Tornado Toll Rises Across Three Western States
Tornadoes Saturday night killed ten people and injured 38 as storms struck Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri. Three youths drowned near Lake of the Ozarks when a boat overturned near Bagnell Dam and Bernice and Cicora suffered major damage including demolished homes.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Lake of the Ozarks
Bagnell Dam
St. Thomas
Jeffer City
George L. Douglas
Charles Douglas
Robert Schwertz
Kansas City
Kans
Bernice
Wichita
Alva N. Forage
Tulsa
Rose Wallen
Opal Walle
Jack Berger
Vinita
LaTrelle Casey
Berger
Oklahoma Public Service Co
Grand Lake
Neosho County
Catale
Witeoak
Cicora
St. Thiomas
Jefferson
Ohe
Jewel Wallen
Opal Wallen
Wallen
Janice Ann
William H. Pemberton
Thayer
Erie
Red Cross
Parks
Highway Patrol
Ten Mile Whiteoak
Brewster Hails Dewey Action On St Lawrence Power Plan
Senator Brewster lauds Gov. Dewey for ordering negotiations on a 300 million dollar St. Lawrence power development with New York state and Ontario Canada. He says the move could be self liquidating and has great potential, noting the international joint commission has powers to proceed.
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Ashington
INS
Sen
Brewster
Maine
Thomas E. Dewey
St. Lawrence
New York State
Ontario
Canada
Dewey
International Joint Commission For
International Joint Commission
Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Grand Jury Backs Gambling Legalization in Pa
A Philadelphia grand jury recommended legalizing horse racing and lottery gambling in Pennsylvania to fund public institutions. This move aims to create a structured revenue source and public funding framework within the state.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
300 Children Rally At Trinity Lutheran Sunday
300 children gathered for a Sunday school rally at Trinity Lutheran in Somerset on Sunday afternoon with about 509 in attendance. Rev. Walter D. Guss urged duty while Rev. Dr. I Hess Wagner Rev. George E Shultzabarger and others assisted. Groups from multiple churches performed songs and prayers as roll call determined which church won the attendance prize.
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Sara Roberta Getty
Walter D. Guss
Casebeer Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Somerset
I. Hess Wagner
George E. Shultzabarver
Calvary Methodist
Guss
Fern Ogline
Vance Coleman
Liszt
Christianson
Shultzabarger
Sandra Pile
Linda Winters
Philip Rice
Trinity Church
Our Prayer
Janet Cargill
Edwin Bauer
Steve Barnett
Barbara Cross
Sally Flickinger
Grace Eub Church
Connie Lou Miller
Dixie Lee Mintre
Church of God
George Miller
Jesus
Charlotte Stanley
Janet DeJidas
Donald Brant
Charlotte Snyder
Robert Will
Namoi Will
Dwain Martin
Wills Lutheran Church
Somerset Township
Church of the Brethren
Alice Ogline
Wills Church
Listie
Air Rifle Shatters Glass at Wanamaker Store
Philadelphia reports a young boy firing an air rifle shattered two display windows worth 1200 and 600 dollars at John Wanamaker store. A third window, worth 600, was en route when damaged. Police arrested three 13 year old suspects. one admitted firing the air rifle but claimed no intent to hit glass.
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Philadelphia
INS
John Wanamaker
Army recruiters to address Somerset group Monday evening
Col. Edward Martin Jr and Capt. J J Weinzette adjutant will speak at the Somerset armory Monday at 8 30 p m to discuss U S Army enlistment and recruiting efforts.
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Armory
Edward Martin, Jr
J. J. Weinzette
Somerset Armory
U. S. Army
Benshoff Speaker At Guild Meet In Grantsville Md
Mrs Benshoff of Woodstock Va addressed nearly 200 Somerset Regional Reformed Women's Guild members in Grantsville Md. The keynote urged action stemming from Amsterdam World Assembly of Churches in August. Mrs Cockley presided and was re elected president for a second term. Committees highlighted guild work in education stewardship and social service. Lunch for 168 offered by St Johns Methodist Service Society.
