Chiang Promises One Party Rule Without Delay
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek vowed to end Kuomintang one party rule and establish a constitutional government in China without delay. He outlined a six point program, urging political means to resolve differences if the Communists commit to truce and reintegration of forces. The statement, issued at Kuling on Japan’s surrender anniversary, also set November 12 as the schedule for the national assembly.
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Japan
China
John Roderick
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Kuomintang
Chiang
John Leighton Stuart
George Marshall
Marshall
Kuling
Stuart-Marshall
National Assembly
Consolidation Coal files exceptions to Workman's board ruling
The Consolidation Coal company filed four exceptions to a State Workman's Compensation board ruling in the Besge suit. They contest the board's findings on the date of Dr. Haupt's examination, the board's affirmation of the referee, the dismissal of the defendant’s appeal, and the order directing payment of medical costs, arguing no bills were presented and no proof medical care was required.
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State Workman’s Compensation Board
Consolidation Coal Company
Floran W. Besge
Somerset
R. C
Coal Company
Workman's Compensation Board
Earl O. Haupt
Stoystown
Haupt
E. O. Haupt
Truman Signs Law Increasing Diplomats Pay
President Truman signed a bill that overhauls the U S foreign service and raises the annual salary of top diplomats from 10000 dollars to a higher level, marking a major pay boost for senior officials in Washington.
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Washingtin
Truman
United States Foreign Service
Desperate Move Seeks Apartment in Somerset
A mother of two, ages five and six, plans to move August 16 and needs housing in Somerset. She will have no place to stay without an answer to this ad. Requests a small furnished or unfurnished apartment or room. Needs best references and asks send to Box D, care American.
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Somerset
Haifa Rioters Battle British Forces In Palestine
British troops opened fire on crowds of Jews in Haifa killing three and wounding seven as protests erupted over the shipment of 1,000 illegal Jewish immigrants to Cyprus. Tanks, barbed wire and curfews marked the unrest amid underground calls to storm streets.
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Carter L. Davidson
Haifa
Palestine
Cyprus
Holy Land
Hagana
Tel Aviv
Yagur
Empire Heywood
Henrietta Szord
Heywood
Famagusta
Fenice
Truman vetoes measure for railroad reorganization plan
President Truman vetoed the Wheeler Reed railroad reorganization bill citing failure to reduce excess interest rates and proper safeguards under Section 77. He warned the measure did not cure evils in reorganization nor protect securities, allowing carriers in bankruptcy to seek longer adjustment windows with ICC oversight.
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Washington
Truman
Wheeler-Reed
House
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Driver Escapes Injury After Car Hits Telegraph Pole
A driver escaped injury when his car crashed into a telegraph pole about five miles north of Somerset late Tuesday evening. The unidentified motorist drove to a Sipesville garage for repairs with damage estimated at $400.
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Somerset
Sipesville
Suspect Held In Dyne Murder In Shade Township
Mike Andolino 42, grocer of 556 Railroad street Johnstown was jailed in Somerset on suspicion of killing Frank Dyne 67, found throat slashed and hacked in Shade township. Investigators say a truck used for produce, blood in the vehicle, and injuries on Andolino suggest a struggle.
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Mike Andolino
Railroad Street
Johnstown
Somerset
Frank Dyne
Shade Township
Andolino
Dyne
Rosie’ Arena
Hooversville
Paul O’mara
Somerset State Police
Paul Lutz
Thermal Coal Company
Valenti again files petition for release in Pittsburgh
Frank Valenti, held on an accessory charge in two gang linked killings, filed a new writ of habeas corpus seeking release from Allegheny County jail. Grand jury linked him to the slayings of Frank Evans and Fred Garrow. evidence tied him to obtaining an injection sticker for the car. He was briefly released under police escort during an inspection of his safety deposit boxes. no incriminating evidence found.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Valenti
Alleghenyounty
Frank Evans
Cleveland
Fred Garrow
Unsontown
Aemote
Grand
Valenti
Peter Connors
Artemas CeSlie
Leslie
Valenti Ormerly
Central City Old Home Week Sees Many Entries
Twenty fire companies bands and drum corps have accepted invitations for the third night of Central City old home week. Crowds reached 1600 Tuesday and about 1800 Monday. A parade forms on Lambert street travels to Sunshine Avenue carnival grounds. A youth, son of Mr and Mrs John Cross, was injured on a bridge crossing Dark Shade creek but not gravely. Prizes will be awarded for parade entrants tonight.
