Traffic rule sparks left turn ban in Edgewood area
The city traffic department enforces a new rule restricting left turns between the yellow lines on Center avenue south of Union, removing meter spaces and prompting parking summonses. Burgess H. Everett Musser is noted as once violating the rule while authorities promote stricter enforcement.
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Minue
Union 1
Burgess H. Everett Musser
Edgewood Avenue
West Main Street
Blaine F. Walter
Boston
Jane Walter
Chester B. Egolf
Somerset Chamber of Commerce
New Haven
Egolf
Bob
James G. Knepper
Fred Saylor
Merle Heiple
Knepper
Ocean City
America
Ernest Baker
Oakhurst Ten Room
Korn Kobblers
William Stanley Fritts
Hayes
St. Paul
Minn
Charles Peter Koenig
Superior
Wis
Korn Kobblers Rise From Cincinnati Roots to Fame
The Korn Kobblers formed in Cincinnati in 1939 and, on Guy Lombardo's advice, began a two week engagement at the New York World's Fair that lasted the fair’s duration. They later performed six months at Jack Dempsey's and worked various entertainment roles, radio shows, and juke box recordings. A 35 foot steel flag pole with an eagle surmounting it has been erected at the Eagles club plaza on West Main street.
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Laakso
Cincinnati
Guy Lombardo
Jack Dempsey
Eagles Club
West Main Street
Centennial in Oakland Maryland Week Long 100th Anniversary Observed
Oakland Maryland readies a week of events for Garrett County seat centennial. Mayor Joseph Hinebaugh and a centennial committee organize days for farmers and homemakers firemen youth Baltimore and Ohio veterans homecoming governors and a Sunday church climax. A pageant Song of the Oaks and a century vault will dramatize history with notable speakers and officials.
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Oakland
Garret County
Joseph Hinebaugh
Somerset County
Deep Creek Lake
William Preston Lane
Milliard Tydings
Herbert O'Connor
Glenn Beall
Allegany County
Hamill
Mountain Lake Park
Lewis R. Jones
Old Town
F. E. Rathbun
Bernard I. Gonder
Garrett County
E. I. Baumgartner
Newton A. Copling
George Hanst
Century Vault
Duquesne Honors Theron L Caudle At Summer Commencement
Degrees were presented to 197 graduates at Duquesne University as Theron L Caudle assistant attorney general of the United States Charles H Payne Pittsburgh industrialist and Brother Angelus Gabriel author and lecturer received honorary doctorates at the summer commencement in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne University
Theron L. Caudle
United States
Charles H. Payne
Angelus Gabriel
Altoona Celebrates 100th Birthday Week in Style
Altoona marks its centennial with a week of events starting Sunday. A daily parade leads to speeches by Gov. Duff and Adm. Halsey, a mass choir of 800, and an array of events including a farmer parade, air show, fireworks, pageants, rodeo, horse show, water carnival, and railroad excursion around Horseshoe Curve.
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Robert W. Poyver
Altoona
Blair County
The
Alleghenies
Jatla
Howard WW. Lindaman
Ken Sie S. Bagshaw
National Grange
Alben Barkley
Martinsburg
Bandits Loot Card Game In Allentown Burglary
In Allentown a robbery interrupted a card game as two armed bandits entered Archie Pederman’s home in south Whitehall township. They threatened 13 players nearby and escaped with about $5,000 in cash and jewelry.
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Allentown
Suourban
Archie Pederman
South Whitehall Township
Car Deliveries Drop in July Total
The American Railway Car Institute reports domestic freight car deliveries fell to 6,434 in July from 9,121 in June. This July total includes 3,655 cars from builders and 2,779 from railroad shops.
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New York
American Railway Car Institute
Friends propose sealing A bomb to UN control
The Friends committee on national legislation urged placing United States atomic bombs under United Nations seal to guard manufacturing secrets. Richard R. Wood testified before the House foreign affairs committee as part of an arms for Europe debate.
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Washington
Friends Committee
United States
United Nations
Richard R. Wood
Friends Quakers Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Wood
Five Percent Probe Hearings Focus On Detroit Links
Private testimony before the Senate inquiry identified Austin Metal Produces inc. officials as Detroit participants in go between schemes linked to John Maragon. Secretary of Defense Johnson slated to testify next, with Army procurement and uniform contracts under scrutiny amid broader corruption probes.
