Franco outlines slow path to democracy in Spain
General Franco says Spain is making political reforms but proceeding slowly to allow proper public preparation. He notes three years of parliamentary operation since the civil war and outlines referendum and electoral census plans, stressing constitutional integrity and Catholic values while denying aims of exile groups to mislead abroad.
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Francisco Franco
Dewitt Mackensie
Wgrlief
Franco
Spain
United States
Council of State
Supreme Court of Justice
Tec Council
Whch
Wage Strikes Push for Higher Pay Not Always Pricing
The Nation reports that unions seek higher wages in major strikes while many companies have not sought price increases through OPA. Some sectors like oil and electrical have not asked for higher prices, while steel and meat have. Autoworkers request wage boosts only if prices rise, with firms wary of losing money.
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James Marlow Washington
Jebor
OPA
General Motors
Pally
eiThe
Nanes
Marshall Aide Short Retirement Probe Captured In Hearings
Washington is investigating Maj. Gen. Waller Short’s forced retirement after Pearl Harbor. The Senate inquiry probes Gen. George C. Marshall’s stance and the Jan 26 1942 memo recommending Short leave active duty. Rep. Murphy, Sen. Lucas and witnesses discuss Marshall's actions and Roberts Commission findings. Owen J. Roberts is set to testify, with questions on Roosevelt discussions and the completeness of his report.
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Washington
Waller C. Short
Pearl Harbor
Senate
George C. Marshall
Short
Hawaii
Murphy
D.-Pa
Report‘org
Marshall
Lucas
War Department
Henry L. Stimson
General Short
Senate House Committee
Roberts’ Commission
Roosevelt
Star Chamber
Owen J. Robert
Supreme Court
Pearl Harbor,s
Congressional Committee
Robert
Wage and price policy under Truman described
The article outlines Truman's wage price policy six month waiting rule and exceptions. It explains that wage increases can occur without price hikes, while any price rise requires government permission. Exceptions include wage rises matching 33 percent cost of living increases, correcting inequities, and securing manpower for essential reconversion. Higher industry prices could erode workers gains and hit those without raises hardest.
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Truman
Winchs
Mae
Asl
Waves list 16 GIs out of service during WWII discharge
The report names 16 service members discharged or out of service at various locations including Indian town Gap and Camp Atterbury Indiana. Individuals listed include Mildred Eleanor Viera in Indiana, Blairsville residents Tulio Bertonaschi Edwin Haines Gene Tagliati Julius Nagg and Joseph Knapp Jr, plus others from Blairsville Homer City Indiana Rochester Mills and Adrian with ranks from Pfc to T-5 and 2nd Lt. Ralph Reger among the names.
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Mildred Eleanor Viera
Lawrence E. Stephens
Indiana R. D
Washington, D.C
Indiantown Gap
Tulio J. Bertonaschi
S. Liberty St
Blairsville
Edwin E. Haines
Morewood Ave
Wilmer EB. Johnson
N. Fifth Street
Indiana
Paul H. Dunlap
Maple Ave
Eugene Watherill
North Main Street
Homer City
Gene J. Tagliati
Salisburg
R. D
Stanley BD. Good
S. Fourteenth Street
Julius J. Nagg
Charles J. Sharek
Avonmore
Dick D. Smith
Rochester Mills
Royal Arch Chapter Holds Degrees and Dinner
Royal Arch Chapter No. 313 held a special meeting Friday January 25 1948 for conferring the Mark Master Most Excellent Master and Royal Arch Degrees. Most Excellent Grand High Priest William R. Burchfield and District Deputy Grand High Priest Russell Rudolph attended with other officials and visiting chapters from Kittanning Brookville Johnstown and Catawissi. A turkey dinner followed at six o’clock served by Methodist Church ladies.
