Reynaud Sought To Form New French Government Amid Crisis
Wartime Premier Paul Reynaud was summoned back to Paris by President Vincent Auriol to lead a possible government as France faced a financial crunch and defense burdens. The National Assembly rejected Faure’s tax plan while approving defense spending and NATO commitments amid inflation and domestic tension.
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Paul Reynaud
France
Bank of France
Eee
Premier Faure
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Faure
NATO
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Europe
Indo-China
National Assembly
National Ags
Two More Arrests in Pike Whisky Hi-Jacking Case
State police and the FBI arrested Bruce N. Hoffman aged 55 and Fred Wolford aged 28 in Hagerstown as part of the case tying 11 suspects to the theft of an $80,000 bonded whisky load. The group faces charges of receiving and possessing stolen goods and failing to report a felony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
FBI
Haggierstown
Bruce N. Hoffman
Fred Wolford
Wolford
GC. Welles Little
Hagerstrawn
Fred S. Myers
Millard C. Carrier
Baltimore
Jesse James Wolford
Ernest Volkart
York
Marion Wolford
Steelton
John Luther Wolford
Walter W. Wolford
Daniel Potterger
Fred McLellan Noss
Harrigburg
John William Gray
Glen Burnie
Wolfords
Marion
Potterger
Gray
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Anne Arundel County
Pottgeiger and
Noss
Harrisburg
Pottgeiger
Victims Of Crash Burned Beyond Recognition
Highway police hunted for identities after a truck car crash near Monroe left two bodies burned beyond recognition. One victim may be Don Hillman of McKeesport Pa who earlier disappeared from Hamlet about three hours before the collision. The truck driver also burned.
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Charlotte
N. C
Monroe
Here
Hamlet
Don Hillman
McKeesport
Mottoes Of Rotary Speaker Inspires Somer set Club
Attorney Stanley G. Stroup outlined Rotary mottos service above self and he profits most who serves best. He urged Rotary as an agency to practice Christian precepts, lamenting members who fail to grasp the club’s purpose amid global Rotary activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley G. Stroup
Bedford Rotary Club
Somerset Rotary Club
Ferner Hotel
Clarence Is. Shaver
Somerset County Bar
Carl H. Hoffman
Rotary
Rotary Club
Rotary Clubs
Cerebral Palsy Talk At Windber Lions Meeting
Windber Lions member Don Ruffner spoke at the Somerset Lions meeting in St. Pauls Reformed Church on cerebral palsy. He noted limited treatment options and a high number of cases, with Pennsylvania pushing rehabilitation and half a million US cases cited. The program also announced a Dick Whittington play and an eighth grade basketball tournament. Birthday acknowledgments were given for George Schrock Sheldon Barkman and Kenneth Lohr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Ruftner
Windber Lions Club
Somerset Lions Club
St. Paul's Reformed Church
John Minick
I. F. Woodrow
Dwight Funk
Ben Stern
Ruffner
William Little
Little
Pennsylvania
United States
Dick Whittington
The
Lions
Lloyd Barnett
Foster Egg Hunt
Jack Daniels
Johnstown Lions Club
George Schrock
Sheldon Barkman
Kenneth Lohr
Noon deadline to register for April 22 primary
Today at noon is the deadline for voters to register for the April 22 primary. Eligible electors who turn 18 by April 23 may register. Field registrations are closed. those wishing to register must go to the registration office in the courthouse.
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Court House
UMW Wins Suit Against Guseman Brothers Coal
A federal court jury in Pittsburgh awarded the United Mine Workers welfare and retirement fund 5587 dollars in a suit against the Guseman Brothers Coal Company of Uniontown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Guseman Brothers Coal Company
Uniontown
Truce Parleys In Korea Reach Grave Impasse
In Panmunjom talks the United Nations command rejects Russia as a neutral inspector and insists on unchanged prisoner return terms. Communists denounce the move and demand the UN statement be withdrawn. Negotiators plan staff sessions and a prisoner exchange sub committee meeting at 11 a m local time.
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Korea
Munsan
United Nations
Russia
U. N
Panmunjom
William P
Missionary Glessner to Speak at Somerset Chamber Dinner
The Rev Jefferson B Glessner a Middle East missionary with 20 years abroad will address the Somerset Chamber of Commerce at its annual banquet at 630 PM Monday at the Ferner hotel His talk Red Star in the Middle East will cover socialism communism oil disputes in Iran and the Suez canal controversy A question answer period will follow He is married with children in college and is visiting from Ohio R A Poorbaugh arranged the speaking engagement I F Woodrow to be toastmaster and Capt Thomas F Darcy Jr among guests Five new directors will be elected for three years with Charles R Hauger Harris Decima Joseph Weimer and C B Egolf serving as officers Harold Beech to play the Hammond organ.
