Spain Issue Looms in Security Council Crisis
AP analyst DeWitt Mackenzie warns the Franco regime in Spain could spark an early UN Security Council crisis. Russia and France press for action while the United States and Britain resist Treaties and relations with Madrid. Poland and Romania threaten to sever ties as Jose Giral’s exile government in France watches for a shift in fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt MecKenszie
Spain
United Neww Mons Security Council
Russia
Soi
Generalissimo Franco
France
Franco
United States
Britain
Poland
Romania
London
Security Council
United Nations
Madrid
Jose Giral
Radio Ham Connects Lover Over 4000 Miles in Wave
Collingswood hobbyist Elmer Barber operated a 200 watt short wave radio to link Lt. James Miller in Algiers with his Philadelphia girlfriend Alene Brinkman. The two radiomen exchanged signals as Miller asked if Philadelphia could be reached. Alene confirmed, then Miller spoke to her briefly before static interference cut the contact after about an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber
Lock Strike Ends At Yale & Towne Plant Philadelphia
A 149 day strike by 1700 Yale and Towne employees in Philadelphia ended as maintenance workers returned to work after a new contract was ratified. More than 500 International Association of Machinists AFL members approved the agreement which includes a 12 1/2 cent per hour wage increase, far below the union's demand of about 26 cents per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company
International Association of Machinists
AFL
Japs Demand Resignation After Entry Blockade
A Japan political flare centers on police blocking demonstrators entry as Shidehara’s session ends and Emperor Hirohito calls 36 million voters to participate. Commander Swope notes SHG will observe the election with no involvement, while a former U S governor predicts a larger turnout than ever before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shidehara
Walxen
Hirohito
Japan
Guy J. Swope
Supreme Headquarters
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Saa
Report Finds Germans In Grim State
Berlin April 8 The American military governor reports a lack of centralized government in Germany has caused a general economic breakdown in the U S zone undermining popular determination. It notes depletion of raw materials from disrupted inter zone trade and currency collapse plus food shortages hindering calory rations and weak morale. About 51 million dollars of goods were imported and 4.5 million exported since occupation began, with exports mainly hogs potash and filtration sand to the United States Czechoslovakia and Belgium and lumber exports planned to Great Britain with talks ongoing with Denmark and Yugoslavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Joseph T. McCarney
Germany
U. S
U.S
United States
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Great Britain
Denmark
Yugoslavia
Jury To Get Barnak Case
Allentown April 3 Prosecution and defense rest their cases in the murder trial of John Barnak 30 a steelworker charged with slain wife Madeline 21 and her escort Just Dee 20 Barnak denies being at the home of his in laws where the pair were shot defending he was at home in bed His parents corroborate witnesses noting he slept before midnight as police arrived and time of the crime is placed near 11 50 p m by prosecutors Charles Schiffrer father of the slain woman testifies he saw Barnak fleeing the scene
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
John Barnak
Madeline
Just Dee
Barnak
Escor
Benjamin Bowman
Wramsport
Air Forces
Lehigh University
Husky
Lehigh County
Joseph Barnak
Charles Schiffrer
Properly Led Vets Can Become Good Influence
ALLENTOWN Pa April 8 The American Legion leader John Stelle says discharged servicemen can be the greatest single influence for a greater America if properly led He warns at a banquet that without good guidance veterans may turn to guns Paul A Griffith of Uniontown Pa is backed to be National Commander succeeding Stelle James P Murray Pennsylvania commander cites over 24000 Legion members in the state and notes plans for the state convention in Philadelphia August 21-24 the largest ever
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
America
American Legion
John Stele
Stelle
Pennsylvania Department of the Region
Paul A. Griffith
Unioniown
James P. Murray
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Legion
Keystone State
Murray
The
Control of 51 Percent in Iran Russia Deal Details
The article outlines terms of a 50 year agreement with Russia and Iran sharing control of a company. It notes plans to publish the text soon and asserts that Iran will retain land rights while Russia bears exploration costs. Second term stock shares are described as 60 percent Russian and 40 percent Iranian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Iran
Ettelaut
Qavam
Moscow Radio
London
Azerbaijan
Pennsylvania Campaign Gets Hotter
The Pennsylvania May 21 primary heats up as GOP candidates tour Lycoming County pressuring the party leaders and naming names. Governor Martin for U S Senate Attorney General Duff for Governor Lt Governor Strickler and Livengood seek re election. regional meetings precede Johnstown and Williamsport events with party chiefs and Taylor in attendance. Shroyer opposes the GOP slate citing veteran resignations in the highway department. Democratic candidates Guffey and Rice prepare for a conference in Harrisburg and a Gettysburg stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrisburg
Republican Organization
Pennsylvania
New Guard
Greajy
Williamsport
Lycoming
Martin
U. S. Senate
James H
Coal Strike Digs Into Stockpiles
Government officials show impatience as coal strike idles workers and lowers output at major plants. Pittsburgh Gary South Chicago plants slow to 62.2 percent. preparations for broader impact on steel and conversion programs loom.
