Molotov Recommends Quick German Peace Drafts At Council
Moscow proposes that each of the Big Four draft its own German peace treaty within two months, triggering debate among foreign ministers in London. Bidault questions the move, while Dulles prepares a trip to France to study the policy context.
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Wes Gallagher
London
Molotov
Foreign Ministers Council
Bidault
Myst
U. S
John Foster Dulles
France
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
Council
Russia
Sturtz Sentenced to 144 Days for Deer Tag Offenses
Robert Dewey Sturtz Jr. of Wellersburg was jailed after pleading guilty to transporting deer parts without proper tags and shipping parts out of state. A fugitive on these charges, he also faces a license violation from the Somerset state police. He will serve 144 days in the county jail.
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Robert Dewey Sturtz, Jr
Wellersburg
Justice of the Peace
H. S. Wipperman
Millard M. Crooks
Sturtz
Somerset
Tokio Rose to Face Treason Prosecution in U S
The justice department said an American-born Japanese woman, Iva Ikuko Toguri D Aquino born July 4 1916 in Los Angeles faced treason charges if two witnesses can testify she made wartime broadcasts from Tokio. It seeks witnesses who heard or recognized her voice on Radio Tokio between 1943 and 1945.
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Washington
Justice Department
Tokio
Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hvo
Department
D’aquino
Yokohama
Los Angeles
American Legion
United States
Tokio Rose
Ann
Pacific
D'Aquino
Japan
Giant Battle Develops as Nationalists Press Central China
In central China near Han kow a major clash unfolds as Gen. Pai Chung Hai leads Nationalist forces against 79,000 Communist troops led by Liu Po Chen. The drive aims to erase a red salient threatening the Yangtze valley with over 800,000 troops anticipated in coming operations.
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Nanking
China
Tapieh
Hankow
Yangtze River
Pai Chung-Hai
Teng Wen-Yi
Pai
Liu Po-Chen
Han- Kow
Kuikiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Boxer Poster Is Acquitted in Homicide Trial
In Norristown a former New York heavyweight boxer Lewis J Poster was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in the July death of William Henderson a Douglasville plumber. The Montgomery county jury ordered Poster to pay all trial costs after the Bram cote hotel fight in Stowe.
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Norristown
New York
William Henderson
Douglasville
Montgomery County
Lewis J. Poster
Henderson
Bramcote
Stowe
Duff Approves Farm Bureau Stock Increase
Gov. James H. Duff approved Somerset County Farm Bureau Inc for a $120,000 capital stock increase. The raise, approved 66 at the April annual meeting, lifts common stock to 19,000 shares at $10 par and total common value to $309,090. Preferred stock rises by $20,000 to 6,909 shares at $60,900.
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Somerset County Farm Bureau, Inc
James H. Duff
Britain to maintain Palestine order under league mandate
A UN official said Britain must continue administering the Holy Land as long as the mandate remains in effect. Secretary General Trygve Lie considered a Palestine visit by himself or a top aide next year. The UN plans for Jerusalem include a six nation working group to study governance of an international city.
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Lake Success
United Nations
U. N
Britain
Palestine
Holy Land
League of Nations
Dsistant
Arkady A. Sobolev
Trygve Lie
Lie
Ralph J. Bunche
State Department
U. N. Assembly
U. N. Trusteeship Council
Jerusalem
United States
France
China
Austalia
Mexico
Benjamin Gerig
Allan Burns
Sobolev
League
Moshe Shertck
Jewish Agency Executive
Shertok
U. N. Partition Party
1948
Municipalities Weigh New Taxes Under Broadened Law
Harrisburg considers amusement taxes as cities plan 1948 budgets under a new state law expanding taxing powers. Pittsburgh led with severance tax use, while New Kensington Meadville and others weigh wage taxes and higher per capita school levies amid rising city costs.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New Kensington
Meadville
Pittsburgh
Coraopolis
Monessen
New Castle
Pennsylvania Economy League
League
Royals cut short honeymoon for Christmas at Sandringham
London dispatch notes the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will return home for Christmas with the king and queen staying at Sandringham in Norfolk. The royal party includes Princess Margaret Rose, Queen Mary, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duchess of Kent. The king will broadcast his Christmas message from Sandringham at 3 pm gmt.
