Red Spy Probe Will Not Call Wives Of Chiefs
House Un American Activities Committee has questioned Mrs Iger Hiss and decided against naming wives to test prewar red underground stories. Rep Nixon said no comment on Mrs Hiss while the panel pursues Chambers and Peters with subpoenas for private questioning ahead of a public hearing.
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Un-American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Rep. Nixon
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
House
Iger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Communist Party
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Chambers
Underground
Red Underground
Peters
Mrs. Hiss
J. Peters
United States
Nixon
Slow Down Sign In Industrial Production in U S
The Commerce Department reports a slowing in postwar U S industrial production. June and July output were moderately lower than early year levels, while overall first-half 1948 output was only slightly above the last six months of 1947. Fewer industries gained, more reported declines, though some backlogs eased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Survey of
Ballplayer dies after crash on Route 53 near Somerset
John Calvin Brant 15, left fielder for Geiger, died Sunday evening after a car crash on Route 53 near Somerset. He fell victim to basal concussion and a broken arm, with the driver Oscar W. Lottig listed in fair condition and an X-ray to be taken. Brant, a Somerset high junior, son of Wilbur M. and Ethel Brant, survived by four siblings. Funeral plans are pending.
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John Calvin Brant
Kingwood
Geiger
Somerset High School
Wilbur M
Ethel Sechler Brant
Friedens, R. D
Brant
Oscar W. Lottig
Elbert Lottig
Quecreek
Somerset
Lottig
William
Jenner Township
Loettig
John Brant
Lincoln Township
Mt. Tabor
Three men held in $29,000 A. M. Byers Co. payroll robbery
Pittsburgh suspects Felix Dugan and John Dobman ski were charged with armed robbery and arraigned. Frank Steggert faced armed robbery and murder charges tied to the Byers plant heist. A fourth fugitive, Virgil Toney, was booked in Fresno on related robbery counts and fighting extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
A. M. Byers Co
Fresno
Calif
Felix Dugan
John Dobmanski
W. H. K. McDiarmid
Frank Steggert
Steggert
Francis Kletsch
Western Penitentiary
Peter Connors
Kletsch
John Ford
Virgil Toney
Toney
Byers
Ford
Eleanor and Anna on Air radio contract announced
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and her daughter Anna Roosevelt Boettiger signed with the American Broadcasting Company for an afternoon radio program series to begin October 4. ABC announced today in New York.
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Eleanor and
Anna
New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
American Broadcasting Company
ABC
Meyersdale Men Killed in Virginia Milk Truck Crash
James Marteney aged 44 and Harry Early 31 of Meyersdale died in a Saturday morning crash near Hanover County Virginia when their milk trailer struck a trailing trailer en route to Norfolk. The other driver Leroy Brown 26 was injured. funeral services were set for Early and Marteney in Meyersdale.
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James Marteney
Meyersdale
Harry Early
R. D
Norfolk
Savage Trucking Company
Walker Milk Transportation Co
Norman Walker
Fredericksburg
Richmond
Konhaus Ambulance
Marteney
Beachly Street
Detweiler
Union Cemetery
H. R. Konhaus
Hanover County
Virginia
Leroy Brown
Cape Charles
Pennsylvania
Ashland Volunteer Fire Department
Four Oregon GOP Leaders Die in Plane Crash
Four prominent Oregon Republican leaders and state legislators died when a small plane piloted by William Fluhrer crashed into Lake of the Woods in Klamath County. Passengers included John Snellstrom Earle Johnson and H H Evans. Representative Frank Van Dyke reported the crash and said the plane sank in ten feet of water after takeoff from a lakeside airport.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Lake of the Woods
Klamath County
Frank van Dyke
Jackson County
William Henry Fluhrer
Medford
John Snellstrom
Lane County
Earle Johnson
Benton County
H. H. Evans
GOP House
Lincoln County
George Adler
van Dyke
Oregon
Czech Ex-Premier Zenkel Leaves Germany for U.S.
