Reds Pull Down Flag Walk Out Of Berlin Govt
Russians pull down their flag over the allied kommandatura building and exit leaving Lenin and Stalin portraits as four power control ends. Unrest over high prices grows in American zone as women pelt vendors with vegetables and workers demand a voice in management.
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George Bria
Berlin
Kommandatura
Lenin
Stalin
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Tempelhof
Royal
Germany
Col Gillespie on World Wars and Pershing's Berlin plan
Col F I Gillespie, Army HQ Pittsburgh, spoke to the Somerset Rotary about Pershing’s Berlin invasion plan and a string of postwar orders to deploy to Silesia. He cited 1923 headlines and noted changes in orders but remained hopeful for peace, stressing influence of German wives and mothers on pacifist attitudes.
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Pershing
Berlin
Somerset Rotary Club
General Pershing
Col
F. I. Gillespie
Army
Pittsburgh
Rotarians
Ferner Hotel
Col. Gillespie
Germany
Gillespie
Pittsburgh Sun O
Silesia
Poland
Fort Dix
N. J
Deer killed by car brings venison to county home
A doe was struck and killed on Route 31 near White Horse. The deer, killed by Harold Fair of Manns Choice, was brought to Somerset by Robert Scott of Akron, Ohio, driving behind Fair. It was taken to the local police station and Game Protector Millard Crooks ordered it turned over to the county home.
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Somerset
White Horse
Harold Fair
Manns Choice
Robert Scott
Akron
Fair
Millard Crooks
Meyersdale Must Answer About DST Ruling
A Pennsylvania court orders Meyersdale to show cause why daylight saving time should not be voided. Judge Norman T. Boose gave the burgess and town council five days to reply, or an injunction may halt the borough’s April DST action. Attorney Anthony Cavalcante represents resident plaintiffs seeking to end DST in Somerset County.
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Meyersdale
Norman T. Boose
Anthony Cavalcante
Uniontown
Committee For Elimination
Somerset County
Meyersdale Council
Thomas F. Lansberry
Act of Assembly
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Luther C. Long
CEDS
Long
Sleepy woman crashes truck on turnpike
Joanne M. Koch of Tremont Iowa fell asleep at the wheel and rear ended a tractor trailer on the Pennsylvania turnpike. Two injured including Alice Betz and John Ebinger. Koch charged with reckless driving. Damages estimated at ae to the car and 5 to the truck.
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Joanne M. Koch
Tremont
Alvin H. Windisin
New Oxford
R. D
Alice Betz
John Ebinger
Miss Koch
Timmons Hospital
Bedford
Miss Betz
Ebinger
Pennsylvania
Miss Kock
Somerset Best Junior Band Wins at Monessen Parade
Somerset earns top junior band honor as the Western Pennsylvania Firemen Association lists prizes for its parade in Monessen. The event drew 151 fire companies and 225 pieces of equipment over about five hours, with winners and runners up across multiple categories.
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Monessen
Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Association Today
Castle Shannon
Vandergrift
Tarantum
Homeville
Greensburg
Kittaning
New Kensington
Mt. Pleasant
Latrobe
Kittanning
Weltrton Heights
W. Va
Arnold
Uniontown
Somerset
Charleroi
Tarentum
Greenville
Glendale
Ross Two
Greensurg
Sharpsburg
North Braddock Vu
Lions Hear About Convention in New York
Somerset Lions hear highlights of the Lions International convention in New York City. Carl Friedhofer cites 23 countries and 30,000 visitors as the event’s scale, with the largest convention yet and 6,856 clubs totaling 465,000 members. Parade lasted three hours.
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New York City
Somerset Lions Club
Roxbury Church
I. F. Woodrow
Carl Friedhofer
Earl Lohr
Calvin Heiple
Friedhofer
Daily Mirror
New York
Somerset Lions
E. W. Cleeves
Stanley Wilson
Homer Spangler
Indiantown Gap Bustles with Activity
Indiantown Gap prepares for a two week encampment as 12 400 Pennsylvania national guardsmen arrive to train at the massive reservation under Maj Gen Daniel B Strickler. The event includes 169 units and 61 units of the L1st AAA brigade with 10 000 officers and men slated for intensive drills and field bivouac.
