Allies Press for Quick Prisoner Talks in Korea
Allied truce negotiators urged the Communists to decide on prisoners exchange and set a 1 p.m. tomorrow deadline to discuss it. A liaison officer would be at Panmunjom earlier to receive their reply. The move comes as both sides work on a demilitarized zone and pointers for a possible armistice before the December deadline.
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King Munsan
Korea
U. N
Panmunjom
Oward Turner
Red
Turner
Reds
Phamunjom
William P
Mystery Detroit tax case sights in revenue probe shake down
A House Ways and Means subcommittee inquiry into half million dollar payoffs and tax problems examines a 343000 Detroit case settled for 71000 in 1943 involving Howard Nutt. U S attorney Ward Kemp is questioned, Caudle Oliphant and others prepare to testify amid broader hearings on justice department and internal revenue bureau figures.
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Washington
Congressional
Internal Revenue
Detroit
Adrian W. Dewind
House Ways and Means
United States
Howard Nutt
U. S
Ward Kemp
Air Force
Dewind
Kemp
Furt
San Francisco
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Abraham Teitelbaum
Chicago
Teitelbaum
Eitelbaum
al Capone
Frank Nathan
Pittsburgh
Miami
Bert K. Naster
Tfix
Nathan
Naster
Caudle
Charles Oliphant
Schoeneman
J. Howard McGrath
Henry Grunewald
Soldiers Walk Away From Plane Crash Above Laurel Hill Tunnel
Two soldiers escaped injury after a Piper Cub crashed into the Laurel Hill mountains above the Pennsylvania turnpike tunnel at 9:30 a m Sunday. Pilot Irving Vanderbilt 23 of Arlington Va and passenger William J Haley Jr 23 of Wilkinsburg sustained minor injuries. They were en route from Somerset to Wilkinsburg via Washington and had stopped at Somerset airport Saturday night due to darkness.
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Laurel Hill
Irving Vanderbilt
Arlington
William J. Haley, Jr
Wilkinsburg
Somerset
Vanderbilt
Turnpike
Somerset Turnpike Detail
Aeronautical
Charles Baker
Greensburg State
Washington, D. C
Speakers to address Somerset Churchwomen Tuesday
The Rev James Bristol of the American Friends Service Committee and Dr Kirby Page evangelist will speak at the Somerset Council of Churchwomen Tuesday at gq ZUPE church. A 6 pm dinner conference precedes an 8 15 pm forum with topics Do We Take Religion Seriously and Christians Answer to Communism.
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James Bristol
American Friends Service Committee
Kirby Page
Somerset Council of Churchwomen
Zupe Church
Gerald O. Bishop
Bristol
Page
Disciples of Christ
Friends Unit
Jamaica
British West Indies
Friends Service Council
Albright Inquest Set For December 23
An inquest into the death of Arthur Eugene Albright is arranged for Monday December 23 by Coroner A M Uphouse. Albright died in a September 24 auto crash on the Plank road. Carl Farkash, from Somerset R D 6, will attend from California to testify as driver of the second car. Mrs Albright was seriously hurt and spent a month in Somerset Community Hospital. The inquest at the courthouse was postponed until her recovery. Pvt Ralph Weller, state police investigator, is stationed in Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Eugene Albright
A. M. Uphouse
Albright
Plank Road
Uphouse
Carl Farkash
Somerset
R. D
California
Farkosh
PFC Robertson Wounded on Korea Front
Pfc James Robertson 19, son of Thomas Robertson of Shaw Mines near Meyersdale, is hospitalized in Japan in critical condition after being wounded in the chest and hip while serving in Korea. He enlisted May 1949 and trained at Fort Eustis, Va.
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James Robertson
Thomas Robertson
Shaw Mines
Meyersdale
Japan
Korea
Fort Eustice
Defense Dept Identifies 203 New Korea Casualties
Washington reports 203 additional Korean War casualties. New tally lists 43 killed 151 wounded 79 missing in action 19 injured and one death from injuries. Also notes 25 previously reported as missing.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Shooting Trio Found Guilty Fines $10-$50
Three Boswell men were found guilty in Jennerstown on firearm violations at a hearing before squire Ira Friedline. Emlyn Williams paid a $50 fine for discharging a rifle on Jennerstown streets, while Edward Mosky and Edward Lepley paid $10 fines for disorderly conduct. Game warden C. M. Stanis fined Lepley $10 for random shooting during hunting season. Somerset state police noted signs at local hotels damaged and several Jennerstown lights shot out with under $100 damage.
