Fruman Arms Merge Plan Faces Capitol Opposition
Washington January 20 Edwin B Markinson reports Truman’s plan to unify the armed forces meets resistance in both chambers. Senators Gurney Taft and Robertson indicate possible committee splits and amendments while House leaders push merger measures through executive expenditures panel. Robertson argues against a single cabinet secretary and favors a national defense council to keep Congress informed on world conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Markinson
Washington
Jan
Truman
Capitol Hill
Senate
War and Navy Departments
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services Committee
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Committee On Executive Expenditures
Aiken Rvt
Aiken
Capitol
Andrews
House Armed Services Group
White House
House
Executive Expenditures Committee
Rep
Wadsworth
R-Nyc
Robertson
R-Wyo
Navy
Council of National Defense
Congress
Russia
Wyoming
War
Air Forces
House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations
Sarong Queen Loses Slip At Bergen Party
Hollywood report on Edgar Bergen celebrating his tenth radio anniversary with an eight thousand dollar NBC sponsored party. Dorothy Lamour briefly guest starred backstage, slipping a moment before going on air. Guests included Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Sydney Greenstreet Don Ameche Nelson Eddy Rudy Vallee and Jack Benny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Mandlaker
Hollywood
Dorothy Lamour
Edgar Bergen
NBC
Standard Brands, Inc
Edgar
Bergen
Greer Gataon
Walter Pidgeon
Sydney Greenstreet
Charlie McCarthy
Miss Lamour
Don Ameche
Nelson Eddy
Rudy Vallee
Dotty
Jack Benny
Mortimer Snerd
Phil Harris
Bob Hope
Hooper
Ramadier to face confirmation on coalition cabinet
Paris Jan 20 Premier designate Paul Ramadier is expected to appear before the National Assembly for a coalition cabinet. Five Communists would be included along with Rambadier's Socialists and the MRP. Posts for Radicals and independents are also noted, with key ministries such as Interior and National Economy likely to go to Socialist hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Wilson
Paris
Paul Ramadier
Georges Bidault
MRP
Ramadier
Socialist Party
Communists
Popular Republican Movement
RMP
Francois Billoux
Qiarles Tillony
Ministry of State
Maurice Thorez
Russia
Bidault
Leon Blum
Navy
Eight Dead In Contest To Pale Vote Amid Poll Violence
Election officials in six thousand seven hundred twenty six precincts guarded by the army police and militia began counting ballots after the 12 hour voting period. Mikolajczyk denounced government suppression and urged a vote for freedom. Underground violence reported with seven soldiers killed near Wamyse and in Bialystok while attacks on polls were repelled. Bottled fuel gas sales in the United States rose to billions annually over the past years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mikolajczyk
Wamyse
Lublin
Workers ‘Party
Poland
Bialystok
Gairilla
United States
Clymer Radarman On Carpellotti
Carl P. Oakes a third class radarman and son of Mrs. W Earl Oakes of Morris Street Clymer Pa serves aboard the high speed transport U S S Carpellotti He entered Naval service in August 1945 and trained at Great Lakes Illinois after attending Clymer High School
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Carl P. Oakes
W. Earl Oakes
Morris St. Clymer
U.S. S
Oberlin Pole Is Decorated at College Edifice
Oberlin Ohio January 20 Communism flag hung from a 45 foot pole in front of the administration building at Oberlin College. Officials awaited workmen to cut it down. Building superintendent said a steeplejack may be needed at an estimated cost of 50 to 60 dollars. President William E Stevenson called the act a childish prank and noted annual mischief around sap season. Previous years saw pajamas and neckties displayed.
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Oberlin, O
Oberlin College
S. Pies
William E. Stevenson
Obertin College
Set Machine To Measure US Business
Two federal agencies with White House help coordinate a three way plan to build the most complete business condition reporting system. FTC and SEC will collect data from about 10,000 firms across 1542 industries, using new forms and quarterly updates leading to annual reports. OPA records are already transferred, aiming to unify wartime costs, profits, and future trends for industrial economy analysis.
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Washington
White House
Roger EB. Barnes
Federal Trade Commission
Budiel Bureau
Securities and Exchange Commission
The
Trade Commission
OPA
FTC
Barnes
Baines
SEC
FYC
PTC
Sta
Indianapolis
Tistics
Marion County
Truman
Maryl W. Brown
International Association of Mach- Dimes
Detroit
Abner EB
Larned
Nactional Bank of
Mich
Lute Places 4th In Shoe Pitching
Ivan Lute of Barnesborn R C Indiana County took fourth in the Farmers Horseshoe Pitching Contest at the annual Pennsylvania Farm Show. John Fulton of Carlisle Cumberland County won first place, Rudolph Barret of Ruffsdale Westmoreland County second, John D. Baker of Bedford County third.
