California Hotel in Paris Shelters Americans Amid Trade Shifts
The California Hotel on Rue de Berri near the Champs Elyses hosts a diverse American clientele from diplomats to writers, supported by the U S State Department via U S Army food purchases to offer moderate prices. The piece notes rising hotel black markets and explains French product shortages hinge on French production and European barter limits, with attention to North and South American supply links amid global shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Dan
California
Isande
United States
R. B. Lewis
Taft
United States Department of State
Europe
Truman explains Congress bottlenecks and committee roles
James Marlow reports from Washington on President Truman's January 5 address. He notes the president outlined bills stalled in committees and explained how committees can stall, rewrite, or approve measures before a full vote in Congress. He emphasizes that the public must understand committee action drives legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Truman
the Nation
Mr. Truman
Labor Committee
House
Senate
Woman Killed As Furnace Explodes
In Cambria County a newly installed hot water furnace exploded killing Mrs. Julia Antony. Deputy Coroner Joseph Govekar reported she was hurled ten feet and struck by iron from the furnace, suffering a fractured skull and severe burns over her body. Neighbors rushed to the scene as firemen arrived and found the house damaged with doors blown off hinges and plaster knocked down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bortage
Cambria County
Julia Antony
Corwyner
Joseph Govekar
Cdy
Mrs. Antony
Thomas Madigan
Communists and Gov't Agree On Procedures In China
Chinese Communists and the National Government reached an agreement on procedures to end hostilities and restore communications in China. U.S. Envoy General Marshall and General Wedemeyer held talks with leaders from both sides as American troops prepare to move into Manchuria within ten days. China also recognized Outer Mongolia’s independence after a plebiscite under the Sino-Soviet treaty. National forces in Manchuria tightened control as Changchun transfer plans were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
George C. Maranall
U. S
Shanghai
Albert C. Wedemyer
Manchuria
Outer Mongolia
Marshall
Chiang Kai-Shek
Marshal
Chou En-Lai
Jehol
Pehpiao
Chinhsien
Chinhsien-Chengteh
Lo Lung-Chi
Democratic League
Wedemeyer
Guam
North China
Changchun
Nationwide wage strike toll rises in 1946 labor fight
Broad labor actions sweep the nation as 400,000 workers idle amid CIO strikes in GM plants and steel industries. Picket spikes flare at Western Electric sites in New Jersey and New York with 17,200 walkouts. Union demands include a $2 daily pay boost and a $36 weekly minimum, while fact finding under Truman proceeds with hopes for pattern guidance across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric
Fitzsimmons
Western Electric Company
New Jersey
New York
CIO
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Washington
Nathan P. Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin
Truman
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters
AFL
United Packinghouse
Chicago
Midwest
CIO United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America
International Hervester Co
49er In Reverse in Erie Wagon Trek
An ex soldier, his wife and his father travel by a three horse pulled wagon toward Burne, Erie. Their trek began in Leadville five weeks ago after his Army discharge. A fourth horse was added to the rear as a renting spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Burne, Ni
Leadville
Coto
Veterans Honorable Discharges List From Indiana Area
A long list records soldiers sailors and airmen from Indiana area who received honorable discharges at Indiantown Gap Separation Center on Thursday January 3. Names cover Cpls S-Sgts Pfc and Pvt with addresses in Nanty Glo Blairsville Homer City Indiana Clymer and nearby towns. The roster notes ships forts and stations including Great Lakes Fort Knox and Salt St Saltsburg, reflecting a broad community tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Area
Indiantown Gap
Anthony B. Merlo
Nanty-Glo
Anthony R. Adams
Nanty- Glo
Beyer
Robert L. Kline
Arcadia
Pic
William A. Donaldson
Homer City
R. D
Melvin J. Stuchell
Adrian
George A. Bieda
Dry
Heilwood
Thomas W. Hamilton
6Th St
Indiana
Leonard L. Goss
Cherry Tree Pic
Samuel M. Jacobsky
IRD
Aid A. Yarnell
Joseph Martshkanish
Clymer
Carl I. Kosturka
Carl I. Kosturka, 2 ‘Hancock Ist, Clymer. S-Sgt. James S. Berkey
Holsopple
Paul R. Hemphill
Chest
Nut St
Jessie W. Marsh
Blairsville
Gustie R. Rura
Francis L. Chranni
el St
Homer
City
Jack Mumau
Marion Center
William F. Marsh
Barnesboro
Howard R. Bruckhart
Steve J. Bodnar
Ciune
Peter Leone
Sagamore
Harold J. Harrison
Avonmore R. D
Joseph A. Meshanko
Clymer Pile
Donald R. Thompson
Nanty‘Glo
Elmer Kraynar
Glen Campbell
Waller E. Anthony
Rural Valley
Ernest F. Palitler
Rochester Mills
Charles E. Walbeck
Robinson
Conald M. Walker
College Ave
George Baranich
Patton
Arthur Cocolyn
Franklin St. Clymer
Anthony B. Probilsky
Kenneth N. Gray
Millier Ave
Great Lakes
Navy
Emil Bocz
Lucernemines
Fort Knox
Louis J. Christoff
Norman W. Rimer
Big Run
John ¥. Doak
Walnut St
Theodore A. Griffith
Burnside
Lloyd BE
Somerville
Cherry Tree
Hallln L. Lockhart
Commodore
Clarence G. Hagens
4Th St. Nanty-Glo
Earl E Bender
Steve A. Saparo
Penn Run
R. DO
Wayne M. Craig
Seward
Pfe
Ted J. Clamoha
Tony F. Canzano
Brown St
Russell BE. Lowman
Marewood Ava
Edward Johnson Jr
NuMine
Ernest C. Bowers
B. D
Robert H. Quick
Salt St
Saltsburg
