United States to Demand UN Action Over Hungary Coup
The United States plans a formal UN demand after Russia blocks remedial action on Hungary’s seizure of power. Hungarian minister Szegedy-Maszak urges the UN to test the case as a threat to peace and accuses Russia of breaching the Yalta guarantees. The note cites past protests over Soviet interference and asserts Kovacs was not involved in any conspiracy.
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Washington
INS
United States
United Nations
Hungary
Aladar Szegedy- Maszak
World Organization
State Department
Allied Council
Budapest
U. S
U.S
Ferenc Nagy
Yalta
Nagy
Szegedy-Maszak
Bela Kovacs
TNS
Kovacs
Mystery Of Hungary Unsolved In European Drama
A London dispatch reports Anglo American attempts to clarify the Hungarian coup stumble as Soviet commander V P Sviridov says documents implicating Ferenc Nagy and other conservatives are with the Hungarian government. Budapest broadcasts claim new secret papers threaten politicians, while others insist law and order prevail and Vatican talks back a Catholic church role in the cabinet shakeup.
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Charles A. Smith
London
INS
Hungary
Ferenc Nagy
V. P. Sviridov
Nagy
Truman
Bela Vargas
National Assembly
Istvan Doby
Budapest
Vatican
Foreign Bride Cleared For Marriage In Court House
In Somerset a foreign bride Miss Isolina Gina Lucca sought a marriage license to wed Joseph Trecate of Stoystown. Language hurdles were overcome with help from local officials and an attorney who arranged a guardian and consent. The couple to be married today. Somerset Community Bible School opens Monday June 9 at 9:00 a.m. at Patriot street school with classes for four to eleven year olds led by local pastors and teachers.
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Court House
Isolina Gina Lucca
Joseph Trecate
Stoystown
Ens
France
Register of Wills Office
Dean Meyer
Meyer
Hood College
Freddies Md
Gina
Register of Wills
Elmer J. Shipley
James B. Landis
Landis
F. W. White
Lucca
Italy
Somerset Community Bible School
Patriot Street
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The
Sunday Schools of Somerset
John Speicher
David Weimer
Edward Specht
Milton Bowlby
Jacqueline Winters
Alice Kammerer
Edgar Fritz
Wilma Kinzey
John Barchey
John S. Milholland
R. S. Shirey
Winifred Kaebnick
Churchill to Undergo Minor Internal Operation
London dispatch reports Winston Churchill 74 will soon undergo a non serious internal operation. The procedure could incapacitate him for about a month, according to the London Evening News.
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London
INS
London Evening News
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Judge Rebuts FBI Report On Missouri Primary Irregularities
Federal judge Albert L. Reeves told a Senate judiciary subcommittee he might have urged a grand jury probe if a fuller report had been available. He said his call against investigation relied on a synopsis of an FBI report by U S District Attorney Sam Wear. The Missouri primary in the Fifth district saw Roger Slaughter fail to win renomination, Enos Axtell win the nomination, then lose to Reeves Jr. in November. The Justice Department reviewed fraud charges last fall.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
U. S
Albert L. Reeves
FBI
Sam Wear
Reeves
Senate Judiciary
Ferguson
R-Mich
Kansas City Star
Albert A. Ridge
John Caskie Collett
McCarran
D-Nev
Missouri
Kansas City
Roger Slaughter
Enos Axtell
Truman
Axtell
Albert L. Reeves, Jr
British letters from Turin hit Attlee Churchill targets
Nine more serious letter hazardous devices reached London, targeting Prime Minister Attlee and Winston Churchill along with other Cabinet members. The Stern gang claimed responsibility in a campaign from Turin, with Scotland Yard blaming Jewish extremists for opposing Britain's Palestine policy. No explosions occurred. tests show devices could pierce steel if opened. Italian police trace senders as post safeguards continue.
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ED Creagh
London
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Turin
Italy
Stern Gang
Churchill
Herbert Morrison
Emanuel Shinwell
Chuter Ede
Scotland Yard
Aneurin Bevan
Ernest Bevin
Anthony Eden
Palestine
Post Office
Continent
England
State school pay bills seen increasing local tax burden
The Pennsylvania State School Directors Association warned that House or Senate pay bills will raise local costs. In a letter with an analysis by Executive Secretary P. O. Vanness the group said tax rates could rise, with nine mills in one county and subsidies lagging promoted raises.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State School Directors Association
House
Senate
Association
P. O. Vanness
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Truman Returns Home to Check on Ailing Mother
President Truman flew home from Washington to Kansas City for a reunion with World War II buddies and to visit his 94-year-old mother Mrs Martha E Truman who was reported in very good shape. His sister Miss Mary Jane Truman was able to take a brief holiday from the bedside as the group gathered for the 35th division reunion and related events.
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Truman
Martha E. Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Miss Truman
Grandview
Washington
France
President Hotel
Henri Bennett
Georges Pierre Lavalley
St. Lo
Norman Peninsula
Eisenhower
Europe
Trumen
United States
United Fuel Gas seeks new transmission lines in West Virginia
Charleston news item reports United Fuel Gas requests public service commission approval to spend about 10 million dollars on 49 miles of 16 inch transmission lines from Noble station in Kanawha county to the West Virginia Pennsylvania line in Monongalia county and a 70 mile 20 inch line from Roane county to Carnegie compressor in Wetzel county. The two lines would connect at Carnegie station to extend Cobb Station service across Kanawha Roane Gilmer Dodd Ridge Wetzel Marion and Monongalia counties.
