Rockefeller Gift Under Study By UN Site Committee
The United Nations Site Committee considers John D. Rockefeller Jr. gift of an $8.5 million permanent headquarters site in mid-Manhattan. The area bounded by Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive, First Avenue, 42nd and 48th Streets faced competing East and West site options. Rockefeller’s 30 day land option and conditions include adjoining property transfers and East River waterfront rights. Mayor O Dwyer signals city readiness to meet terms.
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Lake Success
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New York City
United Nations
Rockefeller
Mid- Manhattan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
East River
First Avenue
42Nd Street
48Th Street
Philadelphia
Belmont-Roxborough
San Francisco
Presidio
Warren R. Austin
U. S
New York
U. N
William O'Dwyer
Auto Ends 18 Year Dream In Fatal Downingtown Crash
Five people killed and four injured in a head on collision between a car and an oil truck near Downingtown Pennsylvania. The truck spilled 4490 gallons of oil into Brandywine Creek. Victims include James Jamison 23 and Carmen Marino 23 from Downingtown plus others from Ambler and West Chester.
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Downingtown
Dee
Chester County Hospital
Fred Manship
Dowingtown
Chicago
Danielle Tonitte
Italy
Tonitte
James Ayers
United
Donald Jamison
Vin Caesar
Italia
Cent Zinni
Fred Pizii
West Chester
Manship
James Puia
Ambler
Puia
Carmen J
Marino
Dowinglawn
Ufth
Ayers
Brandy Wine Creek
Avers
Manshin
Francis H Habecker
Coatesville
Francisca L. Biondi
Plentiful Yule Tree Supply Predicted in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg officials from the State Agriculture Department and Pennsylvania State College forecast a strong Christmas tree crop for the coming season. Nearly a million trees will be cut domestically, with another million imported from New England and Canada. The industry has grown from a small farm endeavor 16 years ago to a near million tree annual market, though risks include fire insects disease and pests, while pricing practices affect consumption. Pennsylvania Brown trees are favored for freshness, and growers urge reasonable prices to avoid gouging.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Agriculture Department
Pennsylvania State College
New England
Canada
F.I. Murphey
State College
Keystone State
Murphey
M. C. Stewart
Homer City
Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers Association
Stewart
Atom In Action in Next Decade Says See Atom In Action in Next Decade Says
Atomic energy will light streets within a decade as discussed by two Westinghouse scientists before the Pittsburgh section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. They warn atomic power is not a panacea for low cost power and will not end coal use. coal and uranium will each have their fields.
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Pittsburgh
Atomic Energy
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Westinghouse Electrical Corp
J. A. Hutcheson
TF. C. Wagner
Central Engineering Department
Hutcheson
Wagner
Shared Bed With 2 Girls Divorced
Los Angeles reports divorce between Dawna Clawson Prantis and Guy E. Francis after a witness testified housing shortages forced a bed sharing with two women. Frances's attorney called it a frameup. Dawna was on USO tour.
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Los Angeles
Dawna Clawson Prantis
Guy E. Francis
June Dummer
Warne
Francis
Betty Lou McClain
Dawna
Miss McClain
Frederick Clawson
Ess McClain
Hollywood Canteen
Clawson
Slouths
Local Shriners Attend Ceremony at Tower of London
Rob London reports thieves raided the Tower of London where Shriners from Indiana gathered for the December ceremonial. A large quantity of cigarettes was stolen and the jewels were moved to a safe place during wartime. Indiana candidates included William Race and David Hamilton among others, while witnesses observed the initiation.