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Boswell
Squire Ira Friedline
Jennerstown
Emlyn Williams
Edward Mosky
Edward Lepley
C. M. Stanis
Central City
Lepley
Pvt
Willard H. Uhl
Somerset State Police
Star Hotel
Sinclair
Atlantic
Expect Drop In Polio Cases In 51 Than Last Year
Harrisburg reports the state health department expects polio cases in Pennsylvania to be substantially lower in 1951 than in 1950. For the first 11 months of 1951 there were 845 cases versus 1,360 in the same period in 1950. Fifty four counties reported polio. Allegheny led with 90, Westmoreland 67, Fayette 59, and Philadelphia and Blair each 38. The 12 month total in 1950 was 1,416, the second highest in 11 years.
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Harrisburg
State Health Department
Pennsylvania
Department
Allegheny
Westmoreland
Fayette
Philadelphia
Blair
Drivers Fined and Youth Paroled in Somerset Court
Two motorists, Charles Liberty and Carl Sheets, were fined 100 dollars each in Somerset court for driving with suspended privileges and received three months jail terms, to be paroled on payment of the fines. A Rockwood and a Mill Run R D. youth were placed on three years parole after state police arrests tied to petty thefts. Judge Lansberry ordered restitution and chastised parental circumstances as a sad comment.
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Somerset Court
Charles Liberty
Kantner
Carl Sheets
West Salisbury
Rockwood R. D
Mill Run R D
Fayette County
Thomas F. Lansberry
Rockwood
Philadelphians Fear War More Than Norwegians
Reading Co. official Revelle W. Brown said Philadelphians show far greater apprehension about a general European war than Norwegians. After a two month Norway railroads study for the U. S. government, Brown noted Americans discuss war with Russia openly, while Norwegians focus on business.
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Philadelphia
Europe
Norway
Reading Co
Revelle W. Brown
U. S
Russia
Rome
Paris
Brown
Hold Up At Swanky Paris Theater In New York
Two masked gunmen robbed the Paris theater off Fifth Avenue of 2668 dollars tonight escaping unseen. Investigators pursued leads as police described the crime as a bold, swift heist at a prestige venue in New York.
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New York
Paris
Fifth Avenue
Needled By Sino Reds Chin Shot By Police In Bronx Cellar
Chin Hong a 40 year old Chinese laundry worker who sent money to Chinese Communists to secure a relative's release allegedly threatened officers with knives and cleavers in a Bronx laundry cellar. Police fired nine shots wounding him fatally after he charged. An autopsy was planned to determine cause of death.
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New York
Chin Hong
Harry Chin
Bronx
Chin
Fordham
Eugene McCord
Vincent Satriano
Jean Coyle
McCord
Satriano
Stabs Ex-Wife And Self Under Bed In Pittsburgh Case
Pittsburgh police pursue a tangled case as carpenter John DeLong stabbed himself and his ex wife while a nude neighbor’s body lay under his bed. DeLong, 55, is in critical condition with six chest wounds and a slashed throat. Lena DeLong, 42, is in fair condition with three chest wounds. Clara Peterson, 41, the dead neighbor, shown to have died four days earlier from gastro intestinal inflammation. DeLong is to be charged with assault and battery with intent to kill.
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Pittsburgh
John Stack
John DeLong
Lena DeLong
DeLong
Stack
Clara Peterson
Jeney McCullough
John Peterson
Governor Fine vows new taxes in 1953 budget clash
In New York at the Waldorf Astoria dinner, Benjamin Fairless and Eugene G. Grace received gold medals from the Pennsylvania Society for distinguished steel achievements. Governor John S. Fine criticized the state tax bill, saying 1953 will require income or sales taxes and urged bold action to ease business fears.
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New York
Pennsylvania Society
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Company
Waldorf-Astoria
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Fine
Senate
House
John J. Haluska
D-Cambria
Dartmouth Acquires Stefansson Arctic Library
Hanover December 9 Dartmouth College has acquired the Vilhjalmur Stefansson collection one of the world's most complete Arctic libraries President John Sloan Dickey announced today.
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Dartmouth
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Arctic
John Sloan Dickey
General Cold Front Hits Plains Area
The Associated Press reports a developing general cold front will reach most areas by late Monday night or Tuesday. Temperatures varied nationwide with West Yellowstone at minus 30, Los Angeles at 32, and other cities showing wide ranges from Miami to Denver to New York. Snow fell in the Great Lakes and Midwest while rain spread through Ohio Valley and the southern Gulf states.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
East Gulf States
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Yellowstone
Mont
California
Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Iowa
Minnesota
New York State
New England
New Mexico
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Louisiana Gulf Coast
Arkansas
Louisiana
Sheveport
South Atlantic
Valentine, Neb
Denver
Fort Worth
New York
Chicago
Seattle
Kansas City
Papers At Front Door Lead To Body
A 75 year old Philadelphia spinster Miss Bessie Kaufman was found dead at her home after neighbors reported a debris of papers at the door. Police say death from natural causes likely occurred about four days ago. Her will directed funeral in Ashland and gifts to Messiah Lutheran Church. Bankbooks and $6,400 in deposits were found hidden in an iron pot along with a 1879 commissioning document for Lieut. James N. Kaufman.
