Prominent Americans Die In Plane Crash Near Kashmir
Twenty two people including five Americans were killed when an Indian National Airways DC-3 crashed in the Himalayan foothills during a heavy rainstorm near Pathankot. Victims include Brig H H Angle of Kelowna and U N observers. US Gen Courtney Hodges had been scheduled to fly but canceled. Wreckage found after 12 hours in a river bed. Flight was from New Delhi to Srinagar. Other Americans named include Col Ferry Brown Lt Col Robert E Mayfield Sanford Major Susan Bruton Elizabeth Bradfield. Continued on Page Two.
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New Delhi
India
Indian National Airways
Himalayan
Kashmir
H. H. Angle
Kelowna
B. C
United Nations
U. S
Courtney Hodges
U. N
Pathankot
Srinagar
Ferry Brown
Garden City
Long Island
United Nations Commission For
Pakistan
Kashmir Commission
Robert E. Mayfield
Oklahoma
Tokyo
Sanford Major
Williston Park
Susan Bruton
Baltimore
World Health Organization
WNG
Elizabeth Bradfield
Tulsa
Okla
United Sea
Long Term Anti Red Fight Urged by CIO Leader
Walter Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers urged President Truman to back a United Nations sponsored 100 year total peace offensive against Communism. He proposed a global nine point program with the U S investing 13 billion dollars annually, totaling about 1.4 trillion over a century, to wipe Communism from the earth.
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Detroit
Truman
United States
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
America
United Nations
Reuther
U. S
Mr. See
Hope Remains Alive For 3 Men In Mine
Three men trapped in the Mascotte level of the Lark mine after a dawn fire remain unaccounted. Rescue teams, aided by fans to clear smoke, have already recovered two bodies, Horace Martin Seal and Byron G. Thomas. The missing are Leland Nielsen, Robert Gordon Meyerhoffer, and Clyde Auguston, all Lark residents, as crews search 7,500 feet below the surface amid dense smoke and hazardous conditions.
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Clifton Wilson Lark
Utah
Hope
American Smelting, Mining and Refining Company
Mascotte
Horace Martin Seal
Byron G. Thomas
Leland
Nielsen
Robert’ Gordon Meyerhoffer
Clyde Auguston
Lark
May
Oscar A. Glaeser
Seal
Nielsen Teles
Ry Ainsworth
Ainsworth
Jess Sandstorm
Auguston
Mey
Nhotfer
Thames
State Train To Visit Two Co Towns
Indiana and Blairsville are among 30 Pennsylvania cities to host the Pennsylvania Week Special tour October 16 22. The itinerary lists stops in Butler Punxsutawney Indiana Blairsville Altoona and other towns with an eleven car train carrying officials and entertainers. Governors and commerce officials praise the state wide rail event as a highlight of the program.
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Indiana
Blairsville
Pennsylvania
Butler
Punxsutawney
Altoona
Baltimore and Ohio
Lehigh Valley
Reading
James H. Duff
Theodore Roosevelt II
Harrisburg
Lebanon
Phoenixville
Philadelphia
Lansdale
Bethlehem
Hazelton
Pottsville
Tamaqua
Shamokin
Sunbury
Williamsport
Ridgway
Kane
Titusville
Oil City
Kittanning
New Kensington
Canonsburg
Washington
Pittsburgh
Punxsu
Tawney
Lewistown
Carlisle
Gettysburg
Miss Booth S A Head Dies At 84
General Evangeline Booth, first woman general and former commander of the Salvation Army, died at 84 in Hartsdale after a yearlong illness. Born in London December 25 1885, she followed her father General William Booth into the ministry, led missions in Canada and the United States, headed the Canadian Division during the Klondike era, became an American citizen, led US operations for three decades, was elected commander of the world organization in 1984 and retired in 1989.
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Hartsdale
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
London
William Booth
Army
Limehouse
Whitechapel
Canada
United States
Klondike
World Organization
Entertainment At Safey Meet
Outstanding talent from SoCal mining communities has been selected to entertain at the Indiana Fair Grounds on Saturday July 22. The entertainment is part of the program sponsored by the North Central District Safety Association in conjunction with its Eighth Annual First Aid Meet.
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Indiana Fair Grounds
North Central District Safety Association
Auto Injures Man From Coal Run
Louis Toth, 53, of Coal Run, was seriously injured yesterday afternoon when struck by an automobile near his home. The incident occurred in Coal Run and police are investigating the cause.
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Louis Toth
Coal Run
Plan Expansion Of Area Hospital Plan Expansion Of Area Hospital
Local plan for hospital expansion outlines adding 87 beds a new kitchen and facilities. Bids open Aug 24. Entertainment planned with The Ranch Hands Yanick Trio and others starting 1 30 pm and broadcast on WDAD. Route 80 incident referenced with injuries reported.
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Retary
Makati
Richard
Peterson
House Vote Puts Clamp On Aliens
Washington July 14 House backed a bill to clamp down on dangerous aliens sending it to the Senate for early approval. The measure would let the Attorney General detain or require periodic reports from undesirable aliens, with possible confinement at Ellis Island until deportation. Rep Keating cited over 3000 such aliens roaming the country, noting many nations won’t take them back.
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Washington
House
Senate
Justice Department
Ellis Island
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Cutting Torch Fire At Tuscarora Oil Yard
A cutting torch used by a workman on abandoned gasoline lines at the Tuscarora Oil Company near Route 119 south of Indiana ignited crude oil and gasoline in a pipe yesterday afternoon. No injuries occurred and the fire did not reach a nearby building containing over 4,000 gallons of gasoline. Indiana Fire Department responded. foamite helped quell the blaze. A company spokesman said a construction crew was laying a new gasoline line under the railroad bed when the incident happened.
