Stassen Opposes Truman Tax Plan and Pa Meet
Harold E. Stassen, seeking the GOP nomination, opposed President Truman’s tax cut plan, urging a broad across the board reduction of about three billion dollars. He spoke in Philadelphia and addressed party leaders at a luncheon in Harrisburg, with Gov. Duff and state GOP leaders expected to attend. He argued for a tougher foreign policy and warned against appeasement while advocating freedom and avoiding a third world war.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
Keystone State Capitol
James H. Duff
M. Harvey Taylor
Col
Jay Cooke
Philadelphia
Stassen
Duff
Golden Slipper Square Club
Thiman
Congress
U. S
Minnesota
United States
Duff To Open GOP Convention
A.R. Machinery for running the Republican national convention was completed with committees named for rules contests and convention call. Clarence Buddington Kelland named rules chairman Ezra Whitla contests chairman and Gov Ralph Gates convention call chairman. Walter Hallahan headed arrangements. Duff to speak at opening dinner Feb 5. Sen Edward Martin to tour Illinois Kansas Missouri.
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Washington
Dam. A.R
Clarence Buddington- Kelland
Arizona
Ezra Whitla
Idaho
Ralph Gates
Indiana
Carroll Reece
Walter Hallahan
West Virginia
National Committee
Plains
Congress
Jamey H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Sen
Edward Martin
Ilinois
Kansas
Missouri
Richard Tauber Dies in London Nursing Home
Richard Tauber, 56, noted singer, composer and conductor, died in a London nursing home. A leading tenor of the German singing world, he shaped Mozart interpretation and performed at festivals in Munich and Salzburg. Born in Linz in 1892, he debuted in 1913 and soon secured a five year Dresden Opera House contract for lead tenor roles.
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London
Richard Tauber
Tauber
Mozart
Munich
Salzburg
Linz
Austria
Dresden Opera House
Pa Oil Companies To Adopt Program
Harrisburg January 4 oil companies in Pennsylvania will adopt a voluntary rationing and conservation program to ease the worsening shortage. Orus J Matthews state commerce secretary said after a meeting of state officials and oil producers that two plan options are recommended both emphasize rationing and fair distribution of remaining supplies.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Orus J. Matthews
Seut
Methodist Guest Speaker Draws Large Indiana Audience
The Methodist Church hosts Dr Ansley C Moore as part of a week of prayer services in Indiana. He spoke at First Methodist on The Greatest of All Texts to a large crowd and will appear tonight at the First United Presbyterian Church on The Family Turns to God. Tomorrow closes with The Meaning of the Cross at the Presbyterian Church. Both services start at 7 30 p m and invite all community members.
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Indiana
First Methodist Church
Ansley C. Moore
Dr. Moore
Presbyterian Church
Mexican Worker Speaker at Blairsville Church Friday
Manuel Florez, active in the Methodist Church of Mexico, will present a first hand account of Mexican work on Friday January 8 at Blairsville Methodist Church. He and a native Vrivnad travel as speakers in the Pittsburgh Conference, sharing progress and thanking supporters and friends.
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Manuel Florez
Methodist Church of Mexico
Sad Yn Nn
Blairsville
Senor Florez
Pittsburgh
Willy Metta
Fire gutts Cincinnati hall in Over the Rhine
Cincinnati fire gutted Turner Hall, a 100 year old Over the Rhine landmark. Damage estimated at 100000 dollars. roof attic and fourth floor destroyed. Ten bowling alleys lost. unions offices and a postal substation flooded. Twenty two families displaced as flames rose over 100 feet. Seventeen fire companies fought the blaze for about an hour. cause undetermined and investigation ordered.
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Cincinnati
Turner Hall
Barney J. Houston
Rhine
Tre
Houston
Five More Die in Holy Land Turmoil
Jerusalem reports add five deaths amid ongoing violence across Palestine. In the Jaffa Gate area Arab forces arm and rumors of a Jewish assault spread. A Jewish armored assault at the Jaffa Gates left 17 Arabs and three Jews dead, while hundreds of Arabs rally to defend the old city walls. A British constable was killed in Hebron as sniper fire echoes the siege.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Jaffa
Rom
Pate
Old City
Hebron
Rumor of Stalin's Death Denied by Swiss Papers
The Swiss press sparked a rumor that Joseph Stalin was dead. Diplomatic officials in London and Moscow denied the report as nonsense. British Foreign Office said it had heard nothing beyond the rumor.
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Stalin
London
Moscow
Vinadimir Pavlov
Bovlet
Landon
Republicans Call Truman Left Winger in Split Vote
Congress debates President Truman's price and wage controls and social welfare plans. Republicans denounce the message as a leftward shift while Democrats defend the proposals as necessary and prudent. The speech drew scattered applause and sharp partisan reactions from lawmakers including Ball Jenner Mass and Whitten.
