Berlin four power rule ends as Russians quit Kommandatura
Berlin crisis deepens as the Russians withdraw from the Kommandatura, ending the last four power governing body in the city. A British spokesman quoted Soviet Chief of Staff Col Boris Kalinin blaming American commander Col Frank Howley and the Western currency for the collapse. Western powers move to challenge the Soviet blockade with transport planes as talks on a separate western state proceed.
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Berlin
Germany
Kommandatura
Boris Kalinin
Frank Howley
Frankfurt
United States
Britain
Kalinin
Western powers draft note to Russia over Berlin blockade
London sources report the United States Britain and France drafted a joint note demanding an end to the Russian blockade of Berlin and restoration of the four power rule. After approval by Marshall Bevin and Bidault the note would be sent to the Kremlin possibly by the weekend. The note would place full responsibility on Russia if the blockade remains and West Berlin’s people suffer.
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London
Whitehall
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Kremlin
U. S
Lewis Douglas
Rene Massigli
William Strang
Foreign Office
Germany
West Berlin
Two Hurt In Auto Wreck On Route 80 Near Indiana
Two men were injured when their car left Route 80 between Indiana and Clymer last night. John Isenberg and Arthur Mack, both from Indiana, were admitted to Indiana Hospital with neck and back injuries. Their conditions were reported as fairly good this morning. A passing motorist found the wreck in a field and brought them to the hospital.
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Indiana
Clymer
John Isenberg
Indiana R. D
Arthur Mack
Indiana RD
Isenberg
Mack
Arcadia Woman's Car Recovered Following Theft
Police in Indiana notified that the stolen automobile belonging to Mary Balla of Arcadia was recovered by Pittsburgh police. Helen Scott remains at large. a man named John Grinda of Arcadia reportedly accompanied the car. A warrant has been issued for Helen Scott.
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Indiana
Mary Balla
Arcadia
Helen Scott
Pittsburgh
John
Grinda
Stolen car recovered. owner to reclaim at fairground
An Ohio car impounded here Tuesday night was reported stolen to Indiana Borough Police. The owner, en route today to recover the vehicle, was noted in a report amid fairground activities with music by the Happy Valley Boys scheduled for July.
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Ohio
Indiana
Indiana County Pays Off Bond Issue Clarified
Indiana County today paid 8000 plus 8600 interest on the B Bonds, said Steele Clark, chairman of the County Commissioners. The 1,000,000 B bond issued in 1925 will be paid off July 1, 1955. The county now owes 1,080,000 on A B and C bonds, all originally 4,000,000 bonds.
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Indiana County
Steele Clark
Clark
Miltion L Boyer Retires From Local Post Office
Milton L Boyer aged 70 retires after 20 years as caretaker at the Indiana Post Office. He received a purse gift from all postal employees and was seen polishing brass at the front door on his last day. Rides Fairground July 5. 272-x
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Milton L. Boyer
Indiana
Mr. Boyer
Indiana Post Office
Uncle Sam
Two Trucks In Accident At Indiana Borough Line
A tractor trailer and a panel delivery truck collided near North 4th Street at the borough line around 9 am. The left rear of Mrs Thelma F Fink s panel truck was struck by Fred Mac s Leechburg driven trailer truck during an attempted pass. Damage estimated at 80. no injuries reported.
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Indiana
North 4Th Street
Borough
Thelma F. Fink
Fred Mac
Leechburg
Truman predicts first ballot nomination at Democratic Convention
President Truman projected a first ballot nomination by the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 12. He said the convention would choose his running mate and dodged questions about Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt or Dwight D. Eisenhower, calling some queries foolish and affirming support for McGrath’s outlook.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Misenhower
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Philadelphia
Trushan
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic
National Committee
McGrath
Lee
Bus Makes First Stop In Indiana Indiana highway post office trial begins
A specially equipped mail bus started by the Post Office Department in Western Pennsylvania made its first official run reaching Indiana County with a five minute stop at Indiana Post Office. The mobile unit leaves Pittsburgh at 6 a.m. and reaches Altoona by 11:24 a.m. with a round trip of 138.8 miles.
