Dozen Battered Ships Struggle Against Storm
Dozen vessels faced a continent wide gale as the storm raged over sea and land. The 394 ton T Kearan was driven ashore near Ardmore Point Scotland while the St Kearan signaled no help needed. The Flying Enterprise rode out the storm about 300 miles southwest of Ireland with the Southland expected to arrive at Rotterdam with 15 rescued crew.
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Alvin J. Steinkoprf
London
Scotland
Ireland
Ardmore Point
St. Kearan
Ymchurdh
Romney Marsh
France
Spain
Hebrides
Britain
Argentina
Castletown
Daniel J. Murphy
Flying Enterprise
Rotterdam
United States
Southland
South Atlantic Steamship Company of
Savannah
U. S
A. W. Greenley
Kurt Carlsen
A. W. Greeley
Barcelona
Churchill's Queen Mary voyage delayed by anchor mishap
Prime Minister Winston Churchill sailing to Washington with President Truman on the Queen Mary was postponed 24 hours after a jammed 16-ton anchor, bent in North Atlantic storms, delayed the ship outside Cherbourg. Churchill Eden and 1,074 others aboard remained on board as emergency crews freed the anchor and rescheduled departure.
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Southampton
End
Winston Churchill
Washington
Truman
New York
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Walter 8. Gifford
U. S
Britain
Cherbourg
France
Eden
V. M. Molotov
Cunard Line
Traffic Fatalities Mount Over Holiday Weekend in Pennsylvania
Police report eleven deaths since Friday 6 p m in Pennsylvania including eight traffic deaths. One victim nine year old Louise White died from burns while visiting grandparents in Phoenixville. The remaining fatalities were from a drowning and a stair fall.
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Pennsylvania
Central Pennsylvania nets 237 slot machines in 49 raids
State police seized 237 slot machines in 49 simultaneous raids across four central Pennsylvania counties Northumberland Union Snyder and Lycoming. The operation tied to the Lenig Amusement Co estate and involved 150 officers who reported no leaks. State officials will share findings with local authorities to pursue further action.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Robert E. Woodside
David S. Kohn
C. M. Wilhelm
Norman B. Annich
Annich
Sunbury
Howevr
Northumberland
Union
Snyder
Lycoming
Woodside
Paul Lenig
Lenig Amusement Co
Snyder County Court
Leung
Attorney General
Arrest Two Youths In Car Theft Early Sunday
Borough police arrested two youths for automobile larceny after a report of a stolen car on West Patriot street. Paul Bateman and William Yoder were jailed for hearing before Squire Charles J. Harrison Jr. The car was spotted about 12:45 a.m. and stopped after a brief pursuit, groceries valued at 26 dollars untouched.
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Borough
West Patriot Street
Paul Bateman
Plank Road
William Yoder
Somerset
R. D
Squire Charles J. Harrison, Jr
Warren Maust
David Metzgar
William Layton
West Patriot
South Edgewood
Army Private Shoots Self Over Overseas Duty
In Pembroke Virginia a 23 year old army private William L Neice shot himself tonight rather than accompany his unit overseas. Giles County Sheriff Emory Johnson identified the soldier as the deceased.
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Pembroke
Giles County
Emory Johnson
William L. Neice
Reds Hold Gains After 3 Days Of Bitter Fighting
On the western Korean front after three days of close range combat the Communists still hold an advanced allied position seized Friday. Hand to hand fighting and grenades dominated the exchanges near Korangpo as snow fell. Allied air activity was reduced though B 29s bombed rail lines and air fields and Fifth Air Force jets attacked camouflaged tanks near Sibyon with three tanks destroyed or damaged.
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Williams
Barnard
Seoul
Korea
Korangpo
Imjin River
Panmunjom
Fifth Air Force
Sibyon
Taesuap
Sosuap
Pyongyang
New Year Weather and Festivities In Local Churches
The New Year will be welcomed with midnight services at Trinity Lutheran and Calvary Methodist churches. Community groups plan New Year’s Eve gatherings, stores close for inventory the next day, and Sauer kraut with pork or wieners is traditional for New Year meals. Schools reopen January 2 as travel plans hinge on cautious roads. The Christmas tree remains a bright Yule reminder.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
I. Hess Wagner
Calvary Methodist Church
George E. Shultzabarger
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Somerset
Missing Civilians Sought in Korean Armistice Talks
United Nations and Communist negotiators in Panmunjom clashed over missing civilians including 25 French, 13 Americans, nine Brits, and others. The U N demanded their release when prisoners swap occurs, while the Reds pressed for broader truce policing and rejected airfield rehab limits.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
U N
North Korea
Howard M. Turner
Panmunom
U. N. Command
Two Peeping Toms Arrested at Governor Theater
Borough officers detained Freddie Bird of Somerset and Richard Benne of Listie after they were seen peering through a theater window into the women’s lounge at the Governor theater. The pair were held at the county jail for a justice of the peace hearing Monday morning.
