Scout Camp Planning Conference Monday
Harold Keck chairs the Central District meeting April 10 at 7:00 P.M. in Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Building assembly room. Central and Purchase Line districts attend with district leaders. plans cover May to August activities and a Nations Capitol tour plus Camp Twin Echo August 1–2. Authorities McCarthy McCreary Rankin Tong Gardner listed as participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Keck
Willam Penn Council
Rochester
Nations Capitol
Council
Twin Echo
New Florence
Pennsylvania
TF. McCarthy
Ralph W. McCreary
Floyd Rankin
E. N. Tong
Draft Bill Sees Hesitation On Racial Segregation Ban
House Services Committee members avoided a flat ban on racial segregation in a draft bill. They signaled reluctance to include broad deferral for scientists or engineers, suggesting such matters be left to administrators of the law. The panel also discussed boosting Army manpower to 837,000 and potential Air Force growth, with defenses spending implications and opposition from Secretary Forrestal. A NAACP representative urged a segregation ban in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Dobson
Washington
House Services Committee
Army
Omar Bradley
Senate Appropriations Committee
Armed Services Committee
Forrestal
Gurney
R-Sd
Andrews
R-Ny
House
Armed Services Group
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Forestal
Jesse A. Dedman
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
AFL Convention Open To Public
Harrisburg Apr 17 1948 The Pennsylvania Federation of Labor AFL announced that the 1948 convention opening May 2 in Pittsburgh will be open to the public Visitors are invited to observe democracy in action as the federation plans to oppose Henry A Wallace and his third party movement It will also consider positions on the Marshall Plan and the Palestine partition
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
AFL
Pittsburgh
Federation
Henry A. Wallace
Oleo Tax Battle Splits Congress Over Farm Aid
Washington April 17 The Dixie Midwest fight over Oleo taxes widened a rift in Congress on farm legislation. In the House Agriculture Committee a heated closed door session cut cotton support from 92.5 to 90 percent of parity while debating continued price supports to June 30, 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Midwest
South
Chiang Kai-Shek Reprimands Delegates in Nanking Meeting
In Nanking on April 17 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek scolded National Assembly members for their unqualified representation and disorder at today’s meeting. After blows and walkouts, the assembly approved a proposal to grant Chiang emergency powers to address China’s military and economic troubles, while not amending the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sais
National
Ohio and Idaho GOP contests shape 1948 presidential race
In a day focused on Ohio’s May 4 Republican primary, Harold Stassen builds momentum with 23 Ohio delegates while Taft asserts strength. Stassen targets Florida’s 16 votes next, as Taft weighs Ohio prospects. New York’s 98 convention votes may swing to Truman amid party tensions. Editors’ gathering sparks sharp clashes between Brown and Sullivan on machine politics and industrial influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Itahko
Ohio
Harold B. Stassen
Robert A Taft
Ork Hoing
Vermont
Idaho
Kentucky
John A. Whitaker
Earle C. Clements
Philadelphia
Stassen
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Florida
Cleveland
Taft
Truman
New York
Gael Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Brown
Sullivan
Anaconda
U. S. Steel, Aluminum Corp
Standard Oil
Ohio Crest Flood Claims Two Drownings Near Portsmouth
Mary Jane Burchett ten and Wanda Mowery seventeen drowned when a sightseer boat overturned near Friendship nine miles downstream from Portsmouth. Four others were rescued as flood relief teams estimate eighty one thousand people affected across Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Indiana. Army planes drop supplies while the river crest is forecast to reach 4.3 feet today at the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Burchett
Wanda Mowery
Friendship
Portsmouth
Red Cross
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
U. S
George RB. Marth
Aurora
Ind
John Winger
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Poin Pleasant
W. Va
Gallipolis
Huntingdon
Ashland
Catlettsburg
Point Pleasant
W. Way
Columbus
Wright and Patterson Fields
Dayton
Calumbus
Train wreck in Britain leaves 22 dead and 28 injured
Rescue teams set up a temporary morgue near the crash site as morphine was given to the injured scattered to Winsford area hospitals. Officials from British Railways London Midland Region reported most likely blockages on the two main lines for 24 hours. Unofficially the dead include a German prisoner, an Olympic swimmer, and a baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsford
British Railways
London Midland Region
London
London Bridge
Britain
