Western Powers Demand Russia End Its Terror
Western powers led by the United States Britain and France demand Russia stop the military crackdown in East Berlin after a firing squad executes a West Berlin truck driver. They condemn the killing vow to restore free circulation and lift martial law as protests and strikes spread across East Germany.
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Dan DE Luce
Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
East Germany
Oder
Elbe
Willi Goettling
Goettling
Dengin
Red
P. T. Dibrova
East
Egypt Proclaims Republic and Naguib First President
Egypt declared itself a republic with Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib named president while retaining his role as premier. King Farouk’s exiled son Fuad II remains in Italy, and the royal family loses titles becoming private citizens as the army-led revolution’s goals are affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Farouk
Mohammed Ali
Fuad II
Italy
Narriman
Naguib
Army Revolutionary Council
Council
Bert H. Smyers Dies. Pitt Football Pioneer and Rotarian
Bert H. Smyers Sr. longtime Pittsburgh attorney and Rotarian, organizer and captain of the University of Pittsburgh 1890 football team, died of a heart attack. Survived by three sons and a sister. funeral set for Saturday. He edited Rotary publications and was active in Masonic circles.
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Pittsburgh
Bert H. Smyers
University of Pittsburgh
Smyers
Western University of Pennsylvania
Marion Center
Indiana County
Rotary Club
Rotary
Bert Jr
Equitable Gas Co
William
Edward
Ora H. Euwer
Goon named in Senate hearing claims order to kill senator
Former FBI undercover operator Joseph Mazzei testified that Lou Bortz boasted at a Pittsburgh secret Communist meeting last December 4 that he had orders to liquidate Senator McCarthy. Mazzei said Bortz led red goon squads and helped train in bombs and weapons at a basement range. Bortz declined to confirm the kill claim. The hearing, led by Senator McCarthy, adjourned with plans to resume next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Joseph D. Mazzei
Communist Party
Lou Bortz
Pittsburgh
Bortz
Mazzei
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Mundt
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Millvale
Red
Red Underground
Butler
Roy Cohn
Central City Men Jailed for Stealing Copper Wire
Two Central City men Donald Kline age nineteen and Harold Ankeny age thirty four were arrested by state police for stealing copper wire from a Somerset county mine. They appeared before Justice of the Peace C J Harrison and were charged with larceny and committed to the Somerset county jail.
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Somerset County
Donald Kline
Harold Ankeny
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Harrison
Cumberland Cement Company Files Suit Against Maist
The Cumberland Cement and Supply Co. filed a complaint against Salisbury lumber dealer C. A. Maist in the prothonotary's office seeking $491 for building materials delivered in 1951.
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Cumberland
Wool Pool Today by Somerset Sheep and Woolgrowers
Somerset County sheep and woolgrowers association conducts its annual wool pool all day today at the Farm Bureau warehouse. Friday’s announcement confirmed the event and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset County Sheep and Woogrowers Asopiation
Farm Bureau
Fiery crash of Globemaster kills 128 servicemen near Tokyo
A U S Army Globemaster with 129 aboard crashed near Tachikawa airbase after engine failure during a flight to Korea. The two decker plane plunged nose down into a muddy field, bursting into flames as magnesium combusted. Salvage crews battled mud and burning wreckage in a scene likened to a Korean battlefield.
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Tokio
U.S
Globemaster
Korea
Tachikawa
Stan Carter
Insurance Office Robbed Of 350 In Checks And Cash
The district manager of the Pennsylvania Life Health Accident Insurance Co reports a lunch hour robbery on the second floor of the First National Bank Building in Somerset. About 350 in checks money orders and cash were stolen, including cash 115, with stamps and useless post office items also taken. Police and post office inspectors investigate and urged stop payment on affected items.
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Pennsylvania Life, Health Accident Insurance Co
First National Bank
Somerset
Post Office
Helen Hauger
Dallas George
George
Draft calls for 1659 to meet July quota
State selective service headquarters announced a July induction quota of 1509 with 1659 draftees called. For July, inductions will come from Harrisburg 322 Philadelphia 513 Pittsburgh 615 Wilkes Barre 183 and Buffalo NY 26, while June quota was 452.
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Harrisburg
INS
Selective Service
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Wilkes-Barre
Buffalo
N. Y
Erie
Pennsylvania Electric Company expansion financing approved
The public utility commission authorized Pennsylvania Electric Co of Johnstown to sell 19.8 million dollars in securities to cover construction costs. The utility serves about 330,000 customers in 22 counties and plans a 95 million dollar expansion to be completed in 1955 with 12.5 million in bonds and 7.3 million in stock.
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Harrisburg
Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Johnstown
Martins Help Pocalana Fight Army Worm Invasion
A wheat field pest invasion by army worms devastated a Somerset area lawn. Mrs. Pocalana watched thousands march from the field to her yard, spraying failing until a flock of martins arrived from Somerset to feast on the worms, restoring green grass and drawing neighbor attention. The pests had damaged wheat on the Darr farm before moving to the Pocalana lawn.
