Lions and Ladies Visit Health Camp With Children
Indiana Lions Club members and 46 ladies gathered with 160 Lions, ladies, and children to review the Health Camp program. O K Guthrie reported average weight gains of five to six pounds for campers and recalled Lions sponsorship since 1939, noting wartime limits on dormitory expansion. Moving pictures of a Fifth of July celebration at the Fair Grounds capped the event, with future meetings set at the Vets eating place until further notice.
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Indiana Lions Club
Guthrie
O. K
Lions
Fair Grounds
George Grenier
Indiana
Stahura
Dearborn
Michigan
Andy" Stahura
Ralph A. Willig
Lions Club
State Moves to Raise Milk Prices in 1948
Harrisburg Aug 10 The State Milk Control Commission will draft orders to boost retail milk prices by 11 cents a quart for the rest of the year with no further October 1 increase. Commissioner John J Snyder and fellow majority member Charles J O'Loughlin oppose additional hikes. The move follows requests from producers and dealers for higher prices beyond the 21 percent and 22 cent level. findings of fact are to be prepared from hearings on production and distribution costs.
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Harrisburg
State Milk Control Commission
John J. Snyder
Snyder
Charles J. O'Loughlin
H. N. Cobb
Commission
State GOP Chiefs Map Battle Plans
State GOP leaders map continued drive for Dewey in Pennsylvania as Duff joins Martin in backing Dewey. Attendees include M. Harvey Taylor, G. Mason Owlett, Sara Leffler, and Worthington Scranton as plans unfold for a Pittsburgh rally on Sept. 11 with Governor Dewey to speak pending official acceptance.
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Ohio
Martin
Thomas E. Dewey
Duff
Dewey
Pennsylvania
G. Mason Owlett
M. Harvey Taylor
Harrisburg
Sara Leffler
Lebanon
Worthington Scranton
Scranton
GOP
Taylor
Pittsburgh
Hugh Scott
Smoky
Two Homer Youths Enlist In Marines
Casper A. Tartalone and Walter Hamilton Jr of Homer City enlisted as United States Marines in Pittsburgh on August fifteenth. They transferred to Parris Island for basic training and are expected to return home for a ten day furlough before regular duty. Their applications were accepted at the temporary recruiting station in the Post Office Building in Indiana.
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Casper A. Tartalone
Frank Tartalone
Walter Hamilton, Jr
Walter Hamilton
Homer City
Pittsburgh
Parris Island
South Carolina
Tartalone
Hamilton
Marine Corps
Post Office
Indiana
Truman Attacks Housing Bill Restrictions Tighten Credit Rules
President Truman denounces Congress for emasculating the Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing bill while detailing key provisions. McCarthy explains liberalized low-cost loans yet tighter limits on high-cost homes, and the plan allows FHA guarantees for rental projects, higher loan shares, and new programs for builders, veterans cooperatives, and rural homes.
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Truman
Tobey
R-Nh
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
House
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Federal Housing Administration
PHA
Veterans’ Cooperatives
Housing unit plan linked to income guarantees for investors
A proposed housing research unit would be authorized to operate with a guarantee that Capital Investors earn two and three quarters percent on their investment if rents are set to yield no more than three and a quarter percent annual return. The provision targets attracting insurance firms to fund large low rent housing projects.
Duncan C. Lee Denies War Record Charges in Bentley Case
Duncan C. Lee testified before a committee, denying insincere charges from Miss Bentley who used the alias Helen Grant. He described their acquaintance as serial and said he served his country loyally. Lee recalled meeting Miss Bentley in 1943 via Mary Price, a War Production Board secretary, and described dinners with Golos. He said he and his wife met Bentley at various Washington spots and had a roughly 15 month association ending about 10 months earlier.
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Miss Bentley
Helen Grant
Lee
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
Samarin
FBI
Soveit
State Department
Congressional Committee
Mary Price
Miss Price
War Production Board
Walter Lippman
Lippman
Jacob Golos
Golos
John
Stripling
Washington
Dewey Confident Of Victory
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey is seen by friends as confident about victory with a cautious campaign plan. He may stage one long train tour then fly to fill dates, while Truman plans a cheaper, widespread speaking drive using courthouse stops and rallies to highlight the GOP Congress record.
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Washington
Atta
Thomas E. Dewey
Friends
Albany
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
GOP
Truman
Democratic National Committee
White House
J. Howard McGrath
Congress
Capitol Bill
New York
Witnesses recount ending acquaintance with radical woman in 1944
In 1944 a couple described by name as Mr and Mrs Lee say they ended an association with a woman they deemed lonely and neurotic. She allegedly posed as liberal, then grew leftist and intense, prompting the split after a confrontational confrontation in their apartment. She claimed Lee was a Communist and suspected her as a Russian agent.
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Lee
Miss Bentley
Russia
Communist Party
Earl Browder
Tornadic Winds Damage Pyote Air Base
Tornadic winds struck Pyote Air Force base about 8 30 P M causing major damage to many planes. Lt Everett Phillips of Hutchinson Kansas said several aircraft were blown through fences and off the field with significant destruction to numerous C 46 twin engined aircraft.
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Pyote
Pyote Air Force Base
Everett Phillips
Hutchinson
Kans
Danube Navigation Pact Beats Western Push for Freedom
Eastern Bloc nations led by Yugoslavia and Bulgaria blocked a Western bid to add a general guarantee of free navigation on the Danube. By 7 to 3, the conference rejected a French preamble replacing Russia’s proposed wording affirming sovereign rights, signaling bloc unity on the draft convention.
