Jury picks begin for 11 high Communist conspirators
In New York judge Harold Medina starts selecting a jury from a 60 panel for the conspiracy trial of 11 Communist leaders led by Eugene Dennis and William Foster. Defense claims Truman remark taints impartiality. 10 peremptory challenges allowed. court hears questions to each juror as protests outside echo.
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New York
Truman
U. S
Harold R. Medina
Medina
Atorneys
Fiedina
New York Civil Rights Congress
Abraham J. Isserman
Eugene Dennis
William Z. Foster
Wall Street
Dennis
U. S Party
Foster
Atlantic Freight Loses Appeal In High Court
The Supreme Court refused to review a Pennsylvania order banning Atlantic Freight Lines from operating a cross state route through Maryland. The Pennsylvania Utility Commission classified the service as interstate transportation and required an authorizing certificate. The route runs Philadelphia to Baltimore and west to Uniontown, Pittsburgh, and McKeesport.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Atlantic Freight Lines, Inc
Uniontown
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Utility Commission
Pennsylvania Commission
High Tribunal
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
McKeesport
New Haven to Reopen Readville Shops
The New Haven railroad will reopen its Readville repair shops March 16 and recall 597 of 967 furloughed workers from February 23 when the shops were shut down.
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New Haven
Boston
New Haven Railroad
Readville
Floods Sweep Iowa Nebraska as Rivers Rise Across Farmland
Floodwaters swirled across large Iowa and Nebraska farmland forcing thousands from homes. Two Iowa deaths reported, one child, as Big Blue river swelled in Nebraska. Crete and Beatrice lost blocks to high water and sewage was halted. Missouri Valley and surrounding towns reopened as conditions eased.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Nebraska
George Johnson
Missouri Valley
Gerald Perrin
Denison
Sewad
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Crete
Beatrice
Missouri
Five School Districts Merge in Joint Board Agreement
L. S. Williams reports the five districts Addison township Ursina Confluence Lower Turkeyfoot and others signed an accord to create a single joint board effective July 1. Meetings and signatures followed a phased schedule with Addison Borough signing earlier and a future meeting to name officers and the new governing body.
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L. S. Williams
Addison Township
Confluence
Ursina
Lower Turkeyfoot Township
Addison
Williams
Arrested Boys for Stealing Piggy Banks
Probation Officer A. D. Shaffer said two brothers aged 14 and 17 were arrested for taking two piggy banks from a South Center avenue home. The banks held about $1.80. They had a hearing before Judge Norman T. Boose who ordered suitable homes via the probation officer. A 16-year-old from Somerset also appeared, placed in Shaffer's custody. Colonial Inn Burns near Clearview injures?
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A. D. Shaffer
South Center Avenue
Shaffer
Norman T. Boose
Somerset
Johnstown
Three Districts Exceed Red Cross Gift Expectations
Funds drive gains reported by Chapter headquarters show Middlecreek Ursina New Centerville Stonycreek Rockwood Somerset and Union districts contributing generously. Listed donors include Col W J Stiteler Jr 500 and Union National Bank 25 with many local businesses and individuals giving 5 to 50 from Rockwood Floral Co to Thomas Lansberry 5.
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Red Cross Fund
Middlecreek Township
John R. King
Ursina
Ralph van Sickle
New Centerville
Elmer G. Dickey
W. J. Stiteler Jr
Richard Alcott
S. B. Alcott
Ralph W. van Sickle
Lloyd Berkey
Stonycreek Township
Stoneycreek American Legion
Stonycreek
Ladies Guild
Rockwood Borough
E. L. Lephart
C. A. Miller
C. R. Miller
P. J. Miller
Miller
Roy Mickey
H. W. Musser
R. E. Meyers
Park
H. P. Phillipps
G. F. Speicher
John Stoner
Somerset County
Wileys
Elwell Weimer
Union National Bank
Rockwood Floral Co
Patricia Maust Leads In Meyersdale Maple Syrup Queen Contest
Patricia Maust of Salisbury holds first place in the Mapic buroup festival queen race as voters rally in Meyersdale. Lo is Morgart slides to third while Patricia Maust leads with 67 625 votes. final week includes daily tabulations and a March 25 crowning with a banquet, sugar camp tour, parade and queen’s ball.
