Rioting in Singapore over court decision shocks world
Rioters in Singapore clashed with police after a court ordered Maria Bertha Hertogh, a Moslem-raised girl, returned to her Dutch mother. Four killed and over 100 injured as mobs attacked European targets and the Supreme Court area.
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Singapore
Larry Allen
Associated Press
Allen
Tom Masterson
George Seow
Maria Bertha Hertogh
Allah
Maria Bertha
Nadra
Big Sultan
Snow Blankets Somerset County Amid Second Winter Storm
Ninety one inches of snow fell across Somerset County in a second storm in two weeks. Highway crews operated 36 trucks and 100 men to keep roads open. drivers were urged to use chains. Schools faced early dismissals but planned to reopen Tuesday as a light snowfall was expected. Weather observer David Grove logged a 20 degree low and 29 degree high in a 24 hour span.
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Somerset County
George Kline
Somerset High School
Somerset Township
South Side
Jenner-Boswell-Jennerstown
Berlin - Brothersvalley
Shade Township
David Grove
United States
Western Pennsylvania Snow Keeps Roads Treacherous
Snowfall of four to nearly ten inches hit western and central Pennsylvania while the eastern part stayed near 41 degrees with light rain. Bedford county logged 9.5 inches in 24 hours ending 5:30 p.m. icy highways caused one death and serious injuries to two others. Tom City streets grew slick as snow melted on hard surfaces and officials warned of five to six more inches before ending.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Bedford County
Estern
Weather Bureau
Saul Meisel
Hartsdale
N. Y
Jerome Noyar
Sunnyside
Tom
Snow and Cold Grip Eastern U S
A winter pattern blankets the eastern half of the United States with snow and chilly temperatures, while western states enjoy milder weather. Snow extends from the Mississippi Valley to the Great Lakes and Atlantic coast, with four inches in Pittsburgh and over five inches in parts of upstate New York and Syracuse.
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Middle
Mississippi Valleys
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Maine
Pittsburgh
New York
Syracuse
N. Y
Pacific Northwest States
Central City Man Acquitted on Serious Moral Charge
A jury acquitted Steve Harvilla, 23, of a serious charge involving a 15 year old Holsopple girl last September 2. He admitted a prior attempt to settle with a Holsopple squire while denying the alleged intimacy. The case opened December criminal court with another minor case of statutory rape and bastardy against Elwood Friedline, 20, from Friedens.
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Central City
Steve Harvilla
Harvilla
Davidsville
Johnstown
Leland W. Walker
Elwood Friedline
R. D. Friedens
R. D
Friedens
Commonwealth
Thomas F. Lansberry
A. M. Mathews
Friedline
Lawyer for Mickey Cohen Shot Dead on Laurel Canyon Steps
Los Angeles detective report says attorney Samuel Rummel aged 52 who defended gambler Mickey Cohen was murdered by a gunshot to the neck with exit wound at the back of his head on the front steps of his secluded Laurel Canyon home. An arson attempt at his estate in 1949 is noted nearby. Investigators consider possible connection to Kefauver committee probes.
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Los Angeles
Aujeney Samuel Rummel
Mickey Cohen
Laurel Canyon
Rummel
Kefauver Crime Investigating Committee
Mrs Furst Donates 1000 to Children’s Aid Endowment
Mrs Edna Baer Furst sends 1000 to the Children's Aid endowment fund, via interest income for the home, in memory of her sisters Cora Baer Ogle and Mary H Baer. The Society, founded 1889, honors long-time leader Mrs Ogle, who presided 30 years. Attorney John G Ogle aided the endowment plan after World War I.
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Children’s Aid Society
A. D. Graham
Children's Aid Society
Edna Baer Furst
Philadelphia
Mary H. Baer
Ogle
John G. Ogle
Foreign Ministers to Brussels Plan Early NATO Meeting
Secretary of State Acheson and Western foreign ministers agreed on an early Brussels meeting to speed North Atlantic defense plans execution. The move signals unity among allied powers as the cold war pace intensifies.
