Reds Plot for German Backing at West Conference
London reports a pro Russian push to win German support against the United States Britain and France as foreign ministers near a possible showdown. Communist leaders in Germany and the Soviet backed Socialist Unity party push to gain a hearing in London for Berlin congress demands. Molotov's stance could trigger visas and a new propaganda clash as Bevin criticizes Soviet aims. French policy shifts favor western alignment with Bidault backing a possible French zone merger if talks fail.
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London
United States
Britain
France
Conference of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Socialist Unity Party
Berlin
Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Russia
Moscow
Georges Bidault
Partisans parade in Rome amid red symbols and police clash
Thousands of Partisans and veterans marched through Rome to honor Nazi victims at the tombs of the unknown soldier. Red banners and carnations appeared in a four mile procession as police and public crowds watched. Estimates ranged from 10,000 to higher, with banners declaring citywide resistance. Prime Minister De Gasperi sought to widen his Christian Democrat government by courting left parties amid threatened general strikes over a demonstrator’s death.
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John PP. M Knight
Rome
Nec
The
Resistance
Alcide
de Chinasperis Christan Democrat
de Gasperi
Socialsts
Dulles En Route Back After Paris Talks With De Gaulle
John Foster Dulles, adviser to Secretary Marshall, returned from a three day conference with French political leaders including General de Gaulle. He called the discussions most satisfactory and said no formal reply was expected immediately.
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London
John Foster Soulles
Marshall
de Gaulle
Dulles
Dr. Davis Preaches at St. Pauls on Huguenot and Som erset County History
Dr. Walter Clark Devis of Johnstown addressed St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed church as the sesquicentennial services concluded. He traced church history from Pentecost to the 16th century, highlighting Huguenot settlers Peter and Rosina Ankeny and the roles of Reformed ministers Bucher Weber and Giese in Somerset County.
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Walter Clark Devis
Johnstown
St. Paul's Evangelical
Somerset County
John Conrad Bucher
John William Weber
Henry Giese
St. Paul's Church
Reformed Church
Peter and
Rosina Ankeny
Ankeny Square
Somerset
Davis
Betty” Hugus
Geo. L. Roth
Homer W. Hay
William E. Griffith
Dr. Davis
Mary Meyer
Roth
Emmanuel
Robert Elmore
Father Giese
Samuels Church
Cyriacus Spangenberg
Berlin
Rachel
Peter Ankeny
Henry Stahl
Henry Geise
Edgar F. Hoffmeir
Walkersville
Hoffmeier
One Injured In Crash On Water Level Road
An accident on Water Level road Saturday injures one person and lightly damages two cars. William M. Gooderham of Johns town pulled from Legislative Route 55111 onto Water Level road near the slaughterhouse, hitting David F. Peterson of 117 Kimberly Avenue driving toward Somerset. Mike Drabish of New Centerville, a passenger in Peterson’s car, suffers head and nose bruises. Gooderham’s car sustained about 25 dollars damage, Peterson’s about 100 dollars. State police at Somerset barracks investigated and Gooderham will be charged with reckless driving at a Monday morning hearing before Justice L. M. Walker of Friedens.
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William M. Gooderham
Johnstown
R. D
Somerset
David F. Peterson
Kimberly Avenue
Mike Drabish
New Centerville
Peterson
Gooderam
Pennsylvania State Police
Somerset Barracks
Gooderham
Justice of the Peace
L. M. Walker
Friedens
Peters Must Serve In Pen Trimpey Jail
Lester Peters, Somerset painter, signed a full confession to perform an illegal operation on a 26 year old girl and was sentenced by Judge Norman T. Boose to two and a half to five years in Western Penitentiary. Peters, a parolee from a New York penitentiary, will be returned there after serving Pennsylvania term. The judge noted the shocking crime. Additional sentences included Charles O. Trimpey for DUI six months in county jail plus costs and $200 fine. Other fines and custody orders were issued for local domestic cases and child support. The jury is to report Monday at 9 am for the December criminal court.
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Lester Peters
Somerset Painter
Norman T. Boose
Criminal
Western Penitentiary
Peters
New York
Pennsylvania
Boose
Charles O. Trimpey
Somerset
Willard H. Uhl
Cletus Leon Parrish
Parrish
John Flander
Confluence
Sylvester Holiday
Flander
Joose
Gladys Boden
Rockwood
Fran
James Boden, Jr
Frank Jodlowsky
John Zellem
Ralph Redrick, Jr
Earl Shanks
The
Commonwealth
Mary Lesky
Justina McCormick
Windsor
John Gerhard
West Patriot Street
Mary Ann Watkins
Clayton Markel Dies After Heart Condition At 51
Clayton E Markel 51 died Saturday while training at home on wast bace suree. He suffered a heart attack linked to a longstanding condition. A blacksmith by trade and county figure, he served on the town council and held a second term after last election. Born Sept 8 1886 in Gephartz he moved to Somerset in 1900, later joining his father in business. He belonged to Trinity Lutheran church Lions Club Odd Fellows Knights of Pythias Masons and Shrine. Survived by wife Maude Markel daughter Anna Davis sister Stella Eicher Ada Markel brother Martin L Markel. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Monday Hauger Funeral Home. interment Union Cemetery.
