Fresh Dominican quake devastates towns after major tremor
Reports from Ciudad Trujillo and other Caribbean towns describe at least two dead and widespread destruction from a fresh earthquake and tidal surge following Sundays event. Officials rushed aid into Monte Christi region as communications failed and cities like Santiago and San Francisco de Macoris reported heavy damage and multiple fatalities.
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Domincan Republic
Manuel Amiami
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Caribbean Republic
Pan-American Airways
Nxyho
Miami
Island Republic
E.d.t
Monte Christi
Santiago
San Francisco de Marcoris
Molina
Christopher Columbus
Cuba
Virgin Islands
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Weather Bureau
San Francisco de Macoris
Loca
Sanchez
Puerto Plata
Matanzas
Nagua
Michel
Moca
Monte Plata
Bayaguna
Somerset School Board Elects Six and Approves Plans
The Somerset borough school board approved hiring six new teachers and accepted three resignations. New staff include Miss Anna Bender, Miss Alice Cassidy Witt, Miss Lilias Barrilar, Miss Alice Lohr, John Hunter named shop instructor, and Marian Drum to teach English and Spanish. A new central heating plant plan and industrial shops building plan were approved, with coal contracts awarded to W. H. Shockey.
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Somerset Borough
Poard
Lenore K. Housel
Anna Bender
Springs
Bender
California State Teachers College
Carolyn Slick
Lois McClelland
Alice Cassidy Witt
Shade Township
Indiana State College
Aldie Stiffler
Ebensburg
Pennsylvania State College
Lilias Barrilar
Punxutawney
Indiana State
Teachers College
Alice Lohr
Johnstown
Gettysburg College
Marian Drum
Middleburg
University of Pittsburgh
John Hunter
Farmer killed by bull on Crownsville farm
Harry Klein aged 54 of Parole Maryland died at Emergency Hospital Annapolis from chest injuries after a bull mauled him at his Crownsville area farm. Police said Klein entered the pen for a veterinarian visit when the animal knocked him down butted him and pawed him. His sister in law and a Miss Howard helped remove him from the pen and called for aid.
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Annapolis
Harry Klein
Parole
Crownsville
Klein
Brooke Meade
Anne Arundel County
A. D. Klein
Mary Howard
U S To Obey Pa Mine Laws
Harrisburg reports state Mines Secretary Richard Maize said federal assurance that Pennsylvania mining laws prevail over any conflicting federal code. A memo from Capt N H Collisson warns nine operators that compliance with the federal code does not excuse noncompliance with state laws and rules, citing dangers to soft coal miners.
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Harrisburg
Richard Maize
Pennsylvania
Ode
N. H. Collisson
Cal
U.S. Department of the Interior
Collisson
Maize
Battle near Hanoi leaves 12 French dead in Bac Ninh clash
A French communique reports twelve French soldiers killed and 41 wounded after a nine hour battle with Annamite forces at Bac Ninh, 19 miles northwest of Hanoi. Annamite losses are not confirmed but believed heavy as the ambushed convoy sparked the fighting.
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Hanoi
Bac Ninh
Indo-China
New Library Board Appoints Four Fresh Members
Somerset borough council approved four new members to the Mary S. Biesecker Public Library board following the resignations of George J. Krebs and three others. New appointees are Attorney Joseph Cascio Jack Birch Mrs Emil Barnett and James B Deitz.
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Somerset Borough Council
Mary S. Biesecker Public Library
George J. Krebs
John S. Scull
Oscar F. Sutliffe
Charles H. Ealy
Joseph Cascio
Jack Birch
Emil Barnett
James B. Deitz
Krebs
Public Library
Frederick W. Biesecker
Pennsylvania
John Scull
Somerset
W. H. Shumaker
RCA Victor Company
Sutliffe
Senator Ealy
Ray Ling
Ross S. Rinard
G. Floyd Dye
Elizabeth M. Warner
Will Abate Smoke Nuisance
Protesting citizens at the borough council meeting spurred officials to address a smoke nuisance from a trash dump on South Edgewood avenue. Borough secretary Richard Pile says the plan to remove the nuisance is under consideration. The report also notes library board appointments approved and traffic improvements discussed. Parking meter zones were extended on Union street and July receipts totaled 1 283 28 dollars, up from 1 025 08 the prior year.
