Hartley Pledges Lead to Adjust Taft Hartley If Harmful
Rep. Hartley R New Jersey said he would push amendments to the Taft Hartley Act if any provision harms labor urging caution that unions would suffer most if they back a change He noted the law reaches its operative half way point and will be watched by a Senate House committee while Taft signals possible revisions and study of union political expenditures with a broad reform agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep
Hartley
House Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
Jon
Oreats
Senate House
Sears
New Jersey
Ball
R-Minun
Truman
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
Weather Hammers Indiana County Farms Hard
Unseasonable weather plagues Indiana County farmers with cold, rain, wind and hail. A recent heavy rain and pea sized hail delayed grain and hay harvesting. County Farm Office reports weather hampers cutting, drying, and field work, with weeds advancing in low areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
W. C. Cochrane
Still Maintain Boy Not Guilty Of Killing Babes
Massillon Ohio July 23 4 Six year old Roger Gue's parents stood firm that their son did not kill two infant girls at Massillon City Hospital last June Officials in the investigation split into two camps as Mrs Roger Gue said Roger's earlier statement about a white coated boy entering the nursery was true but his claim that he dropped eight weeks old Diane Jean Brand and 10 weeks old Rosemary Morton while playing nurse was false Police Chief Stanley W Switzer said County Prosecutor Deane McLaughlin and Coroner FE C Reno confused Roger leading him to change his story McLaughlin refused to comment on the assertion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massillon
Roger Gue
Massillon City Hospital
Roger
Diane Jean Brand
Rosemary Morton
Punxs y Man Is Seriously Hurt
Walter Miller aged 40 of Jefferson Street Punxsutawney is in Mercy Hospital in fair condition with a fractured right leg and body bruises from an auto crash. He lost control after being blinded by another car’s lights, plunging off a bank and rolling several times. Miller worked as a chauffeur for Leonard Curran of the State Highway Department in Inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Walter Miller
Jefferson Street
Pungsutawney
Mercy Hospital
Miller
Yellow Creek
Biller
Leonard Curran
Blate Highway Department
Inchsne
Harrisburg
Corran
Bin
Auto Crash Report With Confusing Details
Police report describes a collision between a car driven by Mary S Hopkins of Wa NM and a vehicle operated by Allen Barton of Youngstown Ohio. Both cars moved from the curb in heavy rain near Philg deipala street at about 3 65 oclock yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary S. Hopkins
Sixth Street
Indiana
Allen Barton
Youngstown
Ohio
Gizeet
Government May Investigate Meat Prices
CHICAGO July 23 The CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union calls for a government investigation into meat prices blaming monopoly control by large packers. Ralph Helstein notes June beef markup rose 3 percent over farm prices and 19 percent over retail versus a year ago under price controls. The American Meat Institute rebuts, citing subsidies, black market prices, wage and material cost increases since last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Ralph Helstein
American Meat Institute
Packer
Institute
British Transports Targeted Amid Deportation Tension
A series of attacks near Rehovot and Rishon Lezion wounded a British officer and five others seriously or lightly. The Empire Lifeguard was sabotaged, marking the fourth deportation ship damaged. Jewish underground groups Hagana Stern Gang and Irgun Zvai Leumi faced internal clashes while protests and deportation figures for Cyprus were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehovoth
Rishon Leizon
Palestine Railway
Egypt Express
Empire Lifeguard
Hagana
Iegal
President Warfield
Stern Gang
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Hagan
Goldan Myerson
Jewish Agency
Henry Gurney
Palestine
Mt. Carmel
Haifa
Jerusalem
Cyprus
Vote To Disband Johnstown Union
The foremen's union at Indus tril Collieries Corp a Bethlehem Steel subsidiary in Johnstown Pa voted unanimously to disband. They cited the Taft Hartley Labor Law and the new United Mine Workers contract as reasons and notes from the national union indicated disbanding to comply with statutes forbidding supervisory workers to form unions. The foremen belonged to Local 324 United Clerical Technical and Supervisory Employees, a branch of Division 50 AFL United Mine Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Industril Collieries Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
United Mine Workers
National Union
United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Employes
Division 50
