New York Gangland Killers Slay Third Thug
In lower Manhattan on the East Side a small time racketeer, Jack Rybakoff, 29, was shot dead by two men who jumped from a car as crowds gathered nearby. The killing followed two similar ambushes in the same area over two nights. Rybakoff, a noted muscle man and petty thug, died at Bellevue Hospital after refusing to identify his killers or reveal further details. The motive and connections among the three victims remain under police investigation.
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New York
Lower Manhattan
Jack Rybakeff
Rybakoff
Méf
Dice Gate
Bellevue Hospital
Pangland
Joe Bananas
Grass Roots Drive For Wallace Opens
Fresno Calif July 19 The start of a grass roots campaign aimed at winning the 1948 presidential nomination for Henry A Wallace drew California Democrats to an organizational meeting led by former Attorney General Robert W Kenny. He urged delegates from all 23 California districts to attend and noted a Wallace telegram from Harold W Young praising the effort as a first formal step toward a national drive. Kenny said Wallace could win California convention votes if opposed by President Truman.
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Fresno
Calif
Henry A. Wallace
California
Robert W. Kenny
Kenny
Harold W. Young
Wallace
Truman
Liquor Store Sales Totals Reported for June 1 15 in Indiana County
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board reports Indiana County four stores sold 20889.08 dollars in liquor from June 1 through June 15, reflecting mid month sales activity across the county.
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Indiana County
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
Rebellion in Greece draws arrests and exile orders
Greek government raids aimed at countering a Communist inspired uprising have led to about 7,000 arrests since July 10 preparations. Of these, 5,000 were seized near Athens and Piraeus, over 1,600 in the third army corps, with thousands deported mainly to Nikaria. Some 2,000 soldiers deemed unreliable are billeted on Macronisi. No international brigade is aiding the guerrillas in northwest Greece.
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Greece
Athens
Piraeus
Third Army
Salonika
Volos
Lamia
Missoulonghi
Patras
Nikaria
Samos
Aegean Sea
Stylianos Manidakis
New Rent Law Won't Raise Rents Says Official
Leo H. Akers, Area Rent Director, Altoona-Johnstown, states federal rent control does not automatically lift rents. Tenants in controlled housing keep June 30, 1947 rents and services until official orders. Optional lease increases up to 15 percent may apply if written before December 30, 1947, effective after July 1, 1947, expiring after December 31, 1948, with registrations filed within 16 days. Eviction grounds remain unchanged. tenants may refuse to sign lease without eviction risk.
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Leo H. Akers
Altoona-Johnstown
Akers
Arena Rent Office
Area Rent Office
Voters Decide Tax Issue Debated in 1948 Era
The article outlines partisan views on Truman's tax veto with Pennsylvania delegates split along party lines. Senators Tydings Myers and Martin shift positions amid warnings of European danger, while Republicans pledge continued tax relief and thrift. It also references security council ideas and military oversight proposals.
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Wasilington
Pennsylvania
Congress
Truman
Senate
Edward Martin
Francis J. Myers
Absolve Boy In Death of Mani Girl
A witness Maleonmy Harrison recalls Treese stopping after a girl was found prostrate. Harrison helped move the body to a car, accompanied Treese to the hospital, and Treese reported the accident to police. The girl spoke little about being taken home and mentioned wanting to swim.
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Mani
Maleonmy Harrison
Treese
Harrison
Hane
Lead Glass Uses in Optics and Tubing
Lead glass serves in optical glasses and electrical tubing due to its high refractive index, electrical resistance, and soft texture, making it a valued material for precision optics and insulated components.
Railmen Set Monday Strike Over Wage Rules
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers plans a 6 p m Monday strike against Southern Pacific Pacific Lines to press for changes in 19 working rules and a higher minimum wage. About 3 500 engineers would walk out, potentially affecting 60 000 employees as Truman creates an emergency board, with the union refusing to delay. The dispute centers on a guaranteed daily wage of 12 95 versus the current 10 02 and whether board recommendations are fully accepted.
