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Somerset Daily American

Location

Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1946

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Lie says UN rests on big powers for peace

Secretary General Trygve Lie warns that the United Nations depends on the Big Five for real agreement and trust. He cites veto power as an obligation to seek compromise and notes many Security Council issues stem from failure to agree. He urges continued effort or risk to peace and humanity.

Larry Hauck New York United Nations Trygve Lie United States Russia Great Britain China France Lie Security Council General Assembly World London Europe Assembly U. N Britain U. S Atomic Energy Commission Commission Hunter College Bronx Lake Success Long Island Sperry Afghanistan Transjordan Outer Mongolia

Agenda For UN Assembly Announced

The United Nations announced the agenda for its September general assembly session to be held Sept 23 at the Flushing World's Fair site. Key items include the Spanish question and the veto power of the Big Five, with discussions on Jewish immigration into Palestine possible later. The assembly will elect three new security council members and consider budget, pay scales, and a permanent site.

New York United Nations General Assembly U. N Flushing United States Palestine Egypt Iraq Arab League Assembly Herbert V. Evatt Australia Security Council Franco Andrei A. Gromyko Reeome Council Teheran Iran Albania Outer Mongolia Afbanistan Transjordan Siam Iceland Sweden Ireland Mexico Netherlands Colombia Western Europe Trygve Lie Westchester Fairfield Conn

Chinese Reds Acknowledge Marine Battle

Chinese official agencies agreed that a clash occurred near Aoping on the Peiping Tianjin road when a U S Marine convoy was ambushed. The Marines reported 3 killed and 12 wounded with 2 injuries from a jeep roll. communists claimed 6 Marines and 80 Nationalist troops attacked, with casualties on both sides.

Tom Masterson Pfiping U. S China Marine Corps Peiping Yenan Radio Emancipation Daily New China News Agency Chinese Nationa Eight Route Army Aoping Peiping-Tienstin Road

Churchill Hopes H.S.T. Will Approve Palestine Plan

Churchill urged President Truman to back the proposed Palestine division and urged U S aid to implement it. Cripps and Attlee pressed for U S cooperation as London reported mixed response to the plan from Washington. A transatlantic call was denied by the White House.

ED Creagi London Winston Churchill Truman Palestine Holy Land House of Commons Washington Anglo- American Inquiry Committee Churchill Stafford Cripps Board of Trade U.S.A Cripps Attlee Ernest Bevin Evening Star

Flaming rescue at North Side service station saves teen

A 17 year old Ben Diehl was burned over his body when grease in a pit caught fire at the McConnell service station. Two truck drivers Joe Rabel and R. D. Jones pulled him from the flames, suffering minor burns. He was listed in serious condition at Allegheny General Hospital.

Pittsburgh North Side Ben Diehl Allegheny General McConnell Joe Rabel R. D. Jones Erie

Truman says U S has no axe to grind in postwar peace

President Truman told a Washington dinner that the United States seeks no power or territory after World War II victory. He urged progress toward a just peace, noted Byrnes in Paris, and highlighted air force achievements and a new transcontinental speed record set by a B 29 flight from New York to California in 7 hours 28 minutes.

Washington Truman United States Army Air Force Byrnes Paris Air Force Orville Wright America Germany LaGuardia Field N. Y Burbank

Koppers Reports Net Income Decline for First Half 1946

Koppers Co Inc reported consolidated net income of 408,5000 dollars for the first six months of 1946, equal to six cents per share, down from 1,288,662 dollars or 1.04 dollars per share in the same period of 1945, Pittsburgh.

Koppers Pittsburgh Koppers Co., Inc

Arsenal Discovered In Tel Aviv School Hideout

British troops uncover the largest Tel Aviv arsenal yet found beneath a boys technical school in an all Jewish area. Thousands of rounds, mortar bombs, grenades and hundreds of rifles and pistols are seized, likely tied to Hagana. The operation nets dozens arrested and other caches found near Jerusalem and KalENDIA.