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Taft
Truman
Rep
Robison
feKy
Jenner
Inho
Legion Auxiliary Plans Expanded War Veteran Aid
The Indiana Unit No. 141 of the American Legion Auxiliary outlines expanded efforts to assist disabled veterans. It stresses ongoing advocacy, member enrollment for 1948, and recruiting eligible women to strengthen welfare work, individual aid, and family support for veterans secured by service and sacrifice.
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American Legion
Auxiliary
American Legion Int
Indiana
Congress
Américan Legion Auxiliary
UN Chief to Raise Palestine Security Force Issue
Prygue Lie secretary general of the United Nations said he would raise the question of a Palestine security force at the opening meeting of the U N five nation Palestine partition commission in Lake Success tomorrow at 11 a m EST. He denied reports of consulting with any member nations on the need for such a force and said he would comment further to the commission on the security requirement during the period leading to independence.
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Lake Success
Vpp
Prygue Lie
United Nations
U. N
Palestine Partition Commission
Lie
Holy Land
Commission
Phones ripped out in Pittsburgh prostitution raid
Pittsburgh police removed telephone wiring from four northside houses as the opening move in a war on prostitution. Mayor Lawrence warned he will order the houses padlocked if city morale code violations persist.
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Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Morgenthau Trades To Be Aired
Henry Morgenthau Jr former treasury secretary acknowledges ownership of 195000 bushels of corn futures as of June 30 stating he lost money. The notice notes debates on speculation, lists other government officials and relatives with large commodity positions, and mentions Edwin W Pauley and family holdings. Includes a brief aside on Christmas tree origins from Germany.
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Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Eva Brisker
Agriculture Department
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Senate Committee
Harold R. Pauley
Los Angles
Elbert L. Pauley
San Marino
Calif
Aileen T. Pauley
Harold
Marie McHenry
Edwin
Beverly Hills
New Year’s Day Homer City holdup suspects held for court
Three Indiana County men were arrested in the New Year’s Day holdup of Frank DeKleva in Derry Township. William Swanson 23 Blacklick John Chelosky 20 Blairsville R D and Leo P Gibbons 20 Heshbon are jailed in Westmoreland County awaiting court on robbery charges. A fourth suspect, Tom Grove 22 Blacklick, remains to be arrested after recovery in Velering Hospital Aspinwall. DeKleva suffered an $80 theft, personal papers and a ring plus a broken nose and facial cuts.
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Indiana County
Homer City
Derry Township
Weatmoreland County
William Swanson
Blacklick
John Chelosky
Blairsville R. D
Leo P. Gibbons
Heshbon
Velercng Hospital
Aspinwall
Tom Grove
Frank DeKleva
Marshall says aid plan must be in one accountable hand
Senate hearing records Secretary Marshall urging a four year aid program for Western Europe. He argues the $8.8 billion first appropriation is a precise figure not a ceiling, with total costs possibly $15.1 to $17.8 billion. He stresses adequacy speed and effective application, warns against piecemeal funding, and warns of European collapse and threat to U.S. security if the plan fails.
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Tors
Marshall
Smitler
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Republican Congress
Europe
America
Truman
Congress
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Germany
Differences Decreasing Allegiance of Protestants
BUCK HILL FALLS Pa Jan 8 Protestant churches in the United States are losing allegiance as they fail to overcome historical and institutional differences Dr Truman B Douglass executive vice president of the Board of Home Missions of the Congregational Church told delegates from 23 denominations at the Hattie Mission Council He urged a radical break with the present denomination system noting more people are without church membership than ever before and questioning how churches will unite to meet a world of 256 delegations.
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Buck Hill Falls
United States
Truman B. Douglass
Board of
Huse Missions
Congregational Church
Douglass
Hattie Mission Council
Bougiass
Iit
Churches of America
United Nations
Carloads of Stock Arrive For Opening of Farm Show
Harrisburg January 8 Carloads of livestock from across Pennsylvania converge on the 42nd state farm show for a five day event. More than 1400 animals the largest collection in show history will be exhibited in horse beef dairy cattle and sheep and swine sections. Animals must be in belt assigned stalls by 8 am Monday when the show opens. Miles Horst state agriculture secretary says preparations are in excellent shape and proceeding smoothly.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Miles Horst
Agriculture Cereretary
Famed Political Reporter Dead
Washington reports the death of Charles Michelson aged 79 a veteran political writer and former Democratic National Committee publicity director He led the party press office from 1929 for 13 years promoting FDRs third term and previously was Washington chief for the New York World He began as a $7 a week reporter on the San Francisco Post dying at 745 AM after asking for coffee
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Washington
Icharles Michelson
Democratic National Committee
Michelson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York World
Virginia City
Ney
San Francisco Post
West Coast
New York
SS Leadership School To Open In Indiana Sub-District
Leadership Training School will be held January 14 to 18 at a Methodist Church for Sunday School officers and teachers from Indiana Sub-District churches and others. Demonstration sessions on January 15 16 17 feature Florence M. Taylor H A Cassidy Carolyn Muller and Homer Clark. A $2 registration includes Wednesday dinner. enrollments directed to Mrs. D. T. Thomas.