Ky Mines to Comply With UMW Insurance Order
Louisville action reports United Mine Workers demand for workmen's compensation insurance for all Kentucky mines after last week's Pineville explosion killed 24. Sam Caddy, UMW District 30 president, says mines must be insured or provide coverage. Brent Hart of the Kentucky Coal Operators Association expects full compliance or self-insurance. Caddy cites 74 Kentucky mines lacking insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Kentucky Coal
United Mine Workers
Sam Caddy
District 30
UMW
Pineville
Brent Hart
Kentucky Coal Operators Association
Kentucky
Veteran’s dog escapes at station greeting on return
Edward Baranski, a Pacific veteran who served in the Army, rushed to the Erie station to greet a fellow veteran. The dog, a K corps Iwo Jima Saipan veteran, escaped from its crate and vanished before Baranski could meet it, leaving him with disappointment at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Edward Baranski
Army
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Branski
Army curtails demobilization to six months
Washington reports the Army will slow repatriations to six months to maintain overseas security. About 1,553,000 eligible troops could return in three months, but will be spread over six. By July, overseas strength should dip to 797,000 under Lt. Gen. J. Lawton Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
War Department
J. Lawton Collins
Collins
Europe
Pacific
Department
England
Continent
Baby Burns In Crib In Camp Hill Fire
Terry Lee Cook fourteen month old son of a soldier killed in the Battle of the Bulge burned to death in his crib when a fire gutted the family’s Camp Hill home late yesterday. Neighbors found the blaze as the mother, Mrs. Ann Cook, was shopping nearby. Two other children in the house escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Hill
Terry Lee Cook
Ann Cook
Bar Association backs world court jurisdiction urged by judge
The Pennsylvania Bar Association committee on the world court and US member Judge Manley O Hudson urged Congress to accept the new international court of justice. Hudson said US leadership is needed for the UN to function. The group approved a resolution on US acceptance while other ABA resolutions were deferred. Former Justice Owen J Roberts was named for the association’s vice presidency, with election in June and Wingert to succeed Buchanan as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Crist
Hershey
Congress
United States
International Court of Justice
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Committee On the World Court
U. S
American Bar Association
Manley O. Hudson
Cambridge
Mass
Permanent Court of International Justice
UNO
Hudson
World Court Committee
United Nations Organization
Owen J. Roberts
U. S. Supreme Court
Association
Edmund C. Wingert
Franklin County
John G Buchanan
Pittsburgh
Mrs Mansfeldt Gets 1 to 10 Years
Mrs Irene Mansfeldt is sentenced to a one to ten year prison term for killing nurse Vada Muattin whom she believed was involved with her physician husband. A San Francisco jury had convicted her of manslaughter earlier, and she may be paroled after about a year and a half with good behavior credits. Dr John Mansfeldt died by his own hand shortly after the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Irene Mansfeldt
Vada Muattin
tMatron
Martine
Norman Elkington
Bunnies Relocated In Pennsylvania Winter Campaign
Harrisburg officials announce a winter program to trap rabbits in restricted transfer areas open to hunting. The State Game Commission notes 40,000 rabbits were netted statewide last year aided by light snow and good weather. The pay rate is 50 cents per rabbit trapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Game Commission
Pennsylvania
Land Resigns Maritime Commission Post
President Truman accepted Vice Admiral Emory S. Land's resignation as chairman of the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administrator, effective January 15. Land, after 39 years in the Navy and nearly nine on the commission, said he was war weary and that new blood was desirable. His departure leaves top posts at the commission vacant, with Vice Chairman Howard Vickery also having resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Emory S. Land
Martime Commission
War Shipping
White House
Lund
U.S. Navy
U. S. Maritime Commission
Admiral Land
Air Transport Association
Law
Maritime Commission
Howard Vickery
Ready Chair For Slayer's Execution
BELLEFONTE, Jan. 6 AP Rockview prison tested the electric chair for Pennsylvania first execution in over a year. Shellie McKeithen 48 of Beaver is slated for 12 30 a m Monday in the slaying of Tucker Boxley 65 at Jack s Run Bellevue near Pittsburgh March 26 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefonte
Rockview
Pennsylvania
Gov. Martin
Shellie McKeithen
Beaver
Tucker Boxley
Jack's Run
Bellevue
Pittsburgh
Thomas Hays Elliott
Harrisburg
Boxley
Clinton Harrill
Western Penitentiary
State Pardon Board
McKeithen
Harrill
Pardon Board
John C. Bell, Jr
McKeiihen
Bell
Passion Board
State Supreme Court
Charge Pressure In Trial of Sgt
London January reports the prosecution claiming intense pressure to influence witness testimony in the court martial of Sgt Judson Smith of Cumberland Kentucky accused of cruelty to American soldiers held in a Lichfield England guardhouse. Capt Earl J Carroll of San Bruno California seeks perjury charges against Maj Richard E LoBuono of East Pittsburgh Pennsylvania amid fears of political interference. An atom of uranium is described with a diameter of one one hundred millionth of an inch.