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San Francisco
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Southern Pacific Railroad
Pacific
Truman
Brotherhood
P.O. Peterson
Peterson
White House
Fireman Saves Boy From 250-Pound Bear At Brookfield Zoo
Walter Troy a 40 year old Chicago fireman leaped a four foot fence to free three year old Terry Falk from a bear at Brookfield Zoo. He handed his pre war camera to a stranger during the rescue and could not recover it. The boy suffered ten stitches to the left leg and right arm. Troy received cheers from onlookers and was lauded by the Rayond J. Carney American Legion Post which voted to award a gold medal and citation.
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Chicago
Walter Troy
Brookfield Zoo
Troy
Weeny Lee Falk
Terry
Ernest
Joliet
J. Carney American Legion Post
17 Year Olds May Join State Guard
Capt. Alex Tait reports 17 year olds may enlist in Company F of the 116th Infantry Pennsylvania National Guard at Indiana Armory Wayne Avenue. Enlistments run 17 to 35, with August 9 cutoff for deployment to Indiantown Gap for training August 6 to 23. Company roster now 38, equipment trucks received for training.
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116Th Infantry
Pennsylvania National Guard
Indiana
Wayne Avenue
Alex Tait
State Guard
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Company F
Tait
Committee Okays Universal Training Bill
A House Armed Services Subcommittee approved a universal military training bill, steering toward Truman commission plans. The subcommittee, led by Rep. Towe, reported seven for, one against, one not voting, and one absent, with full committee to review next Tuesday.
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Washington
House Armed Services
Truman
Special Commission
Rep
Towe
R-Nj
Full Armed Services Committee
Subcommittee
House
Two-fisted Detective Goes Into Quieter Life
New York July 19 tough Johnny Broderick a Broadway detective known for fists and a one man police presence retires at 60 after 24 years on the force. He ends a career marked by daring actions including stopping a prison yard escape and guarding sports figures like Dempsey and Tunney.
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New York
Johnny Broderick
Broadway
John J. Broderick
Force
Broderick
Bas House
Old Tombs
Johnny
Crowley
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Manassa, Mauler
Return to Pennsylvania for Ed Jarzenbowicz
Edmund Jarzenbowicz, 39, unable to speak English, has returned to his Sugar Notch birthplace to begin citizenship efforts. Born in Wilkes-Barre area, he was taken to Poland as an infant, survived German threat, fled to Lithuania and Siberia, fought with the Polish army against Germany, and traveled through Persia and Iran before a camp near Morpeth, England, then back to Pennsylvania.
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Wilkes Barre
Edmund Jarzenbowicz
Sugar Notch
Jarzenbowicz
Poland
Lithunia
Siberia
Siberian
Germany
Persia
Iran
Haly
Morpeth
England
Pennsylvania
US May Face Wider Foreign Policy Probes
A 19 member committee and the standing Foreign Affairs Committee explore long range effects on the economy. Chairman Eaton warns of a potential shooting war in Greece with Russian actions tied to the Marshall plan. Republicans delay a measure for Western hemisphere military cooperation. Congress also eyes aiding Italy by freeing wartime assets and returning ships while replacing sunken vessels.
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Eaton
R-Nj
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Greece
America
Russia
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Truman
Italy
United States
Readers asked to choose new comic strip replacement
The Indiana Evening Gazette requests reader input to select a replacement for the discontinued June Bride comic. Send a penny postcard listing first second and third choices to the Feature Editor, with the Gazette promising to buy the most desired strip not under contract with another local newspaper.
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June Bride
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
New York
Gazette
Indiana Evening Gazette
Senate Move On Leave Pay Probed as Veterans Bills Rise
Washington July 19 Republican leadership pushes Senate action on veterans measures including a cashing of terminal leave bonds worth 1.8 billion dollars. Taft plans an extraordinary Saturday session to adjourn by July 24, while Kenn's demand for a probe into the 1946 Kansas City primary looms. Bond bill would let 9 million veterans cash bonds after September 1. others seek higher subsistence and expanded automobile aid for amputees and the disabled, plus boosted on the job training stipends.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Kenn
R-Mo
Justice Department
Kansas City
Morse
R-Ore
Oregonian
House
President Truman Cruises on Presidential Yacht
President Truman spends the weekend with staff aboard the Presidential yacht Williamsburg cruising the Potomac River. He departs today and will return to the White House late tomorrow.
