Pennsylvania Farm Girls Invade Harrisburg Early
Pennsylvania farm girls arrive in Harrisburg before the annual farm show to stage window displays in nine stores and seven arena exhibits at the Farm Show Building. The event, in cooperation with the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, offers cash prizes up to 50 dollars. High schools and towns from Bedford to Wyoming counties send entries for store windows and the Farm Show.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
F. H. A. Girls
Farm Show Commission
South Woodbury Township
Bedford County
Cochranton
Crawford County
Blakely
Lackawanna County
Polk Township
Monroe County
East Greenville
Montgomery County
Chillisquaque
Northumberland Co
Myersdale
Somerset County
Nicholson
Wyoming County
Dillsburg
York County
Hopewell Tnp
Zelienople
Butler County
Locust Township
Columbia County
Benton Township
Milton
Northumberland County
Middleburg
Snyder County
Mifflinburg
Union County
Minor accident in Borough Sat afternoon
Borough police report a Saturday afternoon accident on Grant Street Indiana where James J. Schaffer driving a R & P Coal Co. vehicle struck William Neff’s parked car. R & P car damage about 45 dollars. Neff’s vehicle only minor damage. Harvey A. Duffey Jr. charged with failing to stop for a red light at 4th and Philadelphia Streets yesterday at 2:00 p.m.
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Borough Rove
James J. Schaffer
Indiana
R & P Goal Co
William Neff
Grant Street
Neff
Borough Police
Harvey A. Duffey, Jr
Willow Lodge
4Th
Philadelphia
Jerusalem Bomb Blast Hits Hotel in Palestine Violence
A blast hit the Semiramis Hotel in Jerusalem described as a reprisal for recent Arab-Jewish clashes. Four people were pulled alive from the rubble, including a woman who screamed for hours. The attack raised Palestine fatalities since the UN partition vote to 65. Rescue teams braved a rainstorm and lightning as troops guarded streets and Hagana patrols protected Jewish quarters.
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Jaffa
Haifa
Jerusalem
Palestine
United Nations
Semiramis
Middle East
King David
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Fire Brigade
Hagana
Katamon
Confidence Vote For Schuman Ends Attempts To Weaken Bill
Paris Jan. The French National Assembly kept Premier Robert Schuman in office by defeating two Communist Peasant De Gaullist amendments to the anti inflation bill. Votes were 906 to 273 and 308 to 272. Additional proposals to trim war relief, flood victims, and small family businesses tax levies were defeated or pending. The government seeks about 125 billion francs in revenue.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Robert Schuman
Assembly
Four Granges Meet Tonight
Blairsville Penn Run and Brush Valley Granges join William Penn Grange for a joint meeting at the Brush Valley Grange Hall tonight with officers present.
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William Penn Grange
Blairsville Grange
Penn Run Grange
Brush Valley Grange
Brush Valley Grange Hall
Congress Debates Tax Cut as Truman Plans Address
Congress prepares for a busy week as Senate and House panels shape a GOP tax cut aimed at trimming about 7.4 billion from income taxes. President Truman will address a joint session Wednesday outlining his state of the union and fiscal plans. Debate splits over foreign aid versus tax relief, with party leaders urging swift action while some Senators call for wait-and-see on the fiscal outlook.
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Senate Republican Policy Committee
House Republican Steering Committee
Truman
Capitol
Senate
House
Martin
White House
Congress
Knutson R. Mina
Ways and Means Committee
Koulson
Europe
State Department
Eaton
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Wherry Attacks Meat Rationing and Price Controls
Senator Wherry argues rationing cannot work without price controls and would hinder meat production. He criticizes Flanders plan and warns that preparing for rationing could shrink meat supply even if not implemented. Senator O Daniel calls rationing communistic and urges removing Anderson from the cabinet.
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Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
Flanders
Ac T
Agriculture Department
Congress
Anderson
Chas. F. Brannan
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
O'Daniel
Movies In Legion Post Tonight
The Indiana American Legion will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the post home. After the meeting a special session of moving pictures will be shown to attendees. Refreshments will be served following the meeting.
