Truman visits mother in Grandview before Sabbath at White House
President Truman spent an early morning visit with his 93 year old mother Martha E Truman and sister Mary Jane in Grandview Missouri. He borrowed his daughter Margaret’s light gray sedan and returned to the summer White House to keep Sabbath with his family. He told reporters he played a couple of tunes for his mother on a new spinet piano and noted interest in the upcoming fifth district Democratic primary.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Independence
Truman
Grandview
White House
Margaret
Martha E. Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Harry
Red Purges in Russian Economic Field Move Toward Tightened Control
AP Foreign policy analysis notes that recent Russian purges in economics may signal a shift to stronger Communist party dominance over the next 12 to 18 months. U.S. officials weigh potential impacts on peace prospects, Soviet governance, and outreach efforts like Byrnes planned shortwave broadcasts to Russia.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
Communist Party
United States
Byrnes
State Department
Stalin
Iran
Europe
Duff Shunts Bedford Fuss In G O P Row
Attorney General James H. Duff, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, refused to settle a Bedford county GOP leadership dispute. Attorneys for former chairman David E. Calhoun urged Duff to intervene over Sheriff Jacob A. Dunkle’s selection, but Duff said it is a party matter between Calhoun and the state chairman M. Harvey Taylor.
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Harrisburg
INS
James H. Duff
Edford
G.O.P
David E. Calhoun
Ormer
Bedford
Duff
Sherifacob A. Dunkle
M. Harveaylor
Dunkle
Reynolds Tobacco cleared in payoffs case in New Jersey
The R J Reynolds Tobacco Company was cleared today of charges of wrongdoing in the payment of offers bonuses totalling thirty million dollars over 14 years. Vice Chancellor Charles Stogan exonerated the company after weighing 1 800 001 yards of testimony.
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R. J. Reynolds Co
Jersey City
N. J
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Charles Stgan
Comany
Lt Barnhart Returns to Active Duty at Fort Benning
First Lt James C. Barnhart, son of Charles Barnhart of West Main street, has reported to Fort Benning Georgia. He was wounded in the Bastogne siege, carries an aluminum plate in his head, and wore a two inch plate after multiple operations. He previously discharged in November 1945 and returned to service from the reserves. He had worked as a clerk at Jack's Auto and Supply before re joining the forces.
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Somerset
James C. Barnhart
Charles Barnhart
West Main Street
Fort Benning
Barnhart
Bastogne
U.S. General Hospital
Camp Pickett Va
Last Muarch
New Jack’s Auto and Supply Store
Aver Turkish Cabinet To Resign Today
Ankara reports reliable informants say Premier Sukru Saracoglu will resign with Recep Peker asked to form a new government. The move signals the biggest Turkish political shakeup since Ataturk’s death and Ismet Inonu's succession. The cabinet’s resignation would come as the national assembly opens with opposition deputies, including 62 from the new Democratic Party.
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Ankara
Sukru Saracoglu
Recep Peker
Kemal Ataturk
National Assembly
Ismet Inonu
Saracoglu
Refik Saydam
Yreformead
Cabnet
New Democratic Party
Lawrence Urges Pittsburgh Power Talks to Avert Strike
Mayor David L. Lawrence urged Duquesne Light Co. and its union to begin contract negotiations immediately. He invited Pressley H. McCance and George L. Mueller to a meeting to avert a repeat of the February power crisis. The union has filed a 30 day strike notice effective August 31.
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Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Duquesne Light Co
Pressley H. McCance
George L. Mueller
CIO Organizer Fears Lynch Threat in Georgia
Chicago labor leaders appealed to President Truman and the Justice Department to guard CIO organizer Mike Ross of Macon Georgia from lynching threats. Ross says he has faced harassment for courting both black and white workers and found his home ransacked with a warning against “white trash.”
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Chicago
INL
Truman
CIO
Georgia
Department of Justice
Mike Ross
Macon
Interational Union of
Ross
Jim
Two Die Of Hurts At Spangler
Spangler August 4. Joan Zoman 3 died in Spangler Hospital from injuries suffered in an automobile crash Friday in front of her Barnesboro home. Anna Weir 22 of near Barnesboro died from injuries after her clothing caught fire from kerosene poured on rubbish.
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Spangler
Joan Zoman
Spangler Hospital
Esterday
Barnesboro
Anna Weir
Barnesoro
Justice Jackson Returns to Washington for Court Duties
Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson arrived in Washington from Nuremberg to resume his normal court duties after his overseas trip.
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Jackson
Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Robert FH. Jackson
Nuernberg
Dog Discovers Burned Infant Body in Ash Pile
A dog owned by Harry Thomas uncovered the charred body of a premature girl found in an ash pile on a Rockwood rear lot. State police and the coroner investigated with District Attorney Tansberry and undertaker Mills and Mickey, with a burial held at Rockwood IOOF Cemetery.