Five Injured By Glass In Auto Crash
Police report shows five injured by flying glass with none admitted to hospital. Monti to face charge for unsafe rear doors using plate glass instead of safety glass. William Thompson of Braddock and Tyger of Indiana to be charged with borough parking and fire hydrant proximity violations. Monti said he was blinded by an oncoming car and failed to see the illegally parked truck protruding into traffic. Vehicle damage estimated at 125 dollars. truck damage about 3 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monti
Homer City
William Thompson
Braddock
Homer C. Tyger
Indiana
Thompson
He's in a Fix: Child Suffers Multiple Ailments
A four-year-old boy, David Ollman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ollman, tumbled from a tricycle, breaking his right arm. He then fell from a chair, breaking his left collarbone. Now he has chickenpox, and his caregiver jokes about the itch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
David Ollman
Edward Oltman
Quirino Calls His Rule Borrowed Time in Manila
Elpidio Quirino, newly installed Philippine president, told a University of Manila audience he is living on borrowed time while accepting an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. He noted Filipinos enter 90 days of mourning for Manuel Roxas, buried in state April 25 after Roxas died of a heart attack at Clark Field during a base inspection. Quirino said he would back a strong foreign policy and a solid internal policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippine Republic
Elpidio Quirino
Quirino
University of Manila
Manuel Roxas
Roxas
Clark Field
U. S. Air Base
Malacanan Palace
Magidoff Plans Return From Moscow With Wife
American news correspondent Robert Magidoff, denounced as a spy in Tavestia, will leave Moscow tomorrow with Mrs. Magidoff and fly to Berlin. He denied the charges but was told his continued residence there was undesirable by the Soviet government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Robert Magidoff
Tavestia
Italy Votes Under Shadow of Communist Threat
Italians head to the polls to elect 574 deputies and 237 senators as the first republic parliament is formed. Western powers pressure Italy against communism while police search for hidden arms around Rome and Naples. Analysts forecast Communist results under 30 percent. posters and mass meetings proceed amid warnings about sacraments and political intimidation. A light plane was shot at near the Yugoslav border with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Trieste
Rome
Naples
Chamber of Deputies
Air Ministry
Senate
Washington
Tn Waly
Christian Democrats
Popular Front
de Gasper
Tagliatti
Uding
Body of Elderton Soldier Returned
The body of Staff Sergeant Robert H Shaffer will arrive at Kitting at 11:05 a m Tuesday April 20 1948. Visitation with his parents follows and at 2:30 p m funeral services will be held at Elderton United Presbyterian Church with burial in Elderton Cemetery. Shaffer served in Co F 7th Infantry and fought in Italy and France after enlisting in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis GN
Robert H. Shaffer
France
Kittanning
Harry Shaffer
Elderton United Presbyterian Church
Archie M. Neale
Elderton
Shaffer
Marion Center
Anzio
Italy
Co. F, 7Th Infantry
Sgt. Shaffer
Gen. Clark
Fifth Army
Patton
Tth
Portland
Ore
Cvan
Clarence
Edward
Kenneth
Missouri
Coraopolis
FBI
John
Edw. Smith
Avonmore
Harvey Bugg
Pauline Virgin
Navarre
Smith
Jim
Paris
Pauline
Jemy
Toliams
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
London
Brussels
Paul-Heneri Spaak
Washington
Council of European Ministers
European Organization For Economic Cooperation
European Union
Britain
Kidnap Suspect Sought After Two Years Ends Hideout
Pauline reported a tense encounter as a suspect evaded capture for two years. Navarre and later Bugg were traced to Hillsboro Oregon, hiding under a baby's crib. FBI agent Bobbitt described the arrest after the suspect allegedly disarmed Sheriff Wilkerson en route to jail on forgery charges in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline
Navarre
FBI
Williams
Riding Academy
Hillsboro
Ore
Howard I. Bobbitt
Bugg
Bobbitt
Sliding Hill Inches Toward Allegheny River Near Pittsburgh
A soaked hillside undermined by springs crept toward the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh, wrecking two homes and halting traffic on Allegheny River Boulevard. A 500 foot highway stretch and adjacent railroad tracks were pressed toward the river while utilities were rerouted. Police evacuated residents after a gas leak and the slope’s movement, first noted Thursday evening, damaged the boulevard and concrete sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Aleegheny River
Nadine
Sandy Creek
Bell Telephone Company
Duquesne Light Ca
Noti
Irwin and North Huntingdon Schools End Long Dispute
