men were hospitalized on Christmas from separate automobile accidents. Harold Brown 17 admitted to Indian Hospital at 3 45 p m Saturday with dislocated and fractured nose after his car hit an abatement on Route 119 four miles north of Indiana. Fred Johnson 42 admitted to Les Hospital in Johnstown on Christmas night for injuries from a collision near Seward including cerebral concussion cuts to the right hand and thigh. condition described as fair.
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Indiana R. D
Harold Brown
Indian Hospital
Brown
Route 119
Indiana
Fred Johnson
Les Hospital
Johnstown
Seward
Johnson
Royal Dutch Airlines grounded planes stalled by bans
Royal Dutch Airlines reports several planes stranded on the Far East route as India and Pakistan refuse landings in protest of the Dutch government’s police action. One aircraft sits in Basra with 20 adults and several children at a hotel, another in Bangkok, with four more in Batavia.
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Hague
KLM
Royal Dutch) Airlines
Far East
India
Pakistan
Tadonsaing
Bara
Iraq
Paswee
Bangkok
Siam
Batavia
Java
Welles Condition Regarded Serious
Washington AP report says Sumner Welles former Undersecretary of State reacted favorably to treatment after exposure when found unconscious in a snow covered field near his Oxon Hill Maryland estate. He remains in serious condition as police plan to question him later to establish how he came to be in the field.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Welles
Oxon Hill
Maryland
Want 2 More Spy Probers Want 2 More Spy Probers
Washington December 27 Congressional Spy Investigators seek at least two more couriers for Communist espionage rings. The House Un American Activities Committee will pursue this in the new session. Rep Mundt notes circumstantial evidence hints at couriers around Elizabeth Bentley and Whittaker Chambers. Chambers testified he acted as messenger for a spy ring passing government secrets until his 1938 break.
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Washington
Congress
House’ un-American Activities Committee
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Goveernment
Picture Maker Taken By Death
Frederic Ullman Jr died at his Beverly Hills home at 52 after a heart attack ending a 23 year film career. He headed Pathe News from 1942 to 1947 and produced This Is America. A Yale graduate, he joined the industry in New York, later became an RKO producer and completed The Window. Born in Buffalo, he began in New York City.
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Beaverly Hill
Calif
Frederic Ullman, Jr
Ullman
Pathe News
America
Yale
Pathe
RKO
Christmas tragedy at Big Bear cabin claims family
In Big Bear California a physician Dr Jerome Schneedorf his son Tommy and daughter Judy and his mother were found dead in a mountain cabin. Their mother survived after waking from a coma with the eldest son Jerry also alive. A note and a Santa Claus table were present suggesting a holiday scene ruined by possible carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Big Bear
Calif
Santa Claus
Jerome G. Lehnedorf
Christman
Schnedert
Santa Barbara
Tommy
Judy
Josephine Schnedorf
River Forest
Mary Maregaret Sehnedorf
Jerry
Jerey
Tom
Big Bear Lake
Reds Close Door: List of War Criminals Shocks China
Nanking dispatch reports Communist radio listing top national leaders as war criminals to be punished by a peoples court. Officials worry the move ends peace talks and signals continued fighting, with troops advancing toward Nanking and Shanghai. The government hopes to hold the Nanking Shanghai area while the rail line from Wuhu to Nanking remains in use.
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Nanking
China
Peoples Court
Chiang Kai- Shek
Madame Chiang
Sun Fo
Chiang
Peoples
Communist High Command
Nanking-Shanghai
Wuhu River
Wuhu-Hweichow
Wuhu
Relief From Cold Temperatures Promised
The Associated Press reports a warmup after a Christmas weekend cold wave that caused 19 deaths in accidents and fires. Temperatures to rise yet not above 92 degrees, with slightly warmer weather forecast for Tuesday. Overnight lows near zero in places like Somerset, Harrisburg area, and statewide readings from 10 to five above. Six of the weekend fatalities were fire deaths, eleven traffic, and two train-related. Citizens urged caution with furnaces as icy spots appeared in mountainous areas and parts of Erie and Warren counties.
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Associated Press
Somerset
Zore
Harrisburg
Yres
Kivemen
Pennsylvania
Erie
Warren
Japan To Get White Russians
Shanghai Feb 27 Fifty White Russians may be evacuated to Japan by planes tomorrow to await resettlement. The Russians, part of a group of 180 given permission to land in Japan, have waited two weeks for planes to take them there. Bad weather has delayed departure.
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Shanghai
Japan
Tege
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