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Philadelphia
Bessie Kaufman
Ashland
Miss Kaufman
Messiah Lutheran Church of
Miss ]Kaufman
Murray Arrested for Carrying Concealed Weapon
George Murray of Scilton was arrested by W. D. Peck on a charge of surety the peace and carrying a concealed deadly weapon. Information was filed by Roy Brant of Somerset before Squire H. S. Whipperman. He will have a hearing this morning.
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George Murray
Fairchance Youth Dies of Hunting Accident
Uniontown, Dec. 9. Charles Herman Matlick, 15, of Fairchance, died from an abdominal wound suffered during a hunting trip in Monongalia County West Virginia. The coroner said the shotgun discharged when he dropped it while hunting with friends about 20 miles south of Uniontown.
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Uniontown
West Virginia
Charles Herman Matlick
Fairchance
Fayette County
W. Resiston McGee
Matlick
Monongalia County
W. Va
Drunken Driving Charge Follows Woman's Death
An auto killed Mrs. Agnes Cooper, 76, of Pittsburgh as she walked along West Liberty Avenue today, Allegheny County police said. Joseph Thomas, 28, of Pittsburgh, was driving the car and is held on a $5,000 bond charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of liquor.
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Pittsburgh
Agnes. Cooper
West Liberty Avenue
Allegheny County Polias
Joseph Thomas
Allies Repulse 5 Minor Attacks On Frigid War Front
On the frigid Korean front, five minor red probing attacks were repulsed by U S forces. The central front saw three efforts with one more each on the eastern and western sectors. The longest action lasted 55 minutes. Communist claims of heavy artillery near Sundhon and air battles were reported but not corroborated by Allied sources. Eight B-29s bombed frontline positions and a bridge with unobserved results while fighters patrolled the area.
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Seoul
Korea
U. Wighth
Pyong'yans
Fifth Air Force
Air
Sundhon
Legislature Returns To Its Chores
Harrisburg reports the General Assembly resumes work amid unresolved issues before the December 22 adjournment. A Senate bribery inquiry into a lawmaker’s alleged offer to withdraw from opposition to the income tax looms as key.
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Harrisburg
General Assembly
Senate
Fat Fees for Lawyers in APO Cases
Government records show William Siskind, brother of ex-partner Max Siskind, received about 71 thousand dollars in fees from P Beiersdorf and Co a patent holding firm seized by the APO. The case involved Beiersdorf and Duke Laboratories in a Stamford Connecticut dispute settled for 617 thousand dollars. Siskind also played a role in Avonzel Corp a government held real estate venture in New York.
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Charles B. Seib
Washington
Boyle
Alien Property Office
New York
William Siskind
P. Beiersdorf and Co., Inc
Siskind
Max Siskind
Beiersdorf
Duke Laboratories
Stamford
Conn
Duke
Anew Property
Harold Baynton
Irving Kaufman
Darby and Darby
Spelke and
Zone
Avonzel Corp
New York City
Truman cuts Florida return to Washington amid tax probe
President Truman flew from Key West to Washington saying there is no emergency but cutting short his vacation to consult with advisers and Attorney General McGrath. He landed at 5:35 p.m. est aboard Independence and planned talks at the White House tomorrow on the world situation including Korea and a pending cease-fire deadline.
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Washington
Truman
Capital
Independence
National Airport
Key West
Boca Chica
Florida City
McGrath
Justice Department
Joint Chiefs
State Department
White House
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Congressional Investigation of Tax Affairs
Mr. Truman
Europe
Acheson
Florida
Weather forecast for the Mid-Atlantic region Monday
Eastern Pennsylvania reports cloudy windy and colder with mountain snow flurries. Highs range from 45 to 90s in the west and north and 46 to 45 in the southeast. Colder Monday night. Tuesday stays mostly cloudy and cold. Maryland shows considerable cloudiness, colder and windy, with highs 35 to 40 in the west and 40s in the east. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia are cloudy and colder with snow flurries or light snow, highs from 32 to 36 Monday, turning partly cloudy and slightly warmer Tuesday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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Theron Lamar Caudle
Somerset Airport
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Pfc. Robertson
Korea Front
COE
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Franklin and West, High
Plains Area
Murray
Packard
Norwa
John M. Walker
APO
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Minter
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David Greve
W. Observer
U. S. Weather Bureau
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