Rosenbergs Wife Nabbed In Spy Case
FBI arrested 34 year old Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg wife of Julius in the atomic espionage ring with Harry Gold and Klaus Fuchs. She faced $100000 bail amid claims of long term Communist ties as her husband’s network included David Greenglass and others.
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ED Creagh
New York
FBI
No. T
Harry Gold
Klaus Fuchs
Ethel] Greenglass Rosenberg
Julius
David Greenglass
Russia
Rosenberg
U. S
Miles J. Lane
Greenglass
Los Alamos
N. M
Gold
Philadelphia
Fuchs
United States
Alexander Bloch
Michael
Robert
Lane
McDonald
Rosenberz
Austria
Red
U S Tanks And Warships Challenge Reds At Pohang
U S and South Korean forces move toward Pohang to oust Communist troops as the United Nations battles with Soviet and British officials in the Security Council over Korea. Ambassador Malik accuses MacArthur. Jebb warns of a wider Asian drive by Communists. The debate ends unresolved.
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U.S
Pohang
Francis W. Carpenter Lake
Britain
Sir Gladwyn Jebb
U. N
Europe
Asia
Korea
Jebb
Burma
Indonesia
Indo-China
Philippines
India
Hyderabad
Jakoo A. Malik
Security Council
Malik
Europe Assembly Backs United European Army Plan
The European consultative assembly approved 89 to 5 with 27 abstentions a Churchill motion for a united European army under a European defense minister. The group urged formation including German troops and Western Allied forces to deter Russian aggression. Churchill said he would not seek the defense post.
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Strasbourg
France
European Consultative Assembly
Winston Churchill
West
Churchill
Britain
United States
Europe
England
Consultative Assembly
Council of Europe
Council
Eamon de Valera
W. Glenvil Hall
Lions Plan For Annual Picnic In Heiple Park
Somerset Lions Club members met in New Centerville grange hall to arrange the annual picnic set for Wednesday August 30 at Heiple Park chaired by Dr R N Fithian with Luther Shaukis presiding. The club noted Boy Scout Troop 131 will spend a week at Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County Maryland and Girl Scouts will go the following week.
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Somerset Lions Club
New
Centerville Grange Hall
Heiple Park
R. N. Fithian
Luther Shaukis
Clarence Pyle
Kenneth Lohr
J. R. Bittner
Richard Dewitt
Glenn Lehman
Berlin Lions Club
Carl Friedhofer
George Jock
Roger Glessner
Everett Will
Edward Lauer
Deep Creek Lake
Garrett County
54 For Contempt Of Congress Vote Cites 54
The House voted contempt citations for 54 individuals including four atomic scientists and Philip Bart of the Daily Worker for refusing to answer questions on Communism. The citations, sent to the justice department for prosecution, carry possible penalties up to a year in jail and $1000 fine.
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Washington
House
Daily Worker
House un-American Activities Committee
Marcantonio
American Labor Party
New York
Department of Justice
Hawaii
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz
David Joseph Bohm
Irving David Fox
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Clarence Hiskey
University of Chicago
Philip Bart
The
Louise Branston Berman
West Coast
Angel
James J. Males
United Electrical Workers
Cox
D-Ga
House un-American Activities
Cars Collide East of Friedens Incur $525 Damages
State police report two sedans collided on legislative Route 55076 four miles east of Friedens early Friday evening. Arthur Way, 27, and Clyde Butler, 21, were the drivers. Way’s car sustained $350 damage and Butler’s $175. Butler’s vehicle was a total wreck with no injuries and no arrests.
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Friedens
Arthur J. Way
R. D
Clyde Robert Butler
Somerset
Louis Packler
Wey
Butler
Truman backs universal military training debate widens
President Truman supports compulsory universal military training for youths but will not press it this session, citing priority of Korea war needs. American Legion chief George Craig pushes a civilian training bill with presidential authority to start UMT when justified, while critics warn of costs and manpower.
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Arthur Edson
Washington
Truman
Congress
Charles Ross Ross
Tuuman
Ross
George Craig
The
American Legion
the Legion
Craig
Defense Department
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gurney Rsd
UMT
Somerset Children’s Aid Society Faces Closure Crisis
Mrs. Graham addressed the Somerset Rotary about a funding shortfall threatening the Somerset Children’s Aid Society’s Aid Home. Costs rise to 9 to 12 dollars weekly per child with monthly maintenance between 3,500 and 3,800 dollars, while county funding remains fixed at 7 dollars weekly for certain wards. The home, established in 1889, relies on foster placements and social work oversight to provide care and avoid stigma.
