Massive U S Air Fleet Heads to Germany Over Europe
Westover Air Force Base reports a large group of B-29 bombers, about 28 to 30 planes with 10 or 11 crew each, taking off for Furstenfeldbruck Germany in a routine training mission. The formation will refuel at Goose Bay and rendezvous over Brest before flying to Europe. Units involved include the 301st very heavy bombardment group’s 322nd 362nd and 203rd squadrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
U. S. Airforce
Germany
Smoky Hill Air Base
Kansas
James T. Bloyd, Jr
Portland Ore
Goose Bay
Furstenfeldbruck
Smoky Hill
Kas
Air Force
Washington
Brest
France
Paris
301St
Groop
82Nd
Europe
Frank W. Ellis
Marshall Blames Reds For Colombia Revolt
Secretary of State George C Marshall blamed international communism for the abortive revolt that ravaged Bogota and disrupted the Pan American Conference. He said the uprising followed the pattern of French labor troubles and Italian unrest, warning it is a world affair and tied to the Italian elections. The Colombian government severed diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union amid arrests of two alleged Communist agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. McEvoy
Bogota
Colombia
George C. Marshall
Marshall
France
Italy
U. S
Russia
Soviet Union
San Francisco
Antonio J. Gaitan
Jorge Bliecer Gaitan
Panama City
Panama
Norman Armour
Indiana and Arcadia Men Auto Victims
Authorities said a mute man Butterbaugh stepped from between parked cars along the street and was struck by an oncoming vehicle. The report continues from page one with details about the incident involving Indiana and Arcadia residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Arcadia
Butterbaugh
Indiana Pedestrian Dies in Route 80 Crash Near Glen Campbell
Grant Thomas Kerr of Arcadia died after being struck by a car near Route 80 in Montgomery Township two and a half miles south of Glen Campbell. Emery Sibley, 57, of Mahaffey R D 1, is alleged by Indiana State Police to have driven the vehicle that hit the pedestrian who worked as a presser at Ross and DeGaetano Cleaners and resided at 433 Philadelphia Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ross and DeGaetano Cleaners
Philadelphia Street
Arcadia
Grant Thomas Kerr
Spangier Hospital
Emery Sibley
Mahaffey R. D. 1
Glen Campbell
Route 80
Montgomery Township
Aveadia
Miners Strike Containment Moves With Political Meddling
In a volatile labor clash, lawmakers and officials maneuver to end the dispute. House Speaker Martin proposes Bridges as neutral trustee while Attorney General Clark contemplates an injunction. A restraining order was issued April 3 by Judge McGuire, and Bridges with Lewis backed a pension plan for UMW members aged 62 with twenty years service, replacing earlier opposition from operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Inquiry
Clark
Matthew F. McGuire
Lewis
Joseph W. Martin
R-Mass
Bridges
Rep
Hartley
R-Nw
House Labor Committee
Martin
Ezra van Horn
UMW
Zionist Move to Proclaim Independent Jewish State May 16
In Jerusalem a Jewish Agency spokesman said self government exists already in Jewish areas of Palestine, as the Zionist General Council plans to declare an independent Jewish state on May 16, the day after the British mandate ends, with a 12 member cabinet and expanded police and economic planning amid ongoing Arab-Jewish violence nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Jewish Agency
Palestine
Zionist General Council
Holy Land
Lake Success
Public Information Office
Biblical
Mount Scopus
Hadassah Hospital
Hebrew University
Haganah
Judean
Bethlehema
Kear Etzion
Bethlehem
Hebron
Esdraelon
Hebrew Civil Service Commission
Economic and Finance Ministry
Flood Waters Threaten Low Points In County
Leroy Stone warned a major flood of the Ohio River was expected with severe flooding along its tributaries. Western Pennsylvania received three inches of rain in 48 hours, sending streams in Pittsburgh over banks and flooding low streets and Kellars. Flood levels on the Ohio Monongahela and Allegheny at Pittsburgh must rise several feet above flood stage before serious damage occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Stone
Ohio River
Stone
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Monongahela
Allegheny
Nebraska GOP narrows field to Stassen Dewey Taft trio