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South Edgewood Avenue
Richard Pile
Mary S. Biesecker Public Library Board
Union Street
Court Avenue
Edgewood
Mellon Near Death In Crash Near Jacktown hotel
Richard K. Mellon president of Mellon National Bank and Alan M. Scaife vice president of Gulf Oil narrowly escaped a multi vehicle wreck on Route 30 near Jacktown. Mellon's sedan scraped a trailer, slid into oncoming traffic and was struck by another truck. all survived with only minor injuries.
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Irwin
Mellon
Scaife
Ligonier
Pittsburgh
Maxwell W. Bittinger
Fifteen Former Nazi Troopers Go On Trial in Austria
In Vienna on August 5, fifteen former Nazi storm troopers faced trial in Austria's largest war crimes case. They are charged with murdering about 200 political prisoners just before liberation. Prosecutors say the executions occurred prior to Austria's liberation and the trial is expected to last two weeks.
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Vienna
INS
Austria
Veteran milkman James Parson 88 dies after eight months
James Parson 88, longtime milkman, died Monday at his brother William Parson’s West Patriot Street home after an eight month bedsores illness. He delivered milk for 30 years and farmed. Survived by brother William. eight brothers and a sister predeceased him. Funeral Wednesday 2:30 at Hoffman funeral home with Rev. Dr. I Hess Wagner officiating. Buried Union Cemetery.
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James Parson
William Parson
West Patriot Street
Parson
H. W. Walker
First Christian Church
Hoffman Funeral Home
I. Hess Wagner
Union Cemetery
Somerset
Attlee to Put Palestine Question Before UN
Prime Minister Attlee will seek cabinet approval to consider referring the Palestine issue to the United Nations if the joint cabinet committee partition plan is rejected by the United States. The Jewish agency rejected the proposal as unacceptable and Arab groups warned of violence. Russia indicated interest in a voice at the final settlement.
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ED Campbell
London
Attlee
United Nations
Jewish Agency
Palestine Directorate For the
Jewish Community
Paris
Hebrew Committee of National Liberation
Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Palestine
Moscow
U. N. General Assembly
Girl Drowns At Newell's Grove
Ten year old Catherine Galiardi drowned in a swimming pool at Newell s Grove resort fourteen miles north of Connellsville. She was visiting with sister Rose Marie and brother Joseph. sister and brother later found safe at their cottage. A lifeguard recovered the body after 20 minutes. artificial respiration failed.
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Connellsville
Catherine Galiardi
Newell's Grove
Here
Louis Galiardi
Catherine
Rose Marie
Joseph
Bigamy Plea Sees Kirk McKown Given Probation
Uniontown August 5 Kirk McKown of Clairton pleaded guilty to bigamy and was fined 3500 plus costs and placed on a year’s probation by Judge W Russell Carney After serving in Europe he returned to McKeesport and married Miss Lillian Hostetler Mrs McKown No 1 learned of the second marriage from a McKeesport paper announcing a baby born to Mr and Mrs Kirk McKown
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Uniontown
Kirk McKown
Clairton
W. Russell
McKown
Gen. Patton
Europe
McKeesport
Lillian Hostetler
Marines stay in China will shoot back if attacked
Admiral Charles M. Cooke Jr. said the U S Marines in China remain at 22 000 to 23 000 strong and will shoot back if attacked. He denied any withdrawal order and noted continued U S presence with the Seventh Fleet and army service troops aiding repatriation and stabilizing postwar conditions.
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Spencer Moosa
Shanghai
China
Ram
Charles M. Cooke, Jr
Cooke
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Nanking
Truman
Marshall
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
General Marshall
John Leighton Stuart
U. S
United States
Penned Hearing Set For Sept 11 On Edison Plan
The SEC will continue Sept 11 to study parts of a liquidation and recapitalization plan for Pennsylvania Edison Company Altoona and Pennsylvania Electric Company Johnstown. Key questions involve possible extra payments to preferred stockholders the escrow terms for 1 million dollars and related fees. The SEC approved the plan July 20 but kept jurisdiction over these issues.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Edison Company
Altoona
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Johnstown
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Penn Ed
Associated Electric Company
Two Ships Arrive Expected in New York Today
The Darrel M. Ritter is due with 146 army dogs from Bremerhaven and the George W. Goethals with 403 British war brides and children from Southampton. No troopships reached U S ports yesterday.