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Wast Bace Suree
Markel
Fogk Neusth
Trace
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Gephartz
Alexander
Lucinda Ankeny Markel
Somerset
Trinity Lutheran Church
Somerset Lions Club
Oold Fellows
Knights of Pythia
The
Masons
Shrine
Maude Young Markel
Ralph Davis
Canton
Ohio
Anna Davis
Stella Eicher
Ada Markel
Someret
Martin L. Markel
Somerset County Coal Operator's Association
Hauger Funeral Home
I. Hess Wagner
Union Cemetery
Two youths die in plane crash near Roscoe mine
Two young pilots died when a dual-control training plane crashed on a desolate road near the Eclip coal mine in Washington county. Edward Carson 21 of Dunlevy and Donald Boyd 23 of Allenport were killed. The crash, near Star Valley airport, occurred around 5 AM after taking off at 3:40 AM. Carson held a private license. investigators suspect he piloted the craft.
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Roscoe
Washington County
Mike Gesko
Bentleyville
Belle Vernon Barracks
Edward Carson
Dunlevy
Donald Boyd
Allenport
Star Valley
Carson
Boyd
Rock Fall Kills Mine Worker in Plymouth Mine
Clem Poteran a 55 year old Plymouth miner was killed by a rock fall at the Washington mine of the Glen Alden coal company in Plymouth The fatal accident occurred yesterday in Wilkes Barre district reports said
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Rock Fall Kills
Wilkes-Barre
Clem Poteran
Plymouth
Washington
Glen Alden Coal Company
Truman Bids Wise Use Of Resources
President Truman in Key West dedicates Everglades National Park as a conservation victory. He warns that wasting natural resources harms national strength and urges citizen, state, and federal action to safeguard lands, forests, and mineral reserves from exploitation.
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Everglades City
Fila
Der. 4
INS
Truman
Key West
Fla
Presia
Everglades National Park
Florida
Washington
Free
le Yuu
President Goes to Church At iSey West Chapel
President Kuman spends a quiet day at a naval base in Key West Florida after a vacation swim and sunbath then returns to Washington to draft a long range economic recovery message. He attends services at the base chapel with staff and military aides and is kept private from visitors during his winter visit.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Fla
Kuman
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Uogress
Europe
Boca Chica
Imue
American Legion
Cecil C. Adeil
Wavy
Mr. Trump
Capt Adell
Clark M. Clifford
John R. Steelman
Wallace H. Graham
Harry H. Vaughan
Lieut
W. J. Davis
Brunswick
Saved Kid Brother, Little Girl Burned
Five year old Kathleen Joyce Kohan was a neighborhood hero in Hazelwood as she saved her younger brother Billy by grabbing a burning newspaper from a stove fire. Kathleen suffered serious facial and body burns and is recovering at Children’s hospital. Billy, age three, was not hurt.
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Pittsburgh
Kathleen Joyce Kohan
Hazelwood
Kathleen
Billy
Children’s Hospital
Crucible Opens Steel Warehouse Near Philadelphia
Crucible Steel Company of America opens a fully mechanized steel distribution warehouse in Primos, eight miles from Philadelphia, at a construction and equipment cost exceeding $200,000. The new facility doubles storage capacity compared with the former downtown building.
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Crucible
Philadelphia
Crucible Steel Company of America
Primos
Death of Columbia's Dr Nicholas Murray Butler at 85
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler, 85, eminent educator and world peace advocate, longtime Columbia president for 44 years, died at St Luke's Hospital after bronchial pneumonia. Funeral planned for 11 a.m. Tuesday in St Paul’s Chapel on the Columbia campus with interment at Cedar Lane Cemetery. Butler played a key role in international affairs, shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize, and led Columbia through vast growth including journalism, business, dentistry, and teacher education programs.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columba University
Butler
Columbia
St. Luke's Hospital
Kate la Montagne
William H. McCastline
Columbia Medical
Wiliam H. Beese
Frank Fackenthal
University
St. Paul's Chapel
Fackenthal
Raymond C. Knox
Cedar Lane
Paterson
N. J
View University
Dwight K. Lisenhower
Dr. Butler
Gen
Eisenhower
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Jane Addams
League of Nations
World Court
William Froward Taft
Warren G. Harding
New York College
Teachers College
Elizabeth
Berlin
Paris
Columbia Philosophy Department
Socialism Is Peril to Britain, Churchill Warns
Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill accused socialism of endangering England in a Manchester speech to 14,400 Conservatives at King's Hall. He warned that many will disappear due to lower standards of living and criticized state management, saying eliminating profit motives will curb British ingenuity and thrift.
