Artillery Roars on Korean Front as May Day Alerts Rise
Western Korea sees heavy artillery duels and skirmishes along a 150 mile front. U S Sabre jets claim six Russian built jets shot down and three damaged, with another marine fighter damaged. Fifth Air Force reports Sabres outnumber MITGs in three dogfights. May Day tensions highlighted by General Van Fleet.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S&s. Sabre
U. S
A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Munsan
Mundung Valley
Eighth Army
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U N expects May Day call to truce meeting
MUNSAN Korea May 1 The United Nations expected a Communist May Day appeal for a truce meeting as allies awaited a secret armistice proposal. An artillery duel prompted a blackout at the base but an air of expectancy hung over the delegation staff. Washington diplomats privately speculated the allies may accept airfield rights if the Reds yield on prisoner exchange and drop Russia’s nomination as truce inspector.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Trites
Reda
Russia
Washington
U. W
Russig
Chinese Radio Claims 700+ UN Casualties in Korea April 21 25
London dispatch reports Chinese Communist radio and New China news agency tallied allied losses in Korea from April 21 to 25. casualty figures note 308 killed or wounded on April 23 alone.
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Red Radio
London
Chinese Communist Radio
United Nations
Korea
New China News Agency
Government plans cut in Chevrolet prices
The government announced that GM retail ceiling prices for Chevrolets may be reduced by 12 to 16 dollars per car. An order could be issued tomorrow as the Office of Price Stabilization revises ceilings using GM provided figures. GM reportedly cut the amount of conversion steel used in Chevrolets, aiding the price decrease.
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Washington
General Motors
Office of Price Stabilization
G. M
Harrisburg Man Charged With Series Of Downtown Fires
Harrisburg police hold 29 year old Ross E Neis for court on arson and mischief charges after he allegedly started ten fires in the downtown business district over the past month. He admitted starting the fires and was arrested leaving an alley near identified blaze sites and is held without bond.
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Harrisburg
Ross E. Neis
Neil
May Day Tunes Diverge Across World as Labor Day Reveals Tension
On May Day 1956, Socialists and Communists vie for influence across Europe as protests plan to mark solidarity. Moscow propaganda pushes unity and peace while West Berlin readies demonstrations on German unity. West German President Heuss addresses 500000 in Berlin with 12000 police on alert amid tensions.
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London
Europe
Moscow
Germany
Japan
Berlin
Air France
Theodor Heuss
Bonn
Editors Appeal Jail Sentences For Court Contempt
In Rome Georgia on April 30 two top Atlanta Constitution editors Ralph McGill and William Fields were jailed 20 days each with a $200 fine for contempt of court. They plan appeals after judges ruled their traffic enforcement articles harmed confidence in the courts.
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Rome
Atlanta Constitution
Ralph McGill
William Fields
Superior Court
H. E. Nichols
Floyd County
Tarentum Lumber Fire Wrecks Mill for Half Million
Four firemen and a minister were injured in a dramatic blaze at the Logan Lumber Co in Tarentum. Flames swept a planing mill and lumber stacks as fourteen fire companies battled for three hours. The Rev Harold Kinard of Brackenridge was lightly hurt aiding firefighters. The cause remained undetermined with the fire thought to have started in a sawdust refuse room.
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Tarentum
Logan Lumber Co
Harold Kinard
Church of God
Brackenridge
Verdict Returned Against Wagner in Memorial Park Case
A civil jury ruled against J Clyde Wagner in a case tied to the Somerset County Memorial Park corporation now in receivership. The park denied Wagner loan repayment and argued any payments went to officer H L Fisher. Witnesses said Fisher used corporate funds for personal debts, and directors had not authorized the loan.
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Somerset
Ernest C. Johnson
Wilbert H. Beachy, Jr
Wagner
Fisher
Beachy
H. L. Fisher
Somerset County Memorial Park Corporation
Lewistown
A. C. Waterman
Waterman
L. Fisher
J. Clyde Wagner
Benjamin Clause
Lehigh County
Barbara
Lucille Babel
Chicago
Babel
Clause
McKeesport Man Killed in Door-Breaking Shooting
A 34 year old McKeesport steel worker Arthur Fine was killed by a shotgun blast after forcing entry into his brother in law Floyd Jeter’s Forward township home. Jeter and Arthur’s brother William were taken into custody. Eldora Jeter and Harold Mullaly were questioned. Police say long standing family differences sparked the incident.
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M'Keesport
INS
McKeesport
Forward Township
Arthur Fine
National Tube Co
Monongahela Hospital
Monongahela City
Allegheny County
Floyd Jeter
Elizabeth
William Fine
Arthur
Jeter
Eldora
Harold Mullaly
John Feehan
County Police
Mullaly
Half the oil workforce in wage strike hits refineries
Nearly 90 000 oil workers walked out nationwide amid a wage dispute with unions led by CIO AFL and independents. They demand a 26 cent hourly raise, with higher shift differentials, amid wartime supply concerns and refinery curtailments. California talks aim to keep critical Korean war supplies flowing.
