John L. Lewis And Operators In New Conference
John L. Lewis and coal operators reopen talks eight days before the current pact expires. The Taft-Hartley inquiry board, led by David L. Cole, seeks a near term agreement while considering an injunction risk. Lewis pushes for a $100 monthly pension for aged UMW members and hints at trustee shifts to support pension funding.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Truman
Charles O'Neill
David L. Cole
O'Neill
Ezra Va Horn
Welfare Fund Trustee Board
Bult
Cole
Inquiry
van Horn
Goldsborough
van Hon
Inquiry Board
Welge Fund
Southern
Federal Conciliation Service
Trurman
Paterson
Greek Army closes in on Grammos rebel stronghold
Greek army forces cut a guerrilla escape route and push toward the Grammos mountains near Albania. Six divisions engage a semi circular rebel line led by Markos Vafiades as U S officers advise on encirclement tactics. A regional breakthrough is anticipated with columns aiming to strike and wheel back.
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Athens
Grammos
Front
Markos Vafiades
Albania
Greece
Vafiades
Company C Receives Official Word on Enlistments
Officials in Washington informed Somerset armory that men enlisting in local national guard units before President Truman signs the draft bill will be exempt from the draft. Seven men enlisted Monday and Tuesday with three more applications. only those who enlist before signing are exempt.
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Army Headquarters
Washington, D. C
Somerset
National Guard
Truman
Congress
Charles Nearhouse
Company
Nearhouse
Glenn M. Pyle
Somerset County
Company C
National Guardsmen
Two Dunmeyers jailed for peace bond breach and disorderly conduct
Mervin Dunmeyer age 21 of Somerset R. D. 2 and Paul Dunmeyer age 28 of Kregar were committed to the county jail on charges of surety of the peace and disorderly conduct. Charles Dunmeyer of Lincoln township prosecuted. The brothers allegedly drank and tried to drive Charles from his home. Constable Ed Peck made the arrest.
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Mervin Dunmeyer
Somerset R. D
Paul Dunmeyer
Kregar
Charles Dunmeyer
Lincoln Township
Dunmeyer
Charles
Ed Peck
Hottest Day This Year Reported in Pittsburgh
The weather bureau records the year's highest temperature at 90 degrees in Pittsburgh. The previous mark was 89 degrees on May 11. Forecasters expect continued hot weather tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
U. S. Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Washington
Fifteen Fire Companies Parade Through Somerset County
A colorful booster parade featured fifteen fire departments led by varied units from Salisbury to Meyersdale. Prizes, including best appearing company and most firemen, were announced for both in county and out of county units along with hose races and a pumping contest.
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Salisbury
Hooversville
Windber
Garrett
Central City
Berlin
Jennertown
Boswell
Lions Club
Dream’’ House
Friedens
Sipesville
Holsapple and
Rockwood
Meyersdale
Somerset High School
Somerset Firemen
Somerset County Firemen’s Association
Ted Nicholson
Albert L. Cage, Jr
Ralph Pritts
Ralph Pritts. It Was Explained That the “Boosters
Somerset
Nicholson
United Mine Workers of America
Boy Scouts
Ohio Man Is Fined For Failing To Yield Right Of Way
Robert Edward Marks of Alliance Ohio paid a $10 fine after a Somerset turnpike incident. State police say his truck blocked a passing car by turning into its path to stop it. The hearing was before Squire H S Whipperman.
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Robert Edward Marks
Alliance
Ohio
Somerset
Turnpike
Squire H. S. Whipperman
Marks
New Money For Berlin Eastern Zone Currency Reform
The Russian military administration ordered currency reform in eastern Germany and Berlin to take effect June 24, using stamps on Reichsmark notes. Four power talks broke up without agreement, with Berlin governed by four powers and Western allies maintaining equal rights despite Russian unilateral action.
