New Castle Chest Campaign Tops Goal in 1950 Drive
New Castle and vicinity reports its 1950 Community Chest drive surpassed the goal of 127600, totaling 127603 with pledges and outstanding promises. Homer D. Choate announces the success and A. H. Gonick thanks donors as 12 Red Feather agencies gain needed funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle and Vicinity
Homer D. Choate
Red Feather
A. H. Gonick
Community Chest
New Castle News
Local Community Chest
John R. Preston
Local Chest
Choate
Preston
Advanced Gifts
Johnson Bronze Veterans Hold Annual Reunion Dinner
Johnson Bronze Company veterans held their annual reunion dinner at the Cathedral with about 800 attendees. Griff Thomas gave a blessing before the meal as James M. Barrett chaired the evening. Salvatore Scarnati and Anthony Frank received 39 year service watches while other veterans earned pins for 25 years. President J. Preston Flaherty spoke to the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of the Johnson Bronze Company
Griff Thomas
James M. Barrett
Salvator Scarnati
Anthony Frank
Minnie Jeanette
Anthony Costa
Arch Cramer
Gayle Eagan
Charles Froello
Harry V. Gibson
Frank H. Kennedy
Arthur Lecomte
Anthony Thomas Marino
William Mitro
Ralph Paolone
Herman A. Reinhart
Walter J. Rhodes
Benjamin F. Taylor
J. Preston Flaherty
Buck Kept Republican Yardmaster Lands Seven-Point Buck
Charles E. Gee of 1019 Rose Avenue B and O yardmaster bagged a seven point buck just over the Butler County line Saturday morning. He previously shot a doe on the last day of the doe season at a nearby location. Local streams have fallen as temperatures stayed near freezing, with Shenango dropping about a foot and a half to nine feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Gee
Rose Avenue
Butler County
Mr. Gee
Shenango
Daily Weather Report Forecast For Snow Flurries And Cold
Cloudy and cold with snow flurries. Tonight remains cold with light snow likely. Tomorrow continues cold with intermittent snow. US weather stats show 24 hours to 9 am: high 35 low 25 precip 10 inches. River stage 9 feet. Sunday 9 am to 9 am: high 38 low 15 no precipitation.
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United States
Truman May Invoke Nationwide Price War Controls
The White House signaled President Truman could announce nationwide price and wage controls soon and declare a national emergency. Advisers and congressional leaders discussed the move as Early noted a radio address may explain the reasons and outline methods for applying such controls.
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Washington
INS
White House
Truman
Early
Chiang Kai-Shek Urges Invasion Permit and Asiatic Union
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek demanded permission for Nationalist troops to invade the Communist mainland and proposed a fighting Union of Asiatic nations including a rearmed Japan. He urged U S bombing of Red bases in Manchuria and China with conventional weapons but opposed atomic bombs. He claimed over 1.5 million guerrillas would join to free China and that Red forces in south China numbered about one million.
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Washington
INS
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Chiang
U. S
Manchuria
China
Far East
South
Nations seek Korean truce under 38th parallel plan
Thirteen Asiatic and Middle East states summoned at Lake Success to draft a UN resolution calling for a formal Korea truce and a halt to Chinese Communist forces at the 38th parallel. Indian leader Sir Bengal N. Rau announced the draft would be sent to the General Assembly, with no formal reply from Peiping yet reported.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Middle East
Korea
China
India
Sir Bengal N. Rau
United Nations General Assembly
Rau
Peiping
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
U. N
United Nations
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Rent Control Extension Moves Toward White House Today
Washington reports the House and Senate conference report extending Federal Rent Controls from December 31, 1950, to March 31, 1951. The Senate approved the plan and the House final action was expected. President Truman sought a three month extension for the incoming 82nd Congress to review conditions.
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Washington
INS
White House
House
House-Senate
Senate
Truman
82Nd
Congress
Pleads No Defense To Extortion Charge
Daniel Cohen a 57 year old city plumbing inspector was placed on probation for six months after pleading no defense to extortion. He faced 101 extortion attempts totaling 2300 dollars from West Philadelphia plumbing contractors and was fined 50 dollars by Judge Thomas Bluett. He was suspended as a Department of Health plumbing visa and indicted by a special Philadelphia grand jury probing municipal scandals.
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Philadelphia
INS
Daniel Cohen
Cohen
Department of Health
West Philadelphia
Thomas Bluett
Contract Awarded for Drake Well Museum Room 113
Harrisburg dispatch reports a $47 600 contract awarded by the state department of property and supplies to Clement Martin Inc of Pittsburgh for completion of Room 113 in the Drake Well Memorial Park museum building at Titusville.
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Harrisburg
State Department of Property and Supplies
Clement Martin, Inc
Pittsburgh
Drake Well Memorial Park
Titusville
First Clue In Dime Locker Murder Case
A Brooklyn dime locker murder inquiry yields first key tip from a traveler who saw a man place a brown Gladstone bag in a locker at 7 45 am on November 27. The victim's body was found December 5 in adjoining lockers, missing hands and teeth, with investigators focusing on a man about 40 in a gray hat and overcoat, details withheld.
