French Assembly Backs Schuman Tax Plan Vote of confidence boosts recovery effort
Paris January 5 The national assembly approved Premier Robert Schuman's tax measure to curb excess purchasing power and fund reconstruction under Marshall Plan aid. The 316 to 268 vote followed repeated failed amendments as opposition including Communists Peasant bloc and DeGaullists aligned against, with moderates abstaining. The plan targets farmers businessmen and liberal professionals offering bond substitutes to evade taxes, while votes tallied 308-272 306-273 309-271 308-269 and 307-274 in successive rounds.
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Paris
National Assembly
Robert Schuman
Schuman
France
Truman Plan Cuts Target in Marshall Bill
The Truman administration agrees to remove the 17 billion dollar target from the Marshall Plan bill, leaving total European aid to be determined by future Congresses. Senator Vandenberg and President Truman discuss a four year authorization with a 6.8 billion dollar appropriation for the first 15 months.
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Washington
United States
Vandenberg
R- Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Congress
Robert A
Orban Named To National Rivers and Harbors Group
Attorney Frank A. Orban Jr. is appointed to the advisory committee of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington. The non profit group promotes river and water resource development, flood control, navigation, irrigation, and related projects across the United States. John L. McClellan serves as president of the congress.
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Frank A. Orban, Jr
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington, D. C
Congress
Orban
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Washington
Martin Motorways Hearing Set for February 10
The hearing on the proposed Martin Motorways bus service resumes February 10 at 10 a.m. before the public utilities commission at the courthouse. Attorney Frank A. Orban Jr. announced the restart, with many witnesses for the company planned to testify. the commission previously began hearings last November but postponed due to a court schedule conflict.
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Martin
Public Utilities Commion
Frank A. Orban, Jr
Somerset
Nm Somerset
Diamond
Orban
Merkle Jailed for Vehicle Code Violation
Arthur L. Merkle of Fairhope was committed to the county jail on a motor vehicle code violation. He was ordered committed by Justice of the Peace J. Elmer Lep.
King Michael Arrives in Lausanne in Royal Exile
Former Romanian king Michael arrived by train in Lausanne, declaring abdication for political reasons. His secretary said no marriage talks, and Michael planned a full statement in a few days after negotiations over his estates with Romania.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Michael
Romania
Marcel Ionitzin
Anne of
Bourbon- Parma
Rene
Anne
Copenhagen
Prince Rene
Ion Popescu
State Police Arrest Pair For Burglary
Pennsylvania state police arrested Benzil Leydig 27 and George Cook, both of Hyndman, on burglary charges. They allegedly burglarized the Hyndman Fireman's club in Fairhope, Somerset county, stealing $200 in tools and building materials. A Jeannette man’s locked car was broken into on the same night, with two suitcases of clothing and other items taken and later recovered.
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Benzil Leydig
George Cook
Hyndman
Pennsylvania
Somerset County
O'Mara
Paul Lutz
Hyndman Fireman's Club
Fairhope
Charles Anthony Berzinski
Jeannette
88 Heart Attacks in Somerset County 1947 Report
A county coroner’s report shows ten self inflicted deaths and 88 heart attack fatalities in 1947. Heart ailments killed 57 in 1946. accidents caused 43 deaths including 11 auto, eight county road, three on the turnpike.
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A. M. Uphouse
Somerset
Pensylvania
Uphouse
C. T. Saylor
Rural traffic deaths at new low in decade
Harrisburg reports 871 rural traffic fatalities in 1947, down from 993 in 1946. Col. C. M. Wilhelm, state police commissioner, cites peacetime low after a decade of figures.
