Need Lumber To Keep Vets Off the Floor
Washington July 3. Production officials say the government must supply lumber to furnish homes for 2 700 900 dwellings planned by 1948 or veterans and families may sleep on floors. CPA survey estimates 4 560 000 000 board feet of hardwood and 3 153 000 square feet of plywood needed.
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Eugene B. Woodson
Washington
W. A. Bryant
Civilian Production Administration
Durable Goods
National Retail Furniture Association
R. P. Gruenberg
NREA
CPA
Bryant
Gruenberg
National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Theis
Heirs Sought In This Area
Descendants or relatives of Frank and Julia Michaels are sought in and around Johnstown to claim a $9,000 estate left by a branch of the family that died out. Probate investigator James W. Smith of San Francisco assists, noting Frank and Julia Michaels may have married near Johnstown and some of the family may still live there. If no descendants exist the claim reverts to the brothers or sisters’ heirs. The Michaels name may derive from Hungarian or Polish roots.
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Frank
Julia Michaels
Johnstown
James W. Smith
California St
San Francisco
Calif
Dutta Michaels
Uneage
Julia
Michels
Frank Michaels
Movie Tieup Is Settled
Hollywood July 3 A surprise settlement ends a brief movie strike. Remaining contract details and technicalities needed to finalize peace were set for night. The agreement reportedly includes a 35 percent wage increase and provisions for future living cost adjustments. The Picture Association of…
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Hollywood
Picture Association of
Stocks and Companies List From a Gazelle Classified Ada
The noon stock table includes numerous tickers and company names such as Air Reduction Al Che & Dye Am Can Am & For Pow Am Rad & St S Am Smelt & St An el & Tel Am &Tob B Anaconda Cap AU Refining Balt & Ohio Bendix Aviat Beth Steel Boeing Airplane Briggs Mfg Budd Co Case 11 Co Ches & Ohio Column G & El Com Solvent Cons Edison Cout Can Curtiss-Wright Del Lack & West Eastman Kodak El Auto-Lite Erie RR Gen Elec Gen Foods Gen Motors Gen Motors Pf. Greyhound Corp Int Harvester Pf. Int Nick Can Pt Int Tel & Tel Kennecott Cop Kresge Lehigh Port C Lehigh Val Coal Libby, MeN & L Loew's Inc Mont Gem Ward Nat Biscuit Nat Dairy Prod Nat Distillers Nat Pow & Lt NY Central RR North Ameria Northern Pacific Packard Motor Pargr Pctures Penney Penn RR Pub Soc NJ Pullman Pure Qit Radio Corp Repab Steel Sesrs Roebuck Socony -Qaguum Sperry Corp Stend Brands Sid G & E $4 Pf Stand Oil Car Stand Oil Ind Stand Qit NJ Studebaker Corp Sutherland Pip Swift & Co United Aircraft United Gay Imp US Smelt A & M US Steel Warner Brog Pict West Un Tel Woolworth Sh & T wilted the Gazelle Classified ada Subscribe for the Gazelle Now.
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Air Reduction
al Che & Dye
Am Can
Pow Am Rad & St S. Am Smelt & St. An
el & Tel Am
Anaconda Cap AU Refining
Balt & Ohio
Bendix Aviat Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Briggs Mfg
Budd Co
Case 11
Ches & Ohio Column
G & el Com
Solvent
Cons Edison Cout Can
Curtiss-Wright del Lack & West
Eastman Kodak
el Auto-Lite
Erie RR Gen Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Int Harvester Pf
Nick Can Pt
Int
Tel & Tel Kennecott Cop Kresge
Lehigh Port C
Lehigh Val Coal Libby, Men & L
Loew's Inc Mont Gem Ward Nat Biscuit Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
NY Central RR
North Ameria Northern Pacific
Packard Motor Pargr
Pctures Penney (Jc
Penn RR Pub Soc NJ Pullman Pure Qit Radio Corp
Repab Steel Sesr
Fantastic Court Story Denied By White House Press Secretary
Washington July 31 Charles G Ross described as fantastic and untrue a New York Daily News story by John O Donnell alleging President Truman asked four Supreme Court justices to resign The four named are Black Jackson Frankfurter and Murphy The White House says no letter was sent and Truman has no authority to force resignations The report is dismissed as made up out of whole cloth
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Washington
Charles G. Ross
John O'Donnell
New York Daily News
Truman
Ross
White House
Frankfurter
Justice Frankfurter
High Court
O’donnell
Taxi Union Dancers Form 3000 Strong in Tokyo
In Tokyo on July 3 4 3 000 taxi dancers formed a union to boost working conditions and cultural standing. The Asahi newspaper cited plans including a foreign estilo dress sewing shop to supply dancers with outfits and shoes each month and a program encouraging reading the federation issued Social Times to improve conversation with partners. Five years ago Lefty Grove dominated a major league pitch as Boston Red Sox triumphed.
