Democrats Blast Hoover And His Reorganization
The Democratic Digest accuses former President Herbert Hoover of stacking Hoover commission task forces to overturn policy and of excluding public power advocates. It charges Eisenhower avoided stamping his stamp on recommendations, warns Congress will revisit in January, and cites GOP anti-labor actions in state legislatures as part of a broader push against unions.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Democratic National Committee Today
Herbert Hoover
Democratic Digest
Hoover
Commission On Government Reorganization
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Hoover Commission
Commission
Congress
Brownel
Democratic Committee
Truman
Digest
Mr. Hoover
GOP
Ladies Tuesday Night Swimming and Reorganization Meeting
Wednesday August 17 at 3 00 P M at the DeWitt residence R D 5 Somerset Pa all girls interested in bowling register with your captain by Wednesday noon
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DeWitt
Somerset
A J Lohr Dies After Long Illness at 84
A J Lohr 84 of East Main Street died Monday at home after several months illness. Born October 28 1870 in Somerset county he was a noted architect and builder. Survived by wife Emma Shreve Lohr and children Elizabeth J Lohr Myrtle Matthews Murraysville Margaret Buelman John M Lohr and Anna Purbaugh. sister Annie Horne. five grandsons and four great grandchildren. Services Thursday at 2 30 p m at Walter S Hoffman funeral home with Rev J Hess Wagner officiating. Interment in Husband cemetery.
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A. J. Lohr
East Main Street
Mr. Lohr
Somerset County
Johnathon D
Elizabeth Richardson Lohr
Lohr
Emma Shreve Lohr
Elizabeth J Lohr
Pittsburgh
Myrtle Matthews
Murraysville
Margaret Buelman
Somerset
John M. Lo
First Presbyterian Church
Schenley Apartments
Schenley Hotel
Schenley Terrace
Masonic Temple
Pittsburgh Athletic Association
First Presbyterian Hospital
Carnegie Tech
Walter S. Hoffman
J. Hess Wagner
Husband Cemetery
Highway survey records 30000 motorists in Somerset
E G Slezak reports the roadblock survey on East Main Street near the Old Farm concluded after delays from rain. About 30,000 motorists have been interviewed since the project began June 22, with interviews postponed last Thursday and Friday due to weather.
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Somerset
East Main Street
Old Farm
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
E. G. Slezak
Highway Planning Division
Man Facing Morals Charges Amid Pending Jail Sentence
Lynn E. Lease of Holsapple facing two morals counts filed by his ex wife Mary Francis Lease while serving a 30 day sentence for drunk and disorderly conduct. He pleaded guilty to the morals counts at a Somerset hearing and awaits further court action on the new charges.
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Lynn E. Lease
Holsapple, R. D
Mary Francis Lease
Lease
Justice of the Peace
H. S. Whipperman
Somerset
H. L. Emert
Jennerstown
Squire Whipperman
Cyclist William Alexander Begins Tour After Warmups
In St Edmunds England on August 15, William Alexander aged 41 or so started a bicycle tour following warmup rides. He rode 70 miles in a single day and said he was not worried about himself but about his new bicycle after his old bike logged 33 000 miles.
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ST. Edmunds
England
William Alexander
American visa granted to Dalai Lama's elder brother
An American embassy spokesman in Tokio said the elder brother of the Dalai Lama has been granted a United States visa. He fled Tibet long ago and has resided in Tokio since.
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Tokio
INS
Dalai Lama
United States
Tibet
Tax Program Is Discussed By Whalley
State Senator J Irving Whalley of Windber speaks on WVSC Somerset Monday about the Governor Leaders tax plan. He notes the House approved a one billion eight hundred forty million budget and a 510 million tax package, while urging budget needs be confirmed before new taxes.
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J. Irving Whalley
Windber
WVSC
Somerset
House of Representatives
Harrisburg
House
Senate
Republican Caucus
Leader
Labor
Evening News
Big Four
Organized Labor
Albert
Kreadinger
Reds and Koreans seek Far East conference for unity
Chinese premier Chou En-lai and North Korea leader Kim Il Sung urged a Far East conference to unify Korea and proposed a mutual non aggression pact. South Korea’s Rhee rejected such moves while demonstrations continued at five ports with no violent clashes reported.
