Erickson Gambler Pleads Guilty in Major Bookmaking Case
Frank Erickson, a prominent bookmaker tied to a $12.5 million yearly operation, pleads guilty to 60 counts including conspiracy. Judge Perlman sets sentencing for next week as District Attorney Hogan vows the stiffest possible punishment and a Senate inquiry into nationwide gambling may follow. Several New York businessmen testified before a closed grand jury investigation.
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Parks
George Cornell
New York
Frank Erickson
Erickson
Kingpin
Special Sessions
Nathan B. Perlman
Frank Hogan
Hogan
United States
Senate
Jackson
Park Avenue
Parliament backs Stalin to continue as Soviet Premier
The Moscow parliament unanimously urged Prime Minister Stalin's government to stay in office, endorsing Stockholm peace resolutions calling for abolition of atomic weapons and strict international control. Nikita Khrushchev urged reelection, urging cabinet continuation amid applauding session.
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Thomas P. Whitney
Moscow
Stalin
Stockholm
Peace
Nikita S. Kruschev
Communist Party
National Party
Kruschev
Council of Ministers
Nationalists Fire Two Red Ships Sink Troopship
Chinese Nationalist air force reported two Communist steamers set afire and a troop ship left sinking near Foochow, 100 miles NW of Formosa, amid broader claims of attacks near Quemoy and Wanshan. Guerrilla forces in Yunnan allegedly overran areas, aided by the three kings.
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Taipei
Formosa
Foochow
Quemoy
Chinmen
Amoy
Navy
Hong Kong
Yunnan
Shao-yu
Shao-yung
Shao-kwei
Three Kings
Tragedy as Truck Trolls Down Mountain Road Near Cumberland
A truck carrying 35 tenth grade students rolled over a 50 foot embankment on a mountain road near Cumberland Maryland. One girl Jean Mc Farland age 16 of Lonaconing died. Several children were seriously injured and others freed from the wreckage after the vehicle skidded on wet pavement.
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Cumberland
Jean McFarland
Lonaconing
Ruhr election shocks Reds in West Germany defeat
In North Rhine Westphalia the Communist party collapsed to 5.5 percent with no direct seats as two nationalist parties failed to win any seats. Christian Democrats led by 93 of 215 seats will steer state policy, while the Ruhr populace weighs state ownership of key industries amid Bonn Schuman plan relevance.
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Wes Gallagher
Frankfurt
Germany
Ruhr
Communist Party
Christian Democrats
North Rhine-Westphalia
German Empire Party
Socialist Empire Party
Bonn
Schuman
Paint Township Land Brings $9,500
A land purchase totaling about $9,500 was recorded Monday in the recorder of deeds office. The four and a quarter acre plot in Paint township was bought from Elva Pearl Leese of Johnstown by Homer Irish and Bessie Mowry Mock of Paintborough.
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Philip C. Dosch
Paint Township
Elva Pearl Leese
Johnstown
Homer Irish
Bessie Mowry Mock
Paintborough
Two Shamokin Residents Die From Auto Crash
Two Shamokin residents died from injuries after a car crash on the Elysburg Catawissa highway. Frank McMahien, 70, died early today at Bloomsburg Hospital and Mrs Agnes Scholtes, 36, died tonight. Five others were injured.
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Bloomsburg
Elysburg-Catawissa
Frank McMahien
Bloomsburg Hospital
Agnes Scholtes
Casebeer- Frease Building Demolished in Somerset
The Casebeer Frease building, a 78 year landmark in Somerset, was leveled after five weeks of demolition. Dawn to afternoon work featured a winch, steam shovel, and brick dust as neighbors watched from a sidewalk tunnel and churchyard.
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Casebeer-Frease
Somerset
Protective Board
Old Trinity Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Casebeer- Frease
City official home farm work questioned in Pittsburgh probe
Former city worker Herman J. Dengler testified he helped on the country home of City Controller Edward R. Frey during city time and saw others there. The council investigates city paid workers on officials homes amid suits and a claim of a mason’s widow. Parrish testified Allegheny Asphalt paved Kilgallen driveway but was unpaid for two years after press coverage.