Tel Aviv Palestine Hagana Kalendia Jerusalem

Polio Victims In Cleveland

Two Cleveland children Alan and Anita Arian moved to City hospital for observation after a camp counsellor died from infantile paralysis. A Cleveland physician found no immediate danger in their condition as more than 125 campers were evacuated to Pittsburgh and Cleveland homes following the counsellor’s death.

Butler Cleveland City Hospital Alan Anita Arian Butler Hospital Pittsburgh

Eleven Men Burned By Caustic Soda At Sun Oil Refinery

Marcus Hook August 1 Eleven Sun Oil Co workers forced from a restroom by acrid fumes ran into a boiling overflow of caustic soda from a ruptured tank. Five men seriously burned, Alfred Guiton 23 among the injured. Guiton and two others admitted to Crozer hospital Chester. others treated at refinery infirmary.

Marcus Hook Sun Oil Co Alfred Guiton Guiton Charles Pass Vernon Petty Crozer Hospital Chester Ira Graham Guy Shaffer Eddystone

Summit Hotel In U S Court

Three New Yorkers filed a federal suit to stop the sale of the Summit hotel near Uniontown to a Chicago syndicate. Plaintiffs John Russo Eugen Kepecs and Samuel Caspert seek an injunction preventing any sale to others and demand the owners sign and deliver the seed. They allege a May 28 agreement to sell, and that on June 6 Heyn acting for other defendants canceled negotiations by wire to attorney Eugene Kepecs.

Pittsburgh Fayette County Uniontown Chicago John Russo Eugen, Kepecs Samuel Caspert Leo H. Heyn Heyn Eugene Kepecs

Nazi S D espionage case tied to U S before war

The U S prosecution in the International Military Tribunal charged that Nazi security police conducted espionage in the United States before the war declaration. Maj. Hartley Murray cited a July 11 1941 teletype from Ribbentrop asking for a report on S D members. The issue was not pressed and dropped.

G. K. Hodenfield Muernberg United States Maj Hartley Murray U. S International Military Tribunal S.D Rolf-Heinz Hoeppner Inland Information Service

Constellation Fire Test Tied to Crash Probe

A Civil Aeronautics Board official testified at a hearing on the fatal Transcontinental and Western Airlines Constellation crash. Engineers loosened a lug on a lead through stud to see if fire could start. sparks and smoke followed, hydraulic fluid leaked, and a fire was extinguished within minutes. The test occurred July 17 in Burbank California, six days after the Star of Lisbon training plane crash. All Constellation aircraft remain grounded pending safety orders before resuming airworthy certification.

Reading Civil Aeronautics Board Transcontinental and Western Airlines Constellation Ervin Townsend CAB Safety Bureau Burbank Calif Star of Lisbon Civil Velo Nautics Administration Townsend Lockheed Aircraft Corp Bureau of Standards

Railroads Report Sharp Losses in First Half 1946

The Association of American Railroads reported Class 1 lines had a 1946 first-half deficit after interest and rentals of 27.0 million, versus a profit in 1945. June 1946 net income after interest totaled 13.0 million, with total first-half operating revenues at 3.58 billion, down from 3.19 billion a year earlier. 68 railroads failed to earn interest and rentals in the first six months, including 31 in the East, 10 in the South, and 27 in the West.

Washington Association of American Railroads

Yugoslavia Rejects Trieste Compromise and Warns Big Five

Senate war investigations hear veterans trace defective 4.2 inch mortar ammunition to its lot numbers. Ex-corporal and other soldiers describe records on defective fuses and muzzled bursts, urging identification of manufacturers from lot numbers and references to Fort Bragg tests in 1943. Senator Ferguson cites a letter from Tex

Washington Senate War Investigating Committee Italy 65Th Chemical Company Belgium Ferguson R-Mich Tex

Heirens Defense Seeks Second Confession Conference

Chicago August 1 In a matter surrounding William Heirens 17 year old son of a University student defense counsel Mal Coghlan met with State's Attorney William Tuohy amid continuing efforts to secure confessions. Tuohy announced ballistic tests linked a Rodrick pistol to a suburban shooting and a hunting knife found near the Degnan home as key circumstantial evidence in Heirens burglary and murder cases. Heirens faces arraignments on the Degnan and Brown murders and 29 related charges on August 14.