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Indiana
Post Office Department
Pennsylvania
Mary B. Martin
Burgess J. R. Maloney
O. R. McGahey
The
Railways Mail Service
Pittsburgh
Highway Post Office
Indiana County
Saltsburg
Clarksburg
Clymer
Highway
Cherry Tree
Altoona
al- Lee
Mary E. Martin
Martin
O. R. MecGahey
Railway Mail Service
Gazette Phato
Communists Rally Behind Tito Amid Cominform Rift
Belgrade Yugoslavia July rally by Communists and soldiers backing Premier Marshal Tito followed Cominform charges. First Proletarian Division elected Tito as delegate to the Fifth Communist Party Congress. Tito visited Belgium, greeted by a youth brigade. Slovenian Communist Central Committee sent a telegram defending Tito. Yugoslav Congress set for July 21. Borba outlined independence and a Balkan bloc with Bulgaria and Albania.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Cominform
Tito
Communist Party
Belgium
Central Committee
Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Slo-venia Central
Soviet Union
Borba
Yugoslav Central Communist Committee
Bulgaria
Albania
Spanish War Vet Father Couples Welcome Baby Girl
A 76-year-old Spanish American War veteran and his 34-year-old wife in Pittston Pa welcomed a baby girl born yesterday. The child was born at their rooming house and admitted with the mother to Pilision hospital an hour later. The infant is in good condition and the mother fair.
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Pittston, Pa
John Tigue
Tigue
Pittston
United Spanish War Veterans
Pilision Hospital
Dewey says bipartisan foreign policy limited to UN affairs
Albany July 1 Gov Thomas E Dewey declared that the bipartisan foreign policy he founded in 1944 applies mainly to United Nations affairs and has not guided other foreign policy areas He cited Greek Turkish policy Potsdam and China policy as areas lacking consultation He talked after a White House meeting with foreign affairs adviser John Foster Dulles and said Dulles should again serve as a UN delegate in Paris next fall.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
United Nations
China
Dewey
Executive
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
U. N. General Assembly
Assembly
Paris
Aged Indiana Woman Drops Dead Here
A 73-year-old Indiana woman, Mrs. Paul Faith of 232 Olive Street, collapsed on the sidewalk near her home yesterday around 3:30 pm. Officer Chas M Seger found her alive, then she died before a doctor arrived. The county coroner and the husband arrived. authorities attributed death to a heart condition.
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Indiana
Paul Faith
Olive Street
Chas, M. Seger
Patman Seger
Seger
Edward L. Fleming
Truck Rams Car On Main Street
Donovan Mc Coy of Indiana drove a truck that struck a parked car owned by Mrs. James H. Blakely on West Philadelphia Street yesterday afternoon. Damage was about 200 dollars, with 150 dollars to the Blakely vehicle. The driver said he heard a horn and swerved to the right after seeing a reflection in the rear view mirror.
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Donovan McCoy
Indiana
James H. Blakely
D. 1
West Philadelphia
Eilo
Blakely
Tito Puts Moscow On Spot
Washington reports Tito answers Moscow with defiance and a revived Balkan federation proposal. Tito rejects Cominform censure and asserts Yugoslavia aims for a Balkan union, marking a rare public stand against Soviet line. Moscow faces two direct challenges from Tito as diplomacy heats up in Balkans.
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Belman Morin
Washington
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Communist Information Bureau
Balkan
Cominform
Tito
Russia
Georgia Dmitrov
Dmirov
Tilo
Union of Balkan States
Dmitrov
Kremlin
ISTC Head Takes Over at Indiana State Teachers College
Dr Willis Pratt, 41, named president of Indiana State Teachers College arriving yesterday. Former head of education at Pennsylvania State College and World War I veteran. succeeds late Dr Joseph M Uhler.