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Patricia Maust
Salisbury
Meyersdale
Somerset
Lois Morgart
Harold Morgart
North Rosina Avenue
Miss Morgart
Marge Pierre
Windber
Is Margart
Barbara Frain
Patricia Murray
Thelma Hersch
Sand Patch
Thelma Hutzell
Rita Baer
Rockwood
Marjorie Stairs
Confluence
Della Tressler
New Colonial Hotel
Mercer County Raises Pay Increases Across Workforce
Mercer county employees earning under 159 dollars monthly receive 5 to 10 dollar increases. Those with a year or more service gain 10 dollars while others get 5 dollars. Courthouse custodian Troy Buchanan receives a 15 dollar raise bringing salary to 195 dollars.
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Mercer County
Mercer
Troy Buchanan
Supreme Court Upholds State Union Security Powers
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that Taft Hartley and Wagner acts do not bar states from regulating union security agreements. Wisconsin's order requiring maintenance of membership was upheld against Algoma Plywood and Veneer Co. in Kewaunee.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Algoma Plywood and Veneer Co
Kewaunee
Wis
AFL Carpenters and Joiners Union
Wisconsin
Justice Frankfurter
Justice Black
Douglas
Carl Aldo Marzani
State Department
Marzani
Secret Office of Strategic Service
U. S. District Court
Bermuda
United States
Justice
State and Defense Departments
U. S
Oklahoma
Budget For 1949 Is Approved By Town Council
Somerset borough council approved the 1949 budget at a Monday meeting setting general receipts at 73470.83 dollars and a 15 mill tax rate matching 1948. Detailed expenditures cover general government 14350, police and fire 18150, health and sanitation 5420, street maintenance 18600, street lighting 7400, library 4650, playground 700, public scales 2000, miscellaneous 1550, totaling 72170, plus debt service 14315 and overall total 56250.
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Somerset Borough Council
Richard Pile
Joe E Brown Quits Harvey Run Over Malaria
Joe E Brown leaves the Philadelphia stage production Harvey after contracting recurrent malaria. The 56 year old entertainer caught the disease in the south Pacific while entertaining servicemen.
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Joe E. Brown
Philadelphia
Harvey
South Pacific
Sol Bloom dies on eve of 79th birthday in Bethesda
Sol Bloom Democrat New York chairman of the House foreign affairs committee died at 8 50 p m eastern standard time in Bethesda Maryland naval hospital He would have turned 79 the next day Bloom entered the hospital March 4 after contracting a cold His death follows a March 4 1923 start to his congressional service as he was elected to a 14th term from New Yorks Twentieth district The House planned eulogies and half mast flags in his memory with leaders from Congress honoring a longtime lawmaker and showman.
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Washington
Sol Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Bloom
Congress
Melville Broughton
Speaker Rayburn
Dtex
New York
City of
George W. Calver
Calver
Joseph W Martin
Massachusetts
House
America
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Rayburn
New Yorker
Capitol
George Washington
Washingtonia
Rappahannock River
Virginia
Babe Ruth
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Illinois
Pekin
Ill
San Francisco
U S House OKs secret bill to found Central Intelligence Agency
The House voted 348 to 4 to create a permanent U S intelligence agency with authority to recruit aliens behind the Iron Curtain and grant citizenship for aid. Critics warned the reward provisions could invite misuse while supporters argued it strengthens Cold War intel efforts.