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William 5. Daugherty
Royal Arch
Frank L. Neff
Methodist Church
Wiliam R. Burchfield
Grand Chapter
Pennsylvania
Russel Rudolph
Kittanning
Robert D. Cole
Philadelphia
Brookville
Johnstown
Catawissi
2.5 Billion Loan Could Save France, Gouin Says
Paris dispatch reports President Felix Gouin told Socialists that a 2.5 billion dollar loan from the United States is essential to avert chaos in France. He sought near unanimous three party backing for Mendes France plan, warning he would resign if opposed. Commmunists pushed for an amendment to freeze government salaries for a year.
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Paris
Felix Gouin
Socialist Party
United States
France
Pierre Mendes
Gouin
Commmunists
Trainmen Send Out Strike Ballots
Cleveland January 26 The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen began mailing strike vote ballots to 950 locals and 215 000 members to decide on a walkout over wage increases averaging 25 percent and rule changes. Ballots will be counted in Cleveland and a result within three weeks could halt a nationwide transportation shutdown if approved by members.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
A. F. Whitney
Whitney
Butter Theft Motive Surprises Olympia Policemen
In Olympia on January 2643 police questioned Fred Holm about a reported theft. Holm joked that though his car and left handed golf clubs are of little value, he hopes the thief is caught before he eats his ten pounds of butter. The garretts clacelifad ade.
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Olympia
Wash
Fred Holm
Holm
Garretts Clacelifad
GI Brides and Babies Sail to U S From England
More than 800 GI brides and babies depart Southampton for New York aboard the Argentina. Military police assist the load and escort families to their staterooms as mothers express relief at cleaner facilities and ready nurseries aboard the six day voyage.
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Southampton
England
Dan
Mner
Argentina
New York
New Ihomes
United States
T’he
Tidworth
Matt Kastelle
West Dallas
Wis
Vera Bennett
Tech
Sgt
Royal ‘T., Bennett
Provost
Mrs
Hearing Delayed On Toll Swan Posipioned Case
Dauphin County Court delayed until February 14 a hearing on a suit by Peoples Bridge Company to restrain the commonwealth from purchasing the Sudbury toll bridge until sufficient funds exist to buy the remaining ten toll spans in the state. The case targets Highways Secretary John A. Shroyer and state fiscal officers amid negotiations of sale terms for immediate freeing of the span. The 1945 legislature had appropriated 7 million dollars to buy the remaining nine privately owned toll bridges as well.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Commonwealth
Sudbury
Lee
Peoples Bridge Company
Walnut Street
John A. Shroyer
Barges and piers destroyed in New York fire
Four Staten Island piers two barges and three freight warehouses were destroyed in a three hour wind and spark fire. Damages were estimated at more than 500000. Flames and smoke were visible across the metropolitan area. The fire was controlled at midnight. Cause was not determined. Piers were owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Locomotives moved 350 freight cars to safety from yards next to the piers.
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New York
Staten Island
New Jersey Shore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
GI Brides Trade Sterling For Dollars at Port of Entry
In TIDWORTH England on January 26 an assembled group of soldiers wives exchanged 929000 in Sterling for American currency to sail to the United States. Adele Hess, a 16 year old daughter in pigtails, has spent years exchanging money in Attleborough Norfolk and now heads to rejoin her husband Staff Sergeant at Erie Pennsylvania. Jacqueline Shock, wife of Pfc. Thomas A. Shock Jr., of Lebanon Pennsylvania, drove a repair truck through Cambridge blackouts while working as a telephone engineer.
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Tidworth
Eng
U. S
Adele Hess
Attleborough
Norfolk
Walnut St
Erie
Jacqueline R. Shock
Thomas A. Shock, Jr
Chestnut St
Lebanon
Shock
Cambridge
University of Washington Student Voices on Women’s Attitude
A UW student calling himself an ex GI writes to the Post-Intelligencer advice column noting women have let their figures go and appear sloppy and noisy. He suggests adopting more ladylike behavior to avoid embarrassment, even joking about staying with chemistry. New York report misreads date set in 1945.
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Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
Post Intelligencer
Religious Classes Stay in Public Schools in Champaign
In Urbana on January 26 a three judge circuit court refused to ban non sectarian religious education classes in Champaign public schools. Mrs Vazht McCollum, wife of a University of Times professor, contended her son James Terry 10 faced embarrassment as the only pupil not taking the courses and argued time from regular subjects was lost. The court ruled no constitutional or statutory rights of the relator were violated and denied the mandamus petition.