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Harrisburg
C. M. Wilhelm
United States boosts Greek army and guard strength
Athens reports the US agreed to add twelve thousand soldiers to the Greek army and fix the national guard at about fifty thousand men in 100 battalions. The talks with Dwight Griswold also covered supplies and equipment for Greek troops amid ongoing clashes with Communist guerrillas near Konitsa and along the Albanian border.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
United States
Sophoulis
Dwight P. Griswold
Constantin Tsaldaris
Konitsa
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Greece
Salonika
United Nations Special Commission On
Balkans
U. N
Philiates
Fayette's Bills Unpaid: Battle Over County Controller
Unpaid Fayette county bills and salaries stem from a legal dispute over who owns the controller’s office. Rebecca McDowell, Republican controller, says Howe is not legally entitled to take over until two years from now, while John Raymond Hoye, a Democrat elected last November, begins his duties after taking an oath. McDowell vows to cooperate with a court decision. Hoye sets up independent offices and warns that transactions by McDowell are at risk.
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Uniontown
Fayette County
Eustis H. Bane
G. Emerson Work
Rebecca McDowell
John Raymond Hoye
Miss McDowell
Howe
Hoye
Italy to press U S on marines aboard ships
Rome reports the Italian foreign office will question Washington about U S marines assigned to duty aboard American warships in the Mediterranean. Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani has been asked to seek an official explanation amid widespread press criticism from both left and right.
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Rome
INS
Italy
United States
U. S
Mediterranean
Alberto Tarchiani
Washington
U. S. Navy Department
Italia Nuova
Prayer Does Change Life Says Speaker
The Rev H A Marsh told a large Week of Prayer audience that prayer changes things and can dissolve difficulties. He cited personal experiences and referenced biblical passages, noting science does not negate God but prayer remains essential to strengthen relations with God and others. The Tuesday service will feature Rev Dr George L Roth at Calvary Methodist. A Lottie M Spessard missionary picture hangs near the auditorium door.
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Sara Roberta Getty
H. A. Marsh
Church of the Nazarene
Eub
West Patriot Street
B. F. Bungard
God of the Assembly
I. Hess Warner
Wagner
A. D. Shaffer
Dr. Bungard
Shaffer
God
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Calvary Methodist
George L. Roth
Ladies Aid Society of the Church
Lottie M. Spessard
Kiangan
Philippine Islands
Somerset To Offer High School Driving Classes This Season
The Somerset borough school board approved a driving school at Somerset High with faculty member Donald Rininger to attend training in Pittsburg and return to teach later. The board also accepted bids to purchase bleachers for the football field and granted use of the auditorium for a January 29 Bernie Armstrong event to fund an audiometer for hearing tests. The group backed plans to cooperate on a war memorial site and the American Legion plans to staff baseball and tennis coaching on school facilities.
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Donald Rininger
Willeave
University of Pittsburg
Somerset High School
Bernie Armstrong
Somerset American Legion Post
Harry Wolferberger
Rinard Elected President Of Somerset Borough Council
Rinard was elected president at the Monday reorganization meeting in the borough office. Richard Pile was re-elected secretary and R. R. Straub treasurer. H. Everett Musser administered the oath to new councilmen George A. Schrock Kenneth P. Lohr and Rinard who was re elected. The group toured the nearly completed water works as power lines from Husband sub station prepare for service.
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R. S. Rinard
Somerset
Richard Pile
R. R. Straub
Burgess H. Everett Musser
George A. Schrock
Kenneth P. Lohr
RS. Rinard
Mr. Rinard
Charles H. Coffroth
Luther L. Shaulis
Clayton Markel
Shaulis
Secon
Husband
Talzas
Officials Of County Take New Posts
The oath of office was administered to county officials Monday in courtroom One by Judge Norman T. Boose. District Attorney Lansberry presented the officials and deputies. New appointees include Lansberry as DA Lambert as Clerk of Courts Hare as Sheriff Shipley as Register of Wills and commissioners Walker Beachley Johnson.
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Norman T. Boose
Thomas P Lansberry
Iistrict
Lansberry
Ivan Lambert
Karl I. Hare
Register of Wills
Elmer J. Shipley
W. EK. Walker
Dalton Beachley
Ernest C. Johnson
Judge Boose
Recorder of Deeds
Howard R. Boose
William P. Diveley
Harry E. Barkman
Amos I. Mack
Richard Morgan
Wayne Hay
Mr. Boose
Hare
Anna Layton
Martha Meyer
Board of Commissioners
W. K. Walker
Phillip C. Dosch
Harold Red Moyer
John Nicholson
John I Smith
Moyer
Aviation School Near Somerset Enrolls Sixty Five
The Somerset Aviation School near Somerset reports 65 students enrolled since opening last April. Chief Pilot A Vandenbroeck says 35 have completed courses while 26 left for other pursuits and ten discontinued until summer. The firm, with George Arndt and W B Hemnbaugh, plans to add four Cessna models and expand flight training and services.
