Old Master Returned To Harvard From Theft Probe
Harvard has received a painting believed to be a seventeenth century Master from the Cross that Mrs. Jean Darlington of Westchester sued for $100,000. The Globe reports the piece, once bought in Antwerp by Mrs. Darlington, was turned over to Harvard by a man posing as her agent and later moved to a Boston gallery before vanishing. It is now in the care of Arthur Pope at the Fogg Museum while Mrs. Darlington identifies it. The suit alleged misrepresentation and improper handing by museum officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Jean Bullitt Dar-Rington
Westchester
Arvard University
Harvard
Boxti Globe
the Globe
Darlington
William C. Bullitt
Russia
Antwerp
Belgium
Rubens
Har- Yard
Arthur Pope
Fogg Museum
Globe
Boston
Woman, 84, Is Attacked in Boston Murder Case
Agnes Burnett, 84, mother of New York musician Paul Burnett, was stabbed three times and found in a clothes closet after friends summoned police. Medical examiner says attack preceded her death, robbery motive suspected as two partially charred pocketbooks and rosary beads were found in the Burnett kitchen stove. Police hunt a Maniac. Burnett's son had sent her $20 weekly though no money was found on the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Agnes Burett
New York
Timothy Leary
Frank Wil
Burnett
Paul
Wilson
Fruit Company Maintains Seaboard Banana Price
A. A. Ollan of United Fruit Company announces no planned change to Seaboard banana prices after the June 30th end of Price Control. He urges jobbers and retailers to limit markups to OPA levels and preserve supply and fair pricing for consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
OPA
Sabbath School Rally at Evangelical Church July 7
District No 7 Sabbath School Association holds a missionary rally at the Evangelical Church Sunday evening July 7 at 8 o clock. Rev and Mrs Markwood missionaries under the West Indies Mission in Cuba will speak. Mr and Mrs Bert Jackson who plan to go to Cuba this fall will also speak. The Markwoods spent about five years in Cuba directing a radio Gospel broadcast from Havana and teaching at the Cuba Bible Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District No. 7
Sabbath School Association
Evangelical Church
Markwood
West Indies
Cuba
Bert Jackson
Markwods
Radio Gospel
Havana
War Department rescinds June 30 reenlistment deadline
Pittsburgh officials report the War Department has rescinded its June 30 deadline for reenlistments in grade. Men honorably discharged on or after May 12 may reenlist for three years in the grade tied to their military occupational specialty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
War Department
Army Recruiting District
Local Indiana County Men Discharged From Fort Meade Center
Discharged personnel include Sgt. Paul W. Newlin RFD 2 Penp Run and Joseph F. Pacconi RD 2 Indiana. Davina Mitchell Scott daughter of Mr and Mrs John Scott of 53 Dizon Row Clymer was discharged from the VA Naval Personnel Separation Center in Washington DC. SSC Scott reported for active duty August 24 in the Navy. Station details note postings at Potomac Washington and Great Lakes Naval Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Fort Meade
Mary‘Jang
Paul W. Newlin
Joseph F. Pacconi
Davina Mitchell Scott
John Scott
Dizion Row
Clymer
U. S. Navy Barracks
Washington D.C
Scott
Acta
Uty
Navy
Potomac Washington
U. S. Naval Center
Great Lakes
Fireworks mishap during display in Las Animas
The Las Animas Fire Department was midway through a fireworks display when a skyrocket backfired. The blast sent fireworks in all directions, forcing two thousand spectators to dive for cover. Three firefighters were burned and a spectator was injured by a falling bomb as crew fought a blazing tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Animas
Colo
Scientists fight to save bikini data in storm
Alfred M. Klein of the Philadelphia Record recounts a perilous airlift over Nebraska as scientists aboard a military transport kept vital Bikini bomb records from being lost. The storm battered the plane for about 30 minutes before landing at Dayton and then Washington. Captain Walter Kelron and Lt. James A. Creighton led the crew.