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Central City
George Sura
Volunteer Fire Company
American Legion
Lambert Street
Sunshine Avenue
Dark Shade Creek
John Cross
Fields Got Nails Sans Certification
House investigators heard that the War Assets Administration Philadelphia office sold hundreds of kegs of nails to Washington promoter Benjamin F. Fields without proper certification. Lucian Sneed testified nails were allocated to Fields on direct orders from William J. Gilrein, who denied special treatment. Gilrein linked his firing to politics and Democ ratic circles, while noting personnel shifts and a possible payroll change involving Joseph Muldowney. The exact quantities and destinations of the nails were not disclosed.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
House
War Assets Administration
Philadelphia
Benjamin F. Fields
Lucian Sneed
William J. Gilrein
Gilrein
Pennsylvania
Senator Myers
Sneed
Fields
AFL backs CIO in Congress fight name withheld
The AFL executive council declared Congress and public officials unfriendly to labor and called for a fall housecleaning. President Green and officers approved the move praising 79th Congress as dismal and ordered full voting records released to union members to defeat enemies of labor.
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Chicago
INS
American Federation of Labor
Congress
William Green
George Meaney
David Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
Council
AFL
Federation
Friends of Labor
Nurse Dies in Florence Sanitarium Fire Heroic Evacuation
Esther McElveen a middle aged nurse died saving patients at the Florence-Darlington tuberculosis sanatorium. Officials said all 34 patients were evacuated safely as the two story frame building burned and collapsed. Firemen recovered her body. nearby white patient buildings were undamaged.
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Florence
S. C
Esther McElveen
Florence-Darlington
L. W. Cooker
Baltimore Girl Nearly Fatally Hurt in Abduction Ordeal
A Baltimore woman, Catherine Richardson, 22, told police she was abducted by three men during a late-night drive from Baltimore, assaulted, and tossed over a wall beside Pennsylvania railroad tracks in Philadelphia. Found unconscious at Presbyterian hospital, she suffers a back injury and described being restrained and exposed to passing trains for about an hour.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Presbyterian Hospital
Catherine Richardson
Sweden And Iceland Seek UN Membership Unopposed
In a UN Security Council committee session Sweden and Iceland faced no expressed opposition to their bid for United Nations membership. Portugal and Siam drew strong criticism from some delegates while Albania and Outer Mongolia await more information before votes or decisions.
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Max Harrelson
New York
Sweden
Iceland
United Nations
Security Council
Portugal
Siam
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Russia
F. de Rose
Indo-China
France
Jerzy Michalowski
All-Nation Committee
Spain
Michalowski
U. N
Carlos Peon del Valle
Alexei N. Krasilnikov
Eire
Trans- Jordan
Krasilnikov
Russians Deny Kidnapping Nazi Children in Berlin
Soviet backed Berlin press rejected claims that thousands of German children were abducted by Russians. They noted 48 youths aged 16 to 23 were arrested in Brandenburg last month for crimes and six more youths this month for terrorism, amid denials and protests over the earlier report.
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Berlin
INS
Brandenburg
Volksstrum
Truman signs five year plan for hospital construction
President Truman approves a five year hospital program authorizing 375 million dollars in federal construction funds and 3 million to survey needs. States and other public bodies fund two thirds. The plan allows federal courts to review some grant decisions and creates a non full time advisory council.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
British and Indian Troops Reinforce Basra Garrison
British and Indian units reinforced the Basra port garrison in PAGDAD Iraq as London said withdrawals were planned. Officials expect the force to monitor developments at the Anglo Iranian oil field in southern Iran after a strike that cut production.
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Pagdad
Iraq
INS
Basra
Iran
India
London
Bash
Hoover says Russia blocks peace and risks new war
Herbert Hoover, in Salt Lake City on a fishing trip, blamed the USSR for fear and hostility toward Russia as its Fifth Column spreads. He warned a Germany kept in economic bondage could trigger another world war and urged the United States to conserve resources and hold the atomic bomb until real cooperation yields lasting peace.
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Salt Lake City
Herbert Hoover
Russia
United States
Ussr
Manchuria
Germany
Hoover
Santa Claus
Victory Day Marked by Nationwide Displays and Messages
President Truman proclaims Victory Day honoring the first anniversary of Japan's surrender. Government buildings fly flags and a parade past the Imperial Palace by the Seventh Cavalry marks the ceremony. Secretary Forrestal calls for free information exchange and international unity as MacArthur receives congratulations for leadership in Japan.