Peace Group Pushes Plans In Capital
Washington April 8 The National Committee to Win the Peace led by Marine Col Evans Carlson and Paul Robeson sent delegates to Capitol Hill to press for a multilateral program. Objectives include closer Soviet ties and UN action abroad and domestic measures such as full employment social security health care and abolition of poll taxes at the ballot box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren McNeill
Washington
National Committee
Capitol Hill
Soviet Union
United States
United Nations
Col
Evans Carlson
Carlson
China
Paul Robeson
Negro Singer
Provisional National Committee
Roosevelt
OPA
Wyatt
Fair Employment Practice Commission
House Committee On un-American Activities
Link Keitel To Death Of RAF Flyers
The British prosecution at the International Military Tribunal presented new documents linking Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel to a 1944 plan for special treatment of Allied air raiders. Keitel denied knowledge of such actions, noting they were never carried out, while prosecutors cited his awareness of the Nazi justification for the execution of RAF airmen who escaped from prison camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
International Military Tribunal Today
Wilhelm Keitel
Keitel
David Maxwell Fyde
Fycle
Hitler
Murray seeks steel allocations for non integrated producers
Philip Murray, CIO president, urged the civilian production agency to reinstate semi finished steel allocations to non integrated producers. He warned that denial would shift full responsibility for rising unemployment onto the CPA. He cited cases where lack of allocations hit non integrated firms and noted 2000 idle workers at Andrews Steel Co Newport, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Murray
CIO
Qvork- Tima
Murray
John D. Smail
CPA
Andrews Steel Co
Newport
Quo Misses Boat On Security Council Boat Ride
In New York the Security Council puzzled over Quo Tai Chi status for an hour while a Manhattan boat cruise unfolded. Dr Quo, a Chinese member and council president, left his hotel to join the trip and vanished briefly. A police launch later maneuvered alongside to transfer Br. Que after two cabbies misdirected the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Apilt & (Ap
U. N. Security Council
Manhattan
Quo Tai-Chi
Security Council
Hudson
Br. Que
Taal Cab Cites
Lower Manhattan
Birds narrow escape as seaplane flips on Ohio River
Two Pittsburgh amateur fliers in a seaplane ducked the water yesterday when the craft flipped while taxiing for takeoff. The youths escaped injury but were soaked and ruffled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
One Way Vision Window Prompts Privacy Alarm
A letter from Mrs. E A Renquist of Cincinnati Ohio warns relatives in Portland that a bathroom window facing the street was of the one way type allowing occupants to see out but not in. Six months later neighbors learned the glass was clear and passers by could also see inside the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
E. A. Renquist
Cincinnati
Ohio
Renquists
Seek Owner Of Device Used In Death
State Police search for owner of rope found near the nude body of 19-year-old Bodty Jane Kennedy in Waynesboro Pennsylvania. Rope described as 25 feet long likely used to strangle. investigators seek store of purchase to trace killer. Coroner says death by strangulation with broken neck. body found on cinder-covered ground near Hagestown area after last sighting at a local restaurant. Funeral services scheduled in Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Bodty Jane Kennedy