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Pittsburgh
Herman J. Dengler
Edward R. Frey
Salvator di Ielsi
Butle County
Diselsi
Butler County
Council
Thomas E. Kilgallen
Daniel Parrish
Allegheny Asphalt and Paving Company
Kilgallen
Parrish
William S. Rahauser
Rahauser
Loran Lewis
Berwind-White Miner Killed in Mine Accident
Andrew John Wargo aged 40 from Windber died at 3 15 p m Monday in a Berwind White Coal mine accident. Born November 30 1909 he worked 23 years for the company and was not married. Survived by mother Mary Alliny Wargo brother John and eight sisters. He belonged to United Mine Workers Local 6186 Fraternal Order of Eagles Moose Slovak Education club and St John society 292. Friends may visit after 9 p m Tuesday with funeral arrangements by Kepko Funeral Home pending.
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Andrew John Wargo
Windber
Wargo
Berwind White Coal Company
Mary Alliny Wargo
John Wargo
Cof Windber
Mary Hamzik
Anna Pergre Scalp Level
Ellen Galbraith
Hoboken
N. J
Helen Wargo
Cleveland
M. Bernadette
Sacred Heart Convent
Flint
Mich
Verna
Susan
Theresa Wargo
United Mine Workers of America
Fraternal Order of Eagles
the Moose
Slovak Education Club
St. John's Society
Kepko
Hospital Membership Drive Totals $831 For Equipment
Senior hospital auxiliary reports $831 raised in a house to house drive and one $100 hospital bond sold to Fred K. Fineley. Contributions include $5 from Ward Saylor, Rose Davis, and Richard Hauger, plus many $1 and $2 gifts.
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Christian Church
Joseph Lippincott
William E. Griffith
Fred K. Fineley
Ward Saylor
Rose Davis
Richard Hauger
Louise C. Mason
William Cesarone
Charles C. Barchfield
Edward Specht
Eleanor McElroy
Walker Mong
Edgewood
Davis
George Doolittle
Bakersville
George Speicher
Rockwood
Lippincott
Army Worm Invasion Hits County Crops
Assistant county agent Glenn Ellenberger reports Army worms fully spread across the county starting at Lemon Saylor farm between Jerome and Holsapple. Fields at La vansville Thomas Mills Jerome and Sipesville damaged with corn, timothy, and barley affected. spraying with DDT and chlor dane planned at Melvin Hostetler farm.
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Glenn Ellenberger
Lemon Saylor
Jerome
Holsapple
Agricultural Extension Office
Saylor
Ellenberger
Lavansville
Thomas Mills
Sipesville
Melvin Hostetler Farm
Broadcast on Army Worm Progress and Control Methods
A radio update on Army worm progress and control tactics will air today at 12 05 p m on WHJB Greensburg. Farmers in the infestation area are urged to listen as Glenn Ellenberg and entomologist E J Udine discuss the crusade against the pest.
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WHJB
Greensburg
Glenn Ellenberg
E. J. Udine
Pennsylvania State College
Ellenberger
Highway race fatal for racer in New York incident
In Olean New York a highway race between two young Pennsylvania drivers ended with the death of Richard C Ausin 23 of Eldred Pa. The survivor Fort B Hughes 23 of Rixford Pa and his passenger Robert L Wolfe 24 of Smethport Pa were unhurt A reckless driving warrant was sworn against Hughes in police court.
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Olean
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Richard C. Ausin
Eldred
Allegany
Fort B. Hughes
Rixford
Robert L. Wolfe
Smethport
RFD 3
Ausin
Hughes
Berkebile and accomplices jailed in multiple Somerset burglaries
Merle Berkebile, 20, Kantner, received three concurrent sentences totaling two years in Western Penitentiary for a string of local burglaries and larcenies with costs and restitution ordered. Willis Eisner, 22, Friedens, got three to six months in Somerset jail for breaking into a service station. Other defendants include Robert Baker paroled from Ohio reform school, Harry Delancey fined and jailed, and two Somerset teens placed on three years probation for stealing 500 feet of insulated copper cable from Denise Coal.