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Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
Potomac River
White House
Reviewing Bids For Cherokee Ordnance Works Lease
Army engineers review bids to lease the Cherokee ordnance works at Riverside Northumberland County Pennsylvania. A spokesman says the bid selection will determine which bid is in the best interest to the government. Read the Gazette Classified Ads.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Riverside
Northumberland Co
Abolition Of Chains Hit In Ga News
Brunswick Ga July 19 A Glynn County grand jury blamed abolition of Georgia chain gangs for last weeks mass escape attempt in which eight negro convicts were slain by officers fire. The jury cleared Warden Worthy and five guards of blame, saying they acted to prevent escapes under dire provocation. The report notes chain gangs spurred by reform movements and cites guards may fire to maintain order. Sixty prisoners attempted to flee a 12 foot barbed wire stockade. 13 were shot, five died instantly, three others died later, with several injured.
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Charles F. Barrett
Brunswick
Georgia
H.G. Furthy
Robert Eliot Burns
E. D. Rivers
Ellis Arnall
Glynn County
Worthy
Willie Bell
iMay Operate On Blue Baby 14 Months Old
A 14 month old blue baby from Lancaster, Pa is at Philadelphia's Children's Hospital for observation and possible surgery after a heart condition limited oxygen to the lungs. Robert Wilson Jr. was placed in an oxygen tent on arrival. physicians call his condition good.
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Philadelphia
Children's Hospital
Lancaster
Robert Wilson, Jr
Edward P. Street
Children’s Hospital
Robert
Baltimore
Maryland
Helen B. Taussig
Alfred Blalock
Film actress Martha O'Driscoll and Cmdr Richard D Adams Divorce Decree
In Las Vegas on July 19 the divorce case between actress Martha O'Driscoll and navy Cmdr Richard D Adams was resolved. Adams received the decree on his cross complaint after prior suits in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. He cited three years of separation and a stay of proceedings due to naval duties.
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Las Vegas
Martha O'Driscoll
Navy
Richard D. Adams
Miss O'Driscoll
Adams
Los Angeles
Way On Cruise Midshipman James B Way Jr
Midshipman James B Way Jr son of James B Way of Blairton Avenue Indiana is at the U S Naval Academy Annapolis Md He is among midshipmen in training aboard an aircraft carrier as Europe remains the focus in broader naval reforms The House and Senate bills differ on the new armed forces head titles and on powers for the Office of Central Intelligence while retaining Marine Corps size and cabinet status for the Secretaries of War Navy and a new Defense department
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Soviet Russia
Moscow
Umstead
North Carolina
Aiken
Vermont
Tydinus
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Martin
Security of State
National Resources Board
House
Senate Appropriations
Office of Central Intelligence
iHouse
Senate
Treese
Industria
Marjorie
Miss Mauk
Mauk
Wee
Handler
W. Thomas Malcolm
Parnell, Handler and Malcolm Law Firm
L. Murray Peeler
James B. Way Jr
James B. Way
Blairton Avenue
Indiana
U. S Naval Academy
Anapolis
Europe
Marine Corps
National Security
House Committee
Defense
Secretary of War
Navy
Department of Air
Chan Church of Godervices Sunday service changes Indiana
The Chan Church of Godervices on North Fifth Street Extension Indiana schedules Sunday events with Sunday School at 10 30 a m and the noonday sermon broadcast at 12 30 p m The evening service at 8 p m is temporarily discontinued for this Sunday.
