White Extends Lead In Mississippi Democratic Governor Primary
Former Gov. Hugh White widened his lead as returns from 252 of 1782 precincts showed him 1396 votes ahead of Paul B. Johnson Jr. in the Mississippi Democratic runoff. The contest, labeled the state’s most vicious primary battle, featured charges over Truman ties, black support claims, and a debate on prohibition.
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Jackson
Miss
Hugh White
Mississippi
White
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson
Truman
Percy Greene
Negro Democratcs Association
Hodding Carter
Greenville
Delta-Democrat-Times
Oklahoma
Fielding Wright
Wright
Defense Finishes Charge To Jury In Sedition Trial
In Pittsburgh on August 28 the defense wrapped a three day jury charge in the sedition trial of two western Pennsylvania Communists. Attorney John T. McTernan urged acquittal for James Dolsen, Daily Worker correspondent, and Andrew Onda, party organizer, to defend democracy and American ideals.
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Pittsburgh
Defense Council
Pennsylvania
John T. McTernan
James Dolsen
The
Daily Worker
Andrew Onda
McTernan
Toran T. Lewis
Henry XX O'Brien
Thursda
Flemming Arrested for Assault in Somerset
Oliver Flemming aged 21 of Somerset was arrested by Constable Ed Peck on a Tuesday charge of assault and battery and surety of the peace. Information was filed before Squire H. Whiperman.
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Flemming
Oliver Flemming
Somerset
Ed Peck
Squire H. 8S. Whipperman
Sears Store About Ready For Opening
Workmen remodel the former Acme market space into a Sears Roebuck showroom in Somerset. Julius Miller arrives from Philadelphia to lead the opening set for August 30 through September 1 with Hilliard of Tarentum coordinating. Delor es Lanner Rockwood and other Somerset County staff join the new sales office to handle catalog orders and on site display of items like Cold Spot refrigerators.
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Iramony
Harmony House
Sears Roebuck
Julius Miller
Philadelphia
Sears General
R. S. Hilliard
Sears
Accor
Mr. Miller
Cold Spot
Kenmore
Robert S. Hilliard
Tarentum
Somerset
Somerset County
Louise Weaver
Credit Department
Delores Lanner
Rockwood
Clarence Beal
Sara Arrick
Friedens
Telephone Exchange
Jean Long
Firemen respond to car crash on Husband road
Somerset volunteer firemen were called to a late Tuesday scene on the Husband road where a car lost control on a curve, leaking gasoline that spread on the highway. No injuries were reported and fuel did not ignite. damage estimated at $200 plus.
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Somerset
Husband Road
John Barnett
Acosta
Bill Stauffer
Barnett
Pitteners Sell Greenhouse On Stoystown Road
Albert E. Bittner and Margaret M. Bittner sold their greenhouse on Stoystown road to Melvin R. Clayecomb and Maude M. Clayecomb of Somerset for about 35000 dollars. The deed was filed in the Somerset courthouse and the Bittners have not disclosed future plans.
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Albert E. Bittner
Margaret M
Stoystown Road
Melvin R. Clayecomb
Maude M
Somerset
Somerset Court House
Bittners
Wagner Case Thrown Out and Three Settled
The suit of J. Clyde Wagner of Lewistown formerly of Somerset to recover 3600 from Somerset County Memorial Park Corp was dismissed after Judge Lansberry ruled evidence insufficient. Several cases were settled out of court including Kavar vs Foy for 1500 and Shaffer vs Deist for 2000.
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Lewistown
Somerset
Somerset County Memorial Park Corporation
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Wilbert H. Beachey, Jr
Ernest C. Johnson
Wagner
Stoystown Road
Harold L. Fisher
Louis Kavar
Jenner Township
Albert Foy
Somerset Township
Kavar
Foy
Harold J. Blough
Michael J. Blough
Beatrice Mosteller
Boswell R. D
G. H. Miller
Sidman
Dwight S. Shaffer
Sarah M. Shaffer
Ann Deist
Joseph M. Deist
Shaffers
Lloyd Robert Keim
Alex Adamson
Meyersdale
Miss Youth Farm Lingerie, Inc
New York City
Nathan Dorfman
Edyth F. Hollman
Boswell
Joseph T. Witowski
Jerome
New York
Witowski
Howard J. Hoover
Somerset R. D
Clayton C. Younkin
Grantsville R. D
Murder suicide attempt leaves two hospitalized in Millville
Mae Robinson and Raymond Camp, both unwed, were found at 115 East Broad Street near noon in Millville New Jersey. Camp was shot in the chest and Robinson held a .32 caliber revolver. police say it was a murder death by own action attempt. Public Safety Director David Reid leads the investigation. Camp is a taxi driver and Robinson a glass factory worker.
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N. J
Mae Robinson
Raymond Camp
East Broad St
Camp
Miss Robinson
David Reid
Reid
Indictments for Murder and Related Offenses
August grand jury returns forty six true bills and one not true bill after two days of deliberation. Three murder indictments include Clayton Terhune of Paterson New Jersey for the murder of Clayton Jenkins at a motor court near Stoystown. Other charges cover rape, embezzlement, assaults, and various felonies with multiple defendants named.
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Clayton A. Terhune
Paterson
N. J
Clayton E. Jenkins
Philadelphia
Stoystown
Marshall Silsworth Rugg
Lower Turteyfoot Township
Frank Basinger
Near Confluence
Ned L. Hoyt
Forme Confluence
Wallace Conway
Donald Conway
Robert Durst
Mexico Races Aid By Air And Sea To Flood Hit Region
Mexico moves fast with air, sea, and land relief to Tamaulipas Vera Cruz and San Luis Potosi after a hurricane and floods. Six planes drop 500 tons of food medicine and clothing while Pemex uses boats and trucks to reach stranded residents near Ebano Tampico. A social security medical team warns epidemics from contaminated water and malaria mosquitoes.