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Ivan Lute
Barnesborn R. C
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
John Fulton
Carlisle
Cumberland County
Rudolph Barret
Ruffsdale
Westmoreland County
John D. Baker
Bedford County
Palembang's Floating City History in Brief
Palembang in Sumatra once grew as a floating city when Chinese merchants, barred from shore by the sultan, established homes and shops in boats. The narrative notes the island harbor life and a fading memory of these unique riverine dwellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palembang
Sumatra
War dog Duke at Smithsonian medical exhibit hosts petting fatigue
In Washington the war dog Duke, a Guadalcanal veteran, stars in a Smithsonian medical exhibit as visitors pet him, while another dog Rex rests after airplay duty. Nearby, Congress readies a major week of hearings on labor laws with Taft leading Senate inquiries and Hartley guiding House sessions.
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Washington
Duke
Guadalcanal
Army
Clich
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum
John W. Wadell
Smithsonian
Rex
Waddell
Ay Max Hall
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
House Labor Committee
Rep
Hartley
Landis
R.-Ind
House
80Th Congress
McCarthy
R.-Wis
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Senate Democrats
James Murray
Mont
Trueman
Ball
R.-Minn
Senate
Bus Crash Near Stroudsburg Injures Nineteen
A Wilkes Barre to New York bus struck a telephone pole and tree near Stroudsburg Pennsylvania while avoiding a car, injuring nineteen. Driver Edward Van Artsdale escaped injury. Hospitalized were Joseph Lonski 49 from South River New Jersey George Schuntz 35 and his wife Dorothy from New York City and Sister Mary Flora of Dallas Pennsylvania. Fourteen others were treated and discharged.
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Stroudsburg
Wilkes-Barre
New York
Edward van Artsdale
Joseph Lonski
South River
N. J
George Schuntz
Dorothy
New York City
Mary Flora
Dallas
Two Escape As Pole Plane Falls In Sea
Capt George Dufek and his pilot were rescued uninjured after their helicopter crashed into icy polar waters near Pine Island sea plane tender. The plane fell after its rotor blades iced. this was the eastern group's second crash in three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton L. Blakeslee
America
George Dufek
Eastern Antarctic Task Group
Richard Crugen
Dufek
Cruzen
Pine Island
Whales
Little America
Jack &. Perkins
Pogo
Navy
Scott Island
Northwind
British Note Raps Red Press Attack On Bevin
A Foreign Office note rejects Pravda claims that Britain might abandon its Anglo Soviet alignment in favor of UN solidarity. It cites Bevin’s New York remarks that Britain binds itself only to UN obligations, not to any bloc.
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British Note
Bevin
Labor Party
Atticlee
Britain
United States
Russia
Foreign Office
Pravda
London
U.N
Bervin
New York
United Nations
Ack Prabe lof Picard case details in jury verdict dispute
Testimony describes a Chrysler verdict in a jury case and notes Picard twice urged altering the verdict while present in court. Iserman said he would obtain a verbatim copy of remarks and submit them to the subcommittee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portal
Tsernin
Chrysler
Corporation
Picard
Iserman
Donnell
R-Ma
Ackroyd i
Chrysiey
Book Ex-Gl For Short Mutilation
Manley detained after hotel license check linked to murder of Miss Short whose severed body was found in a vacant lot on Jan 15. Miss Short, a former Medford resident with film hopes, identified as widow of an Army major. mother and Manley’s mother defend him amid police inquiries.
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Manley
Miss Short
North
Dan
Medford
Mass
Phoebe Mae Short
Boston
W. Morris Manley
South Gate
French Move to Relieve Hue In Indochina Conflict
Paris reports French forces closing on Hue as relief column advances over 15 miles from Tourane. Foreign Legion and 23rd Colonial Infantry lead the effort to free the embattled garrison defending a small area near the citadel amid ongoing Viet Nam assaults and skirmishes in Nga Tu So and Cay Che. Duquesne arrives with 25th Airborne elements to boost Indochina forces.
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Paris
Indochina
Hue
Tourane
Annam
French
Foreign Legion
23Rd Regiment of
Colonial Infantry
Hanoi
Nga Tu So
Cay Che
Haiphong
Duquesne
25Th Airborne Division
Kidnapped Girl Freed Near Home in Los Angeles
An 11 year old girl Arlene Waters was abducted by a dark haired youth but freed near her home. Police say the kidnapper drove her through hills for hours before release and she was taken to juvenile hall for an investigation of her condition. Her sister Janice, 14, described the abduction during a walk.