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Seoul
Korea
North
South Korea
Sygaman Rhee
Chou En-lai
Red China
North Korea
Peiping
United States
Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang
Syngman Rhee
Kim
South
Chu Teh
Red Chinese
People's Daily
India
Purma
Far East
Geneva
Rhee
Ground breaking set for Fish Lake at Keller bottom
Ground breaking ceremonies for the Pennsylvania Fish Commission’s 286000 lake at Keller bottom near Somerset are scheduled for Wednesday August 17 at 2 pm with Charles E. McLaughlin Somerset Chamber of Commerce president as master of ceremonies. Engineers will start work immediately and heavy equipment moves in August 22 with lake Somerset described as the commission’s highest largest and most accessible. The lake sits on a 500 acre tract between Routes 219 and 53 near the Somerset turnpike interchange. officials and local dignitaries will attend and plans for the program will be announced later. Public invited.
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Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Keller Bottom
Somerset
Charles E. McLaughlin
Somerset Chamber of Commerce
N. A. Barbera
McLaughlin
Lake Somerset
Fish Commission
Pennsylvania
R. Stanley Smith
Waynesburg
H. R. Stackhouse
Harrisburg
H. R. Butler
Bellefonte
John Grenoble
New Bloomfield
Thomas O'Hara
Cyril Regan
Chamber of Commerce
Barbera
James G. Knepper
Ord L. Rice
Grant B. Miller
Miller
Somerset Junior Chamber of Commerce
Boston Polio Peak Apparent After City Drop
City health commissioner Dr. John H. Cauley said Boston has apparently passed its polio peak with a predicted steady decline. Twelve new local cases were reported, while the state added 77 new polio cases raising 1955 total to 1,235.
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Boston
John H. Cauley
Four-Profession Man Holds Four Licenses in Elloree
Dr. M. S. Dantzler of Elloree South Carolina is licensed to practice four professions. He is a pharmacist neuropathic physician optometrist and chiropractor.
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Elloree
M. S. Dantzler
Minick Re elected President of Somerset Community Hospital Staff
Dr Russell C. Minick of Stoystown was re elected president of the hospital medical staff at a Somerset Community Hospital board meeting Monday evening. Other officers named include James S Rankin Rockwood vice president and Harold S Hay Somerset secretary treasurer.
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Russell C. Minick
Stoystown
Somerset Community Hospital
Hospital Board of Directors
James S. Rankin
M.D. Rockwood
Harold S. Hay
Somerset
Harold E. Musser
Miller J. Korns
Marlin S. Cargill
A. M. Uphouse
M.D
G. F. Speicher
C. I. Shaffer
Frederick G. Morris
Jones Mills
I. C. Miller
Berlin
Frank J. Gregg
Pittsburgh
John L. Hamilton
J. N. Arthur
Thomas E Datz
Johnstown
John B. McAneny
Charles B. Coburn
James M. Mayhew
Greensburg
E. A. Ayvazian
Somerst
M. S. Cargill
L. W. Coffrota
W. V. Fetche
Jennerstown
E. O. Haupt
H. S. Hay
J. L. Killius
C. B Korns
Sipesville
M. J. Korns
RC Minick
H. E Musser
A. E Orlidge
Shanksville
Rankin
Rockwood
C T. Saylor
J. T. Bowman
H. G. Haines
M. D
J. M. James
Hooversville
Eleanor G. Morris
P. L. Klose
St Johns E U B Sunday School Festival Planned
St Johns E U B Sunday School festival now set for Tuesday August 16 at Beam's Grove near Gray. Hot chicken and beef suppers served from 5 PM. Entertainment at 8 PM. Everyone welcome.
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St. John’s E. U.B
Beam's Grove
Gray
Beulah E.U.B
Youth Fellowship
Hurricane Diane Threatens Atlantic Coast As Warnings Go Up
Hurricane Diane moves toward the mainland with 115 mile per hour winds centered about 400 miles east southeast of Charleston. Warnings extend from Brunswick Georgia to the Virginia Capes as forecasters predict landfall on the South Carolina coast late Tuesday. Navy ceremony at Norfolk canceled as Diane nears. coastal Red Cross shelters on alert.
