UN Political Committee Backs Break With Franco
The 54 member UN political committee approved by 27 to 7 with 16 abstentions a Belgian proposal for immediate recall of ambassadors from Madrid and a UN Security Council review to push for a Spanish government by citizen consent. The U.S. voted no and China abstained as Spain policy moved toward a potential rupture in diplomatic ties.
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United Nations
Madrid
United Nations Security Council
China
United States
Spain
France
General Assembly
Red
Jose Giral
Belgium
U. N
U.N
Egypt
India
U. N No More
UNRRA
Pere
Mrs. Ringler Donates Community Christmas Tree
Mrs. Mary Enne Ringler of 354 West Catherine Street donated a community Christmas tree to the Somerset fire department. The tree had grown too large in her yard and was turned over to the department for the display.
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Mary Enne
West Catherine Eet
Sine
Somerset Fire Department
Donna Lee Beauty Salon on Main Street
Beauty parlor at 137 West Main Street above Dairy Land, contact via phone 518 for services and appointments.
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Guat Uon
Donna Lee Beauty Salon
Main St
Dairy Land
Big Four Plan German Peace Talks in Moscow
Four power foreign ministers agreed to open a German peace settlement session in Moscow on March 10. Molotov promised reporters full access with no censorship as Byrnes and Bevin pressed for deputy ministers to gather wider European input before the Moscow meeting.
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John M. Hightower
New York
Foreign Ministers Council
Moscow
Molotov
Byrnes
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Germany
United States
Britain
Paris
PSEA unit elects Axtell president
Co L Axtell of Stonycreek township was elected president of the first district sub unit of the Somerset County branch of the Pennsylvania State Education Association at Shade Township High School. Officers include Harry Emerick and Ervin Spangler as vice presidents, Lucille Lehman secretary, and C C Shaffer treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. L. Axtell
Stonycreek Township
Somerset County
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Shade Township
Harry Emerick
Stonycreek
Ervin Spangler
Spangler
Lucille Lehman
C. C. Shaffer
Teachers’ Institute
PSEA
Homer W. Hay
Bernard Hostetler
Central City
Shade
New Baltimore
Blames Russia for Austria Denazification Mess
A U S state department spokesman accused Russia of delaying Austria's denazification. He noted a law supported by all parties including communists, proclaimed August 24, but the Russian representative on the control council refused consent, with the United States opposing.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Russia
Austria
Vienna
Control Council
United States
Unitee
B and O Employe Found Dead Near New Castle
The body of Howard McWilliams about 55 a Baltimore and Ohio railroad restaurant employee was found along the Pennsylvania railroad tracks in New Castle today. Deputy Coroner Peter Rupp expressed belief McWilliams fell from an overhead bridge.
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New Castle
Howard McWilliams
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Peter Rupp
McWilliams
Jury Drawn For Trial Of Henry Barron
A 12 member jury was drawn for the involuntary manslaughter case of Henry E. Barron of Somerset R D. The bus driver faced charges after his school bus hit two girls on South Rosina Avenue October 7. Greta Barron survived while Mary Jane Meyers died. The coroner and a hearing previously found negligence. The trial starts Tuesday at 9 AM.
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Robert F. Smts
The
Commonwealth
Henry E. Barron
Harry B. Johnson
Sarah Costa
Melvin Blank
John J. Nagle
Edward Callanan
Ralph Pritts
Perry K. Maust
Gladys Lohr
John E. Critchfield
I. H. Dietle
Myles Romesburg
Grant MacClemens
Somerset R. D
South Rosina Avenue
Barron
Meyer
French Struggle To Form New Government In Paris
Paris reports a tense political stalemate after elections for 214 members of the Senate show Communist and MRP strength nearly equal. With no clear majority the nation awaits a possible temporary premier as France lacks a 1947 budget and a functioning government.
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Paris
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
National Assembly
France
German Reds Try to Convert Negroes
Maj. C. F. Russe said U S army investigators checked reports that German Communist girls tried to convert U S troops at Giessen to Communism. Officers said the men rejected the propaganda and American military government forbids political influence by parties. Walter Bloch denied party efforts but allowed possible drunken propaganda by some members.
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Weisbaden
Germany
Maj
C. F. Russe
U. S. Army
Giessen
America
Walter Bloch
Greater Hesse
Communist Party
German Toys for U S Children in Gratitude
Darmstadt Germany December 9 nearly 5000 toys crafted by 8400 Darmstadt school children are sent to American children as thanks for relief aid. The gifts come via Lt Col Arthur Scarry and Lt Louis Mo commander AMG, to be forwarded to the American Friends Service Committee.