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Merle Berkebile
Kantner
Thomas F. Lansberry
Western Penitentiary
Willis Eisner
Priedens
Somerset County
Donald Fleagle
Quemahoning
Twnship
Berkebile
Kenneth Glenn
Louis Packler
Pike Run Coal Company
Stonycreek Township
Fred Lease
Berkebile Coal Company
Highland Supply Manufacturing Company
Robert M. Baker
R. D
Somerset
Ohio
Lansbury
Allegheny County
John Robinette
Rockwood
Baker
Mansfield Reform School
Harry Delancey
Friedens
David Metzgar
Lansberry
Somerset R. D
Denise Coal Company
Victim Finds Handcuffs Not So Good Joke
Paul Dentice was 방법 taken by a prankster who handcuffed him after a trick at a club. The thief rifled Dentice’s wallet for $16, and a streetcar ride longer than six hours followed until police freed him with a found key. Dentice now seeks the practical joker thief.
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Pittsburgh
Paul Dentice
Northside
Dentice
Paul
Sedan Plows Into Trailer Near New Baltimore
Peter Carakajian, 31, of Providence was injured when his sedan struck the rear of a tractor trailer driven by Lloyd Perry, 31, of Shippensburg, near New Baltimore at 5 30 a m Monday. He was taken to Somerset Community Hospital with facial lacerations and possible rib fractures. Damages were listed as 800 dollars to the sedan and 50 dollars to the trailer.
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Peter Carakajian
Providence, I
Somerset Community Hospital
Turnpike
Lloyd Perry
Shippensburg
New Baltimore
National Steel Announces $25 Million Expansion Plan
National Steel Corporation announced a 25 to 30 million dollar expansion to increase ingot capacity to five million tons yearly. The program aims to boost production at its Pittsburgh operations, signaling a major scale-up for the firm.
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National Steel
Pittsburgh
INS
National Steel Corporation Today
Kidnaper Of 2 Boys Killed By Policeman
In Steubenville Ohio a Pennsylvania man identified as Joe Pacific 32 was shot and killed by Mingo Junction police after abducting two 16 year old boys from Canonsburg Pennsylvania. The youths said they were robbed and locked in a car trunk before rescue. Pacific was pursued by southern Ohio authorities after Mrs Pacific alerted police.
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Steubenville
Mingo Junction
Canonsburg
Cokesburg
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Joe Pacific
Clarence Evert
Nick Cusis
Joseph Colenchick
Pacific
Edward Bell
J. W. Albaugh
Safo
Dr. Albaugh
Ebert
Central City Men Jailed on Aggravated Assault Charges
John Pruss aged 58 and Fred Pruss aged 28 of Central City were committed to the county jail Saturday by Justice Nicholas Bruno on charges of aggravated assault and battery.
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John Pruss
Fred Pruss
Central City
A. D
Justice of the Peace
Nicholas Bruno
Peace Road To Victory Of Free World
Foreign Aid Administrator Paul G Hoffman told governors that peace not war is the road to victory for the free world in its struggle with Russia. He warned against accepting World War III and urged unity to prevent war while stressing the long term gains from peace.
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Jack Bell
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Paul G. Hoffman
Russia
Free World
America
Hoffman
Truman
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Moscow
Barkley opposes Senate probe into Amerasia case
Vice President Barkley told the Senate he doubts the propriety of a Senate led impeachment inquiry into the Amerasia matter. He stressed impeachment must originate in the House, and said a Senate inquiry would not be proper. He said no point in multiplying investigations and warned against hampering the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Roger D. Greene
Washington
Barkley
Senate
Amerasia
House
Chamber
House of Representatives
Justice Department
Knowland
California
GOP
Capehart
Rind
Senate Judiciary Committee
McCarran
D-Ney
Ferguson
R-Mich
Nevada
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Weather forecast for Western and surrounding states
Western Pennsylvania sees mostly fair weather and warmth Tuesday followed by cooler conditions Wednesday. In West Virginia expect clouds and milder Tuesday, then partly cloudy and cooler by night Wednesday. Eastern Pennsylvania shows clouds and warmth Tuesday, with Wednesday partly cloudy and warm then cooler in the afternoon. Maryland may have scattered showers early Tuesday, then mostly fair and warm Tuesday afternoon, with clouds and warmth Wednesday turning cooler at night.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather data for Somerset reports the 5:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. period with a maximum of 70 and a minimum of 51. Precipitation and other details are unreadable or missing in the OCR, but the report attributes the data to David Grove, U. S. Weather Observer.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Observer
Csctestarscoonapingenwesing
Wanionninlocinelvinien
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