Carl Hartman
Hartman
Chambersburg
S. D. Shull
Franklin County
Hagerstown
Martin Benshoff
Rouzerville
72000 Shine Workers To Quit May 7
Camden, Nn April 8 Approximately 72000 workers at 17 shipyards filed notice to strike on or after May 7 unless an 18 cent-an-hour wage increase is granted. John Green Industrial President said formal 30-day notice was filed with Labor Secretary Schwellenbach under the Smith Connally Act. The walkout follows a refusal to grant the raise agreed Feb. 19, with 46 yards already paying or planning to pay the increase. Maryland Drydock Corp. included but local officials deny a walkout by 3300 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
John Green International
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Washington
Schwellenbach
Green
Smith Connally
Maryland Drydock Corp
Baltimore
Maryland
Penn State Man Will Speak To County Dairymen
R Parkin dairy extension specialist at Penn State will address a dairymen meeting at Williams Penn Grange Hall Armagh on Wednesday at 8 p m. He will discuss managed milking and preventing mastitis by management. County Agent J W Warner will discuss using DDY to control flies on farm and home. Williams G Campbell of Armagh will chair the meeting aimed at southeast Undiang County dairymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Parkin
Penn State
WilliamsPenn
Armagh
Mr. Parkin
J. W. Warner
Undiang
Williams G. Campbell
Estimate Timber In Blacklick Two
A timber estimating demonstration will be held tomorrow at 1 30 p m at the Earl Strong farm in Blacklick Township near the Gordon schoolhouse. Frank T Murphey Penn State extension forester will demonstrate timber estimating and discuss market outlets. County Agent J W Warmer says a bulletin on estimating timber with volume tables is available at the extension office in the Court House. Coffee tea and chocolate were among early newspaper advertisements. Massachusetts bought Maine in 1652 for 5334. The Cataphrygians of the second century baptized their dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Strong
Blacklick Township
Gorrdon
Frank T. Murphey
Penn State
J. W. Warmer
Court House
Obituary notices from Indiana area include Grove and Byers families
Mrs Lucy Byers Grove widow of John Henry Grove dies at Blairsville after living with her daughter in Indiana County. Surviving children include Hobart Smith Charles Howard and Harry with six grandchildren. Dr Albert F Elkin dies in Smicksburg home. Miss Rose Hoffman 77 dies at Camerons Bottom. Albert C Reed of Indiana dies in Verona home. services planned. Elizabeth North Timblin dies at 350 Taylor Ave Indiana aged 80. John Haden Heming 37 dies at Memorial Hospital from cerebral hemorrhage. funeral and burial arrangements. Catherine Barr NGar dies in Latrobe Hospital. survived by husband Charles Doak and children Mary Frances Helen William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy
Byers) Grove
Ayers
Paul L. Barr
Sewickley
Wallace R
Blairsville
L. A. Whson
Getty Heights
Indiana
Ferguson Funeral Home
John Henry Grove
Grove
Rayne Township
Indiana County
Anderson
Mariah
Faith) Byers
Axe Township
Grove Chapel Lutheran Church
Hobart
Smith
Cuyahoga
Wilson
Howard
Charles
Lawrence
Johnstown
Harry
New Kensington
Joseph Byers
Charles Byers
Apollo
Ernoon In the Streams
Raymond E. Agnew
Marion Center
Albert F. Elkin
Dr. Elkin
Grace Niel
Smicksburg
Rose Hoffman
Martha Malloy
Camerons Bottom
Pine Township
George and
Matilda
Rising) Hoffman
