Britain Recognizes Mao Regime in China
Britain becomes the first major power to recognize Mao Zedong's Peiping government, citing trade protection and Hong Kong defense. Denmark Norway and Ceylon quickly follow. the United States and France delay. The move provokes strong reactions from Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and raises tensions among western allies.
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London
Britain
China
Honk Kong
Mao Tze-tung
Peiping
Denmark
Norway
Ceylon
United States
France
Mao
Acheson
Congress
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
White House
Bao Dai
Viet Nam
Cheng Tien-hsi
Chiang Kai-shek
Taipei
Formosa
Truman
George Yen
Cheng
Chou Enlai
Capt Pile Talks To Lions About Company C
Somerset Lions Club at Grace EUB church heard Captain Glenn Pile of Company C discuss National Guard roles with emphasis on Somerset County. A. J. Kerin presided. Peter Hahns chaired. Royden Shaulis received a statue for outstanding scouting service. Birthdays noted for George Cassett and Richard Pile. Philip Holsinger welcomed as new member.
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Company C
Somerset Lions Club
Grace Eub Church
A. J. Kerin
Peter Hahns
Glenn Pile
Nationa Guard
Somerset County
Royden Shaulis
James O. Courtney
Shaulis
U. S. Air Force
William C. Boyce
Shanks
Lions Club
George Cassett
Richard Pile
Philip Holsinger
State Department minimizes impact of Britain recognizing China
Washington reacts as Britain recognizes Communist China amid Capitol Hill protests. Officials stress recognition does not imply U.S. approval of the regime and reiterate goals of a stable independent China. Lawmakers split, with some defending Britain and others predicting strains on aid and policy. Acheson to address Far Eastern policy next week.
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Washington
Britain
China
Far East
State Department
London
Capitol Hill
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Acheson
Senate
House
Department
National Press Club
Russia
Last Speaker Heads Week of Prayer at Trinity Lutheran
Rev G E Shultzabarger of Calvary Methodist delivered the final address of the Week of Prayer in Trinity Lutheran church urging seekers over conformance to creed and stressing living with Christ. Dr I Hess Wagner of Old Trinity led Epiphany vesper service with Psalm and litany. Children’s Aid Society benefited from the offering. crowd included many denominations. Preaching mission to begin Sunday with Dr N H Fritchley of Pitcairn as speaker.
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G. E. Shultzabarger
Calvary Methodist Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Christ
I. Hess Wagner
Old Trinity
Clyde Critchfield
Lord Is
Vance Coleman
Children’s Aid Society
N. H. Fritchley
Pitcairn
Police Chief Jacob Pile Resigns After Six Years
Somerset borough Police Chief Jacob Pile has resigned after six years as chief. He tendered the resignation Thursday to borough secretary Richard Pile, giving no reason. The move is set for Feb 1 but not yet official. council will decide on acceptance at the next meeting.
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Somerset
Jacob Pile
Richard Pile
Pile
Burgess Everett Musser
John Smith
Soldier Overstays Leave and Is Jailed at Confluence
Paul E. Bragg 26 of Confluence, absent without leave from Eglin Field Florida, was committed to Somerset County jail Friday awaiting army action. Bragg enlisted last October and overstayed leave that began December 17. He will be transferred back to his Eglin base Monday.
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Eglin Field
Florida
Somerset
Paul E. Bragg
Confluence
Ned Hoyt
Eglin
Berlin Service Station Burglarized in Local Heist
Nellie Llewellyn, 62, owner of a Berlin service station at 190 Broadway, said oil candy and jewelry were stolen after burglars smashed a rear window and fled to a parked car about 100 yards away. Police Chief Earl Shultz and two officers led the inquiry with ongoing investigation.
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Berlin
Paul Lutz
Somerset
Nellie Llewellyn
Broadway
Lutz
Earl Shultz
Pvts
Michael Honkus
Pvt. Lutz
No Special Tax In Stonycreek Township
The Somerset American reference to an earned income tax by Stonycreek township board of supervisors was about Stonycreek in Cambria county not Somerset county. Kenneth H. Wagner of Buckstown says there is no special tax in Stonycreek township Somerset county.
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Somerset American
Stonycreek Township
PRR Starts New Terminal in Pittsburgh
The Pennsylvania railroad began excavation for a new freight terminal and warehouse on the eastern fringe of the Golden Triangle. The project is valued at 4,509,000 dollars and marks a major expansion for the rail system in Pittsburgh.
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PRR
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Golden Triangle
Watchman's Dynamite Story Hoax
Detroit police and FBI concluded night watchman William Thomas admitted his tale of abductors and dynamite at the UAW headquarters was a hoax. Thomas, 58, described a two week period of fear and insomnia after a December dynamite scare while denying involvement in the Reuther shootings.
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Detroit
Joseph Krug
CIO
United Automobile Workers International
William Thomas
FBI
Thomas
UAW
Krug
Walter P. Reuther
Victor
Reuther
Hugh Burke
Henry Ford
Southfield
Fairlane
Dearborn
Waller
Victor Reuther
Wayne County Hospital
Special Investigation Squad
Ford
Truman Sees Prosperity In Inflation
President Truman told Congress that current prosperity can rise to lift family income by 1000 dollars annually within five years. He set goals of 64 million jobs and 300 billion dollars in annual output, while noting inflation fears fade. Immediate reaction split along party lines with critics calling the plan a promise market.
