Caribbean powers tied to plots warn of sanctions
An OAS report by a five nation fact finding panel accuses Cuba Guatemala and the Dominican Republic of aiding Haitian conspirators and a so called Caribbean Legion plot to topple Dominican President Trujillo. Haiti is cleared and the Rio Treaty is invoked to curb future maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cuba
Guatemala
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Council of the Organization of American States
OAS Council
Pan-American Union
Haiti
Weald By Tote More
Uruguay
Paul C. Daniels
United States
Guillermo Gutierrez
Bolivia
Alfonso Moscoso
Ecuador
Eduardo Zuleta Angel
Colombia
Anselmo Paulino
Rafael Trujillo
Caribbean Legion
Trujillo
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Concert Group to Kick Off Membership Drive Tonight
The Somerset Community Concert association opens its next season by holding a six thirty p m dinner at the Ferner hotel the group headquarters. Board members solicitors and John L Thayer of the New York office meet to plan renewals and new subscriptions. Matt and Hari dance team arrives March 27 and actors await confirmed artists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferner
Somerset Community Concert Association
John L. Thayer
New York Community Concert Office
James O. Courtney
Katherine Kiernan
Matt
Hari
Parona jailed after assault charge in Salisbury
Parona Joseph Parona a 34 year old man from Meyersdale was committed to the Somerset Community jail after information filed before Justice of the Peace C A Maust Salisbury charged him with assault and battery and surety of the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parona
Joseph Parona
Meyersdale
Somerset
Justice of the Peace
C. A. Maust
Salisbury
Wallace Denies Leahy Nazi Wartime Leaks
Wallace denies Admiral Leahy's claim that he leaked secret U S wartime assessments to Nazi Germany via a Swiss minister. He suspects Nazi planted information in OSS report and insists the Swiss minister had no such conversations. Roosevelt backed his view, Bruggman denies any leakage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Salem
N. Y
Henry A. Wallace
Adm
William D. Leahy
Nazi Germany
Leahy
Roosevelt
U. S
Russia
Wallace
Switzerland
Office of Strategic Services
Germany
Charles Bruggman
Washington
Berlin
Admiral Leahy
Progressive Party
OSS
Great Britain
U.S
Xx x
Bruggman
Denial of 4.1 Million for Coast Guard Port Security Plan
Washington officials report a House appropriations subcommittee rejected President Truman’s request for 4.1 million dollars to expand and train the coast guard reserve for port security in emergencies. The setback may prompt floor battles if the full committee does not restore the funds.
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Washington
Truman
Coast Guard
U. S
House
Senate
Harold C. Urey
Merlin O'Neill
Congress
Navy
General Collins Wins Laetare Medal at Notre Dame
General Joseph L. Collins chief of staff of the army was named the Laetare medal winner by the University of Notre Dame. He is honored for a distinguished career as a soldier decorated in both World Wars and will receive the award at a later presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Joseph L. Collins
Collins
University of Notre Dame
John J. Cavanaugh
Notre Dame
Edward F. Sorin
Laetare
Irene Dunne
Fall From Haymow Fatal in Salem Township
Charles M. Jobe Jr., aged 13, died in a fall from the haymow of his father's barn in Salem Township near Greensburg yesterday. The tragedy was reported from Greensburg on March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Charles M. Jobe Jr
Salem Township
Cancer Drive Elects Somerset Leaders for 1950 Campaign
Attorney Joseph N. Cascio names Somerset county chairmen and co chairs with Mrs. Ross T. Mickle as executive secretary. The drive opens with a somber dinner at Somerset Country Club at 6 30 p m featuring film on cancer and a guest speaker Dr H E Musser president presiding.
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Joseph N. Cascio
Somerset County
Ross T. Mickle
Somerset Country Club
H. E. Musser
W. B. Lichliter
James O. Courtney
R. W. Critchfield
J. Irving Whalley
R. B. Barnet
R. E. Barnett
Lillian Long
Katherine Foster
E. J. Herring
C. C. McDowell
George S. Cooke
Walter Oehling
Somerset Borough
C. C. Barchfield
Violet Hemminger
R. L. Bingman
George FE. Shultzabarger
Windber
Merle Beam
Audrey Morris
Acosta
Jane Crea
Central City
Joseph Kudasik
Sipesville
Co. B. Ko
John Deaner
Shanksville
C. C. Shaffer
Dan Evans
Somerset Township
C. A. Shilke
Robert Shumaker
Berlin
John O. Ream, Jr
Friedens
Pearl Horner Sehar
Garrett
M. J. Herbolsheimer
Salisbury
Rockwood
Phillip Schaff
Mission Day Observed at Rev Pease's Church
Sunday afternoon services were led by Rev R H Pease at the Church of God No 2 in Shanktown. He urged helping one another across race religion and creed. Five year old George R Moses of Pittsburgh sang Standing in the Safety Zone and The Milky White Way. Mrs Bessie May Moses and her son also sang He's So Real to Me. In the morning Rev L R Wilkerson of Pittsburgh spoke on Come Let Us Reason Together, based on Isaiah chapter 1 verse 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
L. R. Wilkerson
Pittsburgh
Senator George urges rearming West Germany to deter Soviet attack
Senator George of Georgia calls U S military aid to Europe wasted unless Western Germany is rearmed to deter Russia. He backs continuing Marshall Plan aid and opposes cuts to the 2.95 billion dollars proposed for next fiscal year. He argues adequate defense hinges on rearming the frontier opposite the Iron Curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
George
D-Ga
Europe
Germany
Georgia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
West Germany
Russia
Iron Curtain
Western Europe
Fire Cuts Power in Huntingdon Substation
A small fire at the Pennsylvania Electric Co sub station in Huntingdon caused a blackout for nearly three hours. The fire tripped switches but did not damage transformers. J C Blair Hospital and Juniata College remained on emergency power. no damage estimate was available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntingdon
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Lester J. Palmer
J. C. Blair
Juniata College
Palmer
Hillsborough Medical Society Meets Over Dr Sander Case
The Hillsborough County Medical Society held a closed session on Dr Hermann N Sander amid ongoing controversy from his murder acquittal. No comment was issued and the society may suspend expel or exonerate him, though licensing authority remains with the state board in Concord. Bishop Brady denounced mercy killing in a Manchester sermon as world attention remained on the case.
