Lewis Tip Could Trigger Soft Coal Mine Walkout
Washington March 12 John L. Lewis told 400000 soft coal miners he has won pension talks with operators and urged union discussion to inform members. He warned of possible effects on Monday’s workday and suggested government pressure might prompt new pension negotiations.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Lewi
Board of Trustees
Miner, Welfare and Retirement Fund
Ihr
Democrats Seek Party Unity On Peace and Prices
The Democratic national executive committee chose two main campaign themes Peace and Prices while civil rights caused internal split. Southern leaders warned against anti segregation plans unless concessions are won, and President Truman stood by his civil rights program, saying he is everybody's president and will not back down on the Constitution.
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Lennard Thomas
Montgomery
Ala
Truman
Richmond
Virginia Senate
Virginia Democratic Party
Philadelphia
National Democratic Party
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Virginia
Washington
Congress
Curley
Boston
Rep
McCormackx
Tokio
General MacArthur
Japan
National Democratic Executive Committee
Frank McHale
Indiana
McHale
South
Alabama
United States
Steps on Match Burn Fatality in California Home
Oakland widow Hannah Dalton aged 55 died from severe burns after she stepped on a lit match in her bathroom. The flame ignited a piece of paper on the floor that set her dress alight, and she perished from the injuries.
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Oakland
Calif
Hannah Dalton
Kidnapper Arrested After Brooklyn Chase Involving McKeesport Case
In New York a 23 year old man Wilford Jenkins was arrested in Brooklyn on a fugitive charge for allegedly holding Irene Papp 22 against her will to pressure her father McKeesport hotel owner Andrew Papp to drop a perjury charge. Irene and two men were found with the car and Jenkins admitted the act. The case rundown places Jenkins at the center of a multipart pursuit spanning Pennsylvania Delaware New York with an ether induced kidnapping lasting three days.
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New York
McKeesport
Brooklyn
Irene Papp
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Patrick Kenny
Wilford Jenkins
Miss Papp
Jenkins
Robert McCarthy
Paul Monk
Stephen
Henry Brown
Negro Brothers
Halsey St
McCarthy
Monk
Louis Andreozzi
Kenny
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
Andreozzi
Joseph
Irene
Andrew Papp
Pittsburgh
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
Anderson Says He Will Remain Several Months
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said he will stay in the cabinet for several months at least. He noted President Truman asked him to remain and Mrs. Anderson agrees. He did not rule out leaving before Congress adjourns, possibly not at all, with Congress not expected to adjourn until July. The move leaves New Mexico’s race open and Hatch’s plans unsettled.
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Washington
Anderson
Senate
Hatch
D-Nm
Truman
Congress
New Mexico
Jatch
Federal District Court
Patrick J. Hurley
Agriculture Department
Taft Beaten In Effort To Curtail ERP
The Senate defeated Taft’s bid to reduce the first year ERP outlay to 4 billion dollars by a 56 to 3 vote. The move clears the way for a 5.3 billion dollar aid bill for Europe beginning April 1. Debates with Vandenberg centered on four year vs one year aid and the plan’s economic justification.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
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Rmich
Europe
U. S
Congress
Ohioan
Truman
Marshall
R-Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
GOP
State Department
Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
Lions Plan Minstrel Show in Somerset in St Pauls rooms
The Somerset Lions club prepares a minstrel show with Harold Schweinberg as general chairman and Guy Critchfield directing the chorus. Rehearsals start soon at St Pauls Reformed church social rooms. Easter egg hunt and summer playground program are also planned. Fight Salisbury Lions and a White House, N. J. member attended as guests.
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Somerset Lions Club
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Carl Friedhofer
Harold Schweinberg
Guy Critchfield
Salisbury
White House
N. J
US Consulate Evacuated After Threat in Jerusalem
The US consulate in Jerusalem was evacuated for an hour after a telephone threat of explosion. No explosives were found. The attack wave around Palestine left several dead or wounded, including incidents near Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, with Arab and Jewish clashes continuing.
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Jerusalem
United States
Jewish Agency
Palestine
Haganah
Maanit
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Fawzi Bey al Kauji
Arab Volunteer Army
Jaffa
Damascus
World War II Vet Shoots Off Leg to End Pain Dies
Lawrence Westover, 39, a World War II veteran from Westover, shot off his leg with a 12 gauge shotgun last December to end his pain. He died at Spangler hospital after 87 days as a patient. He served in New Guinea and had a silver plate in his leg from a prior injury. He worked at Bell Aircraft in Buffalo before farming and leaving behind a wife and four children.
