Calls for 25,000 More Men for Armed Forces
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Louis B. Hershey says additional draft calls may total well over 85,000 beyond 100,000 inductees already planned. He testified before the House appropriations committee that the fiscal year could see around 185,000 men drafted, with calls spreading into November and possibly increasing amid the international crisis.
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Washington
Selective Service
Louis B. Hershey
House Appropriations Committee
Hershey
Defense Department
Congress
Defense
Farmers urged to lime fields in Somerset county
Lowe Moore chairman of the Somerset county production and marketing administration committee urges farmers to lime land now for better mixing with soil and future legume seeding. He notes summer and fall deliveries ease lime crusher load and cut costs and sets September 15 1950 as the cutoff to order fall lime through the Agricultural Conservation program.
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Somerset County
Lowe Moore
Somerset County Production and Marketing Administration Committee
Moore
Somerset 322nd Engineers Activated As Reserve Unit
First Lt. Donald Bauman announced the 322nd Engineers, a Class B reserve unit of 36 personnel, was alerted for service. The unit, organized in 1948 and based in Somerset county, may be sent to camp with no date set, joining a second local alert within a month.
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Somerset County
822Nd Engineer Company
Donald Bauman
Somerset
110Th Regiment
28Th Division
Bauman
Second Army
Fort Meade
Maryland
322Nd Engineers
Johnstown
George Cassett
Stein
322Nd Engineer Company
Army Corps
Man Killed Flagging Traffic On Turnpike Near Somerset
W Harvey Meyers 74 of Somerset dies after stepping into the path of a sedan driven by Leo Higgs 40 of Calhoun Missouri on the turnpike three miles east of Somerset. Car damage recorded at 225 dollars. Coroner to hold inquest today at 10 a.m. in the county courthouse. He leaves four children and several siblings. He was a school teacher, farmer, and Church of the Brethren member. Burial plans by Hauger’s funeral directors pending.
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W. Harvey Meyers
Somerset
Meyers
Leo Higgs
Calhoun
A. M. Uphouse
Court House
Joseph Meyers
Elizabeth Miller Meyers
Elizabeth Poorbaugh Meyers
James Meyers
Ucille Meyers
Eugene Walker
Pauline Meyers
Denver
Colo
E. J. Meyers
York
Samuel Meyers
Shippensburg
Nettie Miller
Rockwood
Alvin Knepper
Berlin
Church of the Brethren
Hauger
Court Fines Federal Agency for Asset Turnover Noncompliance
A federal court in Boston fined the Reconstruction Finance Corporation 50000 for failure to comply with a court order to surrender all assets of the closed Waltham Watch Co. Judge George C. Sweeney called the amount compensatory after trustees sought damages for delayed reopening. Washington officials noted no prior instance of fining a federal agency.
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Boston
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Waltham Watch Co
George C. Sweeney
Washington
Somerset Day To Be 3 This Time
Somerset merchants launch a three day Back to School promotion tied to Somerset Day. Free bus transportation, balloon drops, and gift coupons with cash value will reward early shoppers at multiple downtown locations July 17 to 19, with stores urging readers to read the double page ads for best buys.
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Somerset County
Harrington
Somerset American
Somerset
West Main Street
North Edgewood Avenue
Retail Merchants Committee
American Legion
First National Bank
Court House
U S Halts Sale Of Housing For Workers Or Vets
Washington August 15 government halts program to dispose of federal housing once built for war workers or veterans. 354000 family units remain under government control while nearly 1,000,000 earlier existed. Raymond M Foley orders a temporary suspension with exceptions. Government will retain remaining housing for defense needs and prioritize families of defense workers and military personnel where law allows.
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U.S
Washington
Raymond M. Foley
The
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Foley
Unlocated 8.6 quake ranks among world’s great shocks
An massive earthquake struck Tuesday, likely magnitude 8.6, one of the five greatest quakes on seismographs. USGS data place it possibly in northern Burma near the China border or locations such as the East Indies. Seismologists offered varying location estimates as records saturated and western stations reported.
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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Washington
Burma
China
Bott Moonerts
The
Geodetic Survey
Auckland
New Zealand
Boston College
Harvard University
Daniel Linehan
Weston
Mass
Boston
Turkey
Caspian Sea
L. Don Leet
Harvard
East Indies
Father Linehan
Dr Musser Builds Offices on South Center Site
Dr. Harold E. Musser broke ground for a one story office building at the southwest corner of South Center avenue and West Church street on the former Augustus Davis property. It will house offices for himself and Dr. Harold S. Hay and should be ready by early winter. The site near Somerset Community hospital will benefit physicians and patients.
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Harold E. Musser
South Center Avenue
West Church Street
Augustus Davis
Musser
Harold S. Hay
Somerset Community Hospital
Quemahoming Farm Sells for $13000 in Quemahoning
A 310 acre farm in Quemahoning township sold for 13000 dollars. The deed filed with Recorder Philip C. Dosch shows Lloyd C Manges and wife June of Quemahoning township purchasing the property from Dewey J Wagner and Milford G Wagner, also of Quemahoning township.
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Quemahoning Township
Office of
Recorder of Deeds
Philip C. Dosch
Lloyd C Manges
June
Dewey J
Milford G. Wagner
Defensive driving urged by state police
State Police urge motorists to practice defensive driving as the best protection against accidents. Stay prepared to avoid injuries or death from others actions and do not rely on other drivers or pedestrians.