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Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
28Th Infantry Division
Frank A. Weber
Tenth Corps
L1st Aaa Brigade
Charles C. Curtis
Allentown
Camp Pendleton
Lickdale
109Th Infantry Regiment
Scranton
110Th Infantry
Washington
111Th Infantry
Philadelphia
112Th Infantry
Erie
Two More Vacancies in Somerset High School
Miss Mary E. Weimer of Rockwood resigns after four and a half years at Somerset High. She will teach freshman English at Indiana Technical College in Fort Wayne starting September 17. James E. Lauer of Shanksville resigns after 14 years at Stony Creek and varsity basketball coach roles to become assistant principal at a Hyattsville Maryland high school.
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Somerset High School
Mary E. Weimer
Rockwood
James E. Lauer
Shanksville
Weimer
Fort Wayne
Ind
Indiana ‘Technical College
Somerset
Rockwood High School
Lauer
Stonycreek Township
Hyattsville
Wholesale Prices Hit All Time High in Week Ended Aug 7
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports wholesale prices rose 0.5 percent in the week ended August 7, marking a record high for the measure.
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New High Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Russian Teachers Bid for Refuge at Tolstoy Refuge
Mrs Kosenkina told the Russian vice consul you kept me prisoner. An elderly chicken farmer Harry Schibanoff said he sheltered the two Russian teachers at a White Russian retreat in New York state and aided their stay in the United States. He recalled Countess Alexandra Tolstoy feared one teacher might not be sincere while the other was rescued by consular officials after a fall from a New York consulate building.
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Freehold
N. J
Michael Lamarine
Harry Schibanoff
Stalin
Russia
Schibanoff
Samarine
Alexandra Tolstoy
New
Molotov
Pravda
Secret Service
Tolstoy
United States
Currie And White Deny Spy Ring Ties Before HUAC
Lauchlin Currie and Harry D. White testified before the House HUAC denying they ever gave secret wartime information to a Russian spy ring. Currie and White, longtime Roosevelt policy aides, rejected Bentley and Chambers' testimony and insisted they have not been disloyal or involved with communists. Currie said he never disclosed code words or inside information about China.
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Washington
Lauchlin Currie
Harry D. White
Roosevelt
Currie
New York
White
Treasury
House Committee On un-American Activities
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Whittaker Chambers
Miss Bentley
Vassar
Chambers
Time Magazine
Pravda Attacks U S Protests Over Molotov Incident
Pravda denounces U S actions as shielding anti Russian spies and criminals while highlighting Molotov’s protest to Ambassador Smith demanding the release of Mikhail Lamarine and family. It cites the Kosenkina case and assails Countess Alexandra Tolstoy as aiding anti Russian networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalia Rene
Moscow
INS
Pravda
United States
Molotov
U. S
Walter Bidell Smith
Mikhail Lamarine
New York
Oksana Kosenkina
Mrs Kosenkina subpoenaed to testify before House unit
Mrs Stepanova Kosenkina a 52 year old Russian schoolteacher told a Russian consular official from her hospital bed she was kept a prisoner. She escaped death by jumping from a Russian consulate window and was moved to an American hospital guarded by 15 New York police.
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New York
Stepanova Kosenkina
New York City
Somerset Weather Reported Daily by Weather Observer
Daily temperature reading for a 24 hour period from 5:30 p.m. Thursday to 5:30 p.m. Friday by David Grove A S Weather Observer. Historical comparison mentions last year’s temperature. OCR errors obscure several words and numbers but the item records a local weather report and year-ago reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Weather
David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
Weather Outlook for Maryland and Nearby States
A five day forecast shows Maryland and Eastern Pennsylvania sunny and pleasant with a cooler weekend. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia expect partly cloudy and moderately cool conditions with scattered showers. Temperatures trend near or below normal, with showers Monday and Tuesday and rainfall around a quarter to one inch in some areas.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Weather Summary From U S Port Update
Weather report notes temperatures across cities including Philadelphia Pittsburgh and St Louis for Friday August 13 with readings spanning the low 60s to the low 80s and a 70s mid range. Washington area shows 64 degrees.
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U. S
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Washington
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Somerset Community Band
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Carl W. Miller
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E. Patriot St. Somerset
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Critchfield CO
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June
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Rt. 53
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Norman Maust
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