Authority For Bonds Sale To Be Sought
A special Potomac Edison board meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel reviewed 1950 earnings and a fixed capital plan for 1951 1952. It outlined raising funds via issuing 10 million dollars in first mortgage bonds and 4 million dollars in stock to West Penn Electric, with regulatory approvals sought and a March 1 follow up meeting set.
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Potomac Edison Company
Francis Scott Key Hotel
R Paul Smith
Potomac Edison System
Albright
West Virginia
Monongahela Power Company
Smith
Ite
West Penn Electric Company
Howard M. Smith
R. Paul Smith
Robert L. Smith
Glenn T. Swisher
Asa H. Watkins
B. A. Winebroner
E.W. van Fossen
Michaelis Nominated for Brigadier General in Korea War
Washington February 19 Colonel John Mike Michaelis leader of the famed 27th Wolfhound Regiment in Korea was nominated for temporary promotion to brigadier general by President Truman who sent the nomination to the Senate This marks the second promotion for Michaelis since July when he commanded the regiment in Korea He had been elevated to brigadier likely after a battlefield promotion to fill colonel on August 4 and earned the Distinguished Service Cross in September His unit was called the Sth Army fire brigade rushing to the fiercest battles He hails from Teaneas ter Pa
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Washington
John ‘Mike
Michaelis
Teaneaster
UN survey shows China took 41.4% farm revenue from peasants
The United Nations report on Chinese conditions notes 41.4 percent of 1980 state revenue came from peasant farm products, with 34.8 percent for military spending. It details taxes by peasant class, shifts in budget policy since 1950, centralized distribution, agrarian reform, and Manchuria production limits under Communist rule.
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United Nations
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Central People’s Government
People's Republic of China
Licker
Peiping
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Manchuria
Japan
Manchurian
Major Shift Of Short Haul Mail Is Due
Washington Feb 19 The Post Office Department announced a major shift of short haul mail from railroads to highway truckers under contract. Assistant Postmaster General John M. Redding said the change, the most important in postal transportation policy since our mail, will begin in a few weeks. The plan covers distances of 200 miles or less and aims to reduce Government transportation costs from about 100,000,000 annually. Bidding will occur at hubs including Chicago St Louis Boston Indianapolis Pittsburgh Philadelphia Harrisburg New York Cincinnati Birmingham and Seattle.
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Post Office Department
John M. Redding
Redding
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
Indianapoli
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Harriburg
New York City
Cincinnat
Birmingham
Ala
Seattle
Wash
Capitol Building
Washington, D. C
Weather Records from Washington 1947 Report
Weather Bureau report lists temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending at p.m. The fragment also notes John Sieward Pavke wrote Home Street Home in Paris in 1822.
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Weather Records
Washington
Weather Bureau
John Sieward Pavke
Steeet
Paris
Soldier's Gripe Removed From Congressional Record
A Korean War letter criticizing sending untrained youths into combat was read by Rep. Tackett in the House and then withdrawn. The letter, from an Arkansas National Guardsman serving as a master sergeant in Korea, complained about trained regulars remaining in the U.S. and was not identified.
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Washington
Korea
House
Tackett
D-Ark
Arkansas National
Doan's Pills claim kidney relief through diuretic help
The ad text markets Tre Dean's Pills and Sloan's Pills as remedies for kidney discomfort including backache, dizziness, and frequent passages. It touts decades of use and urges readers to try these diuretic products to flush waste from kidney tubes, claiming relief from stress related and dietary kidney issues.
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Tre Dean
Miillcen
Flint
Doan
Sloan’s
Lawmaker fears remarks could aid enemy in withdraw request
After Rep Cox warned his remarks might headline the Russian press Tackett sought permission to withdraw the fetter. He explained he feared the remarks could be of some service to the enemy. A side note mentions a five foot salamander in Japan per Britannica.
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Cox
D-Ga
Tackett
Japan
Western powers press for armament talks with Soviet bloc
Paris reports say Western notes to Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky call for discussing armament of East European satellites and Germany at a Big Four meeting. Prague sources claim a Soviet attack on Yugoslavia is planned for April 15. Vlado Clementis is said to carry warnings to Tito. Western concern centers on Bulgaria Hungary and Romania. Tito places estimate satellite forces at 660000 men.
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Paris
Russia
Germany
Andrej Vishinsky
Moscow
Soviet Bloc
Yugoslavia
National Committee of Free Czechoslovakia
Vlado Clementis
Czechoslovakia
Tito
Prague
Clementis
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Marshal Tito
Yugoslav Review Calls Soviet Satellites Key in Europe
The Yugoslav periodical Review of International Affairs in Belgrade brands the Soviet satellites as essential links in Europe’s armed expansion chain led by the USSR, saying their armed forces must be discussed at any big four meeting. It notes Russia first proposed a Big Four disarmament talk on Western Germany only.
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Review of International Affairs
Belgrade
Europe
Germany
Russia
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