Earthquake and Fire Ravage Fukui and Surrounding Towns
Major quake and blaze devastated Fukui and adjacent communities in a 20 by 19 mile area. Casualty toll uncertain, but officials flagged heavy losses. Americans in the area escaped with little more than their jeeps. Fire and collapsed buildings disrupted the city for hours as fires raged and water mains burst.
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Tokio
Fukui
Pukui
Kawazu
Ben Evans
Crawfordsville
Daishoji
Welfare Ministry
Ishikawa
Fukui Prefecture
U. S. Army
Carl Mydans
Honshu
Japan
U. S Eighth Army
Yokohama
Salisbury to Build New Garment Factory on Union Street
Ground breaking was held for Salisbury's new garment factory on Union Street. It will cost 30000 dollars, employ about 250 at full production, and be run by The Salisbury Manufacturing Company through The Salisbury Industrial Association Inc. A pilot plant has operated six months under John Costa Cumberland, with the project aided by the Salisbury Lions Club industrial committee.
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Salisbury
Union Street
Salisbury Lions Club
Salisbury Manufacturing Company
Lions Club
The
Salisbury Industrial Association, Inc
T. J. Cramblett
H. H. Wright
H. H. Statler
W. D. Weise
C. M. May
J. C. Lichliter
S. M. Thomas
John Costa
Cumberland
George Bowersox
Million Dollar Dope Cache Found in Garbage Scow
Police uncover a one million dollar cache of heroin and cocaine inside 20 tons of garbage aboard the scow Marine Perch. Manuel Gomez’s tip led to the discovery as six people including a woman and a Marine Perch crewman are held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manuel Gomez
Gomez
Marine Perch
Italy
New Trial Sought for Wife Slayer Peyton
In Pittsburgh, Charley Peyton 51 seeks a new trial after a jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the shooting of his wife Mary 36 last year. Defense argues the act could have been accidental and that Peyton’s sentence is deferred pending appeal.
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Pittsburgh
Charley Peyton
Charles J. Margiotti
Peyton
Mary
Four Aces and the Joker Pitch Auction at Jenner Fair Ground
An event announces a Pitch Auction every Saturday night to select acts for the Four Aces and the Joker. Harvey Morrison wins a $25 prize at Tiberi's Restaurant and acts may perform at the Jenner Fair Ground Radio Show and other venues. Sponsors and local talent are invited. services offered free to charitable organizations.
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Harvey Morrison
Somerset
Jenner Fair Ground
Fat grew Somerset firemen convention at Hooversville Meyersdale
Fat grew the Somerset County Firemen’s Convention held in Hooversville and Meyersdale, Pa., drawing local fire brigades and residents to the event with demonstrations and community gatherings.
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Somerset County Firemen’s Convention
Hooversville
Meyersdale
Somerset Hears Plan to Fight Daylight Time Change
The CEDS votes to hire private counsel as District Attorney Lansberry says he has no jurisdiction to enforce the Pennsylvania statute on daylight saving. Rural residents push for standard time, fearing school buses and schedules will break down. a court showdown is anticipated before summer ends.
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Somerset County
CEDS
Lansberry
Luther Long
Somerset R.C.2
DST
Long
Committee For Elimination of
D.A
Court House
Eber Cockley
Meyersdale
Venango County
Cockley
Congress
General Assembly
Move Start Of Pay From Miners Fund
Washington June 28 trustees led by John L. Lewis moved to begin pensions and distress payments from the miners welfare fund frozen for 12 months. A Taft Hartley Act ruling allowed the pension plan, with Bridges as neutral trustee, despite opposition from operator Van Horn. Payments likely start after forms are approved, with pensions due within a week of finalization.
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Wasitington
John L. Lewis
Justice T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Ezra van Horn
Bridges
van Horn
Steel Company
Robert N. Denhan
National Labor Relations Board
Morgenthau Urges Jews to Stop Aid to Rebels
Former Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. told a United Jewish Appeal luncheon that American Jewry should halt all financial support to dissidents in Israel. He cited the Irgun arms landing and urged recognizing that such funding weakens Israel’s internal authority.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
United Jewish Appeal
Jewish Republic
Morgenthau
Irgun
Israel
Arab League
Rev Shaffer Speakers at Christ's Lutheran Rededication
The Rev. David Shaffer of Martinsburg was guest speaker at the rededication of Christ's Lutheran church in Jennertown on Sunday evening. The pastor Rev. John E. Stambaugh led Sunday morning services and the junior choir performed several numbers. The Jenner church, organized 77 years ago with cornerstone laid September 23, 1871 by Revs. Heyer and Tomlinson, has undergone remodels including new carpet lighting and heating. Sacramental vessels were dedicated as gifts, and the pastor said the church will soon be debt free.
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David Shaffer
Martinsburg
Christ’s Lutheran Church
Jennertown
John E. Stambaugh
Jenner Church
C. F. Heyer
J. Tomlinson
Stambaugh
Drowned Youth Ronald Janisko Found in River
Firemen recovered the body of Ronald Janisko, 11, of Johnstown, from the Little Cone maugh river after he fell from a steep river wall while trying to retrieve a ball. He tumbled into the water and drowned yesterday.
