Allies Rout Enemy On Wide Front In Korea Counterattack
Allied forces unleashed a vast counterattack along an eighty mile front in Korea, driving Communist units back and reclaiming Hangye. The U.S. Tenth Corps led advances of up to three and a half miles, with the Second Infantry and First Marine Divisions spearheading gains as South Korean and allied troops pressed toward the North Korean border.
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Tokyo
Korea
U.S
East Central
Ttry
First Marine
Hangye
Key Road
Mungan
Pungnam
North Korea
Allien
Kay Pass
West Central
U. W
Munsan
Uijongbu
Seoul
Kapyong
U. N
Pukhan
Hongchon
Chunchon
Sokda
Commande Kelly switches from Democrat to Republican
Pittsburgh May 28 Congresional Medal of Honor winner in World War II has switched his party allegiance from Democrat to Republican. He cited discontent with national leadership as his reason while his brother Danny remains missing in action in Korea.
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Pittsburgh
Charten KE
Kelly
Warling
Korea
Washington
Danny Fe
Bradley Warns of Russian Move Toward Iran
General Omar Bradley told Senate questions there is danger of the Russians moving into Iran and starting another aggression. He noted the Korea issue affects readiness and cautioned that delaying Korean War end could hinder global response. The exchange occurred during the inquiry into General MacArthur's dismissal.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Iran
Bradley
Brewster
R-Me
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Korea
Yugoslavia
Indo-China
Korea War
Memorial Day Plans Set for Indiana County Parade
Memorial Day plans in Indiana County are completed with a 2:15 p.m. parade followed by services at Memorial Park where a bronze plaque will honor World War II servicemen and women. Congressman John P. Saylor will speak, and veterans are urged to participate in the ceremonies.
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Indiana
Zenas H. Hoover
Memorial Park
Indiana County
John P. Saylor
Mother of Penna. GI Hurt On Visit
Mrs Leroy Cressley of Rochester Mills Pennsylvania was hospitalized with a compound fracture of the left arm after a fall entering a car at Camp Atterbury Indiana. She was visiting her son Sgt Leroy Cressley and is expected to need two weeks hospital care.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Leroy Cressley
Rochester Mill
Sgt
Creasley
Drivers License Fees May Go Up
Harrisburg report states a bill to raise annual driver license fees from $2 to $2.50. Extra revenue would go to the Department of Public Instruction for safe driver training in schools. The measure was introduced by Representatives T. Luke Toomey and J. Hiram Swope.
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Harrisburg
House
Department of Public Instruction
T. Luke Toomey
R.perry
J. Hiram Swope
Dberks
Candidate mix up in ward race noted for Indiana
Yesterday's paper listed 1st Ward resident George A. ooeson Jr as a candidate from the 4th Ward. He actually runs from the 1st Ward, a correction noted by the Indiana Fur Storage ad offering storage and contact. May 30 weather and fruit prices appear in the fragment, including strawberries at 1.00 per quart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Ooeson Jr
Indiana
Pennsylvan ia Week To Feature Local Plans
Governor Fine announced the 1941 Pennsylvania Week will run October 15 to 21 to spotlight local industry progress and future promise. Commerce Secretary Andrew J. Sordoni will coordinate events as the war heightens resource needs. I. S. Sahli of Beaver Falls chairs the state effort with Ed mund W. Thomas of Gettysburg Bank and J. Regis Walthour of Greensburg Bank as vice chairs.
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Harrisburg
Fine
Andrew J. Sordoai
Commonwealth
Ani
Str
Pennsylvania
Sordoni
Commerce Department
I. S. Sahli
Sahli's Inc
Beaver Falls
Edmund W. Thomas
Gettysburg
One Hundred U S Airmen Parade Here in Memorial Day Event
One hundred members of the U S Army Air Force will take part in the Memorial Day Parade in Indiana. The Airmen, stationed at Blairsville, will be transported here by bus, arranged by Sgt Benny Cacciam ani and supported by H A Orr of Orr Transportation.
