Subzero Cold Tags Back Of Tuesday Snow Storm
A sharp cold front followed a Tuesday snowstorm across the northern belt. Minnesota saw 29 below, with lighter readings to the south, as Chicago reported 7.5 inches of snow and widespread drifting. Forecasters warned of bitter cold into midweek across the Midwest.
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Mercury
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Virginia
Montana
Manta
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Red River Valley
Middle West
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Upper Michigan
New York City
Pennsylvania Feels Bitter Cold Sweep Across State
The Associated Press reports a statewide cold snap with temperatures in the low 20s dropping toward zero in places by 6 am. Readings near zero were forecast, with Curwenville among the coldest spots at eight above zero and western sections seeing three to five inches of old snow snarling traffic and treacherous highways.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh
Oil City
Venango County
United Natural Gas Company
Curwenville
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Irwin
King of Prussia
Erie
Williamsport
Britain and U S Fleets Prepare February Maneuvers
The admiralty said Britain's home fleet would join the U S Sixth fleet and the British Mediterranean fleet in joint maneuvers planned for February.
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Uo Ss
London
Britain
U.S
Admiralty
Ex-Show Girl Strangled In Hotel Room
Former Ziegfeld Follies actress Evalyn Hughes was found strangled in a Manhattan Ashland Hotel room. Lumberjack Birger Nordkrist, renting the room, was detained in Utica after asking what happened. Police traced his call and noted Hughes teamed with John McDonald, her longtime companion, who transported Nordkrist to the hotel. Hughes, 50, had shown in Rosalie and Whoopee and danced with Rudolph Valentino. she briefly dated Hollywood before a late life wait.
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New York
Ziegfield Follies
Utica
N. Y
Edward T. Feeley
Birger Nordkrist
Feeley
Nordkrist
Follies
Evalyn Hughes
John McDonald
Ashland
Fourth Avenue
Manhattan
Ashland Hotel
Nordkunst
McDonald
Miss Hughes
North Grandview St
McKeesport
Yvonne Hughes
Hollywood
Tio Rita
Rosalie
Whoopee
Rudolph Valentina
Devil
Gloria Swanson
Gordon Godowsky
Harvard
Leopold Godowsky
Hyndman Rebuilds After Fire A Year Later
A year after a devastating blaze in Hyndman Bedford County the town shows a phoenix like recovery. Firemen in raincoats battled the flames as streets lay in ruins. By contrast the present scene is calm with new red brick post office and modern single story structures dotting the business district. The town's motto Where there is a will there is a way captures renewed spirit.
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Hyndman
Phoenix
Bedford County
Garrett Property Sold In Garrett For 4500
A Garrett property bounded on the west by Pine Street sold for 4500. The deed filed Tuesday in Recorder Philip C. Dosch records William H. and Florence Niehenke of Garrett selling the lot to Roy L. and Pauline M. Bush of Garrett.
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Garrett
Pine Street
Office of Recorder of Deeds
Philip C. Dosch
William H
Florence Niehenke
Roy L
Pauline M. Bush
Ex-Wife Testifies Remington Joined Communist Party
In New York on December 26 198? the ex wife of William W Remington testified under oath that he told her in 1938 he was a Communist and urged secrecy She said she joined the Communist party with him before their 1938 marriage and attended Young Communist League meetings at Dartmouth College The witness said Remington later dropped the party but remained sympathetic while facing a federal perjury trial over alleged lies to a grand jury about his Communist ties.
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New York
Willam W. Remington
Ann Remington
Youre
Communist League
Remington
Dartmouth
Commerce Department
Communist Party
Bill Martin
Young Communist League
Martin
YCL
Tauxmont Road
Alexandria
Elizabeth Bentley
Miss Bentley
Grand Jury
Leasure Jailed On Charges of Robbery
Clyde Leasure, 19, of Salisbury, jailed by Squire Maust on two robbery counts. He faced charges for robbing James Roberts garage in Boynton on December 8, taking 52 dollars, and Hotchner's farm service near Meyersdale on December 22, taking 300 dollars in cash 1020 in checks and merchandise. Bonds set at 1000 dollars each. He came to Salisbury from Detroit about three months ago. arrest by state troopers Glenn and Lutz detective Dively and constable Newman.
