Lie May Have To Sell Truman His Peace Project
Trygve Lie faces President Truman as he presses the United Nations peace plan amid U.S. doubts about Soviet sincerity. The talks follow Lie’s European mission and a Kremlin audience with Stalin, with Acheson’s reports shaping Washington’s stance on Russian deeds over words.
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Truman
Charles A. Grumich
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Missouri
State Department
Save-The-U. N
White House
Europe
Kremlin
Stalin
London
Paris
Moscow
Washington
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Russia
Mr. Truman
Child Injured by Car on Route 219 in Meyersdale
Four year old Lois Ann Shuck, daughter of Ira W. and Florence E. Shuck, was struck walking with her parents on Route 219 near Meyersdale. She suffered a broken collar bone and was taken to Hazel McGilvery hospital. Driver Harry Zimmerman of Berlin assisted the injured child to the hospital. state police Pvt. Paul Lutz investigated and ruled the incident accidental.
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Little Lois Ann Shuck
Ira W
Florence E. Shuck
Meyersdale
Hazel McGilvery
Harry Zimmerman
Berlin
Lois Ann
Zimmerman
Pvt
Paul Lutz
Somerset Barracks
Pennsylvania
Tar Heels May Vote In Run Off
North Carolinians weigh a Democratic runoff between Frank P. Graham and Willis Smith after a four candidate primary. Graham led with about 293,000 votes to Smith’s 244,000 as Reynolds and Boyd trailed. If Smith requests a runoff by June 12, the June 24 runoff would decide the seat.
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Raleigh
N. C
North
Graham
Smith
Truman
Robert R. Reynolds
Olla Ray Boyd
Reynolds
Boyd
Miner Killed by Train in Dense Fog at Maple Ridge
Maple Ridge coal miner John J. Scislowicz, 24, was fatally struck by a southbound freight on the Baltimore and Ohio line in heavy fog about 4 am while walking home. His body lay 20 feet along the right of way before the rails. State police and coroner report mangled remains. no inquest planned. Survived by parents, brothers and sisters across Scislowicz addresses. veteran of World War I. Funeral by D C Dimond Funeral Home Windber.
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Baltimore and Ohio
John J. Scislowicz
Maple Ridge
Somerset
Pennsylvania
Somerset County
A. M. Uphouse
C. G. Pyle
West Main Street
Rowena
Kelso
Pyle
Scislowicz
Joseph
Wanda Mada Scislowicz
Boswell
Stanley Scislowicz
Charles Hodowanes
Walter Scislowicz
Bedford
Matthew Scislowicz
Acosta Mine Leased to Hiram Swank's Sons
The Acosta mine, closed by Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal, is leased to Hiram Swank's Sons of Johnstown and will reopen June 1 with about 80 workers. Consol equipment will be used. Swank's has 95 years in refractory business with mines in Somerset and Cambria counties. L. H. Schnerr confirmed the report.
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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Hiram Swank's Sons
Johnstown
Hiram Swank’s Sons
Somerset
Cambria
L. H. Schnerr
Duff In Florida Vacation Near Punta Gorda
Punta Gorda Florida May 28 Governor James H Duff of Pennsylvania and his wife are spending a brief Florida vacation at Punta Gorda Beach.
Memorial Day Parade Plans Announced by Shaffer Committee
The Memorial Day committee chaired by Major Charles I. Shaffer announced final parade plans. The program includes bugler calls, Somerset high school bands, a Rev. William T. Doncaster Jr invocation, wreath placements, bells tolling, drums, a Lincoln Gettysburg address by Doran Walker, and remarks by Rear Admiral C. D. Reynolds. The procession features mounted police, marching units, Veterans groups, and multiple school bands with the route from the court house lawn to Husband and Union cemeteries.
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Somerset High School
Somerset Township High School
William T. Doncaster, Jr
Somerset Fife and Drum Corps
Court House
T. C. Cowher
Chester Singer
Doran Walker
Crouse
C. D. Reynolds
Mounted City Police
John W. Schrock
George Cassett
Charles I Shaffer
Robert S. Boose
Robert D. Ellis
Guy Silvis
Ross Pugh
N. C
War Mothers
Navy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Military Order of the
American Legion
Crouse Cadets
American Legion Auxiliary
Rangers
Daughters of America
Somerset Fire Department
Husband Cemetery
I. F. Woodrow
Diamond
West Patriot Street
Rosina Avenue
Felgar Road
Union Cemetery
REA Plans To Erect Building This Summer
Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative announces completion of plans for a new headquarters to be built along Route 53 north of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The brick and masonry facility will house offices, a warehouse, and transportation equipment, with convenient parking. Architect Walker Mong will make plans available starting May 29 for review at the cooperative’s Somerset office.
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Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Walker Mong
Woman Burns from Gasoline Fire Near Macdonaldton
Mrs. Joe Chonco suffered burns to her hands when a stove lighter exploded after she poured gasoline on the fire at her small frame house about a half mile east of Macdonaldton. A Berlin physician treated her. burns described as painful but not serious.
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Joe Chonco
Matthews Speaks at Memorial Day Service in Lambertsville
Attorney A M Matthews spoke Sunday at the annual Memorial Day service held at Lambertsville Lutheran Church. Sponsored by Stony Creek Valley post American Legion, the program featured the Stonycreek community band. Matthews traced wars from the Revolution to World War II and outlined why America fought. Paul H Wagner, post commander, chaired. A crowded church attended.
