Red Truce Group Intensifies Propaganda Fire
Seoul reports heavy propaganda volleys by Red Truce Group as Korean War talks resume at Panmunjom. North Korean Maj. Gen Nam charged U N forces with “cowardly slaughters” of captured personnel amid POW outbreaks in July and August. UN spokesman cited POW and civilian internees testing UN nerve, insisting force used was maximal. delay in reporting blamed on POW camp command reorganization.
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Seoul
Red Truce
U. S. Fighth Army
Nam 1
Nam
Red
Panmunjom
Eighth Army
United Nations
U S Airlift Carries Iranian Leader To Pilgrimage
Ayatullah Kashani, Iran's anti American Moslem leader, flies from Beirut in a U S air force plane for Mecca with 3 000 pilgrims. The Mecca airlift, begun after a Lebanese plea, ends tomorrow with 1 000 left behind. Saudi officials bar further landings after that date. Muslims praise the United States for the aid seen as a gesture of friendship.
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Peirut B
Lekinon
Iran
Ayatullah Kashani
Lia
U. S
Hely ‘Occan
Medina
Saudi Arabia
Kashani
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mecca
U. S. Air Force
Middle East
Beirut
Russia
America
Done
Woods Under Fire As New Chief Of Ops
President Truman named Tighe Woods as the new chief of federal price controls provoking Republican criticism led by Sen. Homer Ferguson who questioned Woods qualifications based on a history of alleged bungling. Woods will replace Ellis Arnall who resigned. Roger Putnam announced James McInn Henderson will become rent control chief with a salary rise to 16 thousand dollars.
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Washington
Truman
Tighe Woods
Homer Ferguson
Republican National Committee
Ferguson
Wood
Woods
Ellis G. Arnall
Georgia
Roger L. Putnam
James McInn
Henderson
Daingerfield
Tex
Economic Stabiliation Agency
Union Official Shot Dead No Gun Near Harrisburg
Aug 27 report notes Western Pennsylvania strip mine operators referred to the justice department for legal action over clean streams violations. Sanitary water board cites failure to correct pollution conditions. listed are Myron F. Fetteroll, Lincoln township, Somerset High Grade Coal Co., Jenner township.
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Harrisburg
Western Pennsylvania
Justice Department
Sanitary Water Board
Somerset County
Myron F. Fetteroll
Lincoln Township
Somerset High Grade Coal Co
Jenner Township
Schedule Inquest Into Death Of Lad In Love Rivalry
PITTSBURGH Aug 27 There will be a coroner s inquest Sept 4 into the shotgun death of Male Weaver 16 of nearby Jefferson The boy was shot to death Aug 1% near the trailer home where he lived with sister Authorities were holding Robert Laverick 16 who quarreled with Weaver over a 14 year old girl both were courting Jefferson Police Chief George Beal said Laverick admitted the shooting but claims it was accidental
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Pittsburgh
Weaver
Jefferson
Authori
Robert Laverick
George Beal
Laverick
Geter Tells Jury He Sought To Spare Pals In Robbery
GREENSBURG Aug 27 Bert Ty Geter 35 on trial for murder in the McFeely Brick Co payroll slaying testified he tried to talk two companions out of the robbery. He said he joined after Malloy insisted on proceeding, claiming there would be no shooting. Crain, guarding 87500 payroll, was killed. Phillips pleaded guilty and awaits execution. Malloy to be tried next week.
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Greensburg
Bert Ty Geter
McFeely
Geter
Joseph Shuillips
Morton W. Crain
Phillips
Robert Malloy
Crain
Go'er
Derry Ewehin
Malloy
Malloey
Peter
Insurance Pays $10,000 To 2 Widows In Crash Case
The Actual Casualty and Surety Co of Connecticut agreed to pay maximum benefits under a life and auto policy after a Read ing crossing crash killed driver George M. Pletcher and two widows, Helen Frise Coleman of Harrisburg and Jessie Stauffer of Pittsburgh, received portions for themselves and their minor sons. The Somerset County verdict of $64,225 was set aside against the B&O, with the court ruling Pletcher negligent and the railroad absolved.