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Alex H. Singleton
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Eastern
Europe
Danube
Russia
United States
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Romania
Ales Bebler
Airlift status uncertain for planes during Berlin operation
Lt Phillips said lesser damage affected several B-265 at the field while 8-295 were prepared for air lift. He noted C-465 were not being prepared for use in the Berlin area. Provost marshal reported no official injury reports. Read the Gazette Classified Ada.
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Berlin
Phillips
Roberts To Head Penn Law School
Owen J. Roberts, 73, named dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He will assume Sept 1 after Earl G. Harrison resigns. The university recently named Harold E. Stassen president. both Roberts and Stassen are linked to the Republican liberal wing. Roberts rose to prominence prosecuting the Teapot Dome cases.
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Philadelphia
Owen J. ‘Roberts
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
U. S. Supreme Court
Earl G. Harrison
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Roberts
Harrison
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Penn
Roberts Fist
Hel
Phoenixville
Supreme’Court
Tobin Likely to Decide Soon on Labor Secretary Job
Maurice J. Tobin told President Truman he will decide within 48 hours whether to accept the appointment as Secretary of Labor. Truman nominated the former governor of Massachusetts for the post Saturday night, Tobin met with the President for about 30 minutes and dictated a statement to reporters as he left the White House.
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Washington
Maurice J. Tobin
Truman
Labor
Massachusetts
Senate
Tobin
White House
Government Aims New Blow At High Prices
Congress authorized a set of news controls in a special session to curb price levels and rationing. Officials expect President Truman to sign quickly and denounce Congress for not granting broader powers. The measures, though narrow, aim to curb consumer demand and limit credit, potentially easing inflation but impacting auto purchases and installment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Truman
Federal Reserve Board
Dixiecrats Meet With Thurmond in Houston Rally
States Rights Democrats gather in Houston to map strategy for winning electoral votes in the solid south as Strom Thurmond and Fielding Wright prepare formal acceptance and arrival notices. Texas Dixiecrats report injuries from Austin protests while the Democratic committee certifies Truman and Barkley for president and vice president.
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Houston
Tex
Strom Thurmond
South Carelina
Solid South
Thurmond
Columbia
Fielding’ L. Wright
Mississippi
Jackson
Texas
Austin
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Truman
Barkley
Wright
Truck Crash at Sixth Street Stop Sign Collision
A truck hauling aggregate for a Sixth Street surfacing project, driven by Bion E. Tomb of Homer City, failed to stop at Water and Sixth Streets and collided with a McGill Motors pickup driven by Robert Marshall. Damage estimated at about $125. Police report the incident occurred around 8:36 this morning.
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Sixth Street
Bion E. Tomb
Homer City
Water and
Sixth Streets
McGill Motors
Indiana
McGill
Robert Marshall
Blockade Tensions Persist As Berlin Faces Food Shortages
Western powers accuse Russia of exploiting the Berlin blockade to force a currency settlement. Molotov signals possible easing if a Berlin accord is accepted. Moscow pushes closer US-Russia cooperation while two food offices emerge for East and West Berlin as coal and rations run thin.
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Berlin
London
Molotov
Moscow Radio
Russia
United States
Moscow
Weat
Food Department
Paul Fuellsack
U.S
West Berlin
Western Berin
Weather Outlook for Fair Bair Today and Tonight
Wednesday will be partly cloudy with a few scattered afternoon showers. Little change is expected in temperature.
Obituary notices for Moore Craig Fleming Fairbanks and others
Obituaries list James Eugene Moore of Marion Center born 1924 died August 8 at St Lukes Hospital Cleveland Ohio survived by Jeanne Ferguson wife and parents Robert Galen Moore and siblings. Also Matilda J Craig dies at home Indiana Aug 8 with services in Johnstown and interment Grandview Cemetery. Jay D Fleming Indiana Hospital death Aug 9 with service Aug 12 at Robinson Funeral Home. James Warren Fairbanks dies at home Indiana Street Aug 8 with children and siblings. services Aug 1 at Beal Funeral Home Oakland Cemetery.
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Ensimeche Reeda
James Eugene Moore
St. Lukes Hospital
Cleveland
Marion Center
U. S. Army
Eighth Air Force
England
Jeanne Ferguson
Lorain
Ohio
Robert Galen Moore
Robert Frank
Spangler
Glenn Richard
Syracuse
Presbyterian Church
Thomas Funeral Home
Matilda J. Craig
T. L. Brown
East Pike
Indiana
Robinson
N. 7Th St
First Presbyterian Church
Johnstown
Dwight R. Guthrie
D. D
Grandsview Cemetery
Jay D, Fleming
Church Street
Indiana Hospital
James Gamble
Harriet Bowman Fleming
Five Points
Indiana County
Fleming
Armstrong Township
Robinson Funeral Home
Testiday
James Warren Fairbanks
Washington Street
Bud Fairbanks
Moween
Ray
Dilltown
Avonelle Starry
Fay Rearick
New York State
Blair
Lester
Aultman
Howard
Mansfield
Wayne Avenue
Thomas Culp
Oakland Cemetery
Clearfield County Fair Draws 68,837 Attendees
Total attendance for the week-long Clearfield County Fair in Clearfield, Pennsylvania reached 68,837, about 10,000 more than last year, with the event wrapping up on Saturday.
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Clearfield
Anglo
Clearfield County Fair
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Yokohama
Japan
Eichelberger
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Duncan C. Lee
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal Party
Marie
Francine
St. Laurent
W. L. Mackensie King
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