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Somerset Children's Aid Society
Somerset Rotary Club
Ferner Hotel
Graham
Children's Aid Society
Teterhouse
Cans
Somerset County Home
Paint Real Estate Sells for $7,000
A Paint township property containing buildings and improvements sold for $7,000. The deed filed Friday with Recorder Philip C. Dosch shows James and Oliver Puckey selling the parcel along the south side of Route 56 to Frank P. and Mabel E. Grohol.
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Paint Township
Office of
Recorder of Deeds
Philip C. Dosch
James
Oliver Puckey
Frank P
Mabel E. Grohol
Deckhand Seeks $100,000 Over Falls Aboard Boats
Alex Seminock a West Brownsville deckhand filed a federal suit against Dravo Corporation seeking 100000 dollars claiming injuries from two falls aboard company boats. He says the June 1948 fall damaged his left leg and a September 1948 fall injured his right leg, impairing earning power.
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Pittsburgh
Alex Seminock
West
Brownsville
Dravo Corporation
Seminock
Pennsylvania banks add over 252 million in resources
Pennsylvania's 352 state banking institutions reported total resources of 5.21 billion dollars as of June 30, up from 4.94 billion a year earlier. The 12 month period ended June 30 saw an increase of more than 252.8 million in resources, per the state banking department.
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Migner
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Banking Department
Paper theft case ends as police recover atomic paper
London police announced the recovery of a stolen atomic paper from a British scientist and an unidentified man was arrested in connection with the theft.
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London
INS
Senate panel backs $3 billion tax hike on individuals
Senate finance committee votes unanimously to raise individual income taxes by about 3 billion dollars while proposing full tax exemptions for GIs below commissioned ranks in the Korean War. Wages taxed at 18 percent withholding, up from 15 percent, with higher rates hitting lower incomes. Exemptions to be worked out to erase taxes on service pay for non commissioned GIs. officers may also receive exemptions but could owe some taxes. World War II precedent cited with a flat 1500 dollar exemption plus civilian exemptions.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Uncle Sam
Hand to Hand With Reds Near Taegu
U S troops in Korea clash with North Korean shock troops during a night crossing of the Naktong River west of Taegu. About 300 enemy fighters engage U S First Cavalry positions under tank and artillery support as American troops mount bayonet counterattack. Reports indicate possible plans for a larger Taegu offensive.
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Leif Erickson
U.S. &Th Army
Korea
Naktong River
Taegu
U. S. First Cavalry
U. S
Fighth Army
Mak
Allied Forces Fight Reds Near Pohang and Taegu
American and South Korean troops launched a counter attack on Pohang as Communist forces pressed toward Taegu along the Naktong. U.S. tanks supported defenders while destroyers entered Pohang harbor and airfield facilities. Across the river, Reds attacked the Nak tong line near Taegu with several tanks and hand to hand fighting.
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Torio
Pohang
Naktong
Taegu
United Nations
U.N
Korea
Eighth Army
Weather forecast for mid Atlantic states includes cooler weekend
West Virginia shows partly cloudy and cooler conditions with highs in the 70s. Western Pennsylvania remains fair and cool with highs in the low to mid 70s. Eastern Pennsylvania is fair and cooler with highs in the mid to upper 60s. Maryland predicts partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with highs near 75 to 80. The extended period from Saturday to Wednesday notes two to four degrees below normal, cooler over the weekend and a warm trend Monday in the south portion.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Mid Atlantic
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MT. Playhouse
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Joe Lawther
Hammond Organ
Somerset Farm Bureau Co-Op
Meyersdale
Windber
Homemade Breads & All Pastries Bakery
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Beeruts Bldg
Draketown Sunday School
Church Grove
Greystone Lakes
Jennerstown
Ligonier
Malaga
Peck
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Billy Merle
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Buddy Bonds
Geo. Riddell
Emerici
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Stone’s Tavern
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M. C
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Hooversville
Eugene W. Trent
W. Main St
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Metro Pacifico
Sipesville
Harrell
W. Union ST
Harry Findley
Latrobe, Pa
Primo Bonfanti and His Orchestra
Hite Hotel
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Chinju
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Richardson Dilworth
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