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Johnstown
INS
Lawrence Westover
Westover
Spangler Hospital
New Guinea
United States
Bell Aircraft Plant
Buffalo
N. Y
Miss Spangler Hit By Car In St. Petersburg
Miss Cora M. Spangler of St. Petersburg Florida formerly of Somerset suffered a fractured left leg when struck by a car driven by Mrs. Jean R. Conlin at Ninth Street and Seventh Avenue during heavy rain. Spangler, a longtime Somerset resident and former milliner, operated a rooming house and is a cousin of Attorney C. L. Shaver and his sister Miss Bess Shaver.
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Cora M. Spangler
St. Petersburg Fla
Somerset
Miss Spangler
Somerset County
C. L. Shaver
Miss Bess Shaver
Building fund plan launches in Meadville hospitals
The Meadville community prepares for the largest building fund campaign to raise 90000 dollars for expansion at two local hospitals. Solicitors will begin in April seeking donations to support the project and its facility upgrades.
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Meadville
Pennsylvania
Airesman Hurt While Treated at Local Hospital
Lawrence E. Airesman, 51, of Jennertown, received treatment at Somerset Community Hospital about 1:00 Friday for a laceration to the middle finger of his right hand.
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Airesman
Lawrence E. Airesman
Jennertown
Somerset Community Hospital
Lay Foundation For Western European Bloc To Oppose Communism
In London a call for a constitutional convention to unite western Europe into a federation was proposed by 73 MPs from five parties. The plan seeks a democratic federation with a US style constitution and an emergency council of the 16 Marshall Plan nations to coordinate action against communism. Brussels then reported Britain France Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg drafted a treaty for a western European union with automatic mutual defense.
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Europe
R. W. G. Mackay
Winston Churchill
United States of Europe
Brussels
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Federation of Europe
United States
Western European Council
R. H. Ss. Crossman
Brussel
Germany
Gromyko Refuses Talks on Palestine Partition
At the Big Four conference Andrei Gromyko silent for two hours amid pressure from Jewish agency to carry out the UN partition plan. US France China invited Arab higher committee to Monday session as both sides seek a peaceful solution and report back to the Security Council.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
Palestine
Jewish Agency For Palestine
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Holy Land
Gromyko
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France
China
Security Council
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Russia
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Arab Higher Committee
Lake Success
Drawing for Ballot Positions Set for March 17
Harrisburg announces a March 17 drawing to determine ballot positions for the April 27 primary. State elections bureau confirmed the schedule today.
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Harrisburg
State Elections Bureau
Meyers Guilty On 3 Indictments
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers was found guilty by a Federal District court jury of inducing a former business associate to give false testimony to Senate investigators about wartime profits and private business affairs. Sentencing was scheduled for soon, with bail continued. LaMarre, the associate, pleaded guilty to perjury and awaits sentencing.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Army Air Forces
Senate
Federal District Court
Meyers
Bleriot H. LaMarre
Ila Rae Curnutt
Alexander Holtzoff
LaMarre
Mildred
Aviation Electric Corp
Dayton
Ohio
Water rates protested by Hooversville council
Hooversville borough filed a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission on Friday protesting a water rate increase by Hooversville Water Co. The council met March 1 and unanimously approved the filing. The petition says residents object to rising from 5 to 7.60 dollars per quarter starting April 1, calling the hike excessive and illegal. Attorney Frank A. Orban Jr. filed the petition.
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Hooversville
Public Utilities Commission
Hooversvill Water Company
Dan Morgan
Frank A. Orban, Jr
Somerset Daily Temperature Report
Weather note records the 24 hour period from Thursday 5:30 p.m. to Friday 5:30 p.m. with maximum and minimum temperatures noted. The entry references a comparison to the previous year and acknowledges the observer David Grove and the A. S. Weather Observer office.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
Weather Forecast for Maryland West Virginia and Eastern Pennsylvania
Extended forecast notes warmer weekend with mostly clear skies. Temperatures average near normal to two degrees below in the south while the north runs closer to normal. Storms bring rain or snow late Tuesday into Wednesday with varying precipitation totals across regions.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Pensylvania
Mid Atlantic
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