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Tokyo
Asghi
Social Times
Federation of Cabarets
Leftty Grove
Boston Red Sox
iFire Association To Meet On July 11
The Chehadiang Fire and Library Association will hold its regular meeting on July 11 instead of tomorrow due to the Fourth of July holiday. Local members are urged to attend at the usual time and place.
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iFire
Chehadiang Fire and Library Association
Hughes Gets Osteopathic Confab Honor
Dr. Roy E. Hughes of Indiana Pennsylvania was chosen for the House of Delegates of the American Osteopathic Association. The fifteenth annual convention will meet July 14 to 19 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.
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Chicago
Roy E. Hughes
Indiana
House of Delegates
American Osteopathic Association
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York City
the Associaion
International Organization of the Osteopa
Colleges of
Osteopathy
Albert W. Bailey
House
Hughes
Borough Plans Street Improvements and Resurfacing Contracts
The borough approved two street contracts to be completed by September 15. Property owners pay two thirds and the borough one third. cost per foot about $6 for 60 feet totaling roughly $300. The borough’s paying fund stood at $17,364,266 as of July 1. A resurfacing contract with Paul Hull Resurfacing Co. of Butler was awarded at 25.7 cents per square yard, about $5,165.70 for 20,100 square yards, due August 15. Funding comes from gas tax revenue provided by the Highway Department. The fund currently holds $3,429.76, about half of this year’s allotment. the rest will arrive later. Citizens complained of heavy rain damage like cellar flooding and sewer tilting. Council instructed the Street Committee to act quickly. An ordinance to pay Maple Street from Wayne Avenue to South Seventh Street was authorized, with one council member opposing. Burgess J. Roy Maloney reported 22 stop-sign violations and 47 parking tickets issued in the past month, plus efforts to curb speeding, though a speed trap was not eyed. Parking meters yielded $1,830.04 in the month.
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Paul Hull
Maple Street
Wayne Avnene
South Seventh Street
Burgess J. Roy Maloney
Trespassing Warning At B and O Cummings Dam
Balti more and Ohio Railroad Police Captain D S Shea warns north county residents near Cummings Dam between Ernest and Chambersville that trespassers found on dam property will be prosecuted. Reports many use the dam for fishing and swimming despite posted no trespassing signs. vandals have torn signs and broken the gate house.
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D. S. Shea
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cummings Dam
Ernest
Chambersville
Shea
Three Boys Killed By Train At Pine Station
Three children from Pine Station near Lock Haven were killed by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train last night. Identified by Coroner W J Shoemaker as Dale and Bar Rachau twin brothers aged seven and Jan Oechler aged nine. Witness Mrs Harry Piney said two boys rode bicycles on the track while a third walked ahead as the westbound train approached. The locomotive struck the bicycle, tossing one twin and the walking boy, who then collided with the other twin. all three were thrown clear of the train.
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Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
Pine Station
W. J. Shoemaker
Clinton County
Dale
Bar Rachau
Jan ‘Oechler
Shoemaker
Harry Piney
Oechler I
Predict Steel Price Will Be Unchanged
New York July 8 The Iron Age national metalworking paper predicts steel prices will hold steady in the near term though some items may rise over the long pull. Scrap dealers push old contracts while steel firms watch tight supply and potential public censure for price hikes.