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A. M. Matthews
Lambertsville Lutheran Church
Stonycreek Valley Post American Legion
Stonycreek Community Band
Matthews
America
Paul H. Wagner
Convention In Windber Sets June 7 8
The 46th annual Somerset County Sunday School convention will be June 7 and 8 at East End Church of the Brethren Windber with three daily sessions. Notables include Ira C. Sassaman C. H. Gehman and Dr. Matthew Elena among speakers and officials from multiple churches.
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Somerset County Sunday School Association
East End
Church of the Brethren
Windber
J. E. McCartney
Thelma Critchfield
Donald Berkey
C. H. Gehman
Windber Church
Walden M. Hall
First Lutheran Church of
Johnstown
C. A. Shilke
J. D. Foerster
Lutheran Church of
A. J. Replogle
C. O. Showalter
H. B. Speicher
George Clark
Grace Kaufman
R. S. Nagle
Joyce Beckel
Davidsville
I. C. Sassaman
Eugene Siep
Methodist
Presbyterian
Graham Ave
EUB
Raymond Meyers
M. M. Smeal
Scalp Level
Mt. Zion
Rummel Grace Lutheran
G. Floyd Dye
C. C. Shaffer
Ira C. Sassaman
Children’s Division
Taft Havens Some Profit Return On Point Four
Senator Taft proposed limited guarantees for American investments in underdeveloped regions as part of Point Four. He suggested up to five percent of a firm’s foreign revenue could be converted to dollars and repatriated, while urging study and warning against broad currency conversion. Maybank called for equal treatment and reform before approval.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Millikin
R-Cole
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Maybank
Dsc
Senate Banking Committee
U.S
Wife Confesses to Shooting Retired Colonel in Florida
In Fort Lauderdale on May 28, Pearson B. Brown, a retired army colonel, said his wife Blannie Bennett Brown admitted shooting him in the abdomen twice after a dispute over his trips to Somerset Pennsylvania. He is in critical condition.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Pearson B. Brown
Somerset
Roland Kelly
Blannie Bennett Brown
Brown
Kelly
Broward General Hospital
Police Headquarters
Pittsburest
Fire Extinguished After 27 Hours at Unity Grocers Warehouse
Philadelphia firemen finally checked a blaze at the Frankford Unity Grocers Association warehouse after more than 27 hours of effort. The four story building suffered heavy damage and thousands of grocery cases were destroyed. Over 10 firefighters were injured and 80 others suffered fumes containing arsenic. Salvage work began as officials noted the fire was contained and a cause remained undetermined.
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Philadelphia
Frankford Unity Grocers Association
Unity and Pennuts
Broad Street
Association
Michael Hannan
Half Million German Youths March In Berlin Show of Communism
A mass turnout of over half a million disciplined East German and Communist youth paraded through Berlin in a large Whitsuntide rally. The event, peaceful but charged, featured 10,000 East German police and intense anti West rhetoric, with vendors attacked and the crowd soaking in rain.
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Berlin
Thomas A. Reedy
By & P.m
West Berlin
Stalin
Russia
Hitler
Unter den Linden
Israel Accepts UN Control Over Jerusalem Holy City
MAX HARRELSON reports Israel states it is ready for complete UN control of Jerusalem’s holy sites and universal relief issues, rejecting the Geneva plan. The move, opposed by Jordan and other powers, could shape a June trusteeship council session and possible solution to the deadlock.
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Israel
United Nations
Jerusalem
Holy Places
Holy City
U.N. Trusteeship Council
U.N
U. N
Jordan
Trusteeship Council
Geneva
United States
Britain
Russia
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Holy
Cly
TI. N
General Assembly
Feeble Gesture Jenkins Attacks Romanian Diplomat Move
Rep. Jenkins of Ohio denounces the restriction on Romanian diplomats as a feeble gesture and argues for import halts rather than travel limits. He cites Commerce data showing a surge in imports from Czechoslovakia and Poland under the administration’s free trade policies, urging protection for American workers in coal, shoe, hat, glass and other industries from slave labor products.
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Washington
Jenkins
Ohio
Commerce Department
Czechoslovakia
Poland
State Department
Allied Unity Averted Red Violence in Berlin
Washington reports the peaceful end of a tense Communist rally in Berlin as the result of united U S Britain and France policy. Officials say Western unity could face further Russian pressure and possible attempts to invade western Berlin prompting a firm response.
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Washington
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
State Department
Germany
London
Paris
Hayden Suffers Finger Loss After Sawmill Accident
John Hayden of Confluence received medical care at Confluence hospital Saturday after an accident at his sawmill near Markesburg. His left index finger was severed.
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Hayden
John Hayden
Confluence
Markeysburg
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania and nearby states today
Western Pennsylvania shows partly cloudy mild conditions. Tuesday brings cloudiness and a chance of scattered afternoon showers. Eastern Pennsylvania stays rather cloudy with moderate temperatures and light showers possible Monday and Tuesday. Maryland remains mostly cloudy and mild with scattered showers and interior warmth later. West Virginia experiences scattered showers Monday mainly in the south with mild weather, and Tuesday turns partly cloudy with warmer afternoon showers.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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