Chinese Are Being Reinforced
American Marines push north of Hoensong on the Central Korean front as heavy Chinese fire slows progress. In three days Leathernecks gain four miles through jagged hills around Hoensong, while Chinese mortar and small arms fire hit a Marine column northeast of the road hub. Reinforcements appear to be arriving to defend the last heights guarding northward routes from Hoengsong.
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Tokyo
Hoensong
Hoengsong
United Nations
Midwest Storm Surges Across Central Midwest
Snow and ice swept the Dakotas to Michigan and Iowa with subzero cold entering the northern plains. About 1,000 people were stranded overnight in Glenwood Minnesota as visibility dropped to zero in some areas. Snow depths hit 31 inches in Land O Lakes Wisconsin and 41 inches in Calumet Michigan with drifts piling up and lines disrupted.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Plains
Glenwood
Dixie
Gulf States
Upper Michigan
Lake Superior
Federal Weather Bureau
Sioux Falls
Calumet
Mich
Land O'Lakes
Wis
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Unidentified Man Seeks Homer City Bride
A man canvassed Homer City seeking a wife who must be a Homer City girl. He visited at least five homes before residents alerted police, fearing mental instability. Chief A I Campbell urged immediate police notice for such individuals as they can be dangerous. Dance Club Savoy tonight. Music by Blue Jackets. 168x
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Homer City
A. I. Campbell
Campbell
Savoy Tonite
Blue Jackets
Eccles Praises Hoover Plea On Foreign Policy Stand
Chicago March 3 Former Federal Reserve Board member Eccles lauded Hoover’s stance against large American land forces in Europe. He argues the United States should build air and sea dominance with Britain, cautioning against Russia by land. He proposes limiting defense and foreign aid to 50 billion yearly while blaming inflation on private spending and bank money.
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Chicago
Mar
Hoover
Europe
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Hoover-Sen
Taft
Ohio
Russia
Executives Club of
United States
His Wooden Leg Saves His Life
Police say Walter F. Sikora’s wooden leg kept him afloat as he drifted 200 yards down the Monongahela River after leaping from a Rankin bridge. A boat crew retrieved him and he was reported in satisfactory condition at a hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Walter F. Sikora
Monongahela River
Frank Caskell
Rankin
Sikora
Richmond
Air Force Training In Blairsville Expands Barracks Area
Additional 28 airmen arrive at Blairsville to train at Yale Technical Institute. Fifty six trainees already enrolled in automotive preventive maintenance. The local roller skating rink is leased as barracks and operates as a military reservation with passes from Yale Tech. A mess hall is under construction in the former Penn Parts storeroom and should open within 15 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Force
Blairsville
Yale Technical Institute Inc
Air Force
Vale Tech
Penn Parts
East Market Street
Pennsylvania Railroad Plans 10 Million Speed Control System
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced a 10 million dollar electronic speed control project designed to slow or stop trains during the Easter recess. The system, described by Keith Schoot and Winfield Salmonson, uses magnetic impulses around rails and is expected to be months from full operation. Spaghetti Supper at First Christian Church is listed for March 6 from 4 to 7 p.m.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jers College
Indiana
James Symes
Keith Schoot
Symes
Winfield G. Salmonson
The
Pennsylvania
Little girl hurt in fall from moving car
Four year old Martha Bartholo of Rochester Mills Road suffered brush burns to both hands and the scalp when she opened a car door and fell from the moving auto Thursday. She received treatment at Adrian Hospital in Punxsutawney.
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Martha Bartholomew
Rochester Mills RD 2
Adrian Hospital
Punxsutawney
Fulbright Denounces “So Much Lying” in RFC Probe
Senator Fulbright sharply criticized testimony in a Senate probe of RFC lending, declaring the record full of perjury and noting outside pressures may have influenced multi million dollar loan decisions. He hinted at a possible general investigation into conduct at the government level.
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Washington
March
Fulbright
Senate
RFC
Arkansas Democrat
Tee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Subcommittee
State Hits Industrial High In January
State College bureau reports Pennsylvania industrial activity reached a record index of 217 in January, up 38 from 1960 and 5 from December, driven by inflation, orders and heavy civilian buying. New highs were set in department store sales, postal receipts, bank debits, motor vehicle sales, building contracts, telephones, payrolls and power sales, with gains across all industrial areas. Inflation persists statewide, with wholesale prices up 16 percent since the Korean War, and bank credit expanding, deemed dangerous.
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State College
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College Bureau of Business Research
Sony
Bank Debriis
Kiwanis Radio Series Profiles Vernon L Clark on WDAD
A Kiwanis program on Radio WDAD Sunday at 12 15 p m will dramatize the life of Vernon L Clark national director of the U S Savings Bonds Division Treasury Department. Clark began as a solicitor for the Des Moines Register Leader in 1903 later moved into lumber and veneer and now serves as president vice president and director of three major firms. W L Ingersoll closes the broadcast with brief comment.
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WDAD
Vernon L. Clark
U. S. Savings Bonds
Treasury Department
Des Moines Register-Leader
US. Treasury
W. L. Ingersoll
Homer City State Bank President resigns from post
At a regular board meeting Homer City State Bank president Alex Bennett resigned citing ill health. The article also notes social events this week at the VFW Country Club with Hillary and Norman and other clubmen.