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Rep
Kee
D-Wva
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eaton
R-Nj
GOP
U. S
Orient
Cannon
D-Mo
House _ appropriations committee
Rep. Richards
South Carolina
Congress
Britain
Richards
House Foreign Affairs Group
United States
Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
White House
Rotary Inducts Four New Members At Weekly Meet
Somerset Rotary club admitted four new members Walter L Baldwin James H Neilan Carroll D Reynolds and Ernest L Trent at a Friday luncheon in the Ferner hotel. Secretary I Hess Wagner led a Rotary information program detailing the group's origins and global fellowship. Paul Welsh, finishing his term as high school Rotarian, offered a valedictory praising athletic coaches as youth leaders.
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Somerset Rotary Club
Ferner Hotel
Walter L. Baldwin James H. Neilan
Carroll D. Reynolds
Ernest L. Trent
I. Hess Wagne
Rotary
Wagner
Paul Harris
Chicago
Rotary Fellowship
Paul Welsh
Truman Sketches Economic View
President Truman outlines the nation’s economic outlook for 1950 and beyond, with targets for production employment and consumer income. He calls for tax hikes, housing support, extended rent controls, restored credit curbs, longer loan maturities, farm income protection, expanded social security, and private investment boosts.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
NLRB Seeks Court Action Over Lewis Labor Dispute
U S coal operators report 92 percent of soft coal is filing unfair labor practice charges against John L Lewis as hard and soft coal groups negotiate. 45 more mine owners joined the charges while Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal plans a 3 million smokeless fuel disco shutdown in 10 days, idle 150 workers.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Frank R. Amos
United Mine Workers
Robert Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
UMW
Southern Coal
Northern
Mid-Western
Indiana Coal Association
Indiana Coal Operators Association
Ohio Coal Association
Northern West Virginia Coal Association
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Virginian Coal Operators Association
Winding Gulf Operators Association
Somerset County Coal Operators Association
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
Southern Coal Producers Association
Ilinois Coal Operators Association
Far Western Operators and
Steel Company
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
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Ohio coal operators sue John L Lewis over three day week
Nine Ohio coal firms filed separate suits in Guernsey and Franklin counties seeking more than 11 million dollars in damages against John L Lewis and UMW officers. They claim 1949 and current rest week strikes harmed business and seek double damages under the Valentine anti trust law. Damages hinge on tonnage lost, with 7 million tons cited for 1949.
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Columbus
Ohio
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Hhes
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
National and
District Union
Treasuries
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Warner Colleries Co
John Owens
Thomas Kennedy
Maragon pleads innocent to Senate subcommittee charge
John H. Maragon pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of lying to a Senate subcommittee investigation into five percenter activities.
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Maragon
Washington
INS
John H. Maragon
Senate
Lucas Takes Coal Crisis To Truman
Senator Lucas of Illinois urged President Truman to act on a coal crisis citing danger from freezing. He pressed White House aides to present all facts to the president and called miners and Lewis to restore a five day week.
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Washington
Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Senate
White House
John R. Steelmen
United States
Lewis
United States Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jenner
Rand
Wadsworth Jailed on Felony Trespass Charges
D H Wadsworth, 35, of Johnston town R D 4, jailed in Somerset county on felony trespass and other misdemeanors. Committed by Private Thomas Sterner of the Somerset substation state police on Friday.
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D. H. Wadsworth
Johnstown
R. D
Somerset County
Thomas Sterner
Somerset Substation
Union Shop Clause Ruled Violates Taft Hartley Act
In Washington on January 6 the NLRB sought circuit court enforcement of a board order banning John L. Lewis from seeking an illegal union shop contract in coal. The 1948 agreement violated Taft Hartley as no NLRB election approved a union shop. Lewis argues mootness but the NLRB says the order blocks future union shop attempts without an election. Denham led the NLRB briefing.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
John L. Lewis
NLRB
Lewis
Circuit Court
Robert N. Denham
Weather Outlook for Mid Atlantic States Across Weekend
The Western Pennsylvania region faces cloudy skies and colder temperatures with snow flurries Saturday, highs in the 30s, and a colder Saturday night. Sunday remains partly cloudy and cold. Eastern Pennsylvania expects clouds and chill with rain turning to snow flurries in the mountains Saturday, highs 35 to 40 in the southeast. Maryland shows clouds and wind with showers ending Saturday morning, possible mountains snow flurries, then fair, colder Sunday. West Virginia stays mostly cloudy and colder with light snow flurries mainly north, Saturday clearing. Sunday fair. The extended period from Saturday January 7 to Wednesday January 11 indicates rain in the Middle Atlantic Saturday, then rain or snow around Tuesday, cooler weekend with rising temperatures Monday and Tuesday, and fluctuating Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
North
Mid Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
Rascona’s Restaurant Daily Specials
Rascona’s lists today’s specials including a T bone steak with mushroom sauce priced at 1.25 and spaghetti with homemade bread.
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Rascona
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