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Clyde Leasure
Salisbury
Squire C. A. Maust
Leasure
Squire Maust
James Robert
Boynton
Hotchner
Meyersdale
Detroit
Mich
Kenneth Glenn
Paul Lutz
William Dively
O. O. Newman
Imperial Crashes Near Lineville Injure Five
The Los Angeles bound Imperial passenger train rear ended a stalled freight near Lineville Iowa. Five people were hospitalized with injuries and 25 more had minor cuts. The locomotive derailed and caught fire. the engineer and fireman were hospitalized. Baggage and mail cars were damaged while coaches remained intact and rerouted.
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Lineville
Imperial
Rock Island Railroad
Kansas City
No New Tax To Be Asked By Truman
White House aide said President Truman is unlikely to request new taxes in January. briefing after Korea crisis talks with top advisers and a State of the Union plan. Short noted no firm tax request was decided, though heavier taxes could come later.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Joseph Short
Short
Missouri
Blair House
Defense
Marshall
State Acheson
the Treasury
Snyder
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
Independence
Korea
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Acheson
Acheson Did ‘Considerable Talking’ and Was ‘‘Very Much A Participant.” Short
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Congress Stands By Over Christmas Holidays
Congress marked time during the Christmas holidays with the Senate meeting 24 seconds and adjourning until Friday while the House recessed after seven minutes. Both chambers stay on standby with plans to reconvene Jan 1 and Jan 2 respectively, after sending the civil defense bill to conference to reconcile Senate and House versions.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
McHellar
D-Tenn
House
Bour
UN Employes Move Into 39 Story New York Skyscraper
Thousands of United Nations staff began work in the ultra modern 39 story headquarters on East 42nd street overlooking the East River. By early January most of the 3,400 staff will occupy streamlined offices, with Lake Success meeting rooms retained until the conference area is ready next summer.
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New York
United Nations
East River
Lake Success
U. N
East 42Nd Street
United
United States Studies Free World Boycott of China
Washington reports a possible free world economic boycott of Communist China as next steps in handling the Korean crisis. Officials expect UN General Assembly action next week with talks of reviving the Russia branded aggressor proposal and rallying other nations to join a China embargo.
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Washington
China
United States
Peiping
United Nations
U. S
General Assembly
Ruassian
Red China
Asia
Russia
Security Council
Sleet And Snow Make Driving Most Hazardous
An intermittent sleet storm and light snow Tuesday morning and afternoon made Somerset county highways treacherous. Road crews plowed and spread cinders. 84 men and 23 trucks worked on highways. Snow measured 1.8 inches with 3 inches of precipitation. temperatures ranged from 12 to 25 degrees.
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Somerset
Rockwood
Hope Sutliffe
Oscar F. Sutliffe
John R. Wilkerson
Philadelphia
Bedford
David Grove
United States
Quarrels With His Wife End in Fatal Family Shooting
Dew 26 Asheville North Carolina Dew 26 CC L Shelton 25 Cragg held on murder charge after a shooting spree that killed his stepson Harold Shelton 1 his mother in law Dora Pittman 49 and Delmos Pittman 14 and wounded two others Stokes Pittman about 50 and Grady Pittman 53 Shelton wounded himself with two gunshot wounds and his wife Marc escaped unharmed authorities listed the victims and noted the quarrel prior to the attack.
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Asheville
N. C
Dew
Cc. L. Shelton
Cragg
Shelton
Harold Shelton
Dora Pittman
Delmos Pittman
Stokes Pittman
Grady Pittman
Marc
Refugees Leave Seoul Amid Cold Fear and Rumors
Civilians stream south from Seoul without panic as Rhee urges departure to ease military movement. Authorities warn of Chinese Communist activity on defense lines while rumors of an imminent attack spread after Christmas. Street life slows. snipers reportedly kill about six nightly, and assembly plans consider moving to Pusan if needed.
