Paris G I Officers Skeptical Of Folies Bergere Show
In Paris the Folies Bergere amid a cold unheated hall entertains mainly American G I.s who judge the afterwar spectacle as liberal but not exciting. Madame Mack and I note coal shortages, cold spectators, and GI indifference to back to nature acts while praising a strong man routine and a witty comedian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Madame Mack
France
Europe
Mack
G. I’s
Iaa
Turkish Mob Demonstration in Ankara Pro-Turkish Rally
In Ankara a crowd of about 100 students marched downtown shouting support for Turkey and a stance against foreign aggression. The event followed a previous large protest in Istanbul a month earlier where 20,000 demonstrators urged harsher action against communists, prompting a Russian objection.
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Ankara
Turkey
Istanbul
St Dents
Unbeaten college teams slim to 15 in early league play
New York January 1. Major unbeaten programs dwindle to 15 as schedules narrow into conference play. Wyoming Indiana Iowa Notre Dame West Virginia remain 8-0 or 7-0 along with Cornell Tulane and Yale at 6-0 or 5-0, signaling a busy week ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hoop Brigade
Wyoming
Indiana
Iowa
Notre Dame
West Virginia
Cornell
Tulane
Yale
Missing plane bound from Harrisburg to Bedford
At Bedford Massachusetts the Army Air Base reported a missing twin engine plane that departed Harrisburg at 1 a.m. EST yesterday. The aircraft was assigned to Bedford base. The number of people aboard and their identities were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Mass
Harrisburg
Army Air Base
Armed robbery at A and P store in Bharpsville
Three masked armed men entered the A and P grocery in Merger County on Saturday night and fled with an undetermined amount from the cash register after locking clerks in a back room. Senator Taylor of Idaho comments on delaying purchases until production bottlenecks ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bharpsville
MacArthur Orders Put Japanese Officials Under Purge
Tokyo dispatch reports Supreme Headquarters will release more lists of war crime suspects to target top government figures, with Brig. Gen. Elliott R. Thorpe stating MacArthur left open arrests after resignations. Officials say many ministers and thousands of officials face disqualification under the purge, amid cabinet confusion.
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Tokyo
Supreme Headquarters
Elliott R. Thorpe
MacArthur
Thorpe
Japan
Shidehara
Mainichi
Shigeru Yoshida
Tax deadline hits 10 million taxpayers in 1945 income
Nation Today outlines who must file or adjust 1945 estimated tax by January 15. It lists earners with overpayments, underestimates, withheld income, and farmers needing special deadlines, noting penalties for noncompliance and final quarterly payments. It ends with a locust note about dwindling 17 year cycles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
Smith
Ile
Internal Revenue
Veterans Honor Roll List of Indiana Area Discharges
The Indiantown Gap Separation Center at Indiana released a January 4 report detailing numerous area veterans awarded honorable discharges. Names span Blairsville Homer City Indiana Barnesboro Nanty Glo Rochester Mills and other local towns with ranks from Pvt to M Sgt and postings across Pennsylvania and near Fort Knox Kentucky.
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Indiana
Smery E. Schulz
Barnesboro
Pic
Lee J. Kern
R. D
Roy B. Bowers
Hickory St
Thomas F. Gamble
Robinson Pie
Victor J. Christoft
Roland Capitesti
Indiana St
Homer City
Richard H. Elsenberger
Big Run
Kemmer
J. Stuart
Seward
Joseph P. Bratten, Jr
Spring St
Blairsville
Indiantown
Fife
Melro Bankage
Edri R. D
John L. George
Wagner St
Nanty Glo
John Kutch
Adrian
Pfc
Willie
J. Brown
Liberty St
Bruce H. Nixon
Robinson
Paul R. Gindlesperger
Holsopple R. D
Walter K. Rowley
7Th St
Raymond K. Bail
Lucerne
Mines
Antonio N. Romoli
McIntyre
William L. Breth
Schoo St
Clair S. Storms
N. Water St
Richard J. Kennedy
Std St
Steve Krassnoski
Hotsopple
Dale R. Selle
Rural
Valley R. D
James H. Vanatta
Fort Knox
Julius Shuagis
Elder Ave
William ¥. Rice
Cherry Tree
Stephen B. Lewis
Philadelphia St. Indiana
Peter Brinzo
Ernest E. Hakanen
Roberts St. Nanty
Russell R. Baun
Rochester Mills
John Metro
Sagamore
For 800000 Man Steel Strike
Steelworkers remain silent over higher steel prices as U. S. Steel and others plead inability to pay. The dispute centers on a no strike clause and whether it blocks wage increases and if the union can reopen general wage terms after a change in national wage policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel
General Motors
U. S. Steel Corp
Shell
First Babies of 1946 Born in Springfield
Merchants paid off double after a year opening contest in Springfield Illinois. Judges ruled after a week that two mothers Mrs John Clements and Mrs Wesley Duncan each delivered a daughter within the first 30 seconds of 1946. Gifts and free hospital care accompanied the birth prizes from 40 merchants.
