Hiss Indicted for Perjury on Two Counts
A federal grand jury in New York indicted former State Department official Alger Hiss on two counts of perjury for denying giving State Department papers to Whitaker Chambers. Hiss, head of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, faces up to five years and a $2000 fine per count if convicted. The indictment follows earlier House Un-American Activities Committee charges. Hiss said his testimony was truthful and aides expect arraignment soon. The jury will hand unfinished details to a new grand jury.
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NEW YORK
Alger Hiss
State department
Hiss
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Whittaker Chambers
Chamber
Tim magazine
th House
Biss
Rep
Mundt
R-SD
Nixon
U. S
JOHN F. McGohey
McGahey
Mable
Federal grand jury
willwiy
Priscilla
Chambers
Norden Bomb Sight Stolen by Red Spies In 1938
Washington December 15 House investigators dig into a report that a civilian employee at Aberdeen proving ground stole Norden bomb sight secrets for the Russians in 1938. The HUE committee aims to question the man soon amid broader charges of military information leaks and possible Communist influence in the State Department.
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Probers
WASHINGTON
House
Army
Army proving ground
Aberdeen
Hotean-American activities committee
Rep. Mundt
R-SD
Mundt
State department
Eastern Pennsylvania Weather Update
Occasional rain and rising temperatures today across eastern Pennsylvania. Tomorrow, cloudy with rain likely and little temperature change.
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Pennsylvania
Plane Crash Fatal to 30 in Colombia
A DC3 operated by Lansa Airlines crashed about 25 miles west of Bogota killing all 30 aboard. Among the dead were two British Shell Petroleum engineers. most passengers were Colombian. Witnesses said foggy conditions caused the aircraft to strike a hill and burst into flames. wreckage and mangled bodies scattered over a wide area.
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BARRANQUILLA
Colombia
Lansa Airlines
Bogota
Shell Petroleum company
Chiang Kai-shek urged to resign in China crisis
Reports say Chiang Kai-shek's close friends urged him to quit or step down temporarily as dire fronts northern China and Nanking persist. Separate peace talks are cited as possible, with Madame Chiang seeking more U.S. aid and Li Tsungjen considered ready to take over with full powers if needed.
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NANKING
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Peiping
Chiang
Chins
Washington
U.S
LI - TSUNG- JEN
U. S
Rose Bush Blooms Beneath Icy Downed Oaks
Mrs. Robert A. Valentine in Douglassville reports a small pink rose bush on her south lawn blooming amid yesterday’s ice. She picked three blossoms, brought them indoors, dusted off the ice, and placed them in water to revive them.
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Robert A. Valentine
Douglassville
Ice storm knocks out power and stalls traffic in Pottstown area
Rain and freezing ice lashed the Pottstown region with trees and lines down, leaving about 500 without power. Towns including Kenilworth and Pughtown suffered outages as repair crews lagged behind calls. Bell and PECO officials noted rural line outages and warned of ongoing repairs at dawn. Delays affected numerous streets while state crews cleared hazards in Montgomery, Berks and Chester counties.
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Pottstown
Charles S. Ling
Reading bureau
WALTER FOLEY
Philadelphia Electric “company
Kenilworth
Pughtown
Coventryville
Collegeville
Trappe
Glasgow
Vocalists Included On Band Program
One hundred twenty five vocalists and instrumentalists will take part in the annual Christmas concert by the Pottstown band in the Junior High auditorium Sunday at 2 30. Director William F Lamb Jr said the stage will be extended for the large group including the band chorus the Meistersingers under Mrs Norman Leppard and the Senior High choir led by Mrs William F Lamb Jr The program features Christmas music including The Night Before Christmas arranged by Fred Waring White Christmas and Santa Claus Is Coming to Town sung by chorus and band Miss Preda Schindler contralto soloist will also perform a Christmas carols selection O C Beacraft will preside as master of ceremonies.
