Indian Law Body Meets No Moslems Assembly Opens in Delhi
India's Constituent Assembly opened its first session in Constitution Hall with five Moslem League seats vacant as Congress and minority delegates arrived amid police and crowd control. J A Kripalani and Nehru attended as Sachchidanand Sinha, 78, urged study of the American Constitution for possible adaptation to India. The assembly may seek the federal court interpretation of disputed sections of the British Cabinet Mission plan.
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Walter J. Mason
New Delhi
India
Constitution Hall
Central Assembly
Constituent Assembly
Delhi
Congress
J. A. Kripalani
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Sachevhidanand Sinha
Patna
Australia
China
United States
Congress Party
Assembly
Federal Court
Sgt Gormley To Operate Office In Blairsville
Captain F A Hunterminster, commanding officer at the U S Army Recruiting Station, announces Staff Sergeant Gormley, reassigned from local duty last October, will head the Blairsville sub station as recruiter in charge. The Recruiting Sub Station at the American Legion Home in Blairsville will operate daily 8 AM to 5 PM to accept enlistment applications and offer assistance. Gromley thanks Indiana citizens for support during his tour and expresses appreciation for the warm reception.
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F. A. Hunterminster
U. S. Army
Gromley
Blairsville
Death Toll Rises To 120 In Atlanta Hotel Fire
Atlanta reports the Winecoff Hotel fire has killed 120 with three more victims identified. Investigations by city and national bodies begin as officials seek safer building practices and possible criminal negligence review. Memorials and inquiries dominate the aftermath as fire officials assess origin and contributing factors.
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Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel
George D. Burch
Chattanooga
Red Cross
E. E. Andrews
Henry Chandler
Fulton County
William B. Hartsfield
National Fire Prevention Association
National Conference of Building Officers
Grady Hospital
Hartsfield
National Society of Professional Engineers
C. C. Styron
A. C. Hutson
the Nations Board of Fire Underwriters
Peachtree Street
Tug Strike Threatens Harbor Labor Tensions in New York
New York's harbor faces a potential tugboat strike as owners and union officials resume contract talks. Local 333 of the International Longshoremen's Association authorized a new strike ballot, seeking a $1 daily raise and a 40 hour work week from 48. Captain William W. Bradley, president of Local 333, said no strike date has been set.
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New York
United Marine Division
International Longshoremen's Association
William WY. Bradley
Explosions Rally Chinese Army Munitions Dump
Chaos persisted at a Chinese munitions dump in Shanghai after a grenade dropped Saturday sparked blasts. Officials confirmed eight dead, while earlier reports claimed around 200 troops were killed. Sabotage rumors persisted despite denials. A government spokesman said a soldier caused the initial explosion.
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Shanghai
Office workers to be paid before Christmas payroll update
One New York City five workers and payroll pits sidle Christmas payroll. Office workers will be paid before Christmas, but miners have had no pay since November 21 with the last half November due December 14. The term zodiac is a circle of animals from zoodiac.
Expect Crowd For Safety Group Dinner
A capacity crowd is expected for the Holmes Safety Association banquet at The Village Route 80 tas Clymer Thursday at 6 30 P M Local talent from Radio Station KDKA will perform The meeting is sponsored by the Council and the Coal Operators Casulty Company At the November meeting safety banners were won by Saga more and Graceton The program covered ignition sources leading to mine explosions with S A Magistrella as chairman E E Quenon of the U S Bureau of Mines demonstrated coal dust and gas explosions
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Holmes Safety Association
Tas Clymer
KDKA
Thomas P. Lymph
Casulty Company
Lymph
Group 1
Sagamore
Graceton
S. A. Magistrella
E. E. Quenon
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Upper Freeport
Lower Freeport
Lower Kittanning
Pittsburgh
Legislature Set To Open January 7
Harrisburg dispatch reports Republicans pressing for a short business like session starting January 7 with Rep Franklin H Lichtenwalter chosen as speaker and officers named. Gov elect Duff’s policy line shapes action as the Assembly organizes, hears the governor’s final message, and adjourns to Duff’s inauguration January 21.