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Somerset
Beulah Road
Pocalana
Carl Berkey
el Darr
Darr
Army Worms Increase Damage Across Western Pennsylvania
Reports from Crawford County farm agent R F Mollenauer say army worms threaten greater destruction than 1950 in southern parts of the county. The infestation spans fields near Jamestown Hartstown Cochranton and Titusville.
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Pittsburgh
Penn
R. F. Mollenauer
Crawford County
Jamestown
Hartstown
Cochranton
Titusville
Supreme Court recesses on Rosenbergs fate delayed again
The Supreme Court postponed a decision on a stay of execution for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, delaying their potential electrocution at Sing Sing. Justice Douglas’ stay remained in force as the court debated for four hours in secrecy. Demonstrators gathered in Washington as President Eisenhower and officials followed developments.
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ED Creagh
Washington
Atom
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Supreme Court
High Court
William O. Douglas
Justice Department
Douglas
Sing Sing
Harold Burton
Rosenbergs
New York
U. S
White House
Burton
Eisenhower
Rosenberg
Herbert Brownell Jr
Brownell
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Genral
Court
Capitol
Justice Douglas Denies His Act in Rosenberg Case
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas told reporter Maurice Johnson he relaxed after learning the high bench would review his Rosenberg decision. The 54-year-old jurist spoke during a rare interview on a flight from Pittsburgh to Washington, describing his mood and relationship with the press.
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International News
Maurice Johnson
Supreme Court
Douglas
Pittsburgh
Washington
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Johnson
INS
William O. Douglas
Weinie Roasi
High Bench
Rosenberg
Rhee Accused of Violating UN Command Authority
The United States charged South Korea's Syngman Rhee with violating the UN command by releasing thousands of POWs as a truce outlook hung in the balance. Secretary of State Dulles conveyed Eisenhower's stance that armistice talks remain in good faith. News from Washington includes Paik's sudden return to Korea after meetings with Dulles, while McCarthy praised Rhee's action.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Syngman Rhee
United Nations Command
U. N
Dulles
Eisenhower
Rhee
Korea
South Korea
Chin- Paik
Paik
U. S
McCarthy
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Break From Korea POW Camps Shocks U.N. Command
Anti-Communist prisoners escaped from two stockades and a hospital in South Korea. Over 1,500 broke out, with casualties and recaptured prisoners reported. U.N. command and Marines intensified searches as President Rhee claimed sole responsibility for ordering the breaks. Churchill expressed shock in London.
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William CC. Barnard
Seoul
U. N. Command
Repubblic
Syngman Rhee
U. S
Ascom City
Inchon
Korea
Yongchon
Pusan
U. N. Prisoner of War Command
Pusan Prisoner of War
George Sweers
Milo Farnell
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania Turned Stormy
Western Pennsylvania sees cloudiness and a rise in temperatures with scattered thundershowers likely Friday and Saturday. Eastern Pennsylvania expects cloudy Friday highs around 78 to 84 followed by scattered thundershowers Friday night and Saturday.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset Weather Report Incomplete Period Data
Daily weather data shows 24 hour period from 5 30 p m Tuesday to 5 30 p m Wednesday with missing numerical values for maximum and minimum temperatures and precipitation. Historical figures from a year ago are also garbled with unreadable digits and units.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
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Raymond S. Miller
Witherspoon, Proschowski
New York City
Alexander St. Greensburg, Pa
Naguib Pres
Somerset Club
Bakersville Grove
3B's & Gleaners
Class of
Lutheran Church
Dad
Talley - Woods
Arrow Shirts
Arrow Sportshirts
Textron Pajamas
Prince Gardner Wallets
Coopers Sportswear
Bantamac Jackets
Frank Bros. Sport Coats
Paris Belts
Fox
Superba
Coopers
Sen. Carthy
Central City
Franklin Sugar
Kraft American Cheese
Penelec
S & Betty
Mi. N
Rhoades Cemetery
Catherine Ohler
Spencer
Gomerset
J. H. Williams and CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Pennsylvania State Employment Office
W. Main St
Geo. S. Pyle
Somerset, Pa
Supreme Ct
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
Glen Savage
Churchill
Winston Churchill
London
British Foreign Office
Oakhurst
Mountain Playhouse
Little Sheba
Boswell
Somerset Country Club
Johnny Morley
Somerset Graduate Nurses Asso
Geisler Auto Service
Somerset American
L Ss Weather Bureau
Chicago
Cleveland St. Louis
Boston
Jacksonville
Miami
Aecseese Bousasecereres
Denver
Atlantic City
Shaffers
Zenith
The
Farm Equipment Co
Singer Sewing Machine CO
Singer
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