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Brussels
Washington
Acheson
Farmers oppose price controls and rationing at convention
At the American Farm Bureau Federation meeting delegates from 45 states and Puerto Rico heard Allan B. Kline argue price controls fuel inflation and deter production. FE Howard Hill cited polls against rationing and price ceilings. H. H. Alp urged no price ceilings or rationing while stressing production as inflation weapon.
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Dallas
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Allan B. Kline
Howard Hill
Town Farm Bureau
H. H. Alp
Poultry Department
States
Puerto Rico
Kline
State Fair
Oris V. Wells
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
No Work No Relief Policy Urged On Local Government
Harrisburg report says towns should require able bodied relief recipients to work for grants. Rep. William R. MacMillen notes law lets districts save labor costs. cites a $10,000 school painting example. Public assistance secretary Frank Robbins Jr. reports 75 projects in progress affecting about 400 recipients. 330,000 Pennsylvanians on relief rolls.
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Harrisburg
William R. MacMillen
Indiana
McMillen
Frank Robbins, Jr
Pennsylvania
Robbins
Eggs Cross $1 Mark in Pittsburgh Mart
Eggs rose above $1 a dozen on the Pittsburgh retail market today blamed on bad weather and a U S army bid request on thousands of cases. The off season for eggs and quote crazy market from E Wayne Stoker president of the Pittsburgh Butter and Egg Exchange. Prices likely to climb for several days.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Army
E. Wayne Stoker
Pittsburgh Butter and Egg Exchange
Car Skids Into Tractor Trailer On Icy Turnpike
On an icy stretch near New Baltimore John Koneck 22 of Butler tried to pass a tractor trailer driven by George Davenport 34 of Wylie but slid and hit the rear of the trailer causing 600 dollars in car damage. The truck incurred no damage according to turnpike police.
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New Baltimore
John Koneck
Butler
George Davenport
Wylie
Turnpike
Differences Imperil Bloc Peace Move
A 13 nation Asia-Arab bloc under India's Sir Benegal Rau failed to reach agreement on who should negotiate a Korea ceasefire with red China. Disputes centered on whether the UN or a broader group including the United States Britain and possibly China should lead negotiations and how Peiping would be recognized.
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Rau
Red China
Korea
U. N
India
U. S
Britain
North Korea
Indonesia
Philippines
Pakisan
Afghanistan
Burma
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
Pakistan
Mohammed Zafrullah Khan
United Nations
Peiping
Chiang Calls For Invasion Of Communist Mainland
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek demanded permission for Nationalist troops to invade Communist China and urged a fighting union of Asiatic nations including a rearmed Japan. He pressed for U S bombing of Manchurian and Chinese bases with conventional weapons but opposed atomic use. He claimed 1.5 million guerrillas would join the effort and said Communist forces in South China numbered about one million. He spoke in interviews with U S News and World Report on China policy.
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Washington
INS
Chiang Kuai-shek
Japan
Chiang
U. S
Manchuria
China
Far East
U. S. News and World Report
Two Properties Sold For Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred Each
Two area properties sold for a total of thirty thousand dollars with each parcel priced at fifteen thousand. Ruth Ela Wolff executor and Carl T. Wolff of Somerset sold two north side West Main street lots to W. J. Shumaker and E. L. Anderson of Somerset. Harold L. and Helen B. Emert of Jennerstown sold two Jennerstown parcels to John and Mary L. Philson of Jennerstown.
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Office of Recorder of Deeds
Philip C. Dosch
Ruth Ela Wolff
Somerset
Mary Elizabeth Knupp
Carl T. Wolff
West Main Street
W. J. Shumaker
E. L. Anderson
Harold L
Rent Control Bill Goes To White House For Extension
Congress sent to the White House a bill extending federal rent controls through next March. The measure aims to keep caps in place for tenants and landlords amid ongoing housing pressures.
