Russia Builds Three 35,000-Ton Battleships Says Jane's
Jane's Fighting Ships reports Russia is constructing three 35,000-ton battleships with radio controlled aerial torpedo capability and a fleet of submarines. Two battleships may be in commission. other vessels include Sovietskaia Belorussia and Strana Sovietov with nine 16 inch guns. The piece notes yard capacity limits and forecasts up to 750 submarines by 1951.
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Hal Cooper
London
Jane's Fighting Ships
Russia
Italy
Sevastopol and
Oktyabrskaya
Far East
Baltic
White
Black Seas
Jane’s
Asiatic
Goviletski Soyuz
Sovietskaia Belorus
Sovietskaia Belorussia
Strana Sovietov
Archangel
Sweden
Sovietski Coyuz
Leningrad
Jane's
Soyuz
it_L
United States
Britain
U. S. Navy
Missouri
Bradford Drought Ends After Three Months
The Wa shortage in this western Pennsylvania community near the New York state line officially ended today. The drought lasted three months.
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Bradford
Adford
Pennsylvania
New York State Line
Santa Claus Delivers Treats to 2000 Children in Somerset
Santa Claus arrived at the Somerset courthouse Saturday with the Chamber of Commerce hosting two thousand children. Attended by Beon Will's horses and a Beon Will wagon, the event featured a North Center and Union Street procession, a high school chorus, and gingerly crowd management as Irvin Shapiro and officials distributed parcels. William Mapes played Santa as the crowd and community spirit shone with goodwill.
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Sara Roberta Getty
Santa Claus
Somerset
Court House
Santa
North Center Avenue
Union Street
Beon Will
Chamber of Commerce
Irvin Shapiro
St. Nicholas
William Mapes
Italian monarchists call for a new plebiscite on monarchy
Rome dispatch reports Achille Lauro leader of Italian monarchists outlines plans for a second and definite national referendum to decide Italy s form of government after the first national congress concludes. The Naples shipbuilder outlines the push for restoration of the monarchy in the near future.
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Rome
Achille Lauro
Naples
Italy
Star Dairy Award For Duane Clark
Duane Clark of Somerset High School FFA earns the Star Dairy Farmer of Pennsylvania honor. Five Somerset FFA members receive Keystone Farmer degrees at the State Arm Show in Harrisburg January 11, with the convention. Other Somerset candidates include Dean Murray, Robert Stahl, Royal Knepper, Fred Carr Jr., William Brant. additional county youths from five high schools named for the degree.
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Duane Clark
Somerset High School
Future Farmers of America
Star Dairy Farmer of Pennsylvania
G. Floyd Dye
Somerset and
Fayette Counties
FFA
Somerset
Harrisburg
Quentin Hine
Clark
Franklin Clark
Boswell
R. D
Hine
Dean Murray
Robert Stahl
Royal Knemper
Fred Carr, Jr
William Brant
Howard Brant
Rockwood
Fred Darr
Somerset-Fayette
Royal Knepper
Markleton
Paul Stahl
Harold Crissinger
William Knieriem
Meyersdale High School
Ronald E. Harned
Rockwood High School
Carl Deeter
Fairhope
Dean Hillegas
Berlin
Berlin-Brothersvalley High School
Charles Sedlock
Point Marion High School
Ten Outstanding Men of the Year Named
Los Angeles December 18 1949 the Year News Annual announces ten outstanding men of the year chosen by 1500 newspaper men. Honorees include Dr Albert Schweitzer Dean Acheson Ralph Bunche Charles Seymour Walter Reuther Jackie Robinson Serge Koussevitsky Arthur Miller Stanley Kramer and Milton Berle across religion statecraft peace education sports music drama film and media.
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Los Angeles
Albert Schweitzer
Dean Acheson
Ralph J. Bunche
Charles Seymour
Yale University
Walter Reuther
Clo-Uaw
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Serge Koussevitsky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Miller
Stanley Kramer
Milton Berle
No Rearming Of Germany More Talk
Washington reports a Western Germany rearmament debate continues despite official denial. U S Britain and France reject any re militarization while occupation remains the shield against a militarized Germany. Secret military councils weighed a German force to aid western Europe against Russia, citing up to 5 million potential combatants and split between military and political views on Spain’s place in Atlantic defense.
