Blairsville Horse Show Draws 1000 Plus Despite Darkness
Blairsville Circle D Riding Club show at Norman Bunlap Farm drew over 1,000 spectators. A sudden 3:30 p.m. blackout canceled entries in several classes and halted the jumper event. Winners included Barbie and colt, Memory and colt, Venus and colt, Nellie and Dan, with many riders from Blairsville Johnstown Vandergrift Latrobe and surrounding towns receiving top honors. A future larger event was announced for next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest
Lockard Gazetts
Blairsville
Circle D Riding Club
Norman Bunlap
Barbie
J C McGinity
NeUe
Dan
Glenn Dixon
Flairsville
E. D. Davis
Jackie Satterfield
Oth
Johnstown
Fred Alan
Buddy Haas
Vandergrift
Silver
Wallace Shearer
Mena Mae Silver
Soth
Saisburg
Alice Gelston
Torrance
Truman Veto Highlights Need for More Controls
Harrisburg dispatch Republican nominee John S. Fine says President Truman’s veto of anti-Communist measures shows the United States must tighten controls. He accuses the Truman administration of courting leftists and red diplomacy, claiming the veto proves Democrats thwarted efforts to expose Communists in government. Fine urges Pennsylvania to lead in countering underground Reds activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
John S. Fine
Truman
Fine
Pennsylvania
Reds
Attlee Thanks U S for Korea bombing sympathy note
Prime Minister Clement Attlee expressed gratitude for an American message of sympathy after the accidental bombing of British troops in Korea by U S planes. In a letter to U S Minister Julius C Holmes Attlee said mistakes happen and are tragic but part of inevitable operations.
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London
Clement Attlee
Korea
U. S
Julius C. Holmes
Attlee
Holmes
Tondon
Lewis Douglas
United States
28th Div Injured Are Compensated
CAMP ATTERBURY Indiana September 24 The Pennsylvania Railroad has paid $47 924 to 327 soldiers of the 38th Infantry Division for minor injuries or losses in the troop train wreck near Coshocton Ohio Settlements ranged from 10 to 1500 with claims crews expected to finish today No heavier claims have been settled Thirty three members of the division from the Wilkes Barre area were killed in the wreck
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
38Th Infantry Division
Coshocton
Ohio
R. W. Krumpine
PRR
Weavier
Wilkege Barre
Pvt Ramon L Brown Begins Training at Lackland Base
Pvt. Ramon L. Brown, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Brown of Clymer Pennsylvania, has begun indoctrination training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas known as The Gateway to the Air Force. He will receive military preparatory schooling and undergo vocational aptitude testing and counseling to determine a suitable technical assignment after completing the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramon L. Brown
Harry A. Brown
Clymer, Penna
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force
San Antonio
Texas
Lackland
Gateway Base
Presbytery Plans Session on Camp Site Oct 8 1950
The Presbytery of Kittanning calls a pro forma session on Tuesday October 8 1950 at 2 PM to examine a proposed camp site and decide on leasing or purchasing. The meeting will be at the camp site ten miles off Alternate Route 66 along Brick Church Road. Attendees coming via Apollo should stop at the church and those via Ford City at Applecury Manor Church or Roach and Rey Bair.
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Presbytery
Kittanning
Apollo
Ford City
Applecury Manor
Roach
Rey Bair
Minor Collision Reported At Sixth Street Intersection
A minor collision occurred Saturday at the corner of Sixth Street and Gompers alley in town. The crash involved a car driven by George Yonosivk and a truck operated by William Russell Crago. no injuries were reported and damage was estimated at 84 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Street
Gompers Alley
Daves
George Yonosivk
Hamer City RD
William Russell Crago
Marion Center
Smoke-Out Darkens Area Across Western Pennsylvania
Observers reported sky colors from pale yellow to aquamarine and lavender as smoke blanketed western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh and Erie fields hosted night games under lights. flights and roads slowed. In Korea, Allied forces pushed along the road toward Seoul with ground action around Osan and Taejon, retaking equipment and advancing toward Taegu.
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Lock Haven
Pittsburgh
Forbes Field
Erie
Erie Veterans
Airlines
Pennsylvania
Harmarville
New Kensington
Seoul
Seventh Division
Suwon
Osan
Taejon Sn
Heartbreak Highway
Taegu
24Th Digieioi
Kunchun
Targus
Comeminist
Ninth Division
Theater Passes For Men Drafted
Palace Garden Drive In Theater mailed free passes to 56 Indiana men drafted under Selective Service who depart Friday for induction. Passes allow admission to any performance this week at the south Route 119 venue.
