Steel Prices Up Threaten Industry At Large
United States Steel Corp boosted steel prices by about four dollars a ton amid rising production costs and anticipated congressional scrutiny. Senate hints of probes follow the hike, with CIO United Networkers demanding wage increases and auto and appliance prices likely to rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
William G. Smock
Pittsburgh
O'Mahoney
Dwye
CIO
United
U. S. Steel
Benjamin F. Pairless
Holst
Fairless
A. S. Steel
Everett Kassalow
Full Employment Committee
Senate House Economic Committee
Mrs. Deaner Wins 1950 Shelvador Refrigerator Giveaway
Mrs. Russel R. Deaner of Somerset was named winner in Barkman’s hardware 1950 Shelvador contest part of Crosley’s national giveaway. Her rhymed entry impressed judges among 428 submissions and vows to publicize its space, price, and automatic freezing features. Winners of 125 grand national prizes will be announced December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russel R. Deaner
Somerset
R. D
Barkman’s Hardware
Crosley
Deaner
Robert Martin
Ralph Egolf
Robert Dickey
Gilmour & Jones Coal Company
West Germany Accepts ERP Aid as Debt Claim
West Germany signed an ERP agreement accepting aid as a debt against its new government. Amounts repaid or gifted will be decided later at the peace conference. Chancellor Adenauer and U.S. High Commissioner McCloy signed the accord, which ties German aid to Berlin needs and Europe wide economic plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Doane
Bonn
Germany
West Germany
United States
Konrad Adenauer
John J. McCloy
U.S
Britain
Berlin
West Berlin
Eisenhower urges decentralization of power in Texas speech
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told about 5 000 in Fort Worth that the Founding Fathers sought to diffuse power and keep it out of the central government. He warned that surrendering responsibility undermines individual liberty and emphasized free enterprise and personal opportunity. He said he has no interest in entering politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Barnard
Fort Worth
Tex
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Texas
Columbia University
Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower
State Will Split Snuff Windfall in Orphans Court Agreement
Pennsylvania plans a 6.1 million dollar share of the Garrett snuff fortune after dispute with the U S government and 26 000 claimants. The Orphans Court must recognize claims of Schafer Kretschmar and Kretschmar before the settlement takes effect.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Garret Snuff
Orphans Court
Henrietta E. Garrett
U. S
Garrett
William Penn
T. McKeen Chidsey
U.S
Howard Sigismund Kretschmar
Chicago
Students Visit Court and County Offices
About 145 students from three Somerset county high schools attended court demonstrations and tours Thursday. Eighty from Shade Township, 34 from Rockwood, and 30 from Confluence observed trials, heard District Attorney Thomas F. Lansberry explain courtroom procedures, and toured jail and county offices with Commissioner E. C. Johnson detailing county government roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County High School
Shade Township High School
Rockwood High School
Confluence High School
Thomas F. Lansberry
E. C. Johnson
Boyle Says People Back Truman Aid Taxes
Democratic National Chairman Bill Boyle in Key West says the public will accept new taxes if Truman deems them necessary. He asserted voters will support Truman whatever course he pursues for the country, though he did not predict White House plans for January.
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Key West
Fla
Bill Boyle
Truman
Congress
Boyle
White House
Mr. Truman
Connellsville Man Falls to Death in Philadelphia
A 61 year old Connellsville man Frank Coffman died after falling from a ladder while painting windows on the second floor of an apartment house in Philadelphia. Deputy Coroner Charles Cohn identified the deceased and he was pronounced dead at Graduate Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
Philadelphia
Charles Cohn
Frank Coffman
Coffman
Graduate Hospital
Farm Bureau to Fight Brannan Plan in 1949
The American Farm Bureau voted to oppose Brannan's farm plan and back flexible price supports aligned with the 1949 farm law. It warned the plan would cost a large sum and make farmers rely on government handouts, while urging cooperation with existing farm programs and seeking revisions after a fair trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Aykroid
Chicago
American Farm Bureau
Brannan
Truman
Brannen
Bureau
Congress
Thoday
H Brannan
Farm Bureau
Four Powers Fail In Effort For Austrian Peace
United States assigns full blame to Russia for the breakdown of four power efforts to draft an Austrian peace treaty. The foreign ministers deputies in New York adjourned and plan to reconvene in London on January 9. State Department spokesman Michael McDermott stressed the adjournment is not a normal Christmas recess and that continued talks were possible if a breakthrough seemed likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
United States
Russia
Austria
New York
London
State Department
Michael McDermott
B 29 Crashes at Roswell Air Base
A U S B 29 crashed off the Walker base runway at 5 15 today and burned. City and base firefighters fought the blaze with no immediate survivor count. Fourteen men were aboard and no further details were released by base public information officer Capt Allert Pyatt.
