MacArthur defends Japan policy amid Russian critique
General MacArthur rebutted Russian charges about Allied occupation in Japan in a brief statement to the four power council. He and Brig. Gen. Courtney Whitney warned that Russia’s questions threaten occupation success, while Washington stressed a one world, indivisible age and US obligations to Japan and the Philippines.
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MacArthur
Japan
Four Power Allied Council
Courtney Whitney
Whitney
Russia
United States
Britain
Moscow Radio
New Times
U. N
United Nations
Philippines
America
Uncle Sam
Byrnes
Spain
Sam
Meat Shortage Debate Sparks Washington Contention
In Washington, James Marlow reports officials concede no real meat shortage yet argue redistribution flaws and black markets create scarcity. They warn seasonal declines and postwar end of rationing could worsen supplies while Congress debates continuing or dropping OPA price ceilings amid FBI probes of subsidy abuse.
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James Marlow Washington
Bip
Lsg
Washington
Congress
House
FBI
OPA
Duff Favors Pennsylvania Soldier Bonus Plan
OIL CITY April. Attorney General James H. Duff Republican gubernatorial hopeful pressed a soldier bonus funded by taxes and a broad reforestation program to aid disabled veterans and Pennsylvania’s forests. He outlined a five point veterans plan including good jobs homes and education. Governor Edward Martin urged sober reflection and warned on the national debt and the atomic era urging law and peace. Internal Affairs head Livengood promised efforts to boost oil production. Lieutenant Governor candidate Strickler criticized reconversion and warned of price distortions and black markets amid Europe’s wheat needs.
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Oil City
James H. Duff
Commonwealth
Duff
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
U. S. Senate
America
United States
Europe
William §. Livengood, Jr
Daniel B. Strickler
Veterans discharged from Camp Attorlery area centers
Recent discharges list Indiana Pa area veterans from Camp Atterbery Indiana Ma yland and California bases including S Sgt Michael Kurtz Rossiter Pfe Arthur Nusser Blairs ville Pvt Richard Fedder Indiana Sgt Robert Brown Homer City Reynolds Nelson Kerr and others. Also cites a quote attributed to British Prime Minister Clement Attlee praising allied Indian allies.
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Camp Attorlery
Indiana
Michael Kurtz
Clinton
Rossiter
Arthur M. Nusser
Blairsville
Richard Fedder
Robert C. Brown
School St
Nelson & Kerr
St. Saramiore
Harry S. Reed
Church St. Indiana
Bainbridge
Navy
Donald L. Harbridge
Penn Run
Donald Eawin Forbush
Phila
St. Idiana
Alfred BE. Cengin
Homer City
Thomas R. Myers
Main St
Doc FL Noga
Clune
Shoemaker
Calif
Pail E
Reese
Federal meat inspection rules shift during shortages
Officials warn that fewer cattle products are crossing state lines for federal inspection. Slaughterers, facing high demand, may sell more meat within state borders while out-of-state centers miss supply. OPA plans tighter limits on intrastate sales to spread meat nationwide.
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OPA
GI Terminal Pay Bill Has Good Chance
Washington April 18 P A wave of support builds in Congress for terminal leave pay for enlisted personnel. The House may vote May 13 to extend officer level leave pay to all service members retroactively since the draft law, covering unused furlough time paid in cash. A Budget Bureau report opposed retroactivity and noted budget impacts of several billions, but a large bloc of 218 lawmakers supports moving the bill to the full House calendar.
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Willian F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Military Committee
Dwight Rogers
D-Fla
Budget Bureau
Rule To Keep Iranian Issue On U.N. Agenda In Closed Meet
Lange, speaking for Poland, attacked Franco Spain as a dangerous remnant of the Franco regime aiding Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. He claimed it pressured France to close borders with Spain and harbored German assets, personnel, and scientists. He warned of Nazi atomic research hints and potential weapons development in Spain.