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New York
INL
Brooklyn
New York Journal-American
Flatbush Avenue
Long Island Railroad
Journal-American
Driving Hazardous In Parts Of State
Heavy snow made driving hazardous in mountain areas and snow flurries snarled traffic in western Pennsylvania. Eastern counties may see four to five inches with ice on roads. western areas had an inch of snow and a slick coating. The Weather Bureau forecast cloudy, cold conditions with highs near 32 and low temperatures around 18 tonight. light snow possible tomorrow.
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International News Service
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Music Club Chorus Again Scores In The Messiah
The Music club in New Castle presented Handel's The Messiah to a capacity audience at the Cathedral auditorium. Mrs. William J. Caldwell led the 200 voice chorus with refined technique and emotional warmth. Notable solos came from Lucille Rauch, Elsa Strehler, Robert Topping, and Robert Oliver. The performance opened with And the glory of the Lord and featured Por Unto Us a Child Is Born with strong diction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Club
New Castle
William J. Caldwell
World Peace Proposal Sent to Soviet Politburo
A Paris drafted note by United States Great Britain and France proposes a four power meeting on all outstanding issues including demilitarization and unification of Germany. The move aims to place the world peace question before the Soviet politburo as part of a broader conference.
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John A. Reichmann
Paris
United States
Great Britain
France
Moscow
Germany
Acheson
London
Soviet Union
New Contract Reached At Local Plant
Contract negotiations between United Engineering and Foundry Co and Local 1671 International Association of Machinists concluded with a new wage scale retroactive to December 1 1950 and effective to February 28 1952. The 11 percent increase raises the hourly rate from 1.20 to 1.33 and from 1.91 to 2.12 for minimums with tops from 2.11 to 2.34, affecting ten labor grades.
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United Engineering and Foundry Company
International Association of Machinists
K. C. Gardner, Jr
Robert Douthitt
Howard B. Cummings
Charles Myler
Arsen Armond
Russell Kightlinger
Stan
Grim Fight Waved Over 30 Mile Route
Exhausted U S Marines and Army units arrive at the Hambhung Hangnam beachhead after a 30 mile fighting retreat from the Changjin reservoir area. Seventh Division and First Marine Division led a costly, grim defense against Chinese forces. Marines refuse to label it a retreat and vow not to abandon their dead or wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Kaplan
Hamhung
Korea
U. S
United Nations
Changjin Reservoir
Hambhung-Hangnam
Brooklyn
Marines Break Through Chinese Lines in Korea
The First Division faced at least 100000 Chinese troops during the Hagaru to Hungnam breakout on the east coast. A Marine spokesman said prisoners came from ten Chinese divisions, each over 10000 men, underscoring the scale of the clash. Next, a report from Pa notes Mrs. Martha Glover turning 102 with a quiet birthday at her Bellevue home after earlier family celebrations.
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Washington
INS
Marine Corps
Hagaru
Hungnam
Korea
Martha Glover
Rthday
Death notices for Nellie R. Lero and two others
Mrs. Nellie R. Lero age 48 of R. D. 1 Wampum dies. Mrs. George E. Harbison age 72 of 415 East avenue dies. Mrs. Edward W. Swan age 64 of 1820 West Washington street dies.
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Nellie R. Lero
R. D
Wampum
George E. Harbison
East Eee Avenue
Edward W. Swan
Washington Street
Marines Break Out of Chinese Trap at Hungnam Beachhead
U N forces launch a major aerial onslaught in northeast Korea as 20 000 Marines and soldiers complete a 13 day fighting retreat from the Hamhung Hungnam beachhead. UN troops dig in along new lines near Seoul while carrier planes attack Red Bear forces in the area.
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Seoul
U. S
United Nations
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Hamhung- Hungnam
U. S. Eighth Army
U.S. Navy
Red Bear
Hungnam
Ham
State Employees Holiday Schedule Adjusted
Harrisburg December 11. Commonwealth employes receive an extra half day off for Christmas with state offices closing at noon. Executive Board Secretary N. L. Wynard says some departments may assign workers on New Year’s Day as the 1951 General Assembly convenes January 2.
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Harrisburg
INS
N. L. Wynard
General Assembly
Gambler's Attorney Found Shot To Death
Sam Rummel a 52 year old attorney who represented gambler Mickey Cohen was found shot to death on the front steps of his Los Angeles home.
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Los Angeles
INS
Sam Rummel
Mickey Cohen
Arthur Mometer Seeks Warmth Amid Frigid Easement
A fragment notes Arthur Mometer, aged 34, amid winter winds and frost, with a cryptic reference to SP Os in sane awed at Satt ret, hinting at a solemn or curious local scene.
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Gen. MacArthur
Howard Handleman
Far Eastern
Tokyo
MacArthur
United Nations Supreme Commander
Edward M. Almond
Walton H. Walker
Seap
Haneda
United Nations Command
Johnson Bronze
Daily Weather Report
Pierre J. Huss
Drake Well Museum
Acme
North Korea
Taedong River
Pyongyang
Ed Hoffman
Dime Locker
Music Club Chorus
United Engineering and Foundry Plant
U.S
Hungnam Area
Lee Ferrero
I. N
Gambler
N.V
Arthur Mometer
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