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Pottstown
William F. Lamb Jr
Meistersingers
Norman Leppard
Fred Waring
Santa Claus
Preda Schindler
O. C. Beacraft
West Pottsgrove to clamp sewer digging fees
West Pottsgrove commissioners moved to enforce a new ordinance charging 35 cents per square foot on dirt roads and a lower rate on macadam roads for sewer digs. The measure, part of a move ordinance, replaces the old 50 cent full permit fee amid widespread sewer placements. The board also approved a second 10 cent hourly pay boost for four to eight workers, lifting wages to 1.05 dollars per hour for the road master.
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West Pottsgrove
Russell Yost
Hearings Open as Phone Rate Hike Sparks Debate
Spirited hearings begin on a $25 million telephone rate proposal in Harrisburg with Bell Telephone claiming necessity while opponents call it extortionate. The PUC suspended the rate increase to July 21 1949 pending inquiry affecting about 1.7 million subscribers. Anne X. Alpern cites Pittsburgh users facing a 32 percent rise versus the company’s 16.2 percent claim.
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HARRISBURG
Bell Telephone company of
Pennsylvania
Public Utility commission
PUC
Anne X. Alpern
Pittsburgh
Christmas Gift Ad Highlights and Local Notices
Dr Sheppard will be out of town from Saturday noon to Monday morning. Andre Jeweler at 6 High St offers Christmas gifts. Reitenauer's features Erector Sets with motors. Store evenings 7 to 8 open. Hatfield and Shaner at 1 High. Dot and Bills social party tonight opposite Saratoga inn 7 3 o'clock. Electric Clocks and Kone Jewelry Store for trees wreaths lights decorations. Lester R Daub 14 South Hanover chairs glued repaired refinished. Tosher Farmington Ave phone 7738 J dresser Bets Stone's Jewelry Store. Female Boxer puppy four months 27188 or Linfield 3843 after 6 PM. Look for Food Specials Hartenstine's Market Ad Page 13. Big Values Heat in Winter Cool in Summer.
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Dr. Sheppard
Andre
High St
Reitenauer’s
Hatfield & Shaner
Dot
Bill
Saratoga inn
Kone
Lester R. Daub
South Hanover
Tosher
Farmington ave
Dresser
Stone's
Linfield
Hartenstine’s Market
Coral Shop
N. Charlotte St
Lee Dearo
Fire Extinguisher Saves Printing Shop Fire
Sparks from burning paper near a coal stove ignited oil on the floor at Smale's printery on Charlotte and Wilson streets. Firemen arrived at 12 40 and, with dew gas extinguishers, doused the flames in 29 minutes. no damage due to quick actions by shop employees.
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Smale’s
Charlotte
Wilson streets
Philadelphia Steam Fire Engine company
Empire Oak and Ladder company
Phillies
Walter H. Greff
Grom
Councilmanic Protest Sent to PUC Over Rate Hikes
A Harrisburg three day PUC hearing addressed protests against Bell Telephone rate increases. Council resolutions passed Monday oppose both Bell Telephone and Porta Town Rapid Transit fare hikes. PRT fare boosts take effect January 1 while Bell tariffs were postponed from January 21 to July 21.
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Bell Telephone company
Pennsylvania Public Utility commission
Harrisburg
PUC
council
Portatown Rapid Transit company
telephone company
Extortionate increases questioned in utility hearing
At the hearing, a client argued a rate hike is needed to deliver public service quality while a commission counsel pressed for justification. The exchange touched on pricing and service expectations amid a discussion of assorted business ads and local stores.
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Bell
Youth is Freed in Man's Death in Coroner's Jury
A coroner's jury cleared Richard Jones, 17, and Abe Frankenfield, the truck operator, in the death of Robert F. Kepler 67, of Schwenkyille, who died three days after an accident on Swamp Pike near Route 662 in New Hanover township. Kepler, an employee of the Montgomery County Highway Department, was fatally struck as workers prepared to quit. Jones was driving west when his car grazed the truck, leading to Kepler's fall from the vehicle. A red warning flag had been...