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London
Lichfield
England
Earl J. Carroll
San Bruno
Calif
Richard E. LoBuono
Main St
Pittsburgh
Carroll
Judson ‘Smith
Cumberland
Obituaries of Burns Weaver Rupert Clawson and others
A string of obituaries notes George Wilson Burns of Atwood who died January 3 at home with services in Indiana. IRA GLENN WEAVER 68 died in Indiana Hospital after February 5, 1877 birth in South Bend Township. GEORGE RUFERT services set at Bowser Funeral Home Plumville and Rural Valley Cemetery. WALTER NELSON CLAWSON near Livermore deceased after weeks illness with multiple survivors and church service in New Alexandria. SAMUEL JOHNSTON JR 24 from Dixonville dies in Indiana Hospital with Catholic services in Dixonville Creek Parish. REDDEN RAY YOUNG dies suddenly at his brother’s Indiana home born November 18 1886. services by Dr R D Graham at Leydie Funeral Home and Oakland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wilson Burns
Atwood
Lucinda Brandon Burne
J. Cyrus Smith
Greenwood Cemetery
Indiana
Robinson Funeral Home
Ira Glenn Weaver
South Bend
John Nesbitt
Anns (Belahley) Weaver
St. Jacobs Lutheran Church
Eva George Weaver
Eva George, Jr
Pacific
William King
Jean Brown
Rogers
Dunmite
Kings
Apollo
Oscar Woods
George Rufert
Funers
George Rupert
Sagamore
Bowser
Plumville
Rev
C. H. Butler
Rural Valley
Rupert
Walter Nelson Clawson
Livermore
Lewis and
Anna Mary (Anderson) Clawson
Young Township
Indiana County
New Alexandria
Reformed Presbyterian Church of
Mary Matilda (Quiste) Clawson
Clyde
Tacoma
Wash
James
Clair
Chester
Dale
Roy
Merle
Elmer Stine
Trees Mills
Albert Rice
Edmond Pa
Jay Batley
Miss Hiteen
Clawson
Black Lick
Wilmer
Iva
Salina
Dory
Derry
Conemaugh Township
Roy Fullerton
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Greenway Cemetery
Samuel Johnston, JR
Dixonville
Samuel
Helen (Bobak) Johnston
New
United States
George Bobak
The
Creek Catholic Church
Redden Ray Young
William E. Young
South Eleventh Street
Daniel Webster
Deliah (Rearick) Young
Armstrong County
Mr. Young
Harry A
Turtle Creek
William E
R. E B. Young Monument Company
Leydie Funeral Home
Wayne Avenue
R. D. Graham
First Methodist Church of Indiana
Oakland Cemetery
Clymer appoints Johny Fletcher as constable
Judge EH. E. Creps announced the appointment of Johny Fletcher as constable of Clymer to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Jarvie. The note ends with a wary image of an empty coal bin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johny Fletcher
Clymer
EH. E. Creps
William Jarvie
War Dept. Book Lists 112 GI Gripes
War Department issues a pocket pamphlet by Lea Rosten titled 112 Gripes Against the French. It counters common GI complaints about France with point by point responses, citing lend lease figures and historical ties while aiming to build goodwill and quell postwar tension through humor and reframing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Dept
Washington
Lea Rosten
Hollywood
War Department
Roslen
France
Paris
U. S
Europe
Raster
America
Ohi
Lendlease
Sean
Rosten
UNRRA chief ordered to return to London
Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan head of UNRRA in Germany is told to return to London after a press conference statement about Jewish refugees. Brig. William Arthur McDonald Stawell will act as temporary successor while Morgan reportedly resists quitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Frederick Morgan
UNRRA
Germany
Internasional Relief Agency
William Arthur McDonald Stawell
Stawell
Morgan
Frankfurt
Poland
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Clair N. Seymour
Pie
Clair M. Warden
Lucerne
Mines
Essie Davis
Mike Coma
Walter H. Molisky
George Pribicko
Paul T. Little
Wandsworth Prison
Willan Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
Imogene Stevens
Alfred Kovacs
New Canaan
Conn
John Kovacs
Raymond &. Baldwin
Stevens
Bar Asso
Indorses World Court
Mrs. Mansfeldt
Land
Maritime Comm
Sgt
Penna
Peter Edson
Washington Correspondent
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