Hungary Frees Edgar Sanders From Prison
English businessman Edgar Sanders was released from a Hungarian prison after more than three years on espionage charges. He crossed the border at Nickelsdorf near Vienna and was returned to western freedom with Italian Vincenzo Sciotto. A British Foreign Office spokesman said the release paves the way for lifting the British embargo on trade with Hungary.
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Vienna
INS
Edgar Sanders
Sanders
Robert A. Vogeler
Nickelsdorf
Vincenzo Sciotto
Sciotto
London
Hungary
Vogeler
Woen
Standard ‘Ectric
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
U Se
United Press Telephoto
Budapest
Robert Vogeler
De-slicking project on East Brook street underway
Alfred A. Martin county highway superintendent announces road work at the city line to reduce accidents and slow traffic. Nighttime temperatures dropped to the forties, affecting rural areas most. Annual school bus inspections are underway with state police approving buses in Lawrence County. A white safety car drew attention by announcing a missing girl and a paint job near South Mill street bridge created a ghostly view. New Castle's representation in armed services includes several young ladies in uniform visiting from leaves.
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East Brook Street
Alfred A. Martin
Lawrence County
Douglas Urges Changes to End National Strikes
Sen. Paul Douglas urged Congress to revise the Taft Hartley Act to provide a quicker, more effective method to avert or end national emergency strikes. He called for faster National Labor Relations Board handling and restoration of pre hearing elections in union representation cases to avoid delayed justice.
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Washington
INS
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
Paul Douglas
Douglas
Illinois
Congressional
National Labor Relations Board
Daily Weather Report Forecast Summary
Fair today with high 72 to 76 and little or no rain. Wednesday will be fair and warmer in the afternoon. The 24 hour period ends at 9 am shows max 75 and min 42 with no precipitation. River stage at 5.1 feet. Year ago records show max 82 min 56 and traces of precipitation.
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United States
Eight Youths Nabbed in Auto Dynamiting
Beach Haven New Jersey August 18 eight teenagers sons of prominent residents were arrested for dynamiting a 15 year old automobile. State Trooper Robert Giberson said the boys chased the car at the start of the summer for 30 dollars and bought 10 sticks of dynamite for a spectacular finish.
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Beach Haven
N. v
Robert Giberson
Tuckerton Barracks
1000 Delegates to Attend Youth Fellowship Convention in New Wilmington
More than 1000 delegates arrive for the 55th annual National Youth Fellowship Convention of the United Presbyterian Church at Westminster College New Wilmington. The six day program includes Bible hour, classes, crafts, field trips to Sharon Steel and Shenango Pottery, and a closing communion on August 24 1948.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
United Presbyterian Church
Thomas R. Sarver
Wallace Jamison
Harold E. Barry
Brittain Lake
Synod of the West
National Youth Council of the
U. P. Church
Memorial Field House
Mr. Sarver
Robert Kempes
Sharon Steel Corp
Shenango Pottery
Extra Session Not Necessary Adams Believes
Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams said a special session to address the national debt limit may be avoided though a tight fight to keep spending under the 275 billion ceiling looms. He offered a wild guess that this year's actual spending could run 5 to 10 billion below Congress's figure.
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Denver
INS
White House
Congress
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Adams
Mutual
Mr. Eisen
Ohio milk man fights Pennsylvania price control
Temple McAllister, operator of 31 Ohio stores, opened a Meadville milk shop selling a quart for 17 cents, seven cents below the Pennsylvania Milk Commission minimum. The Commission obtained a Dauphin county injunction to halt the sale, and McAllister pledged to fight it saying the commission has no right to fix milk prices.
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Meadville
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Milk Commission
Temple McAllister
Dauphin County
McAllister
Alleged Alabama Murderer Nabbed in Reading
Jesse Jones of Reading was seized at Birdsboro by FBI agents on murder flight charges. Indicted in Russell County, Alabama in April 1952, he arrived in Reading ten days earlier.
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Reading
Jesse Jones
Birdsboro
FBI
Alabama
Ray J. Abbaticchio, Jr
Philadelphia
Russell County
Ala
Rothschild to Reply as Accuser Links Wife to Communists
Government bookbinder Edward M. Rothschild faced a chance to answer charges of communism as Sen. McCarthy's subcommittee probed alleged espionage in the Government Printing Office. A witness named Rothschild and his wife Esther as party members while claims of a stolen classified document surfaced, with Rothschild denying involvement.
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Washington
INS
Edward M. Rothschild
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Government Printing Office
Rothschild
GPO
Esther
Communist Party
James Phillips
McCarthy
Phillips
Frederick Sillers, Jr
Sillers
House Committee On un-American Activities
What Is Taxable What Is Exempt State List Of Taxable Items
The state revenue department outlines that many border line taxable-exempt items may change after the sales tax takes effect September 1. It lists exempt foods such as baby foods and dairy products, and taxable items like animal foods and sweet confections, with continued details on the next page.
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State Revenue Department
Harrisburg
State Revenue
Otto F. Messner
State College reports June Pennsylvania business index up
State College Bureau of Business research says June business activity in Pennsylvania rose 20 percent from a year earlier with the index at 387 barely shy of April’s peak. Bank debits hit an all time high, while life insurance sales, steel production, postal receipts and telephone service also set records. Retail food costs were 3 percent lower than a year ago and consumer prices overall fell 0.2 percent.