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U.N
Lange
Germany
Italy
Prench
Spain
France
Liver Infection Ends Jack Quinn storied baseball career
Mack Quinn known as Jack Quinn Pieus dies at 60 from liver infection three months after illness. A spitball pitcher, he starred for the 1929 and 1930 pennant-winning Philadelphia Athletics, with a final MLB season in 1935 for the Cincinnati Reds. Native of Hazleton, he began with Pottsville in the Atlantic League before moving to Richmond in Virginia.
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Pottsville
Mack Quinn
Quinn
Jack Quinn Pieus
Philadelphia Athletics
Cincinnati Reds
Hazleton
Soldier seeks eviction while claiming dog’s due litter
Amea soldier filing for eviction from his purchased home told veterans adviser J. W. Weixel in Pittsburgh that he needed the house for several reasons and added that his dog is expecting a litter of puppies on June 2.
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Pittsburgh
Amea
J. W. Weixel
OPA Cent
Should Americans Be Fools HEPRINTED FROM THE PITTSBURGH SUN-TELEGRAPH
A summary of a 1946 Population Reference Bureau study arguing that capitalist free enterprise yields higher living standards than statism. It highlights U S leadership in real income, Russia's low living standard, and compares Canada Britain and New Zealand. The piece denounces collectivist plans and warns against bureaucratic interference.
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Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Population Reference Bureau
Washington, D.C
Henry Pratt Fairchild
Department of Sociology
New York University
Frank H. Hawkins
Smith College
Normany. Hines
Colgate University
Elsworth Huntington
Yale
Willford J. King
Edward A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
Joseph J. Spengler
Duke University
A. B. Wolfe
Ohio State University
Earth
United States
Soviet Russia
China
British India
Canada
New Zealand
Great Britain
Colin Clark
Clark
One of Worst Defeats For the Administration
The House rebuked OPA amid a stormy session, voting to end subsidies and curb price controls. Officials feared a Senate reversal while Bowles and Porter faced resignation rumors, though Bowles vowed to finish the fight. Rent control survived, meat pricing remained under OPA, and a series of amendments aimed to reshape or repeal key price measures were approved or rejected.
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Porter
Bowles
Chamber
OPA
Rep. Sabath
House
Senate
Truman
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Neice Contro
Iself
Boy Pleads Guilty To Killing Farmer In Lehigh County
A 16 year old boy pleaded guilty to the robbery slaying of Edwin Mickley a 63 year old Schenksville farmer He said the gun dropped when he tried to stun him with a bullet skip Earl Goerlich of Lockport Pa testified the death was an accident William Saldridge 16 also of Lockport pleaded guilty as Goerlichs accomplice They fled the cabin then returned an hour later and took 2000 from the dead mans pockets Judge Henninger postponed sentencing awaiting transcript
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Allentown
Lehigh
Earl E. Goerlich
Lockport
Edwin A. Mickley
Schenksville
William Saldridge
Photog Assaulted In Philadelphia Conviction
Albert Farlow, a 30 year old Philadelphian, was convicted in municipal court of assault and battery on a newspaper photographer. Judge James C. Crumlish said Farlow will be sentenced Tuesday. The case followed a October 25 incident when Saltzman was punched while photographing a woman who had pleaded guilty to a mercy killing.
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Philadelphia
Albert Farlow
James C. Crumlish
Farlow
Philadelphia Record
Harry Saltzman
County Awards Ballot Printing Contract to Henry Hall Inc
County commissioners awarded the official ballot printing contract to Henry Hall Inc of Indiana for 537.50 on the basis of the lowest bid. Two bids were received, Hall and The Indiana Democrat, whose bid was 548.55.
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County Commissioners Day
Henry Hall, Inc
Indiana
Commissioners
Hall Company
Indiana Democrat
Democrat
Gov't Raps Coal Strike's Acceptance
Washington reports government officials urge public awareness as 18 day coal strike reduces soft coal output. Civilian Production Chief Small warns shortages will affect autos, houses, appliances. 28 million tons lost since April 1. Krug notes 28 million tons down and labor talks stall. Small outlines factory and rail impacts. Schwellenbach presses for negotiations while strike constrains steel, housing, and consumer supply chains.