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Eng
Churchill
England
King’s Hall
Three killed four hurt in auto truck crash near Kittanning
Three people died and four were injured in a collision between an auto and a coal truck two miles south of Kittanning on Route 66. Victims named are William Manewski 26 Thomas Stubbs 25 both of Kittanning and William Whited 23 of near Adrian. Injured include Raymond Stephens 24 Walter McKelvey 28 Leo Isacio 44 and his wife Helen all of Kittanning.
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Kittanning
William Manewski
Thomas Stubbs
William Whited
Idrian
Kittanning Hospital
Raymond Stephens
Walter McKelvey
Leo Isacio
Helen
Give Up Hope Of Concord With Russia
Western circles say no basic agreement will be reached at the Big Four foreign ministers conference over Germany and Austria as Molotov blocks change. A luncheon with Marshall failed to yield any conference progress or private talks. Clay and Murphy proceed to Frankfurt for the American publishers' visit and return Monday.
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Kingsbury Smith
International New Service
London
Germany
Austria
Russia
Molotov
Marshall
John Foster Dulles
Lucius D. Clay
Robert Murphy
West
Clay
Murphy
Frankfurt
Pittsburgh Local 7 Accused in Unfair Labor Practices
Charges of unfair labor practices against Pittsburgh Local 7 AFL International Topographical Union were filed with the National Labor Relations Board in New York. The printers section of Pittsburgh Printing Industry acts in opposition to Taft Hansen act as a countermeasure to the union's no contract policy. Local 7 facing co filings with industry groups in Chicago Detroit and New York and regional actions in Philadelphia and reported in Los Angeles.
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Pittsburgh
INS
AFL International Topographical Union
National Labor Relations Board
New York
Pittsburgh Printing Industry
National Trade Association of the Industry
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Civil War Veteran Charles Duckworth Turns 101 in Newtown
Newtown on December 7 marked the 101st birthday of Civil War veteran Charles Duckworth. Neighbors joined in as flags flew and friends celebrated, though Duckworth kept a quiet routine, retiring at 7:30 p.m. and rising at 9:30 a.m. the next day.
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Newtown
Charles Duckworth
Pennsylvania
Duckworth
Palestine Clashes Cost 7 More Lives
In Jerusalem eight nights of Arab Jewish fighting left seven more Jews dead and two dozen wounded amid a tense Middle East scene. Arab leaders prepared for a Cairo session as Bedouin raids and anti-American terror targets hit oil lines in Trans Jordan. Delta news notes 80 dead over eight days and ongoing calls for Arab unity against the UN partition plan.
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Joseph C. Goodwin
Jerusalem
Palestine
Middle East
Holy Land
Arab League
Cairo
United Nations
Trans- Jordan
Iraq Petroleum Company
Trans-Arabian
Trans-Jordan
Mafrac
Amman
Beirut
Syria
Haifa
U.S
State Department
Arabecret Radio
Damascus
Tel Aviv
Negev
Arab Jaffa
Ramle
Hadassah
Paris subway and bus workers strike amid sabotage crackdown
Paris faces a 48 hour transport shutdown as CGT led workers walk out at midnight after rejecting a 1500 francs monthly indemnity. Nearly 1000 arrests were announced in a France wide sabotage crackdown, with derailments underscoring the tense labor climate.
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Robert Eunson
Paris
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Central Strike Committee
Robert Schuman
Interior Ministry
Sam
Vasse
Tania
Weather Outlook for Maryland and Nearby States
Occasional rain in Maryland with Monday turning cooler and interior partly cloudy by afternoon. Coast sees night chill. Increasing clouds and cold. In Eastern Pennsylvania expect rain and mild Monday, then partly cloudy and colder with mountain snow flurries. Tuesday partly cloudy and cold. Western Pennsylvania faces strong NW winds and occasional snow squalls, heavy near Lake Erie. Monday snow possible, Tuesday cloudy with light precipitation. West Virginia has rain changing to snow flurries and colder Monday, Tuesday cloudy with light rain or snow.
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Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
West Virginia
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