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Reading Crossing
Helen Frise Coleman
Harrisburg
Jessie Stauffer
Pittsburgh
Somerset County
Adolph Dahl
Pletcher
Botwerger County
Thomas P. Lansberry
Somerset
State Supreme Court
Dahl
George M. Pletcher
Lansberry
Stauffer
James
Eugene
Coleman
Richard
Short Circuit Starts Fire At Burkholder Home
Somerset fire department answered a four to five mile run at 6 pm on a call from the Richard Burkholder residence near Pleasant Hill church. A transformer on a light line pole shorted into the house causing a red hot wire to arc to the meter. The fire was started by loose ear wires from a former fuse box connected to an electric water heater. Burkholder children Myrna JJ and Jimmie five narrowly escaped electrocution while playing near the fuse box. Firemen extinguished the arc and insulated brick prevented spread. Damage estimated at 200 dollars. Burkholder works as a coal stripper with Elwood Burgess.
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Somerset Fire Department
Richard Burkholder
Pleasant Hill Church
Burkholder
Myrna
Jimmie
Reckless Driver Fined on Turnpike Charge
Gerald King aged 22 of Cambria Springs was arrested by Bedford turnpike officer Frederick L. Richman for attempting to pass when traffic was not clear. King was fined 13.50 dollars and warned that such dangerous practice caused many fatalities on the turnpike.
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Gerald King
Cambria Springs
Bedford
Frederick L. Richman
Somerset County
King
Three Building Permits Issued This Week
Three building permits were issued through the borough secretary by Clyde Davis zoning officer on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Somerset Trust Company received a permit to remodel the building and add a second floor. James Wisnouse was issued two permits to construct two one story frame dwellings on East Main Street.
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Clyde 8. Davis
Somerset Trust Company
James Wisnouse
East Main Street
Peaches on sale at Frice market headlines
Golden Cross and Elberta peaches listed at 2.25 dollars per bushel. Market item notes C R Airsman and Edie Pa, pairing brand and container details with contact reference 2R37.
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Golden Cross
Edie
Hurricane Lashes Atlantic Into Towering Waves
A tropical hurricane lashed the Atlantic 250 miles north-northeast of San Juan Puerto Rico with squalls of hurricane force. Winds were estimated at 1000 miles east southeast of the area as a plane and weather bureau noted a slow northwest drift. Forecaster Grady Norton said it would continue moving northwest for 24 hours with possible direction changes and Bermuda air searches planned.
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Grady Norton
Stort
The
Weather Bureau
Ita
Norton
Air Force
Bermuda
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Jury Favors Lindemans In Breach Verdict At Summit
A civil jury ruled in favor of Mr and Mrs Charles Lindeman of Summit township in a breach of contract suit brought by Roy G and E N Herring. The case centered on a right of way for hauling coal over Lindeman property and disputes over added costs, trucking routes, and alleged damages. The Lindemans denied liability and claimed the Herrings breached the contract by submitting no itemized statements and by permitting cows to escape. A concurrent damage suit arising from a January accident involving a milk truck was set to continue after preliminary testimony.
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Charles H Hdeman
Summit Township
Wedgday
Roy G
E. N. Herring
Brothers
Solemans
Lindemans
Tim
Lindeman
Lanstrry
Herring
Lelan W. Walker
Damag
Albert Berley
Conemaugh Township
Vernon Stutzman
R.D. 2
Holsople
Sutzman
Quemahoning
Merle Shaffer
Stuzman
Caugh
Shaffer
Stutzman
Johnstown
Stevenson Attacks Acheson And McCarthy At Legion Rally
Gov Adlai Stevenson pressed for restraint in hunting Communists and condemned poison gas attacks on officials while blasting attacks on Gen George Marshall. He spoke to a New York American Legion gathering as Eisenhower and Taft planned stumping, with Stevenson leading a 7600 mile western tour.
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Stevenson
Asbury Park
American Legion
N. J
Republican Party
Legion
New York
Washington
White House
Truman
Adlai
Mirrenhowe
Eisenhower
Midwest
Denver
South
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Miami
Taft
Associated Press
Jack Bell
Murray Bay
Canada
Sen
Ellender
Wash
Jenner Man Arrested for Assault and Battery
Robert Shawley, an 82 year old Jenner resident and coal miner, was arrested for assault and battery Wednesday near Jenner. He was ordered placed in Somerset county jail by Squire Ira Friedline.
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Robert Shawley
Jenner
Shawley
Somerset County
Squire Ira
Friedline
Mediation Talks Open Over Westinghouse Nuttall Strike
A four member panel from the federal mediation service opened exploratory talks to settle the four month old strike at Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuttall gear works in Pittsburg.