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New York
Iron Age
OPA
Ivor Age
Witness Fears Col Kilian May Not Testify At Lichfield Trial
BAD NEUHEIN Germany July 3 A prosecution witness refused to testify against Col James Kilian former commander of the U S Army 10th Replacement Depot at Lichfield England saying he feared the consequences Kilian is charged with authorizing mistreatment of American POWs Earlier witnesses including Pfc Peter H Claim of Uniontown Pa described beatings of inmates and guards beating a Black prisoner Claim said blows to the man’s head sounded like guns firing
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Bad Navhein
Germany
James Kilian
Highland Park
Kilian
U.S. Army
Debat
Lichfield
England
Pfc
Peter H. Claim
Uniontown
Forecast 21 Nation Confab In Few Weeks
A page one continuation reports Byrnes urging internationalization of Trieste with UN administration of the zone. He says UN governor should be named by the UN and UN prestige would boost trade. Molotov counters that UN charter allows trusteeship only with a clear proposal.
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Trieste
Russia
France
Byrnes
United States
United Nations
Grey
U. N
Molotov
Russia Moves To Tighten UN Atomic Curbs
New York July 3 The United Nations Atomic Energy Commission awaits Soviet Russia next move in a push to raise the commission's majority from seven to eight votes for adoption of recommendations. Russian delegate Andrei Gromyko opposes the rules change while arguing in favor of veto power by the five permanent Security Council members.
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Charles A. Grumich
New York
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Henry Hudson Hotel
Parents Security Council
U. N
Atomit
Council
Heirens Summoned On 25 Counts In Chicago Court
William Heirens, 17, University of Chicago student, faced 25 felony counts including 21 burglaries and four assault charges. Although prints tied to the Degnan ransom note, officials say none involve the Degnan case. Heirens declined bond, pled innocent, and remained in police custody after a bid for habeas corpus failure. Investigators probe potential ties to the Degnan kidnapping murder.
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Chicago
William Heirens
University of Chicago
FBI
Suzanne Degnan
Heirens
Degnan
William J. Tuohy
North Side
Criminal Court
Detective Bureau
Walter Stroms
Tuohy
Storms
Law Enforceemnt
Four Injured In 2 Car Accident
Four people were injured on a legislative road between Decker's Point and Nashville when a moving vehicle struck a parked car and a pedestrian. Ford Reed, nearby Decker's Point, was hit while standing beside the parked car by a vehicle driven by Alva J. Bragg Jr. of Commodore. Reed and George Beers of Cant Township suffered injuries. Bragg and Marion Henry had bruises. Vehicle damage estimated at 500 dollars. Catherine Coy, 23, of Penn Run Route 2, suffered a fracture and elbow injury when the car she rode in overturned near Penn Run. she was admitted to the local hospital.
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At & P
Decker’s Point
Nashville
Indiana
Ford Reed
Alva J. Bragg, Jr
Commodore
Reed
George Beers
Cant Township
Bragg
James Bragg
Marion Henry
Catherine Coy
Penn Run
Focal Hospital
Life Underwriters Elect Officers In Recent June Meet
The Indiana County Association of Life Underwriters elected officers at the June meeting at Rustie Lodge. David Rath of Equitable Life was named president, with Edward H. Koontz as vice president, William R. Williams as secretary treasurer, Earl E. Hewitt Jr as nations committeeman, and directors Pauli Schreje congress and Louis Will, both from Prudential. The president awarded M J Wills a Nations Association certificate for 1190 per cent membership for the Indiana Office. A note recalls Babe Herman’s sale to the Brooklyn Dodgers a year ago.
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Indiana County Association of Life
Phose David Rath
Equitable Life
Rustie Lodge
Edward H. Koontz
New England Mutual Life
Indiana
William R. Williams
Farm Bureau Life
Earl E. Hewitt
Traveler's Life
Pauli Schrej Congress
Prudential Life Agent
Louis Will
Prudential iLife
Homer City
M. J. Wills
Prudential Insurance Company
Nations Association
Plans For GI Education Go Ahead In Pa
Harrisburg July 3 An effort to set up Pennsylvania GI college centers to handle overflow from existing institutes moves forward as area coordinators are to be chosen by college presidents. Ten proposed regions will be overseen by state officials with Dr Robert Steele to open a statewide office soon.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Francis B. Haas
California State Teachers College
Haas
Dr. Haas
Prices and rents keep rising as controls face Senate split
Consumers face high costs despite steady prices in many items. Rent hikes spark statewide action while landlords push back. Cattle prices soar to 22.50 at Chicago, hogs drop slightly from peak, meat sold at ceiling prices by Wilson and Company. Wool up, cotton futures fall, textiles steady, flour at 9.17 to 5.95 per hundredweight. Harrisburg notes a 30 day notice requirement for rent changes under a 1905 law.
