U S Demands Dutch Cede Indonesia Gains
The United States urged the United Nations to order a cease fire and halt Dutch gains in Indonesia. President Eisenhower’s aides cut Marshall Plan aid to the Netherlands East Indies while U S action signals strong disapproval of the Dutch offensive. The Dutch rush to overrun republican centers continues as UN deliberations proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porke Co. Jessep
United Nation Security courc!l
regusbcan
United Nations food offices
Indonesia
Washington
United States
Netherlands East Indies
East Indies
Netherlands
U. S
Security council
United Nations
rood
Two Injured When Driver Swerves To Avert Road Crew
Two Collegeville men were injured yesterday at 11 30 when their car swerved across Route 422 east of Collegeville into a truck from Limerick. Thomas Rayser, 34, suffered a possible knee fracture. Robert W Wunder, 24, had a lacerated nose. Wunder’s car hit a State Highway crew vehicle on Mile Hill. Both injured were taken to Montgomery Hospital. Collegeville State Troopers Crane and Podlawski investigated.
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College-ite RDI
Route 422
Colleterville
Limerick
Thomas Rayser
Robert W. Wunder
Wunder
State Highway department
Mile Hill
Collegeville
Eastern Pennsylvania Weather Forecast Preview
Fair today with increasing cloudiness and a likely snow tomorrow. Temperatures stay moderately cold across the region as systems move through.
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Pennsylvania
Mercury Antics Tow Night Temperature Extremes
Fragmentary weather item notes a temperature extreme event at night involving Mercury 4.1 and ANTICS TOw. Further readable details are unavailable in the source text.
Crippled Rogersford girl studies to lick handicap
A 14 year old Rogersford girl Jean LaRue James destined for a life in a wheel chair pursues learning across all Third grade subjects and typing. Despite an injury at birth that affected her spine she attends school at home with nurses and teachers visiting, aiming to graduate from grade school.
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Mercury
Jean LaRue James
Otis James
Second avenue, Roversford
Royersford
Rogersford
Second avenue
Jean
St. Clair school
Pottstown
Upper Providence
Otstra Royersford
James
Royvyersford
1948 Christmas Seal sale raises $3059 at Montgomery county
The 1948 Christmas Seal drive reported $3059.38 toward a county goal of $50,000 with most funds raised from 2560 letters and a post office booth. Donations totalled about $9223 in the DOOTN setup, and proceeds will support the Montgomery County Public Health society and two local groups aiding tubercular families and health services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willi
Montgomery County Public Health society
ima’ aid
c families
Family Welfare society
Wisitng
Montgomery county
Trucker dies in truck fire on Pennsylvania Turnpike
John Whitehead, 27, of Follawsbee West Virginia, burned to death today in a flaming wreck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike about 30 miles west of Bedford. The incident occurred as his truck burned in the roadway, with bystanders reporting a rapid ignition and collapse of the vehicle into flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BEDFORD
John Whitehead
Follawsbee
W. Va
here
Foot Frontage Levy For Sewers Unfair
Borough officials meet to reform sewer charges amid inequities in the foot-front system. They plan an equitable formula for a new ordinance to be presented early next year. An existing 1915 ordinance allows 100-foot exemptions. auditors cite injustices to corner property owners who rarely connect both front and side sewers. Continued on page eighteen.
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UNITED STATES
Indonesia
Colombia
Syria
highway and sewer committee
borough hall
Jass nignet
Ralph H. Thomas
What'll Yule Tab Be Turkey Prices Up 88 Cents A Pound
A Mercury report shops for a Christmas dinner for a family of five, noting turkey at 88 cents per pound and a five person feast costing about 147 dollars. The piece compares Thanksgiving and Christmas pricing and highlights careful shopping by Marter and Mrs. Pottstown Housewife.
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Mom
Marter
DAD
Revenge motive cited in child kidnapping case
Harrisburg December report says a mother, Jeanne Morgan Braget, 21, is charged with kidnapping her three year old daughter Vicki Jeanne Snyder. Foster mother Mrs. Harry M. Snyder, 42, says the motive was revenge not love. District Attorney Shelley notes a felony warrant for Braget and her husband John M. Braget 35 of Tacoma Washington.