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Roswell
N. M
Air Force
Walker Base
Allert Pyatt
Papal Decree Allows Midnight Mass Worldwide
Pope Pius XII issues a special decree permitting midnight mass in Catholic churches worldwide on New Year's Eve. The announcement from Vatican City on December 15 outlines the global observance for the holiday.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Not Less Than 15 Years Nor More Than 30 Is Sentence For H. Hambley
Harry Hambley Jr. of Hooversville received 15 to 30 years in the Western Penitentiary for criminal assault on Mrs. Ralph Montgomery and related offenses after a Benchtown trial. He faces consecutive terms totaling 15 to 30 years with fines and costs, while companions received lighter sentences.
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H. Hambley
C. S. Beck
Somerset County
Harry Hambley, Jr
Hooversville
Ralph Montgomery
Hambley
Beck
Mr. Beck
Ham
Karl Hare
Boose
Western Penitentiary
Norman T. Boose
Friedens and Larceny
Mason-Dixon Line
Commonwealth
Clifford Thomas
Richard Hambley
Tragedy at Swift & Co Plant Leaves 18 Dead in Sioux City
In Sioux City Iowa the Swift & Co packing plant blast killed 18 people and injured 16 as debris filled a basement rubble area. Authorities cite a leaking natural gas line as the likely cause and plan state commerce commission involvement in the investigation. Two more bodies were identified, Donald Edward Johnson 22 and Thomas Parker 51, father of nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hopping
Sioux City
Swift & Co
Donald Edward Johnson
South Sioux City
Neb
Thomas Parker
Johnson
Parker
Dan J. Conley
Iowa State Commerce Commission
K. B. White
H. C. Watts
Chicago
White
Charles Kuhl
Swift
Green Pennants For Meyersdale
Two green pennants awarded under the Governor's Highway Safety Program were presented to Meyersdale elementary schools. Ernest H. Stuempfle, Meyersdale High School supervising principal, accepted the pennants as Pvt. Willard H. Uhl of the Somerset state police sub-station raised them beneath the Stars and Stripes. The dedication was marked by children singing the Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyersdale
Willard H. Uhl
Somerset State Police
Ernest H. Stuempfle
Meyersdale High School
Pvt. Uhl
Southern coal operators urge Taft-Hartley injunction
Southern coal mine operators petition President Truman to force John J. Lewis and the United Mine Workers back to full work with a Taft-Hartley act injunction. They seek anti trust action over a three day weekly mining limit and warn of a threatened national economic crisis. Moody claims Lewis plans to use labor monopoly to block bargaining.
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Washington
Southern Coal
Truman
John J. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Congress
Southern
SPCA
Joseph E. Moody
Moody
UMW
Erience
John L. Lewis
The
Welfare and Pension Fund
Somerset Weather Report Highlighted Temperatures
Daily weather note records the 24 hour period from 5:30 p.m. Wednesday to 5:30 p.m. Thursday with a maximum 40 and a minimum 31 degrees. A year ago the maximum and minimum are not provided. David Grove, U S Weather Observer, compiles the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Western Pennsylvania and nearby forecast warmup ahead
Western Pennsylvania sees fair skies with rising temperatures on Friday, followed by partly cloudy windy and warmer conditions Friday night into Saturday. West to east regions including West Virginia Maryland and Eastern Pennsylvania report sunny but cold Friday, then milder by Saturday with improving conditions.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
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Somerset, PA
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Jan Heiple
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Somerset Chamber OF Commerce
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S. Center Ave
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Roswell Air Base
Zip
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Sand Patch, PA
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Emerick’s
Plank Road
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Oakhurst Tea Room
C.S. Beck
Thurs
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