GM and UAW Reach Unprecedented Five Year Pact
General Motors and the United Auto Workers signed a five year contract granting a four cent hourly raise each year plus pensions of 100 dollars monthly and a continued cost of living wage formula. The agreement, hailed as epochal, ends a month of secret bargaining with no reopening of wages during the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Engle Dtroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
Harry Anderson
Tiaw
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tool and Die
T. A. Johnstone
Western Powers accuse Reds of building German army police
In Washington and notes to the Kremlin the United States Britain and France charged the East German police force with militarization. They said the 50 000 man unit is armed with machine guns howitzers mortars and tanks and violates Yalta and Potsdam accords. The notes demanded dissolving the force and warned of eroding international confidence in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Russia
Germany
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
More Contracts Awarded For State Hospital
In Harrisburg on May 23 the general state authority announced contracts totaling 361 990 dollars for Somerset State hospital improvements. Electrical construction goes to Allegheny Industrial Electrical Co of Pittsburgh for 150 990 dollars and steam distribution and tunnels to Ranallo Construction Co of Pittsburgh for 211 600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
General State Authority
Somerset State Hospital
Allegheny Industrial Electrical Co
Pittsburgh
Ranallo Construction Co
Civic Group Studies Ways to Promote Somerset Community
Civic improvement committee members met in council chambers for its first session to discuss procedures and plans. Topics included Sunday band concerts, square dances for older residents, an information bureau for tourists, and advertising strategies, with a full group session to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Improvement Committee
Council
Somerset
Uniontown
Astamala
Vr'w Puuning
Burgess
John W. Stein
Burgess John W. Schrock
J. F. Neilan
William R. Drobnich
Oscar W. Stevens
Norbert Baker
Roy Saylor
Indigent Family To Return To New Jersey
Mr and Mrs Alfred E Kuske and their three children from Millville New Jersey will be sent back today under Somerset County officials led by Commissioner Dalton J Beachley. After finding the family nearly foodless they placed the children in the Children's Aid home and Mrs Kuske in a detention home. Probation officer Austin D Shaffer arranged with New Jersey authorities who agreed to take the family back. Kuske had been jailed for desertion and non support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Kuske
Millville
N. J
Dalton J. Beachley
Kuske
Somerset
Somerset County
Children’s Aid Home
Three German Refugees Charged in Sheehy Murder
In Bonn on May 23 officials charged three German refugees from Silesia with the murder of Sir John Sheehy, the British military government financial adviser killed in his home near Herford a year ago. They face a control commission court at Minden in the British zone. police say robbery was the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Germany
Silesia
John Sheehy
Herford
Control Commission
Minden
Young GOP Meet Postponed in Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania Federation of Young Republican clubs postponed its first statewide convention until after the GOP state committee meets in Philadelphia on June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Gop
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Federation of Young Republican Clubs
GOP State Committee
Philadelphia
Six Civil Cases Filed With Prothonotary
Six civil cases were filed in the Prothonotary’s office. Charles Richardson of Philadelphia sues W A Patterson and Gladys Paterson of Mercersburg for 50000 over a November 25 1949 two car collision on the Pennsylvania Turnpike claiming hearing loss dental injuries and hospital bills. Merle H Griffith and Chlorene Griffith of Confluence sue Donald Wilson of Confluence for 1887 78 from a February 11 1949 Route 53 crash with damages and medical expenses. Clare M Duncan Windber and Windber Gas Co sue Tank Rentals Inc of York for 210 over gasoline spillage incident involving 997 overflowed gallons. John T Miller of Somerset sues Frank R Bailey and Robert Bailey of Berlin to recover 487 14 for a car loan and a later truck collision. Julius Fulgenzi Windber sues John Zabrosky and Mary Zabrosky of Windber for 672 54 over merchandise. Anderson Equipment Co Bridgeville sues Betters Ford Coal Co Acosta for 605 79 for purchased merchandise with partial payments.
