Somerset Tales From The Square News Bytes
Chatter Box column reports on Thomas B. Rodgers a Camp Bucoco Boy Scout director who found a drowning victim in a 14 foot creek hole. Rodgers an alumnus of Bucknell University is a Somerset high school faculty member and assistant football coach. Also notes aspirin inquiry at a diamond and a local baseball game where Clark Row shined briefly before Somerset and Berlin may meet in a rubber game.
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Tom" Rodgers
Boy Scouts
Camp Bucoco
Butler County
Thomas RB. Rodgers
Somerset High School
Rodgers
Bucknell University
Somerset
H. B. Saylor
Saylor
Johnson
Meyersdale
Berlin
Oracle
Gener
Jealous Ex-Husband Kills Wife's Fiance in Southampton
In Southampton a discarded husband ambushed and killed Harold Winters 44 as he kissed his fiancée Mrs. Mary Zieman 40 in her kitchen. The husband Frank Zieman 45 then shot himself in Bridgehampton after being found in his car with a gun to his head. Winters was a police officer eight years. Zieman had hidden for the act after seeing the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
N. Y
Harold Winters
Frank Zieman
Winters
Mary Zieman
Zieman
Islip Terrace
S. 1
Bridgehampton
Florida
Build Up Japan Military Vs Communism Urged
Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger told the Ohio American Legion convention that Japan must have its defenses strengthened to halt Communism in the Far East. He argued Japan is a military pygmy unless protected, and that a postwar peace must leave Japan capable of self defense.
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Columbus
INS
Robert L. Eichelberger
Japan
Far East
Eighth Army
Army
Gray
Ohio American Legion
Eichelberger
Russia
Reds
China
West
Asia
Chiang Kai-shek
5 Percent Probe Aims to Aid Small Businessmen
Washington August 7 The Senate five percenter probing panel seeks to help small businessmen obtain government contracts without hiring a peddler of influence. Chairman Hoey says abuses will be curbed and a bill in tentative form aims to improve procurement methods to ease government dealings for small firms. Secretary of Defense Johnson and witnesses Grindle Maragon are slated to testify as hearings stretch over two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hoey
D-Nc
Johnson
Paul Grindle
Massachusetts
Army
John Maragon
White House
Maragon
Kansas City
Construction Workers Face 5 Percent Kickback on Jobs
Washington August 7 A construction workers association told the Senate investigations committee that private employment agencies extract five percent of a job applicant’s salary as a kickoff before hiring on federal projects. James Dillon alleged collusion between agencies and large contractors, with managers getting a share of fees. The group offered evidence for study and said the practice hinders recruiting qualified workers for Greek rehabilitation Marshall Plan and defense projects.
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Glenn M. Green
Washington
INS
Congress
Senate Investigations Committee
James H. Dillon
Construction Men's Association of New York
Dillon
Sen. Hoey
DNC
Knotty Affair in Kent Explains Tree Knots
Tree expert Martin L. Davey Jr. asserts knots aid tree self preservation in Kent Ohio. He explains knots are gnarled growth formed by nature to heal wounds where branches are shed.
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Kent, O
INS
Martin L. Davey, Jr
Gas Tank Blast Fatal in Frankstown Home
Miles C. Confer, 49, of Frankstown, died from burns after a bottled gas tank exploded in the basement of his home. He passed away today with the incident occurring in Frankstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankstown
Miles C. Confer
Brother Dies In Quarrel Over Woman
In Pittsburgh a 25 year old man Paul Woods is charged with murder for killing his younger brother Edward Woods 22 during a quarrel over married woman Marion Bowman 23. Paul says the shooting was accidental after a struggle over the woman who planned to marry him after divorcing her husband.
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Pittsburgh
George Weidle
Paul Woods
Edward Woods
Paul
Shaler Township
Marion Bowman
Weidel
Legion Plans Serious Convention As Horseplay Dims
American Legion officials expect a busy four day state convention with about 20 000 attendees and delegates. Key topics include a World War II veteran bonus vote and expansion of Americanization and youth programs. Speakers include Senators Edward Martin and Francis Meyers Governor Duff General Leonard Gerow and past National Legion Commander O Neill. A new commander will be elected and memorial services held with efforts to curb horseplay and extraneous items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
American Legion
Lawrence Trainor
Duquesne
Legion’s Auxiliary
Legion
Trainor
McCabe urges tax cuts to attract investment
Thomas B. McCabe, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, told Congress that easing taxes on the wealthy and corporations could stimulate new capital investment. He cited falling stock sales and urged ways to assure a steady flow of savings into equity, noting he spoke for himself.
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Washington
Thomas B. McCabe
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
McCabe
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Johnstown Man Killed by Auto
Henry Schultz age 63 of Johnstown was struck and killed by a car on Route 53 one mile north of Johnstown early today. The accident occurred as Schultz walked along the highway in the morning light.