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Nashua
N. H
Hillsborough County Medical Society
Hermann N. Sander
Sander
Abbie Borreto
Norman W. Crisp
Lloyd Wells
H. N. Sander
County Medical Society
Dr. Sander
State Board of Registration For Medicine
Concord
Manchester
Matthew F. Brady
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Brady
Mrs Thorpe Describes Christian Home Work
Mrs Anna G Thorpe, superintendent at the Carrie Hedrick Seay home for children, spoke at the First Christian church about 25 years of service and her experiences. She noted 17 Pennsylvania wards newly placed, praised community welcome, and announced Miss Irene Nuff as the new superintendent arriving in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna G. Thorpe
Carrie Hedrick Seay
First Christian Church
Thorpe
J. F. Messenger
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Irene Nuff
Plane Crash at Wernersville Kills NY Planer
Charles W. Judge a 44 year old Long Island City businessman died after his Piper Cub crashed on the Jesuit novitiate campus at St Isaac Jogues in Wernersville. His companion Richard G. Gray 44 suffered critical burns. Judge’s son Kenneth studied for the priesthood and was among helping bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
New York
Wernersville
Charles W. Judge
Long Island City
N. Y
Kenneth
Judge
Richard G. Gray
127 Center
Williston Park
Reading General Hospital
Stanley Kramer
State Police
Gray
Kramer
Isaac Jogues
Long Island
Brownsville Ensign Killed In Crash
The navy notified Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hackney of Brownsville that their son Ensign J. Randall Hackney, 23, was killed in an airplane crash as his ship, the USS Leyte, plunged into the ocean after takeoff south of San Juan Puerto Rico. Hackney earned his wings last January and joined the carrier February 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Navy Department
James E. Hackney
R. D
J. Randall Hackney
Navy
Hackney
Leyte
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Slow Twin Sister Kills Twin In Fresno Early Morning
In Fresno California a 14 year old girl Alice Richard shot and killed her twin Sally in their East Fresno home after a heated telephone argument. Alice retrieved a .22 rifle from a closet and fired into Sally's head while the family slept. She told deputy sheriffs she hated her sister and had planned the act since the sixth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Calif
Dan Beymann
Sally Richard
Alice Alice
Ermann
Sally
Edgard
Alice
Eymann
Robert
J. W. Ripperdan
Alice Richard
Ripperdan
Edgard V. Richard
Richard
Detect Planes Through Heat From Engines
Syracuse university physicists disclosed a project to detect enemy aircraft by heat radiated from engines. The air force funded phase two with a 30600 dollar grant to Dr Henry Levinstein who directs heat guided missile research aimed at industrial targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse University
Air Force
Henry Levinstein
Levinstein
Air Materiel Command
Two Fayette Co Auto Fatalities Reported in Weekend Crashes
Uniontown marked by tragedy as 66 year old Joseph S. Mager dies crossing a Uniontown street. He is the first fatality in the city traffic record since October 8, 1947. Paul Ewart, 52, of Smithfield RD 1, is killed after falling from a truck near Pointe Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Fayette County
Joseph S. Mager
Paul Ewart
Smithfield
R. D
Pointe-Marion
Texas National Guard Flyers Die in Collision Near Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Tex. Three Texas national guard flyers were killed when two light liaison planes touched wings in flight. Killed were 2nd Lt. Lewis Dean Wall Jr., 1st Lt. Charles R. Mc Minn, and 2nd Lt. Fred Bowden, all of Fort Worth, from the Eagle Mountain Lake base. The crash occurred at 9 45 this morning one mile south of Rhome, Tex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas National Guard
Lewis Dean Wall, Jr
Charles R. McMinn
Fred Bowden
Forth Worth
National Guard
Eagle Mountain Lake
Rhome
McCarthy Warns to Oust Acheson Over State Dept.
