Delay Action In Settling Two Strikes
Detroit August 16 Action toward settlement of the CIO United Auto Workers 26 day strike against Murray Corp of America and completion of the Ford contract were delayed for the weekend Talks resume Monday with union demanding Taft Hartley protection while Ford talks pause due to pension expert absence Chrysler Dodge workers ordered back Monday after walkout to celebrate V J day disciplined 18 strikers Murray stoppage idled 10 000 Studebaker workers and curtailed Ford production
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Murray Corp. of America
Ford Motor Co
Uaw-Cio
Emil Mazey
Murray
Mazey
Ford
UAW
Chrysler Corp. Dodge
Dodge
Studebaker
Insurgents Said on Run Near Asuncion
BUENOS AIRES Aug 16 The Paraguayan government held its united forces defending Asuncion were pushing rebels south toward Villeta and east toward Romanso Castillo while insurgent reports from Brazil claimed control of Chambare and Villa Morra near the capital. Government says loyalists and rebel air forces clash and air superiority is claimed by insurgents as government forces suffer heavy losses and prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Asuncion
Paraguay
Villeta
Romanso Castillo
Brazil
Chambare
Villa Morra
Hughes Takes Senator Cain On Tour Of Hughes Plant
Howard Hughes guides Sen. Harry Cain on a plant tour at Culver City to inspect the XF-11 photo reconnaissance plane and the $25,000,000 flying boat. Cain said the test flight is part of the Senate War Investigating Committee inquiry into Hughes contracts and hearings are set for November on $40,000,000 contracts for two planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culver City
Calif
Howard Hughes
Harry Cain
Cain
Entre
Hughes
Uruguay Transport Plane Crashes Off Montevideo
A transport plane with 12 aboard fell into the sea near Montevideo just before midnight. Tugs rescued three injured persons. nine others are missing. The flight was operated by Transportes Aereos y Cargueros Internacionales of Montevideo. A watch worn constantly will keep better time than one worn irregularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Sikor'sky
Transportes Aereos and Cargueros Internacionales
British Fuel Minister Urges U S Aid for Europe Disaster Warning
Emanuel Shinwell, the British Minister of Fuel and Power, told the Perth Labor Party that the United States must finance European and world recovery or face economic disaster. He argued Europe needs reconstruction through American credits and development of European resources while criticizing Winston Churchill and the Tory Party for lacking constructive policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perth
Scotland
Emanuel Shinwell
United States
Perth Labor Party
Shinwell
Europe
America
Winston Churchill
Conservative
Britain
Memorial to Pyle Unveiled in Tokyo Theater
In Tokyo a life size memorial plaque for World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle was unveiled on the stage of the army theater named for him. Brig Gen. C. A. Willoughby praised Pyle and journalism as vital to civilization as Vincent Colby created the bas relief plaque and troops view the memorial in the theater complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Ernie Pyle
Te Shima
C. A. Willoughby
G-2
General Headquarters
Vincent Colby
Albuquerque
N. M
Willoughby
Adm. King Is Taken Ill Amid Health Scan
Navy reports Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, aged 69, shows slight evidence of a mild stroke without paralysis and is not regarded as in critical condition. He is hospitalized at Bethesda, Maryland, after a restless night with vascular changes noted by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Ernest J. King
Naval Operations
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Department
King
Nehru vows swift action to end communal war in India
New Delhi August 18 Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru warned Hindu and Muslim rioters that the new dominion government will spare no one responsible for communal violence. He said a government unable to check such acts is unworthy, stressing the duty to restore peace. his nationwide broadcast followed a flag raising with about 60,000 in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delht
Rime
Pandit Jawaharlal Yehru
Dominion of India
Nehru
Independents Stand Against British Film Tax
Hollywood independents join major studios in halting film exports to England over a 75 percent import tax on American movies. Donald M. Nelson says the independents back a US government approach to negotiate the tax. A producers committee protests the British levy as violates free trade principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
England
Donald M. Nelson
Independents
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Nelson
United States
Treasury
Decrease in Relief Payments Reported for Indiana County
