Scout Plans Completed We May Join Alliance at Camp
T. ff. McCarthy, chairman of the William Penn Council Camping and Activities Committee, said all Scouts and Scouters attended four Troop Camp Planning Conferences in different districts. May training courses are set for May 4-6 in Indiana, May 5-7 in Blairsville, May 17-19 in NuMine, and May 18-20 in Punxsutawney with indoor sessions, demonstrations, films, and hikes, ending with an overnight camp. Also noted is a planned five day trip to Washington in June and a Long Term Camp in August at Camp Twin Echo. In Washington, Senator Vandenberg hinted the U S may join a Western alliance against Communist aggression and warned Americans to root out treason at home. He spoke at a Detroit-area Michigan Chambers dinner and did not elaborate further.
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Mahoning Valley
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Council
Treasury Department
R. & P. Assembly Room
American Legion Hall
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Punxsutawney Presbyterian Church
Mahoning Valley District
Poree
Indiana Lions Club
Washington
Camp Twin Echo
Vandenberg
Russia
United States
Europe
Michigan
Stalin
Allegheny County Plans Educational Aid For Youths
Pittsburgh April 27. High school students near scholarship level but unable to afford college will be aided by a Civic Club of Allegheny County Youths Committee program. The Vocational Opportunities division will refer capable students to industrial and commercial firms for internship contracts. The group aims to consider all county high school students.
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Pittsburgh
Cnllege
Civic Club of
Allegheny County
Tts
Mandeavor
Lana Radiant Marries Topping in Bel Air Ceremony
Lana Turner wed commercial executive Steven Nodell Topping at Wilkersons Bel Air home in a 2:15 p.m. ceremony attended by 24 reporters and 16 photographers. The bride wore a blue outfit with matching accessories, exchanged platinum bands, and will honeymoon in Palm Springs then sail May for London aboard the Mauretania.
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Palm Springs
New York City
Mauretania
London
Brice
Lana
William Branch
Sara Hamilton
Witga Fine Writer
Bealanan Wilkerson
MGM Studio Hardressers
Topping
Bridgeport
Conn
Arline Judge
Jane Shadduck
Gloria Baker
Miss Turner
Crane
Artie Shaw
Errol Flynnr
dwan = Crawford
David Nivin
Brave Cabot
Merysn Leroy
George Sideavy
Tyrone Power
Turner
Stassen Urges Outlawing Communists and Peace Force
Harold E. Stassen told a Portland audience that the nation should outlaw the Communist party and build a strong world peace force to deter war. He warned that Kremlin leaders might take a mad move toward war, citing the danger of Communist totalitarianism for Russia.
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Harold E. Stassen
Communist Party
Russia
Kremlin
Taylor Foes Take Fight To Court
The piece details Republican primary dynamics in Pennsylvania with write in votes for Dewey Stassen and Senator Robert A. Taft against Thomas Martin. It notes Dewey’s earlier gains, party splits in Lackawanna and Dauphin counties, competition for convention delegates, and contests for auditor general and treasurer across both parties.
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Dewey
New York
Harald E. Stassen
Stissen
Robert A. Tait
Ohio
U. S
Edward Martin
Martin
Pennsalvania
Philadelphia
Kenny A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Giste Aude
Itur
Senate
Dauphein
Walter Mumina
M. Harvey Taylor
Mumia
Taylor
Harsburg
Dauphin County
Hovernor Duff
Lavkewanny County
George W. Maxey
State Supreme Court
Will Leach
Supreme Court
Maxey
Lackawanna County
Worthington Sveranton
Esdras F. Howell
William §. James
William Lane
Washington
Berlin police chief Kanig flees to West Berlin
Berlin authorities demanded an explanation from Hans Kanig, Berlin chief of police, after he fled to the western zones to avoid questioning by Soviet officials over the disciplining of a policeman who lured a German into the Soviet sector for kidnapping. Russian papers intensified anti American propaganda while warning Berliners to guard against strangers as the Marshall Plan stirs tension.
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Hans Kanig
Meanswhile
United States
Marshall Flan
Taegliche Rundschau
Soviet Union
Kanig
Police Seek Gunman Who Threatened Walter Reuther
Detroit police hunted a man who allegedly said he would shoot Walter Reuther. The tipster, an unidentified informant from Toledo, reported the would be shooter carried a .38 revolver and spoke of targeting Reuther. Police may pursue leads across city lines as they verify details and identify the suspect.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Marty
Toy
Reuther
Toledo
UAW
Full Year of Military Training For Boys 18
A Senate Appropriations Subcommittee opened a hearing on the Air Force plan to expand the training system. Secretary Symington and Air Force officials support a 66 group plan, while Forrestal argues 70 groups are militarily needed yet risks domestic economic strain. Johnson criticizes the 66 group plan as a dodge to an underpowered Air Force and opposes UMYT in any form, favoring only a temporary draft if necessary for emergency manpower.
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Tormorrow
Senate Appropriations
Air Symington
Air Force
Forrestal
Johnson
Senay
Ign
Senate
Tat
Naval Computer
Colorado
William S Knudsen Dies Former GM Head and WW II Leader
William S Knudsen longtime GM president and wartime production chief died at 69 after a cerebrovascular hemorrhage. Immigrant Danish born Knudsen led the massive rearmament program under Roosevelt and later served as an Army production expert. He will lie in state at W R Hamilton Funeral Home with rites at Epiphany Lutheran Church.