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U. S. Army Air Force
Indiana
Benny Cacciamani
Blairsville
H. A. Orr
Orr Transportation Company
ISTC Commencement Speaker Dr McDonald at ISTC
Dr Ralph W McDonald executive secretary of the National Education Association will deliver the commencement address to about 362 graduates at Indiana State Teachers College. He will speak on The American Teacher and the World Crisis. Baccalaureate services follow Sunday May 27 at 4 00 p m with Dr Frederick Brown Harris pastor of Foundry Methodist Church and US Senate chaplain delivering the address.
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Ralph W. McDonald
Department of Higher Education
National Education Association
Torthé
State Teachers College
Indiana
McDonald
John 8. Fisher
National Commission On Teacher Education and Professional Standards
College and University Bulletin
John S. Fisher
Frederick Brown Harris
Foundry Methodist Church
U. S. Senate
Washington, D. C
Doctor Fees Rise in Indiana County in 1920s
Indiana County doctors, with the Indiana County Medical Society, raised their service charges effective May in the period’s year. Office calls cost 3.00 and house calls 5.00, with extended hours and holiday rates up to 8.00. Out of town visits add mileage, and hospital visits start at 10.00 for the first, then 5.00 and 3.00 for subsequent calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sitki
Indiana County
Indiana County Medical Society
Indiana
Blairsville
Medical Society
Drowned Youth's Body Recovered Near Blairsville
Blairsville area. Lawrence Turcovsky, 20, of East Pittsburgh, vanished while with a swimming party Sunday afternoon at 3:15. Westmoreland County coroner's office attributed death to accidental drowning. Greensburg firemen, using a Latrobe boat, located the body in 20 to 26 feet of water Monday afternoon at Keystone State Park reservoir after a weekend search.
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Blairsville
Lawrence Turcovsky
Pittsburgh
Keystone State Park
Westmoreland County
Joseph R. Check
Tureaysky
Westinghouse
Greensburg
Latrobe Fire Department
Learn To Drive Driving Instructions From Indiana Teacher
High school teacher provides driving instructions in a dual control car and offers contact at Phone Indiana 728 or McGill Motors Inc. for appointments or information. May 23 schedule mention indicates weekday learning window Monday to Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
McGill Motors Inc
Bigger A-Blast on Pacific Nuclear Tests Hinted
May 24 report from Washington notes hints of a larger atomic explosion at the Eniwetok proving grounds. Rep. Jackson suggested tests there may be ongoing after his trip, with the Atomic Energy Commission delaying its usual public notice. Indications point to a final shot potentially the most powerful yet, about ten times previous yields.
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Elton C. FA
A. P
Washington
Mid- Pacific Nuclear Weapons Proving Grounds
Rep
Jackson
D-Wesh
Eniwetok
Marshall Islands
Proving Grounds
Atomis Energy
Eniwettok
White Township school district proposes 10 percent amusements tax
White Township school district proposes a ten percent amusements tax on movies billiards pool bowling athletic contests and carnivals. The school board plans action at the June 4 meeting and estimates revenue of about $3000. Interested parties may inspect the proposed resolution at Attorney Thomas S Barber’s office in the Mack Building Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Township
Thomas S. Barber
Mack Building
Indiana
Breakiron seeks Borough Council seat in Ward One
A. L. Breakiron of 215 North Fourth Street Indiana announced his candidacy for Borough Council from the 1st Ward. Breakiron is a veteran of HM and past commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Seciana Post 959.
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A. L. Breakiron
4Th St
Indiana
Breakiron
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Seciana
Leachburg council approves self salaries plan
Leachburg's borough council adopted a resolution to pay the governing body based on population. The pay would begin in January 1952, and an ordinance to enact the resolution into law is to be passed next month.
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Leachburg- Leedhburg
Bomber Crashes Near New Lisbon. House Committee Approves Tax Hike
State police reported a bomber plane crash today in a field near New Lisbon Indiana with no immediate word on casualties or aircraft type. In Washington a stormy session saw the House Ways and Means Committee vote for a 1244 percent increase in individual income taxes and higher excess profits tax on corporations.