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Harrisburg
Iplans
Pennsylvania
Franklin H. Lichtenwalter
Lehigh County
M. Harvey Taylor
James H. Duff
Paca
Martin
Duff
Herishey
Taylor
Dauphin County
Weldon B. Heyburn
Delaware County
House
H. G. Andrews
Rumors Fly Of Greek Prince Engaging English Princess
Rumors circulate at court of a possible engagement between a Greek prince and an English princess. Uncle Dickie Lord Mountbatten allegedly supports the match as friends note the princess may show resolve. Gossip hints at an announcement after the princess’s 21st birthday on April 21.
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Dickie
Lord Montbatten
Sunday Pictoria
Prince
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
I T
Philip
Britain
Victoria
Albert
Actress Wins Divorce From Robert Donat in Custody Battle
London dec 9 a divorce decree granting Mrs Robert Donat custody of three children was issued today She claimed the actor was adulterous with Brendan Tursbull who was not further identified The case ends a lengthy separation between the star and his wife
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London
Robert Donat
Brendan Tursbull
Inot
Parnell to Meet Staff of Council
Parnell, scout commissioner for the William Penn Council, will meet tonight with council staff. Topics include completing troop registrations by end of 1946, leadership at Scouter Roundtables, and aligning troops with the January theme on Communications. Also to discuss visitation, council officer communication, and strengthening troop personnel ahead of Boy Scout Week preparations in February.
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Parnell
William Penn Council
Scouter
Floyd C. Rankin
Francis A. Nantais
Lee A. Engle
Bille Simpson
N. B. Wetzel
Dr. F. G. Edwards
C. M. Cunningham
James Beatty
Harry G
Teachers Out Second Week in Shamokin Strike
Shamokin Pennsylvania enters its second week of a teacher strike as the district remains shut with 2400 students at home. A citizens committee aims to broker a meeting between the teachers negotiating committee and the school board after teachers demanded a $300 bonus and higher salaries the board says it cannot fund.
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Shamokin
Earl Golden
County Racers Named To Fair Futurity Track
Two Indiana county racers were nominated for the Reading Fair Futurity No 24 to be held at the Reading Fair Grand Circuit meeting in 1948 and 1949. Harry Stoffel of Indiana nominated Miss Excellency bay tilly by His Excellency out of Abbiewyn for the two and three year old division. An unnamed brown colt by Clever Hanover out of Abbiewyn was nominated by Carl A Kolbe of Cherry Tree for the same division.
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Indiana County
Harry Stoffel
Indiana
Bay Tilly
Abbiewyn
Clever Hanover
Carl A. Kolbe
Cherry Tree
Eisenhower admitted for rest at Pratt General Hospital
General Dwight D. Eisenhower is in Pratt General Hospital for a month of rest and treatment for bor sitis in his left shoulder. He arrived with Mrs. Eisenhower and aides and was taken directly to the hospital in Coral Gables suburb.
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Miame
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pratt General Hospital
Fr Liner Sunk After Gale Hits Offshore Vessels
A gale damaged waterfront ships as a US naval launch drifted and sank near the Citadel while the Liberte’s loss would impede the French Line’s passenger service. Observers blamed the sunken Paris hull for damage, with French officials unsure which wreckage caused the harm amid other ships like Palmire and Lie de France nearby.
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Citadel
Paris
French Line
Murder and Morality Trials Headline Local December Court
Robert Sell of Shelocta, disabled World War II veteran, faces a second trial on a bastardy charge after a hung jury in September. The December term opens with cases including Waller Topic on rape and bastardy and John Shandick charged with operating under the influence. Sell’s trial is set for Tuesday at 9 a.m.