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William S. Knudsen
America
General Motors Corp
General Motors
Roosevelt
Knudsen
Clara Elizabeth Knudsen
Charles E. Lemmon
A. C. Ernstone
Copenhagen
Erie
Buffalo
Ford Motor Go
Ford Detroit
Ford
Chevrolet
Hupp Corporation
W. R. Hamilton
Epiphany Lutheran Church
Man Who Ran Away From Home Found in Lancaster Home
A 58 year old man who fled Newark 4B years ago and was presumed dead has been located in a Lancaster home for the aged. A volunteer worker credited for solving the disappearance relates that the man, once called Harold Gleitzman, remembered a stint in a nearby hat shop and revealed his uncle is Samuel Gleitzman.
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Newark
N. J
Samuel Gleitz- Iman
Samuel Gleitz
Abe Levitt
Gleitz
Judge Orders Search For Heiress Missing Since '40
Pittsburgh April 27 The presiding judge ordered a zealous search for Evelyn Hartstein an heiress who vanished from her Pittsburgh home days after Christmas 1940. He postponed ruling on declaring her dead and pledged court orders to locate her if alive. The disappearance followed the double murder of her parents and involved Kleinberg serving life for self defense claims. A June 8 hearing was set with a special master to gather more information while the estate distribution of about 80000 was held up.
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Thomas P. Trimble
Evelyn Hartstein
Trimble
Beechwood Boulevard
Louis Kleinberg
Miss Hartstein
Kleinberg
Leonard Hartstein
East Pitsburgh
Florence Gluck
Miami Beach
Fla
H. A. Hitchens, Jr
Hitchens
Thomas J. McBridge
Philadelphia
Kreinberg
Walter C. Monahan
Monahan
Orphan’s Court
Miss Hartsstein
Police Race To Spur Of Child Abduction Call
In St Joseph Missouri on April 27 police rushed to a reported attempt to lure a girl into a car after a telephone tip. No arrest was made as the child, powered by spankings from her grandparents, screamed and resisted being coaxed home.
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ST. Joseph
Last of Quads Bei'n Men Dead in Detroit
The last of four premature quadruplets born to Mrs. Anne Borg died early this morning in a Detroit hospital. The four children, three girls and one boy, were given a chance to survive. two died in the afternoon, a third expired at 10:55 p.m., and the remaining infant died at 1:25 a.m.
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Detroit
Anne Borg
Detrait
Obituaries for Revak Silvus Pickard heads Rossiter Indiana
Obituary notes Mrs Mary Revak of Rossiter died at home after four months illness. Born in Hungary December 28 1887 she moved to America at 17 and married John Revak Sr. Surviving daughter Diana and sons John Jr and Joseph with five grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at St Francis Church. Also listed are Lillian Truby Silvus of Saltsburg and infant Melvin Kenneth Pickard of Brushvalley with brief funeral details and notices.
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John Revek
Rossiter
Decouged
Hungary
George
Threasga Sipos
John’ Revak
Revak
St. Francis Catholic Church
St. Ann Society of
Nagey
Lillian Truby Silvus
James J. Silvus
Saltsburg
Robert TL. Young
Shyrock Ave
Indiana
Indiana Hospital
Robinson
Margaret Alice Engle
Clymer R. D
Wesley
Catherine St.Clair Askins
Cherryhill Township
Clymer R. D. 1
Johnstown
Heilwood Presbyterian Church
John
Wesley Engle
Cherryhill
Shelton
Catherine
Shultz
Clymer
Twila
Charles Askins
Pittsburgh
Milton
Rural Valley
Askins
Slickville
William Tyger
Albert Kouitz
Harmony Cemetery
Penn Run
Robinsons
Ilona Gaydac
Coral
Awona Ribat
Esther Avenue
New Kensington
Gaydac
Czechoslovakia
John Gaydac
John Dr
W. 5
John Huss
Border clash in Trieste leaves two dead in May Day flare
Two soldiers died as Italian and Yugoslav forces exchanged fire near a border strip west of Trieste. An Italian patrol was struck, and Yugoslavs reportedly occupied a thin 200 yard deep strip. Allied officials extended travel restrictions and blockpost closures through May 1 weekend.
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Natbries Pass
Trieste
Haljian
AMG
Halian J
Massachusetts Presidential Primary Delegates Move Forward
Massachusetts voters choose Republican and Democratic delegates in today’s presidential primary. Republicans have 35 unpledged delegates heading to the National Convention, while the 36-member Democratic slate backs President Truman.
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Apt
Massachusetts
Truman
British face Arab incursions in Holy Land violence rises
British resistance to Arab incursions in Palestine escalates as deadly clashes erupt in Jerusalem Jaffa and Lydda. Capt. Leggett shot near Barclay's Bank while guarding 4,800 pounds. A Public Works official killed. Arab gunfire and a broader Arab Jewish skirmish spread across suburbs. Evacuations to Tel Aviv under way as Arab Legions reinforce near Jerusalem.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
R. B. Leggett
Barclay's Bank
B. GO. Denham
Faterniziig
Royal Artillery
Leggett
Katamon
Holy Land
Lydda
Argyll and Sutherland Highlander
Cairo
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