AFL United Mine Workers
Scorched Earth Conflicts Across Dutch War Fronts in Java
Reports from Jogjakarta describe Dutch barracks siege by regiments defending against Indonesian attackers who burned nearby facilities. Curfews were imposed while Dutch air strikes hit Semarang and other coastal targets. Dutch forces pushed across Java and Sumatra on multiple fronts toward East Java’s Bondowoso and Malang areas, with feared landings near Leomadjang and Ma lang and American-trained Marines aiding operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jogjakarta
Associated Press
Harris Jackson
Semarang
Sulatiga
Java
Sumatra
Tava
Problingo
Banjoewangi
Antara
Leomadjang
Ma+ lang
East Java
Indiana Council Debates Animal Ordinance Study
At the Community Center Building Councilman N DeWitt Ray urged shelving of a proposed animal keeping ordinance. It would prohibit keeping dogs, birds, or other animals within fifty feet of habitation, churches, or public ways, with owner-occupied dwellings exempt. Violations carry fines up to twenty five dollars. Citizens urged to contact their councilman before the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Council
N. DeWitt Ray
Ray
Indiana
Manila Curfew Breached. Soldier Dies in Ambush Near Clark Field
In Manila area a U S Army sergeant was machinegunned to death and a companion wounded near San Fernando on Highway 18 after curfew lift. The attack occurred as a military crew aided another broken truck, prompting new traffic limits and strengthened patrols from Clark Field authorities. Names withheld until relatives notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Clark Field
San Fernando
Irvin Plough
Fourth Signal Service Group
Army
Robert €. Oliver
Pampanga
Philippine Military Police Command
Body found in sewer near Mount Hope with five bullet wounds
The partially decomposed body of Paterson silk dye worker Santo Joseph Di Stefano, 34, father of five, was found stuffed in a sewer on Green Pond Mideling Road. State police say several men were involved. gate blocked catch basin. face unrecognizable. fingers missing. decomposition concluded by Morris County Physician Nicholas Bertha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
N. 1
Paterson
A. Vance
Santo Joseph di ' Stefano
Harold Lattinmore
Vance
Green Pond
Mideling
Morris
Nicholas Bertha
Obituary notices from Indiana area residents
Multiple obituaries from Indiana and nearby towns note deaths of Martha Ann Barkley Mary Kh Anderson Mitchell Helen Freno Myrtle Langston Thompson Irene Neal Buchanan and related survivors. Details include burial plans at Robinson’s Funeral Home Coral Lutheran Church Stifflertown and Morningside Cemetery with services conducted by local clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary KH. (Anderson) Mitchell
T. F. Mitchell
Josephine
R. Dawson Hopson
Coral Lutheran
Myrtle Langston Thompson
Harry H. Thompson
Carl Kolbe
Hillsdale
Penn Street
Cherry Tree
Kolbé
Glenn H. Cherry Tree
Robert Qwens
Johnstown
Lisle G
Nanty- Gio
Howard Camp
Edward Walls
Raleigh
L. C. Dickey
Stifflertown
Odd Fellows
Cherry Trea
Irene Neal Buchanan
Joseph C. Buchanan
DuBois
Knorr Street
Thomas Sharp Neal
Annie Oberlin
Indiana County
Trade City
Trinity Lutheran Church
Martin Luther Society
C. Luther Lowe
Pete Weaver
Neal
Newport
Mary
Jo Weaver
George Simpson
Indiana
Selina Barber
Lawrence Neal
Seattle
Russian Citizen Favored For Naturalization Despite Opposition
A judiciary subcommittee weighs a bill to ease naturalization for a Russian, while the former Soviet official testifies before the Unamerican Activities Committee that Russian diplomats in the U.S. are economic spies. He warns of a rupture with the United Nations and predicts continued friction after Stalin’s death under a successor, likely Molotay, as foreign minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Unamerican Activities Committee
United States
United Nations
Stalin
Kravcchenko
Molotay
Farmall cub tractor display travels to Indiana
C E Barkley Implement Store teams with William McMillen’s finance department to showcase the Farmall cub tractor at the Savings and Trust Company Bank. The unit has appeared in Pittsburgh and Greensburg, drawing interest from twilight farmers. Indiana shows run through July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finance Ad Agriculture
Savings and Trust Company Bank
C. E Barkley Implement
Golf
William McMillen
Farma
Pittsburgh
William Penn Hotel
Greensburg Bank
Farmall
International Harvester
Indiana
Public assistance trends in Indiana County shown
Indiana County public assistance trends reflect statewide declines in June with 2,064 total cases, 1,698 persons on the rolls, and a statewide drop of 1,186 in June. General Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children fall, Old Age and Blind Pensions rise. Indiana County totals include 11,441.72 General Aid, 32,581.60 Old Age, 38,562.93 ADC, and 7,441.10 Blind Pensions costing 88,027.35 for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