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State College
State College Bureau of Business Research Today
Pennsylvania
GM seeks Kaiser Willow Run site after Livonia fire
GM officials said they are negotiating to buy 1.5 million square feet at Kaiser Motors Willow Run plant for automatic transmissions after Livonia plant fire. The blaze killed four and electrocuted two workers guiding a crane, Detroit men Walter Smith and George Trombley.
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Detroit
General Motor
Kaiser Motors Corps
Willow Run
Mich
Livonia
Harlow Curtice
General Motors
Edgar F. Kaiser
Kaiser
Air Force
Walter E. Smith
George Trombley
Fire crews quell small blaze at General Detroit Corp
Chicago firemen battled a minor fire at the General Detroit Corp plant, a maker of fire extinguishers, and left with a lighthearted mood.
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Chicago
General Detroit Corp
Draftees to report Thursday for Pittsburgh induction
Eighteen young men from the city and county are summoned by boards 87 and 86 for Thursday 6 45 am staging at the P and L E station in the Seventh ward. They will depart for Pittsburgh for induction and training camp, with names and addresses listed for both boards.
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Fighteen
P. and L.E
Seventh Ward
Pittsburgh
Paul M. Higgins
Mercer St
M. C
William A. Aoe
Boyles Ave
N. C
David Bakerr
Northview Ave
Edward L. Rizika
Clen Moore
William R Brinton
R. D
Kings Chapel Rd
New Castle
Romeo Louis Sperdute
Englishwoman Ann Davison Seeks Return Cruise
Mrs Ann Davison a 38 year old Englishwoman who crossed the Atlantic to Miami in a 23 foot sailboat said today she expects to return to England in late October. I am not that crazy she added.
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Miami
INS
Ann Davison
Atlantic
England
Death Record Notices From August 18 1953
Death notices list Mary Blair Hughes 26 of Allison Park Pittsburgh. John Fred Baun 79 of Petersburg. Alice Snodgrass 87 of 1606 West Washington Street. Mrs William Jaynes 37 of 12122 South Mill Street. William F Berger 75 of 25 Mercer Street.
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Mary Blair Hughes
Allison Park
Pittsburgh
John Fred Baun
Petersburg
Alice Snodgrass
West Washington Street
William Jaynes
South Mill Street
William F. Berger
Mercer Street
Schedule Meeting in Brewery Strike
CIO leaders scheduled an afternoon meeting with brewery officials in Pittsburgh to push for higher wages for about 2000 workers. The union rejected a 20 cent hourly raise spread over two years and urged renewed negotiations while continuing to work. The contract expired August 1 and was extended 15 days.
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Pittsburgh
INS
CIO
225th Field Artillery Unit To Reform Here
The 225th Field Artillery Unit will reform at Cunningham Armory in New Castle. Brigadier General Henry Flack joined Capt. Ellwood Goodfellow and Lt. Charles D. Sands to outline the reorganization as former 28th Division officers return to service. Meetings for former members to qualify take place at Cunningham Armory on Wednesday and Thursday nights.
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229Th Field Artillery
Cunningham
New Castle
Ellwood Goodfellow
Charles D. Sands
Henry Flack
28Th Division
229Th
Cunningham Armory
Goodfellow
Lt. Sands
Cubellis Acting Police Chief During Bayle Vacation
Police Captain Nick Cubellis serves as acting chief for two weeks while Chief Thomas J. Bayle takes a vacation. The arrangement places Cubellis in top command during the interim and directs routine city police operations.
Hold on to officers seen as bargaining pawns in Korea
The army says Communist forces plan to keep most U.S. commissioned officers as prisoners in Korea with Maj. Gen. William F. Dean likely among the last exchanged. Of 1,150 Americans freed at Panmunjom, only seven were commissioned officers. about 200 more officers are believed held. The Reds list 187 officers as captives and expect to trade them as valuable hostages in any deal.
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Washington
INS
Army Adjutant General’s Office
U. S
Korea
Army
William F. Dean
Panmunjom
Dean
Pentagon
PME Protests Toll Increase On Delaware River Bridge
The Pennsylvania Motor Federation protested toll hikes on the Philadelphia Camden Delaware River bridge at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing. PMF-AAA, represented by Harold R. Prowell, argued revenue funds go to salaries and mid west freight outreach, not highway maintenance.
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Camden
N. J
INS
Pennsylvania Motor Federation
Delaware River
Delaware River Port Authority
Pmf-Aaa
Harold R. Prowell
Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia-Camden Bridge
Prowell
Philadelphia
Mid-West
Edward J. Flynn Dies in Ireland
Edward J. Flynn former Democratic National Chairman died in Ireland, announced by John J. Sullivan of the Bronx Democratic county committee. The spokesman said no further details were available.
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New York
INS
John J. Sullivan
Bronx
Democratic County Committee
Ireland
Edward J. Flynn
Sullivan
Induction of High School Football Candidates Opens Season
The piece notes hopefuls for the upcoming high school football grid squad, aiming for starting roles as the season nears. It describes the transition from off season to practice, with the writer in the press box observing warming weather and the team’s anticipation.
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