Irwin Borough and North Huntingdon Township school boards reached a truce in a two year legal clash over property. They will share assets, Irwin obtaining the athletic field and $135,000 cash, North Huntingdon getting the Norwin High School Building and other jointly held lands, with remaining gifts and trophies to be split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin
Irwin Borough
North Huntingdon Township
State Supreme Court
Norwin
Irwin Board
North Huntingdon
Norwin High School
Trieste dispute delays Western plan with Russia note
Moscow rejected urgency and avoided returning Trieste to Italy in a note. Western powers pressed for terms via a Paris meeting to revise the Italian peace treaty while the UN kept Trieste under supervision with Allied troops in place. Yugoslavia, controlled by Communists, opposes Moscow’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovett
Moscow
Trieste
Russia
United States
State Department
Italy
Paris
United Nations
Yugoslavia
U S Food Aid to Italy Cited in Election Eve Note
U S food promised Italy on election eve the vast European Recovery program already sending supply aid. U S shipments of food coal and other aid to Italy since D day total about 1 900 000 000. Attorney General Clark urged Italians to vote for God and freedom in Sunday election via shortwave broadcast while new Russian demands and Lovett note timed six hours before the Italian government deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
U.S
Mediterranean
Clark
Russia
State Department
Lovett
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Reds Refuse To Support Palestine Commission Plan
The Reds oppose a United Nations commission for Palestine as Britain bears responsibility to align Arabs and Jews. Gromyko opposes the plan, Ukraine supporting him, while Russia resists limits on political activity. The U N mission proposal failed by one vote as delegates disagreed on makeup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N
Palestine
Gromyko
Ukraine
Russia
Holy Land
Trygve ‘Lie'g
Truant Queen Keeps Bicentennial Crown
Marie E. Henne, nineteen, serving as Reading's bicentennial queen, missed many classes. A truant officer visited her home. officials granted concessions since she is a post-graduate student not bound by compulsory attendance laws. Some residents called it publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Marie E. Henne
Marie
Henne
Palestine Truce Plan Moves Ahead in United Nations
The United States pushes for a U N trusteeship while a truce in Palestine takes effect immediately and lasts until Britain ends its mandate. The plan, amid opposition over a political activity clause, aims to halt violence and weapons imports as debates on partition resume in the General Assembly. Dr Jose Arce of Argentina is elected president of the General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Britain
Belgium
Syria
U. S
Jerusalem
Palestine
Council
Assembly
United States
U.N
London
General Assembly
Jose Arce
Eleanor Roosevelt Arrives in Brussels from Switzerland
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt reached Brussels from Switzerland and plans to depart by road to Holland on Monday morning after a two month visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Upi
Eleanor Roosevelt
Switzerland
Holland
Obituaries from Indiana County Area
Several Indiana County obituaries detail deaths and funeral plans. Kenneth Allen Jones aged infant, son of Robert B. and Phyllis Jones of Indiana, died in Pittsburgh. services at Dodson Mortuary and interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Jackson A Compton of Clarksburg died at home. burial in Clarksburg Cemetery after services at Robinson Funeral Home. Margaret Coon Postlewaite 81, former Indiana County resident, died at her brother’s home near Georgeville. services at Morrison Funeral Home and North Point Cemetery. William Mullholland 81, Reynoldsville resident, died at Maple Avenue Hospital. funeral at his home and Shaffer Memorial Farm Cemetery. Carrie Sue Gardner Hall 57, Glen Campbell, died of heart attack. services at Glen Campbell Presbyterian Church with burial in Burnside Cemetery.
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Kenneth Allen Jones
Robert B
Phyllis (Peterson) Jones
Indiana
Childrens Hospital
Pittsburgh
David Robert Jones
B. R. Jones
Charles Peterson
Commodore
Dodson Mortuary
Harry Burton Boyd
Greenwood Cemetery
Margaret Coon Postlewaite
Indiana County
J. Blaine Coon
Georgeville
Jefferson County
North Point
James
Cynthia (Neal) Coon
Charles Postlewaite
Zion Lutheran Church
Trade City
GIA
WBA
Smicksburg
North Point Cemetery
William Mullholland
Reynoldsville
Maple Avenue
DuBois
Scotland
Jees
Janet (Brice) Mullholland
Trythenia Bellingham
Reynoldsville Presbyterian Church
Carrie Sue (Gardner) Hall
Willis Deloss Hall
Glen Campbell
L. Don Gardner
Mary Covered Gardner
Florence Leinbach
Irvington
N. W
Eldon
Frank
Dawl
Mary
Glen Campbel
Glen Campbell Presbyterian Church
Eastern Star
Punxsutawney
R. J. Werner
L. H. Norton
Burnside Cemetery
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Nannie Mabon Compton
Clarksburg
Robinson
Saltsburg
L. H. Mahand
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