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Palace Garden
Towd
Route 119
Indiana
Indu
Pope Urges Solid Front Against Communism in Exhortation
Pope Pius XII issued an exhortation to Catholic clergy urging a firm united front against Communism during the Holy Year. He called for greater sanctity, discipline, and social concern, arguing the church must oppose Marxist aims while aiding the poor and preserving human dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaticaw City
Pius
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
Christ
Jesus Christ
Communists blocking main north route as 24th Division attacks
The Communists are ordered to hold the main north corridor to slow Red Korean divisions in the South. Maj. Gen Frank W. Milburn says they may encounter the Ninth Division and would rather destroy them here. Meanwhile First Cavalry armored patrols sweep north with little resistance, reaching Chongju, and the 24th Division advances toward Taegu, Chochiwon, and Kumcheon along the Taegu Seoul highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth
Frank W. Milburn
Cavary
Chongju
Taegu
Chochiwon
Taegu-Seoul
Kumehon
Yugoslav Proposal Aims to Strengthen UN Peace Effort
Continuation from page one notes Yugoslavs seek peaceful settlement ideas and urge UN action. The text mentions Secretary of State Acheson proposing a broad plan to back UN decisions with standby military forces and a united peace patrol, reflecting pressure to curb aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nation
State Acheson
U.N. Descisions
Nhsabe
Cope
Green Pastures Meet at Creekside in Indiana County
The Indiana County PMA held its second annual Green Pastures meeting and dinner at Creek side Grange Hall on Friday September 22 with 103 attendees. Clyde Zehner and Albert Smith led the state and county committees. a program featured songs, readings, and a Green Pastures contest with awards to Hastings Beers and McConaughey.
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Indiana County Production and Marketing Administration
Creekside Grange Hall
PMA
Clyde A. Zehner
Harrisburg
Albert Smith
Union City
Counsery
Dale Sprankle
C. C. MefMeaters
R. P. Winebark
The
Soil Conservation Service
W. S. Wetzel
Allan Snyder
Carl Catteral
William Cochrane
Extension Service
Murray Peeler
America
Maurice Bothell
Gaye Reed
Raymond Hoch
Mr. Winebark
Raymond Winebark
John Nesbit
Crackside
O. B. Washington
Harry Altman
Marion Center
Wildcats
A. H. Wiggins
Ada Mee Wensel
Creekside
Shelo
Reader's Digest
United States
Mr. Smith
Sprankle
Featers
Ndlann County
McManters
Clyde Zehner
John Hastings
Marton Canter
Truby 3
Beers
Clarksburg
Clyde McConaughey
Hastings
Joe ‘Moore
Agricultural Conservation
Earl Steffy
Vo-Ag
Future Farmers of America
Marion Center High School
Mr. Zehner
J. Zehner
Zehner
Indiana County
G. I
Creekside Grange
Battle for Seoul Pivots on Red Push to Capital
Allied forces report sharp advances along the southeastern front from Yongdok to Chinju as Reds press toward Seoul. U S Seventh Division infantry, Marines, and airborne units artilleried and assaulted South Mountain and city defenses while fresh Korean and U.S. reinforcements landed near Kimpo and Inchon to join the fight for the capital.
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Yongdok
Sea of Japan
Chinju
Seoul
U. S
Seoul- Suwon
South Mountain
Lewis
Chesty
Kimpo
Surfield
Japan
United States
Inchon
Marine First
Tong Mak Sang
Seoul Army Barracks
Maries
Congress Leaves Stack of Work for New Session
Congress adjourns leaving major actions: government registration of Communist groups and internment provisions. Next Sunday income tax withholdings rise about 20 percent, boosting revenue by roughly 4.7 billion dollars yearly. House Ways and Means plans hearings November 15 on another tax hike including an excess profits tax. Estimates project 4 to 6 billion dollars annually. Hearings aim for five days, bill ready when Congress reconvenes November 27. Coal, clothing and textile notes accompany the dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Truman
House Ways and Means Committee
William George Quick obituary in New Alexandria area
Obituary notices for William George Quick of New Alexandria R D 1 died Sunday September 24 at 1 30 p m born November 22 1888 in Tunnelton son of James and Jane Meara Quick funeral at New Alexandria Methodist Church Wednesday September 27 at 2 30 p m interment Edgewood Cemetery Saltsburg friends to call at the family home surviving wife Peace Quick two sons Claire Quick Saltsburg R D and James Quick New Florence eight daughters plus numerous grandchildren and siblings also noted are other obituaries and memorial details for Nancy Fyock Markle Roy Parham Lester Carlson Michael George Yatzkan Marie Hetrick and Marie Van Dusen with service and burial details and family connections.