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Darmstadt
Germany
Aregyma Uvonoury
papaRd
American Friends Service Committee
Arthur Scarry
Louis Mo
AMG
Two Children Burned in Rankin Fire at Apartment Building
Pittsburgh date reports two children were badly burned when a three story ten family building in Rankin caught fire. Robert Lee Morgan six weeks old, was listed in critical condition at Braddock General Hospital and his sister Gloria 18 months suffered serious burns. Firefighters from Rankin and Swissvale fought the blaze for over an hour. cause undetermined.
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Pittsburgh
Rankin
Robert Lee Morgan
Braddock General Hospital
Gloria
Swissvale Firmen
May Cancel Pact
A Moscow monitored report quoted a Baghdad newspaper that Arab nations may cancel air agreements with the United States over U S policy on Palestine. The Iraqi foreign minister warned President Truman's personal representative in the Middle East.
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London
INS
Russian Monitor
United States
Palestine
Bagdad
Iraq
Truman
Middle East
Numerous Tributes To Miss Hause In Somerset
A broad array of local business and professional leaders mourn the death of Miss Mary Hause of Somerset America after a weekend illness. Funeral services are set for 2 30 this afternoon at Walter S Hoffman funeral home with Rev I Hess Wagner of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will follow at Union Cemetery.
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Somerset American Office & Mechanical Department
Mary House
Somerset
Mary Hause
Somerset American
Somerset Community Hospital
Walter S. Hoffman
I. Hess Wagner
Trinity Lutheran Church
Union Cemetery
Somerset America
Norman T. Roose
Somerset County Courts
Court House
District Attorney’s Office
Charles H. Ealy
Miss Hause
Ivan Lambert
Commissioners’ Office
Close Schools To Avert Strike In Pawtucket
In Pawtucket Rhode Island officials closed the public schools to avert a strike threat by teachers demanding higher pay. Grover C Haberlain chair of the school committee said negotiations with the teachers alliance AFL would resume only after the strike vote was rescinded. The move kept over nine thousand students home as the union sought a new pay scale from 1800 to 4900 dollars.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Grover C. Haberlain
Teacher’s Alliance
AFL
Parole Denied in Bedford for Mrs Alecina Lee
Judge J Calvin Wright refused parole for Mrs Alecina M Lee who was sentenced to eight months in jail on September 13 for aggravated assault and battery. Defense argued ill health. Mrs Lee and husband Dr David W Lee pleaded guilty to mistreatment of a housemaid Betty Reffner and were fined $300 plus costs.
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Bedford
J Calvin Wright
Alecina M. Lee
Defense Council
Richard C. Snyder
Steer Prefers Walk to Greece Tracked at Sea
A sea-going steer aboard the freighter Alexandra jumped ship near Philadelphia and swam a mile to shore. Harbor police caught and lasoed the animal after about 90 minutes, then hoisted it back aboard for transfer to shore.
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Philadelphia
Greece
Winecoff Hotel Fire Toll Reaches 120 Dead
Atlanta investigators race to determine a likely cause after a cigaret or similar embers sparked a blaze on the Winecoff Hotel third floor. Fire officials and the mayor halted floor activity as detectives interview survivors amid grand jury preparations. An owner vows rebuilding with safety devices after estimating a 30 day appraisal and restoration period.