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Washington
House
Senate
U. S
Marcantonio
Powell
Rep. Celler
D-Ny
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Armed Services Committee
Odom Flying Jersey Bound For A Record
Bill Odom piloted his small Waikiki Beech eastward from Honolulu aiming for a nonstop light plane record. He reported 3 361 miles in 23 hours with a 160 mph tailwind, facing icing and storms while detouring via northern California and Idaho toward Teterboro New Jersey.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Bill Odom
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Honolulu
Teterboro
N. J
Odom
Oakland
Calif
Donner Pass
Sierras
Reno
Nev
California
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Golden Gate
Waikiki
Williams
Mt. Lassen
Lakeside
Ore
Boise
Burley
Malad City
Cheyenne
Omaha
Neb
Grand Jury Hears Spy Case Ties Involving Coplon
A federal grand jury in New York began probing an espionage plot linked to American Judith Coplon and Russian Valentin Gubitchev. The pair, charged with conspiring to steal defense documents, face up to 30 years if convicted and await unspecified grand jury dates as investigations continue.
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New York
FBI
United Nations
Washington
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Gubitchev
Miss Coplon
Bertram Adams
Gubitchey
Federal House of Detention
Barnard College
New Trial Granted for Two Jehovah's Witnesses
Two Jehovah's Witnesses, Peter Niznik of McKee’s Rocks Pennsylvania and Raymond Comodor of Bridgeville Pennsylvania, won a second trial after the Sixth Circuit reversed a Knoxville Tennessee district court ruling. Convicted of AWOL from a Gatlinburg service camp, they left the camp on September 12 1946 after registering, and the appellate court said moral testimony given to an appeals draft board should have been presented to the jury.
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Cincinnati
Jehovah's Witnesses
U. S. Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Peter Niznik
McKee’s Rocks
Raymond Comodor
Bridgeville
District Court
Tennessee
Knoxville
George C. Taylor
Niznix
Comodor
Premier Sun Fo Resigns Cabinet Amid Li Tsungjen Rift
Premier Sun Fo announced the Nationalist cabinet’s resignation to about 200 members of the legislative yuan. Acting President Li Tsung-jen accepted the en bloc resignation as Sun and Li remain at odds since Chiang Kai-shek’s retirement.
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Sun Fo
Chiang
Nanking
China
Legislative Yuan
Li Tsung-jen
Yuan
Sun
Chiang Kai-shek
Canton
R Ds
Wu Te-chew
Band Plans Meyersdale Trip For Maple Sugar Festival
Somerset school board meets to discuss taking the Somerset high school band to Meyersdale for the Maple Sugar festival on March 25. The Business and Professional Women's club gains use of the high school auditorium for a charity entertainment featuring Bernie Armstrong of KDEA Pittsburgh. George Bressler resigns as wrestling coach but will remain as civics instructor. Bids for supplies were opened and committee appointed to review. A tentative football schedule is noted on the sports page.
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Somerset High School
Meyersdale
Hamir Hay
Bernie Armstrong
KDEA
Pittsburgh
George Bressler
Bressler
Dr. Hay
William Griffith
Wolfersberger
Somerset American
Weather Outlook for Western and Eastern States
Western Pennsylvania sees cloudy skies with milder Tuesday and afternoon showers. Tuesday night brings light showers to Pe flurries with winds easing by Wednesday. Eastern Pennsylvania remains cloudy with milder conditions on Tuesday and a windy, colder Wednesday. Maryland trends toward warmer Tuesday with a cooler, windy Wednesday and scattered showers. West Virginia experiences increasing cloudiness and warmth Tuesday, followed by showers Tuesday night and Wednesday, turning colder and windy midweek.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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Joe
Johnny
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Oakhurst Tea Room
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Somerset Graduate Nurses Association
A. and P. Store
Bernice Meyers
Penna Telephone Co
Pauline Glessner
Rebecca Truxal
H. W. Hay
Anna Belle Dietz
O. G. Kantner
W. W. Menser
D. B. Specht
Katherine A. Snyder
Henry G. Gress
Fike and Cascio
Robert I. Boose
A. M. Matthews
W. Curtis Truxal
James C. Courtney
Shaver and Heckman
W. F. W. Auxiliary-Pick
I. X. L. Creamery, Inc
Friedens
By Don Sanders
E. K. Dively
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Mgr. Shoemaker Bldg
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Somerset, Pa
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