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Indiana American Legion
County Officials Take Oath of Office
Pa officials across counties begin new terms as 23 new county judges take oaths and dozens of incumbent jurists start new four year terms. Mayors shift across Philadelphia Allegheny Allentown Dubois Erie Lebanon Lock Haven Titusville York with Republicans and Democrats trading offices. New posts include Reps Felix Benizel Walter Rose and Sen William Rahauser among others.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Bernard J. Samuels
Allegheny
Allentown
Dubois
Erie
Lebanon
Lock Haven
Titusville
York
Harrisburg
Altoona
Johnstown
OL City
Uniontown
Washington
Bradford
Chester
Coatesville
New Castle
Sharon
Williamsport
Wilkes-Barre
Arnold
Carbondale
Easton
Greensburg
Felix Benizel
Walter Rose
William Rahauser
Allegheny County
Wiliam J. Lane
Washington County
Carleon T. Woodring
Northampton
M. Co. Chervenek, Jr
D-Cambria
Services Held For Dixonville Hero John Bunga
Impressive church and military services took place in Auburn for Pfc John Bunga formerly of Dixonville. He died July 21 1944 in France after a rifle grenade explosion during a voluntary mission. Surviving parents two sisters and a brother are named with local veterans posts in attendance.
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Auburn
John Bunga
Dixonville
Bunga
Indiana County
Litteau
France
893Rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Schenectady
Peter M. Tarby
John Yanchischin
St. Nicholas
Russian Orthodox Church
Legion
Michael Bunga
Myrtle Avenue
Joseph Sechestic
Marinter
Stephen
Pittsburgh
Bells Tolled School Today Echoes of Holiday Break
All county schools resumed studying this morning after a two week Christmas and New Year holidays. The bells rang to call children back to classrooms following the break.
Miners Back At J and L Vesta No 4
California Pa Jan 5 Mining at Vesta No 4 mine of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp resumed after 1700 miners returned to work. Workers had struck over hard hats but district UMW president John P Busare said they would resume once the company commits to installing other safety regulations soon.
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California
Vesta No. 4
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Minlors
John P. Busare
United Mine Workers
RR Traffic Hits One-Day Record
ERIE Pa Jan 5 The New York Central and Pennsylvania railroads reported yesterday set an all time high in passenger traffic in one day College students returning after the holidays forced both lines to add three or four cars to almost every train
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Erie
New York Central
Pennsylvania
New Storm Skirts New York On Snow Cleanup
New York reports a new storm threatening four to six inches of snow has moved out to sea as cleanup crews finish up after a record 25.8 inches plus sleet and ice. The weather bureau said today that light snow and sleet may fall in parts of the metropolitan area as the storm shifts away.
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New York
Knickerbocker
Weather Bureau
Norfolk
Atlantic
Subpoena Drama Grows Over Grain Speculation
Testimony tied Pauley to 600000 bushels of Brain while confirming he disposed of most and faced a 100000 loss. Graham’s 50000 bushel wheat futures was acknowledged but denied knowledge of ownership. Investigations race as Andresen and Knowland seek sources while a Minnesota nursing school notes its size and a bizarre zoological fact about lizards.
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Pauley
Royall
Truman
Agriculture Department
Graham
Bache and Company
Meanwihie
Knowland
PBS
Grahams
FBI
Justice Department
Senate
Temselves
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
House Committee
Andresen
Washington
Lucas O Iby
Anderson
TNT Crates Marked For Shipment To Palestine
Federal and local authorities probe crates labeled used industrial machinery loaded for Palestine after TNT was found in two containers on the Executor at Jersey City. Seventy-seven crates bound for Palestine were impounded and moved to a safe anchorage. 26 crates may hold 63,000 pounds of TNT.
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New York
Palestine
American Export Lines
Jersey City
State Department
Anns
Middle East
United Nations General Assembly
Bronx
TNT
Haboreg,‘ Ltd
Tel Aviv
Qued ‘Trading Company
New York City
Timbering At Standstill Triggers Idle Workers Across States
Timbering and sawmill operations that supply mines employing more than 100,000 workers in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maryland face a standstill as the United Mine Workers affiliate calls 12,000 members off the job seeking a 28 percent wage hike. Thomas P McTigue warns three weeks of idleness could close timber mines posts and milled products hurting steel shipments. No comment was available from Tri State Lumbermen’s Association as talks collapse over pay.
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Uniontown
United Construction Workers
Thomas P. McTigue
United Mine Workers
McTigue
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Garrett
Allegany
Maryland
Oil Flowing To Greece Board Finds Oil Flowing To Greece
Washington Jan 5 Greece receives 7000 barrels of petroleum daily from military sources under U S aid program about a third of its needs a Petroleum Board official said in response to Senate inquiry. The 7000 is part of 342600 daily barrels for all services and occupied areas. Senator Wherry questioned domestic oil use for export and antitrust concerns were raised by Senator Johnston. He urged Justice Department probes into storage and distribution. prices pressure from big oil companies was alleged. Fuel oil shortages were noted in some regions and Senator Flanders urged price cuts to aid consumers.
