Doll parade boosts local merchants amid town events
The town hosted a doll festival parade drawing shoppers and praise from merchants. The Crouse Cadets declined to march in the national American Legion convention parade in Philadelphia citing cost and lodging. a cucumber prize and a Sunday School picnic moved indoors were noted. Rev. E G Sawyer, 73, passed away at Mount Pleasant, remembered for revival services at the First Evangelical United Brethren church.
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Crouse
American Legion
Philadelphia
Convention City
Athlantice City
Webster Levits
American Office
Trent Park
Calvary Methodist
E. G. Sawyer
Mount Pleasant
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Children Picket for Playground in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on August 18 crowds of over 50 children gathered outside the County Building to demand a playground for the densely populated Lawrenceville area. The demonstrators carried signs urging construction as city officials said two playgrounds are under construction in the vicinity. Mayor David L. Lawrence stated progress on the projects.
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Ittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Lawrenceville
Ayor
David L. Lawrence
Berlin Club News and Local Notices
Community social events in Berlin include a 500 club gathering hosted by Mrs Tony Tattarelli with high honors for Mrs George Walters Mrs Carl Hay and Mrs Gene Walters A hospital admission for Co W Altfather and a birth announcement for Mr and Mrs Ernest Weyant of a daughter born August 17 in Meyersdale Hazel McGilvery hospital Berlin juniors plan a district picnic with a program and baseball game and local residents share travel visits and social news from Berlin and area
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Tattarelli
Tony Tattarelli
George Walters
Carl Hay
Gene Walters
Ernest Weyant
Hazel McGilvery
Meyersdale
JOUAM
Order of American Mechanics
Berlin
Wesley Ross
Campers Flee As Two Planes Collide Over Long Island Camp
Eighty seven campers fled to safety as two fighter planes collided during a radar training flight above a camp near Sag Harbor New York. Two officers in one plane died while two others parachuted to safety. Wreckage and fuel showered the camp area with no injuries to campers reported. The planes were based at Mitchell Field. Dead: First Lt Robert T Lancaster and First Lt Samuel Block. Surviving: First Lt Joseph E McCord and First Lt Harold W Manor. An older line notes Indiana was founded by La Salle in 1671.
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Sag Harbor
N. Y
Air Force
Episcopal Chute
Long Island
Mitchel Field
Robert T. Lancaster
Williston Park
Samuel Block 32
Brooklyn
Joseph E. McCord
East Hempstead
Harold W. Manor
Lewistown
Jury convicts Beck and Fernandez in mail romance murder
In New York a 200 pound divorcee Martha Beck and her balding lover Raymond Fernandez are found guilty of murdering widow Janet Fay and connected to two other killings in Michigan and New York. The jury's first degree murder verdict carries a potential death sentence and ended a long trial that began June 9.
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New York
Haggard
Martha Beck
Raymond Fernandez
Bronx
Michigan
Valley Stream
N. Y
Janet J. Fay
Albany
Fernandez
Supreme Court
Ferdir
Pecora
Fred D. Voss
Lawsuits seek 450000 over cyclist death in Pa
Three federal suits filed in Pittsburgh seek total damages of 450000 arising from a car collision with a motorcycle near Youngwood on September 6 1948. Victims include Robert V Henrie 21 Walter Edge 21 and Roberta Henrie 17. Plaintiffs represent Gladys Henrie widow and Linda Henrie baby and Roberta's parents John and Laura Henrie.
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Pittsburgh
Virginia
Arthur Vernon Harman
Chincoteague
Youngwood
Robert V. Henrie
Walter Edge
Ruffsdale
Roberta Henrie
Gladys Henrie
Robert
Linda
John
Laura Henrie
Roberta
Red Cross Averts Epidemics in Ecuador Quake Areas
President Galo Plaza Lasso credited the American Red Cross with preventing typhus and typhoid fever epidemics in quake-stricken Ecuador regions. The Aug. 18 report from Quito notes ARC aid helped control outbreaks and protect civilians.
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Red Cross
Quito
INS
Galo Plaza Lasso
American Red Cross
Evaador
Truman Cut South Calling Committee
A Democratic official outlined a loyalty pledge for southern States Rights members voting on a new national chair. The national committee will elect William M. Boyle Jr. as chairman, succeeding Senator J. Howard McGrath. Maybank was chosen to replace Thurmond as SC national committeeman amid SC faction tensions over seating Agnew vs Allison.
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Jack Bell Washington
Truman
National Committee
William M. Boyle, Jr
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
McGrath
Senate
Tom C. Clark
Mississippi
Louisiana
South Carolina
Albania
Democrats
Senator Maybank
DSC
J. Strom Thurmond
States Rights
Maybank
Olin Johnson
Farmhouse fire claims four. three escape in New York hamlet
Angelica New York August 18 fire destroyed a two story farmhouse in Fink Hollow killing four. Harrah Jones 76 Milford Jones 52 Judy Jones 7 died in the blaze. Judy's mother Mrs Roderick Jones 38 died after attempting to save her daughter. Patricia 16 escaped with minor injuries. Firemen rushed eight miles but could not save the home.