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Middle East
Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Ferner Hotel
Jefferson B. Glessner
Stonycreek Township
Iran
Egypt
Churen
Iraq
Red Star
Suez Canal
Glessner
United States
Tufsin
Ohio
R. A. Poorbaugh
Poorbaugh
I. F. Woodrow
Thomas F. Darcy Jr
Charles R. Hauger
Harris Decima
Joseph Weimer
C. B. Egolf
Harold Beech
World Day of Prayer Service Highlights Calvary Service
A large congregation attended the World Day of Prayer service at Calvary Methodist Church Friday evening. The pageant Mother Liberty's Children was presented by the Council of Church Women with Mrs. Gerald O. Bishop presiding. In a Friday afternoon meeting, Mrs. Bishop named work committees for the year across Christian social relations world relations church missions evangelism public relations and auditors.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Mother Liberty
Council of Church Women
Gerald O. Bishop
Bishop
Christian Social Relations Committee
Kenneth T. Barnette
Eleanor McElroy
Luther Nebls
Helen Barnett
Ray Bender
N. A. Bowman
G. Floyd Dye
Hiram Barron
Gillian Friedline
P. P. Magnet
Marie Bundy
Louie Co. Mason
Alice Picking
Mary Frease
Kenneth Previere
Mary Meyer
Roy Walker
Fred Miller
George E. Shuitzabarger
Charles Hull
Debate Ends In House On Universal Military Training
Lawmakers wrap four days of debate over compulsory universal military training, with voting set for Tuesday. Supporters push for a six month program for 18 year olds followed by seven and a half years in the reserves, while opponents call it unconstitutional and unnecessary. The current draft law runs through July 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Congress
Rep
Hoffman
R-Mich
Legion
van Zandt
R-Pa
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bennett E. Meyers Released From Lewisburg Prison
Bennett E Meyers former air force major general who pleaded guilty to evading 61400 in federal income taxes was released after serving 318 days of a year and a day sentence plus 30 days for failure to pay a 15000 fine. The 55 year old cashiered general had served 17 days less than a full year at the federal penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
Bennet E. Meyers
Air Force
Feneral
Start Slaughter of Diseased Cattle
Regina reports Royal Mounted Police began the slaughter of about a thousand Canadian cattle stricken with foot and mouth disease, as authorities move to contain the outbreak.
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Regina
Sask
Royal Mounted Policemen
undercover agent tells of red plot
FBI undercover agent Mrs. Baldwin described Communist party organization efforts in Michigan before the House un-American activities committee. She named at least 30 cities including Ann Arbor and Lansing and said Michigan State College teachers and University of Michigan students were involved while detailing secret meetings and records.
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Felix B. Wold
Detroit
Michigan
Chic
Mra
Bereniece
Toby) Baldwin
FBI
House UN- American Activities Committee
Baldwin
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Michigan State College
Lansing
Subversives Control Board
Washington
Griffith Heads Young GOP and Elected Officers
Robert E. Griffith was elected chairman of the Young Republican District One at the annual reorganizational meeting held Friday night at Republican HQ. Ralph Smith, Harold E. Kuhlman Jr, Robert G. Rayman, Harold Bell, Mrs Anna Mae Jacobs, George A. Day Jr, and Miss Ann Peck were named officers. The new chairman is an engineer for Coal Operators Casualty Co in Greensburg. the group adopted new bylaws and reviewed work since its formation in May 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Griffith
Robert W. Critcnfield
Ralph Smith
Somerset
Harold E. Kuhlman, Jr
Bakersville
Robert G. Rayman
Harold E. Bell
Sipesville
Anna Mae Jacobs
George A. Dayoob
Ann Peck
Curtis Griffith
Coal Operators Casualty Company
Greensburg
Shephard sues Pennington over contracts with Somerset Coal
Joseph J. Shephard also known as Joseph J. Yuhas of Somerset files breach of contract suit against George N. Pennington and the Somerset Coal Corp seeking 5300 for written contract breach and 50000 for an oral contract. He alleges he was to be vice president and GM at 400 monthly plus five cents per ton and was promised 1 percent of the company’s capital stock. The case was started January 2 with a preliminary notice filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prothonotary
Joseph J. Shephard
Joseph J. Yuhas
Somerset
George N. Pennington
Kittanning
Somerset Coal Corporation
Mr. Pennington
Mr. Shephard
Yuhas
Coal Company
Shephard
Simmons
Tornado Leaves 13 Dead in Fayetteville Tennessee
The Red Cross reports 13 killed and more than 150 injured as a tornado rips Fayetteville Tennessee, leveling blocks and triggering fires and outages. National guardsmen and state patrol set up mobile radios to coordinate relief as damage assessments continue.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
The
Red Cross
Fayetteville
National Guardsmen
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Weekend Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania West Virginia
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions and snowfall in eastern Pennsylvania with highs near 30 to 35 on Saturday and colder nights. Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia expect snow, flurries, and below normal temperatures through the period with a potential warm spell Monday before another cold spell midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Mareland
West Virginia
mid-Atlantics
Somerset Weather Report Lacks Complete Data
Daily weather report for Somerset compiled by David Grove shows temperature data for 24 hours from 5:20 p.m. Thursday to 5:30 p.m. Friday but the figures are garbled. The minimum and other readings are unreadable in the provided text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Weather Observer
Deepa AE Ita
For Sale John Deere Plow and Allis Chalmers Tractor
For sale a John Deere two bottom 14 inch plow and an Allis Chalmers tractor with lights starter and power takeoff. Good condition. Phone 2562 Somerset.
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John Deere i
W. C
Allis Chalmers
Somerset
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