Nebraska Republicans cast ballots among seven candidates with Harold E. Stassen Thomas E. Dewey and Robert A. Taft as leading contenders. Dewey and Taft attacked Communism in radio addresses while Taft pressed farm parity reform, opposing major production controls. Arthur Vandenberg Douglas MacArthur Earl Warren and Joseph Martin lingers as possible dark horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Omaha
Nebraska
Harold Ef, Stassen
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dewey
Taft
Bogota
Colombia
Tait
Stassen-Dewey-Taft
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
House
Joseph Martin
Blinois
Conferences May Resume In Bogota
The 21 Nation Inter American conference may resume in Bogota after disturbance. A combined press dispatch said session would reopen with a ceremony honoring Simon Bolivar. Delegates plan to shelve economic issues for a later meeting in Buenos Aires. The Liberal Party announced Jorge Gaitan's funeral for tomorrow morning at the Capitolo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bogota
State Department
Simon Doliver
South America
United States
Panama
U. S
Latin America
Buenos Aires
Colombia
Msgr
Ismel Perdomo
Perdomo
Palai Numecio
Liberal Party
Jorge Gaitan
Capitolo
Susquehanna River Crest Forecast Declines After Rainfall
The Susquehanna rose swiftly after a two inch weekend rainfall but began subsiding. At Clearfield the west branch crest stood at 7.84 feet, over two feet below danger level, and Williamsport was forecast to crest at 16.5 feet, well under flood stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susquehanna
Clearfield
Federal
Williamsport
Russians plan 70 air groups amid wartime draft push
The air force aims to expand to 70 groups with 2,174 war planes by July 1, 1950, including 1,912 to be bought next year. Symington says draft support stems from Army needs and past volunteer limits. Senate committee convenes in private to draft its bill as officials review military needs. Local man E. V. Myers, 56, jailed in Indiana County on a drunk and disorderly charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symington
Air Force
Senate Armed Services Committee
E. V. Myers
Indiana
Clymer Council approves daylight saving time
The Clymer Borough Council voted to adopt Daylight Saving Time despite protests by the United Mine Workers of America locals. Union representatives argued the change would impose hardships on miners adjusting work hours at the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp. If miners and officials do not reach a satisfactory schedule, another council meeting will be held to reconsider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
United Mine Workers of America
Clymer Borough
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp
Dayton Man Charged In Stop Sign Collision
A Dayton resident George C Brown is to face charges for failing to stop at a Stop Sign in Indiana Borough. At 4 15 p m yesterday his car collided with a vehicle operated by Ear Steel of Indiana at 6th and Water Streets. Damage to the Steel car is listed at 22 dollars with no damage recorded for Brown s vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Brown
Dayton R.D. 2
Indiana
Dayton
6Th
Water Streets
Ear Steel
Paul Straitiff Talks Sheep Raising Hobby to Lions
Paul G Straitiff cashier of the First National Bank of Indiana spoke to the Lions Club on sheep raising as a hobby. He traced a four year study from losing 16 sheep to now herding 71 ewes and about 100 lambs and shared lessons learned from State College and other sources on disease prevention and pasture rotation. He discussed dusting with DDT, fleece clipping in one piece, wool and mutton qualities, and other practical notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul G. Straitiff
First National Bank of Indiana
Lions Club
Straitiff
State College
Strailiff
Tom”Barber
Lew” Stephens
Supreme Court OKs Anti-Red Measure In Taft-Hartley Act
A three judge panel by 2-1 vote upholds two Taft-Hartley provisions requiring union officers to swear non communism and unions to file financial statements. The ruling applies to unions using NLRB machinery. others cannot gain exclusive bargaining status. Dissent by Judge Prettyman. CIO National Maritime Union brought the case. future appeal to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
NLAB
U. S
Ben Moore
NLRB
Moore
U. S. Circuit Courts of Appeals
U.S. District Court
N Todays
Wilbur K. Miller
Bolitia J. Laws
CIO National Maritime Union
Congress
New York
Louis R. Harolds
William Standard
Standard
Mrs Hutton to Retire From PO
