Poland referendum held amid armed gangs terrorizing countryside
An AP report says Polish officials warned armed gangs roved the countryside last night causing deaths and injuries as 11 million registered voters faced a three question referendum. Officials expected results by Wednesday with final returns in 12 days. Mikolajczyk urged a No vote on unicameral parliament while backing the other two questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARSAW
Vety
Poland
Edward eobsubka-Morawaki
Polish Peasant Party
Mikolajczyk
Pravda Attacks UNRRA Press Freedom Bill
Pravda denounces a proposed bill funding UNRRA as an infringement on sovereign rights and an attempt to dictate policy. The Moscow radio based article accuses American reactionary circles of seeking control of Soviet foreign policy and asserts UNRRA is an international body governed by each nation’s rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pravda
United States
Communist
Moscow _Radio
Soviet Union
UNRRA
Mackenzie's Column on the Bikini Atom Test Reflections
Mackenzie's column reviews early impressions of the Bikini atoll atomic test. It notes limited destructive effects on ships and water, questions alarmist prophecies, contrasts pretest expectations with reality, and discusses potential political implications and the waning shock of nuclear power. The piece cites Don Whitehead and reflects on the unease and tempered optimism surrounding nuclear weaponry.
FEPC ends as Congress unlikely to revive in 1946
Washington reports that the Fair Employment Practice Committee will not be revived this year. President Truman’s view on permanent continuation meets congressional inertia. FEPC, established in 1943 to prevent discrimination in wartime federal work, winds down after funds were exhausted. Tokyo related notes describe war crimes tribunal actions against 27 defendants for plans to occupy Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FEPC
Fair Employment Practice Committee
OPA
Congress
Truman
Roosevelt
Noon Stocks Ledger Shows Wide Swings Across Sectors
New York noon stocks list includes Air Reduction 45 percent, Al Chem & Dye 205, Am Can 10d 44, Am. & Fer Power 10 percent, Allied chemical names, and major corporations such as General Electric 40 percent, General Motors 12 percent, U S Steel 93 1-4, Westinghouse 3T 1-4, and Ford not listed. The market concludes with a note about Linnaeus and a flower clock concept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
al Refining
el Auto Lite
Erie R. R
Food Fair
Elec
Gen. Foods
Gen. Motors
Greyhound Corp
Harb
Walker
Hercules Paw. Gis Int. Harvester
Pla
Int. Tel. Tel
Johns Manville
Kennecott Cop
Northern Pac
Packard Motor
B. Penney (Jc
Penn. R. RK
Pub
Svc
N. J
Slouns Pullman
Radio Corp
Reading Co
VU. S. Smell R and M
U. S. Steel
Warner Bros. Pict
West M Tel. A
Woolworth
Young. Sh and T
Rotary Hears Prof E Work on Near East Vision
Ernest Work, charter member of the Indiana Rotary now with Cambridge Ohio Rotary, spoke on the Near East. He has lived in the region and Ethopia where he helped establish schools at Haile Selassie's invitation. He favors Constantinople as a capital site, calling Turkey pivotal due to its central position and control of the Dardanelles, and views Turkey as central to late Russian expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Work
Indiana Rotary
Cambridge Ohio
Near East
Work
Ethopia
Haile Sulassi
Constantinople
Turkey
Dardanelles
Peter the Great
Blairsville Legion Seeks Packard Clipper for Fair Giveaway
The Blairsville American Legion seeks a Packard Clipper to award during next month’s annual fair after a new display car on Market Street was badly damaged Saturday. A driver learning to drive reportedly lost control, smashing the display platform and damaging the street scene and nearby vessels. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Stewart
Market
Arkansas
Nagato
Market Street
Ashe Marine Skate
Pensacola
Packard
Movies Hit By Second Major Tieup
Hollywood reports the film industry begins a second major strike within a year as Herbert Sorrell orders 7,000 CSU members to report no work and picket at 10 major studios. JATSE vows to join, while producers insist a wage contract is ready. The strike centers on wages hours and jurisdiction.