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Robert Sell
Shelocta
Waller
New Alexandria
John Shandick
Lucerne Mines
Sell
Nazi Doctors Go On Trial
Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor opened the Nürnberg trial charging 22 men and a woman with Nazi medical experiments on live victims. He called the defendants murderers who poisoned the German medical profession, detailing high altitude, freezing, poison injections and forced seawater drinking as war crimes.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Nuernberg
Telford Taylor
Adolf Hitler
Taylor
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Third Reich
Yoom
Heinrich
Himmier
La Jose Boy, 8, Is Drowned in Creek
Thomas G Toles eight year old La Jose resident drowned Saturday afternoon along Chest Creek after his brother Howard ten tried to save him slipping into deep water Three men aided them and pulled Howard ashore while firemen from Clearfield and Stastings recovered Thomas body at dusk
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Mahaffey
Dee
Thomas G. Toles
la Jose
Clearfield
Howard
Chest Creek
Thomas
Stastings
Pawtucket Schools Close Over Teachers Strike Threat
In Pawtucket Rhode Island about 98,000 public school children faced an early Christmas vacation as all schools remained closed amid a strike threat from the Pawtucket Teachers Alliance. State education director Dr James F Rockett ordered non janitorial staff to stay away to prevent incidents while negotiations are paused.
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Pawtucket
James F. Rockett
AFL
Rockett
Scout Executive to Speak at Rotary Meeting
Scout Executive Dan Seivers of the William Penn Council will address Rotary Club members at the Indiana Hotel tonight at 6 15 PM. He has vast Scouting experience and will share an inside view of Scouting past present and future as he promotes Scout and Cub Scout programs.
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Dan Seivers
William Penn Council
Rotary Club
Indiana Hotel
Laurette Taylor Dies at 62 in New York
Private funeral services will be held Wednesday for Laurette Taylor, 62, who died Saturday night. The former star rose to fame in Peg O’ My Heart and Alias Jimmy Valentine, won Variety’s best actress of 1945, and was twice married to Charles A. Taylor and Hartley Manners. She will be buried beside Manners at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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New York
Laurette Taylor
Miss Taylor
Glass Menagerie
Variety
Jimmy Valentine
Charles A. Taylor
Marguerite
Dwight
Taylor
Hartley Manners
Manners
Woodlawn
Theatre Tragedy as 31 Children Overcome by Gas
In Brackenridge Pennsylvania an audience of about 300 children at a western movie thriller suffered gas fumes from a furnace converted to gas. Fifteen year old Richard Gibson alerted his father, the film stopped, and several youngsters were treated at Tarentum Valley Hospital Brackenridge fire house. Seven of the 31 remained hospitalized but in good condition with expected releases later.
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Lytle Hunter
Richard Gibson
Charles Gibson
Gibson
Tarentum Valley Hospital
Brackenridge Firehouse
Gibbon
Strcken
Obituary notices for Lorenzi, Paton Smith, and others from Iselin Blairsville area
Obituaries from Iselin Blairsville area list John Ospeph Lorenzi of Iselin died Saturday at Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh aged 63. Survived by wife Mary, daughters Angeline Mayer and Elda Lorenzi, three grandchildren, and Guerino Lorenzi in Italy. Services at Holy Cross Church Iselin with interment St Bernard Cemetery Indiana. Flora Paton Smith of Blairsville died at 1 20 this morning at 1055 Walnut. Survived by three daughters Jessie D Lois P and Marion C. Services at Hunter Funeral Home Blairsville then Blairsville Cemetery. John Eckenroad of White Township died yesterday morning aged 77. Survived by two brothers Foster and Louis. Servites at Streams Funeral Home with Oakland Cemetery interment. Calvin Ray Yarnell 26 of Alverda died yesterday morning of pneumonia. Survived by parents Harry and Lala Yarnell and siblings Emma Good Howard and Goldie. Services at Alverda Christian Church with McDowell Cemetery burial.