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Washington
Senate
Investieeators
Detroit
John Maracen
Maragon
Booiblack
Special Committee
Austin Metal Produces Ince
Hoey
D-Nc
Army
Johnson
Tien
Armred
Pew B. Grindle
James V. Hunt
Hunt
Tevine
State Department
Hebert D-Li
House
Armed Services
Hebert
Gordon Gray
Stanley J. Cummines
Nationnal Association of Uniform Manufacturers Inc
Cummings
Harrisburg Bridge Buyout Moves Toward Toll Free Status
Harrisburg officials push plan to free the state's toll bridges with a $10 million bond program. The Market Street span is targeted for purchase with a price noted as slightly over $80 a share for 48,111 shares, as negotiations continue with owners of several other toll bridges including Walnut Street and Bethlem addresses.
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Harrisburg
Harrisburg Market Street
Commonwealth
Harrisburg Bridge Company
Pennsylvania
Ray FP. Smock
Highs Ways
J&unbury
Smock
Walnut Street
Bethlehem
Allentown
Oe Ferry
Ellwood City
Point Marion
Charleroi-Monessen
Supreme Court
Market Street
George W. Reily
State Highway Department
Claude Ai
Minsi Trail
New Street
Clarks Ferry
Loud Speaker On Ad Auto Aids In Capture Of Thug
A pursuit sparked by a loud speaker on an advertising truck led to the arrest of a man amid a beating of Theresa Czerniewski a 21 year old cleaner at Baum Boulevard. She was taken to Shadyside hospital with head injuries. Police say the assailant forced her into the truck after entering the shop while she was alone. Passersby alerted by the screams joined the chase shouting Stop Thief over a cruising auto loudspeaker and helped surround the suspect before police arrived.
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Pittsburgh
Theresa Czerniewski
O A Baum Boulevard
Shadyside Hospital
Edward Ebeling
ImpressionS Here and There About People
A Somerset PA state police officer, H A Stephens, returns to duty after leave. The Tri-State Fife and Drum parade to Berlin next Saturday gains National Tribune notice but may not return east of Laurel Hill mountains. A fair looms with bookmobile steady, and a newlyweds’ car decorates a Cumberland wedding in Rockwood. College football training camps approach and traffic lanes are repainted.
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Szt
H. A. Stephens
Somerset
Pennsylvania
Tri-State Martial Bands Association
Berlin
National Tribune
Soldiers
Washington, D.C
Charles F. Cook
Laurel Hill Mountains
Mr. Cook
Traitler Homes
Bng
Joseph J. Katynski
Henry Miller
Miller
Phyllis Palmer
Ellis Palmer
Lavansville
Paul Miller
Rockwood
Cumberland
Jean Murray
Clyde Carns
New York Polio Cases Jump To 562 For Year
New York City infantile paralysis cases rose to 562 with 55 new cases and 2 deaths. Brooklyn accounted for 286 cases. Upstate totals included 23 in outside-NYC counties and Glens Falls district with 56 cases. Nassau 10 of 23 new upstate cases. Washington 30, Warren 22, Saratoga 4.
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New York
New York City
Health Department
Brooklyn
Albany
State Health Department
Nassau County
Glens Falls
Washington
Warren
Saratoga
Washington County
Village
Hudson Falls
City of
Pennsylvania to fund $10 million school lunch program
Harrisburg reports the coming school year will see a $10 million hot lunch and milk program for Pennsylvania schoolchildren. The plan aims to improve student nutrition and support rural and urban districts statewide.
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Harriesburg
Pennsylvania
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Mom
Somerset County Laundry
Centennial
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Grosvenor
Penn Furniture
Altoona Offen
Los
Los Aux Shoppe
Akp Te
Great ,Atlantic, and Pacific Tea Company
Lady Baltimore Bar
Ann Page
Calif
Sunnyfield
Trimpey Packard Inc
Thug
Gilmour & Jones
Firestone Dealer
E. Fairview St
Heap
Jul
Calder
N. Mangne & Son General Contractors
Pletcher
Wesley Pletcher
Water Level Road
oXeKex
Ehesexere
Polly
Jane
Saylor Motor CO
Tretates
Bowen Srup
Mier. Light & Heat Co
Ansco Film
Camera
Center Ave
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