Republicans Back Anti-Inflation Bill to Restrict Installment Buying
The House banking committee approved a Republican anti inflation bill by a 16 to 8 vote. It restores wartime installment buying curbs and tightens bank credit while rejecting Truman price and wage controls and the excess profits tax. The measure aims for a House vote tomorrow as party lines hold.
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Washington
G.O.P
Truman
House Banking Committee
Congress
Senate
House Committee
McCarthy
Rwis
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Banking Committee
Board of Governors of
Federal Reserve System
Three Western Envoys Seek Progress in Moscow Talks
American British and French envoys conferred for three hours in Moscow over Berlin crisis and east west differences. Walter B. Smith and Yves Chatigneau met at the British embassy with Frank Roberts while Foy Kohler accompanied Smith. Reports hint at potential for an agreement but no second meeting with Stalin or Molotov confirmed. Smith, a former Eisenhower aide, is seen as key in shaping the Western approach.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Russia
Berlin
Europe
U. S
Walter B. Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Foy Kohler
Smith
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Roberts
Ernest Bevin
London
Bevin
Herbert Morrison
William Strang
Lewis Douglas
Brian Robertson
Germany
Douglas
Strang
Rene Massigli
Molotov
Washington Not Optimistic Over Russian Outlook
Secretary Marshall refrained from commenting on Moscow talks during a grave news conference. He conveyed an absence of optimism shared by Washington diplomats and military circles about the Russian situation following Stalin's meeting with American, British, and French representatives.
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Relman Morin
Washington
Marshall
Moscow
State Department
Stalin
Plane Crash in Virginia Kills One Person
A light Navion four passenger plane crashed near Quinton in New Kent county during a heavy rainstorm. Philip A. Sigal, 45, of Bethlehem Pennsylvania, is believed killed with a possible additional passenger unaccounted for. The wing was missing and wreckage spread over a wide area. the crash occurred about 2 45 p m in near zero visibility.
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New Kent
Quinton
New Kent County
Philip A. Sigal
Bethlehem
Philip
Easton
Arthur
Roland
Norfolk
Naval Reserve
Georgia
Allentown
Philip Sigal
Savannah
CAA
McKay
Somerset farmers and bankers tour showcases modern ranching and farming methods
A 100 participant Somerset county farmers and three bankers toured key agricultural sites led by County Farm Agent C. C. McDowell. They viewed a Buckeye ditcher, a 4 H strawberry project, Black Angus cattle, strip farming, a Jenner nursery project, sprayed potato plots, and an 8 000 bushel potato storage building, followed by a noon picnic and landscaping talk at Conemaugh township school.
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Somerset County
Co. C McDowell
Glenn Ellenberger
Dwight Shanks
Sipesville
Harry Shockey
Wallace Shaulis
Harry and
Dean Friedline
Jennertown
Route 219
Harry Friedline
Jenner Chamber of Commerce Community Improvement Project
Friedline
Samuel Philson
Meyersdale
Samuel Evans
Somerset
John Rhogads
Stoystown
Frank Ramer
Agronomy Extension Department
Penn State College
Harry Habel
Sand Patch
The
Agricultural Extension Society
Somerset American
Conemaugh Township Consolidated School
Home Economics
1Za Corbin
Home Economics Extension
C. C. McDowell
hYim
Rockne
Yost
Air Corps
Telford Blough
Charles C. Ifft
Joseph Jonas
Forrestal Opens Carlisle Armed Forces Education Center
Secretary of Defense James Forrestal dedicated the enlarged armed forces information school at Carlisle Barracks. He urged equal responsibility between the armed services and the community to inform and understand each other, noting the center serves all branches as part of unification. Rear Admiral Edward C. Ewen presented a painting to Brig. Gen. E. J. McGaw as a symbol of the Navy's return to Carlisle Barracks.