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Angelica
N. Y
Fink Hollow
Harrah
Harry) Jones
Milford
Judy Jones
Judy
Roderick Jones
George W. Batt
Circled World in 366 Days Round-the-World Effort Near Ends
Mrs. Richarda Morrow-Tait plans to complete her around the world flight tomorrow completing a journey begun in Britain a year and a day earlier. She has traveled nonstop through Reykjavik Iceland and other stops, concluding the circumnavigation.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Richarda Morrow-Tait
Britain
Somerset guard unit to pay over six thousand this week
ImpressionS HERE and THERE Company C Somerset unit of the Pennsylvania national guard will have a quarterly payroll of more than $6,000 this week. Sgt Charles Nearhouse reports officers training for the 110th regiment will visit Somerset in October for a weekend event. Captain Glenn M. Pyle notes about 150 officers will be entertained. enlistees are sought for future drives.
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Somerset
Pennsylvania National Guard
Charles Nearhouse
110Th Regiment
Pennsylvania Naional Guard
Glenn M. Pyle
Company C
Pyle
Pacific
Lester Ferner
Russian scrap iron racket nets millions in Austria
Western intelligence says Russian occupation authorities in Austria profit from scrap iron sales to Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Switzerland. About 125000 tons sold for 22 dollars per ton with a 10 dollar local buy. eight Austrian police arrested for bribes. a British subject of Austrian birth and two other middlemen named, including a Hungarian and an Italian.
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Vienna
INS
Austria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Plane Crash Survivors Reach Bradley Field in Conn
Aviatrix Ruth Nichols and seven other American survivors from Monday's Atlantic crash-landing arrived at Bradley Field Connecticut after a three hour ordeal in heavy seas off Ireland.
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Bradley Field
Conn
INS
Ruth Nichols
Atlantic
Ireland
Pittsburgh Department Stores See July Sales Dip
Department store net dollar sales in Pittsburgh declined about 15 percent in July from the prior year. The University of Pittsburgh bureau of business research also reported a three percent drop in sales for the first seven months of this year versus 1948.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Bureau of Business Research
Peaches Glut Pittsburgh Market
Pennsylvania peaches flood the Pittsburgh wholesale market with officials of the Agriculture Department reporting a good quality surplus today.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Truman Nod Gave Steel Mill to Tito
President Truman disclosed he ordered materials for a $3,000,000 Yugoslav steel mill to aid Marshal Tito amid Cold War tensions. The NSC reviewed the license after disputes between Acheson and Johnson. export to Yugoslavia aims to bolster Tito while monitoring security risks. Continental Foundry in Pittsburgh has begun work and expects export in about 12 months.
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Washington
Truman
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Moscow
National Security Council
Navy
Air Force
National Security Resources Board
State Acheson
Johnson
United States
Acheson
Tito
Continental Foundry and Machinery Co
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Week train to visit 28 cities Oct 17 24
A Pennsylvania Week train will tour 28 state communities from Oct 17 to Oct 24, featuring Pennsylvania made equipment and notable Commonwealth personalities. The six day itinerary starts in Harrisburg and stops in Lancaster Allentown Wilkes Barre and Pittsburgh among others.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Norristowntown
Pottstown
Reading
Allentown
Lehighton
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Berwick
Williamsport
Lock Haven
Emporium
Warren
Corry
Erie
Meadville
Sharon
New Castle
Beaver Falls
Pittsburgh
Connellsville
Uniontown
Johnstown
Altoona
Tyrone
Huntingdon
York
Harrisburg Patriots Publish Sunday Newspaper Start
Harrisburg editors announce a Sunday edition by the Patriot-News Company publishers of the Harrisburgh Patriot and Evening News beginning September 18.
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Harrisburg
Patriot-News Company
Harrisburgh Patriot and Evening News
Earthquake Rocks Erzurum Area in Turkey
A violent 15 second earthquake was reported to have shaken the area around Erzurum in northeast Turkey today.
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Turkey
Erzurum
Senate probes contradict Vaughan on deep freezer gifts
Senate investigators disclosed testimony from Albert J. Gross Milwaukee freezer maker who said the gifts to Washington notables including Mrs. Truman were not factory rejects or experimental units. Robert J. Quirk and Harry Hoffman corroborated that Hoffman sourced units for the Verley Perfume Co. and sent them to Mrs. Truman and Vaughan.
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Washinton
Harry H. Vaughan
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Senate
Albert J. Gross
Milwaukee
Five
Truman
Vaughan
Gross
Robert J. Quirk
Harry Hoffman
Hoffman
Albert J Verley Perfume Co
Chicago
Verley
White House
Relief Grants For Foster Home Tot Legal, State Standards
The justice department advised the public assistance department that relief grants for dependent children in foster homes are legal if the homes meet standards set by the state welfare department. The notice stems from Harrisburg on August 18.
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Harrisburg
Justice Department
Public Assistance Department
State Welfare Department
Ex-Convict Frank Kloss Identified in Scranton Death
State police identified the man found shot to death in Moosic woodlands as Frank Kloss 57 of Scranton. The ex convict was shot and later discovered in the nearby woodland area.
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Scranton
INS
Moosic Woodlands
Frank Kloss
Gusher Yields About 1200 Barrels on Lilly Lease
Bradford reports a gusher on the L. M. Lilly lease along the Bradford Kinzua highway has produced about 1200 barrels of petroleum since being drilled a week ago.
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Bradford
L. M. Lilly
Bradford-Kinzua
Lyctus Powder-Post Beetle Attacks Antique Furniture
An insect known as the lyctus powder post beetle targets antique furniture and other seasoned hardwood. The article notes its destructive behavior on historic wood items and implications for preservation efforts.
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Memorial Hospital
Cumberland, Md
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Community Grove
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Stanton, Va
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Fairmont
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Clarksburg
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Painsville
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Richard Pile
Somerset Community Hospital
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Otto F. Messner
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Columbia Ave
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Jane Parker
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Somerset, PA
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