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Urbana
Champaign
Vazht McCollum
University of Times
James Terry
Martin BE. Northland
Decantur
Grover W. Watson
Farmer City
GI's Guaranteed The Best In Artificial Limbs
The Veterans Administration promised disabled veterans an adequate supply of high quality artificial limbs and devices. VA head Walter Bura said the agency would even run the artificial arm leg and eye business if necessary to ensure access. He noted plans to provide top quality appliances at civilian prices, with many advisory committee members being disabled veterans.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Walter Burs
Bura
Approve $400000 For Gap Buildings
Harrisburg January 26 The Department of Property and Supplies announced approval of a 400000 postwar allocation by Governor for a new training school and barracks for the Pennsylvania State Police at Indiantown Gap. The plan contemplates abandoning the Hershey training schools and reallocating Harrisburg arsenal funds to a new state office building at Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Department of Property and Supplies
Martin
Pennsylvania State Police
Indiantown Gap
Hershey
Commonwealth
GI's Gullible Nazi Propaganda Found in Germany
A U S Army poll of 1,700 American troops in Germany shows about 19 percent believe Germans had some justification for starting the war. Officials, citing propaganda absorption, say the results reveal a striking lack of knowledge about war causes and the influence of Goebbels era messaging.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Ninteen
U. S. Army
U. S
Washington
War Department
Testing Most Powerful Fighter Testing Most Powerful Fighter
SAN DIEGO Calif Jan 28 P Described as the world's most powerful high speed long range fighter and the first plane to fly with a gas turbine engine designed for a powder peller drive and a jet engine in the rear the XP 81 has been completed by Consolidated Vaultee Aircraft Corp and is now undergoing flight tests the company announced yesterday The plane has two complete power units a gas turbine in the nose to drive the four bladed propeller and a jet engine in the fuselage aft of the pilot With both units it can attain speeds in excess of 500 miles an hour and the combined power is virtually the same as that produced by all four engines on a B 29 Superfortress the announcement said.
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San Diego
Calif
Consolidated Vaultee Aircraft, Corp
Prowlers Break In Twice at St Helens Store
Robbers entered a local store in St Helens on two consecutive nights. The first break in yielded 60 cents, the second night 80 cents. No arrests reported. Authorities urged residents to report any leads.
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ST. Helens
Ore
Resignation of Two Top U. S. Diplomats
Washington dispatch says Averell Harriman and John Winant, top U. S. envoys to Russia and Britain, are ready to quit. Harriman may be replaced by Fiorello LaGuardia. Davie s and Dunn are discussed as successors to Winant. Harriman travels via Chungking Tokyo and Korea en route home. Winant’s future uncertain, possibly UN representative on the Economic and Social Council.
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Washington
U. S
Averell Harriman
Russia
John ‘Winant
Britain
Harriman
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
LaGuardia
South America
Truman
Brazil
Moscow
Joseph Davies
James Dunn
Winant
Chungking
Tokyo
Korea
George C. Marshall
China
Douglas MacArthur
Kenown
United Nations Social Land Economic Council
Missing Sailor Found in Attic
Philadelphia reports 17 year old sailor George Smith living in his mother's Montoursville attic since leaving the Navy last May. He was removed to the brig awaiting court martial as authorities probe the strange attic shadow and his health issues while clock tinkering.
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Philadelphia
George Smith
Montoursville
William Fink
Pennsylvania State Police
Smith
Navy
New York
Eugene Hales Smith Martin
Cpl. Fink
Pennsylvania cash surplus tops 50 million for first time
Harrisburg report shows Pennsylvania's cash surplus at 50,478,442 dollars, the first time it exceeded 50 million. State Treasurer Ramsey S. Black said the surplus, invested in short term U.S. government notes, totals 108,816,442 with additional funds bringing the total surplus cash bearing interest to 59,440,000.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ramsey S. Black
U. S
Return of Lewis to AFL Bad For CIO
AFL chief William Green said he will stay as president and handle any jurisdictional issues from Lewis joining the AFL council. He insisted the status quo remains with the CIO and noted the Progressive Miners of America will continue to represent workers in its current territories. J. N. Blose teams are busy hauling fuel in the last week.
