Suez Violence Rages Into Second Day Kills 70
Cairo dispatch reports deadly combat in Suez for a second day with Egyptian police and civilians facing British troops. Egyptian toll eight dead and eight wounded in one hour near a water plant, while a British tally cites 20 Egyptian dead. Across two days total deaths reach 70. British efforts to restore order include new security points and blocked roads. officials warn of further steps to regain control.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez
Canal Zone
W. Greenacre
Ibrahim Zaki el Kholy Bey
Maintai
Zien Nagati
Associated Press
Nagati
Cairo-Suez
Commandos Raid Behind Communist Lines In Korea
British commandos and U S marines conducted a second night raid deep behind enemy lines near Songjin and Singjin in northeast Korea. The operation involved scaling a cliff to strike the rail line supplying the north with Siberian goods. Two allied casualties were reported. Communist dead were implied but not quantified. The effort followed a prior raid near Tanchon with unclear damage to rails.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Far East Naval Headquarters
Tokyo
Singjin
Siberia
Songjin
Navy
Tingey
Free Tarzan Film Aids European Orphans Invite
One year old Gretchen Stumpf invites Somerset preschoolers to a free 2 p.m. Friday showing of a Tarzan film at Governor theater. Children bring new clothing for orphans in Mainz Bad Homburg and Vienna to aid Christmas relief efforts. socks and undergarments for ages up to eight are especially needed.
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Gretchen Stumpf
Somerset Area
Governor Theater
Charles R. Blatt
Mainz
Bad Homburg
Germany
Vienna
Austria
Johann W. Stumpf
West Main Street
Buttons
Matthews
A. M. Matthews
Somerset American
Gretchen
Somerset High School Ushers Club
Joan Pyle
O’levn Sargent
Janet Schrock
Jane Miller
Shirley Kimmel
Pat Shaffer
Arlene Gressner
Dolores Koontz
Janet Murray
Wilma Miller
George Bressler
Somerset
Europe
Margaret L. Reiley Stumpf
Upa Angir Lane
Keftoneiner
Buttons” Matthews
Fear 2000 Feared Dead In Hibok Eruption
Officials on Camiguin Island fear up to 2000 people may have perished after Hibok volcano eruption. Red Cross reports 141 known dead. hundreds still missing nearly 74 hours after the event. Roads yielded 141 bodies, with villages near the crater buried in ash.
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Hibok
Manila
Camiguin Island
Philippines News Service
Mambajao
Red Cross
Ganasan
Philippines News
Dairymen Hear Expert On Feeding In Somerset
About 75 dairy farmers from Somerset gathered at Beerus sons store to hear A M Stagg a leading Quaker Oats dairy specialist discuss new feeding methods. Stagg explained boosting milk output by optimizing roughage and a smaller dairy feed, and noted selection could raise a 1200 pound cow to 12000 pounds of milk with 4.3 butterfat. He warned against butter fat premiums for vegetable fats and urged farm-wide adoption of the program.
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Somerset County
A. M. Stagg
H. C. Beerus Sons
Somerset
Stagg
Beeruts
Quaker Oats Company
United States
Quaker Company
Chicago
Barrington
Til
Irv Button
Bedford
Quaker Oates
Button
Ted Nicholson
Beerus
11 Killed In 2 Plane Crashes In Denver In 20 Hrs
Two Denver area plane crashes cost 11 lives in 20 hours. A United DC-3 trainer crashed near the Rocky Mountain arsenal, killing three aboard. A B 28 bomber struck a Denver residential district, killing eight airmen and injuring six others and a civilian. Residents planned a meeting to protest low flying aircraft.
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Denver
United Air Lines
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Air Force
Bloodmobile to Visit Berlin on December 18
American Red Cross bloodmobile will operate December 18 at the Reformed church in Berlin from noon to 6 p.m. Blood donors urged to register. Military surgeons note blood as a key life-saver for battle casualties, with one life saved per nine pints drawn.
