Protesting UN Intervention In Palestine
Seven members of the Jewish Agency Executive opposed any British move to place the Palestine problem before the United Nations General Assembly. They argued such action would create a six month void in Holy Land policy, and urged immediate steps including transferring displaced persons from Europe and radical legal reforms in Palestine. The agency stressed talks with Britain must be paired with concrete gestures or actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jewish Agency
Bevin
Arthur Creech Jones
General Assembly of the
United Nations
Holy Land
Palestine
U.N. General Assembly
Europe
Creech Jones
Byrd Landing Is Awaited By Antarctic Camp
Rear Adm Richard Byrd may depart Little America tonight aboard the carrier Philippine Sea if winds ease. Cruzen reports favorable carrier weather but drifting snow on the airstrip and 18 degree temps. He will wait a few hours for wind drop before ordering two of six planes to leave, Byrd slated for the first flight. A developing low pressure may abort tomorrow's takeoff if today’s window closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton L. Blakeslee
Little America
Richard E. Byrd
Philippine Sea
Antarctic
Yelendt
Richard H. Cruzen
Crazen
Roders
Byrd
Phililippine Sea
Not Divorced On Vacation In California Wedding
SACRAMENT Calif Jan 30 A 75 year old man William Sheridan Reed wed Edna Florence Reed his seventh wife the bride’s second marriage to him. They had separated in 1919 after 24 years and three children. The ceremony was attended by their children grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calif
William Sheridan Reed
Edna Florence Reed
Reed
Westover
Abandon Ship Off Australia to Liverpool Voyage
A fire forced abandonment of the 7218 ton British steamer Samwater on a voyage from Australia to Liverpool. Two passengers and some of the roughly 40 crew are feared lost. Survivors were rescued by the Swedish steamer P L Passohn and are due in Lisbon tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Samwater
Australia
Liverpool
Elen Line Ld
Ministry of Transport
P. L. Pahssohn
Lisbon
Labor Split Looms Over Peacetime Draft Bill
London Jan 30 The Labor Party faces a split over peacetime conscription as the government signals a goal to cut Britain's regular army to well under one million. One faction plans to press for end of conscription when Attlee introduces the peacetime draft bill in about six weeks. Other Laborites favor sharp force reductions amid manpower shortages. Viscount Addison said the future army size would be very much less than one million but did not specify figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Labor Party
Britain
Attlee
House of Commons
Laborite
Viscount Addison
House of Lords
Lords
Ball Bat Slayer Returned Home
Gene F. Anderson, 13, faced a manslaughter charge in the fatal baseball bat slaying of his father Theodore, 43, in Auburn Maine. Municipal court dismissed the charge for lack of probable cause, with Judge Alonzo Conant ordering the boy released after he testified he acted in defense of his mother Marion, 39, as her husband assaulted her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Gene F. Anderson
Theodore
Alonzo Conant
Winehead
Gene
Anderson
Marion
Dan
Return To Normal New York Hamburger Prices Inch Higher
New York reports indicate price changes with 4 cent candy bars and box top premiums advertised by stores. Hamburger price listed at 39 cents per pound with an extra penny for another pound at Grand Union. cereal companies promote assortments for a small sum and box tops. A year ago hamburger traded at 75 cents in New York stores.
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New York
Sieng
Grand Union
AL & PD
Believe Girl Was Killed in Charleston Tragedy
Miss Elizabeth Sattler a 28 year old divorced teacher and daughter of West Virginia Labor Commissioner was found dying on a Charleston street at 2 05 A M Police theorize she may have been slain An autopsy showed severe internal injuries as if run over by a car Police Chief Harold B Cornwell said the case appeared suspicious and several friends and associates were being questioned at headquarters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Elizabeth Sattler
West Virginia
General Hospital
Harold B. Cornwell
Miss Sattler
Charles J. F. Sattler
Cornwell
Rev Giffen Installed as Jacksonville West Union Pastor
Rev Harold Giffen installed as resident pastor of Jacksonville United Presbyterian and West Union United Presbyterian churches by Conemaugh Presbytery. Installation Jan 23 24 involved multiple ministers and elders. The Giffen family will reside in a West Lebanon manse. first resident minister since 1918. He also serves Olivet Congregation as stated supply in suitable months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conemaugh
Loren Jones
Homer City-Crete
West Lunion
Giffen
West Union
West
Lebanon
James McClelland
Olivet
Defends Yank At Rape Trial
PEIPING Jan 30 AP Marine Corp William G Pierson convicted of raping a Chinese coed testified that the defendant did not touch the girl in the court martial of Marine Pfc Warren Thomas Pritchard. Pierson said Pritchard and the girl went to a polo field last Christmas Eve but stayed about 20 minutes. The girl testified a second Marine helped drag her to the field and forced her to the ground. Lt Richard C Odon testified that four days after the incident Pritchard claimed the girl went willingly with the two men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Marine Corp
William G. Pierson
Marine Pfc
Warren Thomas Pritchard
Pritchards
Shen Chung
Pierson
Naval Court
Pritchard
Richard C. Odown
Kingston
N. C
Marine Corps
Groundhog Club Adopts Lewis Judge in Frigid Rite
The Slumbering Lodge of Groundhog Hogs votes honorary membership to federal judge T Alan Golds in Washington. The group insists groundhogs are miners in their own right yet refuse to join John L Lewis or his United Mine Workers Union. If the groundhog sees a shadow Sunday, six more weeks of winter will follow.
