Navy Joins In Probe Of Mid-Air Crash Killing 16
The U S Navy joined the Civil Aeronautics Board in investigating a mid air collision near Fort Dix New Jersey that killed 16 people on a DC 3 airliner. A Navy Wildcat fighter reportedly buzzed by local pilots before striking the liner.
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Navy
Fort DIX
N. J
Navy Today
Civil Aeronaut Board
Eastern Airlines
Robert Vernon Poe
Hampton Virginia
New Jersey
Cont
Donald MacMahan
Musin Field
Philadelphia
MacMahan
Joseph O. Fluet
E. H. Parker
George W. Humphries
Fairhaven
Morrisville
Humphries
Umphries
National Airlines
Burlington County
Benjamin Houseworth
Houseworth
Heavy Rains Bring Cool Relief to Roof Garden
Sudden drop in temperature followed by a heavy rainstorm cooled the Roof Garden area. Deluge lasted about an hour causing street and sidewalk flooding and thunder showers. Electric power flickered off for about an hour near Missouri Avenue. a few light poles fell in Stoystown but no major damage. Rainfall exceeded two inches with 1.95 inches by 5:30 PM, total rainfall later 2.60 inches. Sunday cooled to 73 high and 60 low with no rain.
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Roof Garden
Missouri Avenue
Stoystown
Karl Staub
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Mercury
Doll Drive Extended to August 15 for European Aid
The Drive for Dolls extends to August 15 to collect dolls for European children. Somerset County and 4-H clubs in Blair Fayette and Bedford counties, plus St Catharines in Canada, back the effort aiming to surpass a 2,000 doll goal. Cumberland contributions boost totals to 700 with renewed public support and new doll outfits, including outfits from Delta Kappa Gamma members. The Festival of the Dolls runs August 18 to 20 with a full list of donors set to appear in the American.
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St Catharines
Canada
Somerset
Blair
Fayette
Bedford
Somerset County
Cumberland
4-H Club
Europe
Maryland
Jennie Reiley
Baltimore
Lester R. Martin
Cumberland Presbyterian Woman's Association
Samuels’ Corner
Hillcrest Club
Berlin
Windber
Husband Highlanders
Bessie Long
Friedens
Melda Zimmerman
Stoystown
Mabel Fichtner Doak
Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
Thelma Burkett
Lena Beabes
A. M. Matthews
Columbus
Ohio
Bruners
Donald
Joyce Bruner
Rockwood
Ruth Alice Shaffer
Richard G. Shaffer
Carlee May
Nancy Eileen Blank
R. D
Hershey
Diane Boburchock
Daniel Weighley
Larry Fritz
Yesteryear
The
Koreans Debate North Korea Invasion as Self Defense
Seoul reports say top officials in the South Korean government debate a possible invasion of the North as a defense against ongoing border violence. Moderates favor patience while others push for crossing the demarcation line if the North continues its threats to "liberate" the south.
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William R. Moore
Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Manchurian
Kaesong
South
Southern Public Information Department
Four Cars of B&O Express Leave Rails In WV Crash
Berkeley Springs W Va July 21 A westbound B&O Chicago express left the tracks east of Sleepy Creek. One person was hospitalized after the wreck and several others were treated aboard the train. Two Pullman cars rolled over as two preceding coaches derailed. one track remained open and traffic was only lightly affected. The cause was not immediately known. The New York to Chicago train had left Washington at 1 PM and was bound for Cumberland Md arriving around 4:31 PM.
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Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Sleepy Creek
Baltimore
Tran
Washington
Cumberland
28th Division Rallies for Two-Week Training at Indiantown Gap
About 10 000 Pennsylvania National Guard troops of the 28th Infantry Division gathered at Muir Field Indiantown Gap for a two week pre training program. Maj. Gen. Daniel B. Strickler and Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Hoban led the briefing and history review before a gruelling two week period.
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Pennsylvania National Guard
Indiantown Gap
28Th Infantry Division
Daniel B. Strickler
Lancaster
Muir Field
Altoona
Thomas L. Hoban
Scranton
Strickler
Wherry Pushes Congress To Bar Atomic Secrets Exchange
Senator Wherry of Nebraska demands Congress end reliance on gentlemen’s agreements and pass law to lock atomic bomb secrets. He cites Truman’s assurances that status quo will hold while long range policy with Britain and Canada is shaped, amid uranium control concerns.
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Washington
Congress
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Truman
Senate House Atomic Committee
Britain
Canada
U. S
Knowland
Rcalif
Senate House Committee
Pittsburgh Janitors Die in Falls at Work
Two Pittsburgh janitors died after falls during the weekend. Nick Ulrich, 62, died after being injured at Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. James Mc Gann, 67, died within 12 hours of a fall at Ruth Fred Acres School.