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London
Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh
Sandringham
Norfolk
Princess Margaret Rose Queen Mary
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Duchess of Kent
Britain
Empire
Meat Prices and Taft Hartley Tactics Face Senate Hearing
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson warned meat price ceilings may be needed this spring to prevent widespread distress as demand remains strong. He urged action amid Truman's 10 point program while Congress weighs wage and grain controls and cites rising speculative trading in futures. Labor leaders attack Taft Hartley as the NLRB issues rulings on non Communist oaths and foremen, and CIO AFL unity remains out of reach.
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Washington
Anderson
House Banking Committee
Rep
Cole
Schwellenbach
Capitol Hill
Truman
Rep. Smith
Ohio
Congress
Smith
Raymond J. Barnes
North American Export Grain Association
Barnes
Robert R. Nathan
Nathan
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
CIO
Cout
Philip Murray
AFL
William Green
Green
San Francisco
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Fur and Leather Workers, Cio
Gloversville
N.Y
Supreme Court
Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company
Oscar Owens
Detroit
Budd Company
Bolitha
Federal District Court
Texas
Maritime Union
U. S
Laws
Russians fear ruble devaluation triggers shop runs
A Voice of America report from Paris cites travelers' accounts of bank and store runs in Moscow and other cities as rumors grow of a new currency on December 5 and a shift to higher prices for un rationed goods. Savings banks limit withdrawals and many shops close for repairs amid crowded stores and scarce shelves.
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Washington
State Department
Voice of America
Moscow
Russia
Septem
Ber
Morstas
Franklin suffers unexplained water surge citywide
Franklin's 9,948 residents use about 500 000 gallons more water weekly than a year ago. City Engineer John M. Snow questions the rise, noting few new buildings. A departmental survey aims to locate usage and determine payment status.
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Franklin
City Engineering Dept
John M. Snow
Stores Plan To Deep Open Evenings
A Chamber of Commerce survey shows Somerset stores favor later hours during Christmas season from December 15 to 24 and agree on closing at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
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Chamber of Commerce
Somerset
Toy Gun Bandit Sought in Harrisburg Robberies
Police hunted a youth who held up a Harrisburg drugstore for the second time in eight days and fled with 30 dollars. Officers believed he was the same boy who flashed a toy gun at a grocery store owner in a separate robbery.
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Harrisburg
Russia’s 4 Million Strong Armies Wrack Europe and Palestine
Washington dispatch reports House foreign affairs chair Eaton cites army estimates placing Russia with 4 050 000 under arms and 1 121 600 in satellites as justification for emergency aid to Europe Meanwhile fighting rages along the Tel Aviv Jaffa border with 30 killed in two days and Arab and Jewish forces clashing amid continued unrest across Palestine. U N division prompts regional protests and police clashes in Cairo Aden Baghdad and Beirut
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Eaton
Europe
Rep. Cox
Senate
China
Foreign Affairs Group
Truman
Assia
Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Tel- Aviv
Jaffa
Palestine
Associated Press
Jatin
Palectine
Sua Henry Gurney
Husseini Khalidi
Gurney
Hagana
Jewish Defense Army
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
U. N
Middle East
Cairo
Royal
Aden
Arabia
Baghdad
Iraq
Lebanon
Tel Aviv
Leo Disentchik
Most Deer Poor In Physical Appearance
The state game commission cites foraging conditions as the cause of generally light-weight deer with small scruffy racks in the 12 day buck season that opened Monday. Kill totals are higher than last year though. Buck season ends December 12 with anterless hunting only on December 13 and only deer without visible antlers may be hunted that day. spike bucks are illegal.
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Harrisburg
State Game Commission
Fulton County
Somerset Weather Observations Report
Daily weather summary records the 24 hour period from 5 30 pm Tuesday to 5 30 pm Wednesday in Somerset. Data includes the maximum and minimum temperatures and notes a prior year minimum temperature for comparison.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
Weather Observer
Weather Outlook for Mid Atlantic States
Maryland mostly cloudy and mild with rain through Thursday night then Friday rain and cooler. Eastern Pennsylvania cloudy and colder with rain in the south and rain or wet snow north Thursday. Friday cloudy and cold with rain south and rain or snow north. Western Pennsylvania cloudy and colder with snow in the north and rain or snow south. Thursday night snow likely changing to rain late Friday with rising temperatures. West Virginia cloudy with rain in the south evolving to snow in the north Thursday night. Friday rain and colder.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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