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Pottstown
Robert F. Kepler
Schwenkyille
Kepler
Montgomery County
Swamp pike
New Manover township
Richard Jones
Gilbertsville
Norristown
Jones
Abe Frankenfield Limerick
highway dept
Statie
Raymond Miller
Collegeville
Dakett
Prankenfield
Miller
Parking Tickets Deck the Hall at City Court
In Stave Connecticut a city court office displays a Christmas tree festooned with parking tickets as ornaments. The unusual decoration features paid up tickets and Santa Claus figures, creating a festive scene amid the holiday season.
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STAVE
Conn
Priest Speaks 20 Languages Learned by Comparative Philology
The Rev. William S. Buesser, rector of St. Marys in Delphi near Schwenksville, can speak and understand more than 20 languages. He has heard confessions in 11 languages in one day and will hear confessions Saturday at St. Aloysius in Philadelphia area. He studied philology at St. Charles seminary from 1906 to 1913 and asserts word roots laws apply to about 120 Indo European languages.
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William S. Buesser
St. Marys Catholic church
Delphi
Schwenkville
Pennsylvania
Baeesser
St. Aloysiuus Catholic
Buesser
St. Charles seminary
Overdroox
Christmas Tree Sales and Local Shop Specials Ad
Local listings show Simmons and Hatfield & Shaner offering Christmas trees at Hwy Mkt, Lomberdo’s car lot open evenings 7 to 9. Jewelers and stores on High and North Charlotte streets promote holiday wares including rings, silver holloware, cookies, baskets, and diamonds. Good Will dance announces weekend event.
Big expansion and repair projects drain borough revenue
The borough ends the year in the red for the first time since 1943, facing a deficit near 10,090 dollars. Major costs include a 35,000 yearly garbage contract, extensive road work for new housing, miles of sewer lines, heavy snow removal, and higher than expected material prices. Despite a 14 mill real estate tax, officials seek to prevent a 1949 tax hike amid large highway and street costs. The record notes 25,000 in housing-area road work, 15,000 for patching, 90,000 in highway work, and other high street light expenses.
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Pottstown
highway department
Area Man to Wed Chinese Girl in East-West Marriage
Former Army man John Leatherman will wed Grace Lu of Kunming China in Collegeville tonight. The ceremony at the Leatherman home on Collegeville Road features Daniel Jones as best man and Mary Leatherman as bridesmaid. Leatherman met his fiancée during 31 months in China with the Army Medical Corps. Miss Lu was a nurse in Nanking. The bridegroom’s sister is Mary Leatherman. The other team will enter Gettysburg College in September as a freshman in pre medical studies.
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Pottstown
Collegeville
John Leatherman
Grace Lu
Kunming
China
Leatherman
Colegeville RD
Arthur Ohl
Daniel Jones
Mary Leatherman
Army Medical corps
Miss Tu
Nanking
Gettysburo college
Local Figures In Odd Morning Social Parlor Scene
Collections of names such as Ronnie Albright, Dick Albright, Grover Webber, Dr Earl Manning, Millard, Kenneth Fleischmann, Irene Harbach, Mrs Mauree, Beity Guardians, Lucy Noul are depicted in a fragmented morning scene. The text sketches daily chatter and minor actions like feeding, lunch, coffee, and plans, with no clear event or outcome.
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DICK ALBRIGHT
GROVER H. WEBBER
EARL MANNING
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West Pottsgrove Board
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French Creek
Mercury Star
Pottsville
Rytex
Mercury Office
Levin’s, High and Hanover sreets
O'Dell Brothers
Call
J. Pegely & Son
High &J
Stone's Jewelry
Big Values
Robert
Third and
York Sts
Arrow Camera Shop
North Charlotte St
Ronson iagniers
Stone's Jewelry Store
Reitenauer's
Tweety’s
Levengood’s Cup
Silver Holloware
Gilver
Stone
Br FD ROSENBERG
RONNIE ALBRIGHT
BH. B. MILLARD
KENNETH FLEISCHMANN
IRENE HARBACH
ROBERT MAUGEE
BEITY GUARDIANS
Bette
LUCY NOUL
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