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Associated Press
Truman
Japan
Empire
Imperial Palace
Seventh Cavalry Regiment
First Cavalry Division
Navy
James Forrestal
Forrestal
United Nations
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Patterson
Missouri
Ameri
Ex-GIs at Wyomissing Press VA for School Reforms
Four ex-GI students from Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute visited the Veterans Administration to seek investigations into conditions they call unsatisfactory. They cited six recent dismissals and alleged arbitrariness by the Reading VA branch head, plus a tuition hike from 170 to 450 dollars.
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Washington
Wyomissing
Pa.) Polytechnic Institute
Veterans Administration
Donald L. Freyberger
Reading, Pa
A. L. Combes
Reading Veterans Administration
Freyberger
Firemen Gather for 54th Annual Convention in Philipsburg
More than 400 delegates from 17 counties attend the Central Pennsylvania Volunteer Fireman's association 54th annual convention in Philipsburg. Business sessions begin tomorrow with a parade Thursday expected to draw about 20 000 visitors. About 100 firemen's units, 30 bands and drum corps unite to form the parade, along with extensive firefighting equipment exhibits.
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Phillipsburg
Central Pennsylvania
Beam Grove Picnic at Beam Reformed Church
Beam Reform ed Church holds annual picnic on Saturday August 17 at Beam Grove one mile west of Gray. Features include Community Singing led by Romaine Gass, a prominent speaker, chicken sandwich supper by Ladies Aid from 5 to 6 30 p m and a 7 30 p m play Here Comes Charlie. All welcome for afternoon and evening of entertainment.
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Beam Reformed Church
Beam Grove
Gray
Romaine Gass
Ladies Aid
Charlie
LaFollette Early Front Run In Wisconsin Primary
Wisconsin results show Sen Robert M LaFollette Jr leading the Republican senatorial race over party-backed Joseph R McCarthy with 10 626 to 9 361 unofficial votes from 331 of 3 146 precincts In the gubernatorial contest Walter S Goodland led Ralph M Immell 5 769 to 3 744 with Delbert J Kenny at 1 904 The state organization backed candidates held slight leads in other contests and nearby states reported mixed early returns.
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Associated Press
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Walter S. Goodland
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Organization
Perry Stearns
Milwaukee
Goodland
Ralph M. Immell
la Follette
Delbert J. Kenny
Vermont
South Carolina
Ransome J. Williams
Mortimer R. Proctor
Ernest W. Gibson
U. S
Ralph E. Flanders
Boston Federal Reserve Bank
Sterry R. Waterman
Charles A. Plumley
Andrew E. Nuquist
Vermont University
Arkansas
Perryville
J. Strom Thurmond
James A. McLeod
Florence
Williams
Butler B. Hare
William Jennings Bryan Dorn
Dorn
German Workers Strike at McNarney Mess Hall
In Frankfurt on August 13, several hundred German mess hall employees at General Joseph T. McNarney's European command went on strike over the army displaying 50 pounds of food, smuggling by waitresses led to twelve ringleaders being detained, with most striking workers returning after action. The incident follows estimates that food smuggling has cost U.S. taxpayers up to $40,000 in a month.
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Frankfurt
INS
Joseph T. McNarney
U. S
Europe
Romania Backs Soviet Reparations Stance At Peace Talks
Romanian Foreign Minister Tatarescu urged Russia to push for modest reparations from Germany and Hungary while rejecting many Western terms. Russia and Czechoslovakia backed Romania’s plea, contrasting with Italy’s call for gentler terms. Molotov rebuked De Gasperi and warned Trieste should not delay German settlement. Byrnes pledged the conference would consider Tatarescu’s remarks fully.
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Paris
Germany
Hungary
Giorgiu Tatarescu
Russia
Romania
A. Y. Vishinsky
Jan Masaryk
Alcide de Gasperi
Tatarescue
de Gasperi
Italy
V. M. Molotov
Mediterranean
France
Willotoy
Dé Gasperi
Trieste
Foreign Ministers Council
Tatarescu
U.S
of State Series
Greece
Ethiopia
Byrnes
Weather Outlook West Virginia and Nearby Regions
West Virginia shows mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers in the south on Wednesday and more showers likely Thursday with little temperature change. Maryland remains mostly cloudy Wednesday with showers possible Thursday, and eastern and western Pennsylvania expect similar gentle changes and steady temperatures.
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West Virginia
South Portion
Maryland
Pennsylvania
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