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Pittsburgh
Nick Ulrich
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
James McGann
Ruthfred Acres
GOP Urges Guarantees On Arms Aid
Washington July 31 Republicans in the House demand iron clad guarantees of coordinated military action in exchange for support of President Truman's arms for Europe program. They warn they will not back even a partial plan unless assurances that allies act as a team in wartime are provided.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Vorys
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Stat
George Marshall
W. Averill Harriman
Europe
House Committee
Congress
State Department
Department
Acheson
Atlantic
Harold K. Miles
London
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Associated Press
Atlantic Pact
Showdown Fight Over Public Power Policy in Senate
The Senate prepares for a clash late this week over funds for public power projects removed from a $600 million Interior Department appropriation. Senators from the south and west seek to restore lines and plants while proponents say they duplicate private power and burden taxpayers.
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Morris Cleavenger
Washington
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Omahoney
D-Wye
Senate Committee
West Side
Central Valley Project
California
Bonneville Power Administration
Montana
Anderson Ranch
Idaho
Southwestern Power Administration
Southeastern Power Administration
Plane crash lands in Brockton field
A two seat plane forced to land in a stump littered field near Brockton Massachusetts after the engine conked out during a Portsmouth to Brockton rout. Pilot Fred E. Lamb 45 of Portsmouth NH escaped injury and claimed carburetor ice caused the stall, not weather.
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Brockton
Mass
Fred E. Lamb
Portsmouth
N. H
Lamb
Nat Trader
British Sloop Bursts Red Band In The Yangtze
Amethyst escapes Communist captivity after a night battle on the Yangtze and heads for Hong Kong escorted by Jamaica. The ship’s crew and 84 sailors survive a daring 140 mile dash past Communist blockades with limited fuel.
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Yangtze
Wayne Richardson
Hong Kong
Amethyst
Yangtze River
East China Sea
Shanghai
Saddle Islands
Yangtze Mouth
Jamaica
Admiralty
London
George VI
Rose Island
Nanking
Navy
Rote
Two Crashes On Pike Cause 1500 Damage
Two crashes on the Pennsylvania turnpike Saturday caused 1500 in vehicle damage with no injuries reported. A westbound tractor struck another truck west of Laurel Hill tunnel, while a NJ driver lost control near the Allegheny tunnel crashing into an embankment.
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Laurel Hill Tunnel
Chester Diehl
Echellsburg
W. F. Pflum
Greenfield
Indiana
Turnpike Division
Bedford
Diehl
Allegheny Tunnel
Carelo
Two Fishermen Drown in Allegheny River Near Oakmont
In the Allegheny River near Oakmont a boat capsized while fishing leaving Francis P. McCall 41 and Stanley Filbert 51 dead. Albert Hammerstrom 46 swam to safety and helped police and volunteers search Twelve Mile Island for the second body.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
Hulton Bridge
Oakmont
Twelve-Mile Island
Albert Hammerstrom
Francis P. McCall
Stanley Filbert
McCall
Filbert
Hammerstrom
Cigarette lighter causes smoke at Somerset diamond
A Somerset fireman answered an alarm Sunday night at the diamond where an overheated cigarette lighter caused smoke from a car. The car owner, an out-of-state driver, was not harmed and there was no damage.
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Somerset
Diamond
Boat Overturns Drowning in Lake Milton
Two youths Eugene L. Procopio aged 20 from Warren Ohio and Beverly Adler aged 18 from Youngstown Ohio drowned when a motorboat overturned on Lake Milton. Three other occupants swam to shore.
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Youngstown
Eugene L. Procopio
Warren
Beverly Adler
Lake Milton
Crafton Homes Waterless After Main Break
In Crafton district Pittsburgh suburb scores of homes lost water after a water main ruptured just before dinner. A South Pittsburgh Water Co spokesman could not estimate when service would be restored.
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Crafton
Pittsburgh
South Pittsburgh Water Company
B and O Calls Back 100 Workers at Du Bois Car Shops
One hundred furloughed men from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad are ordered to report to work tomorrow at the car shops in Du Bois. The order affects workers who have been idle for up to nine months as the railway resumes operation.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Amethyst's Dash Down the Yangtze
Vice Admiral Madden detailed the British sloop Amethyst's Yangtze River run yesterday past Chinese Communist forces. He spoke aboard his flagship at sea and described the dramatic sequence amid river actions and Far Eastern naval operations.
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Wayne Richardson
Jamaica
Yangtze River
A. C. G. Madden
Far Eastern
Pleasant Sunny Weather Forecast Across PA WV
Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia expect sunny pleasant weather with highs near 80 on Monday and slightly warmer on Tuesday. Eastern Pennsylvania Maryland see highs around 85 for both Monday and Tuesday.
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Pennsylvania
West Virgina
Maryland
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