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Tuscarora Oil Company
Indiana
Route 119
Company 4
Indiana Fire
James Jack, Sr
Shortage Fear Drives Gunman Theft at Gas Station
In Los Angeles on July 18 a gunman forced Herb Allen at a gas station to load tires and stole his car and $48 from the till. The thief warned of a shortage while escaping with eight tires. Deputy sheriffs investigated.
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Los Angeles
Herb Allen
Allen
Ang
Gambling ring busted in Culver City reports say
Police say they uncovered a $1,500,000-a-month baseball gambling ring in Culver City California. Three men were arrested after a raid on a drug store rear and a stash of ledgers showing bets on Pacific Coast League games and player performances. A book with about 200 names was seized. The suspects Herman Mallard Joseph Harris and Max I Brown were released on $250 bonds each.
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Culver City
Calif
Los Angeles
Babban
Dets
Robert M. Conlon
Sgt
J. H. Martin
San Francisco
San Diego
Herman Mallard
Joseph Harris
Max I
Pentagon Hears All Points Held
Far Eastern headquarters informed the Pentagon that we are holding all along the line including all forces and enemy pressure has slackened. A briefing officer said the message arrived this morning about 6 a m EST but cautioned against calling it a decisive turning point, noting there is no evidence yet.
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Washington
Far Eastern
Pentagon
Haa Begn
Dairymen Gain Hearing on Milk Price Increase
The Allied Milk Producers Co operative informs Indiana County dairymen they will have a hearing before the Milk Control Commission on August 8 in Erie. The meeting will consider a request for a milk producer price increase without raising retail milk prices. County dairymen plan to attend Erie and also a hearing in Pittsburgh on August 4.
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Allied Milk Producers Co.operative
Indiana County
Milk Contral Commission
Erie
Pittsburgh
Wallace Wallace Wallace Jingoist Daily Worker Says
The Communist Daily Worker in New York accuses Henry A Wallace of shabby jingoism for backing United States and United Nations forces in Korea. Gil Green Illinois State Chairman claims Wallace has betrayed the peace and trust of millions worldwide.
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New York
Communist Daily Worker Today
Henry A. Wallace
United States
United Nations
Korea
Gil Green
Llnois
Communist Party
Wallace
Recruiting NCO Returns To Town
Sgt. William L. Eldridge in charge of the local Army recruiting station returns to duty after training at Altoona. He is assisted by Sgts. J. T. Campbell and Ben Caccigmani. The recruiting office in the basement of the post office will be open seven days a week.
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Wiliam L. Eldridge
NQQ
Altoons
J. T. Campbell
Ben Caccigmani
North Koreans Struggle To Move Tanks Across Shallow River
American outpost in Korea reports Taejon withdrawal completed. U S troops dug in north and west of Taejon brace for renewed North Korean assault. Red artillery and infiltration push U S forces back to Kum River positions. Taejon population and shops shuttered as residents flee or hide.
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Circled-Kum River
South Korea
Samgyo
Chochiwon Highway
Chongju
Ansong-Changhowon-Umsong
Hamchang
Mungyong
Yongju- Chunyang
Korea
Taejon
William F. Dean
U. S
Kum River
Local Boys Held After Jackson Arrests in Baffling Theft
Two Indiana youths were arrested in Jackson Mississippi on breaking and entering charges after police teletype alerts. They were found with a car stolen from Butler Pennsylvania on Tuesday July 11 and suspected in the Indiana Gazette car theft earlier the same morning. Names are withheld pending investigation.
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Indiana
Jackson Miss
Butler Pa
Indiana Evening Gazette
Gazette
Butler
The
Margiotti Called To Take Stand in Pittsburgh Probe
Pittsburgh July 18 City Council reopens its free work inquiry Friday with Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti summoned to explain remarks made in court. The council alleges the remarks reflect on their integrity during probes of alleged city labor misuse. A Philadelphia judge released secret records about Margiotti’s 1939 Philadelphia Bar admission denial, saying secrecy could fuel public suspicion.
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Pittsburgh
Charles J. Margiotti
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Margiot+ Li
Margiotti
Joseph L. Kun
David L. Lawrence
Patrick T. Fagan
Marfiotti
D. A
Charley
Pravda Claims U.S. Cruiser Sank by North Korean Boats
Moscow dispatch says Pravda reports two North Korean torpedo boats sank an American cruiser on July 5 off the Korean coast. Pravda notes no American confirmation of any ship losses amid ongoing claims by North Korea.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
U. S
U S Reply To Nehru On Peace In Asia Drafted
State Department prepared a carefully worded reply to Prime Minister Nehru outlining U S goals for peace in Asia while refusing to bow to Communist pressure. Acheson, with Truman’s sanction, aimed to rally Asia’s support for U N terms on Korea and to emphasize return of North Korean troops to the 38th parallel.
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Washington
Laelia
Acheson
Nehru
United States
Asia
Korea
Russia
New Delhi
State Department
Vijya Lakhmi Pandit
Pandit
Stalin
China
U. N
India
Security Council
United Nations
Truman
U. S
Wige Ba
Achason
Achayos
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Kum
Miss Booth
S.A. Head
Safey Meet
WDAD
Indigna
Grant Dairymen
Daily Worker
U.S
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