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Johnstown
Ronald Janisko
Conemaugh
Dewey and Warren Plan Private Preconvention Talk
New York Governor Dewey and California Governor Warren set a face-to-face meeting at Dewey’s farm to discuss campaign strategy ahead of the 1948 Republican ticket. Warren and his family will visit, with plans for a daylong talk and possible evening stay.
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Joe Hall Pawling
N. Y
New York
California
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Earl Warren
Warren
New York City
Philadelphia
Missouri
Truman
West Virginia
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Portsmouth
N. H
Albany
Virginia
Dorothy
Nina
Tom, Jr
John
Tom
Quaker Lake
Construction Workers Seek $1 Day Pay Rise in Tri-State Drive
The United Construction Workers CIO district 50 asks for a $1 daily wage increase and benefits for 15,000 workers across southwestern Pennsylvania Allegheny and Garrett counties Maryland and northern West Virginia. They seek sick and welfare funds and wasting time pay for drivers who wait over 40 minutes after timber delivery.
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Uniontown
United Construction Workers, Cio
Thomas P. McTigue
McTigue
United Construction Workers
United Mine Workers
Tri-States Lumbermen’s Association
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Garrett Counties
Maryland
West Virginia
Reckless Driver Arrested After Route 53 Incident
John E. Kocheover of Garrett R D 1 was arrested Saturday by state police from the Somerset substation for reckless driving on Route 53. Information was filed before Squire H S Whipperman. He paid a $20 fine and costs and was released.
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John E. Kocheover
Garrett R.D.1
Somerset
Squire H. S. Whipperman
Kocheover
Cominform Attacks Tito Leadership, Demands Policy Shift
The Cominform denounces Marshal Tito and top Yugoslav communists for abandoning Marxist policy and calls for a return to Marxism or removal. It names Edvard Kardelj Milovan Djilas and Rankovic as targets, with Belgrade stance unclear as Tito is believed at Bled.
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A. I. Goldberg
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Moscow
Communist International Information Bureau
Russia
Romania
Yugoslavia
Tito
Edvard Kardelj
Milovan Djilas
Montenegro
Alexander Rankovic
Bled
A. Zhdanov
Rude Pravo
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Attlee Uses Emergency Powers Over Dock Strike
London reports King George VI declared a national emergency enabling Prime Minister Attlee to use the National Emergency Act of 1920 to counter the dock labor walkout. Attlee blamed external foes and Communist mischief while pledging no compromise with strike leaders as London and Liverpool port activity slows and costs mount.
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Hal Cooper
London
George VI
Attlee
Britain
Royal Gazette
Atlee
House of Commons
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Alfred Barnes
Pope urges workers to be soldiers of Christ
Pope Pius XII told 500 workers in Sesto San Giovanni to act as front line soldiers of Christ. The audience, arranged by Catholic Action, preceded his larger address to ACLI members next Tuesday. He did not name Communism.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Sesto San Giovanni
Milan
Catholic Action
ACLI
Syria protests U.S. warship shelling Arabs in Palestine
In Cairo, Syrian Foreign Minister Mohsen al Barazi said a U S warship placed at UN mediator Bernadotte’s disposal shelled Arab lines during a northern Palestine battle, causing casualties. Damascus lodged protests with Washington and Bernadotte and denounced a U S Israel diplomatic exchange as aiding Jews.
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Cairo
U.S
Palestine
United States
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations Palestine
Mohsen al Barazi
U. S
Bernadotte
al Barazi
Arab League Political Committee
al Barwa
Arab Liberation Army
Fawzi Pasha al Kaukji
Damascus
Syria
Israel
J. Escarati
Washington
State Department
Saudi Arabia
Holy Land
Ibn Saud
King Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Riyadh
Emir Saud
Farouk
Egypt
Abdullah
Ahram
Britain
Haifa
Arab League
Jamil Mardam Bey
Russians Lift Travel Ban but Berlin Rail Still Halted
The Russians lift interzonal travel ban for Germans to autos and pedestrians but say Helmstedt Berlin rail traffic cannot resume soon due to repairs. U S and Britain rush food drops to Berlin as Draper Wedemeyer arrive for crisis talks. Airlift expands with C 54 Skymasters planned to move up to 335000 pounds daily while currency reforms complicate transit.
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Berlin
ADN
Helmstedt-Berlin
West
Helmstedt
U. S
Britain
William H. Draper, Jr
A. C. Wedemeyer
U S
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Caribbean Air Command
Panama
Albrock
Frankfurt
Bermuda
Azores
Weather forecast for Maryland and nearby states
Partly cloudy and hot humid Tuesday in Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania with afternoon and evening thundershowers. Wednesday brings showers and scattered thunderstorms and cooler afternoon. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia stay partly cloudy and warm Tuesday with afternoon and night thundershowers, and Wednesday shows more clouds with a few showers and less heat in the afternoon.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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