Washington report on March 19 notes a Bureau of Standards employee worked 15 months in secret areas before loyalty clearance. The unnamed worker could only enter restricted zones with a supervisor. Dr. Edward Condon defends the bureau, saying investigations dragged on and unproven charges were made. The hearing records also show 71 of 40,000 Commerce Department staff have left under the loyalty program, with a total government figure of 2,658.
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Washington
House
Bureau of Standards
House Appropriations
Edward A. Condon
Condon
Commerce Department
Appropriations
Bureau
Rooney
D-Ny
E. C. Crittenden
T. B. Morrow
A. V. Astin
Two Injured in Ice On Pa Turnpike Near Somerset
A series of Saturday accidents on the icy Pennsylvania turnpike near Somerset caused two injuries and $5,450 in damage. Key crashes involved Peter Paul Kruthers and Brummel Pinkerman, plus a three-vehicle collision in the Allegheny tunnel injuring Victor Smedstad. A Washington, D C woman and two Ohio drivers were treated or involved in later incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Peter Paul Kruthers
Dearborn
Michigan
Kruthers
Brummel R. Pinkerman
Ironton
Ohio
Pinkerman
Allegheny Tunnel
Donald II MacClean
Belair
Benjamin
Landis
Littitz
MacClean
Bedford
Elizabeth B. Ranch
Columbus
Thomas Willis
Canton
Victor Smedstad
Palatine
Illinois
Somerset Community Hospital
Smedstad
Edward J. Benning
Pittsburgh
Kenneth R. Miller
Everett
Washington, D. C
Alice McCafferty
Daniel G. McCafferty
Glenn T. Much
Toledo
YEGGS Second Visit Yields Five Thousand Dollars
Greensburg police reported burglars struck Greensburg Motor Company for the second Sunday in a row. They failed to move a 250-pound safe from the service station last week. Today they cracked the main office safe but could not remove it, taking 5060 dollars from within.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Greensburg Motor Company
East Mark Edges Up Amid Berlin Currency Climb
Berlin reports the East mark steadies after a panic low as West Berlin exchanges set 8.30 to 8.50 East marks per West mark for tomorrow. The rise follows 50 pfennig gains but remains the second cheapest rate since 1948. Russian papers admit economic strain while noting price plans to curb the slide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Berlin
Berliner Zeitung
East Germany
West Germany
Girl Scouts Raise 112.84 for Junior Auxiliary Fund
Ten Girl Scouts collected 112.84 on tag day for the junior hospital auxiliary treasury toward the children’s ward. Shirley Shanks and Rose Marie Knapp led efforts in bitter cold, with a 10 percent commission to the scouts and broad public generosity noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital Auxiliary Treasury
Shirley Shanks
Rose Marie Knapp
Norma Lou Walker
Jo Ann Runner
Marlene Faust
Shirley Hayman
Joyce Bauer
Rose Marie Knupp
von Zimmerman
Genevieve Bowlby
Shirley Edmiston
Car Upset Kills Man, Injures Another in Phillipsburg
In Phillipsburg tonight Wilmer M. Hoover 60 of Osceola Mills was killed and Kenneth O. Moore 23 of Osceola Mills seriously injured when their auto overturned while traveling from Osceola Mills to Phillipsburg. Hoover suffered a broken jaw and other injuries and is hospitalized in Phillipsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillipsburg
Wilmer M. Hoover
Osceola Mills
Kenneth O. Moore
McCarthy calls for ouster of Dean Acheson
Senator McCarthy accuses Dean Acheson and the State Department of harboring Communists and security risks. He asserts Hiss and a broader espionage ring remain in the department and questions top leadership. Attorney General McGrath opposes opening FBI files to the Senate inquiry amid aWhite House debate on loyalty records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Dean Acheson
Acheson
State Department
Wisconsin
NBC
Alger Hiss
U. S
Russia
Hiss
Department
McGrath
FBI
Administration
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations
Civil Service
Tydings
Weather forecast for the mid Atlantic region
Western Pennsylvania shows increasing cloudiness with rising temperatures reaching the middle or upper 40s. Occasional rain is possible Monday night or Tuesday. Eastern Pennsylvania remains fair with rising temperatures topping the upper 40s Monday night and Tuesday for cloudy periods with possible rain. Maryland expects fair skies with warming to 45 to 50 Monday and showers possible Monday night into Tuesday. West Virginia turns milder with 50s highs Monday and a chance of showers Monday night or Tuesday, not as cold Monday night.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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Women’s Guild of the
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Loetare
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Pease
Sen
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Somerset County Cancer Unit
Ross Mickle
Mrs. Thorpe
Ensign
Fayette CO
Texas N. G
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Francis M. Lemay
Yeggs
BLACK
D. W. Rhoads CO
Daniel DE Luce
Johnstown
Somerset Terminal
By Jack Bell
Somerset Weather
David Grove
A. S. Weather Observer
Maxa III
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Miami Seneanetemne
NOW York
Alcoa Aluminum
A. J. Wengerd
Salisbury, Pa
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