State treasurer Ramsey S. Black reported week ending August 14 saw 10 percent of residents in need receive direct relief, totaling $2810 a drop of $64 from the prior week. July total for all categorical assistance to Indiana County residents reached $78,159, covering Old Age Assistance Aid to Dependent Children and Pensions for the Blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Ramsey S. Black
Indiana
Health violation charged dealer fruit stand owner
Local police charged M Liss fruit stand owner of Oakland Avenue with failure to properly cover fruit. A warrant was served at his home Thursday, he was not in, and he surrendered Friday morning. He was released until Tuesday for a hearing by Justice of the Peace Waller Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Liss
Oakland Avenue
Liss
Justice of the Peace
Waller Jackson
Mystery plane crashes near Montevideo. seven missing
A chartered 32 passenger Sikorsky on a test flight crashed into the sea off Montevideo. Seven persons are missing. three aboard were rescued. Crew included Richard Grayneery the pilot and Andrew Fisher the co pilot. An Uruguayan official named Alcides Perdomo provided the details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevidoe
Uruguay
Montevideo
Kknneth
Montevideo Transport Company
Richard Grayneery
Andrew Fisher
William Miller
Hoagy Jersten
80th Division To Elect Heads
GREENSBURG August 16 election of officers was scheduled today at the 80th Division annual reunion an infantry outfit with service in both world wars About 1000 former members took part in a parade last night with more than 40 units Maj General John McBride in line formerly commanded the division now awaiting overseas orders Tonight the division holds its annual dinner and ball The reunion ends Sunday with a memorial high mass for fallen members.
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Greensburg
80Th
John McBride
McBride
Washington
Three Rescues After Cumberland Mine Blast Tragedy
Rescue teams pushed the search as crews cleared rubble at a 135 year old mine near Whitehaven Cumberland County England. One body recovered was Edward Glaister leaving a widow and eight children. Air circulation was restored by canaries and entry was partially cleared, but heavier rubble remained deeper in the mine. The disaster follows four mine blasts since public ownership began last January, with 26 killed in prior incidents and historical references to major British mine disasters.
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Edward Glaister
Cumberland County
England
Stokes-on-Trent
Senthenydd
South Wales
Whitehaven
Wellington
William
Greek Guerrilla Activity Report Sparks Royalist Backlash
The article notes a sharp rise in Greek guerrilla activity and reports an oral headquarters considering creation of popular authority in free areas based on democratic principles. A proclamation calls for deposing King Paul and the royal dynasty, labeling the plebiscite restoring the monarchy invalid and faked, urging liberation from foreigners and their native agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Paul
Nurse killed driving to funeral of brother in Pennsylvania
Mrs. Henrietta Naomi Stevenson, 51, a registered nurse from East Lansdowne, Pa, was killed in a crash while en route to Altoona for her brother John P. L. Sheets’s funeral. Sheets, 64, Wilmingon rail car shops foreman, died yesterday visiting his father in Altoona. Coroner Blair Shore ruled accidental death after a wet highway skid and rollover. Survivors include husband Harry Stevenson and her father of Altoona. The body was taken to Altoona.
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Buntingdon
Henrietta Naom! Stevenson
East Lansdowne
Altoona
John P. L. Sheets
Pennsylvania Rairoad
Wilmington
Del
Daniel Sheets
Sheets
Stevenson
Delaware County General Hospital
J. C. Clair Memerial Hospital
Blair Shore
Huntingdon County
William Penn Highway
Newton Hamilton
W. G. Burley
Harrisburg
Shore
Harry Stevenson
Aloona
Indict Krupp Men on War Crime Charge
Twelve directors of the Krupp Munitions Combine are indicted for war crimes by U S authorities. The case accuses Alfred Krupp and associates of waging aggressive war, plundering nations, and slave labor use, with trial slated next month.
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Krupp
Thomas A. Reedy Muernberg
Krupp Munitions Combine
Germany
United States
Alfred Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Bertha Krupp
Big Bertha
Paris
Brig
Ge. Telford Taylor
U. S
Alfred Krupp
Gestapo
Adolf Hitler
Taylor
Gustav
Nuernberg
France
Russia
International War Crimes Tribunal
Hitler
Naz
Fritz Sauckel
Third Class Cities Head Named for 25th Term
Walter Greenwood of Coatesville city solicitor was named to his 25th consecutive term as president of the League of Third Class Cities of Pennsylvania. Mayor Gale H. Ross of Erie was named vice president. Re-elected were Chester Robers of Easton as secretary and Louis Heinle of New Kensington as treasurer. Reading was chosen for the 1948 convention but dates remain unsettled.