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AFL
APL
William Green
Lewis
Green
Progressive Miners of America
UMW
J. N. Blose
Iran Head May Favor Russia in UN
Leaders of the major powers race to conclude the London General Assembly session within 10 days and move UN headquarters to the United States. US envoy Edward R. Stettinius Jr. said a rapid wind up is hoped, Britain and Russia backing speed up, with site selection and secretary general still unresolved.
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London
General Assembly
UNO
United States
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Security Council
Gladwyn Jebb
New York
Best
Boston
Moscow
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Council
L-Nation Agency
Great Britain
Russia
State Employees Petition Pay Hike
AFL Pennsylvania Council of Public Employees circulated petitions asking Governor Martin for a 20 percent pay raise for about 41 000 state workers. The petitions cite a 40 percent rise in the cost of living and claim some employees earn as little as 65 dollars a month, arguing state workers are underpaid compared with federal and other states.
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Harrisburg
Martin
AFL Pennsylvania Council of Public Employes
Reuben H. Miller
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania
ISTC Music Dept Broadcasts Weekly Concert Series
The Music Education Department at ISTC will begin a weekly fifteen minute broadcast series on Indiana's local station. The first program on Wednesday January 28 at 7 15 P M features the College Symphony Orchestra led by Lawrence C Stitt. Subsequent weeks will showcase the Mixed Chorus Women’s Chorus Men’s Glee Club String Orchestra Concert Band and student and faculty soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
College Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence C. Stitt
Thief Foiled as Clerk Saves $1600 in Camden
Elsie Little, 45, a Metropolitan Life Insurance clerk, fought off a shabbily dressed thief in downtown Camden yesterday. The clerk saved the day's receipts of $1600 after a paper bag burst. the money was recovered but the youth escaped in the crowd. American consumers spent 24 billion dollars for food in 1944.
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Camden
N. J
Elsie Little
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Obituary notices for George W Bridgewater and others
Obituary notices list George W. Bridgewater a long time Indiana State Teachers College chef who died at home with service details and survivors including two sons and a brother. The batch also notes Walter Mack age 44 death, and several other local obituaries with service times, interment in Oakland and Armagh cemeteries, and details of survivors.
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George W. Bridgewater
Oale Street
Indiana State Teachers College
Kentucky
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Danville
Pittsburgh
First Methodist Church of
Frank
Sebewalng
Mich
Richard
Cincinnati
Albert
Greensburg
Robinson Funeral Home
David R. Graham
Oakland Cemetery
Walter Robert Mack
Wast Wheatfield Twp
Indiana Co
Buffington
Robert
Clara
Burkhart) Mack
East Wheatfield
Martha (McFeaters) Mack
Shirley
Virgil
Wade
Elda Rodkey Nanty Glo
Esther Salyards
Vintondale
R. D
Viola Moose
Nanty Gio
Alfred
Perry
Benjamin
Logan
Strongstown
Armagh
Clarke Funeral Home
Joseph Franklin Laney
Shelocta
Emma A. Baumann Laney
A. M. Neale
Cleveland
Pacific
Hooverhurst
Gipsy
Lillie
Vera
Violet Tyger
David G. Bartlebaugh
Ripley
N. Y
Rex Brickell
Thompson Cemetery
Hillsdale
Raleigh
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr Named British Ambassador to U.S.
London January 26 The Foreign Office announced that Sir Archibald Clark Kerr a 63 year old career diplomat with four decades in world capitals will become Ambassador to the United States on May 1 He will succeed the Earl of Halifax who has represented Britain in the United States since 1941 and has asked leave to resign his appointment.
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London
Foreign Office
Archibald Clark Kerr
United States
Archibald
Soviet Union
Earl of Halifax
Britain
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