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World Assembly of Churches
Amsterdam
Holland
Guy A. Bencoff
Woodstock
Somerset Regional Reformed Women's Guild
Grantsville
Howard Loch
Pittsburgh
Old Town
National Pike
St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Eber K. Cockley
Meyersdale
Grantsville Guild
Grantsville Reformed Women's Guild
Hobart Speicher
Floyd Durst
Dave Broadwater
David Lewis
Byron Bender
Carl Storm
Frostburg
Cockley
Nehemiah
Edward Broesecker
Brothersvalley
Carl H. Clapp
Cumberland
Frostburgburg
Ellis Werner
Anna Walker
Somerset
Lester Deal
Salisbury
Susan Baer
Mary Stoker Meyer
Mildred Shultz
St. Mark’s Church
Berlin
Hood College
Mary Dickey
St. John
Oleo Repeal Faces Senate Fight Over Taxes
In Washington and the Senate frets over where to send the oleomargarine tax repeal bill. Senators Vandenberg Wherry Fulbright Maybank Aiken and Young clash over committee routing while margarine backers fear Agriculture Committee control. House vote last week cut about 7 million dollars in annual taxes with multiple per pound duties and manufacturer wholesaler retailer levies.
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Senate
Vandenberg
R. Mich
Senate Finance
Agriculture
Wherry
Neb
Fulbright
D-Ark
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Finance Committee
Aiken
Young
Agriculture Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
A. Kent Miller Former Burgess Dies in Somerset
A. Kent Miller 64 longtime Somerset farm equipment dealer died Saturday morning at Johnstown Memorial hospital after a brief illness. Born July 6 1883 he was a teacher contractor and banker before establishing a farm equipment business in Somerset. He served as burgess for Somerset and as a justice of the peace for 12 years. He is survived by his widow two daughters a grandchild and two brothers. Funeral services Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Hauger funeral home with interment in Union cemetery.
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Somerset
Johnstown Memorial Hospital
Miller
Johnstown Hospital
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Harriet Bowman Miller
Somerset Township
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
Fuller Avenue
North Center Avenue
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County Trust Company
Trinity Lutheran Church
Royal Arcanum
Royal Neighbors
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Walter Dixon
Greenville
S. C
Floyd Kiefer
Meyersdale
J. Kent Dixon
Pierce Miller
M. A. Miller
Johnstown
Hauger Funeral Home
IL. Hess Wagner
Union Cemetery
Ross Miller
Luther Miller
Clyde Miller
Earl Miller
Ward Miller, Jr
Robert Miller
Lambert Beal
Donald Fridy
Free Hearing Aids to be Issued by British NHS
Hearing aid coverage will begin next July under Britain's national health service. An estimated thousands of Britons with hearing loss will receive devices at no cost through the NHS program.
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London
Britain
National Health Service
Taft Crowd Denies More'n 6 To Stassen
Taft supporters in Cleveland estimate they will lose at most six Ohio delegates to Harold Stassen in Tuesday’s GOP voting. Stassen backers claim groundswell equals or surpasses Wisconsin and Nebraska momentum, with 12 delegates projected for a major Ohio victory. Taft cites Cleveland Akron Dayton fights as key delegate battles, aiming to hold workers’ districts.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Taft
Minnesota
Stassen
Philadelphia
Earl Hart
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Hart
Pennsylvania
Akron
Dayton
Father Of Five Held As Slayer Of Neighbor
A 35-year-old York truck driver and father of five, Peter P. Kleiman, was arrested after an all-night search and charged in a public safety incident that left neighbor John Benson dead and Kleiman’s wife Ethel, 30, critically wounded. The incident occurred around 10 pm at Benson’s home. Kleiman was found wandering the streets with a .44 caliber revolver.
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York
Peter P. Kleiman
Kleiman
John Benson
Justice of the Peace
Thomas J. Little
Ethel
York Hospital
Benson
Red Cross drive sees continued contributions from 26 districts
Red Cross headquarters reports ongoing donations after the drive’s supposed end. Somerset and Rockwood boroughs lead recent gifts, with donors across townships and boroughs contributing sums from five to twenty five dollars, including schools, churches, and local businesses.