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Erie
Walter Greenwood
Coatesville
League of
Pennsylvania
League
Gale H. Ross
Charlie H. Barber
Chester Robers
Easton
Louis Heinle
New Kensington
Reading
VFW Post 1980 Set for August 19 Meeting
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1980 in Indiana County will hold its regular meeting on Tuesday August 19 at 8 PM at the VFW Country Club. Following the Post meeting a meeting of the VFW Country Club will convene.
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Veterans of Foreign Wards
Indiana County
VFW Country Club
V. F. W. Country Club
Scout Area for Escaped Convict Believed to be at Large
BELLEFONTE PA Aug 16 State Police and prison guards aided by bloodhounds searched the countryside for escaped convict Wilfert P Cashman 8% who fled Rockvig Penitentiary by climbing a stockade yesterday. Cashman sentenced from Ilais County to seven to 14 years for tape larceny and assault and battery Aged 8% years?
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Bellefonte
Rockvig Penitentiary
C. Rhoads
Wilfert P. Cashman
Cashman
Blais County
Seward Named Chairman of U S Steel Arbitration Board
Pittsburgh Aug 16 Ralph T Seward was named chairman of the U S Steel Corporation arbitration board effective Oct 1 The appointment was announced by CIO United Steelworkers president Philip Murray and U S Steel vice president John A Stephens Seward succeeds Dr Herbert Blumer who has resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ralph T. Seward
U. S. Steel Corpsoration
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel of Delaware
Seward
Herbert Blumer
Violence in Tel Aviv and Jaffa Escalates
Tel Aviv and Jaffa border district sees renewed bloodshed as a Jewish shopkeeper is stabbed to death by Arabs, and a male Arab dies after being shot by a military patrol for not stopping. Hagana reports repulsed Arab assaults and another Arab beaten amid escalating casualties and damage totaling over 1 million dollars.
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Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Jewish Defense Organization
Hagana
Holy Land
Peace Zone Pact Talks Shift on Armed Force Use
Secretary of State George C. Marshall signaled a new stance on sanctions under the hemisphere defense treaty. The United States would not require armed forces without consent, while other measures like breaking relations and economic interruptions remain possible. Nicaragua’s participation was in question as Pan American tensions continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Marshall
United States
Argentina
Marshall
Chapultepec
Mexico City
Nicaragua
Pan- American Union
Leonardo Arguello
Nicaraguan Constituent Assembly
Managua
Victor M. Roman Y. Reyes
Roman Y. Reyes
Benjamin Lacayo Sacasa
Arguello
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Missing iron duck returns to White home door
Grand Rapids residents recount a two year mystery as John A White discovers a paper message saying homing pigeon returns and finds the iron duck decoratively refastened on the front door with a new coat of white paint The second item notes electric irons cause about forty fires daily in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
John A. White
United States
Slow Progress Reported in US Soviet Lend Lease Talks
Washington reports very slow progress toward an $11.2 billion lendLease agreement with the Soviet Union. Open talks have stalled over Soviet records of materials supplied before V E Day and slow responses to American proposals. Officials remain hopeful a settlement may come, despite stalemates in other conferences and a lack of progress on Korea figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Bomar
Washington
United States
Soviet Russia
Moscow
Korea
Marshall
Riot Over New Housing Admits Negro Tenants
Chicago Aug 16 A crowd near a south side housing project dispersed after 84 people were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct amid protests over Negro tenants being admitted. Stones smashed windows streetcars and lights. one officer struck by a brick. Police increased patrols as earlier protests drew hundreds and thousands of officers to the scene. Forty white veteran families and seven Negro families moved into the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New South Side
John Prendergast
103Rd
115Th Streets
South Park Avenue
Halsted Street
Buried Alive In Sand 20 Minutes
In Philadelphia a 28 year old workman Edward Thomas narrowly survived when buried for 20 minutes in a sand hopper. He fell from a catwalk as a sand chute opened to load 40 tons of sand onto a truck. Fellow worker Thomas Eason spotted his fingers above the sand and alerted others to dig him out.