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Willis Pratt
State College
Indiana State Teachers College
Pratt
Indiana
Department of Education
Pennsylvania State College
de. Pratt
Joseph M. Uhler
F.C
Jet Fighters For Guard Begin Delivery To Five States
The Air National Guard receives 42 of 107 high speed F-80C jet fighters. Units in California Florida Maine Georgia and Nebraska take delivery with squadrons at Dow Base Maine Gin Vold ed W Chatham Ga Jacksonville Fla and San Bernardino Calif. The C series F-80s fly about 600 mph with six .50 cal guns and can carry two 1 000 lb bombs under wings.
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Washington
Ity L
Air National Guard
Air Force
California
Florida
Maine
Georgia
Brayka
Dow Base
Ginvold
Chatham Base
San Bernardino
Calif
Jacksonville
Fla
Rent Station To Open Here In Indiana County
Avent Indiana County to host a Rent Station in the Indiana Post Office building for landlords and tenants. Leo H Akers Area Rent Director says the office will share space with the Army Recruiting Station and revenue office and operate only on select days. Announcement on hours to follow. Horse racing Fairground, July, 5th. 2712-x
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Avent
Indiana County
Indiana Post Office
Leo H. Akers
Altoona
Johnstown
Indiana
Army Recruiting
Revenue Collectors
Western Germans Offered Right To Form Government
Western Germany's 45 million people were offered a chance to form a federal government with broad powers while awaiting a peace treaty. Allied leaders outlined a constitution process to be discussed after Sept 1 and a new state framed within occupation and international controls, with borders adjustable to reflect traditional patterns.
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Fhewkeure
Germany
U.S
Britain
France
Weston
Warsaw
Moscow
Gearharts
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Brian Robertson
Pierre Koenig
U.S. Army
1. G Farbenindustrie Chemical Trust
Ree
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Ruhr Ruhr
Truman signs modified housing bill amid GOP critique
President Truman signed a Republican modified housing bill labeling Congress a failure on long term needs. He accused the Taft-Briet hers Wagner bill of being political patchwork while noting public housing provisions were discarded. The measure allows RFC to buy GI home loans up to 10,000 dollars and lets lenders sell up to 25 percent of their GL mortgages to Fannie Mae.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House of Representatives
Clear Erie Man In Road Death Here
A coroner’s jury in Indiana County cleared M. Baugher of Erie of criminal negligence in the road death of Mildred Michaels of Strongstown. The May 28 1948 accident on Route 422 occurred as she walked along the highway and was struck by Baugher’s car. The jury, impaneled by County Coroner Dr Edward L Fleming, found no fault by the driver. Members were Lambert Joseph E Hood Luther Williams Anna Myners Guy Kime and J Varner.
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M. Baugher
Erie
Corone
Mildred Michaels
Strongstown
Luciana County
Edward L. Fleming
Indiana
Strongtown
Lambert Joseph
A. B E. Hood
Luther S. Williams
Anna Myners
Guy Kime
J. &. Varner
Iselin Girl Wins Top Nursing Award
Miss Betty Joan Mirarda of Iselin received top honors among the graduate nurses at the Indiana Hospital in Tuesday commencement exercises for outstanding achievement in theory and practical nursing. Mrs Irwin and Miss Jane Richer of DuBois were also recognized for nursing work in care and surgical nursing respectively.
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Iselin Girl
Betty Joan Mirarda
Iseelin
Helen Leila Irwin
Smicksburg
Yee
Yesterday's Gazette
Indiana Hospital
Irwin
Jane Richer
DuBois
Village Fire After Rocket Ignites Hatched Roof
CHAVES Portugal June 28 By Air Maid The entire village was burned when a rocket fired by village peasants in honor of their patron saint set fire to a hatched roof at Fish N Ghips. Ricupero's te la eee a Seal Fire works Fairground ulgee Food sale Sat July 3 Commun Center by ladies class Evankiheeh.
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Chaves
Portugal
Air Maid
Joe Quinias
Ricupero
Ulgee
Evankiheeh
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