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Senate
Smarket
Chicago
Wilson and Company
New York
Wall Street
Ceil
Sing
OPA
Harrisburg
Justice Department
Bilbo Leading in Miss Vote in First Democratic Primary
Jackson July 3 The latest returns from 1 359 precincts of 1 701 in Mississippi show Theodore G Bilbo leading by 1 319 votes in a bid for a third term in the Democratic primary with 87 303 votes to 85 984 for four opponents The tally places Tom Q Ellis second with 54 080 votes while Ross A Collins 16 792 Nelson T Levings 13 675 and Frank Harper 1 287 trail Rankin of Tupelo regains a House seat where he has served since 1920
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Jackson
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Bilbo
Supreme Court
Tom Q. Ellis
Ross A. Collins
Nelson T. Levings
Frank Harper
John E. Rankin
Tupelo
Strikers Tie Up 2 Cambria County Mines
JOHNSTOWN July 3 AP Walkouts idle 736 men at two Cambria County mines. At Koppers Coal Co Portage 500 quit after electricians asked to report 8:30 p m instead of 7 a m. Cherry Creek Coal Co mine halted 220 over full $100 vacation pay for veterans rather than $8 43 per month. Deringer Fuel Co Barnesboro fourth week strike 45 miners refused five day 40 hour week.
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Johnstown
Cambria County
Koppers Coal Co
Slope
Portage
Cherry Creek
Deringer Fuel Co
Bar‘nesaboro
Townsend Bill Meeting in Community Center July 5
A Townsend meeting will be held Friday July 5 at 7 30 p m in the Community Center Building here. An able speaker will address the gathering on the Townsend Bill and music will be provided.
Obituaries for Rev Clay Burkey and John Gandolphi
Obituary notices report Rev. Clay P Burkey of Nanty Glo died Monday in Johnstown Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services are set Friday at 2 p.m. at Nanty Glo Christian and Missionary Alliance Church with interment in Mundys Corner Cemetery. Born July 8 1893 in Indiana County, he was the son of Jesse and Agnes Eir ey. Friends may visit at 41 Anderson Avenue Nanty Glo. John Gandolphi formerly of Reynoldsville died yesterday in Aspinwall Veterans Hospital at 7:15 a.m. A World War I veteran born February 28 1887 in Italy, he is survived by wife Zarada of Plumville and children Christine, Reynoldsville Eugene Benny and Lavina. Bowser Funeral Home Plumville will host funeral arrangements after 7 p.m. today. details incomplete.
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Clay P. Burkey
Nanty-Glo
Anderson Avenue
John Gandolphi
Reynoldsville
Veteran's Hospital
Aspinwall
Italy
Zari
Ada
Plumville
Cristine
Eugene
Benny
Lavina
Bowser
Marine Recruiting Office Remains Here Two More Weeks
The Marine Corps recruiting office in the post office building stays open two additional weeks due to many inquiries from local young men about enlistment. The program offers a three to four year hitch with aviation options and education through the GI Bill. Enlistees go to Pittsburgh for exams, then Parris Island for eight weeks of retraining, followed by a ten day furlough before transfer to a duty station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Eni' Ng
Marine Corps Aviation
PRR Train Derailed Near Coral Responds To Righting Effort
Large crowds watched the derailment recovery as workers lifted the locomotive back on track in a muddy field beside the rails. The Indiana Blairsville local freight, delayed by the wreck, remained sidelined while crews removed the crew and secured the locomotive overnight and into the following morning.
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Indiana
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Jeft
Strikers
Cambria Co
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PRR
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