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Today
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Nuttall Gear Works
Malik's Out Lorin Replaces Malik at United Nations
United Nations officials announce Runasia chief delegate Jacob Malik will be replaced by Valerian A. Zorin, who helped engineer Czechoslovakia’s 1948 coup. The shift, slated for Sept. 15, occurs amid Russian diplomatic realignments and ongoing Korean war talks.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N
Runasia
Jacob A. Malik
Valerian A. Zorin
Zorin
Goodrich and Union End Rubber Strike Settlement
Representatives of PB. F. Goodrich Co and the United Rubber Works CIO announced a tentative agreement to end a 16,000 worker strike across nine cities. The plan includes a 10 cent general wage increase to 1.95 hourly, a union shop, stronger company security provisions, double time for holidays plus holiday pay for qualified workers, and expanded incentive guarantees, vacation pay, and credit rules.
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Cincinnati
PB. F. Goodrich Co
United Rubber Works, Cio
Amish School Attendance Crisis Referred to Governor
Lancaster eleven districts voted to seek a closed meeting with Governor John S. Fine and State Superintendent Francis B. Haas to resolve the Amish attendance dispute. The group argues religious grounds exempt 14 year olds from compulsory schooling while boards threaten enforcement ahead of the new school term. Samuel H. Good and John Styer were chosen to arrange the talks.
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Lancaster
John S. Fine
State Department of Public Instruction
Lancaster County
Samuel H. Good
Earl Township
John Styer
Caernarvor
Fine
Hass
GOP to Spend 2 Million on Radio and TV Time
The Republicans plan to spend up to two million dollars for radio and television time to promote their national ticket of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon.
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GOP
Washington
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Legion Demands Acheson's Firing For Third Time
At the American Legion convention in New York City the Legion adopted a resolution calling for the immediate dismissal of Secretary of State Dean Acheson and for leadership changes in the State Department. The vote, amid applause, demanded action by the president and condemned ongoing failures to uphold duty to country. The body also pressed life imprisonment for a third narcotics offense and other policy recommendations.
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Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
American Legion
New York
Legion
Truman
Dean Acheson
Richard A. Gray
Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gray
Eisenhower
Malik
Gromyko
London
Washington
Peiping
Berlin
United Nations Post
Russia
Legionnaires
State Department
Madison Square Garden
United States
D'Smiss
Los Angeles
Miami
The
Adil Stevenson
America
Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Tex
United Nations
Specials at Cascio's Produce Ad
Specials at Cascio's: sweet potatoes, goldens peaches, Shipper's red and Elberta bu. 2,19 basket 25c. Red peppers, large lima beans, watermelons pt. 25c, 4 for 25c, 4 lb bulk.
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Cascio’s
Shipper's
Weather outlook for Pennsylvania regions
Eastern Pennsylvania sees increasing cloudiness with highs 80 to 95 Thursday and possible rain at night. Friday brings more showers. Western Pennsylvania experiences rising clouds and a high near 34 Thursday, with cooler, showery conditions Friday mainly in the east.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset Weather Reported Daily by David Grove
Temperature for the 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Tuesday until 5 30 p m Wednesday Maximum 84 Minimum set Temperature 4 year ARO Maximum 75 ha Minimum
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. Ss. Weather Observer
Special Service Lineup At Auto Shop With Deals
Special No 1 offers motor tuneup at 4 50 while Special No 2 covers wash lab and oil change with 5 qt capacity for 3 95. Come in for our service with a smile.
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Kingwood Grove
I. F. Woodrow
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Rockwood Band
Lionel
Lad
Cash
Walker Buick Co
Somerset, Pa
Alial
Schrock Bros. Friedens
Eckless
Kamp Komfort
Listie Boy Scouts
Atlantic
Fay
Fami
Movig
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Stevensons
INS
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OLD Farm
East Main St
Alberta
Ernest Hoover
Lorin
U.N
Russian Communist Party
Moscow
Red China
Chou Fn-lai
Germany
Goodrich
Gov. Fine and Haas
Inquire
N. Rosina Ave
MT. Playhouse
Ph. Powell
N.Y
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Creuse
By CY Tileston
Hiroshima
Navy Club
Honolulu
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Pearl Harbor
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Crouse
Philadelphia
Charles Bowman
Edward Herring
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Chicago
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Atlantic City
D & H Packard CO
W. Main St
Sons OF the Purple Sage
Roy Roger
Blue Flames
Oakhurst
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