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Philadelphia
Bikin
Alfred M. Klein
Philadelphia Record
Nebraska
Klein
Dayton
Washington
Walter Kelron
Kingsport
Tenn
James A. Creighton
Kittanning
Klein Sai
Fourth of July in Pittsburgh ends with locked store
Bonzer Howard, among many Pittsburgh residents, planned a park outing but spent the Fourth hiding inside a drug store after the door locked. He waited about four hours until the proprietor returned from an errand and unlocked the entrance, recalling a phone call and a missing friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Bonzer
Noon Stocks Air Reduction 5% A Can 100% Am & For Pay off Am Rad
Transportation and utility stocks listed with percentages show declines and gains across a broad market, naming Am Rad, Shell, Bendix, Chrysler, General Motors, IBM and others. The record notes fluctuating prices and the impact on investor portfolios amid wartime economic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rad & Sis
Shell & R
Tel
Atech T& SP
Bald Loco Lake Balt & Ohio
Bendix
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Budd Co
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & el
Coml Solvents
Cons Edison
Curtiss Wright TM de Lack & West
Douglas Aakcraft
Eastman Kodak
EI Auto Lite
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Int Harvester
Int Pel & Tel
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Kresge
Lehigh
Libby McN & L
Liggett & Myers
Loews Inc
Montgom Ward
Reynolds
Sears Roebuck
Cal
Ind
Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker
Swift & Co
Texas Ca
United Aircraft
United Gas Imp
US Steel
Warner Bros
Woolworth
Burgess Urges Food Drive Aid Across Community
Indiana Pa Burgess J A Maloney issues call to citizens and groups to cooperate in an emergency food collection of canned goods and cash for UNRRA shipped aid to starving overseas. Proclamation dated July 3 1946 urges faith groups schools civic clubs and labor groups to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RB. Maloney, Burgess
Indiana
UNRRA
J. A. Maloney
Burgess
Solons Rap Gestapo Tactics Pilgrims In Congress Wire Tapping
Congressional leaders condemn wire tapping as a Senate probe prompts calls for a full inquiry into agency recording of telephone conversations. Speaker Rayburn and Republican Joe Martin decry secret transcripts and question authorities, noting abuses beyond the War Department. Pilgrims from the U S Argentina England and France arrive in Rome for the canonization of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, with ceremonies to be broadcast by Vatican Radio and attended by thousands. Pope Pius XII will preside and Cabrini will be named a saint in St Peter's Basilica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solons
Congress
Rome
William F. Arrogast
Washington
House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
D.tex
Joe Martin
Mass
Bureau Traty
FBI
Martin
Special House Committee
War Department
United States
Argentina
England
France
Frances Xavier Cabrini
North America
St. Peter's Basilica
Missionary Order of the Sacred Heart
Mother Cabrini
Vatican Radio
Pius XII
Pauline Chapel
Sistine Chapel
Basilica
Enlistments Rise as U S Army Expands During June
Seventeen to twenty nine enlistments reported this week at the local Recruiting Station. Captain F A Hintermister notes the month’s total reaching forty seven with the new pay raise likely to boost future numbers. Names and hometowns accompany long service terms in Air Corps Signal and Transportation units across Brookville Punxsutawney and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
F. A. Hintermister
Army
Hintermister
Jvale KR
Barriss
School Street
Indiana
Wayne E. Caylor
Creekside R. TM
John Dynako, Jr
Punxsu'tawney
Air Corps
Albert M. Gonas
Stafford
Signal Corps
Hubert L. Harkins
Cherry ‘Tree
Doyle Holby
Strongstown
Zollie Lumberger
John S.stewart
Brookville
William C. Stewart
Walter B. Strong
Homer City
Pacific Theater
Charles A. Timblin
Edward C. Vinar
Timblin
Transportation Corps
Charles A. Way
Blairsville
Quartermaster
Eugene Zellman
Ernest
CDC
Solons Tour Orient Heading to Tokyo and Manila
United States congressional delegates left Manila by plane for Tokyo after Philippine independence ceremonies. Postmaster General Robert Hannegan and Senator Millard E. Tydings arrived in Tokyo from Manila. Navy Secretary Forrestal arrived unexpectedly and dined with President Roxas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
United Staes
Tokyo
Japan
China
Washington
Robert Hannegan
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Navy
Forrestal
Mol Roxas
No Family For Grandma No Family For Grandma
Williamsville July 5. Grandma Sprouse aged 79 and her 18 year old husband Shorty began a personal appearance tour at the Glen Park Barn in this Buffalo suburb after a honeymoon on their 35 acre Cat Hollow Ky farm. They answered audience questions about courtship and plans. Grandma noted she has 10 children, 60 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsville
Cat Hollow
Mattle Lyons
Delbert Sprouse
Pacin
Philippines Declares Independence, U S Ties Reaffirmed
The Philippines becomes a republic with independence proclaimed by Truman for 7,083 islands and 18 million citizens. Manila celebrations feature flag lowering and a ceremony at Luenta Plaza, with Gen Douglas MacArthur praising the event. Roxas and McNutt vow united ties and mutual respect, as the new government mirrors the U S system with President, Cabinet, and bicameral legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Manila
