Railroads Get First Call On Coal Production
The government ordered railroads to have first claim on coal from mines amid John L. Lewis's three day work week. The ICC rule starts 12:01 a.m. tomorrow and runs to February 20 unless renewed, with stocks under nine days allowing tonnage shifts. President Truman declined to label a fuel emergency, saying he would act if needed.
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Morgan Reynolds
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Hana
Truman
Seven Pittsburgh Officers Guilty in Brusco Case
Seven policemen in Pittsburgh were found guilty by a police trial board of negligence in the Brusco rape slaying. The board fined five officers $50 each and suspended one, with Sergeant John Botsford pensioned from January 1. The verdicts cited wrong-address dispatches, delayed reporting, and poor coordination at the scene. The officers named include Charles Cribb, John Cuccaro, William Ware, James Trainor, Joseph Boyle, and Conrad Deitzl.
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Pittsburgh
Jean Brusca
John Botsford
No. 11
Brusco
Charles Cribb
John Cuccaro
William Ware
James Trainor
Joseph Boyle
Conrad Deitsz
US Ships To Shanghai To Lose Permits
The United States government warned that any American skipper entering Shanghai’s waters may have licenses suspended or revoked. The move aims to reinforce the Nationalist blockade of Shanghai while the United States does not recognize its legality. The State Department also said China’s Nationalist government can buy weapons with its own funds if desired, and rejected Driggs Engineering Co.’s license request to export 100,000 Springfield rifles to China.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
China
State Department
Shanghai
Formosa
Michael McDermott
Driggs Engineering Co
New York
Driggs
McDermott
Raymond Voges
Isbrandtsen Steamship Co
Cleveland Car Workers End Strike and Return to Service
The Cleveland Transit System ordered 4,900 striking employees back to work after re examining the vacation pay issue. Mayor Burke pledged police protection for returning crews while union leaders prepared a membership vote on ending the walkout. The dispute centers on 96 hours of vacation pay for two weeks. CTS seeks to trim the benefit.
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Cleveland Transit System
Thomas A Burke
Transit Board
Board
William C. Reed
Ohio
Burke
Robert Stack
Detroit
AFL
Howard G. Cumler
John R. Sammon
CTS
David R. Hertz
Nut Price Listings From a Vintage Market Ad
A compact listing shows assorted nuts with prices: three pounds of filberts or dates at 25 cents, walnuts at new crop pricing 2 pounds for 49 cents, and two pounds at 59 cents.
B 50 Crash Takes Life Of Hornsby Jr In Georgia
Savannah dispatch reports a B 50 bomber crashed into a marsh killing 11 airmen including Rogers Hornsby Jr 29 navigator son of baseball star Rogers Hornsby. Five bodies recovered. search to resume with swamp buggy. six others missing amid debris and burning wreckage.
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Savannah
Air Force
Rogers Hornsby
Denison
Texas
Eglinfield
Fla
No Paper Monday Holiday Closing Notice
No Somerset American will be published Monday due to the Christmas holiday. The American business office will close this evening at 6.
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The
Somerset
Somerset American
Pope urges unity in Christmas message to all believers
In Vatican City Pope Pius XII calls on Christians outside the Catholic fold to return to the church and urges unity against militant atheism. He addresses Protestants, Greek Orthodox, and Jews, inviting broad reconciliation in the Holy Year. The address follows Christmas greetings from cardinals.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Jesus Christ
Christ
Sacred College of Cardinals
Vatican
Churches Begin Xmas At Midnight
Churches plan midnight Christmas celebrations across denominations. Roof Garden services will start at midnight with hymnody and the Lord's Supper observed. St. Pauls Reformed features 11:40 p.m. organ recital followed by candlelit midnight mass. Trinity Lutheran holds 11 p.m. service and 11 a.m. Sunday communion. St. Peters Catholic invites carols before midnight mass led by Father Gartland.
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Trinity Lutheran
Old Trinity Lutheran Church
L. Hess Wagner
D. D. St. Paul’s Reformed
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
George Ll. Roth
Mary Meyer
St. Peter’s
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Albert Gartland
Institutions Plan To Keep Yule Spirit
Christmas plans brighten Somerset institutions as patients and charges await holiday meals. Somerset Community hospital to served noon turkey dinner with Santa favors for about 55 patients. Somerset State Hospital prepares 55 turkeys for Sunday's feast with punch and cookies in the afternoon. The hospital houses 450 patients with 80 in the county home. Children’s Aid Home continues the custom with a Christmas dinner funded by Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Barch.
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Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset State Hospital
Somerset
State Hospital
Children's Aid Home
Children’s Aid Home
C. C. Barch
Pope Pius XII Praises American Peace Work in Truman Message
President Truman relayed a Christmas message to Pope Pius XII noting most peoples live as good neighbors despite a few leaders. The Pope praised American efforts for peace and urged real enduring peace guiding nations toward neighborly relations.
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Washington
Truman
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius
Weather forecast for the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes region
Five day outlook from Saturday December 24 to Wednesday December 28 covers Western and Eastern Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, and Ohio. Expect mainly cold and cloudy conditions with scattered light snow in the west and north, rain or snow midweek, and near normal to below normal temperatures across states. Total precipitation ranges from a third to one half inch in the north and south portions.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
New York
Middle Atlantic
Ohio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Somerset Weather Report by David Grove Observer
Daily weather summary by U S Weather Observer David Grove for 24 hours ending 5 30 p m Friday shows a high of 53 and a low of 22 with light snowfall and rainfall. A year ago the maximum was 29 and minimum 21.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Weather Elsewhere Report
A brief weather item lists high and low temperatures for various locations. The figures include highs in the sixties and lows in the thirties, with multiple city entries showing similar ranges.
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