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Hollywood
Herbert K. Sorrell
Conference of
International Alliance of ‘Thea
Trical Stage
CSU
Roy Brewer
Los Angeles Central Labor Council
JATSE
American Federation of Labor
Sorrell
Cars Collide On Philadelphia St In City Accident
Borough police reported two Philadelphia Street accidents. E Q Orr of 1443 Water Street collided with Raymond Beck of 1148 Maple Street at Fourth and Philadelphia at 7 30 p m causing about 45 damage to each car. Orr said steering stuck as he attempted a left turn. In a separate incident James Barris of Indiana struck pedestrians Alma Whadding and Shirley Whadding near Seventh Street causing only minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borough Police Today
Fourth
Philadelphia Streets
E. QO. Orr
Water Street
Philadelphia Street
Seventh
James Barris
Indiana
Alma Whadding
Shirley Whadding
China Government Hit As War Truce Fails
In Nanking on July 1 Communist spokesman Chou En-lai blamed the Nationalist government for failing to reach a military accord and retain the truce. He said the government’s demands hinder peace efforts while promising to resist continued Communist attacks. The Communists seek U.S. mediation from Gen. George Marshall to cement a political settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Chou Et
Lal
George Marshall
U. S
Chou
Peng Hsuch-Pei
Peng
Hupeh-Onan
Drive To Curb Atom Pushed By Congress
Washington reports a new push for domestic atomic controls as Bikini tests reveal nuclear potency. House leadership faces obstruction by a minority block on a Senate-passed bill, with May threatening to read the riot act and Luce pushing to force a floor vote. In Johnstown, a 7-year-old girl, Nancy Crowell, was found murdered near Cambria County. a 15-year-old youth confessed, claiming she insulted him. no charges yet filed as investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
May
D-Ky
Clare Hoothe Luce
R-Conn
Patton
Paul J. Wills
Wills
Ask Flood Control For Cambria Co
Four destructive flash floods in the past two weeks trigger northern Cambria County towns Patton Hastings Barnesboro Bakerton and Spangler to seek state and federal flood control aid. Surveys to determine suitable flood control measures will be held in Patton and Hastings soon with similar action planned for the other communities after thousands of dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blandy
W. H. P. Blandy
Navy
Forrestal
Johnstown
Cambria County
Patton
Hastings
Barnesboro
Bakerton
Spangler
Goats Survive Test Report From USS Pennsylvania Scene
New York July 1 4 CBS correspondent Don Mozley aboard the USS Mt McKinley reports goats placed aboard the USS Pennsylvania survived the atom bomb blast and stand at ease munching hay. Rear Admiral A Cy Sollberg director of ship material for operations Crossroad provided the word after inspection. Mozley added that minnows were still swimming in water once deemed contaminated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Uss Pennsylvania
Don Mozley
CBS
Uss
Mt. McKinley
Mozley
A. Cy .Sollberg
Crossroad
Mosley
Solberg
Trolley Strike Grips San Francisco Transit
San Francisco witnesses the municipal street railway strike with 800000 to 1000000 riders unable to use trolleys. The 3000 carmen union members began the walkout at 12:01 PM Sunday over a demand for 15 cents per hour wage increases, easing only for private cars taxis and jitneys in some areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Municipal Street Railway
CIO Carmen
Train tragedy prompts treaty action in Cairo and London
In Cairo and London a train incident provoked calls for treaty revision as El Dien Pasha and other officials push for immediate action. A coroner’s inquiry follows the fatality near Hollsopple while negotiations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Fouad
United 1A
M. Uphouse
Nations Security Council
Rayburn Forecasts New Life for Dead Agency
House Speaker Rayburn and Senate leaders Adel to seek extending the OPA surpassing 15 days and revive talks on maintaining operation. President Truman rejected the compromise bill as inflation prone. Senator O Daniel blocks motions to revive the agency until July 20, stalling Senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayburn
New Life
Senate’ Action
Senate
House
McCormick
Mass
Truman
White House
Barkley
Capitol
O'Paniel
D-Tex
Wagner
D-Ny
OPA
O'Daniel
Church Party Dominates German Assembly Elections
In Frankfurt on July 1, unofficial results from two of three states show the conservative Christian Social Union maintaining a strong lead. Bavarian rural voters backed the CSU two to one over the Social Democratic Party, while in Greater Hesse the Social Democrats edged ahead narrowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard O'Regan
Frankfurt
Constitutional Assembly
Christian Social Union
Germany
Bavaria
Hesse
Wuerttemberg-Baden
Social Democratic Party
Social Democrats
Pennsylvania Marine Corps casualties and strength reported
Brig. Gen. Gerald C. Thomas announced at the Pennsylvania Marine Corps League convention that 50,189 Pennsylvanians served in World War I, with 6,000 casualties including 1,339 killed. Pennsylvania supplied 10 percent of total Marine strength. Erie was chosen for the 1947 convention and Theus J. Mae Queen of Philadelphia was elected commandant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
U. S. Marine Corps
Gerald C. Thomas
Keystone
Thomas
Pennsylvania Department of the Marine Corps League
Marine Division of Plans and Policy
Washington
Pennsylvania
Marine Corps
Erie
Theus. J. Mae Queen
Philadelphia
Lydick and Butterbaugh families noted in obituaries
Obituaries list great grandchildren and surviving relatives from Lydick and Butterbaugh lines. Items mention H. C. Buterbaugh and Bertha Butterbaugh of Latrobe, Dayton area church roles, lodge membership, and funeral service details. Also notes Bernice Althen Desbonnets of Homer City and school faculty ties, with service and interment plans outlined.
