Truman Maintains Low Rating of Spy Probe Conflict
President Truman clings to a low view of the congressional spy hunt as Justice and House Un American Activities Committee investigators clash over alleged bungling in developing secret evidence. Alger Hiss case unfolds with Hiss denying charges in New York amid Mundt and Nixon contending Truman is wrong to call the probe a red herring.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Justice department
House
Trutan
House Un-American activities committee
Iruman
White House
Alger Hiss
State department
Hiss
New York
Whittaker Chambers
MUNDT
R-SD
Nixon
Calir
House committee
State Eagle Dignitaries To Attend Local Festival
The state aerie leaders of the Fraternal Order of Eagles will attend Aerie 626s combined birthday and anniversary events on February 13. Local president Paul Stoussfer announced that state head Charles F. Sanders and VP Paul S. Hopper will be present. The gathering marks the 43rd anniversary of the local group and the General Fraternity’s Sisi anniversary, with about 15 candidates to be initiated. The aerie has not moved into the Prince estate at 636 Rien Street pending grand aerie approval.
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Tne
Order of
Fagies
Aerie
al aeme
Paul Stoussfer
Charles F. Sanders
Paul S. Hopper
Sisi
Sionsifer
Prince estate
Rien street
Weather Outlook for Easter in Pennsylvania
For Easter in Pennsylvania, fair and sightly warmer today. Colder tonight. Fair with little change in temperature tomorrow.
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Pennsylvania
Pottstown Senior High earns praise for staff
Senior H S Pupils Get Top Instruction In Building That Stinks Report Shows. By Frank Dostal Mercury Staff Writer. The evaluation praised the staff and library as superior but criticized the building as economical and inefficient, ranking it among the six worst sites yet noting the education program remains strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.S
Mercury
Pottstown
Pottstown High School Evaluation Highlights Superior Staff
A state education review praised Pottstown High School with very superior staff and administration. Leonard A. Rice of The Hill school and Paul H. Grim of North Coventry High led the March investigation, commending vocational courses and nine of 18 study groups as superior. The report urged more marriage and family courses, expanded art and dramatics, ongoing speech and reading classes, and closer departmental integration. The library received praise but lacked new books and materials, with calls for a larger budget for books and visual aids.
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Leonard A. Rice
The Hill school
Paul H. Grim
North Coventry High school
Pottstown High school
Orioles Host Record Yule Party Amid Rain at Povistown High
Povistown's Orioles staged the largest children's Christmas party last night with nearly 1400 attendees at the Senior High auditorium. About 3900 were young children, and 150 minutes of vaudeville acts drew strong crowd cooperation. A 500 cent piece slipped into a paper bag drew attention, as Bar Scouts Troop 9 led a civic presentation with Scoutmaster John Reese awarding honors.
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Povistown
Orioles
Bar Scouts
tke Orioles
John Reese
Band Concert At Senior High Sunday Afternoon
The Senior High auditorium hosts the annual Christmas concert this Sunday at 2:30 PM. Pouisican band directed by William 2 Lamb Jr features 125 vocalists and instrumentalists, with performances by the Meistersingers led by Mrs Norman Leppard and the Senior High chorus under Mrs William F Lamb Jr.
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Pouisican
Wiliam
Lamb Jr
Valence
Meistersingers
Norman Leppard
William F. Lamb Jr
Hearing on PPCPA Today To Hit Non-Police Member
Pottsville December 16 report on a Schuylkill county court hearing to block advertising sales by the new Pennsylvania Police Chiefs and Police Association PPCPA led by James A. Laughead. The case centers on name similarity and alleged unethical ad sales practices connected to a proposed PPCPA yearbook.
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PPCPA
POTTSVILLE
Schuylkill county
police chiefs
James A. Laughead
Pottstown
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police association
Pennsylvania Polce Chiefs and Police association
Pennsylvania
Hrsi
chamerea ine pas iober
Local ads list stores and services in town
Thayer Doll Coaches and Strollers Willie Furniture House Good Will dance Friday Saturday and Sunday See Dearons Orch No office hours until Dec inclus ive Jesse G Hafer M D Market Ad Page 25 Big Values Store open evenings 7 to 9 Hatfield Shaner 150 High Ronson Lighters Stone s Jewelry Store Four hour Photostat Service Arrow Camera Shop 80 North Charlotte St Art Carved Wedding Rings Stone s
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Thayer
Willie Furniture House
Good Will dance
Dearons Orch
Jesse G. Hafer
M. D
Hartenstine’s Market
Big Values
Hatfield & Shaner
Ronson Lighters
Stone’s Jewelry
Arrow Camera Shop
North Charlotte St
Stone's
Boy’s Forehead Laceration After Table Collision
James E Smale Jr eight year old son of James E Smale Sr and wife residing at 1408 Cherry Jane was treated at Memorial Hospital dispensary for a laceration of the right eyebrow after ducking during a horseplay at a Beech and Charlotte streets restaurant. Dr Caesar F Sarmi sutured the wound and the boy was discharged shortly afternoon yesterday.