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Atlanta
Winecoff
William E. Hartsfield
Fire Department
Annie le Irwin
Esate
New Egyptian Premier Forms Cabinet After Reshuffle
Cairo December 10. Mah moud Fahmy Nokrachi Pasha became premier yesterday and formed a new cabinet early today. He kept foreign affairs and interior ministries and named six Sa adist party and six Liberal constitution party members to the cabinet. The two parties hold a majority in parliament as Ismail Sidky Pasha resigned due to ill health and differences with Britain. King Farouk designated Nakrachi Pasha to succeed Sidky Pasha.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrachi Pasha
Nikvachi Pasha
Saadist
Liberal Constitution Party
Chamber of Deputies
Ismail Sidky Pasha
Ernest Bevin
Farouk I
Nakrachi Pasha
Sidky Pasha
Du Pont workers seek portal pay suit filed
Pat Mingarelle, sub regional director of District 50, says he filed a federal suit for back portal to portal pay totaling 500000 on behalf of about 300 E. I. du Pont de Nemours employees at Spelter near Clarksburg. Claims include time spent going to work changing into safety clothing and collecting tools from Oct 24 1938.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Pat Mingarelle
District 50
United Mine Workers
Federal District Court
E. I. duPont de Nemours
Spelter
Clarksburg
Ihe
Mingarello
Rev Ickes Christmas Talk At Somerset Lutheran Meet
The Rev J D Ickes of New Centerville gave Christmas meditations at the Somerset County Lutheran Pastor al association gathering. He linked Jesus work to common human tasks and urged service. President Rev G Hillis Berkey presided. upcoming plans include a January 13 meeting with a foreign mission board speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Ickes
Somerset County Lutheran Pastoral Association
Mr. Ickes
New Centerville
Glade
Shanksville
New Philadelphia
Foreign Mission Board
Coal Strike Ends As Mines Return To Work
More than two thirds of the 400 000 AFL bituminous miners go back to work ending a 17 day strike. Government and Union officials expect full production by midweek while Washington reports 68 percent of normal output. The Supreme Court grants a speedy ruling on the case and the question of foremen unionization awaits its decision with argument set for January 14.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
United Mine Workers
Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
William R. Spear
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
Circuit Court of Appeals
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
District 50
National Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court to Rule on Foremen Union Issue
The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the Wagner act protects foremen in the right to unionize and bargain collectively. Packard Motor Co. appeals a NLRB ruling that foremen may join the Foremen's Association of America, with lower courts upholding the decision despite Packard's challenge.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Edna W
Donald Ballard
Dougall
California
Packard Motor Company
Detroit
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Packard
Foremen’s Association of America
U. S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Musmanno to Preside Milh Trial in Germany
Michael A. Musmanno a Pittsburgh jurist on leave with the armed forces since 1942 has been selected to preside over the trial of Field Marshal Erhard Milch in Muernberg Germany. Milch is charged on two counts for participation in the Nazi slave labor program and experiments on human beings for the German air force. Musmanno is a navy lieutenant commander for judicial assignments and has been raised to captain for the trial.
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Muernberg
Germany
Michael A. Musmanno
Pittsburgh
Erhard Milch
Milch
Musmano
Navy
Tug Rauma Capsizes After Collision With Passat
Nine crewmen died when the tug Rauma capsized after colliding with the 7000 ton sailing vessel Passat near the Pellinge Archipelago. The collision, caused by a misunderstanding in direction, involved one of the world’s largest wind driven ships.
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Helsinki
INS
Pellinge
Rauma
Police Battle Strikers At West Allis
A 20 minute clash at the Allis-Chalmers plant drew about 800 pickets and 700 officers. Police, fire units, and deputies struggled to control the fray as cars burned and bricks flew. Two officers and two nonstriking workers were hurt. The strike mark was 225 days old with wage and grievance issues at center.
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Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
West Allis
Uaw-Cio
George Hanley
Hanley
Somerset Lawyers Appointed to State Bar Committees
The Honorable Edmund C. Wingerd announces Somerset county attorneys named to state bar committees for 1946 47. Charles H. Ealy serves on five committees and on the executive and public relations groups. A M Matthews sits on legal biography and commercial law. Clarence L. Shaver on the program committee. Charles F. Uhl becomes vice chairman of the advisory committee assisting the Supreme Court rules committee on criminal procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund C. Wingerd
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Somerset County
Charles H. Ealy
A. M. Matthews
Clarence L. Shaver
Charles F. Uhl
Ealy
Matthews
Shaver
Uhl
Supreme Court of the United States
Bucknell Receives Million Dollar Endowment Offer
Bucknell University announces a one million dollar endowment from an anonymous alumnus. The donor will add twenty five thousand dollars each time gifts totaling one hundred thousand dollars are pledged by others, aiming to build a five million dollar fund while keeping the college limited in scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bucknel University
Herbert L Spencer
Spenser
Bushnell
Weather Forecast for Maryland and nearby states
Partly cloudy and very mild conditions expected Tuesday and Wednesday for Maryland and West Virginia. Eastern and Western Pennsylvania to see mostly cloudy skies with continued warmth and light rain chances in the northern areas.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather note by David Grove records 24 hour period from Sunday 5:30 pm to Monday 5:30 pm with temperature around 63 degrees and a high of 53 degrees. Details on minimum temperature are incomplete in the readable text.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. 5 S
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