U S M P Repel Two Russian Invasions in Berlin
In Berlin western sectors, United States and British military police repelled two incursions by Russian police without violence. The border clashes raised Berlin’s tension amid a split in the city police and rising demonstrations by German workers against food prices and Allied rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bria
Berlin
United States
Germany
Frankfurt
Charles C. Bond
U. S
Kreuzberg
Molotov Demands Release in Russian Teachers Kidnapping
Russian Foreign Minister Molotov protested U S actions over two Russian teachers in New York and demanded the immediate release of Mikhail Samarin and family. He said a Russian citizen woman, Mrs Oksana Kosenkina, was injured after apparently leaping from the New York consulate window. The Moscow declaration urged punishment for all involved and allowed the family to reside at the consulate-general in New York until departure. State Department offered no immediate comment.
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London
V. ¥. Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
New York
Molotov
Smith
Kremlin
Moscow Radio
Mikhail Ivanovitch Samarin
Samarin
Oksana Stepanova Kosenkina
Kosenkina
State Department
Wash
Britain challenges Russia over Danube control plan
British Ambassador Sir Charles Peake urged Russia to justify its claim to exclusive Danubian rights and two seats on a future commission. Western powers backed a U S amendment expanding the body to include Austria and Germany, while the United States sought equal representation for Austria and Germany in exchange for giving up a seat.
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Alex H. Singleton
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Britain
Russia
Europe
Charles Peake
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Peake
Andrei Vishinsky
United States
Austria
Germany
America
Walter A. Radius
Radius
U. S
Danube
Fire Loss In July Report From Somerset County Firemen
The county fire loss for last month totaled 16425 with 275 in the borough and 16150 in rural areas. Property saved was estimated at 42000, and 10 of 23 companies attended the meeting at Salisbury Fire Hall.
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Edward Laurer
Somerset County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Salisbury
Richard Miller
Somerset
Miller
Lewistown
Richard Bowen
oovHersville
Windber Fire Company
Rummel
Raymond Meyers
Windber Company
Windber Fire Department
John Moran
Johnstown
Frank Schlapp
Belleview
Charles Shaw
West Newton
Reading
Emerick Polifrone
Garrett
Somerset County
Bedford
John Deist
Boswell
J. W. Lohr
Holsopple
Collision Claims Life Four Respondents Injured In Tyrone
One man was killed and four others were injured in a two car collision in Tyrone. The deceased was Clair Carper, 20. Injured were Jack Snyder, 22, and Harry Weiser, 20, of Tyrone, Charles Fluke, 21, of Huntingdon, and James Houck, 17, of Spruce Creek.
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Tyrone
Clair Carper
Jack Snyder
Harry Weiser
Charles Fluke
Huntingdon
James Houck
Spruce Creek
Monessen Awards Held Till Two In Parade Show
Joy McShaffrey, Monessen fire chief, says Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Association awards will be announced at 2 p.m. tomorrow after delays. A five hour parade featured 151 fire companies and about 225 pieces of equipment, with bands making up about 70 percent. Anthony Ferrara of Sharpsville will be installed as president, succeeding Joseph Martin of Arnold. The 1949 convention tees up Greensburg.
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Monessen
Joy McShaffrey
Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Association
Association
McShaffrey
Anthony Ferrara
Sharpine
Joseph Martin
Arnold
Greensburg
Minor Arrested for Unlicensed Driving Near Freight Station
A 15 year old was arrested for operating a motor vehicle without a license after failing to turn and hitting a parked truck near the B and O freight station. The youth’s father Henry H. Yoder was arrested for permitting an unlicensed minor to drive. A hearing is set before Justice C. J. Harrison.
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Henry H. Yoder
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Harrison
Grand jury to consider juvenile home project in Greensburg
Westmoreland officials seek approval tomorrow to buy and remodel property in Greensburg for a new juvenile home. County commissioners chairman Frank K. Cochran announced the plan today as part of the August grand jury agenda.
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Westmoreland Juvenile Home
Greensburg
Frank K. Cochran
Board of County Commissioners
Torpedo Nearly Missed U.S.S. Iowa With Roosevelt Aboard
In 1943 a torpedo from a U.S. destroyer passed 600 yards astern of the U.S.S. Iowa carrying President Roosevelt and staff to Cairo Teheran talks. The incident, cited in Colliers, occurred during an anti aircraft drill as the fleet moved through heavy seas.