Luenta Plaza
Manila Bay
Philippine Embassy
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Manuel A. Roxas
U. S
Paul Y.mcnutt
Islands
Spain
Congress
House
Senate
Massacre eyewitness testifies at war crimes trial
Shangai reports that four teenage American pilots captured at Taihoku Formosa in 1945 were executed by Japanese firing squad after a mock trial. Medical officer Yashushi Marushima testified at the trial of Lt Gen Haruki Isayama and seven subordinates. He described their blindfolds and burial in a trench. The execution date was June 16, 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Taihoku
Formosa
Yashushi Marushima
Marushima
Beggar Had 100000 Cash Mary Frankenirich Case
New York July 5 Authorities examine the case of Mary Frankenirich a recluse in a $23_month flat who amassed over 100000 in cash bank deposits and war bonds. Neighbors report she hoarded money while fearing robbers and murderers. Police took her to Bellevue Hospital for observation where $2558 in cash and a $944 check were found tucked in her petticoats and undergarments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Frankenirich
Bellevue Hospital
Soekarno Retains Dictatorial Powers For Democracy
Batavia July 5. President Soekarno told Indonesian political and military leaders he would keep his recently assumed dictatorship until the cabinet can function again. He said the cabinet has lost its real character and urged the people to continue the struggle for independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Soekarno
Sutan Sjahrir
Sjahrir
Runaway Plane Kills Father at Portland Airport
A plane with a boy aboard set its brakes loose and sped toward a man, killing the boy’s father and injuring the mother as Fourth of July spectators watched in horror. The incident occurred at the Portland airport yesterday, leaving Frayne F. Gaylord and his wife scrambling for safety before the craft halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Obe
Frayne
Gaylord
Saelman
Subway Flooding Cleared After Broad Street Water Main Burst
Philadelphia July 5 The Philadelphia Transportation Company resumed Broad Street subway service after a 24 hour flood from a 48 inch water main burst near City Hall. Water reached seven feet in the tube at one point as heavy holiday traffic halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Broad Street
City Hall
Helped by Good Samaritans in Housing Crisis
Francia McKeever, 35, ex-prizefighter, and his wife Moyne with their 3 year old son Patrick, faced housing shortages and were housed by Mrs. Dessie Saul after a distress signal. McKeever, blind, asked if she understood potential difficulties. Saul reassured him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flos Angeles
Francia McKeever
Mra. Saul
Redin Takes Witness Stand Today
Seattle July 5. Defense for Russian Navy Lt Nicolai G Redin plans to call him and his wife as witnesses to counter charges of conspiring to obtain secret navy information. Prosecutors subpoenaed several witnesses, mainly character witnesses, as the case nears defense motions for acquittal. Lawrence Zerbe of Todd Pacific Shipyard Seattle and Kennedy, a Todd Pacific engineer, are key figures in the espionage allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Nicolai G. ‘Redin
United States Marshal's
Atty
Irvin Goodman
Asst
United States Atty
Allen Pomeroy
Lawrence Zerbe
Todd Pacific
Goodman
Yellowistone
Redin
Herbert Kennedy
Harry G. Maynor
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kennedy
FBI
Fraulein's Term In Prison Cut To 15 Years
Wiesbaden Germany July 5 A life sentence for Ingeborg Fischer 22 German girl who killed Sgt John Chinar of Tuscarora Pa was reduced to 15 years by the American Military Government prem mediation not proved She was found over Chinar's body with a pistol after he told her he wanted nothing more to do with her The sergeant was shot through the heart in his billet on March 15
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
Germany
Ingeborg Fischer
John Chinar
Tuscarora
Chinar
Disorders Mark Fourth in Jamaica
In Kingston two people were wounded as followers of William Bustamante raided the office of rival union leader Seymour Warner and stoned the building. The raid capped a chaotic day amid clashes between Bustamante supporters and workers as his trial for manslaughter continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
William A. Bustamante
Seymour Warner
Bustamante
Bustamante Union
Kilian Linked To Lichfield Brutality in Trial
BAD NEUHEIM Germany July 5 A former prison officer testified Col James Kilian told him to take a Lichfield guardhouse prisoner to the rifle range and walk him over without breaking many bones Lt Granville Cubage Oklahoma City testified he was fined 250 for authorizing guards to club prisoners The witness is first to link Kilian with a supposed beat policy at Lichfield England Seven former guards say they beat prisoners on officers orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bad Neuheim
Germany
James Kilian
Lichfield
Granville Cubage
Oklahoma City
Cubage
Kilian
England
Esa
Roosevelts Split In Washington Primary Campaign