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William J .Waugh
Seoul
Korea
Syongman Rhee
Republic of Korea
ROK
Yongdongpo
Ors
South Associated Press
Bill Shinn
Shinn
Rhee
National Assembly
Pusan
World War II Quad Amputee Reaches Birmingham Dairy Plans
Frederick Hensel, a former Army master sergeant with both legs and both arms amputated, speaks from Birmingham about fellow quadruple amputees Pfe Robert L. Smith and Jimmy Wilson. He describes his dairy project on a 143 acre farm, milking plans, and ongoing supervisory work despite his injuries.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frederick Hensel
Pfe
Robert L. Smith
Smith
Hensel
Jimmy Wilson
Wilson
Starke
Fla
Burlington
Okinawa
High School Male Voices Challenge in Teaching
Morgantown West Virginia December 26 The challenge of teaching high school male voices is studied by Lucas E Finney Jr in a West Virginia University masters thesis He notes most male voices are baritone with few high tenors or low bases and that widely published choral music suits mature voices The effort to find suitable music for young male choruses is described as fruitless and controversial.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Lucas E. Finney, Jr
West Virginia University
Finney
Uniontown
Lake Worth
Ila
Society For the Preservation of
Pennsylvania
Ridgway Takes Command of Eighth Army in Korea
Lt Gen Matthew Ridgway arrived in Korea and assumed command of the Eighth Army, succeeding Lt Gen Walton Walker who was killed in a jeep accident. Ridgway arrived by air from Tokyo with no ceremony and pledged full support to navy and air force teammates.
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Seoul
Matthew B. Ridgeway
Korea
Eighth Army
Walton H. Walker
Ridgeway
Tokio
Levine C. Allen
Rigway
Airborne Division
Allen
Eighth United States Army
Navy
Air Force
Three Flue Fires Call Somerset Firemen Out
Somerset volunteers were summoned three times Tuesday to extinguish flues with no reported damage. At 11:00 Homer Smiths East Main street home, at 5:25 p.m. the Kooser property near North Edgewood avenue by Patriot street school, and just before 11 p.m. Frank Launtz's Route 219 residence near the highway maintenance shed were affected.
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Somerset
Homer Smith
East Main Street
Kooser
North Edgewood Avenue
Patriot Street
Frank Launtz
Route 219
Bishop Magee Urges Methodist Prayers For Peace
Bishop J Ralph Magee of Chicago urged 9 000 000 Methodists to observe a mid century day of prayer for peace on Sunday Dee 31 The appeal followed a Dec 7 council call for peace from New York City. 245 casualties listed by the Defense Department for December 26 include 28 dead 122 wounded 17 missing and 18 injured.
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Chicago
Dee
J. Ralph Magee
Methodist Church
Council of Bishops of the
New York City
Washington
Defense Department
Enlrgd Eighth Army encircles North Korean Reds near 38th parallel
U S Eighth Army on a 150 mile line across Korea surrounds a North Korean regiment that slipped through. South Korean troops encircle the infiltrators near Chorwon 17 miles north of the parallel. General MacArthur says the Reds have been contained. Bombers claim 785 enemy killed or wounded in 23 towns. Ridgway vows to stay in Korea as the 10th corps joins the Eighth Army. An exodus of civilians from Seoul begins amid Christmas rumors.
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Tokio
U. S
Eighth Army
Korea
38Th Parallel
Chorwon
Seoul
MacArthur
10Th Corps
Yonchon
Kuhwa
38Th
U. N
South Korea
Eighth
Mathew B. Ridgeway
Syngman Rhee
Ridgway
Hungnam
Republic of Korea
ROK
Korangpo
Republican
Weather outlook across Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Regional forecast notes cloudiness and cold in Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania with highs near 15 to 25. Winds up to strong in Maryland. West Virginia sees 18 to 24 with increasing clouds and cold nights. Snow potential limited to extreme north Pennsylvania. Somerset daily report shows 5:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. figures with recent year’s temps.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Somerset
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Polly Jane Shop Announces New Merchandise Plan
The Polly Jane Shop unveils a new merchandise plan beginning December 30 to refresh stock, expand offerings, and attract shoppers with updated displays and pricing. The plan aims to boost inventory turnover and customer engagement through targeted product lines.
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