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HARRISBURG
Harry M. Snyder
Vicki Jeanne Snyder
Snyder
Jeanne Morgan Braget
Carl B. Shelley
Braget
John M. Braget
Tacoma
Wash
SHELLEY
Vicki
Harry H. Snyder
Santa Monica
Cali
Man Held Insane Slayer Hunt Resumed
CHICAGO December 22 The search for the rape slayer of ten year old Roberta Rinearson resumed as a steelworker Arias 31 held insane and committed to a mental institution after confessing during citizenship questioning that he killed the girl. The body was found in a ditch west of Chicago the past Saturday morning. She had been strangled beaten and raped.
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CHICAGO
Roberta Rinearson
Herlinds Perez Arias
Arias
Buinearson
Hearing on PPCPA Adverts Set for Jan. 12
Pottsville reports a postponed hearing on the PPCPA case involving James A. Laughead, Pottstown police chief, and the group’s Yearbook advertising. The January 12 session at 10 a.m. will decide the ban on soliciting such ads, with a temporary injunction remaining in effect.
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PPCPA
POTTSVILLE
James A. Laughead
Pottstown
Scauvikill county
Curran
Mail Volume Sets All-Time Record At Pottstown Post Office
Pottstown post office reports record mail volume with 721,116 letters leaving town since December 12 and 92,370 pieces of mail dispatched yesterday. Postmaster Maurice E. Sassaman says number of parcels and stamps sold are extremely high, with two 12 hour shifts to handle the rush. deliveries to be completed by Christmas with extra carriers if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottstown
Maurice E. Sassaman
Sassaman
iere
Glass Christmas tree ornament harms infant in Hilldale
Barbara Ann Oister, 10 months old, nibbled a glass ornament on a Christmas tree. The family of Apartment 22 Road C Hilldale rushed her to Memorial hospital dispensary where Dr Earl J Manning treated scratches to prevent infection and sent her home.
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Barbara Ann Oister
Road C
Hilldale
Memorial hospital dispensary
Earl J. Manning
Line Fuse Blows Out Cuts Power to Homes
Beech, Walnut and Snowdon street blocks lost electricity for about 30 minutes after 7 25 o clock when a line fuse blew. A Philadelphia Electric worker from the Phoenixville substation set a new fuse. The outage was blamed on a Christmas season overload on the line.
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Beech-Walnut-Snowdon streets
Philadelphia Electric company
Phoenixville
Tojo and Six War Criminals Hanged in Tokyo Prison
A postwar report states Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war criminals were executed at Sugamo prison after midnight local time. The seven men, including Kenji Doihara and Iwane Matsui, were brought to the gallows in two groups with witnesses present.
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TOKYO
Thersaly
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Diohara
Matsui
Tojo
Muto
MacArthur
Tojo and Six Jap Warlords Hanged in Allied Trial
The article details the execution of Tojo and six Japanese leaders after an Allied war crimes tribunal. It notes hangings occurred around 12:20 a m with specific timings for each defendant, and that condemned officials wore salvaged U S uniforms with insignia removed. General MacArthur announced the executions initially, with full details released later.
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Tojo
Doihara
Alves
Muto
Matsui
Seshio Itagaki
Koji Horota
Honaro Kimura
Manchuria
U. S. army
Christmas Gifts From Local Merchants
A crowded shopper’s list highlights watches diamonds and wedding rings from Andre Jeweler and Stone’s Jewelry on High Street. Go to Reidenauer’s for items they have. Santa Claus visits Blossom Friday evening. other offerings include roasters, clocks, Christmas trees, decorations, and delivery of chickens and ducks.
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Levin
Rocks Rink
Andre
High St
Reidenauer's
Rhapsody
Lone's Jewelry
Lester R. Daub
South Hanover
G. E. Elec
C. J. Keiser Co
Andre, Jeweler
Reidenauer’s
Stone’s Jewelry Store
Santa Claus
Ned Simpson
Plymouth Auct
M&2
Norristown
Markowitz Grocery
Beech
Dan Garber's Orch
Chick's
State & Manatawny Electric
Freed’s Mint
N. Charlotte St
Clover Leaf owner captures parolee hiding in restaurant
Walter Grow of Clover Leaf on Beech and Charlotte Streets trapped a wanted man minutes before midnight as he crouched near the cash register. Stanley Wasniak, 24, of 515 West Vine Street, faces questioning on a $230 burglary at the same restaurant three weeks earlier. Wasniak was arrested August 9, 1947 after a car theft. a prior chase ended with Patrolman Robert Senerat. Grow recalls reading a newspaper at the restaurant and recounted the capture after leading the suspect away.