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Miami
Fla
Diane
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Charleston
Brunswick
Willmington
N. C
Miami Weather Bureau
Wilmington
Virginia Capes
St. Augustine
Weather Bureau
Connie
Middle Atlantic
Connie Diane
Virginia
Cherry Point
Marine Corps Air Station
Norfolk Navy
Navy
Norfolk
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Robert Carney
Naval Operations
Ticonderoga
U. S. Naval Academy
Naval and
Coast Guard District
Coast Guard
American National Red Cross
Daytona Beach
Two Women Die In Pottsville Auto Crash
Pottsville reports two women fatally injured in a Route 895 intersection collision ten miles south of the city. Dead are Antoinette Saf fran 61 Plains and Emma E Seltzer 82 New Ringgold. Others injured include Nora Halicki 57 Plains Sophy Wasmanski 48 Plains and Ethel Rogers 44 New Ringgold with varying conditions.
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Pottsville
Here
Antoinette Saffran
Plains
Emma E. Seltzer
New Ringgold
Nora Halicki
Pottsville Hospital
Sophy Wasmanski
John
Helen Budnik
Ethel Rogers
Seltzer
Wasmanski
Roger
Scouts Headed to World Jamboree in Canada
Three members of Admiral Robert E. Peary Boy Scout Council will travel to the World Boy Scout Jamboree in Canada August 18 to 26. Attending are Joseph Lefebre Johnstown Eda Fedorowitcz Stoystown Troop 146 scoutmaster and Barrie Gibbs Somerset Troop 181. Fedorowitcz commissioner Roof Garden District will lead a siege unit at the world event.
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Admiral Robert E. Peary Boy Scout Council
Canada
Joseph Lefebre
Johnstown
Eda Fedorowitccz
Stoystown
Barrie Gibbs
Somerset
Fedorowitcz
Roof Garden
Murder Trial Opens Over POW Hut Killings In Korea
In New York Sgt. James C. Gallagher faces an Army court martial for the alleged 1951 killings of three POWs in a freezing hut. He disputes accounts of his actions, admitting to prosthetic removals but denying direct murder.
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New York
James C. Gallagher
Korea
Gallagher
Donald Thomas Baxter
Waukon
Iowa
John William Jones
Detroit
Baxter
Jones
Rogers
Pa Flyers Friend Welcomes Him Home Parade
Maj William Baumer returns to Milton Pennsylvania after 24 years in a Chinese prison camp. About 10000 people line the streets as bands march and officials deliver speeches. Telegrams arrive from Gov Leader and Senators Martin and Duff amid gifts and handshakes.
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Milton
William Baumer
Pennsylvania
Martin
Duff
Headon Route 1 crash kills Brooklyn woman injures three
A freight auto conveyor jumped a safety island on Route 1 and collided head on with a passenger car. Mrs. Katherin Pappas, 32, of Brooklyn died. Her husband Paul, 33, was critically injured at Perth Amboy General Hospital. The convoy truck driver John Kovtun, 30, and another truck driver Harold Ross, 51, sustained injuries but were not jailed.
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Woodbridge
N. J
Brooklyn
Katherin Pappas
Altoona
Paul
Perth Amboy General Hospital
Pappas
Lncoln Mercury
Metuchen
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Jersey Reformatory
John Kovtun
Linden
Harold Ross
Hoboken
Gibbs Wilt In Hospital After Crash
An 11 year old Stoystown boy Gibbs Wilt was listed in satisfactory condition at Somerset Community Hospital after injuries from a Monday auto crash. The drivers identified were Joe Wilt 17 and Lloyd Corbett 42, both of Stoystown. Corbett attempted a turn into the hospital driveway causing the rear end crash with the Wilt vehicle.
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Stoystown
R. D
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset
Joe J. Wilt
Lloyd Corbett
Wilt
Gibbs
Corbett
Somerset State Hospital
Bat Invasion Disrupts Somerset Office in Morning Clash
A low flying bat intruded into the Somerset American office early Tuesday causing chaos as employees armed with brooms and boards battled the winged intruder. The bat collided with a plank wielded by a linotype operator, with minor losses including a glue pot and scattered papers.
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Somerset American
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