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D. Guy Floto
Charles Richardson
Philadelphia
W. A. Patterson
Gladys Paterson
Mercersburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Richardson
Shaver and
Heckman
Pattersons
Merle H. Griffith
Chlorene Griffith
Confluence
Donald Wilson
Fike and
Cascio
Wilson
Page Street
Logan Place
Confluence Borough
Griffith
Clare M. Duncan
Windber
Windber Gas Company
Tank Rentals, Inc
York
Leland W. Walker
John Fidler
Gas Company
Tank Truck Rentals
Thomas F. Lansberry
John T. Miller
Somerset
Frank R. Bailey
Robert Bailey
Berlin R. D. 1
Miller
Bedford County
Julius Fulgenzi
Fike and Cascio
John Zabrosky
Mary Zabrosky
Fulgenzi
Zabroskys
Anderson Equipment Company
Bridgville
A. M. Matthews
Betters-Ford Coal Company
Acosta
Bridgeville Company
Killed Husband After Drinking Bout Says Wife
District Attorney Clyde Shumaker says Mollie Parks 21 of Parker's Landing admitted she killed her unemployed husband Jack 26 with a .22 bullet at their home after a drinking party. She said she did not intend to shoot. An autopsy is pending. the couple has an eight month old son Robert.
Postmaster Exam Announced for Markleton
The U S civil service commission announced a fourth class postmaster examination to be held in Confluence. The salary is 1682 dollars. Applications must be filed by June 8, with blanks available at the local post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Markleton
Confluence
Somerset High School Senior Pageant Ends Commencement
About 3 000 watched Somerset High School Class of 1950 staged The World We Want pageant during 63rd annual commencement in the stadium. Rain shifted diploma presentation to the auditorium as retiring principal William E. Griffith received a luggage set from the school board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset High School
Metta Grace Will
William E. Griffith
Griffith
W. R. Korns
Bill
Korns
Homer W. Hay
Bessie C. Long
Pauline B. Glessner
Jean Yvonne Gonder
Jeanne M. Mosteller
Sherwin
Shirley Baldwin
Malotte
Ruth Walker
Doran Waker
Doran Walker
Emily Emert
Metta Will
Ann Musser
The
United Nations
Pakistan
Melvin Pletcher
India
Robert Miller
Indonesia
Ronald Celli
Egypt
Leona Slagle
Nepal
Nancy Tearow
Donald Rhodes
Patricia Miller
Elgar
Harold Kuhlman
Ashton King
O’hare
Sally Barron
Robert Trimpey
Norene Rungeon
Phyllis Hare
Lord
Father
Maker
Hague Tribunal
League of Nations
World Court
Franklin Roosevelt
John Gilmour
Woodrow Wilson
James Patrick
Cordell Hull
Charles Bowman
Wendell Willkie
Dwight Yund
Wilbur Heller
Andrew Roy
China
Richard Mason
Truman
Paul Straub
Brotherhood Peace
Alice Walker
St. Francis
Mary Stoy
Brotherhood
Benethorus
Two Accidents On Turnpike Near Somerset In Five Minutes
Two wrecks occurred within five minutes on the Pennsylvania turnpike four miles east of the Somerset Interchange Tuesday morning. Norman L. Shank Jr. of West Chester, 29, fell asleep at the wheel, rolled his car, suffered facial burns and was treated at Somerset Community Hospital. his sister Betty Jane, 18, was uninjured. Vehicle damage was about $1,000. Joseph B. White, 37, of Bensenville Illinois, approached the scene and, perhaps confused by the crowds, ran into the hillside, with about $75 damage to his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Turnpike Division
Norman L. Shank, Jr
Westchester
Somerset Community Hospital
Betty Jane
Shank
Joseph B. White
Bensenville
Ill
White
Britain Joins European Payments Union to Cut Currency Barriers
A new European payments union to open July 1 will pool trade credits and deficits under OEEC guidance. Britain backs the plan, recognizing sterling as an international currency, with special rules to protect its role while expanding postwar multilateral trade.