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Church of God In Christ
North Fifth Street
Indiana
Obituaries from Cherryhill and nearby townships
Susan nah Bowers Ford died after a long illness at 4 55 am at her niece and nephew's home in Penn Run. She was born September 4 1867 in Cherryhill Township Indiana County widow of John Tel ford. Survived by one son Clark two grandchildren five great grandchildren and a sister Samuel N Bowers of Penn Run. Funeral home in Indiana after 4 30 pm Sunday with services Monday at 2 pm DST. Interment Brushvalley Lutheran Cemetery. Joseph A Terpe died July 18 at his daughter Ida Edwards home near Dixonville. Born January 28 1859 in Salem Clearfield County he lived in Marion Center and DuBois areas. Retired rural mail carrier and longtime Indiana County Rural Letter Carrier Association member. Survived by wife Julian Meade and children Frank Barberton Ohio Grace Van Ness Pittsburgh Guy E. Edwards Ida Edwards and others. six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services Monday 2 pm CST at Edwards home. Interment Gilgal Cemetery. C Wohl er died July 17 at 1 00 am at home in Indiana R D 2. Receiving at Robinsons 36 N 7th St with services Sunday July 20 at 2 30 pm DST. Rev Raymond G Agnew officiating. Interment Grove Chapel Cemetery.
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Susannah (Bowers) Telford
Floyd Frank
Penn Run
R. D
Samuel
Martha Dias Bowers
Cherryhill Township
Indiana County
John Telford
Clark
Joseph A. Terpe
Carl
Ida) Edwards
Dixonville
Deckers Point
Julius and
Mary
Kirk) Terpe
Salem
Clearfield County
DuBois
Marion Center
Mahoning
Julian Meade
Frank
Barberton
Ohio
Grace van Ness
Cuyahoga Falls
Guy E
Pittsburgh
Ida Edwards
James
Alice Goodman
Blanch McCallister
DuBoisl
George
Alliquippi
C. C. Wohler
Florence B. Craig Wahler
Indiana
Robinson's
N. 7Th St
Raymond G. Agnew
Grove Chapel Cemetery
Wages At New High In Manufacturing In June
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports manufacturing pay averaged 1.22 dollars an hour for a 40 hour week in June, a record. Director Ewan Clague notes higher living costs from rising food prices and rents may push the cost of living past mid March levels, despite wage gains tied to spring hikes. He cites 15.4 million manufacturing workers and suggests total employment may reach 60 million across all sectors through September. A new rent control act could lift living costs, with coal prices rising from fresh contracts having limited impact on overall budgets. An unseasonal surge in new permanent home construction is highlighted as notable employment development.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Ewan Clague
Clague
BLS
Censor Bureau
Indge
John L. Lewis
Presidents Thank UNRRA and Stalin for Relief Aid
President Truman and Premier Stalin sent messages praising UNRRA for its two year relief work and urging all nations to join in solving postwar economic problems. Secretary of State Marshall’s note accompanied the messages released by UNRRA director Major General Lowsley W. Rooks. A separate obituary notes Julius William Nagy died July 7 at Coal Run following a mine accident, with services and interment planned.
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Washington
Truman
Stalin
Russia
United Nations Rehabilitation Relief Administration
Marshall
Lowsley W. Rooks
UNRRA
Gap Julius William (Juke
Holy Cross Greek Catholic Church
Coal Run
John J. Baycura
St. Bernards Cemetery
Indiana
Robinsons
Chinese Reds Mass For Attack Passes Red Light
Jan Kasimov claims control of three tenths of the sparsely populated province as rebels hold three zones near Ii Taili eng and Anshan. Lt Gen Sun Li Jen named vice commander of all Chinese ground forces, while Gen Tu Li Ming plans medical treatment in the United States. Police charge Richard Henry Spyder with violations of traffic code after alleged red light incident at Fourth and Philadelphia. A penal treadmill in England from 1818 is noted as historical reference.
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Jan Kasimov
Tailieng
Anshan
Nanking
Sun Li-Jen
China
New First Army
Manchuria
Tu Li-Ming
Mukden
Shang
Hai
United States
Richard Henry Spyder
Belle Avenue
Spees
Lakewood
Ohio
Snyder
Philadelphia
Fourth
Philadelphia Street
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