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Red Cross
Somerset
Rockwood
Brothersvalley
Pine Hill Lutheran Sunday School
S. D. Glessner
Meyersdale
D. Guy Foto
W. H. Ryland
Sand Spring Water Co
Western Auto Associate
G. C. Murphy Co
Middlecreek Township
New Baltimore
Diehl
Virginia Moyle
R .E. Meyers
Lutheran
Lutheran Sunday School
Helen Wolf
Harold Sanner
Arthur Traup
B. F. Hanna
W. B. Sproul
A. R. Sanner
E. L. Leaphart
C. G. Gundrum
Minnie M. Schaff
H W Musser
C. A. Miller
Union National Bank
Jr. Women's Club
Wiley’s Store
E. E. Miller and Sons
Johnstoner
Martha B. Bullian
Albert Kline
Samuel J. Cupp
Stonycreek
Mizpa Lutheran Sunday School
Galen Miller
Lucille Brallier
Lottie Sime
A. C Darr
British Troops Move Into Haifa Amid Palestinian Turmoil
About 1000 British troops arrive in Haifa from Cyprus with more to follow. Refugees head toward Trans-Jordan as Arab morale sinks. Haifa's population shrinks and locals doubt Arab governments can salvage Palestine. Observers criticize Arab leadership and the Yarmuk force.
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Cyprus
Haifa
AFL Tops For Truman Endorsement
The AFL Pennsylvania Federation of Labor executive council endorsed President Truman for the 1948 campaign. About 1,200 delegates will discuss issues at the five day convention opening with remarks from James McDevitt and speeches by Gov. Duff Sen Meyers Sen Martin and other labor leaders.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Truman
James McDevitt
Keystone State
McDevitt
Henry A. Wallace
James H. Duff
Francis J. Meyers
D-Pa
Young Bormann to Be Priest in Bavaria
Martin Bormann Jr., son of Hitler’s vanished deputy, is studying for the Catholic priesthood at a church college in Ingolstadt Bavaria. He is a convert to Catholicism and is reported to be doing well. Martin Bormann Sr. was condemned in absentia by the Nurnberg war crimes tribunal and disappeared as the Red Army captured Berlin.
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Frankfurt
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Bormann
Church College
Ingolstadt
Bavaria
Nuernberg
Red Army
Berlin
Father of 35 Held in Stabbing
William Croft, 89, claims to have 35 children and is held by Cleveland police for investigation into a cafe stabbing that wounded 23 year old George Foster. Croft, a part time case employee, says he has been married three times and lists a 69 year old son and an 11 year old granddaughter.
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Cleveland
William Croft
Croft
George Foster
Syrian Army Reported In N. Palestine Invasion Claim Renewed
Hagana renewed its claim that Syrian and Lebanese armies invaded northern Palestine, as about 1000 British troops arrived in Haifa. The Militia said five Jewish settlements were attacked at Lahavot Habeshe Kfar Szold Dan Dafne and Ramot Naftali, though observers reported no signs of fighting. Arab leaders denied the invasion.
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Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Haganah
Palestine
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Lahavot Habeshe
Kfar Szold
Dan
Dafne
Ramot Naftali
Joseph C. Goodwin
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
British Steel Men Complain of German Rivalry
The British Iron and Steel Federation warned that Britain’s scrap imports from Germany are insufficient while Germany competes for high grade Swedish ores. It cited about 10,000,000 tons of German scrap available, likely dropping to 5,000 tons weekly, and noted Germany’s dollar purchases of imported ore. The federation also said first quarter scrap and coke imports were below planned rates.
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London
British Iron and Steel Federation
Germany
Britain
Federation
Joint Economic Control Commission
Sweden
Farm Prices Rise Nearly Three Percent in April
Farm prices increased about three percent for the month ended April 15, extending the rebound after a February slump as prices for crops and livestock showed gains.
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Washington
British Reinforcements Arrive in Haifa as Palestine Tensions Rise
About 1,000 British troops in battle dress land in Haifa from Cyprus as vanguard of a force speeding to Palestine to counter a deteriorating situation. In Jerusalem a 48 hour truce is agreed for Katamon as Gurney seeks wider cease fire.
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Carter L. Davidson
Jerusalem
Haifa
Cyprus
Palestine
Katamon
Henry Gurney
Holy
Malta
Royal Air Force
Joseph C. Goodwin
Damascus
Syria
Haganah
Goodwin
Dan
Dafne
Lebanon
Weather outlook for Maryland and nearby regions
The forecast covers Maryland and neighboring states. Maryland experiences cloudy skies with scattered showers on the east portion followed by clearing in the afternoon and cooler Monday night, then fair Tuesday. Eastern Pennsylvania sees clouds with a few showers early Monday, clearing and cooler Monday night, then fair and cool Tuesday. Western Pennsylvania remains partly cloudy and cooler Monday night, then fair Tuesday. West Virginia is partly cloudy and cooler Monday, with cooler Monday night and Tuesday fair.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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