Peter Zenkel former deputy premier of Czechoslovakia before the 1948 seizure left Frankfurt by plane and will seek aid in resisting Communism in his homeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zenkel
America
Frankfurt
INS
Peter Zenkel
Czechoslovakia
United States
Fruit and Flower Show at Otterbein Church Aug 28
Wilbur sponsor Women's Loyal Bible Class hosts a Fruit and Flower Show Saturday evening at Otterbein Church with attendance expected from the community and church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otterbein Church
Wilbur
Women’s Loyal Bible Class
Legionnaires Parade Draws 400000 In Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Legionnaires wrapped up their 30th annual convention with a massive parade through downtown Philadelphia drawing an estimated 400000 spectators. Lawrence Trainor was chosen department commander for 1948 49 while U S Senator Edward Martin urged continued anti communist vigilance. The assembly rejected a proposal to back a federal World War Two veteran bonus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Legionnaires
James F. Neil
Herbert E. Kitchman
Lawrence Trainor
Duquesne
Trainor
Allegheny County
O'Neil
Legion
U. S
Edward Martin
Rpa
Grove City marks sesqui centennial with vesper service
Scores of former residents gathered in Mercer county as Grove City opened a week long sesquicentennial celebration with a union vesper service at the athletic field. Dr H B Henderson preached on the founding 150 years ago and a 400 person cast will stage a historical pageant each night with events named Youth Day Farm Day Firemen's Day Old Timer's Day and a grand parade and horse show to close the festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove City
Mercer County
H. B. Henderson
United Presbyterian Church
Bonnie Ruth Shreffler
Pat Reeves
Redstone Township to Tax Citizens and Amusements
In Fayette county Redstone Township will levy a one dollar head tax on all citizens this year replacing the five dollar rate. The township also imposes a three ten dollar annual tax on music and pinball machines. Bullskin school officials plan a ten cent per ton coal tax except coal used in homes. A previous fifty dollar pinball and must machines tax and ten cent amusements levy remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Redstone Township
Fayette County
Bullskin Township
York man electrocuted after crash into pole
A York county man Robert R. Ness, 32, of Manchester R D 2, was electrocuted after an auto crash into a pole and walking into high-tension wires. Passenger Ervin Senft of York Haven R D suffered a facial injury and was treated at West Side Osteopathic Hospital. Ness was missing for more than five hours after the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
York County
Robert R. Ness
Manchester
R. D
Ervin Senft
York Haven
Ness
West Side Osteopathic Hospital
Christianity Held Only Salvation
The opening session of the World Council of Churches assembly in Amsterdam features 1590 delegates from 150 Protestant and Orthodox churches across 42 nations. Catholic observers attend. Dr. Mackay and Dr. Mott emphasize Christianity as the world’s hope and the need for missionary unity amid global suffering and religious freedom issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Tompkins
Amsterdam
Netherlands
International Assembly
World Council of Churches
Cathedral of
Holland
Vatican
Christ
Council
Joan A. Mackay
Princeton Theological, Seminary
Princeton
N. J
Christian Church
International Missionary Council
John R. Mott
New York
Orlando
Fla
World Y. M. C. A
Four Die in Route 22 Head-on Crash Near Hershey
Four persons were killed and two injured in a head on collision on Route 22 twelve miles east of Harrisburg shortly after 2 a.m. Mrs. Anne Steiger 28 of New York City her two children and sister died in the westbound lane. Gordon Steiger 28 husband survived with injuries. Donald N. McCauley 52 of Harrisburg driving in the wrong lane was hospitalized with serious injuries. Victims include Martha Grexa 22 of Johnstown and Steiger children Pamela 4 and Gerard Owen 8 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Anne Steiger
New York City
Hershey
W. W. Hoover
Gordon Steiger
Donald N. McCauley
Hoover
McCauley
Steiger
Martha Grexa
Johnstown
Pamela
Gerard Owen
Berlin exports vast goods via British planes
The British announced that 12.3 million deutsche marks worth of goods have been exported from Berlin by British planes since the blockade began two months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Red Army Press Attacks U.S. in Cold War Rhetoric
In Moscow Pravda accuses the U S State Department of inciting provocations against Russian citizens in the United States. The article blames White Guards and gangster actions by American police on U S government organs and calls out alleged anti Russian campaigns tied to the state department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Whitney
Moscow
Pravda
U. S. State Department
United States
Russian Communist Party
M. Marinin
State Department
Jacob Lomakin
New York
Oksana Kasenkina
Mikhail Samarin
White Guard
U. S
Governor's Day Review Showcases Pennsylvania National Guard
About 12 000 troops paraded at the Governor's Day review at Indiantown Gap near Harrisburg in honor of Gov. James H. Kutt. The event drew roughly 15 000 spectators and featured the 78th Infantry Division units plus the 11th corps artillery. Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow and Brig. Gen. Leo T. McMahon received awards for wartime service, while Gen. Strickler praised training progress and morale as rain interrupted the rodeo finale.