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iBy Richard Kasischke
Berlin
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Marshall Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Brian Robertson
Rotary ideals stressed at district assembly in Altoona
Governor-elect Ernest E. Church of Keyser West Virginia emphasized Rotary fellowship during the closing session of the 178th district Rotary assembly in Altoona Delegates from Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland attended two day panel meetings Group discussions on Rotary work were led by Paul F Gruber Hagerstown Md Judge F Cortez Bell Clearfield William Johnston Jr Bedford Roy W Eves Cumberland David G Nazum Keyser W Va Edward M Eliott Coudersport and Commander John D Pennington Huntingdon
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Altoona
Ernest E. Church
Keyser
W. Va
Rotary
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Paul F. Gruber
Hagerstown
F. Cortez Bell
Clearfield
William Johnston, Jr
Bedford
Roy W. Eves
Cumberland
David G. Nazum
Edward M. Eliott
Coudersport
John D. Pennington
Huntingdon
May Find 1776 Papers With Mine Detector
Four soldiers from Fort Belvoir Virginia with two mine detectors will search Ft Horn for the Pine Creek Declaration of Independence adopted in 1776 by the Fair Play Men association The Clinton County Historical Society and the U S Army Engineers direct the effort George Nyce of Lock Haven a state teachers college student leads with student helpers Any find becomes property of the society
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Lock Haven
INS
Fort Belvoir
Ft. Horn
Fair Play Mens Association
Clinton County Historical Society
U. S. Army Engineers
Fair Play Men
George Nyce
State Teachers College
Russian veto blocks atomic control plan at UN
Lake Success June 22 The Soviet veto by Andrei Gromyko defeated a UN atomic control plan backed by the United States and nine other nations. The council sent the deadlock records to the Paris General Assembly for action. Manuilsky attacked U S policy as threatening world peace and rejected technical cooperation with the Russians.
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Lake Success
General Assembly
Paris
Gromyko
Dmitriy
Manuilsky
United States
U.S
Atomic Commission
U. S
Council
Ukraine
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Bernard B. Baruch
Baruch
Uranium Shapes Canada's Economic Spotlight
Washington reports note that 700 doctors and scientists have been trained in atomic medicine. Canada’s uranium deposits rise in national energy plans as prospectors gain access to ore analysis data. The Ottawa bureau of mines issues a guide for prospectors amid growing interest in developing atomic energy.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Washington
U. S. Army Medical Center
Canada
Atomic Engery Control Board
Geiger
W. H. Fairburn
Colin A. Campbell
Marmac Lake Athabaska
Dominion Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines
Dewey Edge Grows as Taft Stassen Seek Alliance
Republican convention coverage shows Governor Dewey expanding lead after Senator Edward Martin shifts Pennsylvania delegation to Dewey. Rumors of a Taft Stassen alliance surface while Taft meets Hoover and Stassen maintains pursuit of the presidency.
Irgun Revolt Erupts Against Israeli Army near Tel Aviv
Irgun Leumi units clash with government troops after an attempted arms landing aboard the Altalena. Several Irgunists and four onshore wounded as shore batteries and a corvette engage the ship. British ship Wave Monarch reports SOS and casualties as tension rises between Irgun and Haganah.
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Sayra Shapiro
Tel Aviv
INS
Irgun
Leumi
Palestine
Haganah
London
Wave Monarch
Admiralty
SOS
Peter II Seeks Restoration After Yugoslav Exile
Exiled King Peter II of Yugoslavia, visiting the Westinghouse plant in Pittsburgh, said he expects to be restored to his throne. He fled before the 1941 Nazi invasion. Tito has since indicated he would not permit his return.
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Pittsburgh
Peter II
Yugoslavia
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Peter
Marshal Tito
Inaugural Midget Auto Race Set for Heidelberg Track
Pittsburgh news reports the Heidelberg speedway will host eight events for the inaugural midget auto race card starting tomorrow night at the quarter mile course.
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Pittsburgh
Heidelberg Track
Stassen says Taft-Stassen ticket "impossible" in Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen declared a Taft-Stassen Republican ticket “im possible” after a more than hour long conference with Senator Taft and Governor Duff. He affirmed no deal and said he remains in the race, with talks including Governor Warren of California and other Pennsylvania delegates amid Dewey gains.
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
Taft-Stassen Republic
Taft
Ohio
Stassen
Duff
Pennsylvania
Earl Warren
California
Warren
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Edward Martin
Keystone State
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
1000 Ton Coal Stripping Job Opens This Week
A new coal stripping project will produce 1,000 tons daily and employ 50 men. Located two miles from the Garrett road Plank road intersection west of Somerset, the operation uses a large walking duck shovel being converted from electric to diesel power. International Collieries of Pittsburgh will strip for Charles Nearhouse and Albert Larson, who lease the coal under several farms encompassing about 1,009 acres with more tracts leased nearby. Actual stripping starts in a few days after the power conversion is completed.
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Garrett Road
Plank Road
Somerset
Perini
International Collieries Company of Pittsburgh
Charles Nearhouse
Albert Larson
Nearhouse
Weather forecast for Maryland and nearby states
Weather outlook shows cloudy forenoon with warmer temperatures and showers including scattered thunder in the afternoon or evening Wednesday. Thursday turns fair and warm. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia expect scattered showers and thunderstorms Wednesday, then fair and warm Thursday and Friday with similar humidity. Extended outlook through Sunday shows two to four degree above normal temps, rainfall mostly northern areas one to two inches and about one inch in the south.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Pemnsylvania
Mid Atlantic
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