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William George Quick
New Alexandria
R. D
Quick
Tunnelton
James
Jane Meara Quick
Morris Shields
New Alexandria Methodist Church
Edgewood Cemetery
Saltsburg
Margaret Murphy
Maude Merichko
Rose Quick
Edward Quick
McArthur
Ballabure
Fils
Willie Quick
Saliaburg
Robert Quick Apollo
Boyd Quick
Albert
Greensburg
Martha Johnston
New Kensington
Nancy Fyock Markle
David M
Julia Ann Fyock
Cherryhill Township
Indiana Memorial Hospital
Markle
John Edward Markle
Jay A
Martha) Salsgiver
John Robert Markle
Johny Edward Markle
Fatricia Anne Markle
Spear Fyock
Homer City
R. BD
John
Etta) Gibson
Elmer E
Laura) Short
Indiana
BR. D
J. Carl
Agnes) Williams
Elderton
Annis Fyock
Markles
Plum Creek
Lester Howard Carlson
Chestnut Street
Blairsville
Aspinwall Veterans Hospital
Wilmette
Grant
U. S
England
Helen Torsha Carlson
Alice
John Howard
Linda Carlson
Charles E
Myrtle Warner
Skokle
Ferguson Funeral Home
Blairsvile
John Hemp
Blairsville Cemetery
Michael George Yatzkanic
Eighth Street
Sagamore
Austria
Mary Tyan
Bitumen
Sacred Heart Church of
Holy Name Society
Jeduata Lodge
Mary
Andy Beck
Braddock
Joe
Kane
Andrew
Pittsburgh
Knisher O Youngwod
James Pallegry Iy
Plum
Wily
Mike
Sagemore
Marie Knupie
Saysiiss
Frank
Cleveland
Stava
Saganore
Ansty
Anna Yalzkou
Kreck
Sacred Heart Church
Cyril Vogel
Calvary Cemetery
Punxsutawney
Bowser Funeral Home
Plumville
Rescuers Read 16 By Chute Rescue Findings
Rescuers tracked a missing air craft as 16 survivors were found near a desert area after an extended air search. The crash occurred near Goose Bay and Tucson with no medical supplies requested, officials noting no one was seriously hurt.
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Gtan
Uto
Labrador
Arizuns
Seorea
Cangolan
Amerlean
Air Force
Goose Bay
Tucson
Public Help Sought for Canalization Project Plan
About 50 attendees backed a canalization survey with Captain D Wright of St Louis named honorary president, Dr Robert McAfee of Oil City as vice president and treasurer, and James Fraritz of Warren re elected secretary. The meeting aimed to persuade Washington officials that the river project is economically justified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hey
D. “ Wright
St Louis
Robert McAfee
Oil City
James Fraritz
Warren
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Bleaersville
Big Red
William A. Lipsie
Robert McManus
Darrel’ Dean
Paul Dunlap
Blairs‘ville
Herman George
Ellis Duke
Norman Dunlap
Courth
Honey” Ellis Duke
Nornan Dunlap
Mirs
Buddy Haga
Gar
Ray Murphy
Susan Brown
Lee Rittenhouse
Ritler
William Weiser
George Jellison
Tony
Joe Zeigler
Der
Boots
Ruth Barnhart
Derry
Meng
Charles Vachal
Latrobe
Golden Boy
Herman Georg
Kithanning
Patty
John McGinity
John MecGinity
O. Blairsville
Mary Lou
G. A
Malcolm Dunley
Charles Vacha
Phyllis Satterfield
Majoro William = Welser
Thud
Venus
John McGinnis
Pan Barnhart
Mona Mae Silver
Salisburg
Blairaville
Lockard
Pope
Marine Fifth
Han
Thhe
Brtefly
Toy
Government Center
University
Duk Soo Palace
Coal Consumers
Chicago
ISF
Cone
Boston
Roy Parham
Waples Funeral Home
East Liberty
Roy E. Parham
Christian Church
Marie Hetrick
Harry, C. van Duser
Graduate University Hospital
Philadelphia
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Harribburg
Jane
New York
Hollywood
Calif
Helen H
Wm. Rees
Robernson's
Bop
Vicon
RW. Baus
ARROW
Cit
Seid
Whiasing
AREQW
Moorhead
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