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Washington
John D. Small
J. A. Krug
Jurin L. Lewis
Schwellenbach
Small and Krug
Small
Krug
Plumville Good Friday Service Joint Presbyterians
Plumville Community holds Good Friday service tomorrow at 6 o clock in joint meeting of Presbyterian and United Presbyterian churches. The Eternal Cross Calvary theme blends scripture poetry and music. Easter Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m. on the Atwood Presbyterian lawn conducted by the area youth.
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Plumville
S'oclock
Presbyterian
United
Presbyterian Churches of
Phonville
Calvary
Atwood Presbyterian Church
Plomville
Sagamore
Atwood
Obituaries of O'Hara Williams Foreman Dorn Kohlhepp Dorn
Several Indiana area obituaries note deaths from March to April. Bernard O Hara and family, Arthur Creed Williams, Benjamin Scott Foreman, Lloyd Kohlhepp Dorn, and related survivors are listed. Funeral services span St Bernard church and Greenwood Cemetery with multiple private and public rites in Lebanon and Indiana. Interment plans and addresses of survivors are provided.
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Bernard, O'Mara
North Sixth Street
Robinson
St. Bernard's Church
St. Bernards Cemetery
St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church
William O'Hara
O'Hara
Irene Shelton
Oak Street
Indiana
Arthur Creed Williams
South Sixth Street
Johnstown Municipal Hospital
Ben J
Gerrude Glassford Williams
Pine Flats
Culver
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Lucerne
First Baptist Church of Indiana
Anna Bess
Lloyd Kohlhepp Dorn
Braddock
Braddock Hospital
Edward S
Lulu
Kohlhepp) Dorn
Marchand
Martha Yulenberg Dorn
S. 4Th Street
Leroy
Loysville
Louise
Harold L. Loveless
Greenwood Cemetery
Churches Unite In Observance Of Good Friday
Sponsored by the Indiana Ministerial Association, Indiana churches unite for Good Friday services at the United Presbyterian Church. The program splits into seven 25 minute periods to allow departures during intermissions. The service begins at 11:55 p.m. with subsequent periods at 12:05, 12:30, 7:55, 1:20, 1:45, 2:10 and 2:45 p.m.
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Indiana Ministerial Association
Churches of Indiana
United Presbyterian Church
New Members To Be Received At First United Presbyterian
New members will be received into the First United Presbyterian Church during the Upper Room Communion service tonight at 7 30. The communion meditation will be I am the bread of life. A cordial invitation is extended to friends to attend.
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First United Presbyterian Church
Trials Crack Hans Frank Feels Guilt At Tribunal
Hans Frank, former Nazi governor of German occupied Poland, tells the International Military Tribunal he feels deep guilt for Nazi crimes. He admits knowledge of atrocities, accepts responsibility for Poland events, and explains limited authority over the SS and measures like ghettos and forced labor. He offers to resign multiple times but claims obstructions.
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Mernberg
Hans Frank
Getaman-occupied
Poland
International Military Tribunal Today
Frank
Hig Rial
Adolf Hitler
Barnesboro Boy Wounded By Gun
A Barnesboro boy aged about year old received a wound in the left hip when a revolver, said to be unloaded, was discharged while he and his brother were playing with it. The bullet was removed at Spangler Hospital last night. The boy, Joseph Barnesky Jr., stated they were examining the gun in an upstairs bedroom when it discharged.
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Barnesborg
Spangler Hospital
Joseph Barnesky, Jr
Union Church Good Friday Service in Homer City
Good Friday services will be held at Homer City Presbyterian Church from noon to 3 pm Friday. Local ministerium and two guest pastors from Brush Valley Rev C W Dietrich and Rev J J Martin will give meditations on the Cross with special music. Public invited.
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Lyle H. Boren
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Robert E. Hannegan
Jack Quinn
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Yugoslavia
Ellsworth Huntington
Association of American Geographers
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Java
Norman J. C. Makin
London
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William H
Jemima (McQuilkin) Foreman
Charles KX
Lebanon
Charles
James C
W. Earle
Mark Lewis
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Indiana Evening Gazette
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Weather Report
Penna
Barnesboro
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Gazette
DiMarco’s Store
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