Longtime Indiana Post Office clerk Mrs Hutton retires after 42 years in the money order and financial divisions. Born 188? near Plumville she joined April 1 1920, promoted 1922, served with Presley Memorial Church. Survivors include siblings and many grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Bowser Funeral Home with services at Plumville Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ann Gillis
Ernest
Lithuania
Martin and
Martha Toskey Barchist
Felix
Peter
Frank
Charles
Bernard
Bolivar
John Stapleton
Ralph Dinardi
Pittsburgh
Joseph Shirokey
Cleveland
Ohio
Larry
la Barri
Oakland
Calif
William Barchist
Assumption Roman Catholic Church
Ernest and Rosary
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Indiana
Leydie Funeral Home
Ella Thompson Hutton
College Avenue
Hutton
Presley
California
Terian Church
Plumville
Indiana Post Office
Joe
Berry
Punxsutawney
Wendell M
Trame R. D
Wayne
Polk
Fredenburg
Sacramento
Harold
Richard
Richard Wilson
Erie
Ina Bowser Funeral Home
Plum- Indiana Post Office
Mumvile Presbyterian Church
H. J. Gerhardt
Bargcha Cemetery
Leena Custis Watkins Blair
South Sixth Street
Indiana Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Joel Brown
Elizabeth (Blair) Watkins
James Sutton Blair
Custis Lee Hall
Washington, D. C
David Hall Blair
Clement F. Haynsworth
Harry B. Boyd
Oakland Cemetery
Warplane budgets and civilian obituaries in Indiana news
News brief details a 2.376 billion authorization for Air Forces and Naval aeronautics with allocations for cash, contract authority, and debt payoff, plus specific missile and aircraft spending. The notice also lists obituaries for Leena Custis Watkins Blair of Indiana and Dora Elen Costello of Penn Run, with birth, death, family, and service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Forces
Naval Aeronautics
Navy
Funeral Services Held in Brush Valley Paternal Home
Friends will be recited in the paternal home near Brush Valley where services will take place Thursday at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush Valley
Greeks Launch Spring Drive
Greek army launches spring offensive against 1500 to 2000 guerrillas northwest of Drama near the Bulgarian border. Artillery infantry and aircraft used as Seventh Division units spearhead dawn assault, according to Salonika informed sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Aday
Drama
Salonika
Seventh’ Division
Pope Receives Myron Taylor At Vatican Audience
Pope Pius XII met with Myron Taylor, Truman’s envoy, at the Vatican for the second time since his return from America. Taylor delivered a personal letter from President Truman. contents not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius XII
Myron Taylor
Truman
Holy See
Taylor
America
Thousands Return To Coal Pits Amid Walkout Fallout
Miners across the United States resume work or plan to today after a sympathy walkout for soft coal miners. Eastern Pennsylvania and West Virginia show slow but general returns while Alabama and Illinois partially reopen. Union leaders report negotiations and pending court actions over injunctions and Taft Hartley compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Sam Caddy
Lexington
UMW District 50
Alabama
Southern Illinois
Williamson
W. Va
Bluefield
Pocahontas
John L
Lewis
Jamison
E. C. Barton
Legal
Western Pennsylvania
Ioth
John P. Busarello
UMW
Pittsburgh
District 4
Uniontown
Michael Henns
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Lane
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Huntington
New Mexico
Ohio
West Virrginia
Montana
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Donald L. Jackson
U.S
Q Florsheim
Florsheim
Moorhead
Free State
van Horn
Committee of the Union
Bridges-Lewis
Welfare Fund
Stassen
Clymer Council
DST
Paul Straitiff
Grinnie’ Barclay
Lions
Stephens
Moe” Williams
Moe Williams
Tailtwister
Harry
Moe” Graham
Tailtwisted
Moe Graham
Lion “Sid" Boyd
Al‘toony
Shriners Circus
Albert Mime
Burnaide
Aultman
Canton
Burnside
Samuel Bazel
Jane Detweller Aime
Hina Wite
Herbert
Elmira
N. Y
Bazel
Brightwater
Long Island
Marion
Covieskill
Basel Smith
N.Y
Walter Reeder
North Canton
Jane Major
Greensburg
Frank Mack
Powakan
McCardell Funeral Home
Funeral
Paul Taylor
Cherry Tree
Carrie Jamison Rhine
J. Harvey Rhine
Robinson’s
AGS Jaus
William J. Wilson
Harry Fetty
Eric
South Mahoning Twp
McKee
Margaret McCausland Wilson
Pearl Davis
Dora Elen Costello
Penn Run
R. D
Brush Valley Two
Indiana County
Stanley and
Cory Hill Costellg
Patern‘ll
Elizabeth Coshtelo
Homer City
Zora
Hill
Pope
Penn State
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