Birth of Princess Elizabeth's Second Child in London
A six pound baby princess was born to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip at Clarence House. The birth, at 11:50 a.m., prompted 41 gun salutes and public celebrations as Elizabeth’s daughter becomes third in line to the throne behind her mother and Prince Charles.
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London
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
England
West Indies
Prince Charles
Philip
Duke of
Edinburg
Duke of Windsor
Mighty Roar
Clarence House
Princess Elizabeth
Duchess of
William Gilliatt
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Alan Lascelles
Margaret
Dumfriesshire
Dutchess of
Lebanon Requires Non Communist Oath
Lebanon city council approved a resolution requiring all city employees to take a non Communist oath. The unanimously passed measure demands workers affirm they are now and have never been members of the Communist party or any organization aiming to overthrow the U S government.
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Lebanon
Communist Party
United States
Youthful Camper Breaks Arm in Fall at Camp Allegheny
Nine year old Larry Laird of McKeesport fell from a bunk at Camp Allegheny in Laurel Hill State Park Tuesday. He suffered a broken arm and was admitted to Somerset Community Hospital to have it set. He is eager to return to the camp.
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Larry Laird
McKeesport
Camp Allegheny
Laurel Hill State Park
Somerset Community Hospital
Reds Create New Naktong Bridgehead Near Taegu
American forces in Korea report a fresh red bridgehead about 12 miles southwest of Taegu on the Naktong river. About 2,400 troops form the core of the advance, with estimates of a possible additional division in support. The position lies near Yongpung and threatens the UN line as Maj. Gen. John H. Church notes the enemy could swing toward Taksong or southward from Hyonpung.
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Naktong
Hyonpung
John H. Church
24Th
Church
Senate debates amendments delay action on economic mobilization bill
A large stack of amendments to the economic mobilization bill sparked a heated Senate debate. Republicans sought to attach a Control-the-Communists measure, delaying final action until next week as voting on amendments proceeds with limited debate.
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Willard M. Mobley Washington
Senate
Senate Wu
Mundt
R-Sd
Ferguson
R-Mich
Korea
Truman
Mac Hobnors With Movie Star Stewart
Galen R McClain a former Somerset court reporter now with the Johns town Democrat Tribune Bureau met and interviewed Jimmy Stewart and his wife Gloria McLean in Indiana Pennsylvania. The Stewarts toured California bound with Stewart's parents Mr and Mrs Alex Stewart who reside in Indiana. McClain noted that modest Jimmy Stewart remains the small town boy despite film success.
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Galen R. McClain
Somerset American Court House
Johnstown Democrat-Tribune
Indiana
Jimmy” Stewart
Gloria McLean
Stewarts
California
Negro infantry seize Little Cassino in Korean mountain fight
U S Army forces led by the 2nd Infantry grind fierce battle west of Haman as Negro troops silently assault a Buddhist temple stronghold. Despite heavy artillery and air strikes, North Korean defenders briefly retake positions before U S forces regain the peak.
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Haman
Little Cassino
Gabriel Anselmo
Portland
Ore
Abbey of
Monte Cassino
Italy
Horace
Little Butch" Donaho
Los Angeles
Stephenville
Tex
Galveston
George R. Cole
Cape Elizabeth
6Th
Oklahoma Divion
U. S. Air Force
One Man Jailed Two Released In Local Court
Charles Flemming twenty one of Somerset was committed to the county jail on a charge of assault with intent to ravish by Justice of the Peace Hi s Whpperman. Garfield Scott sixty nine of Sand Patch R D 1 was released after a 146 day sentence for a fish law violation, his attorney having appealed. James Conn of Harrison, held on an assault and battery charge, was released on bond.
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Charles Flemming
Somerset
Justice of the Peace
Whpperman
Garfield Scott
Sand Patch R. D
Squire Whipperman
Scott
James Conn
Harrison
73 Draftees from Altoona to Leave August 28
State selective service headquarters announced 73 men will leave the Altoona induction center August 28 as the vanguard of Pennsylvania's draft quota of 3503 men in September.
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Altoona Harrisburg
INS
State Selective Service
Niday
Altoona Induction Center
Pennsylvania
North Korean Forces Move Near Taegu Under Cross River Assault
North Korean units nine miles from Taegu threaten the defense of the American base from two bridgeheads across the Naktong. A red company, aided by tank support, has crossed near Waegwan and is surrounded by U.S. First Cavalry Division troops. About 69 000 NK troops are massed near the river bend at Waegwan 12 air miles northwest of Taegu.
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Russell Brines Tokio
Taegu
Naktong River
Associated Press
Lief Erickson
Eighth Army
U.S. First Cavalry Division
West Virginia and Mid Atlantic Five Day Forecast
Five day forecast covers West Virginia, Western and Eastern Pennsylvania, and Maryland from Wednesday to Sunday. Expect warm humid conditions with scattered afternoon thundershowers, highs mostly in the 80s, cooler north portions late Thursday, and showers widespread in parts of the region with total rainfall mainly under half an inch.
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West
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
North
West Virginia
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United Nation
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24Th Division
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