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New Lisbon
Ind
Washington
House, Ways and Means Committee
Smokes OK With Slug Of Alcohol
Boston report of Dr William D Stroud, a heart specialist, arguing it may be acceptable for heart patients to smoke if accompanied by a good slug of alcohol to offset nicotine. He cites patient activity, moderation, and avoiding excessive bed rest as part of a normal life.
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Boston
Philadelphia
William D. Stroud
Massachusetts Medical Society
Stroud
Gls Report Escape Out Of Red Trap
Somewhere in Korea May 21 Delayed Broad-shouldered corporal recalls a night banzai charge by GIs and breaking out of a trap. Cpl Paul Anderson of Revere Massachusetts crawled three hours through Chinese lines to safety then returned to rescue wounded during the May 17 fight as his unit moved ridge to ridge and endured a surrounding Chinese force.
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Korea
Gls
Craw
Ted
Paul Anderson
Sigamore St
Revere
Mas
Ridge
Anderson
Penalty Hike Urged In Bill
Harrisburg May 23 A bill tripling the penalty for bribery in sports contests in Pennsylvania faces House action today. It would raise fines from 3000 to 10000 dollars and prison terms from 3 to 10 years Rep John Van Sant sponsor says harsher penalties deter scandals such as recent college basketball bribery cases in New York
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Keatrne
House
John van Sant
Lehigh
New York
Indiana Miner Hurt at Work
Stevle Crisman of Indiana RD 4 is in Memorial Hospital with the fingers of his left hand crushed in a mine accident. He says his hand was caught between a mine car and a motor at the Imperial Coal Company, where he works. His condition is reported fair.
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Johnstown
Stevle Crisman
Indiana
Memorial HosPital
Imperial Coal Company
U S Payroll Up 53205 amid March gains in federal staff
The Civil Service Commission reports the federal payroll rose by 33 205 persons in March to 2 361 608. Of these, 244 638 worked in the Washington metropolitan area and 165 492 outside the continental United States. The defense establishment drove the increase with other agencies adding over 1 000 each. A second item notes a local sandwich and cake promo at Bratty's on Friday.
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Washington
Federal
Civil Service Commission
Continental
United States
Defense Establishment
Treasury, Agriculture and Commerce Departments
Economic Stabilization Agency
Betty Hutton Joins Circus Scene In Greatest Show On Earth
Betty Hutton rehearses a fall from a flying trapeze while filming The Greatest Show On Earth by Cecil B. De Mille. Stewart and Wilde also appear as Mingling Brothers and Bacnum Bailey Circus stars perform under the big top. Crowds attend the night sequences as De Mille teases thrills.
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Philadelphia
Betty Hutton
Cecil B. de Mille
Jamen Stewart
Coenel Wilde
Uihers
Hollywood
Mise Hutton
Mingling Brothers
Bacnum and Bailey Circus
Ander
Diocese Created in Greensburg and Cathedral Saint Most Holy Sacrament
GREENSBURG Pa May 23 1 The new Catholic Diocese of Greensburg was formed as the cathedral church Most Holy Sacrament on North Main Street serves as the spiritual center of Western Pennsylvania’s oldest parishes. The Gothic church built from 1925 to 1926 cost 350000. the present structure is the fourth on the site. The parish began in 1847 under Benedictines from St Vincent Abbey Latrobe. The creation of the diocese surprised the Greensburg church community whose pastor Rev Gregory McAtee learned of it from newspapermen.
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Greensburg
Pennsylvania
Most Holy Sacrament Church
N. Main St
St. Vincent Abbey
Latrobe
Boniface Wimmer
St. Vincent
Gregory MnAttee
Mont Holy Sacrament
Father
Truckers End Pittsburgh Walkout After Strike Action
Nearly 2,800 truck drivers helpers and dockmen walked off in Pittsburgh disrupting freight as warehouses faced delays. AFL Local 249 President Thomas L. Fagan said the strike ended last night after negotiations with the Western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Association. About 100 companies were affected and talks extend to May 31.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas L. Fagan
AFL
General Teamsters
Thestrike
Western Pennsylvania Motor ‘Carriers Association
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