Queen Juliana Leaves for U S and Canada Visit
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands leaves Schiphol for a month long United States and Canada tour. She travels with Prince Bernhard and Dutch officials aboard a four engine Constellation, due in Washington for a three day state visit with speeches, state dinners, and ceremonies, including Mt Vernon and Arlington National Cemetery.
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Schiphol
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Juliana
United States
Canada
Washington
Stom’ Ganden Nachfoundland
Prince ‘Bernhard
Dirk A. Stikker
Truman
White House
Sutton Guilty On Four Counts
New York report says Willie Sutton and Thomas Kling were found guilty on four counts each for a Manufacturers Trust branch holdup. An all male jury deliberated over nine hours before judging Sutton at 51 and Kling at 45. Sentencing date not set. both Remanded to jail.
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New York
Willie
Sutton
Thomas
Scup) Kling
Queens
Peter T. Farrell
Kling
Manhattan
Manufacturers Trust
Sign Board Ban Goes to Court
Pittsburgh judge to hear whether Monroeville has the right to order removal of bill boards from private property on the Monroeville interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Three property owners and a Pittsburgh advertising company sue to stop the removals.
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Pittsburgh
Henry Ellenbogen
Common Pleas Court
Monroeville
Pittsburgh Advertising Company
Ex Editor Dies in St Clair Pa at 76
Wi Ed R Scheer former newsman and tax collector died at his home after a lengthy illness. He was associate editor of the Tamaqua Register in 1908 and of the Minersville Free Press in 1909. He served as St Clair tax collector from 1909 to 1942.
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ST. Clair
Ed R. Scheer
Scheer
Tamaqua Register
Minersville Free Press
Black Lick JP Is Appointed
Harrisburg announces two justice of the peace appointments. Mary E. Tomasko replaces Frank Avalli for Burrell Township Black Lick Indiana County. F. J. Evich Irvine Warren County will serve Brokenstraw Township vacancy. Spaghetti Supper Thursday April 3 5 to 7 pm McCreary Recreation Room tickets 5 10 cents.
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Harrisburg
John G. Fine
Mary E. Tomasko
Black Lick
Indiana County
Burrell Township
Frank J. Avalli
F. J. Evich
Irvine
Warren County
Brokenstraw. Township
McCreary Recreation Room
McFarlaugd
Getty Helgus
Coal Industry's Idle On Annual Union Holiday
Pittsburgh coal tipples stayed quiet as 475,000 miners observed a contractual holiday marking the eight hour day. Mass meetings parades and rallies celebrate the United Mine Workers victory and historic battle for shorter working hours, written into contracts for years.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Corruption Hunt Intensifies Over Morris McGrath Split
Washington AP report notes Morris facing rebuff from Atty. Gen. McGrath amid talk one may resign. Deadline passes for DOJ to reveal top officials report forms. McGrath questions Morris questions about outside income and family fur coats. President Truman had named Morris special assistant to the attorney general two months earlier.
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Washington
Newbold
Morris
McGrath
Justice Department
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Justice
Truman
Rescue in Arctic Ice Floe Story of nine saved
Nine men stranded for four days on Arctic ice near the North Pole were rescued in a daring air offload. Cmdr W J Coley led a P2V Neptune landing with a cracked ski nearly causing a crash. two civilians and seven Navy airmen survived with no injuries.
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Barrow
Alaska
Navy
North Pole
Jeader
Cmdr
W. J. Coley
Oak
Calif
Cueseen
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Consolidated Edison
Barkley Poised for Democratic Nomination Push
Friends of Vice President Alben Barkley expected an official nod today to launch his scramble for the Democratic presidential nomination. The move signals Barkley could enter the race as a favored contender in the party.
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Washington
Alben Barkley
Nebraska and Wisconsin primaries open with big expected turnout
AP reports Nebraska voters begin a large statewide primary with about 300,000 expected to cast ballots across 2,058 precincts. Taft Eisenhower write in drive dominates GOP race while Kefauver Kerr contest leads Democrats as polls open at 6 am local time and close at 8 pm.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Midwest
GOP
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kefauver
Tennessee
Kerr
Oklahoma
Pension restored for James Richey Kinter by United Mine Workers
The United Mine Workers of America reinstated James Richey Kinter of Dixonville into its pension system, reversing months of suspension after an appeal found him eligible. A March 25 letter by Robert T. Boylan confirmed pension payments would resume, including back payments. The 72 year old retired blacksmith had faced financial strain as an earlier decision questioned his eligibility. Attorney James W. Mack Jr. noted Kinter also receives payments covering the suspension period, and the Kinters expressed gratitude for the reopening of their security.