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Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
James H. Kutt
Muirfield
78Th Infantry Division
PNG
Scranton
110Th
Washington
111Th
Philadelphia
112Th
Erie
11Th Corps
109Th Field Artillery Battalion
Wilkes Barre
Frank Townsend
Wilkes- Barre
Daniel B. Strickler
Frank A Weber
Leonard T. Gerow
Second Army
Leo T. McMahon
U.S. Army
Weber
Duff
Gerow
Pennsylvania National Guard
Jacob L. Devers
Army Field Forces
Strickler
Incomes Hit Record $190 Billion State Report
Washington reports individual incomes surged to a record 190 billion dollars as the department of commerce released its latest figures. The data shows a sharp rise in personal earnings across the economy, marking a new high for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Taft Hartley Act Turns NLRB Focus Toward Unions
Washington reports the Taft Hartley act's first anniversary shows the NLRB issuing orders against unions while continuing employer action. In twelve months the board handled nearly 200 unfair labor practice cases, with 2,528 employer charges and 739 against unions.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Taft-Hartley
NLRB
Fiveman Labor Board
Paul M. Herzog
John M. Houston
James J. Reynolds, Jr
Abe Murdock
J. Copeland Gray
Robert N. Denham
Denham
Truman backs Arab refugee relief pledges, Marshall tells Bernadotte
Secretary of State Marshall informed Count Folke Bernadotte that President Truman fully supports relief measures for Arab refugees. The statement emphasizes U S backing for humanitarian efforts amid the refugee crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Marshall
Folke Bernadotte
Truman
Concrete Blocks For Immediate Delivery
Penna Quarries Inc of Friedens Pennsylvania advertises concrete blocks ready for immediate delivery with contact at Somerset 753 W24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penna. Quarries, Inc
Friedens, PA
Somerset
For Sale New 45 ft Farquhar Conveyor with Wheels
For sale a new 45 foot Farquhar flight conveyor with wheels complete 18 inch wide 9 inch high sides. Gilmour & Jones Coal Co. contact phones 1026 W and 416.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farquhar
Gilmour & Jones Coal CO
American official seized by Russian patrol in Berlin no man’s land
Russian military police arrested American deputy chief Thomas Harden in Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz as British, Russian, and American zones meet. Eyewitnesses say he was dragged into a jeep. his release was expected later today.
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Berlin
Potsdamer Platz
Thomas Harden
Headen
Postdamer Platz
No Man’s Land
Platz
No Man's Land
East
Franz Erdmann
Olympis Stadium
Weather report for Somerset by David Grove this weekend
Somerset weather totals show a 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Saturday to 5 30 p m Sunday with a high of 84 degrees and a low of 52 degrees Reading compares to last year s maximum 81 minimum 62 with a note of the observer unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Echrereniepemeenteenentens
Menenmeaars
Saveen Custwenane Savveen Naumeneensempusanasaessneaniegae
U. S. Weather Bureau
Boston New
Chicago Ove
Cleveland
Denver
Miami
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Washington
Maryland and Pennsylvania Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy conditions across Maryland with afternoon thundershowers near the coast and a touch warmer Monday. Tuesday brings fair and warm weather. Eastern Pennsylvania shares the partly cloudy trend and warmer Monday, with Tuesday remaining fair and warm. Western areas expect continued warmth and a Wednesday cool front.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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U.S
Morgan
Somerset Community Hospital
A. M. Uphouse
Somerset County
A.m.byers Co
Shakespeare
Ocean City
W. Main St
Somerset Sport
Mr. Walker Ill
GOP
Charles Nair
Bakersville
Redstone
Critchfield CO
Culbransen
Hurrell Music Shop
Main St
Oakhurst Tea Room
Mountain Playhouse
Petrified Forest
Cascio
Hales Freestone Elbertas
Freestone
Roof Garden
West Berlin
C. R. Atresman
Edie, PA
Wills Lutheran Sunday School
Grange Hall
Red Area
By Richard Kaischke
Haden
Ameican
Sterner’s Restaurant
Somerset American
Somerset Farm Bureau Co-Op
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