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White House
Washington
Congress
Postponed Indefinitely By Joint Law and Legislative Committee
The Winter Meeting scheduled for Wednesday at the Fairway Cafe Windber has been postponed indefinitely. The notice is issued by the Volunteer Firemen represented by Edwin Barefoot, president.
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Joint Law & Legislative Committee
Fairway Cafe
Edwin Barefoot
25000 Men Of U S 1st Marines Safe In U S 10th Corps Lines
General Mac Arthur said UN forces could hold off China briefly but could not endure long. In Korea a 25,000 man Union force reached safety within the 10th Corps lines after a grueling 60 mile retreat from Yudam amid zero temperatures. Casualties top 30 percent for the Marines. Chinese losses were heavy with over 15,000 killed.
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U.S. 1St Marines
U.S
10Th Corps
Russell Brines Torio
MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
U. N
Tokio
U.S. First Marine Division
U. S
Tenth Corps
Marine Corps
Washington
Peleliu
Tarawa
Cruel
Yudam
E. M. Almond
Jack Macleth
Marina
Koto
Reds Rushing China Into Militarism
Hong Kong reports say Communist China forms a sixth field army led by Gen Yeh Chien Ying and opens five military schools to train officers. The drive suggests conscription through quotas, signaling a vast mobilization that would stretch Western forces to counter.
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Fred Hampson
Hong Kong
China
Canton
Wah Ku Yat Po
Yeh Chien-Ying
South China
Peiping
Defective Grand Jury Indicts Two GI Training School Operators
Morgan Bird Sr of Plymouth and Alfred L. Weinberg of Wilkes-Barre moved in federal court to dismiss their October indictments for conspiring to defraud the government. They allege the grand jury that indicted them was defectively drawn. The defendants ran four GI training schools in Luzerne County.
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Scranton
Morgan Bird, Sr
Plymouth
Alfred L. Weinberg
Wilkes-Barre
Bird
Weinberg
Luzerne County
Chrysler Grants GM Style Contract To 125000 Workers
Chrysler Corp. offered its 125000 workers a near GM contract today and increased wages for the second time in four months. The move mirrors General Motors terms and signals a major escalation in wage talks across the auto industry.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
General Motors
First Marine Division suffers heavy casualties in Korean action
Washington reports about a third of the First Marine division infantry regiments are casualties from the northeast Korea fighting. The three regiments First Fifth and Seventh average less than 70 percent strength with heavy losses tied to cold and combat. Lt Gen Shepherd notes units maintained fighting spirit and logistics despite hardship.
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Washington
First Marine Division
Korea
Marine Corps
Corps
Tarawa
Peleliu
Iwo Jima
T Ie
Shepherd
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Fleet Marine Forces Pacific
Marine Division
Oly
First Marine Air Wing
Marine Infantry
New Zealand Statesman Dies
Wellington reports former New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser has died today. Fraser led the country in prior years and remained a notable political figure in the nation’s history.
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New Zealand Statesman
Wellington
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
Weather Outlook for Mid-Atlantic States
West Virginia and western Pennsylvania endure mostly cloudy skies and cold conditions with snow flurries on Tuesday and likely Wednesday. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland see continued cold with lighter snow flurries, highs in the 30s and near 40 along the coast.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Somerset Weather Report Highlights Local Temps and Snow
A daily Somerset weather summary reports the 24 hour period from Sunday 5:30 p.m. to Monday 5:30 p.m. with a maximum temperature of 44 degrees and a minimum around 9 inches of snowfall. The record includes notes on the temperature range from the previous year and shows precipitation data.
Weather Readings Across Cities for December 11
U S Weather Bureau reports temperatures for December 11 with highs and lows in multiple cities. Chicago 43, Cleveland 28, New York 45, Philadelphia 38, Atlantic City 41, Pittsburgh 30, St. Louis 31, Washington 38.
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U. S
St. Louis
Washington
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