DPA
State Department
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Total bond sales for June in Indiana County rise
U S Treasury release shows Indiana County bond sales totaling 154 749 25 for June. Comparative county figures list Armstrong 211 124 50 Cambria 566 695 50 Clearfield 135 243 50 Jefferson 93 098 75 and Westmoreland 915 927 25 in the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Treasury Department
Indiana County
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Ogden reports tomatoes growing on potatoes in Petersburg
Peters burg resident Pj John Ogden told of his potato crop with an unusual phenomenon. Tomatoes sprouted atop potato plants and potatoes grew on the roots, which he attributed to cross-pollen by bees observed after his spring planting near the potato patch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
John Ogden
Ogden
Seek Civil Service Jobs For Social Workers And Geologists
Applications for federal social worker and geologist positions are now being taken by the Civil Service Commission in Indiana. Openings include social workers with salaries from 3387 to 5179 dollars yearly serving veterans nationwide, and geologists with salaries from 4149 to 7102 dollars per year in Washington DC and federal agencies. Application forms and details are available from Post Office Secretary R. P. Lehmer. deadline August 12, 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
R. P. Lehmer
Indiana
Veteran Administration
Washington, D. C
United States
Washington,d. C
U. S
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Lehmer
Final Open Air Concert on July 24
A combined Indiana Veterans and Indiana High School Band will perform the last in the Rare Rent series of open air concerts. Sponsored by the Summer Music School and Indiana Public Schools board, the event has avoided weather cancellations so far. If rain, the concert will be postponed to a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aly
Indianas
Indiana High School
Board of Directors
Indiana Public Schools
Widen Road At Clymer In Indiana County
Harrisburg July 23 The Department of Highways awarded a contract to John B Schultz Contracting Co Inc of Homer City to widen and resurface 0.64 mile of Route 80 in Clymer Borough Indiana County from Second Street to near the bridge over Two Lick Creek. The low bid was 00,714 35 funded entirely by state funds. Bids opened June 27 with Moyer Brothers Altoona at 92,876.10 and Thomas A Messis Valencia at 97,509.75. Plans call for widening pavement from 2 to 2Q feet and adding a 244 inch bituminous surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Clymer Borough
Indiana County
Department of Highways
Franklin Street
Two Lick Creek
John B. Shhultz Contracting Company, Inc
Homer City
Schultz Company
Moyer Brothers
Altoona
Thomas A. Messis
Valencia
Se-Daggered Be-Robed Prince Amazes Steelworkers
Fringe Saif Al-Islam Abdullah of Yemen toured an Edgar Thomson works on a U S Steel visit. The 35 year old prince praised the United States, size of the country, work, and friendliness while in a white robe and dagger. The note mentions Yemen as a 75000 square mile kingdom on the southwest Arabian Peninsula. A side note discusses a black goldfish breeding claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Saif Al-Islam Abdullah
Yemen
Arabia
U. S. Steel Corp
Edgar Thompson
Carnegie-Ilinois ‘Steel Corp
Arabian Peninsula
Traffic Violation Charge Against William Smith in Pittsburgh
William Smith of Pittsburgh was charged by police with failing to stop for a red light at Seventh and Church Street at 3 30 yesterday afternoon. He allegedly parked on the west side of Seventh Street before pulling from the curb and driving through the red light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith
Pittsburgh
Seventh and
Church Street
Smith
Seventh Street
Methodist Church
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Axtell
Albert Reeves, Jr
Michigan
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New York
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Joseph Murphy
Brooklyn
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Gov’t
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Martha Ann Barkley
Indiana R. D
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Brush Valley Township
John M. Barkley
Robinson
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Banks Township
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Micheal
Mary Danko Thur
Austria
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Mary Costelllo
Sagamore
Kraynak
St. Michael Roman Catholic Church
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John Kacamarczyk
China
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