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John M Hightow
Washington
Western
Germany
State Department
Western Germany
United States
Britain
France
Europe
Russia
West
Spain
Lobach Sleeps Soundly During House Fire On Campus
Samuel Lobach Jr of Greensburg slept through a fire at the Franklin and Marshall College fraternity house as Phi Kappa Sigma brothers used pots of water to stop flames in a chair. The fire threatened the tree and roof while brothers lacked a nickel to call the fire department. Lobach’s father is Rev. Samuel Lobach and his mother is Rosetta Platt.
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Lancaster
Samuel Lobach, Jr
Greensburg
Franklin and Marshall College
Phi Kappa Sigma Brothers
Lobach
Fire Department
Sam
Mr. Lobach
Samuel Lobach
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Elk Lick Township
Rosetta Platt
Somerset
Seek 6 Bodies Missing From Airliner Crash
Searchers in Jalaga Mexico pursue six bodies missing from a Mexicana de Aviacion crash that killed 17 as eleven bodies were retrieved from a 1300 foot ravine. rescuers report money totaling 5 300 000 pesos scattered around the crash site sent by the Bank of Mexico to pay Christmas bonuses and savings to Minatitlan oil workers, part recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jalapa
Mexico
Compania Mexicana de Aviacion
Mexico City
Merida
Jesus Ibarra Esparaza
Ibarra Esparza
Bank of Mexico
Minatitlan
Steel Price Boost Probe Next Month
Washington reports a congressional inquiry into United States Steel’s recent price increase, led by Senator O'Mahoney. Hearings are planned for early January to review costs, profits, and inflation impact, with U S Steel defending that higher operating costs, including pension and insurance programs, necessitated the raise.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
United States Steel Corporation
Senator O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Wyoming
Senate
House Economic Committee
O'Mahoney
Fairless
U. S. Steel
CIO
Express Strikes Auto Three Killed Two Unhurt
A Baltimore and Ohio Express train hit a stalled auto near Cumberland Maryland. Three Pennsylvanians died Joseph Wolfhope Glenn Holler and Dale Kelly all from Manns Choice. Two youths, Glenn Hillegass and Paul Geller survived leaping from the car.
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Cumberland
Mad
Here
Joseph P. Wolfhope
Shellsburg
Glenn W. Holler
Dale H. Kelly
Manns Choice
W. E. O'Hara
William F. Baker
Glenn Albert Hillegass
Paul K. Geller
New Buena Vista
Baltimore and Ohio
Cleveland
Hillegass
Geller
O’hara
Baker
Wolfhope
Flagman killed at Clairton crossing in auto crash
Arthur Earl Hines 52 of West Elizabeth died after being struck by a vehicle while directing the State street crossing in Clairton. Police said the driver will be released under $1000 bond pending a coroner's inquest.
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Clairton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Arthur Earl Hines
West Elizabeth
Bulgaria's Fatherland Front Leads Early Election Returns
Sofia report shows first official returns giving 97 to 100 percent for the sole ticket of Bulgaria's Communist led Fatherland Front. Balloting is underway with results indicating overwhelming support for the government in the parliamentary election.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Fatherland Front
Press Lewis And Coal Industry Go End Their Dispute Over Contract
Consul General Angus Ward and party from Communist China arrive in Yokohama to celebrate his 30th wedding anniversary and begin the return voyage to the United States. The Lakeland Victory docks at Yokohama with hundreds of Americans and a U. S. army band on hand. Ward is greeted by W. J. Sebald and plans to stay at New Grand hotel before sailing home. The contrast with Mukden, where Ward and staff were held for over a year, is stark.