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United Mine Workers of America
James Richey Kinter
Dixonville
Robert T. Boylan
James W. Mack, Jr
Kinter
Indiana
UMW
Wisconsin primary sparks high hopes in Milwaukee race
Milwaukee observers expect a record turnout possibly up to one million votes as polls run from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. in cities and 6:30 p.m. in rural areas. The Republican field features Taft Warren Stassen and a MacArthur slate, with Kefauver leading the Democratic side as Truman steps aside. Taft has campaigned coast to coast, visiting major cities and factories.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Minnesota
Harald E. Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Pion
Kefauver
Sen
Taft
Crash On Devils Elbow Injures Allentown Driver
An out-of-county car left Route 422 at Devil's Elbow last night, shearing a utility pole and injuring Kenneth MacAlpine, 45, of Allentown. State police transported him to Indiana Hospital for facial cuts and surgery. condition listed as fair. Estimated total loss was $350 for the auto and pole.
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Devil's
Route 422
State Folce
Indiana
Kenneth MacAlpine
Allentown
Quota System Keeps Beer Licenses Tight in Harrisburg
The State Liquor Control Board said today that 20 applicants for beer distributor licenses were refused under a 1951 quota law. The ruling underscores how the quota restricts new licenses and shapes distribution opportunities in the state.
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Harrisburg
State Liquor Control Board
Sisco Ice Cream Sells Out To Indiana Dairy Firm
Sisco Ice Cream Company announces closure and sale of equipment and routes to Indiana Dairy Company of Wayne Avenue. Board director says the deal limits beer distributor licenses to one per 10,000 population and will not be completed with a local firm. Negotiations chaired by J E Campbell.
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Sisco Ice Cream Company
A. W. Caley
Water Street
Bureau of Licensing
Indiana Dairy Company
Wayne Avenue
J. E. Campbell
Sisco
Indiana
Red Issue Handed To New Unit
In Munsan Korea AP staff officers ceded the Russian question to top Korean truce negotiators for settlement. An armistice subcommittee meeting was set for Thursday to decide if Russia should be named a neutral nation to help police a Korea truce. Communists had pressed the switch to higher level, one of three major armistice hurdles. Vice Admiral Joy hopes for a truce before he leaves to head the Naval Academy at Annapolis, to be relieved by Vice Admiral Briscoe.
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Munsan
Korea
Russia
C. Turner Joy
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Robert P. Briscoe
Joy
Coal Market Picture is Studied Here
Cutbacks in Indiana County coal production sparked discussion of spring prospects. The Maryland Trojan Company mine at Glen Campbell closed and work weeks shortened at Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company mines. R and P’s Twin Rocks eliminated a shift and Lucerne mine moved to a four day week amid market instability. Explanations point to seasonal contract expiries prompting new broker buyer producer negotiations.
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Indiana
Maryland ‘Trojan Company
Glen Campbell
Rochester
Pittsburgh Coal Company
R and P
Twin Rocks
Lucerne
Governor Fine to Speak at Scout Dinner in State College
The Honorable John S. Fine Governor of Pennsylvania will be the principal speaker at the Fourth Annual Appreciation Dinner of the William Penn Council Boy Scouts of America. The event is set for Tuesday evening April 15 at 6 30 o clock at Indiana State Teachers College. James R. Cober, general chairman, announced successful arrangements for the governor's visit. Governor Fine was born April 10 1893 in Alden Luzerne County and holds LLB from Dickinson School of Law Carlisle.
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John S. Fine
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
William Penn Connell
Boy Scouts of America
Indiana State Teachers College
James R. Cober
Governor Fine
Aldin
Luzerne County
Pennsylvania
Dickenson School of Law
Carlisle
University of Dublin
Fine
52 Orange Festival A Flop Here
The first orange blossoms bloom around Indiana as hundreds mill through groves to tap trees for juice. A venturous plan to develop orange powder forms meets comic misadventure with mock martial law and a search for bedfellows in a tunnel, to be continued.
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Indiana
South Sixth Street
West Pike
Philadelphia Street
Howitzer
Pittsburgh
Ninth Street
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