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Washington
Greece
U. S
Army-Navy Petroleum Board
G. H. Vogel
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
Vogel
Johnston
D-Sc
Congress
Iken
Eee
Department of’ ‘Justice
New Labor Strife Hits In Sicily
In Messina a general strike over pay and benefits spreads sympathy with Barcellona workers. Bank employees walk out. streetcars halt, stores and public buildings stay open. Barcellona sees protests after Saturday arrests. Padua faces a threatened strike as seven cities report unemployment demonstrations. Palmiro Togliatti denounces the United States and the Vatican while linking government to foreign influence and the Truman Doctrine. The National Congress of Milan meets to map a program against De Gasperi’s government.
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Rome
Messisia
Barcellona
Communist National Congress
Milan
Alcide de Gasperi
Palmiro Togliatti
United States
Vatican
Messina
Padua
Togliatti
de Gasperi
National Congress
Soviet Puts Boycott on UN Meeting
Reports from Trieste say Italy and Yugoslavia failed to agree on a Governor candidate for the Free Territory by the Jan 5 deadline set by the Security Council. The issue returns to the council this week as it also plans to take up the Indonesian question. Argentina Canada and the UK will join the council tomorrow replacing Brazil Australia and Poland. The five member Palestine commission will meet Friday with Denmark Czechoslovakia Panama Bolivia and the Philippines. Russia already boycotts three UN agencies and the Little Assembly, set up for a year, faces skepticism over restraining big power vetoes.
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Trieste
Italy
Yugoslavia
Free Territory
Security Council
Argentina
Canada
Ukraine
Brazil
Australia
Poland
U. N. Palestine Commission
Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Panama
Bolivia
Philippines
Little Assembly
Russia
U. N
Trusteeship Council
Special Balkan Committee
Korea
Castaways on Alaskan Coast near Kodiak
Nine to ten marooned men endure a fifth night of exposure as a 60 mph storm hinders rescue by a Navy tug and Coast Guard cutter off the Alaska peninsula near Kodiak Island. The stranded include crew from the Navy tug Mataco and a cannery motorship Spencer wrecked December 41. Local officials say no casualties have been confirmed. Lt. Gg E J Kvatochyvil from the tug Mataco is among the identified.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Kodiak Island
Coast Guard
Clover
Portage Bay
Mataco
Spencer
Kodiak Naval Base
Kanatak
Navy
Gg E. J, Kvatochyvil
Washington, D. C
Obituary: Mrs. Lena Thurston Dies in Knox Pa
Mrs Lena Thurston widow of Frank Thurston longtime Indiana resident died in Knox Pennsylvania January 3 Funeral services were at her niece Mrs Fred Mingus home January 5 with interment in Knox she was a member of First Presbyterian Church since 1909.
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Lena Thurston
Frank Thurston
Indiana
Knox
Thurston
First Presbyterian Church
Fred Mingus
Marines Board Ships For Mediterranean Duty From Morehead City
In Morehead City North Carolina January 5 a detachment of U S Marines from the Second Marines Division Camp Lejeune boarded two ships with orders to clear the port by 2 PM for duty in the Mediterranean. The Ships include an aircraft carrier and three cruisers with provision for a total crew of about 4 950 sailors and 250 Marines aboard.
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Morehead City
N. C
U. S
Mediterranean
Scheigi
Second Marines
Camp LeJeune
Guad
Gleanal
Tarawa
Marianas
Midway
Navy
Marine
Naples
Portsmouth
Genoa
Italy
Providence
Leghorn
Little Rock
Piraeus
Grove
Relief Decreases In Indiana County
Ramsey S Black state treasurer reports Indiana County direct relief for the week ending January 1 1948 totaled 2564 00, down 141 00 from the prior week and 344 00 below the year ago period. Bureau of Assistance disbursements show current week 2554 00 and previous week 2693 00.
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Ramsey S. Black
Indiana County
Bureau of Assistance
State Treasury Department
Greek Christmas at Glen Campbell celebrations set
St Peter and Pauls Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of Glen Campbell announces a week of Greek Christmas events. Masses run 10:00 p m on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with High Masses and other services from January 7 to January 9 including St Stephen’s Day observances.
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St. Peter and Pauls
Glen Campbell
Assembly of the
St. Stephan's
Imass
Wan
Harrison Found Dead In Cedar Hill Cemetery Path
George Harrison, 74, was found dead yesterday along a cemetery path at Cedar's Hill. Police say the death appeared to be from a heart attack during his visit to the grave of his son, Victor, after a decade of Sundays at Eternal Vigil.
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Philadelphia
Yan
George Harrison
Victor
Cedar’s Hill
Harrison
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