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Rockwood
Harry Thomas
Thomas
Rock Street
Mills and Mickey
Ed Miller
Miller Burns
A. M. Uphouse
Thomas F Tansberry
Somerset
Mills and Mickey Undertaking Establishment
Uphouse
Rockwood Ioof
Roy Mickey
Three Die and Sixteen Hurt in Two Highway Crashes
Three people died and at least 12 were hospitalized after two related crashes on the Greensboro High Point highway. A car and a truck collided killing two men, a woman believed to be Mrs Medley, and injuring others. A Charlotte to Raleigh Trailways bus overturned as drivers halted at the scene, sending several passengers to hospital.
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Greensboro
N. C
GreenLoro- High Point
Keener
Jack Martz
Charlotte, N. C
Refuse To Aid Opa Survey In Pittsburgh Area
The Home Builders Association of Allegheny County refuses to cooperate with the Opa survey of residential construction in the Greater Pittsburgh district. Normine W. Watkins urges members to ignore the survey, arguing the FHA already sets rents and prices. He says the Opa plan would delay veteran home construction as the survey starts Monday.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Home Builders Association of
Allegheny County
Opa
Normine W. Watkins
Price Agency
Watkins
Federal Housing Administration
Boy Scout Rescues Himself After Lost on Vermont Mountain
15 year old Earl Henninger of Summit Hill Pennsylvania was found safe after 20 hours on Vermont's Walden mountain. He had been practicing woodcraft when he lost his bearings while rounding up cows at Delmar Hamley farm. He slept two trees high, woke to rain, sheltered under his rain coat, then followed a stream to the highway and was returned to the farm.
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ST. Johnsbury
State Guard
Vermont
Earl Henninger
Summit Hill
Walden Mountain
Earl
Delmar Hamley
Firemen pursue $4,400 to reach $25,000 goal
Somerset fire officials appoint a committee led by Fire Chief Richard Pile to survey equipment needs and push donations to complete a $25,000 fund for the volunteer department. After reaching $20,502.80, organizers urge the public to mail or drop funds at the borough office, noting long hours and burn-saving value to the community.
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Richard Pile
Somerset Fire Department
Mr. Pile
Carl A. Trapp
Newton Picking
William G. Barnhart
A. A. Gall
Fire Department
John W. Stein
Somerset
Community
Stein
Pile
Rose Fluck
Ruth Glessner
Harvey S. Weil
Ward Houpt
S. G. Braucher
William Walker
Arthur Friedline
C. J. Fuller
Williard Maul
Harry O. Hayden
Mary B. Brown
Mabel Pearson
Harvey Pritts
Earl Young
Charles Albright
Carrie Shauks
Minter Jones
George Casebeer
K. L. Trevin
Cloyd Coleman
Peepee
Kimmel
John Hoover
Charles Rinick
Dusenberry
Lions Club
Dean Forney
J. A. Critchfield
Montgomery Ward Company
A. C. Tasker
Bertha C. Davis
Somerset Refrigerator Service
Rev
C. A. Shilke
J. W Bruner
A. H. Hemminger
Allen Weyand
Glenn Clay
Oran Baker
Glenn Saylor
George Grey
W. S. Brougher
Martin Barron
Harriet Lister
J. C Penney
Navy Men Complete Severe Test In Desolate Chamber
Four Navy volunteers endured 35 days in a ten foot square decompression chamber at Pensacola to study human reaction at high altitude. The experiment named Operation Everest simulated 20 000 foot conditions without oxygen tanks. at times they rose to 50 000 feet with oxygen provided. Lt Comdr Charles S Houston reported the men, including Carlton Morris of Farmerville La Walter McNutt Jefferson Tex Horace Hurtel The Dalles Ore and Carl Wilkins Dorchester R I, completed the test in good condition and remained in good humor.
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Pensacola
Fla
INS
Navy
Hhermal
Charles S. Houston
Navy Medical Corps
Houston
Carlton Morris
Farmerville
Morris
Walter McNutt
Jeferson
Tex
Horace Hurtel
de Dalles
Ore
Carl Wilkins
Dorchester
Russ
Comb Ruins for Quake Victims
Chile reels from its strongest quake since 1922 as residents comb wrecked structures from Santiago to Iquique searching for survivors. Officials report hundreds injured and one confirmed death. Copiapo was nearly wiped out and seismograph readings indicate ninth or tenth degree intensity.
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Santiago
Chile
Iquine
Copiapo
la Plata
Argentina
San Juan
Somerset auditors fault 1945 sheriff billings and foods
Three Somerset auditors say Sheriff John S. Smith improperly paid for private table meals with county funds and note jail meal costs may exceed reasonable rates. They urge separate accounts for sheriff and jail food and cite a 1933 act authorizing county payment for prisoner care.
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Somerset County
Waldo E. Buechley
Charles Sechler
John R. King
Court House
John S. Smith
Prothonotary
Board of County Commissioners
Smith
Somerset
Korea Relief Not Urgent Despite Rice Riots
UNRRA head Clyde Largent says Korea's food urgency is reduced to not critical. A million dollars in emergency supplies, including medicines pesticides clothing and rot crops, will be shipped in two lots to South Korea with shares for the north. He asks diverting locomotives from MRBRA to the south for six months if needed, and notes no further relief is planned unless the Geneva UNRRA convention approves more aid in three months.
