Chatter Box On The Square And Local Hi Jinks
A light holiday page showcases the town in chatter and scenes from Berlin and Gettysburg. Officer Layton comments on weather and snow, church audiences await Messiah, students and locals file through campus and storefront windows, and a benefit basketball game by alumni sparks Lions club support.
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Layton
Sting
Berlin
Vance Coleman
Somerset
Don Emmert
Gettysburg College
Somerset Drug
Robert Roth
Franklin and Marshalls College
Lancaster
Talley- Woods
Bob
Donald Lanner
Penn Furniu
Jail breaker sentenced to 12 to 26 years in pen
Sewell R. Rouzer Jr. of Bedford received 12 to 26 years in Western penitentiary after pleading guilty to four counts from a Blair county jail escape on November 20. He was fined 300 dollars. State police later arrested him in East Stroudsburg. Co-defendants Elwood Burger and Robert Maloney were jailed in Texas. Robert Lott remains at large. Digging wasps feed their brood on captured insects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollidayburg
Sewell R. Rouzer, Jr
Bedford
Blair County
Western Penitentiary
Rouzer
George G. Patterson Welle
East Stroudsburg
Elwood C. Burger
Altoona
Robert E. Maloney
Morris Run
Lubbock
Tex
Robert E. Lott
For Little Fellows With Big Colds
A home remedy pitch for Vicks VapoRub to ease a child’s cold. The advertisement promises relief by bedtime, claiming the worst symptoms vanish by morning and urges buyers to use Vicks VapoRub for comfort and rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicki Vaporkub
Vicks
Nation’s income, profits hit new peaks in 1948 surge
Commerce data show 1948 output valued at 253.0 billion dollars with national income at 224.0 billion and third quarter annual rate near 227.3 billion. Corporate profits after tax rose to 21.7 billion, up 20 percent from a year earlier, while pre tax profits reached 35.6 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Aoun
Congress
Truman
Senate House
Department
Iron and Steel
Bond Jumper Arrested After Two Years in Pennsylvania Station
Sean Ruscewicz alias Rush, 42, wanted for stealing nearly 70 000 in steel payments and failing to appear for October 1945 trial, was arrested at Pennsylvania Station. Detective John Murdock said he was free on 7500 bond when indicted by an Allegheny County grand jury on six counts of fraudulent conversion.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
John Murdock
Sean Ruscewicz
Rush
Murdock
Ruscewicz
Rus
Hymn’s Ancient Roots in Greek Song and Honor
The term hymn traces to ancient Greece where it denoted a song or poem honoring gods heroes or notable figures. It evolved to describe praise in religious or public ceremonies and later influenced Christian hymnody and poetic forms.
Continental to Build Huge Can Plant Near Allegheny Airport
Continental Can Co plans a 36 acre ultra modern plant near Allegheny airport in Pittsburgh. Wigton Abbott of Plainfield N J has the contract to build a one story steel frame facility covering about 17 acres. The plant will make metal cans for food oil and other products and crown caps for bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Continental Can Co
Allegheny
Pittsburgh Industrial Development Council
Wigton-Abbott Corp
Plainfield
N. J
Continental Can
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp
Irwin Works
Carnegie Illinois
Continental
Continental Can Non
United States
Canonsburg
Ewing Reports Challenged By Dr Gilson Engel
In Harrisburg the Pennsylvania Medical Society disputed Oscar Ewing's claim of 325,000 preventable deaths yearly. Dr Gilson Colby Engel of Philadelphia, society president, questions the assertion and argues doctors oppose socialized medicine while praising America’s health. He cites figures to support his stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Gilson Colby Engel
Philadelphia
Oscar R. Ewing
Federal Security
America
Dr. Engel
Ewing
History of Confluence flood control and time standardization
The article recalls how the flood control dam benefits Confluence by preventing backflow in high water, notes the Laurel Hill creek flooding, and mentions the historic Crossroads Cemetery near Ursina. It also covers the adoption of standard time by U S railroads on November 18 1883 and the rollout of four time zones amid initial opposition and legal questions.
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Ther Yough
Casselman, Walch
Youghiogheny
Laurel Hill Creek
Laurel Hil Creek
Nelle A. Brach
Samuel Rehn
Ream
Ursina
William Rehn
Samuel
America
William Penn
Philadelphia
Brach
United States
Chicago Tribune
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Omaha
Kansas City
American Railway Association
Chemist challenges air force speed claim
Edward L. Gordy editor of the Chemical Bulletin challenges the air force record of 670 981 mph for the jet project. He argues the speed may vary across runs and disputes measurements to three decimal places suggesting timing devices lack the precision to measure thousandths of a mile per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Air Force
Edward L. Gordy
Chemical Bulletin
American Chemical Society
Tablet Erected in Washington for ARA Time Committee
A tablet stands in Washington honoring William F. Allen secretary of the time committee of the ARA that planned and executed the present standard final plan. General disbelief and a late arrival to a Philadelphia-bound station are noted in a fragmented account.
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Philadelphia
Washington
William F. Allen
The
ARA
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United States Supreme Court
A. J. Kerin
David Yule
Kerin
Lions Club
Varner
Miles Varner
Fye and Ear Hospital
Edison Batteries
Williams Auto Repair
W. Patriot ST
Cornell
Capehart & Farnsworth
Exter
Westinghouse Roasters
Unbeam Toasters
hic-Ray
Ory Coffee Makers
Jis
Union St
Josiah Swenk
Schenck
Critchfields
BRYEF
Kromex
Pinking Shears
Frigidaire
CORY
Revere
Axel
Critchfield CO
Nat’l
Lois
Ann Swope
Somerset, PA
Cork
W. Main St
Gilson Engel
Jane
Rockwood
Benjamin
Donner
Earl J. Sechler
Confluence
R. M. Moser
Meyersdale
City Seafood Market
Somerset House
Walker
H. W. Walker CO
Peoples Bank
Magnavox
Imax
Berkeley
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