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John Osbeph Lorenz
Iselin
Mercy Hospital
Pittsburgh
Louis
Maria
Zanolli) Lorenzi
Austria
Jefferson County
Holy Cross Church
Benjamin Franklin Lodge
Italy
Franklin
Mary (Ghizzoni) Lorenzi
Angeline Mayer
Elda Lorenzi
Youngs
Town
Ohio
Guerino Lorenzi
St. Bernard Cemetery
Indiana
Flora Paton Smith
Walnut Street
Blairsville
John Gibson
Margaret (McCaw) Paton
Harry Boydston Smith
Jessie D
Bryn Mawr
Lois P
Marion C
First Presbyterian Church of
Eastern Star
New Era Club of
Hunter Funeral
Joseph Stuart
Presbyterian Church of
John. Eckenroad
White Township
William
Rosamine (White) Eckenroad
Indiana County
Homer City
Mary Dixon Eckenroad
Foster
Streams
Oakland Cemetery
Calvin Ray Yarnell
Alverda
Spangler
Mar
Harry
Lala {Johns} Yarnell
Emma Good
Barnesboro R. D
Howard
Goldie Yarnell
Alverda Christians Church
John Adams
McDowell
Long Funeral Home
Barnesboro
Noon Stocks Show Wide Mix Across Major Firms
A compilation of midday stock percentages lists many leading companies including Am Can, Anaconda, Bethlehem Steel, Boeing, Chrysler, Edison, General Motors, Gen Foods, IBM, Lehigh Valley, Libby, Packard, Penn RR, Studebaker, U S Steel, Woolworth, and Westinghouse among others. The reading reflects a broad market with varied gains and losses across sectors such as steel, oil, chemicals, autos, and utilities.
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Smell & R
Atch
T & SF
Ad Refining
Balt & Ohio
Bendix Aviatoy
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Ca
Briggs Mfg
Budd Co
Case (Ji) Co
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Int Harvester
Int
Tel & Tel Johns Manville
Northern Pac
Packard Motor
Penngy (Jc
Penn RR
Soe NJ
Pullman
Radio Corp
Reading Co
Repab Steel
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Stand Brands 39
Ltd
G & E Ptct
Stand Oil Cal
Stand Oil Ind
Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker Corp
Sutherland Pap
Swit & Co
Texas Co
United Air
United Gas Imp
US Smelt
US Steel
Werner Bros Pict
West UN Tel A
Woolworth
Youngst Sh & T
Federal tax agents cite 11 home wine violators
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit agents from Johnstown cited eleven county men for home wine making violations. Two violators produced over 200 gallons. Others were ineligible permits, not heads of households. Names include Mazzuca Benamati Ganliardi Foresi Dematteo Morelli Battista Falcome Bertuzzi Holuto and others across Alverda Ment Sie and Hellwood areas.
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Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Johnstown
L. E. Ross
L. A. Grove
Tony Mazzuca
David Benamati
Nunziato Ganliardi
Jim Foresi
Giuseppe Dematteo
Mario
Armstrong Co Grange Names Officers For Two-Year Term
The Armstrong County Pomona grange met at Kittanning and elected officers for a two year term. New officers included Master George Rumbaugh Dayon Overseer Dale Brown South Buffalo Lecturer Grace Miller Spring Church Steward Kenneth Van Dyke South Buffalo Assistant Steward Donald McCullough Kaylor Chaplain A W Moore Spring Church Secretary E Clinton Stitt West Valley Treasurer S B Shenk West Franklin Ceres Ruth Bearts Mt Joy Pomona Lois Tippett Mt Joy Lady Assistant Steward Margaret McCullough Kaylor Executive Committee William Claypool West Franklin 3-year term Finance Committee J P Stockdale Dayton.
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Armstrong County
Pomona Grange
Kittanning
Grange
George Rumbaugh
Dayon
Dale Brown
South Buffalo
Grace ‘Miller
Spring Church
Kenneth van Dyke
Donald McCullough
Kaylor
A. W. Moore
E. Clinton Stitt
West Valley
S. B. Shenk
West Franklin
Ceres
Ruth Bearts
Mt. Joy
Pomona
Lois Tippett
Margaret McCullatgh
William Claypool
J. P. Stockdale
Dayton
Blairsville Pastor Called by CMA Church in Kittanning
The Rev. Mr. Gross of Blairsville has been called by the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Kittanning to be their minister. He is expected to begin his duties with the local church in January, succeeding Rev. Arthur Hummill, who resigned.
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Gross
Blairsville
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of
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