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Philadelphia
Abington Memorial Hospital
William Eggner
Edward Thomas
Thomas Eason
Thomas
Indiana Man Hit By Boom of Crane
Donald Holmes of 1201 Philadelphia Street Indiana was injured Thursday at 3 00 pm when struck by a crane boom at Long Run Bridge near Avonmore. He suffered a fractured left leg and is listed in fair condition at Greensburg Hospital. Holmes works as an oiler on a crane for the Hond in Donkey Company of Saltsburg.
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Donald Holmes
Philadelphia Street
Indiana
Long Run Bridge
Avonmore
Holmes
Greensburg
Saltsburg
Sagamore Man Held for Disturbance By Police
Steve Fekete, 97, of Sagamore, was charged with drunken and disorderly conduct last evening around 10 by local police. He caused a disturbance in a local restaurant and attempted to pick a fight with another patron. He was taken into custody by the Borough police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Fekete
Sagamore
Fekete
Obituary list notes multiple local deaths in Indiana PA
Multiple obituaries and notices from Indiana Pennsylvania detail deaths of Ethel Blanche Wenky in Homer City, Edward Brillhart, Robert John Hachick, John B. Fairley, William Hembaugh, Merritt Blaine Jamison, and Lawrence F. Robinson. Details include dates, residence, funeral arrangements, relatives, and service times. Robinson’s funeral home is repeatedly listed for arrangements.
Presbyterian Church Service in Indiana on August 17
Rev. James K. Leitch and Rev. Kenneth Hicks will officiate at a Sunday service at 2:00 p.m. CST. Interment to follow in Union Cemetery.
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Ethel Blanche (Reed
Wenky
Ches
RE. Henry
Howard Nehrig
Center St
Homier City
Robinson's
N. 7Th St
Indiana
A. Albert Hall
Oakland Cemetery
John B. Fairley
Indiana County
Harry B
Agnes Miller Fairley
Conemaugh Township
Grace Smith Fairley
Jo Ann
Larue
Bernice
Robert
Mack Shields
Livermore
R. D
M. R. Aikings
Rural Valley
Harry T
Frank N
Baltimore Md
United Presbyterian Church
Dodson
Church St
James K. Leitch
Malcolm Harrison
Conemaugh Cemetery
Presbyterian Church
Kenneth Hicks
Union Cemetery
Weatherman Expects Relief Amid Pennsylvania Heat Wave
The Associated Press reports seven deaths in Pennsylvania from scorching temperatures. Eastern PA foresees partly cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms today, then cooler, fair weather tomorrow, while western PA should clear after clouds and showers. Victims include James Donnelly 78 and Christ Menne 67 in Philadelphia, William Evans 60 in Wilkes-Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
North Portion
South Portion
Philadelphia
Fittsburgh
Wilkes-Barre
James Donnelly
Christ Menne
William Evans
Plymouth
Pittsburgh
Dominick Promoted Passenger Agent For Atlantic Coast Line
George W. Dominick, son of Mr and Mrs Tony Dominick of DIXONVILLE, has been promoted from ticket seller to passenger agent with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and will be assigned to duty at Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Dominick
Tony Dominick
Dixonville
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Jacksonville
Safety Awards Highlight Coal Firms In July
The Sagamore Mines of the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company won the Group 1 safety banner from Indiana Council Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association for July. Group Two honors went to Barr Mine of New York Central Company in the same program. Read the Gazette Classified Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagamore Mines
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Indiana Council
Joseph A. Holmes
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India
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Lend Lease
Edward Brillhart
White Township
Robinson
Robert John Hachick
Jacob Hachick
George
James
Bertha
Dorothy
Betty Ann
Nilene
Irene Lucas
Albert
U. S. Army
Guam
Bowser Funeral Home
Plumville
William H. Hembaugh
Josephine
Indiana Hospital
Muncy
Thomas and
Emma Musser Hehbaugh
12Th Infantry
Heinbaugh
Geo. Dunlap
Williamsport
Norima Nesbit
Merritt Blaine Jamison
Merritt B
Lillian Shank Jamison
Jamison
R. D. No
Lawerence F. Robinson
N. 5Th St
Allegheny General Hospital
Robinson’s
The
Gazette
Bell Funeral Home
Indiana, Pa
Henry R. Dodson, Jr
Mortuary
Penn
Joseph W. Serene
Republican Candiate
Moorhead
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