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Press Lewis
Coal Industry
Tom Lambert
Yokohama
Angus Ward
China
Lakeland Victory
Mukden
Manchuria
W. J. Sebald
General MacArthur
Ward
Sebald
Homburg
Menzies Names Coalition Cabinet In Australia
Australian prime minister Robert Menzies announced a 14 member Liberal and five Country Party coalition cabinet. Key figures include Arthur Fadden as deputy prime minister and treasurer, Percy Spender as foreign minister, Eric Harrison as defense and postwar reconstruction minister, Harold Holt as labor and immigration minister, Richard Casey in housing and development, Dame Enid Lyons as vice president of the executive council, and Archie Cameron as speaker nominee. The lineup signals a strong government after the December 10 election.
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Canberra
Australia
Robert Gordon Menzies
Liberal
Country Party
Labor
Sydney Morning Herald
Menzies
Arthur Wiliam Fadden
Percy C. Spender
Army
Herbert V. Evatt
Eric J. Harrison
National Service
Harold E. Holt
Richard G. Casey
Begnal
United Kingdom
John Mce- Ewen
Dame Enid Lyons
Joseph A. Lyons
House of Representatives
Executive Council
Philip A. McBride
Earle Page
Country — Party
Trade and Customs
Nei O'Sullivan
Senate
Fuel and Shipping
George McLeay
Air and
Thomas W. Shire
Australian Flying Corps
Hubert L. Anthony
W. J. Cooper
Queensland
Army and Navy
Josiah Francis
John A. Spicer
William Spooner
New South Wales
Liberal Party
Information and Transport
Howard Beale
Chennault Takes Over Two Sino Airlines
Claire L. Chennault announced he had taken over the China National Aviation and Central Air Transport assets and asked the Hong Kong government to protect them as American owned. He said he bought GNAC and CATC with Nationalist authorization to use the assets for the free people of China. No sale price was disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Claire L. Chennault
China National Aviation
Central Air Transport Corporations
Chennault
U. S
China
GNAC
CATC
Sport Shop Opens Up In New Location
Sport Shop opens in a central well lit store with managers Robert Dickey and William Corbett welcoming customers on Saturday. Five baskets of chrysanthemums, gifts for visitors, and a display of firearms and a rear repair shop accompany an ample shelving arrangement as many patrons visit the new location.
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Robert Dickey
William Corbett
Coal Strike Tensions Rise as Coal Stockpiles Hold
Pittsburgh dispatch reports mounting pressure on John L. Lewis and coal operators to end the months long dispute. With cold weather nearing, coal reserves cover about three months and miners work three days weekly. A strike by Lewis could trigger a national crisis within weeks if key operators refuse the demanded contract.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine
Lewis
CIO United Steelworkers
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania and Maryland Region
Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Pennsylvania forecast mostly cloudy and mild with morning drizzle. Highs 50 to 55 Monday, continued mild through Tuesday. Maryland and West Virginia share similar patterns with morning drizzle and mild conditions, interior warmth Monday and highs 55 to 68 in West Virginia.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Temperature range and precipitation data are given for a 24 hour period from Saturday evening to Sunday evening. The report notes a minimum of 29 and a maximum placeholder, with a prior year comparison and additional readings from the U S Weather Bureau for Sunday December 18 showing 40 and 32 degrees.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
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Main St
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Joe Lawther
Oakhurst
Star Dairy Award
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Somerset Lumber Company
Somerset Lumber CO
Schrock
Bowman’s Contractors
Coleman Brothers
West Main St
Heiple Supply CO
Jan Heiple
Custer’s Disc Recording Center
S. Edgewood Ave
Somerset House
Somerset, PA
PRR
Forrest Warner
N. Franklin Ave
W. High Street
I. X. L. Dealer
Gov't Says
Somerset Dry Cleaners
East Catherine St
Sino Airlines
Eretower of
U. S. Weather Bureau
Tomereseese
Boston
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H. S. Varsit
Somerset HS
Us Gamerset Lions Club
Tax Inc
Ford Motor Co
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Spangler Tractor and Equipment Co
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