Chinese forces launch counterattacks outside Peiping walls
Reports from Peiping indicate successful counterattacks beyond the city walls including recapture of areas near the electric power plant. US Marines reach Shanghai to protect lives and property as Chiang Kai-shek considers stepping aside for talks with the Communists.
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Nanking
Peiping
Shanghai
Fu Tsu-yi
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Moosa
Saint Paul
Tsingtao
Legation
French Blowup Russian Radio Towers And Red Commander Files Protest
The House Committee on Un American Activities released 28 additional prewar state department documents showing Russian agents obtained top secrets from Germany Italy Japan Britain France and China through contacts in the state department. The collection includes papers said to be written by pentagon ex-official Alger Hiss or delivered by Whittaker Chambers and a pumpkin cache document from Chambers Maryland farm. The disclosures claim that US German 1938 trade talks had political aims and that policy decisions were influenced by foreign concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
State Department
Germany
Italy
Japan
Britain
France
China
House un-American Activities Committee
Granada
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Russia
Kremlin
Hiss
Chambers
Maryland
Mundt
Somerset Post Office Sees Huge First Class Stamp Cancellations
Postmaster Oscar F. Sutliffe reports 33 000 first class stamp cancellations on Thursday at the Somerset office, a banner day not counting second class or parcel mail. Earlier days show 18 000 Wednesday 16 000 Tuesday and 15 000 Monday. Air mail postage up sharply and one and a half cent stamps selling fast. December 1 stock was 250 000 1 1/4 cent stamps. by Thursday only 135 000 remained, with 115 000 sold since December 1. Office will stay open Friday Saturday and Monday evenings to handle Christmas mail.
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Somerset Post Office
Oscar F. Sutliffe
Sutliffe
Somerset
President Truman to deliver State of the Union Jan 5
President Truman will personally deliver the State of the Union message to a joint session of the new Congress on January 5. The address marks the start of the new legislative session and outlines early priorities.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Stilwell Warned U S Of Communist China Takeover
Gen Joseph W Stilwell warned the United States a decade earlier that Communists planned to take over China. The documents show Stilwell, then a colonel in China, sent secret messages through state and war departments that allegedly reached Russian spy ring contacts. He described the Sino Japanese war scene noting Chinese weakness and Japanese danger and included a prediction about intervention by a third power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
China
Stilwell
War Department
State Department
House un-American Activities Committee
Nanking
Tsinpu
France Declares Peaceful A Bomb Research After Atomic Pile
Paris December 16 Frederick Joliot Curie head of France’s atomic energy committee says France has no interest in building atomic bombs and will pursue peaceful energy research. He describes the new pile producing one to five kilowatts and says larger piles are years away with several months before supplying hospitals and labs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Frederick Joliot-Curie
French Atomic Energy Committee
France
Joliot-Curie
Joliot Curie
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
America
Canada
Russia
Morocco
Ream Guilty On Robbery Larceny Charge By Jury
Floyd Ream 21 of Jenner guilty of robbery and larceny from the person after a two day Somerset County criminal court trial. Prosecution by Pvt. Kenneth R. Glenn. Co-defendants Blair Emerick and Kenneth Blair pleaded guilty to related charges and were sentenced or released as noted.
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Floyd Ream
Jenner
Kenneth R. Glenn
Somerset State Police
Ream
Kenneth Blair
Acosta
Byron Emerick
Ralphton
Ralph Hemminger
Boswell
Hemminger
Jennertown
Team
Somerset Squire
Blair
Emerick
Norman T. Boose
Boys’ Industrial School
Whitehill
Lloyd C. Stephan
Tyrone
Ohio
Stephan
Washington, D. C
Miller
Hallowe'en
Paul W. Lutz
Lutz
Hay
Shaffer
William Fetchko
A A. Nelson
Cambria County
Boose
Four Die in C82 Aircraft Crash Near Greenville Base
Greenville South Carolina December 16 four airmen were killed and three injured when a C-82 Flying Boxcar crashed three miles south of Greenville Air Force Base during a local flight near Moonville on the Augusta road. Injured were taken to the base hospital as flames were fought by base fire fighters and a board of officers will investigate the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
S. C
Greenville Air Force Base
Moonville
Augusta Road
Berlin Hardware Co offers wide range of goods
Berlin Hardware Company lists general merchandise including builders supplies electrical supplies appliances sporting goods tools and houseware at its Berlin Pennsylvania store. It promotes a phone contact and emphasizes breadth for home and project needs.
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Berlin
Somerset Safety Group Opens Forum After Banquet
The Somerset county governor's highway safety advisory committee held its first meeting at Somerset High School following a banquet. About 30 educators and citizens heard state police reports showing 126 accidents in 1948 with nine fatalities, and noted excessive speed and failure to keep right as top causes.