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Edward O. Ethell
Denver
CIO
AFL
Socony
East St. Louis
California
Oil Workers International Union Cio
West Rejected Reds Alibi For Attack
Berlin reports the western allies reject a Russian alibi for the attack on an Air France airliner. They demand punishment of the fliers, compensation for wounded passengers, and payment for damage.
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Berlin
Air France
Vassily Chikov
Chikov
Frankfurt
Pan-American
British European Airways
State Police train 20 recruits assign jobs statewide
Harrisburg April 30 20 student recruits have completed courses at the State Police Training School near Hershey and will be assigned to troops statewide beginning May 1. Notable graduates include William L. Renner Altoona to Washington Richard G Barnhart New Florence to Washington Robert X Farrell Avoca to Punxsutawney John V Artuso Nesquehoning George J Skarowski Johnstown John F Geissinger Bellefonte Francis J Kotsur Beaver Meadows Joseph J Valent Blandburg Donald W Mahoney Greensburg Gerald Tallo Scranton to Bedford Martin P Lucarelli Dunmore to Beatora William M Mahon Freeland Charles M Wheeler Catawissa and Jack E Baker to Holidaysburg.
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Harrisburg
Hershey
William L. Renner
Altoona
Washington
Richard G. Barnhart
New Florence
Robert X. Farrell
Avoca
Punxsutawney
John V. Artuso
Nesquehoning
George J. Skarowski
Johnstown
John F. Geissinger
Bellefonte
Francis J. Kotsur
Beaver Meadows
Joseph J. Valent
Blandsburg
Donald W. Mahoney
Greensburg
Butler
Gerald Tallo
Scranton
Bedford
Martin P. Lucarelli
Dunmore
Beatora
William M. Mahon
Freeland
Charles M. Wheeler
Catawis Sa
Jack E. Baker
Holiidaysburg
Burning Tree Starts Grass Fire Near Plank Road
A hollow tree burning since Tuesday evening ignited a grass fire along Plank road near the borough limits at noon Wednesday. Somerset firemen extinguished it with no damage, continuing to suspect a youth starter caused the tree fire.
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Plank Road
Somerset
Arnold Police Chief Killed in Auto Crash
Greensburg April 30 funeral services for George Frickanise chief of Arnold police who died in an auto crash near Ridgway will be Saturday at St Josephs Church with burial in Arnold cemetery. Two other Arnold officers were injured in the crash.
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Greensburg
George Frickanise
Arnold
Ridgway
St. Joseph's Catholp Church
Chamber of Commerce Backs Wage and Tax Limits Policy
Washington April 30 The United States Chamber of Commerce urged immediate removal of wage price and rent controls and called for limits on Congress to raise taxes. The group closed its 40th annual meeting approving 50 policy statements including a critique of Truman’s steel seizure. It elected Laurence F. Lee as president replacing D A Haley and backed a May referendum on union issues and selective service as the best military method. Douglas C Abbott warned against new protectionism.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Truman
Laurence F. Lee
Peninsular Life Insurance Company
Jacksonville
Fla
D. A. Haley
Dallas
Wage Stabilization Board
WSE
Douglas C. Abbott
Canada
Free World
Ohio Firm Sues To Block Drive On Overloaded Trucks
Lattavo Brothers Inc of Canton sues in federal court to halt Pennsylvania State police enforcement of weight limits. Capt Andrea Hudock leads Greensburg barracks. State police since February have stopped both in state and out of state trucks over 45 000 pounds.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Lattavo Brothers, Inc
Canton
Andrew J. Hudock
Greensburg
Appeals For Share In Snuff Fortune To Supreme Court
Ms. Emmett J. Hoover filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court on behalf of an unsuccessful claim to the Garrett snuff fortune. The appeal argues that the money should belong to Mrs. Eva V. Hoover's estate, opposing Orphans Court Judge Charles Klein's ruling that the funds go to the estates of three deceased cousins of Henrietta E. Garrett-Herman, Howard S. Kretsehmar, and Johann Peter Christian Schäfer.
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Philadelphia
Emmett J. Hoover
State Supreme Court
Garrett Snuff
Eva V. Hoover
Allegheny County
Hoover
Johann Peter Christian Schaefer
Lloyd Jones Elected President of Eastern A EHPR Group
Lloyd Jones of Pennsylvania State College was elected president of the eastern district American Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation. He will take office in 1958, succeeding John H. Shaw of Syracuse University.