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Somerset Aviation School
Somerset
A. Vandenbroeck
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Pittsburgh
Vandenbroeck
George Arndt
W. B. Hemnbaugh
Stork Busy Year In Somerset Borough 1947 Vital Stats
Somerset borough reports 599 births and 146 deaths in 1947. June and October lead with 58 births each. August shows 22 deaths. Monthly breaks show births ranged 31 to 58 and deaths 6 to 22. Somerset township totals 17 births 73 deaths. Jefferson 3 births 5 deaths. Lincoln 18 births 5 deaths.
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Somerset
Norman E. Knepper, Jr
Registrar of Vital Statistics
Jefferson
Lincoln
Route 31 bids set for January 23 in Mt Pleasant area
The state highways department announced opening bids January 23 for a Route 31 improvement project. Westmoreland and Fayette counties will construction 2.25 miles of concrete adding an extra traffic lane on grades near Mt Pleasant and Bell.
Supreme Court frees man in counterfeit coupons case
The Supreme Court voided Michael Dire’s conviction for possessing counterfeit gasoline ration coupons. The arrest and search of Dire were ruled unlawful, as there was no reasonable ground for his seizure. The decision limits police intrusion and upholds constitutional protections. Justice Jackson led the opinion, with Chief Justice Vinson and Justice Black dissenting.
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the Supreme Court
W. H. Mobley
Washington
Supreme Court
Vinson
Black
Jackson
Michael Dire
Buffalo
N. Y
High Court
Court of Appeals
Tip Jackson
Dire
Frank Buttitta
Reed
Buttitta
Robert Sealfon
Brooklyn
U. S
Philadelphia
Sealfon
Sealion
Murray
Leo Greening
Au N. J
Truman May Back Targeted Tax Relief To Shore Up Revenues
White House sources say President Truman may back a plan to raise corporation taxes to fund relief for small taxpayers without cutting overall revenue. House Ways and Means Chairman Knutson argues for broad cuts, while Democrats fear a GOP bill could pass vetoes unless they offer a more acceptable alternative.
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Washington
Cp. Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Koutson
White House
Truman
State of the Union
Congress
Sheavis
Knutson
Emmarson
John Hill 92 Admitted After Pneumonia at Hospital
John Hill, 92, of Harrison apartments, was admitted to Somerset Community Hospital Monday night with pneumonia.
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John Hill
Harrison Apartments
Somerset Community Hospital
Congress resumes work as Truman aides push aid plan
The 80th Congress opens with debates on foreign aid cost of living and tax cuts. Truman plans a State of the Union address and budget message soon while efforts to pass the Marshall Plan gain urgency amid cross party tension. Senate hearings set to begin with Vandenberg and House panel to outline Europe aid plans.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Congress
White House
Europe
Charles E. Bohlen
Bohlen
Russia
Madison
Aoe
Connally
D-Tex
Connaky
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Foreign Relations
House
Rep
Eaton
R-M
Somerset Weather Report Summary for Period
Daily weather note by David Greve records 5:30 p.m. Sunday to 5:30 p.m. following day in Somerset. Includes temperatures maximum and minimum, precipitation and snow details with fragments reflecting typical local observer entries.
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Somerset Weather
David Greve
U. S
Weather Observer
Scp
Pam Mondey
Oyne Max Lmu
Antwerpen
Weather outlook for Maryland and surrounding states
Maryland expected fair and milder Tuesday with some cloudiness and higher temps. Western and central Pennsylvania see clouds with milder air and a few flurries in northern areas. West Virginia remains mostly cloudy and not as cold with milder conditions through Wednesday.
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Maryland
Fair East
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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