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Somerset County
Somerset High School
Somerset Vfw
American Legion
Order of Eagles
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania State Police
H. A. Stephens
Pvt
Willard H. Uh
Charles R. Blatt
James O. Courtney
Blatt
Pvt. Uhl
Somerset
Burgess Ross S. Rinard
Pennsylvania State Highway Department
Supreme Court Asked To Free Jap War Lords
The Supreme Court was urged to overturn Tokyo tribunal convictions of Japanese war lords for crimes against peace. The case targets Tojo and others convicted by an 11 nation tribunal. government and defense clash over authority and potential impact on future international efforts. Jackson, once chief U S prosecutor of Nazi cases, leads Japanese defense with five others seeking relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Rutledge
Washington
Supreme Court
Tokio
Tojo
International Military Tribunal For the
Far East
United States
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Vinson
Reed
Frankfurter
Burton
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
Jackson
U. S
Wire Damage Described as Worst Ever In Somerset
Officials said Somerset county faced a tangled wreckage of ice damaged telephone and power lines more than 24 hours after the storm. REA measured three inches of ice on Buckstown wires while 600 miles of lines were dead. 100 miles repaired. Farmers, dairy herds, and deep freeze units faced outages as crews worked to restore service and transport food to creameries.
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Somerset County
REA
Buckstown
Ralph Poorbaugh
Brothers Valley
Allegheny
Larimer
Northampton
Southampton
Confluence
Poorbaugh
Bedford
Opening of Crider Market Draws Large Crowds in Stoystown
A steady rain did not deter a large crowd at the Crider Market opening on Stoystown road near the turnpike. The 40 by 70 foot concrete block building features a modern interior, ample parking, and multiple checkouts with gifts for shoppers. John Barchey heads the meat counter and eight staff are already hired, with more to come as the business grows. Friedens proprietors H. H. Crider and family have operated nearby groceries and bring seasoned experience to the new store.
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Crider
Stoystown Road
Turnpike Viaduct
John Barchey
Somerset Chamber of Commerce
H. H. Crider
Friedens
ILX Creamery
Koontztown
Ralphton
Matthews to resign as state commerce secretary
State Commerce Secretary Orus J. Matthews of Ardmore will quit his $10 000 a year post in Gov James Duff's cabinet effective January 1. He plans to return to private business with Kildar Peabody and Co. Matthews helped lead Duff's industry attraction program and Pennsylvania Week. His resignation may clash with Duff over tax policy in the coming session.
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Harrisburg
INS
Orus J. Matthews
Ardmore
James A. Duff
Capitol Hill
Matthews
Duff
Philadelphia
Kidder-Peabody and Co
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Jenry
Dutt
Robert C. McCormick
New York
Commonwealth
Philadelphia National Company
The
Guaranty Company of New York
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
Graduate Hospital
University of Pennsylvania
Jackson
Ohio
Crow Closes Washington Office After 24th District Loss
Congressman William J. Crow has closed his Washington D C office and returns to Uniontown. Unfinished term business will be handled from his Uniontown law office. Crow was defeated in November by Anthony Cavalcante of Uniontown and will not return to Washington.
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William J. Crow
Washington, D. C
Uniontown
24Th District
Crow
Anthony Cavalcante
Washington
Hiss pleads innocent to perjury indictment in New York
Alger Hiss pleaded not guilty to two counts of perjury at his arraignment in New York. A Justice Department official suggested a House un American Activities Committee probe may have bungled a wartime spy ring indictment. The official described a ruined film roll from a pumpkin stash as crucial evidence, while the new grand jury prepares to pursue further prosecutions.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Justice Department
House un-American Activities Committee
Hiss
State Department
House Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Maryland
Washington
Federal
F.B.I
Chambers
John W. Clancy
Tooay
Clancy
FBI
F.B.I. Laboratory
Towers razed at Radio Berlin by French in war stunt
French engineers dynamited Radio Berlin transmission towers in the French sector silencing the station briefly. Russian commentator Heinz Schmidt resumed on the air within twelve hours, using possibly a Potsdam tower, while Maj Gen Alexander Kotikov called the demolition illegal. The action, intended to threaten air operations, could trigger a Russian retaliation against France or the Western powers in Berlin.
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Berlin
Radio
Washington
Tegel
Radio Berlin
Alexander Kotikov
ADN
Somerset Weather Report Daily Summary
Daily weather from 5:30 PM Wednesday to 5:30 PM Thursday shows a maximum temperature of 40 and a minimum of sevioni essovegiinasin meena. Precipitation is not recorded. The report is compiled by David Grove, U S Weather Observer. Temperature comparison to last year is not provided.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Sevioni Essovegiinasin Meena
Isnivehehibesosiveetas
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia
Western Pennsylvania and Maryland expect clearing and colder nights with Friday fair and cooler daytime temperatures. Eastern Pennsylvania remains fair and slightly warmer on Friday with a cold Friday night. Saturday remains fair with little temperature change. West Virginia will have clearing after coastal rain early Friday, then colder nights and a Saturday with little change.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
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Red Commander
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Will, Inc
W. Main St
Gen.Stillwell
USS
Ted Oaks
Somerset American Office
Charles C. Tabor
Thomas St
Bedford, PA
Emerick’s
Plank Road
Oakhurst
Stan Nelson
Jack Dahl
Coty
Dusenberry
Kamp’s Shoe Store
N. Center Ave
Somerset, Pa
Safety Group
By Martha E. Trimupey
Crider's Super Market
Johnson & Son
Talley - Woods
X. L
Ramp's Shoe Store
Center Ave
H. C. Beerits’ Sons
Aspecy of Commerce
Thrift
W. Patriot St
RED
Heiple Supply CO
J.C. Billick
W. Church
NEW Insurance Office
E. W. Pugh Agency
Main Street
Hern’s Bakery
By Thomas A. Reedy
U. S. Weather Bureau
Boston
Ramp’s Shoe Store
Cal
Smith & Wesson
Somerset Sport Shop
Kamp’s
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