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W. Va
United Fuel Gas Company
Public Service Commission
Noble Station
Kanawha County
Monongalia County
Roane County
Carnegie
Wetzel County
Carnegie Station
Cobb Station
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kanawha
Roane, Gilmer
Dodd Ridge
Wetzel
Marion
Monongalia
Mercurochrome Flies At Independence Hall Window
Two bottles of mercurochrome shattered a window at Independence Hall Philadelphia. A man, Frank Marciniak 45, was captured by guards after a brief chase and charged with disorderly conduct and malicious mischief.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Frank Marciniak
Rockwell Sees Steel Shortage Hurt Small Business
Willard F. Rockwell of Rockwell Manufacturing testified before a Senate sub committee that steel shortages and high prices threaten many manufacturers. He cited gray market purchases costing his firm about 250000 dollars and warned that strikes, wartime procurement, and export of steel worsen the shortage. He noted tin plate costs rising to 17 to 20 cents a pound while government orders sell it abroad at seven cents.
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Washington
Willard F. Rockwell
Pittsburgh
Senate
Rockwell
Rockwell Manufacturing Co
U. S. Maritime Commission
England
America
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Boose Introduces Photostat Deed Filing Tab
County Recorder Howard C. Boose unveils a tiny tab fixed to each deed before photostating, then removed to show the deed’s place in the file. He says the method does not change the paper’s legal status and is unique to his office. John M. Featherston of the photostat firm praises the local operators Miss Joan Roose John Mack and Miss Vera Meyers for superior work.
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Howard C. Boose
Bar Association
Boose
John M. Featherston
Photostat Company
Recorder’s
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Joan Roose
John Mack
Vera Meyers
Deer crashes through window in Berlin home
Berlin residents flocked to the lower diamond Thursday to view the havoc caused by a deer that crashed into Mrs. L. S. Wilkinson's home. The 79 year old widow and widowhood minister described shattered glass, a toppled radio and furniture, and bloodstains on a window as onlookers, including four ministers and two doctors, observed the scene. The deer burst into the bedroom as she stood, and the episode ended with repairs and a sweeping of glass.
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Berlin
Truce Reached In Union Switch Strike Swissvale
About 350 white collar workers in the Union Switch and Signal Co. Swissvale plant reached a partial truce easing the strike. Judge William H. McNaugher warned of a possible injunction hearings if no agreement by Monday morning. Pickets limited to 10 at main gates and six at smaller gates.
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Pittsburgh
Switch and Signal Co
Swissvale
William H. McNaugher
Allegheny County
Cio-United Electrical Workers Union
Senate approves labor bill by 54 to 17 vote in Senate
The Senate passed a history making measure to curb strikes by 54 to 17, sending the bill to President Truman for signature or veto within ten days. The House earlier approved it 820 to 79. The measure bans the closed shop and allows 80 day injunctions against national paralysis strikes, with broad impact on labor and management nationwide.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Congress
Senate
Truman
House
Langer
North Dakota
Morse
Oregon
Barkley
Floods and Morbid Co ed Death Near Purdue
Rain swollen rivers flooded Missouri Iowa while tornadoes struck Colorado Illinois. Residents fled homes as floods expanded, rail lines and roads were washed out. Indiana police say Purdue co ed Anna Catherine Fox died by self inflicted act tied to morbid interest in tragedy. autopsy pending.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Iowa
Colorado
Illinois
Nebraska
Kansas
Weather Bureau
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Midwest
Julesburg
Colo
Champaign
Ill
Lafayette
Ind
INS
Indiana
Purdue University
Anna Catherine Fox
Fox
Robert N. Bush
Wayne T. Cox
Indianapolis
R. N. Harger
Indiana University Toxicologist
Charles OQ. Lee
Miss Fox
Rotary hears Workmaster on Forest Lodge project
Harry C. Workmaster of the Pittsburgh Rotary told Somerset Rotarians about his Forest Park project in Jefferson township. He described Forest Park Lodge as a center for a mountain resort with a growing lodge and a hotel enlarged to host about 60 guests. The resort lies ten miles west of Somerset and 56 miles from Pittsburgh with picnicking and camping facilities as reservations rise.
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Harry C. Workmaster
Pittsburgh Rotary Club
Somerset Club
Somerset
Forest Park
Forest Lodge
Jefferson Township
Ferner Hotel
Pittsburgh
How To Live To 100
Mrs Ruth Ann Groover of Braddocks Grave returns to one hundred tomorrow after a life of clean living and hard work. She is the widow of a Civil War veteran and credits mountain air and disciplined habits for longevity.
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Uniontown
Ruth Ann Groover
Braddock
Local Rent Control to End Local Option Dropped
Senate House conferees agree to wipe out local option allowing cities to end rent control within borders. They also drop states rights to implement own programs. Frank Creedon named housing administrator in charge. Expiration timing remains disputed with extensions through Feb 1948 or March 31, 1948 and advisory boards to suggest rent changes to the national rent administrator.
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Washington
Senate House
Buck
Conference Committee
Senate
Frank Creedon
House
Defense
Weather Forecast for Mid-Atlantic States and Ohio Valley
Fair and warm with high humidity across Maryland and neighboring states. Scattered thundershowers expected late Saturday and Sunday, then again Tuesday or Wednesday with light precipitation totals. Temperatures run five to seven degrees above normal in the East and three to six degrees above normal in the West with little overall trend.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Virginia
Ohio
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily climate note records 24 hour period from Thursday 5:30 p.m. to Friday 5:30 p.m. with placeholders for maximum temperature minimum and rainfall. A year ago figures are listed for comparison with a separate maximum and minimum.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
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