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Springfield
John Clements
Wesley Duncan
Tornado toll rises to 29 in East Texas surge
Nacogdoches Texas January 7 Red Cross and local relief agencies aid 500 homeless and over 300 injured as death toll climbs to 29 from tornadoes crossing five east Texas counties. Robert Edson Red Cross director estimates property damage at 2.6 million with four more deaths reported. Emergency stations and shelters deployed. lumber priorities secured for emergency construction.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Red Cross
Agenccrs
East Texas
Robert Edson
Midwest
St. Louis
Edson
Palestine
The
Washington
United States Recognizes Austrian Government
Washington reports the United States, joined by Russia Britain and France, recognizing the Vienna regime led by Chancellor Leopold Figl and President Karl Renner. The move aims to end Nazi influences, aid reconstruction, and foster democracy and independence in Austria while preserving Allied Council authority.
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Washington
United States
Austria
Germany
Russia
Britain
France
Vienna
Leopold Fig
Karl Renner
Allied Council
Plane Accident Kills 9 Year Old Boy
In Aigoni er on Saturday nine year old William Welsch watched a plane attempt to take off. A hedgerow, fence, and post were torn loose by the plane’s path striking the boy in the head and killing him. Pilot Ralph Be Gerrard and passenger Maurice Joyce, both from Youngstown, were unhurt as the craft had landed on a farm due to a low ceiling.
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Aigonier
William Welsch
Ralph BE
Gerrard
Ais
Maurice Joyce
Youngstown
Grapes Price Set At 154.24 Per Ton By Tedkill Chapman
The Tedkill and Chapman Canning Co of Northeast will pay 154.24 dollars per ton for grapes this year the highest price cited by company officials yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Tedkill & Chapman Canning Co
Northeast
Aeye —Company
Pretty Shield Mrs. David Litsis Escapes East St Louis Gunfight
24 year old St. Louis model Pretty Shield Mrs. David Litsis broke away as an East St. Louis gangster Lawrence Drewer seized her as a shield against two assailants with shotguns. When she fled the gunmen killed Drewer, police say a reader of a bank robbery gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Litsis
St. Louis, Mo
Marshall Report Says Progress in Chinese Peace Talks
Gen. George C. Marshall met with Gen. Chou En-Lai and Gen. Chang Chun in Chungking and said they had made progress on truce details. The three leaders smiled as talks continued, with plans to resume negotiations tomorrow and no political issues discussed at this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
George C. Marshall
Truman
Marshall
Chou En-Lai
Committee of Three
Ching
Chou
Adder Chang
Cat Fish Rescue From Denver Chimney
A cat named McGee was trapped 15 feet down a chimney in a Denver apartment. Firefighters aided by William B. Wheeler of the State Humane Bureau and J. E. Belcher retrieved the cat using a 16 foot hooked pole after hours of effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
McGee
William B. Wheeler
State Humane Bureau
I. E. Belcher
Fatted calf welcome home for Pfc. Pennington in Gal esburg Illinois
Gal essburg Kansas January 7 The fatted calf was killed for Pfc. George Pennington s homecoming from the Pacific war Arch Pennington invited all service and ex service men to a barbecue featuring a fattened calf and a 250 pound hog but crowds limited to 200 We can do it all over again next year the father said noting George re enlisted for a one year hitch
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Kas
George Pennington
Arch Pennington
George
Soldiers Demand Faster Demobilization at Albany Meeting
In Rochester on a packed legislative hall lawn thousands of soldiers listened as speakers urged writing to Congress and criticized the War Department. They urged speeding demobilization, claimed rules reshaped redeployment, and warned failure would jeopardize wartime gains. A Batangas base group drafted telegrams to President Truman and Congress seeking faster action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Schiffrin
Rochester
N. Y
Legislative Hall
War Department
Kennedy
Styer
Philippines
Pacific
Japan
Okinawa
Korea
Batangas
Truman
Com
Withdraw From Probe On Palestine
National Conference on Palestine urges American Zionist Emergency Council to quit the Anglo American Committee of Inquiry slated to begin in Washington. Judge Rothenburg cites bitter past experiences with British inquiries as reason. The body notes Truman’s sympathy but condemns Bevin’s pledge and Palestine gate closures to Jewish immigration. A Cranovsky proposes land purchase in Holy Land for $160 million to aid Jewish survivors, with 125000 acres to be secured soon and more later. Senator Barkley speaks on a future independent commonwealth, stressing rescue of displaced Jews and UN cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
National Conference On Palestine
American Zionist Emergency Council
Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry On
Palestine
Washington
Rothenburg
Jewish National Fund of America
Truman
Europe
America
Bevin
A. Abraham Cranovsky
Holy Land
U. S
Alben W. Barkley J
United Nations Organization
GI Committees Protest Demobilization Plan In Manila
A five man GI committee in Manila delivered soldiers concerns to Lt Gen W D Styer amid a 3000 strong protest march. They accuse the demobilization program of abandonment and warn that a mass meeting could ignite unrest. Styer says only partial open-homing is possible due to changing international conditions while Secretary Patterson plans no direct visit. Ten thousand soldiers were expected at the mass meeting, which Styer declined to address, preferring press and radio statements.