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Carlisle
Armed Forces Information School
Carlisle Barracks
James Forrestal
Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Air Force
Forrestal
U. S. S. Pennsylvania
E. J McGaw
McGaw
Musicians Push Repeal of 20 Percent Amusement Tax
The American Federation of Musicians launched a campaign to repeal the 20 per cent federal amusement tax. President James C. Petrillo urged 700 locals to contact lawmakers, arguing the wartime levy hurts workers and reduces job opportunities for union musicians.
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New York
American Federation of Musicians Today
James C. Petrillo
Workers of Our Nation
Petrillo
Federation
Asbury Park
N. J
U S Aircraft Break Berlin Supply Record With 2104 Tons
Berlin reports the American airlift delivered 2104 tons in 303 flights to the blockaded city, a new high. RAF planes carried about 1000 tons in 242 flights as 16 new C-54 Skymasters join the Rhein-Main base to replace smaller transports.
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Edwin Shanke
Berlin
U.S. Air Force
RAF
Rhein-Main
Frankfurt
Wiesbaden
Minon
Germany
United States
Air Force
Expect 60 Million Seedlings From Recent Planting
Harrisburg reports the commonwealth estimates 60 million seedlings will grow from seed plantings, the largest in national conservation history. Over 6 500 pounds of forest tree seeds were planted this spring plus 2 500 bushels of walnuts acorns and other nut trees from 1947 autumn work. Seed collecting and nurseries are part of Gov Duff's forest restoration push. M F Draemel solicits help from sportsmen groups scouts and 4 H clubs.
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Harrisburg
Commonwealth Today
Department of Forests and Waters
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
M. F. Draemel
Oil Demand Drives Huge Daily Investment says Oil Executive
Philadelphia August 4 an Atlantic Refining Company executive reported to stockholders that consumer oil demand outpaces production. He said the industry must invest 4 700 000 dollars daily to meet requests averaging 1350 more barrels daily and that output has risen by 750 000 barrels per day since mid 1946.
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Philadelphia
Robert H. Colley
Atlantic Refining Company
Colley
Old Forge Votes Coal Tax First in Lackawanna County
Burgess Bart Petrini of Old Forge approved a 10 cent per ton tax on mined coal, the first such levy in Lackawanna county, marking a new borough revenue measure.
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Old Forge
Scranton
Burgess Bart Petrini
Lackawanna County
Gov Herbert Wins OK for Strike End at Univis Lens Plant
Striking Univis Lens workers, guarded by national guardsmen, agreed to Gov Thomas J Herbert's terms to end the 92 day dispute. UEW organizer Hirschberg said members would empower leaders to sign an agreement with the company. The plant reported 390 of 658 workers back on shift as it prepared to replace strikers.
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John Frye Dayton
Univis Lens
National Guard
Thomas J Herbert
Herbert Hirschberg
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Herbert
UEW
Hirschberg
M. H. Stanley
Univis
Stanley
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
D'Arnold Davis
Teen to Lose Six Inches of Right Leg to Walk Straight
Seventeen year old Melvin Acker Jr plans to shorten his right leg by six inches to even a long standing disparity from rheumatic fever. Surgeons removed three inches of bone and will remove another three. The procedure aims to let him walk without a limp and graduate high school next June.
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Altgona
Melvin Acker Jr
Acker
Melvin
Plans for Somerset Mining Institute Meeting in Central City
The Somerset County Mining Institute scheduled a general meeting in Central City recreation room on Thursday August 26 at 7 30 p m daylight time. C H Maize presides as institute president with George Snyder as program chairman and speakers Roy D Joseph and Edward Thomas.
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Somerset County Mining Institute
White Star
Jennertown
Central City Recreation Room
C. H. Maize
Pennsylvania Mining Institute
George Snyder
Reitz Coal Company
Roy D. Joseph
Pennsylvania Department of Mines
Johnstown
Germany
Edward Thomas
U. S. Bureau of Mines
College Park
Mr. Maize
Joseph
Snyder
George A. Dickey
Smokeless Quemahoning Coal Co
Walter Kelly
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Thomas Stakem
M. W. Thomas
Lloyd Unger
United Mine Workers of America
Roswell
Pressman Attacks Washington Un-American Hearings
Lee Pressman, former CIO counsel and Wallace for President activist, denounces Washington hearings on Communism as a shameful circus. He accuses the Thomas committee of smearing him to divert from civil rights inflation housing and Israel issues while defending Roosevelt era labor. He urges the public to see through the circus.