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Darrel M. Ritter
Bremerhaven
George W. Goethals
Southampton
New York
Reeceiar
U. S
No Accord In Peace Parley Rules Group On Red Challenge
Reconversion Director John R. Steelman halted new contracts under a 1.6 billion public works program for 56 days from August 6 to October 1 with limited exceptions. The pause aims to curb inflation by delaying nonurgent projects while the program is revised and trimmed by 700 million.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Rule Of Law Restored In McMinn Co
A courthouse full of ex servicemen and residents cheered as five war veterans were certified to county offices in McMinn County Tennessee restoring constitutional government after last week's gun battle. The quarterly court accepted Sheriff Mansfield’s resignation officially certified Knox Henry as sheriff and four other ex GI officers. It also abolished the county buildings supervisor post and created a three member control committee to oversee expenditures until August 31. Roe Dunn was ousted as coroner.
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Robert Sturdevant
Athens
Tenn
McMinn County
Justices of the Peace
Paul Cantrell
Citizens’ Interim Committee of Law and Order
Pat Mansfield
Knox Henry
Citizens’ Committee
Roe Dunn
Mansfield
Duff Assails Stalin Crowd At Republican Meet
New Castle August 5 Att General James H Duff assailed the Democratic party for the nation economic mess saying Washington interference blocks natural regenerative forces and leaves productive machinery out of gear He said Democratic majorities in Congress must bear the blame for the turbulent economy and warned against tinkering with business and industry
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New Castle
James H. Duff
Democratic Party
Washington
America
Duff
Japan
U. S. Senate
House of Representatives
Gibson family of 13 on cross country auto trip
The Gibson family of 13 from Blossburg Pennsylvania travels in a single car toward a Ren ton Washington farm job after their belongings were washed away in a spring flood. They carry a stove and bedding and sleep and eat in the open. The father offered no comment on how all fit inside the car.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Gibson
Blossburg
Lewis Gibson
Renton
Wash
Pennsylvania
Last Words In Congress Battle Hot Last Words In Congress Battle Hot
In Missouri Fifth district Democratic primary with President Truman nearby, Enos T. Axtell backed by the White House battles Rep. Roger C. Slaughter and Jerome Walsh. Truman votes in Independence while his family and supporters attend. Walsh seeks Rayburn aid for a congressional inquiry into campaign spending.
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Ernest B. Baccard
Kansas City
Truman
Missouri
White House
Slaughter
Jerome Walsh
Pendergast
Independence
Washington
Memorial Hall
Mr. Truman
Grandview
J. Vivian Truman
Golf Life
40 And 8
Walsh
Opa
Sam Rayburn
House
Jenner Fair Opens Aug 27 With New Ride and Events
Jenner fair opens Tuesday August 27 and runs four days with a carnival company bringing a ride described as unique and thrilling. The program includes the usual racing card, horse pulling contests and farm exhibits with prizes to be awarded.
Peace conference rules committee fails to reach accord on two thirds standard
At Paris the European peace conference adjourned after long debate over Russia's challenge to two thirds votes. Molotov attacked U S and Britain and offered a counter proposal to boost small nations. British and French amendments created a narrow split among the Big Four. Continued on page three.
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Joseph Dynan
Paris
European Peace Conference Rules Committee
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Foreign Ministers Council
Hector McNeil
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Molotov
Britain
Council of Foreign Masters
Weather outlook for Maryland and nearby states turns warm with storms
Maryland shows increasing clouds and warm conditions with afternoon and night thundershowers. Wednesday turns partly cloudy and cooler with morning showers. Eastern Pennsylvania is partly cloudy and less warm with Tuesday night and Wednesday thundershowers. Western Pennsylvania mostly cloudy Tuesday then night storms, cooler Wednesday. West Virginia mostly cloudy Tuesday with afternoon and night thundershowers then partly cloudy and cooler Wednesday.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather note by David Grove records 24 hour period from Sunday 5 30 p m to Monday 5 30 p m with a high 84 and low 58 degrees. A comparison line mentions the previous year’s maximum and minimum but the details are garbled in the OCR.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. Weather Observer
Max
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