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CIO
Washington
Albert Fitzgerald
United Electrical Workers
Philip Murray
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Lee Pressman
CIG
Neil Brandt
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Clinton S. Golden
van A. Bittner
United Steel Workers
James Matles
Richard Frankensteen
Walter Reuther
UAW
Harold Ruttenberg
USW
James Carey
Petent Congressional Committee
Congress
Styer
G. I
Secretary of War
Patterson
Manila
W. D. Styer
Western
Pacific
Ira Gollobin
New York City
Army
Western Pacific
War Department
Kennedy
Obituary for Vincen t LaMantia details long life in several towns
Vincent LaMantia died Saturday night at 8 45 in Indiana Hospital. Born June 8 1804 in Italy he lived in Blairsville Indiana Windber and finally Indiana. Survived by widow Marie and children Paul Rosanna Salvatore five brothers and two sisters. Services pending word from Paul LaMantia who recently returned from the West Coast.
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Vincent Lamantia
Indiana Hospital
Salvatore and
Rose (Quatrocchi) LaManiia
Italy
United States
Blairsville
Indiana
LaMansia
Philadelphia Street
Windber
la Mantia
St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church
Marie
LaMantia) LaMantia
Paul
U. S, Navy
South
Pacific
Rosanna
Salvatore
Dominick
Homer City
Samuel
Pittsburgh
John
August
Phylis Calderone
Vandergrift
Rose Guinta
Ambridge
School Street
Paul la Mantia
Weather and Obituaries Roundup from Blairsville Area
Cloudy with occasional rain, cooling tonight with more cold conditions on Tuesday. Obituaries note Rev Joseph Stuart officiating funeral in Blairsville, Rev Robert Hood dies in Sterling Kansas at 65 years service, Margaret Alice Nicholas and Katherine Brown passings. services scheduled in Indiana and Blairsville area with interments in Oakland and Greenwood cemeteries. Funeral notices include Ella Hazlett Hart and John Earl George with multiple survivors and church affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hood
Sterling
Kansas
James
Margaret (Trimmel) Hood
White Township
Nichol Iturkey
Hood
Death notices and funeral updates from Indiana area
Obituaries note Walter Nelson Clawson of Limestone near Livermore, services at Reformed Presbyterian church New Alexandria, with interment at Greenwood cemetery Indiana. John Lawrence Peterson died suddenly in White Two. funeral arrangements incomplete. Harvey N Hancock of Galesburg Illinois died Christmas evening of a heart attack. survived by wife Lilian Bliss, daughter Verna, and others. interment at Yates City. Alvin Myers, formerly of Indiana County, died of a heart attack in Lincoln Nebraska.
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Westminster College
Ohio
United Presbyterian Faith
A. E. Hood
Indiana
Margaretta Hood
James Marshall
Pittsburgh
Streams Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
James K. Leitch
United Presbyterian Church
Wis
Walter Nelson Clawson
Livermore
Reformed Presbyterian Church
New Alexandria
Roy Fullerton
Greenwood Cemetery
John Lawrence Peterson
Hannah P. Peterson
White Two
Robinson Funeral Home
Harvey N. Hancock
William H. and
Mary (Nesbit) Hancock
North Seminary
Galesburg
Ill
Yates City
Mr. Hancock
Elders Ridge
Lillain Bliss
Hancock
Verna Hancock
Texas
David Bealer
Winslow, Ariz
End Mys
Edward Mummy
Martha Hancock
Fittsburgh
Anna Hancock
New York
N. Y
Virginia
Eliza
West Lebanon
Alvin Myers
David and
Elizabeth (Nesbit) Myers
Indiana Co
F. James
Lincoln
Neb
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World Traveler
Rob Ag&p
Taylor
Idaho
Combined Chiefs of Staff
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Hollywood
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Jane Russell
Weather Report Today
Joseph Stuart
Blairsville Presbyterian Church
Margaret Alice Nicholas
Katherine W. Brown
Center Township
Thomassidence
Saltsbury
Jand Senna Iene
Saltsburg
Avast
T. H
Jennie
3Erson
John W. Reed
Re. Verend
Edwin McClintock
Erend
G. Loren Jones
Ella (Hazlett) Hart
Derry Township
Indiana County
Clarksburg
Mary Ann Hazlett
C. W. Hart
J. C. McGinnty
Vaughn
J. W
Ferguson Funeral Home
Wilson
Derry Presbyterian Church
Oaklands Cemetery
John Earl George
Derry
William and
Savilla (Nofsker) George
Pennsylvania Railroad
Matthew
Edward
Canton
William
Ravenna
Albert
Cora Glassford
Penn Run
Shome i
Baie
Moorhead
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