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Governor Theater
Freddie Bird
Somerset
Richard Benne
Listie
Charles Barron
Paul W. Jones
Hungarian paper claims U S knew air crew landed in Hungary
Szabad Nep, the Hungarian Communist party newspaper, said on December 30 that Washington knew since November 19 that a U S air force transport landed in Hungary and called the subsequent search a fake. It noted Hungary closed consulates and banned American travel as retaliation for the crew verdict, praising the court as just and stating the fliers paid fines. The four men were released and repatriated, with Swift headed home to Syracuse, while Henderson Duff and Elam returned to Erding.
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Budapest
Hungary
Communist Party
Szabad Nep
U. S
Washington
New York
Cleveland
Dave H. Henderson
Shawnee
Okla
John J. Swift
Glens Falls
N. Y
Jess Duff
Captain Swift Races Home To Care for Ill Father
One of four freed U S airmen planned to fly home today to visit his critically ill father in a Syracuse hospital. Captain John J Swift, a Berlin airlift veteran and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient from Glens Falls New York, was released after 40 days in captivity. His father John Sr is in an oxygen tent at St Joseph's hospital and received last rites last Friday.
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Erding
Germany
U. S
Syracuse
N. Y
John J. Swift
John. Sr
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Berlin
Swift
Glens Falls
Imprisoned American Flyer Swift Talks To Wife
Capt John J Swift said Hungarian officials hid from him for a month whether his family knew he was alive. He spoke by phone from Erding Germany to wife Jane after receiving a photo of their family autographed by the Albany Times Union. He quipped I’ve been away but it came back about his 40 days in prison.
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Holt
Vivian Holt
South Korea
Blake
Owen
Maurice Chanteloup
Agence France Presse
Philip Deane
London Daily Observer and
International News Service
Mike Gigantis
Deane
Pyongyang
Patrick J. Byrne
Cecil Cooper
Lawrence A. Zellers
Mary Helen Rosser
U. S
William Holdock Evans
Howard Benson Hale
U. N
William P. Nuckols
Lee Sang Cho
Red
Glens. Falls
John J. Swift
Jane
Erding Germany
Albany
Times- Union
Swift
Bus Driver Is Discharged From Hospital
Robert Flowers, 33, of Meyersdale, discharged from Somerset Community hospital after noon Saturday. Flowers was the bus driver in a crash that hit a bridge culvert on Route 31 west of Somerset Christmas night. Victims Richard K. Carr, 42, and Sara Hoburn, 53, died from crushed chest injuries. Coroner A. M. Uphouse planned an inquest when Leona Mayhugh, 24, of Rockwood, is discharged. her condition is reported satisfactory.
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Robert Flowers
Meyersdale
Somerset Community Hospital
Flowers
Somerset
Richard K. Carr
Sara Hoburn
Greensburg
A. M. Uphouse
Darr
Leona Mayhugh
Rockwood
Mist And Frog Swallow Plane With 40 Aboard
Mist and fog swallowed a silvery twin engined transport with 40 aboard as searchers comb a wide mountainous area for an air crash reported in western Pennsylvania. The missing Miami to Buffalo C 46 took off from Pittsburgh at 9 47 p m last night with 83 passengers, two captains and crew.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Miami
Buffalo
Continental Charters, Inc
Brookville
Dunkirk
N. Y
Elizabeth
N. J
Lake Hrie
Lake Ontario
Plane Delayed Departing Miami Flight To Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh woman described a Continental Airlines Pittsburgh bound flight from Miami that circled for about 25 minutes before a late takeoff. She said the plane had a malfunction with its emergency brake and took off around 3 30 after an hour wait.
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Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Ten Blood Donors Register for Wednesday
Only ten donors signed to give a pint of blood on Wednesday January 2 when the blood mobile unit visits Calvary Methodist Church. Mrs. Jane Friedline urges immediate response, noting the critical shortage and the servicemen awaiting blood to return to loved ones. Call Somerset 6236 to register and make this New Year’s offering.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Jane Friedline
Korea
Regional Weather Outlook Across Pennsylvania and Maryland
Weather forecast for Eastern Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania and Maryland and West Virginia shows cloudy conditions Monday with highs from 35 to 50 depending on region. Rain likely Tuesday with colder Tuesday night.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Marylarms
Weather Summary Dec 30 Temperatures Reported By Bureau
The U S Weather Bureau released temperatures for December 30 listing readings from multiple stations. Details include city by city figures with notable records for the period.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Liberty
Edgewood Market
S. S. Crouse
American Legion Home
Legion of Home Association
Oakhurst Tea Room
Korn Kobblers
Large
Reds
BY Don Huth
Belmont Inn
Acosta
M. C
Bob” French
Russell Crimone
Prop
Buda
Capt. Swift
Somerset Lodge No. 358
Milton A. Baker
V. F. W. Post
Bill Wertz
His
Orchestra
Johnstown Opera Guild
Pittsburgh Opera Company
N. E. Rhoads, JR
Union Street
Somerset, Pa
W.F.W
By Earl E, Austin
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Ial
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Somerset Drug Co
Hite
Stoystown
Noisemakers
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Emerick’s Restaurant
Hernley
Friedens, Pa
Don Wagner
George Shockey
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Wieners
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