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London
Tower of London
Indiana
Altoona
Jaffa
Temple
Io An
Diana
William Race
Wallerland
Hile
David Hamilton
Samuel Law
Revinek
E. B. Race
York Andianteen
P. A. Risheberger
Jin
iAdvocated Wife's Death Charge Out
Belvidere New Jersey December 12 A verdict of acquittal was returned in the case of James C Gibbs a Johnsonburg farmer and feed dealer charged with feloniously willfully maliciously and unlawfully advocating the death of his wife The jury deliberated three hours and 43 minutes Gibbs had previously been convicted in a prior trial and fined five thousand dollars plus seven years in prison The New Jersey Supreme Court later set aside that verdict noting the indictment failed to charge homicidal intent The slaying Gibbs was accused of planning was never carried out
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Belvidere
N. J
James C. Gibbs
Johnsonburg
Gibbs
State Supreme Court
Prosecution Begins Nazi War Crimes Prosecutions
American prosecutors plan individual cases against high ranking Nazis under Hitler after the IMT acquittals. Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor leads analysts in Washington reading War Department files for evidence on aggressive war charges. Potential defendants include von Runstedt von Brauchitsch Halder Manstein Leeb, with many to be tried near Nuernberg Augsburg.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Muernberg
International Military Tribunal
Adolf Hitler
Telford Taylor
U. S
War Department
Washington
Nazi Germany
Nuernberg
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Alfred Jodi
Frankfurt
Augsburg
Karl Gerd von Runstedt
Ardennes Bulge
Walter von Brauchitsch
Rehief
Poland
Franz Halder
Fritz von Manstein
Shal Wilhelm von Leeb
Four Power Commission
Christmas Card From Penitentiary Haunts State's Attorney
State's Attorney John W. Curren received a Christmas card postmarked from the state penitentiary. The note read having a very dull time wish you were here and was signed by a man who owes Curren a 10 year lease on his quarters there.
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Springfield
John W. Curren
Wife Upheld In Indignities Divorce Ruling
Philadelphia dated December 12 reports that the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed a lower court to grant Mrs. William Ketterer a divorce from her 25 year husband on grounds of indignities. The husband had claimed the wife’s only right was to work and the children's only privilege was to be quiet.
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State
William Ketterer
Disappointment To Kids Brings Lion's Apology
The Indigna Lions Club apologized publicly to children who attended the Toy Matinee after Mickey Rooney did not appear in the Huckleberry Finn film. The club printed the apology on page 5 and, with manager Mrs. John Coussouie, will arrange a free showing of Tuckleeberry Finn for the youngsters who attended last week.
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The
Indigna Lions Club
Mickey Rooney
Lions
John Coussouie
Youth at center as trial pits Kelly against Prenni
The trial features Kelly denying a murder charge while Frenni allegedly confessed to police. Witnesses include officers Hickey and Lang, Mrs. Ida Wilson, and Don McMullen. Clothing with bloodstains and a bloodstained club are exhibited as evidence. Jurors and alternates are seated after screening 57, with capital punishment a sticking point.
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Joseph Hickey
T. B. Lang
Frenni
Ida Wilson
Clark
Mack
Kelly
Manky
Jon
Booth
Harrisburg
Veranko
N. DeWitt Ray
Indiana
Evening Gazette
L. Menning
T. W. Kredel
Don’ McMullen
Prenni
Fleming
Kredel
Llow
Antonio Gais
Newrytown
Frank Mendaloff
Nowrytown
Reno Corridoni
Mike Gais
Steve Lubosky
Conemaugh Township
Mary Vranko
Young Kelley
Secrets Beyond Atom Might Surface In UN Armament Probe
Washington reports that a UN census of armaments and troop strength could reveal top American military secrets beyond the atomic bomb. Britain proposed full disclosures on categories of armaments and forces, including naval, land, and air arms. The United States emphasizes advances in carriers like the 45,000-ton Midway class, submarine propulsion studies, guided missiles, radar, and long range bombers such as the B-35 and B-36, signaling leadership in several technologies amid ongoing studies and disclosures.
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Washington
United Nations
New York
United States Navy
Navy
Army
Chemical Warfare Corps
United States
Britain
Considerate Man Ends Life With Gas in Garage
Collingswood New Jersey reports Charles Bateus a 76 year old lithographer committed suicide in a self built gas chamber. He left notes for his undertaker banker housekeeper and neighborhood policeman and a five dollar note for the morgue helper. He placed do not smoke gas signs on his garage door before entering the workshop and dying in his chair. He had suffered years of ill health.