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Preston Grover
Paris
European Payments Union
Organization For European Economic Recovery
OEEC
Marshall Plan Agency
Payments Union
Britain
Italy
France
United States
England
Europe
Holland
Switzerland
Charge Liberals in Fatal Attack Near Bogota
El Siglo charges Liberal party members with a fatal attack that killed the mayor's secretary and a policeman in San Antonio de Tena near Bogota. About 15 attackers and one policeman were wounded in the assault. Officials could not confirm Liberal responsibility, but report clashes amid long running mutual accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
el Siglo
Liberal Party
San Antonio de Tena
Prvincial
State Board Denies Mining Permit for Wracher Operations
The state sanitary water board refused an application from Nicholas and George Wracher of Salem township Westmoreland County for a stream abatement permit tied to their deep and strip coal mining activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Sanitary Water Board
Nicholas
George Wracher
Salem Township
Westmoreland County
Foreign Aid Bill Faces Senate Hurdles After House Passage
The House approved a 43.1 billion foreign aid bill to aid western Europe and undeveloped areas, but the Senate balked as Taft challenged the Point Four provisions. Connally defended the measure while noting doubts about it increasing U.S. investment. debate centered on funding for Marshall Plan recovery and other aid.
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Western
Europe
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Thenio
Senate House Conference Committee
U. S
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rep. Rich
Rpa
State Department
Rich
South Korea
China
Congress
Foster Mother Seeks Return Of Shirley Ann Bednarik
Foster mother Mrs. Josephine Martz traveled from Brookville Pennsylvania to Campbell Ohio to reclaim 28 month old Shirley Ann Bednarik taken by her biological parents Andy and Mrs. Bednarik. The child’s captors are jailed with the father later identified as Junior Mackey. Campbell officials question whether kidnaping charges will stand while Bednarik remains in custody for Pennsylvania authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Brookville
Josephine Martz
Andy Bednarik
Shirley Ann Bednarik
Landon urges U.S. offensive against Kremlin at Emporia convocation
Alf M. Landon, former Kansas governor and 1936 Republican candidate, urged a political and diplomatic offensive to smash communism. He outlined five points including aiding European unity, unifying Germany, maintaining open door in China, and making Japan self sustaining. He warned Russians could outpace U.S. if atomic and land power gaps remain.
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Emporia
Kans
INS
Alf M. Landon
America
Kremlin
Kansas
College of Emporia
Landon
Communist Party
Europe
Germany
China
Japan
Asia
Oceanic Islands
Approves New Dam Projects in Pennsylvania State Park
The General State Authority approved three new dams and recreational lakes in Pennsylvania with $600,000 funding. Sites include Laurel Hill State Park in Somerset County creating a 12,986 acre lake near the park's organized camp area, Bendigo Park in Glen Hazel, Elk County, and White Oak in Rapho Township Lancaster County replacing an old dam on Big Chickies Creek north of Manheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
General State Authority
Laurel Hill State Park
Somerset County
Bendigo Park
Glen Hazel
Elk County
White Oak
Rapho Township
Lancaster County
Big Chickies Creek
Manheim
Dubinsky Proposes Employer Paid Tax for Severance
David Dubinsky president of the AFL International Ladies Garment Workers Union called for a two percent employer paid tax on wages to fund workers severance pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubinsky
Atlantic City
N. J
INS
David Dubinsky
AFL International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Allison couple buys 64 acres in Jenner township
James K. Allison and Margaret Ann Allison of Ferndale purchased about 64 acres in Jenner township from Josiah Blough and Mary Blough Jenner township for roughly $7,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Allison
Margaret Ann Allison
Ferndale
Jenner Township
Josiah Blough
Mary Blough
Weather forecast for Western and Eastern Pennsylvania and nearby states
Western Pennsylvania today will be mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the lower 80s. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland expect mid to upper 70s to around 80 with mainly sunny skies and warm temperatures. The outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers later in the period across the region, with total rainfall around a half inch to three quarters inch.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Mid Atlantic
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UMW
Fuchs
FBI
McGrath
Klaus Fuchs
Harry Gold
Gold
James P. McGranery
McGranery
Moyamensing
J. Edgar Hoover
Dr. Fuchs
Moscow
State Hospital
Marty Flynn
and Society Ramblers
Stone’s Tavern
Sand Patch, Pa
JUST
Jacks Auto Store
Budd’s Shoe Store
Sammy Pagna
Scintillating
Oakhurst Tea Room
Baileys
Bittner’s Greenhouses
Galen R. McClain
Barkman’s Hardware
Somerset, Pa
House
Shirley Ann
Emerick’s Restaurant
Plank Road
U.S
Grangers
Sunset Grove
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. Weather Observer
Levenes
Boston
Ensnoenens
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Miami
New York
E. S. Jarvis
Brallier
W. Main St
Somerset Day
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