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Seoul
INS
Korea
Clyde Largent
UNRRA
Sargent
North Korea
China
New Co op Is Under Way For County Turkeys And Chickens
A new cooperative model aimed at poultry growers in Somerset County is to equalize risk and reward between capital and labor. Malcolm Hamilton of Bonnie Foods Co operative outlined plans at a Jennertown dinner meeting, proposing brand marketing, group purchasing, and joint breeding to boost demand and lower costs. The setup eschews stock ownership and seeks harmony with no profit to individuals, ensuring profits go to the cooperative.
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W. F. Brooks
Somerset County
Malcolm Hamilton
Bonnie Foods Co-operative
Windber
White Star Hotel
Jennertown
Hamilton
Dulles Calls for Moral Unity at Church Leaders Meeting
John Foster Dulles urged an international church leaders conference to address Russia west tension. He said moral and spiritual forces can still aid a just peace and noted the issue has long existed among big powers. The World Council of Churches sponsored sessions with private meetings urged for public access.
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Cambridge
Eng
John Foster Dulles
Russia
West
Dulles
World Council of Churches
New Yorker
Women named to AMVETS auxiliary in Harrisburg
Mrs Helen Chambers of Lancaster was named president of the newly organized AMVETS auxiliary. Officers include Mrs Henrietta McCloskey Philadelphia first VP Mrs Marian Drye McKeesport second VP Mrs Mildred Logeman York third VP Mrs Miriam Solada Camphill secretary Mrs Jeanne O Conner Middletown treasurer and Mrs Lovie Guldin Allentown parliamentarian State HQ to be in Harrisburg and a Reading convention planned for October Solada named national executive committeewoman to attend Pittsburgh meeting September 21 22
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Harrisburg
Helen Chambers
Lancaster
The
Henrietta McCloskey
Philadelphia
Marian Drye
McKeesport
Mildred Logeman
York
Miriam Solada
Camphill
Jeanne O’conner
Middletown
Lovie Guldin
Allentown
Chambers
Reading
Solada
Pittsburgh
Quakes Hit West Indies and Chile Area
The Associated Press reports strong earthquakes shook the West Indies near San Juan Puerto Rico and Valparaiso Chile yesterday. Seismographs in New York Philadelphia Washington Weston and Pasadena logged the events. Initial notices cited little or no damage and noted a power loss at San Juan.
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Associated Press
West Indies
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Valparaiso
Chile
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Weston
Mass
Pasadena
Calif
Pan American Airways
Miami
Santiago
Like Bump At San Juan
Capt. G. J. Brakesman of Miami reports from San Juan Puerto Rico that today’s earthquake felt like a bump in the road near Porto Rico. He says the quake caused no injuries or damage at the airport where passengers were shaken but unhurt.
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Miami
Fla
G. J. Brakesman
E.d
San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
Porto Rico
Brakesman
Freight car shortage blamed on five day week
The Association of American Railroads reports a five day week as the main cause of a freight car shortage. Many firms close two days a week and do not ship on weekends, extending the time to dispose of each load. Railroads say there is an average daily shortage of 16,091 cars and urge faster unloading.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
More Powerful Motors Are Due
Westinghouse Electric Corp reports experiments with transparent plastic bearing models reveal insights to design bearings that carry heavier loads. John Boyd, a research engineer, says the method cuts guess-work and speeds development of more powerful motors without increasing size or weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
John Boyd
U S Proposal Withdrawn Over Soviet Opposition at Paris
A U S plan to send all peace conference recommendations to the foreign ministers council was dropped after Soviet objections. Byrnes backs a British amendment seen more favorably by the Russians. Conference recess held as Byrnes notes progress and the 24 points on Italy Romania Bulgaria and Hungary remain unresolved.
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Louis Nevin
Paris
United States
Foreign Ministers Council
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
America
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste
France
Greece
Albania
Danube
Luxembourg Palace
Somerset Weather Report By David Grove Observer
Daily weather data for Somerset reports the 24 hour period from 5:30 p.m. Saturday to 5:30 p.m. Sunday with a maximum and minimum temperature around the mid 50s to 60s. The report compares figures to the prior year’s readings for the same interval.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
Mieten
Tee
RTI
Biccemeat Piitedierte
Ate Cecctniergreeren
Pegatas
Vars RE
Pectaemetets
Magrocsesaninns
MEET
Tasticcnic Tipiciciers
Neutromarcionin
Weather outlook for Maryland and Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy and warm with humidity, then afternoon and evening thundery showers Monday. Tuesday turns cloudy with occasional showers. In Eastern Pennsylvania expect showers with reduced warmth on Monday, cooler conditions Tuesday. Western Pennsylvania sees generally fair weather, cooler north, scattered showers or thunderstorms, and cooler conditions Monday. Tuesday mostly cloudy with showers.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
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