Price fears and a local obituary blend in Arcadia note
A seven year old girl, Jennie Bartlebaugh of Montgomery township near Arcadia, died Saturday at 8 30 pm. Survived by widower Willis Bartlebaugh and four children, plus seventeen grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at Pineville Wesleyan Methodist with Rev. Dunn officiating. Separate column speculates on black market growth and inflation driven price rises, urging cautious consumer behavior and potential buyer strikes until economic controls or legislation stabilize the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Bartlebaugh
Montgomery Township
Arcadia
Green Township
Indiana County
Willis Bartlebaugh
Ben
Jane Saye
Cochranton
Lonnie
Virginia Pounds
Rochester Mills
Margaret
Pineville Wesleyan Methodist
Willard Dunn
United States
Six Drown On Weekend in Western Pennsylvania
Six people including five children and a man drowned in two Western Pennsylvania waterways over the weekend. Two missing West Monterey children, Joseph Palm and Bonnie Jean Rumbaugh, were found in the Allegheny River about a mile from their play spot. Earlier, three youths drowned when a raft collapsed on the Allegheny near Brandon and were recovered near Kennerdell. A sixth body, F Marshall Hood, 27, of Meadville, was pulled from French Creek at Shaws Landing near Meadville.
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West Monterey
Pennsylvania
Allegheny River
Joseph Palm
Bonnie Jean Rumbaugh
Clarion County
Brandon
Franklin
Kennerdell
F. Marshall Hood
Meadville
French Creek
Shaws Landing
Fire Association Postpones Meeting to July 11
The Indiana Fire and Library Association postponed its regular meeting from July 4 to July 11 at 8 p m in Firemen's Hall because the holiday fell on the original date. Three new members are scheduled to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Fire* and Library Association
George Bertram Lydick
Dayton
Alma
Bessie Bittinger
R. D
Florence Wedding
Bruce Lydick
New Kensington
Fred Lydick
Reuben E. T. Lydick
Smickaburg
Minnie Hergenstock
Chambersburg
Annie Gould
Boyd C. Lydick
Callie Repine
James City
Alice Carey
Punx Isutawney
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MacKenzie
Bikini
Don Whitehead
Africa
Italy
Normandy
Berlin
Turog
Jimmy
Jimmy Swallow
Tokyo
International ‘War Crimes Tribunal
Manchuria
General Staff
Japan
Dorsey
Manchurian
China
Linnaeus
Rotary
E. Work
Independence
Philadelphia St
William F. Arbogast
Patton Tot
Ask
Cambria Co
Ask Treaty Action
Kokichi Mikimoto
Weather Report
Mentoa
Church Party
Hatey M. Lydick
Fred D
Clara) Jones
Rochester
George
Mary) Strauitf
Parixstitawrey
Charles
Rosa Burray
John
Gertrude) Smith Pati
Luella) Adams
Olean
N.Y
Allie
Mabel) Walker
Elliott
Lucinda Butterbaugh Lydick
Dayton Methodist Church
Dayton Lodge
Lydick
Dayton Boro
Bertha Barr Buter
Baugh
H. C. Buterbaugh
Weldon Sreet
Latrobe
Weldon Street
Latrobe Hospital
Ray
Smicks
Iurg
Rossmoyne Barn
Buterbagh
J. B. Troutman
Maryland
Buri
Buter- Kopel
Soniaean
Paughe
E .Bowser
Plumville
Marion Beatty
Chicago
Dean
Buterbaugh
Hollidaysburg
Arthur C. Buterbaugh
Birmingham
Eagles Lodge
Punxsutawney
Michigan
George H. Buterbaugh
W. F. McClain
Unity Cemetery
Bernice Althen Desbonnets
Elm
Homer City
Clair R. Wick
Greenwood Cemetery
Fire Association
Ana SR Con
Fellows
Moorhead
Jantzen
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