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Walter Grow
Clover Leaf
Beech
Charlotte streets
Stanley Wasniak
West Vine street
Sioxe
neil
Graw
Wassiuk
ne ‘s
Carole
Cates
Becker gerage
Wassiluk
Robdert Senerat
Man Dies on Arrival Here for Christmas Visit
A 74-year-old New Jersey man, Arthur S. Gibbs of Maplewood, died of a heart attack on Reading Company platform in Pottstown while greeting his son-in-law to begin a Christmas visit. He collapsed as help was guided to Memorial Hospital, pronounced dead on arrival. The incident disrupted the family’s holiday plans for their young grandchildren. Gibbs had become ill earlier en route from Philadelphia, though he told train staff it was digestion. Autopsy details were not disclosed.
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Reading company
Pottstown
New Jersey
Arthur S. Gibbs
Maplewood
X. J
Memorial hospital
Robert H. Linn
Joseph L. DuBow
Budsboro RD
Gibbs
Philadelphia
Dr. Linn
Harp Tax office
Charles Jones
Goon Wills
Rollin Kimk
Youth to Be Honored By Future Farmers
Robert Evans a 17 year old from Pottstown RD 2 will receive the Keystone degree of the Future Farmers of America at Harrisburg next month. Evans a senior at North Coventry Township High School earned the honor for his work in vegetable gardening dairy cows and registered Hampshire swine projects as part of a state contest recognizing standout FFA activities.
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Robert Evans
Herman Evans
Schenkel road
Pottstown RD
Future Farmers of America
Harrisburg
State College
H.C. Fetteroff
State Department of Public Instruction
FFA
Ryans
Department of Agricultural Education
Peninsylvania State college
Evams
North Coventy Township
19-Degree Temperature Is Lowest of Season
Two day old winter chilled the region dipping to 19 degrees for the first time this season. Readings varied with 19 at the Firestone plant and at Pons Knights’ Live America location, while Pruss Hill and Elsie Liss reported 12 degrees. A cold front lingered with cloudy skies giving way to a possible white Christmas, per the forecaster. Local businesses advertised holiday offerings and events.
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Firestone Tire and Rubber company
PonsoKn
America
Pruss Hill
Elsie Liss
Still Suspects Provide Bond In Philadelphia Raid
Two men arrested in a Tuesday raid on a still in Franconia Township Montgomery County were released on bail for a Monday hearing after a routine arraignment before U S Commissioner Ethan Alley Doty Aloysius Gradel 31 of Telford Rd was released on 3500 bail and Deubo Capriotti 27 of Norma N J on 5000 bail Federal agents state the raid uncovered a 28 foot high still with four vats total capacity 40000 gallons and an estimated daily tax loss of 36000 Captain Caprioti charged with operating a still and possessing untaxed liquor Also in hearings Anthony Serafino 27 and William DePuno 26 of Philadelphia were released on 1500 bond each awaiting further hearing They were charged with transporting and concealing untaxed liquor Gradel's brother Rovald 26 surrendered and was released temporarily for farm chores
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PHILADELPHIA
Telford
Montgomery county
United States
Ethan Alley Doty
Aloysius Robert Gradel
Deubo Capriotti
Norma
N. J
Gradel
Franconia township
Frederick road
Federal Alcohol Tax unit
Liquor Control board
Collegeville
U. S
CAPRIOTIS
Anthony Serafino
Wiliam De Puno
Wondar
Iquor Gradel
Rovald
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Wien
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M. H. Reider
Douglassyilied
Reider
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Mana¢tawne bridge
rzht
Fenny F. Robson
Ardmore
Reader
Rosen
Paul Bridegam
Joseph Theeson
renee ld
FRANK DOSTAL
O'Dell Brothers
Stone's Jewelry Store
AITow
North Charlotte St
Mike Raymond
Rytex pri prinic iad
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police association
Pennsylvania Police Chiefs and Police association
James J. Curran
Stone
Grow
nat
St Emme regis
Daniel J. Linton
Grows
Reading
Janet
Lomere
North Charlotte street
MARY FAVATA
GEORGE POWELL
MARIE SHANER
BILL STARR
MARY LOU NICHOLS
PEGGY BANYEATI
FRANCIS DeLOI
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