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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1948
Page
1
Harold Stassen leads a three way scramble for Wisconsin GOP delegates with Dewey Taft and MacArthur also courting support. Stassen claims backing of a majority of 23 delegates, while MacArthur supporters tout 17 of 27. Eisenhower emerges in Democratic chatter after remarks on race in the army.
Harrisburg April 3 Busy lawmakers rushed to wrap up last minute business as the first Hi-Y State Legislature neared adjournment. Proposals included repealing taxes on oleomargarine, tightening liquor club licenses, and adding sex hygiene courses in high schools. About 300 boy Senators and Representatives from YMCA organizations statewide participate in the model General Assembly.
New York April 3 4 Striking AFL financial workers widened the picket line to Bache and Co 36 Wall Street in the walkout against the stock and curb exchanges. Picketing resumed at both exchanges and in front of other firms yesterday as union seeks SEC intervention with no major trading disruption.
Milton Reynolds, a Chicago manufacturer, faced a harsh rebuke from a panel of Chinese scientists in Nanking for a botched attempt to reach the world's highest mountain. He admitted omissions for not informing the scientists of expedition progress and offered to fly eight Chinese scientists on an all Chinese expedition over the Amne Machins.
President Truman directs court action to end the coal strike under Taft Hartley after Lewis proposes a broad message to miners. The three member fact finding board report was studied during a Williamsburg visit as union leaders and miners weigh return to work amid possible injunctions and government seizure talk.
Blairsville Borough Council plans a Tuesday night meeting to consider appointing a new councilman after Lewis D. Piper resigns. They will discuss adopting an amusement tax and a curfew ordinance to curb juvenile delinquency, with action anticipated on both measures.
In postwar Berlin, a tense transit dispute unfolds as Soviet inspectors and U S forces clash over freight and passenger traffic. A 58 car U S train arrives with military supplies after Russian guards tighten checks while American airlifts resume to avert shortages. British, French, and American troops total about 25 000. Authorities push for four power talks amid stalled cooperation.
Civic leaders and community members met in the Community Center to discuss a possible youth center. Speakers urged studying existing resources and local needs while avoiding immediate action, with police data noting rising delinquency among under 21s. The Student Committee on Recreation, chaired by Lee McClurkin, outlined efforts including petitions and school assemblies, and listed members and advisors.
Paris April 3 Joe Louis denies stealing the affections of Mattie Carrie Faulkner the wife of Rev Matthew Faulkner of Atlanta Ga The minister sues Louis in Chicago for 500000 alleging gifts and illicit affair The heavyweight champion defends his marriage says he met Mrs Faulkner at occasions but attended only one party Louis to defend title June 23 in New York against Jersey Joe Walcott with his wife Marva Trotter at his side.
Zonal border officers diverted 240 skippers from their barges to Berlin to secure new documents from Russian authorities. Wheat shipments to Germany, ore and goods to Czechoslovaks, and reparations materials for Russia and Ruhr coal are being held up by the Russian move.
Harrisburg reports the state defense for cattle Bang disease control, backing plan after Crawford County dairymen sought exemption from slaughter. Disease aborts cattle pregnancies and damages milk yield. unpasteurized milk risks human illness. Attorney F. J. Thomas said indemnity falls short of cattle value around $200 each.
In Honolulu the Navy declined comment on a Honolulu Advertiser report that an atomic task force sailed March 8 toward Eniwetok in view of a Russian ship. The paper alleged early test phases over two weeks and possible guided missiles with atomic warheads aboard the Mt. McKinley and five Russian ships bound for Vladivostok. The Navy asked media to refrain from reporting Eniwetok movements to avoid tipping experiment timetables.
In New York crowds, lead by hundreds of youths, surged to see Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey’s parade of 406 animals, 27 elephants, and 800 performers as the show travels from Newark to Madison Square Garden where its season runs April 1 to May 8.
Blairsville Legion Post 407 members will hear a joint committee report Monday evening on revising Legion Field. Enos Cook has drafted plans for the field used by Blairsville High School for football and baseball, awaiting agreement on financing between the American Legion and the Board of Education.
The article reports on the signing of a 6 billion foreign aid measure to aid Western Europe and allied nations. It outlines the ERP setup with a temporary European Cooperation Administration and a future administrator, plus a roving ambassador role. It names potential appointees Paul G. Hoffman and Lewis W. Douglas, notes ongoing shipment certainty, and lists major allocations for Greece, Turkey, China, and UNICEF.
A daily picture identification contest offers cash prizes led by a $5 top award for the earliest correct entry and ten $1 prizes for other winners. Entrants must mail written identifications to THE CONTEST EDITOR at Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana, with no phone calls allowed.
A key UN delegate doubts the General Assembly will overturn its November partition decision for Palestine. He cites the difficulty of gathering a two thirds majority among the 51 nations to reverse it. The Assembly meets in special session at Flushing Meadow on April 14 to reconsider the issue as the U S plans to seek a trusteeship after Britain ends the mandate May 16. The Palestine partition commission, by a four to one vote, decided to continue work until new orders from the Assembly, though no formal vote was taken. Representatives from Czechoslovakia, Bolivia, Panama and the Philippines said their work must continue under existing instructions unless the Assembly directs otherwise.
In Los Angeles on April 3 4 a Republican group filed 53 delegates pledged to General Douglas MacArthur with the county registrar to place his name on the June 1 presidential primary ballot. MacArthur backers at a Biltmore Hotel banquet praised him as the outstanding candidate. Warren supporters filed 4 980 signatures in Los Angeles County while Democrats collected 5 688 valid names for Truman. In Santa Barbara state Democratic chair James Roosevelt told a women’s group that a Truman surge is unlikely in California.
Pennsylvania’s Jimmy Stewart returns to prominence with a radio homecoming performance from Pittsburgh’s Syria Mosque, starring with John Conte and Joan Tetzel. Stewart recreates his Philadelphia Story role on The Theater Guild on the Air, broadcast at 9:30 PM EST on WCAE and ABC stations.
Obituaries report the deaths of Frank A. Lambing 71 in Avonmore Pennsylvania Myrtle Shaffer 54 Sagamore and Ivy Kerr 75 Dixmontville with service details and survivors listed. Barton Aikens Rural Valley 68 death April 1 with seven children and extended kin. Services are set at Elders Ridge Church Buray Valley Cemetery East Mahoning Baptist Church and Armstrong County Home arrangements noted.
A sneak thief stole a $2007 payroll from the offices of Savitt Dress Manufacturing Co in Philadelphia. Abraham Savitt told Detective Anthony Galen the money in pay envelopes awaiting distribution was left unguarded on his desk for a few minutes yesterday.
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