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Los Angeles
Arlene Waters
Samuel Waters
Janice
Arlene
Trial in China Trial Explores Shen Case and US Forces
Miss Shen testified she fought for three hours and sustained minor abrasions, possibly from prior medical exams by two Chinese doctors. Shanghai students denounced the American court martial and demanded withdrawal of US forces. Piepping officials called the trial fair so far, while the defense sought to show the area was well lit and quiet. Arguments to follow. There are over 20,000 employees in the U.S. railway mail service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Shen
Shanghai
China
Pieping
Pierson
Hu Shih
National Pek Ing University
Pie
Army
Marine
Reds Rap Censor Blames China Over Voice of Russia Closure
Pravda highlights Tass report from Shanghai that Chinese authorities closed the Russian broadcasting station The Voice of Russia. Tass calls the shutdown a serious blow to cultural and friendly ties between China and the United States, blaming reactionaries pressuring democratic circles in China.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Tass
Shanghai
Voice of Russia
U.S. S
China
Noon Stocks Lead Railroads In Head End Traffic Reference
A list of corporations including Am Can Am & For Pow Am Rad & St and others appears as part of a stock market segment. The article notes head end traffic where mail express baggage newspapers and milk in cans moved by railroads is transported in cars nearest the locomotive, a detail known to railroad men.
Obituaries of Max Dorn and local residents
Funeral services for Max L. Dorn will be at Robinson Funeral Home Indiana after 1:30 PM. Dorn, owner of Dorn Motors, died of a heart ailment at Presbyterian Hospital Pittsburgh. Surviving: widow Jane Richardson, daughter Susan, son Jack. brothers Kenneth and Galen. sisters Olive Salsgiver, Rhoda Gorman, Alta and Gladys Dorn. Services Tuesday with Masonic graveside rites at Oakland Cemetery. MRS PRICIULLA MOTTER MILLER, 86, of Johnstown, died at home. Born 1860 in Brush Valley, she leaves three children, twelve grandchildren, one great grandchild. Funeral Wednesday at A. A. Wagner Funeral Home, then Grandview Cemetery. JESSE HOWARD LANEY, 68, Palmetstown, died January 18, 1947. Born 1878 in Hillsdale, survived by wife Mable. daughter Mrs John Hollenbaugh. three grandchildren. siblings Ross, Ray, Dolph, Minnie Shadle, Adda Edwards. Funeral Tuesday at Coral Lutheran Chapel, burial at Coral Cemetery. PETER SEMON of Glen Campbell died January 15. Born in Austria, survived by wife Susie and children Helen, Joe, John, Mary, Michael, David. Mass Monday at Arcadia Church of the Assumption. burial at St Michael Cemetery Glen Campbell. Reverend Joseph Penyo officiating.
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Max L. Dorn
Max L.dorn
Robinson Funeral Home
Indiana
Dorn
Presbyterian Hospital
Pittsburgh
Dorn Motors Inc
Indiana Lodge
A. M. Indiana Council
United Immercial Travelers
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association
Indiana Auto Dealers Association
Mr. Dorn
Edward A
Lulu Kohlhepp Dorn
Marchand
Floyd K
Jane Richardson
East Pike
Susan
Jack
Kenneth Dorn
Galen Dorn
Olive Salsgiver
Rhoda Gorman
Glen Campbell
Alta Dorn
Gladys Dorn
Robinson
David R. Graham
First Methodist Church of Indiana
Oakland Cemetery
Priciulla (Motter) Miller
Strayer St
Johnstown
West End
Miller
Brush Valley
Indiana County
Amos and
Sara (Scents) Motter
Henry K. Miller
Clair Miller
Bedford St
Minnie Overdorff
Jesse Howard Laney
Palmertown
Hillsdale
Andrew and Mary (Stewart) Laney
Indiana Co
Blairsville
Mable Donahue
John L. Hollenbaugh
Oil City
Lois Jane
James H
Alice May Hollenbaugh
Ross Laney
Wwave
Ren
Ohio
Ray Laney
Blacklick
Dolph Laney
Coral
Minnie ‘Shadle
Homer City
Adda Edwards
Latrobe
Coral Lutheran Chapel
Charles N. Shhindler
Coral Chapel Cemetery
Peter Semon
Austria
Susie H. Franko
Helen
New York
Joe
John
Delaware
Mary
Michaeal
David
Church of the Assumption
Arcadia
St. Michael Cemetery
Father Joseph Penyo
Floods Loom In Tennessee River Valley
Flood fears rose across the Tennessee River Valley as rain swollen rivers threatened lowlands in Tennessee and Alabama. Chattanooga stood at 31 feet, Guntersville near 11 feet, and Rome Georgia faced Coosa River flood warnings while National Guard trucks aided evacuations. minimal damage reported.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee River Valley
Alabama
Tennessee
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chattanooga
Guntersville
Ala
Florence
Roma
Coosa
National Guard
Atlanta
Rome
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Pow Am
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T& SF At
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Bald Loco Balt & Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel Briggs Mig Budd Co
Case
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp Colum G & Ei Com! Solvents
Cons Edison Con Can
Curtiss Wright Douglas Air du Pont de N el Auto Lite
Erie RR Food Fair
Strs
Gen Elec
Gen Foods
Leta
Gauni
Fess
Consumer Discount Company Act
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Household Consumer Discount CO
Main Street
Penna
Phon
Johnstown Bank & Trust
Weather Report
U.S
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