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Collingswood
N. J
Charles Bateus
Earl Hall
Holl
Barcus
Hall
Elliott Roosevelt and Faye Emerson Plan Poland Visit
Elliott Roosevelt and actress wife Faye Emerson depart Moscow by plane for a brief Poland visit after returning from the Georgian SSR laden with oranges. Roosevelt hopes to return to the United States around December 22 or 23 to spend Christmas with his mother, while declining comment on American leak reports about his private discussions. He also accepts an invitation from Miss Briggs to a function at Spasso House, the residence of Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Poland
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Roosevelt
United States
State Department
Ruth
WAC
Miss Briggs
Obituary notices of Rising Pease and Kachur in Indiana area
Obituaries report J Edward Rising died at his sister’s Vandergrift home. Born 1866 in Leatherwood Pa he lived near Greensburg for 46 years and worked for Senator Cyrus Woods. Surviving siblings listed. Funeral services planned with two ministers and Howe Cemetery burial. Florence Pease widow of Augustus Pease dies at nephew’s Zelienople home after lifelong Indiana life. survived by son James Edward and four sisters. Services in Aliquippa with Woodlawn Cemetery interment. Charles Andy Kachur dies near Mahaffey from hunting accident. services in Ernest then St Marys Church Homer City with mass and burial in Indiana’s St Bernard Cemetery.
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J. Edward Rising
J E. Shank
Fifteenth Street
Vandergrift
John and
Catherine (Shank) Rising
Leatherwood
Clarion County
Greensburg
Rayne Township
Indiana County
Cyrus Woods
First Christian Church of
James G. Rising
Indiana
R. D
Mary C. Smith
J. E. Shank
Robinson Funeral Home
H. Glenn Carpenter
Floyd H. Randall
Howe Cemetery
Sample Run
Florence (Fails Pease
Samuel ML
Kathryn Fails
Allen Miller
Zelienople
Augustus Pease
Christian Church of Indiana
James Edward
Jessie Stutzman
Johnstown
Archie Kunkle
Ben Kunkle
William Miller
Aliquippa
Prosser
Woodlawn
Pease
Charles Andy Kachur
Ernest
Bec
iMahaffey
Kachur
St. Mary’s Protection Greek
Noon Stocks Air Reduction AL Chen and Dye Api Can Am and For Pow
A long list of stock movements and company names appears in a Gazette classified ad. Stocks quoted include Am Rad, Am Tel, Anaconda, Atl Refining, Bethlehem Steel, Boeing, Chrysler, Edison, General Electric, General Motors, Union Carbide, IBM, and many others with varied percentage changes and note of trading activity. The passage ends directing readers to read the Gazette Classified Ady.
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AL Chen & Dye API
Rad & Si
Smelt & R
Atcht& SF
Adl Refining
al Balt. & Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Briggs Mfg and Budd Co
Case
JD Co
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Column & el Pit Com
Cons Edison
Curtiss-Wright
del Lack & West
Douglas Aircraft
Eastman Kodak
Erie RR
Elec
E Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Hercules
Hershey ‘Choc
Mlinois Central
Int Harvester TS
Int Tel & Tel
Johns-Manville
Kennecott Cap
Lehigh
Port C
Lehigh Val Coal
Leh Val RR
Libby McN & L
Liggett & Myers
Loew's Inc
Mantgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
Swift & Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Gas Imp
Uss Smelt
R&m
US Steel
Warner Bros
Retreat Into Bulgaria In Greek Fight
A Greek division commander said about four fifths of a 1200 strong band in western Thrace retreated into Bulgaria after a five day battle for Corymbos. He reported bandit officers and men moving to a Bulgarian village as Greek forces continued border mopping up. The clash ended Monday night and was called the most decisive action of a month in Thrace. Bulgarian premier’s ally in parliament denied bands crossing into Greece.
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Alexandroupolis
Greece
Thrace
Corymbos
Bulgaria
Alexander Asymachopatlous
Sofia
Kimon Gorgiev
Chinese Communist Forces Massed Along Sungari River
Government sources report over 100000 CPC troops lined up for 200 miles along the Sungari River north bank awaiting a spark to launch a southward attack. Reinforcements pour into three sectors north of Changchun as authorities say forces form an arc 50 to 60 miles north of Manchuria's capital.
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Peiping
Sungari
Changchun
Trolley Crash Injures 45 in South Philadelphia
In South Philadelphia a trolley collided with a shifting freight train while carrying Christmas shoppers, injuring 45 people. Officials say none are seriously hurt. In other news, Cornish tin mines reportedly hold ore reserves enough to keep operations running 50 to 100 years.
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Philadelphia
Central-City
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