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Methodist Church
Indiana
Methodist Sunday School
Florence M. Taylor
New Jersey
H. A Cassidy
Lodi
Ohio
Carolyn Muller
Pittsburgh
Homer Clark
Conference Board of Education
Clark
D. T. Thomas
Oregon Flood Still Raging
The Pacific Northwest faces renewed cresting floods as Willamette and other rivers rise in Oregon Washington and Idaho. Five people have drowned in Oregon with millions in damage while 2000 residents remain homeless near Eugene. Communities from Corvallis to Salem brace for 6 to 8 foot rises as transport collapses and highways fail. Movements in Idaho include University of Idaho students evacuated at Moscow and cattle being moved near Potlatch.
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Associated Press
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Pacific Northwest
Willamette
Willamette River
Eugene
Corvallis
Albany
Salem
University of Idaho At Moscow
Atl
Princeton
Potlatch
Indiana County March of Dimes drives local effort
Indiana County launches 1948 March of Dimes with Mrs Gilbert Parnell directing the Women's Division and 500000 volunteers nationwide. The drive, starting January 15, aims to expand care for infantile paralysis as cases rise and costs mount, with local committee members led by Robert B. Dingman and partners across commerce schools clubs and hotels.
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Gilbert Parnell
Dingman
United States
National Foundation For
National Foundation
March of Dimes
Iniana County
Robert BE. Dingman
Thairman
R. A. Shumaker
Commerce & Industry
John M. Miller
J. W. Everett
Heatres
Ganizations
Earl Hewitt Jr
Stacey JL. Peck
Wayne A. Snyder
Kelso Little
Salisbury
Eileen Ringler
Blairaville
H. C. Flickinger
Homerity
Brazilian Communists Rioting Suppressed by Police Siege
Roughly 100 police arrested about 20 Communists who emerged after a five hour siege at a doorway during rioting sparked by a party outlawing. The Communist party claims 180000 to 200000 members and polled about 800000 votes in state and local elections.
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Communist Party
Supreme Electoral Tribunal
Brazil
Soviet Union
Chamber of Deputies
Obituaries Detail Local Residents Pass Away in Area
Obituaries list MIKE SABLE of Alverda and CHARLES GARBOR of Coral plus ALICE STEWART age three and several others. Services and funeral arrangements are noted for McDotvell Cemetery, Homer City, Burnside, Oakland and Edgewood Cemeteries with local funeral homes handling details.
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Mike Sable
Alverda
Frank
Mary
Buck) Sable
Austria
Mr. Sable
Julie (Lantey) Sable
Catherine
Blairsville
Robert
Bremen
Germany
Sue Ann
William
Edward
McDotvell
Baily Funeral Home
Spangler
Charles Garbor
Coral
Homer City
Indiana Hospital
St. Francis R. C
Glacetown
Matthew Yanosek
Askew
Hower City
Alice Stewart
Thomas Stewart
Dormont
Robert Stewart
Glen Campbell
Burnside
Lester Morton
The
Baptist Church
Thomas Funeral Home
Kuter Selected CAB8 Chairman
President Truman named Maj. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter to chair the Civil Aeronautics Board succeeding James M. Landis. To allow his nomination Congress was asked to enable service as a board member without changing his military status. Kuter, 42, from Rockford Illinois, is U.S. representative on the International Civil Aviation Organization council.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
Laurence S. Kuter
Civil Aeronautics Board
James M. Landis
Kuter
Kater
United States
Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization
Landis
CAB
New Dealer
Rockford, Ill
Military Academy
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Pgh
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Gazette
SS Leadership School
Weather Report Today
Pennnsylvania
Winfield L. King
David BR
Graham
Robinson
North Seventh Street
Oakland Cemetery
Mr. King
Indiana Memorial Hospital
Louise
Alexander) King
Mary Louise King
King
King Leathers, Inc
Roy Edgar Dick
Raymond W. Nicholson
Saltsbury Robinson
Edgewood Cemetery
Saltsbury
My. Dick
Lavabe
Speedy) Dick
Federal Laboratories
Tunnelton
Mary Pesci Tagliati
St. Sylvester
Slickville
Westview Cemetery
Avonmore
Tagiati
Cesar Tagiiati
CAB8
First
Federal Savines and Loan Associaion of
Indiana Theatre
A. H. Torrence
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