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INS
Mexico
Tamaulipas
Vera Cruz
San Luis Potosi
Santiago Pina Soria
Pemex
Ebano
Antonio J. Bermudez
Panuco
Tampico
Individual Relocates to New Residence on Tayman Avenue
The subject has moved to 806 Tayman Ave and is listed with phone number 4613 for contact.
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Tayman Ave
IMMSWUTops Go To Capital Showdown
Union leaders head to Washington for a showdown with government officials over a nationwide strike crippling the strategic minerals industry. The International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers seeks a 20 percent overall wage increase and a government formula for settlement. Pickets march in 15 states as production falls and Truman calls for a return to work to defend national defense.
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Washington
International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers
Ind
Wage Stabilization Board
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Larson
Truman
AFL
Kennecott
Anaconda Copper Mining Co
Phelps Dodge
American Smelting & Refining Co
Idaho Panhandle
CIO
Blood Drive in Rockwood Yields 28 Pints
Red Cross bloodmobile in Rockwood collected 28 pints versus a 150 pint quota. Of 41 registered donors, 22 failed to appear, while 14 walk ins donated. Executive secretary Mrs. Friedline notes the total barely meets county needs for a month, not Korea war needs. Visit set for Meyersdale on September 18 with same 150 pint goal.
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Red Cross
Rockwood
Jane Friedline
Friedline
Korea
Reformed
Meyersdale
Dr Uphouse May Go Home Friday After Improvement
County coroner Dr. A M Uphouse, hospitalized since August 6 after a heart attack, is described as very much improved. A family member said his physician expects he will be sent home Friday if his condition stays on the mend. He has been in a wheelchair for over a week.
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A. M. Uphouse
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
Ridgway Rejects New Probe Into Kaesong Bombing Tale
Army officials report intensified fighting along the Korean front with multiple hill battles near Yanggu and Kansong. U N forces claim gains northeast of Yanggu while weather hinders air sorties and a Communist counterattack fails to hold key peaks.
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Far East Air Forces
Korea
Red
George McArthiul
United Nations
Yanggu
Ridgway Rejects Fresh Kaesong Bombing Probe
Gen Ridgway refused a new inquiry into the Kaesong bombing in Korea saying it would only delay armistice talks. He signaled willingness to resume negotiations if the Communists end their suspension and allow talks to proceed. An allied liaison officer delivered the message at Panmunjom as Col Chang Chun-san refused daylight investigation.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Ridgway
Panmujom
Chang Chun-san
Italy Seeks Extradition of Two WWII Agents
Verbania court seeks extradition of former U. S. army operatives Aldo Icardi and Carlo LaDolce for trial in Italy on charges of murder robbery and hiding Maj. William Holohan's body from a 1944 partisan operation. Trial in absentia possible. sending orders require U S and Italian authorities.
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Italy
U. S. Army
William Holohan
Aldo Icardi
Preakness
N. J
Carlo LaDolce
Rochester
N. Y
Holohan
U. S. Defense Department
Washington
Truman
Carlo Rama
Turin
Wrong man identified in Boswell photo leads to obituary detail
A Boswell report clarifies that the left man in the front page photo was Lloyd Unger not Steve Berzinsky. Unger, district organizer for UMW Local 1, testified at the hearing and died August 5 of a heart attack while visiting friends on the west coast.
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Boswell
Steve Berzinsky
Lloyd Unger
Unger
Senate OKs Russian Bloc Trade Bill
The Senate passed a bill to curb trade with the Russian bloc and allies receiving U S aid. final vote 55 to 16. The measure grants the president discretion to sanction other exchanges while aiming to cut off arms and key materials to Russia. House already approved. Senate and House conference to iron out amendments.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Truman
House
Senate House Conference Committee
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R-Mo
United States
Western Europe
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R-Neb
Malone
R-New
Byrd
D-Va
Dirksen
R-Ill
Annual Meeting of Somerset County Red Cross Chapter
Public invited to attend the annual meeting at 7:30 EDST on Thursday August 30. The Somerset County chapter will meet at the chapter office in the First National Bank blog for updates and planning.
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Annual Meeting
Somerset County Chapter
American Red Cross
First National Bank
Weather forecast for West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania
West Virginia will be mostly cloudy with a few scattered thundershowers on Wednesday and Thursday with highs around 74 to 86. Eastern and Western Pennsylvania expect clouds and a chance of showers with warm to hot conditions and highs near 82 to 88. Maryland shows partly cloudy skies with highs around 80 and a risk of afternoon showers then warmer humidity on Thursday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
Extended Regional Weather Forecast for Chesapeake Area
Extended forecast for Wednesday August 29 through Sunday September 2. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect temperatures two to four degrees above normal with normal means around 66 in the north and 72 in the south. Warmer Thursday and south Wednesday. Cooler Saturday in north and south. Scattered showers Wednesday and in north Friday or Saturday and again in south Saturday or Sunday. Total rainfall about 0.5 inch north and 0.25 inch south. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia show three to four degrees above normal with normals 66 north and 70 south. Warm Wednesday through Friday, cooler Saturday and Sunday, with possible rain Friday or Saturday. Total rainfall about 0.5 inch.
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Maryland
North
South
West Virginia
Somerset Weather Report by David Grove Observer
Daily weather report from Somerset notes temperature and conditions recorded by U S Weather Observer David Grove. Observations cover barometric pressure, precipitation, wind, and sky condition for the day.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
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