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Homer City State Bank
Alex Bennett
Il Health
V. F. W. Countury Club
Hillary
Norman
Plane Crash Death Toll Reaches Sixteen in Iowa
SIOUX CITY Iowa March 1 The death toll in the Mid-Continent Airlines DC-3 crash near the airport rose to sixteen with Archie McKillop of Artesian South Dakota dying in a hospital from third degree burns. Nine others survived as Civil Aeronautics Authority inspectors opened a full investigation. The plane plunged into a snow bound cornfield in a blazing fire, the worst crash in Iowa aviation history. Pilot Captain James Graham and co pilot Philip K Toler both of Kansas City and first officer E F Leibert of Overland Park Kansas were killed. Stewardess Marilyn Woodjure of Kansas City was hospitalized with severe injuries. Two of the ten injured were in critical condition.
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Sioun City
Iowa
Towa
Camp Polk
Colson
James Graham
Kansas City
Philip K. Toler
Mission
Kas
E. FE. Leilbert
Overland Park
Marilyn Woodjurye
Death in Brush Valley mine sparks probe into safety
John Stanek 49 of Dilltown died in B S Company's No 5 mine as rock fall trapped him while a scraper and cutting machine operated. Inspector Bengston cited lack of proper timbering and misjudgment by an assistant foreman and workers. The section was closed until safety measures are met.
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John Stanek
Dilltown
B & S Company
Brush Valley Township
Andrew J. Bengston
Indiana
Stanek
Clarence Lowman
Lowman
Bengston
200 Charged As Titoists In Czechoslovakia Purge
Prague reports indicate about 200 people including top Communist officials have been arrested in a purge labeled Titoist plotting. Two major trials and further hearings are planned. One group is the Slovak separatist faction led by former Foreign Minister Vlado Clementis accused of spying for France.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Vlado Clementis
Korea Faces Famine As Aftermath Of War
Geneva dispatch reports UN reconstruction chief Kingsley warns of famine in South Korea unless about 3 million refugees return to rice fields by spring. Fertilizer shortages and years without fertilizer reduce crops by up to 30 percent, threatening rice supplies for millions already subsisting on 3000 calorie diets. Kingsley heads the UN Reconstruction and International Refugee Organization.
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Korea
Geneva
Kingsley
South Korea
Mas. J. Donald
United Nations
New York
International Refugee Organization
Hook
U.S. Army
U. N
Drew Pearson Sues Eight for Five Million in Damages
American columnist Drew Pearson filed a federal suit in Washington seeking 5.1 million dollars in damages against Senator McCarthy and several others. The claim alleges false attacks on Pearson’s character and integrity tied to statements and a Senate speech, aiming to ruin his business and sponsorship deals.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Senator McCarthy
R-Wis
U. S. District Court
McCarthy
Pearson
Senate
President Truman Visits Key West Submarine Station
President Harry S. Truman arrives at Boca Chica Airport and tours the Naval submarine base in Key West. He dons casual attire, secures his official pass, and plans a first sunbath on the enlisted men's beach amid heightened Secret Service protection after past assassination attempts.
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Key West
Fla
Harry S. Truman
United States
Duval
Boca Chica
Washington
Truman
Secret Service
Blair House
Clearfield Opens Hospital Wing
Clearfield Pa March 3 Special ceremonies mark the opening of the new 400 bed wing of Clearfield Hospital. Financed by community and federal funds, the six story structure includes X ray therapy and laboratory rooms and a modern kitchen with a 64 bed capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Clearfield Hospital
Somerset Maple Syrup Festival Names Kite Queen
Lois Late 17 of Somerset High School will reign as queen of the Maple Syrup Festival on South Sixth Street extension. TJ Rush 17 of Rockford High School and Marion Reich 18 of Meyersdale School were noted in the event coverage with kite and balloon construction details.
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Somerset
Lois Late
Somerset High School
Clair W. Evans
Indiana
South Sixth Street
The
Gazette
Louise Servation
TJ Rush
Rockford High School
Marion Reich
Meyersdale Construction
Tinh School
Russians Teach War To Chinese Reds Purged By Russians
An anonymous foreign source claims 5,000 Russians arrived in Hunan Province China to instruct Chinese Communists in purge techniques. He says Moscow aims to suppress internal opposition, expecting to Sovietize China within two years, starting with six counties in Hunan. Reports also note Nationalist guerrilla actions near Shanghai, including freeing officials and raids on Nantien Island.
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Aspel
Formosa
China
Hunan
Russia
Moscow
Nao Tze- Tung
China Union
Shanghai
Nantien
Dr Potter Named To Fuels Group
Dr J C Potter of Indiana has been named to a five man committee to work with the Solid Fuels Administration in Washington on defense production. Potter is president of Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co. Other members include Elmep J Carter Allied Chemical & Dye Corp New York P & Savage Connor Hanna Coke Co Buffalo M T Herried Kopepers Company Pittsburgh and P H Neal Alabama By-Products Corp Birmingham Ala.
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J. C. Potter
Indiana
Solid Puels Administration
Washington, D. C
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company
Elmep
J. Carter
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp
New York
P. & Savage
Connor-Hanna Coke Comepany
Buffalo
M. T. Herried
Kopepers Company
Pittsburgh
P. H. Neal
Alabama By-Products Corp
Birmingham
Ala
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Manufactures Association
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association
Philadelphia
U. S
Edward Martin
R-Pa
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
John S. Fine
G. Mason Owlett
Organization
AP Phate
P.R.R
First Christian Church
H.C. Bank
Co. Man
Titoists
Eagles
Harry Finley
His Orch
American Legion
Hyungki A. Lew
Methodist Church
Lew
Kyung Hick Han
Seoul
National Council of Churches of Christ
U.S. A
NEA Telephoto
Ragen Finances Corporation
Aet
Lustron Corp
Nowedelluiiel Company
Carl G. Strandluid
Maple Queen
Dr. Potter
Fuels Group
New Eagles
His Oeke
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