Chicago INS William Heirens William Tuohy Young Heirens Tuohy Heirens Mal Coghlan Coghlan Cook County Degnan University of Chicago Guy E. Rodrick Rodrick Luanne Roderick Marian Campbell North Side Brown

Coleman's battery fed friers advertised for weekend orders

Notice advertises Coleman s battery fed friers for weekend orders. Chickens are raised in electric brooders and fed special foods. Fry time listed as 20 minutes with fresh dressing on short order at 364 W Fairview St Somerset Pa. Phone 329 W.

Coleman Fairview St Somerset

New Head at Westminster College

Dr H Lloyd Cleland former Pittsburgh board of education personnel director takes office as president of Westminster College tomorrow. He succeeds retiring president Dr Robert F Galbreath after 16 years of service.

Westminister New Wilmington H. Lloyd Cleland Pittsburgh Board of Education Westminister College Cleland Robert F. Galbreath

Washington World column debuts by Austine Cassini

A sprightly Washington column by Austine Cassini begins three times weekly, promising intimate capital happenings and behind the scenes personality notes not in dispatches. Cassini, wife of Igor Cassini of Cholly Knickerbocker fame, will publish alongside Inside Washington.

Washington World Austine Cassini Washington National Capital New York

Tennessee Democrats For M Kellar In Tennessee Primary

Unofficial returns from Tennessee Democratic primary show U S senator K D McKellar leading E W Carmack in early results with about 300000 votes anticipated statewide. Browning McCord and Leah Richardson led governor race. GOP races include Dayton Phillips leading in the Fifth district.

Nashville Tenn Tennessee United States E. W. Carmack K. D. Mc Kellar Byron Johnson Neal Herman H. Ross Gordon Browning Jim McCord Leah Richardson K. D. McKellar John R. Neal Jim McCor Carroll Reece Dayton Phillips Elizabethton Harold H Doc) Earthman Joe I. Evins Estes Kefauver McKellar Edward Ward Carmack CIO Carmack Washington Truman

Yugoslavia Rejects Trieste Solution At Peace Conference

Yugoslav Vice-Premier Kardelj denounces the Trieste plan as cutting off hinterland Solvene territory while insisting Belgrade will not consent to a treaty that ignores Yugoslav interests. Dutch Foreign Minister van Boetelaer urges equal treatment of great and small nations and warns against imposing will at the United Nations.

Lynn Heinzerling Paris Yugoslavia Trieste Netherlands Edward Kardelj Italy V. M. Molotov Molotov Foreign Ministers Council Kardelj Baron van Boetelaer United Nations

Round World Flying Permit Opens Global Air Routes

The civil aeronautics board grants commercial round the world flying rights and expands Northwest and Pan American routes. Northwest lists Seattle and New York as U S hubs with service to Alaska and Asia. Pan American extends central Pacific routes to Tokyo Shanghai and Hong Kong. Transcontinental & Western Air links Europe via Bombay to Shanghai. Northwest says thrice weekly service could start soon with daily flights by 1947 as more planes become available.

Washington Civil Aeronautics Board Northwest Passage Orient Northwest Airlines, Inc Aleutian and Kurile Islands Seattle Minneapolis St. Paul Chicago New York United States Alaska Tokio Harbin Mukden Dairen Peiping Seoul Nanking Shanghai Manila Pan American Airways Hong Kong Calcutta Transcontinental & Western Air Europe Bombay Northwest Pan-American Globe

Weather Forecast for Maryland West Virginia and PA

Partly cloudy and warmer Friday then fair and warmer Saturday in Maryland and West Virginia. Eastern Pennsylvania sees partly cloudy skies and interior warmth Friday followed by fair and warmer Saturday. Western Pennsylvania clears and warms Friday with fair conditions Saturday.

Maryland West Virginia Pennsylvania

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