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Johnstown
Henry Schultz
Lansberry Speaks At Daley Church Homecoming
District Attorney Thomas F. Lansberry addressed a Daley Christian church homecoming near Central City as hundreds gathered in the church grove. The event featured welcome by P. Denver Reita and a Salvation Army response by Mrs. Tarry, with blessing by Flavius G. Line and music by the Shade Township high school band led by Clarence F. Pyle.
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Thomas F. Lansberry
Daley Christian Church
Central City
Lansberry
P. Denver Reita
Johnstown
Tarry
Salvation Army
Detroit
Mich
Daley
Flavius G. Line
Shade Township
Clarence F. Pyle
Church Grove
Mr. Lansberry
Ralph Bennett
Hooversville
J. M. Miller
Ed Bevans
Dorsey
David C. Lambert
Moxham Christian Church
Howard Fleegle Daley
Russell M. Plebley
Lloyd Gordon
Reel's Corner
D. W. Lambert
Buckstown
Treasuer
Howard Fleegle Daly Grounds
L. B. Berkebile
Gas Explosions Burn 26 At West Nanticoke Food Plant
Three explosions during a fire at the George Balliet & Sons food plant injure 26, with 16 treated at Nanticoke hospital. The blasts followed a leak of pentane fuel gas used in ovens. the plant sits in a brick building behind the West Nanticoke Methodist church near the Susquehanna. The damage is estimated at 5000 dollars, confined to the oven room and affecting the delicatessen processing operation.
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West Nanticoke
George Balliet & Sons
al Wilson
Nanticoke Hospital
Balliet
West Nanticoke Methodist Church
Susquehanna River
Nanticoke
Quintet Forms for Berlin Parade Of Fife And Drum
Captain Don M Kimmel and Charles F Cook fifers with Walter B Jones Alpert S Huston all of Somerset join George H Rudolph bass drummer of Windber to form a martial music quintette for the tri state parade and convention next Saturday in Berlin Jones will drum on the WWI 110th regiment drum Kimmel trained under Cook who mentored him in fife and the group promotes the event with local pride
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Don M. Kimmel
Charles F. Cook
Walter B. Jones
Alpert S. Huston
Somerset
George H. Rudolph
Windber
Tri- State
Berlin
Jones
110Th Regiment
Captain Kimmel
Cook
Matt Cascio
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
E. D. Peck
C. C. McDowell
Quemahoning Township
New York
Somerset American
George Zellem
Simon
Bud") Dodson
Ferne Casebeer
Classified Advertising Department
United States
Loca
Wanted Aerial Picture Plane Crash Kills Man
In Sharon on Aug 7 a small plane crash near West Middlesex killed Robert Campbell 25 of West Middlesex and badly injured amateur photographer Robert Lenhardt R D 2 Pulaski. Lenhardt in fair condition at Buhl hospital with a broken jaw left leg and rib injuries. He reportedly sought an aerial shot of a new home he was building near West Middlesex. The accident happened about 15 minutes after takeoff from a Youngstown Ohio airport.
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Sharon
Robert Campbell
West Middlesex
Robert Lenhardt
Pulaski
Lenhardt
Buhl Hospital
Youngstown
Ohio
White fir lumber production reaches 500 million feet yearly
The article notes a production rate of 500 million board feet of white fir lumber per year. It identifies the industry scale and annual output without additional context or figures.
German Red Gets 3 Years Kidnapper Sentencing in Berlin
A U S military court in Berlin sentenced Willi Henke head of a Communist kidnapping gang to three years solitary imprisonment. Seven other gang members received jail terms from six to 18 months, with two women given six months but freed on probation. The group, said to be Russian directed, invaded the U S sector May 20 to kidnap Gerhardt Shhuett, an East zone underground chief linked to a Russian munitions train explosion.
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Berlin
INS
U. S
T Willi Henke
Gerhardt Shhuett
East Zone
Garrett man released on bail after hearing
Frank Yonia, 33, of Garrett, posted 100 dollars bail after a Saturday morning hearing before Justice of the Peace Charles J. Harrison Jr. He faces an accessory after the fact charge in a case stemming from a criminal assault on Mrs. Mercurio of Iowa by Joseph Cole.
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Deep Creek
Gilmour & Jones
Firlstone Dealer
Fairview St
West Main ST
Somerset, Pa
TGA
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Lady Baltimore Bar
Calif
lLean
Sunnyfield
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Los Ayn Suoppe
Lois and
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Bebe Shopp
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England
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Minn
Lord Dunboyne
Jay Travers
International
Britain
Trimpey Packard Inc
Daley Church
W. Nanticoke
State Department
Philip C Jessup
Jessup
Truman
U. S. China
Polly
Jane
Calvary Methodist Church
William Boyd Grove
Bethany College
Franklin Street Methodist Church
Calvary
G. E. Shultzabarger
Chauncey Ickes
Bob Jones College
Presbyterian Church
Boswell
Chauncey
Squire C. S. Ickes
Somerset Township
Howard R. Brant
QUEER
Edgewood Ave
ABC and
Johnstown, PA
Mom
Somerset County Laundry
Gilmour
Firestone Dealer
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