Seattle reports a drab state primary brightened by family rift as Mrs. Anna Roosev elt Boettiger of Phoenix and James Roosevelt of Los Angeles back opposing Democratic congressional candidates. Boettiger supports Howard G. Costigan while James Roosevelt backs Rep. Hugh De Lacy for re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Washington
Roosevelt
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Phoenix
Ariz
James Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Boettiger
Howare G. Costigan
Hugh de Lacy
Grove Chapel Dedicates 8 New Windows
Grove Chapel Lutheran Church will dedicate eight stained glass memorial windows in the auditorium and bell tower on Sunday at 11 a.m. DST. The nine windows include six donated by individuals and the Women’s Bible Class in memory of departed members, one by the congregation for service members, and another by Hunt Studios of Pittsburgh. The service will be led by Rev H Reed Shepler, with dedication by Rev Raymond Agnew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove Chapel Lutheran
Membeers
Hunt Studios
Pittsburgh
Herman .Wolfs
Mabel Little
Sarg and
Alton Wolfe
David and
Catherine Wolfe
Robert
Jane Little
Sylvester
Tillie Little
H. Reed Shepler
D. D
Fittsburgh Synod
United Lutheran Church In America
Raymond &. Agnew
Grove Chapel
Veto Attack Frames Truman Action Amid GOP Critique
In Harrisburg on Independence Day Carroll Reece assails Truman for vetoing the OPA extension, saying the move tests the nation’s economy and reveals how a powerful bureaucracy clings to power. He also cites a public clash among Supreme Court justices. The piece notes Texas’s historical option to split into five states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Truman
OPA
Carroll Reece
Calls Solons Racketeers
Melbourne reports H F Richardson deputy chairman of the Australian War Surplus Disposals Commission says the United States is rushing toward economic disaster after the war and Congress members are falling back in their seats reading comic strips while inflation looms. He calls Washington a swarm of racketeers and stooges backed by a big pressure group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Melbourne Herald Today
H. F. Richardson
Australian War Surplus Disposals Commission
United States
the Herald
Richardson
North
Central
South America
Congress
Capitol Hill
Washington
Picket ODaniel Apartment Today
Wesley Brient, a Dallas veteran, said the American Veterans Committee would picket the apartment house owned by Mike O Daniel from 4 to 6 p m today to protest an eviction notice received by the Brients. Mike O Daniel is the son of Sen W Lee O Daniel who led an eight hour filibuster against extending OPA price and rent controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Wesley Brient
Pacific Theater
American Veterans Committee
Mike O'Daniel
Brients
Mike O’daniel
W. Lee O'Daniel
D-Tex
Allen Accuses Soviet Union Denied by Pravda Dispatch
Pravda reports US Ambassador to Iran George W. Allen made false charges against the Soviet Union in a talk with Central Committee members of the People's Party in Tran. The dispatch says the facts reached Baku but does not specify where the discussion happened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Pravda
Baku
George W. Allen
U. S
Iran
Soviet Union
Central Committee
The
People's Party
Tran
Mahaffey and Bracken Obituaries From Indiana PA Area
Two obituary notices from Indiana Pennsylvania detail deaths of Laird A. Mahaffey of New Alexandria and Martha Elizabeth Bracken of Indiana. Mahaffey, a Loyalhanna Township official, died at 6:45 a.m. after months of illness. survivors include three sisters and two nephews. Bracken, widow of William H. Bracken, died July 3 1946 at 4:30 p.m. after years of declining health. she leaves two sons Carl and Perry, a daughter Leona, a stepson Alexander Anderson, and numerous grandchildren. services planned at Robinson Funeral Home with interment at Elderton cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laird A. Mahaffey
New Alexandria R. D
Loyalhanna Township
Westmoreland
Copunty
Madison B
Eliza Weigand Mahaffey
Lida
Minnie Mahaffey
Alice Waddle
New, Alxandria
Mahaffey
David H. Crawford
New Alexandria
Frier
Morrow
Martha Elizabeth Bracken
William H. Bracken
School Street
Indiana
Parkwood
Thomas
Nancy (Smith) Anderson
Pine Flats
Washington Township
First United Presbyterian Church
Mack
Women’s Missionary Society
Carla Bracken
Perry Bracken
Paul
Leona Bracken
Alexander Anderson
Robinson Funeral Home
Lam
RB. E. McClure
W. C. Work
Elderton Cemetery
Filipinos Elect First Woman Mayor in Philippines
In Baguio on July 5, Virginia Oteyza De Guia became the Philippines first woman mayor. She issued a proclamation banning gun carrying and succeeds Pedro Artema who had served as acting mayor after Mayor Isidore Shiapno was shot. De Guia is 28, married to a Baguio engineer, and a graduate of Philippine University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baguio
P. B
Philippines
Virginia Oteyza de Guia
Philippine
Pedro Artema
Isidore Shiapno
Philippine University
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Bilbo
Theodore Bilbo
Moore L. Oatis
Jackson
Miss
D. C. Callahan
Fraulein
Veto
Texas
Picket O’daniel
Rap Allen
Attack On Soviet
Weather Report
Parinas
Clouoy
Opn
S.c.streams
Moorhead
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