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Groundhog
Quarryville
Lodge of
Groundhogs
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
T. Alan Goldsborough
Washington, D. C
John L
Lepend
Eichelberger to Receive Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, commander of the Eighth Army, will be awarded the U S Navy Distinguished Service Medal aboard the cruiser Fall River tomorrow for his leadership and tactical skill during the Papuan campaign in New Guinea in late 1942 and early 1943. Vice Adm. Robert Griffin will present the decoration.
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Yokohama
Robert L. Eichelberger
U. S
Eighth Army
U. S. Navy
Japan
New Guinea
Adm
Robert Griffin
U.S. S. Fall River
Burden of Proof On Landlords Clash Over Rent Ceiling
The issue centers on rent control in New York City with fears a higher ceiling would hurt low income families. Buller argues rent control must persist until shortages ease and warns against a rise that could be misused by operators. A high official called yesterday’s rent increase order a government mixup denied by the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buller
New York City
Truman
White House
Wage boosts for radio workers in AFL contracts
The American Federation of Radio Artists says 20 000 members will gain wage increases of 20 to 39 percent under retroactive contracts signed with four major networks American Broadcasting Company Columbia Broadcasting System Mutual Broadcasting System and National Broadcasting Company.
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New York
American Federation of Radio Artists
AFL
Navy
American Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mutual Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
Soviet Foreign Minister Volotov Signs Peace Treaties
Moscow January 30 report states Vyacheslav Volotov signed peace treaties with five German satellite nations Haly Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland. The pacts were earlier signed by James F Byrnes and will be signed by Ernest Bevin before the Paris ceremony on February 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Vyacheslav Volotov
Haly
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Paris
Over Tax Question Causes Fracas in House
The heated exchange between Engel and Knutson ended without a physical clash after laughter broke the tension. Engel, 9, and Knutson, 66, were described as heavyset as Rep. Mason read the incident version. Hook is credited with inventing the compound microscope in 1665.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hook
Two Local Men Serving Aboard U.S.S. Catamount
Two Indiana County sailors from Luciusboro and Homer City serve on the U S S Catamount. Edwin Welles of Luciusboro and Jack Fitzhants of Homer City are aboard based at Norfolk. They will embark in February on an eight week cruise to Puerto Rico with a Marine detachment.
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U.S.S
Catamount
Indiana County
Luciusboro
Homer City
Edwin Welles
jJack Fitzhants
Norfolk
Catemount
Puerto Rico
Tornado Hits Montgomery Edge injures several
A January 30 tornado struck the northern edge of Montgomery near Gunter Field, injuring several and possibly causing deaths per unverified reports. Ambulances and patrol units rushed to the scene as a half mile long path cut through a small community two miles from the city, with Mary Cast and her son and Kate Harbin among the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Army
Gunter Field
Gunter
Chisham
Mary Cast
Kate Harbin
Arrowhead found in flat tire at Roswell airfield
Roswell New Mexico January 30 Captain Chester Bohart, a B-29 Superfort pilot at Roswell Army Airfield, observed the tire going flat while taxiing to the runway and then noted the discovery of an Indian arrowhead inside the tire, altering his earlier belief that the shooting incident was over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell
N. M
Chester BH. Bohart
Roswell Army Airfield
Bohert
Jimmy Stewart in Life of George Bailey Story and More
Jimmy Stewart Home For Rest Productions and Capra present a touching tale of George Bailey keeping a town Building and Loan alive. The film follows his struggle against a grasping rival, a visit from a second class angel, and the impact of one wish on Bedford Falls. Also notes Magic Town with Jane Wyman and a Miracle Can Happen project with Henry Fonda, Laughton, and Goddard.