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Pashington
U.S.S. Iowa
Roosevelt
Cairo
Teheran
Harry L. Hopkins
Colliers
Iowa
Churchill
Marshall Stalin
Rome
Stalin
Italy
Mediterranean
Turkey
France
Russia
Japan
Germany
Suder Named Auditor for Brothersvalley Township
Judge Norman T. Boose appointed J. Walter Suder as auditor of Brothersvalley township succeeding the late J. H. Countryman. Irvan Lambert, clerk of courts, announced the decision yesterday.
Big Three Hold Fifth Kremlin Parley Over Berlin Crisis
In Moscow the United States Britain and France met with Russian Foreign Minister Molotov for the fifth Kremlin conference on Berlin and east west disputes. The session lasted two hours and forty five minutes with no conclusions reported. After the talks US Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith said the group remained without decisions.
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Thomas P. Whitney
Moscow
United States
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
Berlin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Truman Attacks Spy Probe as Red Herring
President Truman bluntly denounces the congressional spy inquiry as a red herring at a Washington news conference saying the probe is a distraction from his anti inflation program. The House committee on un American activities questioned Russian schoolteacher Michael Ivanovitch Smarin behind closed doors about wartime spy rings but found no pertinent information. Smarin later stated he and his wife renounced Russian citizenship and would expose conditions under the dictatorship, risking punishment in Russia.
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Congress
House Committee On un-American Activities
Michael Ivanovitch Smarin
Washington
Complete Music Service Advertises in Somerset PA
Local ad for Complete Music Service at 130 West Main, Somerset, Pennsylvania, offers music services and advertises contact number 979 J for bookings and inquiries.
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Complete
W. Main
Somerset
Russian teacher leaps from consulate window in New York
Mrs. Oksana Stepnovna Kosenkina a Rus sian woman teacher leapt from a third floor window at the Russian consulate in New York. She lay critically injured at Roosevelt hospital and told a friend I had to get out while in hospital she described escape as like a bird in a cage. Journalist Vladimir Zenzinov said he spirited her from a White Russian camp and that police and U. S. government were involved.
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New York
Oksana Stepnovna Kosenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Vladimir Zenzinov
Zenzinov
Valley Cottage
N. Y
U. S
Somerset Weather Report Near 80 high and 63 low
Daily weather note by David Grove records 80 degree high and 63 degree low for the 24 hour period ending 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Precipitation is absent. A year ago the maximum was 58 and the minimum 58.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Maryland and Nearby States Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy and warm in Maryland Friday with lower humidity. Saturday brings fair skies and a slight cool down. Eastern Pennsylvania sees partly cloudy conditions with cooler Friday night and fair Saturday. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia report fine weather Friday and Saturday with a cooler night.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Temperatures Reported Across Regions for Thursday
The U S Weather Bureau logged temperatures for Thursday August 12 with highs showing 83 91 87 78 80 and lows around 64 60 69 62 70 across several locations. No precipitation details were provided.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Somerset Community Band
Casselman
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Oakhurst Tea Room
Route 53
Ursina
Gomer W. Edwards
Mountain Playhouse
Clyde Shanks
Penna, Quarries, Inc
Friedens, PA
Swank Reunion
Beam’s Church Grove
Milford Grange
New Centerville
the Grange
Frank Biron
Frontier
John B. Meyers
Meyersdale, PA
Critchfield CO
Cascio's Fruit Market
Will, Inc
W. Main St
Sale Modern
Plank Road
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Army
Steel Army
Penn Bed
Stonycreek
the Skyliners
Johnny Jones
Stonycreek High School
Big
Somerset Sport Shop
Miller’s Orchard
Somerset, PA
Somerset Youth Center
Tours
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Sun
Willbur Cox
Somerset Country Club
Barkman’s Hardware
Mother Goose Nursery
Edna Weller Knepper
S. Center Ave
Truman
Congressional
Hurrell Music Shop
Earl M. Younkin
Ted Oaks
Stoystown
R. D
Hooversville
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Boston
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Pitttburgh
Louis Washington
Vaenenesane
Somerset County Memorial Park
Memorial Park
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