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James E Smale Jr
James E. Smale Sr
Cherry Jane
Memorial Hospital
James
Beech
Charlotte streets
Why the Christmas Chimes Rang Yule Program at Junior High
110 junior high students staged a Christmas pageant titled Why the Christmas Chimes Rang for an audience of about 400 parents, friends, and pupils. Directed by Helen V. Purnell, the hour and fifteen minute program featured school band numbers and a chorus in special costumes. Cast included Richard Mensch, William Yohn, Edward Shoemaker, Irene Core, Patricia Prince, Donald Brown, Robert Seltman, Hildegard Zirkel, Paul Dereu, Betty Tyson, and Charles Daniels.
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Helen V. Purnell
Richard Mensch
Wiliam Yohn
Edward Shoemaker
Irene Core
Patricia Prince
Donald Brown
Robert Seltman
Hildegard Zirkel
Paul Dereu
Betty Tyson
Charles Daniels
Nancy Dalgleish Home For Christmas After Taxi Rescue
Nancy Ann Dalgleish, a 16 year old girl from South Potts town living with spastic paralysis, is returning home for Christmas after a 140 mile taxi trip from Far Hills New Jersey. The Mercury fund raised over 7000 dollars to fund her treatment and transport. A Hanley brothers taxi service owner agreed to drive, reducing the cost to twenty five dollars, which the family could not afford.
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Pottstown
Cronsimas
Jwath
Nancy Ann Dalgleish
South Pottstown
Far Hills
N. J
Pottstown area
The
Mercury
Nancy
Pottstown High Girls Gift Toy Drive For Hospitals
Pottstown Senior High School girls in the clothing department under instructor Mrs. George Robinson prepared washable plastic toy animals to brighten pediatrics wards at Pottstown and Memorial hospitals. Twenty five toys per hospital were delivered, each crafted with donated plastic and scrap yarn costing under one dollar. The project aimed to aid underprivileged and hospitalized children, with girls hoping to allocate first picks to those most in need.
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Pottstown Senior High school
Pottstown and
Memorial hospitals
George Robinson
Christmas Party and Local Ads Highlight Pottstown Page
A cluttered page lists events and ads including a Christmas party for Odd Fellows children at 2 p m, a Quait Club event, jewelry shops. It notes trees wreaths and decorations, toasters, leather wallets, and numerous local business promotions. Also mentions Hanover high street stores, restaurant seasonal close, a piano shop, eye care, clocks, and beer distillery contact details.
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Pottstown
Norco High School
Stone's Jewelry Store
Stone's
A. E. Willauer
A. A
Hanover & Chess
Reidenauer’s
Charlotte St
Chas. Longacre
N. Hanover
Laurel Locks
Ice storm damage crews struggle as steady rain continues
Persistent drizzle hampered repair work in Salts utilities following Wednesday’s ice storm. Crews cleared fallen branches and repaired telephone and electric lines as outages affected about 500 residents. Warmth and clearer skies expected to aid efforts. police and fire crews reported numerous lines and wires down, with repairs spanning multiple circuits and streets in the borough.
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Pottstown
Gcood
L company
South street
pennween Eden
William H. Price
Hanover
Siewe
Hanover er
High street
Washington street
Fire crews douse blaze to avert power failure
Assistant Fire Chief Robert Roth spotted flames near North Covenny town at 6 45 am and alerted the Phillies on duty. Walter H G Phillies used a portable extinguisher and a booster to stop the fire feeding lines that fed the town pole, preventing a city wide power outage.
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WPhiladelphia Steam
Covenny town
Ponstown Landing
Robert Roth
Good Will Fire company
Phillies
Walter H. G. Phillies
Walter SL ai
Bleer
Foley
Roverstora
Suemmon y company
aia
figne
On the Main Drag Petty Observations and Odd Notes
On the main street items include Ladie Prince with Pete Ruspis cards and a two pack of Christmas cards, Tony Gaita humming with pets, Mary Wullin making waffles, Irene Corbett seeking a record, Charles Kelly a target for falling ice, Al Baudot using nearly three full packs of matches, and Ralpi Marchione extending lunch by a few minutes.
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TONY GAITA
MARY WULLIN
IRENE CORBETT
CHARLES KELLY
AL BAUDOT
RALPI MARCHIONE
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eugene Orlando
Elsie Pike
Kauffman road
Ringing Hill
Orlando Forest
House Unit
Antics
ming
a. m. oa
FRANK DOSTAL
Justi
Sunbeam
Rhapsody Diamonds
Father
Andre
Holloware
Stone’s
James J. Curran
Jrom
Joseph Gillespie
PPCCPA
Gilespie
Caesar F. Sarmi
Jr. High
FRED
SELBY
J. Fegely é Son
High St
O'Dell Brothers
Dr. Sheppard
Lester R. Daub
South Hanover
Rytex
Joseph E. Mack
Dr. Phillips
Robert E. Eppehimer
Frank A Smith
Beer Dist
Walter Foley
Philadelphia Electric company
W. Earl Potteiger
Beech street
Greenstrest
AYodel
Third
York Sts
Plymouth
Norristown
Swne
Berlin
LADIE PRINCE
PETE RUSPIS
ED DOBBYE
carriying
HOWARD MAUGER
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