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New Hollywood
Capra
George Bailey
George
Jane
Barrymore
Bailey
Bedford Falls
Stewart
Jimmy
Robert
Hollywood
Henry Fonda
Charles Laughton
Fred McMurray
Paulette Goddard
Burgess Meredith
Benedict Bogeats
Indiana
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Productions
Wilson
Appeal To Dahlia Killer Inquiries Continue
Los Angeles police, facing crank notes and false confessions, appealed to the Black Dahlia suspect to contact authorities again. They described a mailed envelope with Elizabeth Short’s papers and a pasted message. Homicide Captain Donahoe urged the slayer to turn themselves in for fair treatment and trial.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Short
Dahlia
Homicide
Jack Donahoe
Donahoe
Miss Short
Noon Stocks and Percent Movements Across Firms
A list of stock prices and daily percentage changes for major companies and commodities. Traders reported varied shifts including Am Can, Anaconda, Atch T and SF, General Electric, U S Steel, Eastman Kodak, Boeing, General Motors, IBM, Chrysler, and many others with percentages ranging from small gains to notable dips.
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Rad & St
Smelt & R
Atch
T& SF
Balt & Ohio
Bendix
Johns-Manville
Kennecott
Kresge (Ss
Lehigh Port
Lehigh
Libby
McN & L i
Liggett & Myers
Loew's Inc
Montgom
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
North Ameria
Northern Pac
Packard Motor
Param Pictures
Penney iCavy
Penn RR
Pub Soc Nd
Pullman
Pure Oil
Repab Steel
Sears Roebuck
Socony-Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Stand Brands
St.g & E
Ind
Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
Obituaries list from Indiana area prominent residents
Obituary notices for John J. Salva Sr Mary S Salva Minnie Tedeski William Ostermeyer Albert Glontz William Shaffer John Erbin Carnahan Evalina Nesbit and others, with death dates and funeral details. Recipients include Robinson Funeral Home Indiana Stears Funeral Home Brookville and Oakland Cemetery. services planned in coming days.
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John J. Salva
Clune
Mary S. Salva
Indiana Memorial Hospital
Robinson Funeral Home
Indiana
Minnie Tedeski
Angelo Tedeski
Heshben
Indiana Hospital
Inlaw
John Tedeski
Palmertown
Blacklick
St. Bonaventure Church
Funeral
Thurman McCracker
Oakland Cemetery
John Erbin Carnahan
Saltsburg
Allegheny Hospital
Tarentum
Nannie Fry Carnahan
Robinson
Evalina (Grosse) Nesbit
Stears Funeral Home
J. K. Leitch
Congress May Be Asked To Intervene In Red Book Issue
The passage suggests efforts to involve Congress in a Red Book matter and cites possible aims to hinder information flow to aid Secretary of State Marshall and Warren Austin in pursuing an Atomic Bomb control agreement with Russia via internal inspections. It also notes Denmark’s early compulsory education and its 1939 high per capita exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
State Marshall
Warren Austin
American Unitedations
Russia
Japan Strike Cancelled By Leaders
Tokyo reports a planned general strike by 2,400,000 government employees was cancelled after Allied headquarters ordered it off. Labor officials sought a face saving formula to end walkouts that would halt railways, utilities, and schools, amid wage increase demands and pressure on Premier Yoshida's cabinet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
General MacArthur
Kuichi Tokuda
Communist Party
Ita
Shigearu Yoshida
US Loss on Overseas Property Sale Reported
Secretary Marshall told Congress the United States realized 1.59 billion dollars from overseas property sales, which cost 6.8 billion originally. By end of 1946 remaining disposables stood at 1.365 billion, already declared surplus, with an estimated two billion more to be freed by the armed forces later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marshall
Congress
United States
Foreign Liquidation
Portal Suits Said Result of Employer Gamble
The brief warns the Mt Clemens decision endangers the republic as industry faces ruin from litigation. It asserts employers push claims to obscure wrongdoing and avoid accountability, while predicting large tax revenue losses.
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The
Republic
Mt. Clemens
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Order of Independent Americans
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American Flint Glass Workers Union
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Coolspring
M. F. Dills
Brookville
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Glontz
Otie Weaver
St. Paul’s Cemetery
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Sykesville
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