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New York
Lee Pressman
CIO
Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
House Committee On un-American Activities
Pressman
American Labor Party
Congress
Brooklyn
Sidney Katz
Thomas Committee
Henry Luce
Israel
Espns
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Virginias Republicans expect GOP bid for Congress in 1948
The Associated Press notes Virginia Republicans anticipate contesting all but possibly the Fourth district after Tuesday primaries. Senator A Willis Robertson won easily and will face Republican Robert Woods in November. Missouri and Kansas results show incumbents largely renominated and party shifts discussed.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Congress
Missouri
Kansas
Capitol Hill
Herbert Hoover
U. S
A. Willis Robertson
Robert H. Woods
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Andrew F. Schoeppel
George McGill
Senate
Arthur Capper
McGill
Frank Carlson
Randolph Carpenter
Phil Donnelly
Forrest Smith
Murray E. Thompson
House of Representatives
Dewey Short
House Armed Services Committee
Pendergast
James M. Pendergast
Kansas City
Leonard Irving
AFL
Floyd R. Gibson
Rufus Burrus
Independence
C. Jasper Bell
Joseph Hunter Allen
New Madrid
Orville Zimmerman
Chambersburg Pastor Dick Found Dead in Farm Field
The Rev Trostle P Dick 60 pastor of Chambersburgs Fourth Street Church of the Brethren died by own action with a shotgun wound on a farm near Chambersburg He had been ill health recently and went hunting with the weapon His body was found by Fred Witter a church member He pastor from July 1946 previously led Coventry Church Potts town He is survived by his widow three sons and a daughter
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Chambersburg
S. D. Shull
Trostle P. Dick
Shull
Fourth Street
Church of the Brethren
Fred Witter
Witter
Mr. Dick
Waynesboro
Coventry
Pottstown
Annie Hollinger Dick
Silvermaster Refuses to Confirm Communist Ties Before Committee
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster as questioned by the House Un-American Activities Committee denied Communist affiliation while admitting naval intelligence sought his removal as untrustworthy during WWII. Elizabeth Bentley contradicted him, naming him leader of a Russian spy ring and alleging ties to the OGPU. Bentley testified Silvermaster and his wife were connected to the Communist party and that Ulman operated equipment for Russian intelligence.
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Washington
INS
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Naval Intelligence
Silvermaster
Elizabeth Bentley
U. S
House un-American Activities Committee
Civil Service Commission
Silvermister
OGPU
Secret Police
FBI
Civil Service
Louis Russell
Silverminster
Seattle
Washinton
Communist Party
Livermaster
Rep
Mundt
Russell
Herbert
D-La
Secretary of War
Miss Bentley
New York
William L. Ulman
Somerset Weather Report By David Grove
Temperature for 24 hours ending 5 30 p m Wednesday ranged roughly from high 40s to 50s with an 82 59 year ago high and low noted. Reading shows a warm late day with a cooler morning and afternoon periods.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
PAM Openecescmiesuiurenmnusinnn
Ryueees Creer Ecpreteaeoeninsinsi
U. S. Weather Bureau
Boston
Chicago
Maryland and Pennsylvania Weather Outlook
Maryland sees mostly cloudy skies with continued cool and rain mainly in the east Thursday. Clearing and cooler Thursday night, then fair and cool Friday. Eastern Pennsylvania faces clouds and light rain Thursday morning, clearing to cooler conditions, with Friday fair and cool. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia stay cloudy with morning rain east, then partly cloudy afternoon and cooler Thursday night, followed by fair and cool Friday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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