Senate Kills Truman Welfare Department Plan
Washington August 16 President Trumans bid to create a cabinet level Department of Welfare was defeated in the Senate by a 60 to 32 vote. The plan would have folded welfare education and public health into one department led by Oscar Ewing. Debate centered on health insurance fears and the scope of reorganizing federal agencies.
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Nan
Tors
House
South
Oscar Ewing
Ator McCarthy
R-Wis
Ewing
Tru
Lodge R-Mass
Tate
Alon
Congress
Onl Murray D-Mont
Federal Security Act
Labor Department
Enators
Federal Vice Agency
Arms Aid Bill Moves Toward House Vote In Senate
The House Rules Committee sent President Truman's 1.45 billion arms aid program to the floor for a day of debate with amendments possible. Senate hearings reopened as critics, including Senator George of Georgia, pressed to scrutinize the plan amid opposition to cutting funds.
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House Rules Committee
Washington
Truman
House
Rayburn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Atlantic Alliance
Congress
Rules
Senate
Capitol
Henry Wallace
Combine Committee On Foreign Relations and Armed Services
George
D-Ga
Bowser sued by son in law for $10,000 over arrest
Elmer Leecy of Glencoe claims Bowser arrested him without a warrant after visiting Leecy’s home on July 31. Leecy says he was jailed 17 1 2 hours, humiliated and his reputation damaged. He seeks $10,000 in damages from his father in law Bowser.
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Ross Bowser
Bowser
Elmer Leee
Glencoe
Leecy
Mary
Call Bowser
Berlin
Leccy
le Counsy
Jody
Squire S W. Smith
Ber
Ecy
Margare Mitchell Dies Author of Gone With the Wind
Atlanta reports Margare Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind, died today after a speeding car struck her on Peachtree Street. She died at Henry Grady Memorial Hospital after surgery attempts. driver Hugh D Gravitt is jailed on murder charges. Funeral set at Spring Hill. burial Oakland Cemetery.
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Atlanta
Margare Mitchell
Peachtree Street
Miss Mitchell
Henry Grady Memorial Hospital
Hugh D Gravitt
Herbert Jenkins
Gravitt
Georgia Capito
Herman Talmadge
Spring Hill
Raimundo de Ovies
Oakland Cemetery
Rap
Truman
Hollywood
Little Lady
John R. Marsh
Stephens Mitchell
Marsh
Sheegan
Clark Gable
Rhett Butler
Vivian Leigh
Scarlett O’harra
Last Minute Preparations In Doll Drive Parade
Plans for the Pied Pipers parade and Festival of the Dolls heat up as 4-H volunteers sort over 1200 dolls at Somerset high school gym. The event features Camp Easter Seal riders, a doll king and queen, and a display ending with a doll collection and festival scenes for local and European charity.
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Somerset High School
Somerset Borough
Berlin
R. D
Dillingham
Alaska
Cumberland, Md
St. Catharines
Ont
Canada
Columbus
Ohio
Meyersdale
Pearson
Ark
Dorothy Kantner
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Ruth Smith
Johnstown Tribune
Pat Fullerton
News,fine Arts
Martha E. Trimpey
Hamlin
Somerset
Mary Alice Hare Reesman
Somerset County
Laurel Hill Park
Date Mix-up Results Is Suit Filed
An equity suit was filed by the West Taylor Volunteer Fire Company over Old Home Week dates. The suit sought a court injunction to stop a Rockwood carnival sponsored by the American Legion from performing this week, claiming a prior agreement for West Taylor to host August 15 to 20 at West Taylor show grounds. Judge Norman T. Boose dismissed the injunction Tuesday morning.
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Prothonotary’s Office
West Taylor Volunteer Fire Company
Rockwood
American Legion
Norman T. Boose
Cambria County
West Taylor
West Taylor Company
Cambria County Fire Department
West Taylor Fire Company
Carnival
Copperhead Bites Man on Wooden Leg Near Moundsville
In Moundsville West Virginia on August 16 a copperhead bit Charles Johnson on the leg near his wooden leg. He carried on, picking berries with both buckets full, then limped home on the injured wooden limb.
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Copperhead
Moundsville
West VA
Charles Johnson
Strikers In Hawaii Open Direct Deal
Striking CIO stevedores and Hawaii dock firms reopen direct negotiations in Honolulu to end the 108 day waterfront tieup. Gov. Stainback backs peace talks as ILWU seeks injunction against the dock seizure law and $3 million in damages while government stevedores test unloading cargo.
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Leif Erickson
Honolulu
CIO
Hawaii
Ingram M. Stainback
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Territorial
ILWU
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Union
Stainback
Federal
Harbor Board
Territorial House
Senate
Beck and Fernandez Face Jury in Lonely Hearts Slaying Trial
New York prosecutors demonstrate on the stand as Edward Robinson Jr kneels and taps his head to argue Martha Beck could have struck the fatal blows in the Janet Fay case. Defense contends Beck was unaware and Fernandez acted alone. Trial prior moves note Michigan victims to justify capital punishment.
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New York
Martha Beck
Edward Robinson,Jr
Albany
N.Y
Herbert E. Rosenberg
Beck
Fay
Fernandez
Robinson
Martha
Mrs. Fay
Country Club Robbed of $589 in Lancaster
State police said $589 was stolen from the Conestoga country club clubhouse on the outskirts of Lancaster. The Aug. 16 report notes the incident occurred at the rural facility and ongoing investigation by authorities.
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Lancaster
INS
Conestoga Country Club
Barton Sets Deep Sea Record in Pacific Descent
Otis Barton, 48, Harvard trained engineer, dives to 4500 feet in a steel sphere off Smuggler's Cove California. He breaks the Bermuda depth record of 3028 feet but aims for 6000. he reports strange marine life and notes greater life at 2000 feet.
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Calif
Pacific Ocean
Otis Barton
Boston
Barton
William Beecher
New York
Bermuda
Pacific
Maurice Nelles
Martin Seeks To Extend Bus Service In Somerset
Martin Motorways seeks PUC approval to extend service on three of five routes in Somerset. New stops include Plank road from Children’s Aid home to Coleman school, North Rosina to Husband and Zimmerman, and West Main Street to end of Route 31. Hearing set for September 2 at 10 a.m. in the courthouse.
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State Hospital
Plank Road
North Rosina Avenue
Felgar Road
Husband
Zimmerman
Harrison Avenue
West Main Street
Somerset Borough
PUC
Court House
Weather Outlook For Western Mid Atlantic States
Partly cloudy conditions with warm temperatures in the low to mid 80s across Western Pennsylvania and Maryland. Showers are possible mainly in the western portions, with scattered showers in the south and west of West Virginia and higher interiors of Maryland. Precipitation totals are light, with brief rain patterns at the start of the period and mostly fair skies thereafter.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Middle Atlantic
South
Somerset Weather Report From David Grove Observatory
Daily temperature summary for 24 hours ending 5 30 p m Tuesday reports a high and a low near eighties and forties respectively with a comparison to the previous year noting cooler daytime and warmer overnight values from the same period.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Cca
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