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Portland
Lloyd Jones
Pennsylvania State College
American Association For Health
John HH. Shaw
Syracuse University
Taft Margin In Delegates Continues
Taft conceded feeling somewhat disappointed by Massachusetts results but said the one day Republicans boosted Eisenhower to a large lead in the GOP primary. Eisenhower backers cheered at Massachusetts with about 69 percent of the vote. An AP tally shows Taft 274, Eisenhower 270 pledged delegates. 604 needed for nomination. Delaware’s 12 delegates split 6 Taft, 4 Eisenhower, 2 undecided. Schedule upcoming contests in Maryland Ohio Florida West Virginia Oregon California South Dakota through June 3.
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Associated Press
Robert A. Taft
Massachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Paris
Taft
Delaware
John D. M. Hamilton
Maryland
Ohio
Florida
West Virginia
Oregon
California
South Dakota
Nine Indicted For Gambling In Saratoga Case
Nine persons were indicted by a special Saratoga grand jury probing local gambling. Names withheld until arrest. Paul W. Williams, special prosecutor, said troopers were out and at least one arrest expected. Indictments sent to state Supreme Court Justice Leo Hagerty. probe linked to Kefauver committee hearings.
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Ballston Spa
N. Y
Saratoga
Paul W. Williams
Thomas E. Dewey
Williams
State Supreme Court
Leo J. Hagerty
Kefauver Committee
Arrest Two Tied to Major Ring of Stolen Bonds
New York District Attorney Frank Hogan announced the arrest of Irving Mishel and Samuel Siegel members of a large ring dealing in stolen securities. Both Bronx residents face grand larceny and forgery charges amid allegations of a syndicate moving about $500000 in stolen securities. Mishel has a 23 count indictment related to $70000 in securities and was released on $39000 bail.
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New York
Frank Hogan
Irving Mishel
Samuel Siegel
Bronx
Mishel
Hogan
PRR Tests Small Tickets for Long Journeys
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced an experiment with compact one way and round trip tickets for Pullman and coach travel. Sold at Philadelphia offices, these tickets are under three inches folded and aim to replace the old foot-long paper tickets on long trips south of Washington. If successful, sales will spread to other long distance routes.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsy
Pullman and Coach
PRR
Washington
Steel Mills Shut Down in Record Time
The one day steel strike, ordered by CIO United Steelworkers chief Murray, halted production from 100 basic mills. Nationwide shutdowns left plants dark within 24 hours, with limited violence and minimal damage as unions and companies moved to orderly closings and ramped picketing.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO United Steelworkers
Buffalo
Murray
Republic
First Republic Steel Corp
Cleveland
Bethlehem Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Joseph Mangin
USW
Bethlehem
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Aliquippa
United States Steel Corp
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Jones and Laughlin Steel
Steel Mills Seizure Stays As Supreme Court Route Opens
A 5 to 4 U S Circuit Court stay delays Judge Pine’s anti seizure order on the CIO steel mills while an appeal to the Supreme Court is pursued. The stay returns 650000 CIO workers to government employe status and keeps seizure in effect if the appeal is filed by Friday. The ruling preserves the status quo as union leaders and government attorneys weigh the next steps.
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Willard H. Mobley
Washington
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
CIO United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Circuit Court
David A. Pine
Pine
Truman
Appeals
Appeals Court
High Court
Harold M. Stephens
Bennett Champ Clark
Wilbur K. Miller
James M. Proctor
Stephens
Graettns
Cwart Fahy
Henry W. Edgerton
David L. Bazelon
E. Barrett Prettyman
George T. Washington
Caurt
CIO
Murray
Pittsburgh
Philip Perlman
Justice Department
Gov
Korea War Casualties Rise by 299 to 107966
U S battle casualties in Korea reached 107966 today, an increase of 299 since last week, announced from Washington on April 30.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Concrete Blocks Rock and Panel Face Ferner Concrete
The Ferner Concrete Products firm at 4295 Somerset Road, Rock and Panel Face, Pennsylvania, displays concrete blocks and panels in its D-1 district facilities.
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Rock and Panel Face
Ferner Concrete Products
Somerset
Eastern and Western Pennsylvania Weather Outlook
Eastern Pennsylvania sees sunny skies with highs 60 to 70 and cooler 45 in the north on Thursday. Friday remains sunny and mild. Western Pennsylvania forecast calls for sunny 66 to 72 Thursday and Friday fair with little temperature change.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset Weather Report Summary
Daily weather record from David Grove notes a 24 hour period ending 5 30 p m Wednesday with a high of 73 and a low of 34 degrees. Year ago figures show a high of 52 and a low of 34.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Bake Sale at J. C. Penney Store May 3
Church of Brethren Sipesville hosts a bake sale Saturday May 3 starting at 9 a.m. at the J. C. Penney store. For orders call 8044.
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J. C. Penney
Sipesville
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