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American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Berlin
The
Red Cross
Louise Miller
Mary Manges
Blood Donor Recruitment Committee
Somerset
Haluska Bribery Charge Probe Ordered In Senate
The Pennsylvania Senate voted to form a 10 member committee to investigate Haluska's charges that bribes were offered to secure votes for the income tax proposal. Haluska, absent on a deer hunt, warned he would name names. The probe is the first since 1941.
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Harrisburg
Senate
John J. Haluska
Cambria
John M. Walker
Haluska
Cambria County
Tme
Anthony Cavalcante
D-Fayette
Republican
E%- Commonwealth
Pennsylvania State College
Walker
Commonwealth
Halaska
John S. Fine
Stassen Sails for Paris Talks on 1952 Bid
Harold E. Stassen sails from New York for a Paris conference with Gen Dwight D Eisenhower to probe a possible 1952 GOP nomination bid. Dan Gainey says a January decision signals Stassen’s entry while Taft and Minnesota dynamics shape delegate plans and Eisenhower’s stance remains unclear.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Harold E. Stassen
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Stassen
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Dan Gainey
Washingen
Gainey
P. W. Heffelfinger
Roy E. Dunn
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Heffelfinger
Dunn
Republcan
Wisconsin
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Clarence V. Beck
Kansas
Government says 7706 tax stamps issued to gamblers
Internal Revenue reports 7,706 applications for the $50 tax stamp from gamblers as 2,300 revenue agents mobilize across 117 squads to pursue evaders. Dec1 deadline passed. 1,556 stamps granted 4,286 processing 1,884 returned. Officials estimate at least 17,750 subject to the tax.
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Washington
Theovernment
Special Revenue
Internal Revenue
John B. Dunlap
Department of Justice
Dunlap
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Shaffers Sell Lot in Jacob McGregor Plan for 5000 Dollars
John R. Shaffer and Florence P. Shaffer of Shade township sold a lot in the Jacob McGregor plan for 5000 dollars to S. H. Bialek and A. R. Rulli of Central City and Windber, recent deed recorded Tuesday in the recorder of deeds office.
Wealthy lawyer testifies of half million tax controversy plot
Abraham Teitelbaum, Chicago attorney, told House investigators that Bert Naster of Florida and Frank Nathan of Pittsburgh offered him $500,000 to avoid tax trouble and possible prison. Teitelbaum linked a Washington clique to pressuring him, naming several officials and alleged operatives as part of the scheme.
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Wilmot Hercher
Washington
Chicago
Abraham Teitelbaum
Miami Beach
Fla
Bert K. Naster
Hollywood
Frank Nathan
Pittsburgh
Teitelbaum
King
D-Calif
Jess Larson
Larson
General Services Administration
Congress
Charles Oliphant
Nunan
Internal Revenue
Schoeneman
Mr. Naster
Theron Lamar Caudle
Internal Revenue Bureau
George J. Schoeneman
Joseph Nunan
Caudle
Justice Department
Truman
Shyrl Menkin
U S Demands Hungary Free Four Airmen and Plane
United States demands Hungary release four U S air force crewmen and return a C-47 transport forced down by Russian fighters on Nov 19 during a flight from West Germany to Yugoslavia. Abbott contact with Hungarian foreign minister Kiss and notes describe safety and survival gear on board.
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Endre Marton
Budapest
Hungary
United States
West Germany
Yugoslavia
U. S
George Abbot
Nathaniel Davis
Karoly Kiss
Washington
Abbott
Moscow
Kiss
Amd
Erding
Weather forecast for the Northeast and mid Atlantic region
Eastern Pennsylvania expects rain to end early Wednesday then partial clearing with highs 55 to 60. Thursday brings more cloudiness and mild showers. Western Pennsylvania stays partly cloudy 50 to 55 with showers Wednesday night or Thursday. Maryland shows best 58 to 65 before late Wednesday night showers. West Virginia foresees cloudy skies and mild with scattered showers, Wednesday to Thursday. Barometric readings show a fall of .35 inch since last Thursday, with a 29.92 inch reading Tuesday afternoon.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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Shorty Eicher & His
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