Miss Hoffman
Nicktown
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Ladies Aid Society
St. Michael's
Albert C, Reed
School Street
Ruth R. Lowman
Hulton Road
Verona
Harriet (Coulter) Reed
West
Lebanon
Sophia (Taylor) Read
Leroy Reed
Carl Reed
Wilkinsburg
R. Er, Fulmer
Preston Reed Johnston
Jennie Coleman
South Bend
Ross Campbell
Parkwood
H. B. George
Roy Miller
Nebraska
First Presbyterian of
Robinson Funeral Home
Elizabeth North Timblin
Taylor Avenue
Nathaniel S
Nancy (Hamilton) North
Timblin
Indiiana
Zion Lutheran Church
Mothers of Democracy
John H. North
East Mahoning Township
John Haden Heming
Huff
William
Tila
Diehl) Heming
Hattie (Makins) Heming
Charles Norman
Nancy
Haren
Alice
Punxsutawney
Geooree
R. D
Roy
Mary
Paul
Hull
Agnes
Rose
Thomas
New Florence
Cyril
Large
Bethel Cemetery
Wagner Funeral Home
Catherine (Barr) Ngar
Latrobe Hospital
Lewis and
Abbie (Hill) Matson Barr
Derry Township
First Presbyterian Church of
Charles 5. Doak
Mary Frances
Indiana State Teachers College
Helen
U.S. Army
Italy
4-H Calf Club Meets Tuesday
Regular Smyrna Georgeville 4-H Calf Club meeting held tomorrow at Harald Johnston’s Marion Center EBG home. Members to bring project books and review record books and keeping methods. Nonmembers in Smyrna George lyttle areas urged to attend if interested in joining this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyrna-Georgeville
Harald Johnston
Marion Center
Smyrna-George Lyttle
Arrest of Hitler’s secretary in German town
Dana News Agency reports Frau Marie-Thekla Weichelt, described as Adolf Hitler’s private secretary, arrested in Wuersburg near Wuertzburg. The agency says she aided Puchter in speeches and was linked to Hitler until surrender, though she claimed the secretary role only from 1934 to 1998. She was seized Wednesday in Uettingen by American investigators and handed to counter intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Dana
Frau Marie-Thekla Weichelt
Adolf Hitler
Wuerzberg
Frau Weichler
Puchter
Frau Welchelt
Hitler
Uettingen
Wuerberg
Counterintelligence Corps
Prison break foiled by whistle and leashless dog
In Mineola on April 8 a prisoner escaped by crashing through a window and fleeing, but police whistles drove him back. The culprit turned out to be a St. Bernard picked up for lacking a leash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineola
Essay winner in Pennsylvania contest names Charles Peiffer
In Minneapolis on April 8 Charles Peiffer of Tamaqua Pa won the Pillsbury Institute of Flour Milling history essay contest earning a state laurel, a 25 dollar U S savings bond and entry to the national contest. The piece discussed Food Plank for Peace. The United States annually makes about 3300 tons or 82 carloads of stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Pennsylvania
Pillsbury Institute of Flour Milling
Charles Peiffer
Tamaqua
Peiffer
U. S
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mney A Yal As
Radio Ham
the Gazette
Leslie Pinckney Hill
Cheyney College
Central Western Education Conference
Teachers College
UNO
Wil
Shroyer
Co. J. Calvin Frank
Tomey
Marlin
State Highway Department
Michael J. Nelly
Smokin
Wlliam
John S. Rice
Gettysburg
Col Rive
Cuenegies Jivois Steel Corp
Pitts [Buren Works
Gary
Hiv
South Chicago
Apq
Jet L. Lewis
Sft
Gop
Dabor
Steed Mills Sherry
Particlal
Paul W. Fuller
Meeks
Ada
Peace Group
Link Keitel
RAF
Blacklick Two
Massachusetts
Maine
Weather Report
Penna
Arly
J. Hartnett
I. C. Degreaser
I. C
I.C
Troutman's
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!