Government Calls Engineers to Build Drying Machine for Wet Corn
Washington July 29 The government asks its top engineers to devise a portable low cost corn drying machine to reduce frost damage to the 1947 crop. The aim is to keep meat supplies steady by drying high moisture corn for livestock feeding this fall and winter, easing next spring shortages. Officials expect production this fall and next winter if a workable design is ready within 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Best of Engineers
Washington
Farmera
Agriculture Department
Pennsylvania Chain Store Council Meets to Review Actions
Managers from the Pennsylvania Chain Store Council met at Rustic Lodge at 6:15 pm to review council activities and plan intensified cooperation with local institutions. Attendees included L. D. Odhner, L. J. Stephens, William Liggett, A. C. Nerhood, J. C. Penney, Arthur Wheeler, Velma Yingling, and many others from Sears Roebuck, J. C. Penney, A and P Tea Company, Kroger, Murphy's, McCrory, and American stores, plus community representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Chain Store Council
Rustic Lodge
L. D. Odhner
Pennsyvania Chain Store Council
Philadelphia
L. J. Stephens
Sears, Roebuck
William Liggett
A. C. Nerh
Saltsburg
J. A. Veith
A. & P. Tea Company
J. Henry Clarke
Barnesboro
A. and P. Tea Company
Herbert B. Roodamel
American
Indiana
H. T. Hershberger
McCrory
C. R. Marsh
Blairsville
John Lester
Steve A. Watts
McCrory's
Eugene R. Tulley
Murphy's
EB. L. Fleming
Kroger's
Blaisville
Elmer Taylor
Marian Lloyd
E. L. Nixon
Pennsylvania
Chain Store Council
Russell Guard
Community Chest
Wallace Nordby
A Tired President Truman Heads Back to Washington
Grandview, Missouri reports President Truman, tired and drawn, boarding his plane for Washington after attending the funeral of his mother, Martha Ellen Truman, 94, buried in Forest Hill Cemetery beside his father. He faces a Congress with a backlog of legislation awaiting his scrutiny.
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Grandview
Truman
White House
Missouri
Washington
Congress
Martha Ellen Truman
Forest Hill Cemetery
Kansas City
John A. Truman
Hope Lake mystery as missing heiress Anne Straw vanishes
Hopeful searches focus on Little Squam Lake for 20 year old Anne Straw missing since a week ago. Authorities suspect drowning after leaving her father H Ellis Straw's summer home while Smith College officials offer cooperation. Professor Richard Ballou sailed to France with a UN post and may hold clues.
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Holderess
N. H
Little Squam Lake
Anne Straw
Anne
H. Ellis Straw
Manchester
Smith College
France
Richard B. Ballou
Straw
Ballou
Educational Department
United Nations
New England
Plazma curbed WWII mortality says Dr Martin
Dr George Martin told Rotarians that plasma and whole blood donations by Americans reduced World War II mortality compared with World War I. He cited rapid field care, plus penicillin and sulfa cutting infection, and described casualty movement from front lines to clearing stations and general hospitals.
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George Martin
Martin
France
Rotary Club
Lions Initiate Nine New Members at Rustic Lodge
Indiana Lions Club held a meeting at Rustic Lodge last evening initiating nine new members. The new inductees are B. Leonard Brody Wilbur L. Coffman Robert De Gaetano Henry R. Woodson John B. Lowry Samuel K. Rubin Clifford Smith Robert Smith Jr and Mike Wyda.
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Indiana Lions Club
Rustic Lodge
B. Leonard Brody
Wilbur L. Coffman
Robert de Gaetano
Henry R. Woodson
John B. Lowry
Samuel K. Rubin
Clifford Smith
Robert Smith, Jr
Mike Wyda
Britons May Have To Cut Armed Forces In Crisis
London reports say the government faces a deepening financial and industrial crisis linked to dwindling American aid. Lt. Gen. C H G Robertson in Tokyo denied that Field Marshal Montgomery cancelled his Japan visit, confirming plans to receive him as scheduled.
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Imperial General Staff
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Whitehall
Montgomery
Joan
C.H.G. Robertson
Japan
London
Viscount Montgomery
Japa
Lions International Confab Studies Peace Promotions
The International Lions convention in San Francisco shifts from parade to peace work with plans for world expansion and a European presence as a force against Communism. International President Clifford D. Pierce notes a forum on the United Nations and translations for 800 Latin American delegates. Delegates from 19 regions attend as thousands line the streets for parades and themed nights.
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San Francisco
International Lions Convention
United Nations
Clifford D. Pierce
Memphis
Ism
Europe
Hawaii
Canada
Central
South America
No Truth To Russian Claim On Twain Anti-Imperialist Essays
In Cambridge on July 29 two scholars deny a Russian writer's assertion that American publishers suppressed Mark Twain anti-imperialist works. Bernard De Voto and Dr. Dixon Weeter say the essays circulated widely or were not publishable quality, not suppressed. They note Twain attacked all imperialism and linked Russia with German imperialism.
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Cambridge
Mass
Mark Twain
Bernard de Vato
Dixon Weeter
University of California
Twain
M. Mendelsohn
de Voto
Dr. Wecer
de Volto
Mendelsohn
Europe
General Funston
Philippine
America
Weeter
Russia
CBS Chairman Weds Quietly In Manhasset Home
Mrs Barbara Cushing Mortimer and William S Paley chairman of CBS married quietly at the bride's mother's home Manhasset N Y Only family members attended Barbara is sister of Mrs Vincent Astor and Mrs John Hay Whitney The couple previously wed Stanley Mortimer Jr in 1940 and divorced in 1946 They plan to sail Friday on the Queen Elizabeth for a honeymoon trip abroad.
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Paleys
Scorched earth and air raids mark Java conflict development
Indonesian forces report a developing favorable situation as Dutch and republican battles intensify across Java. Indonesian air force reportedly launched about 40 planes against Semarang and Salatiga, with Dutch casualties tallied at 50 killed, 88 wounded, and nine missing. Fires spread across rice and rubber lands as both sides bombed and sabotaged targets including ports, docks, and power stations.
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Republic
Semarang
Salatinga
Refugees Land In France Amid Strain At Marseille Port
About 4500 Jewish refugees dock in France amid tension as officials coordinate landing and medical care. A French prefecture secretary-general says he will contact Premier Ramadier. refugees reportedly refuse to disembark, with nearly 1000 ill and barracks and hospital facilities arranged in Port-De-Bouc and Marseille.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Calaveria
Bouches-Du- Rhone
Paul Ramadier
AFP
Port-De-Bouc
Marseille
Spending Runs Close To Budget
U.S. budget experts say federal spending this fiscal year will stay near the Truman plan of 37.5 billion dollars and may exceed it due to Congress appropriations mainly for foreign aid. Analysts requested anonymity while noting Capitol Hill fights over the budget and differing Republican and Democratic figures on savings.
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Washington
Administration
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
Taber
R-Ny
House Appropriations Committee
Sparkplug
Rep. Gore
D-Tenn
House
Treasury
Gore
Tennessean
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
Appropriations Committee
Congressional
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Arrive in Florence
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived in Florence as guests of Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee, commander in this theater. They expect to return to France in a few days.
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Rome
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Florence
John C. H. Lee
United States Army
France
Police raid in Forest Park nets two arrests
Chicago July 29 Police Lt James B Folsom and two patrolmen said they broke two doors to raid a handbook in Forest Park. Two men were arrested, one as keeper and the second as inmate. Owner Michael Rafferty presented membership cards and warned officers not to break doors next time.
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Chicago
Pas
James B. Folsom
Forest Park
Folsom
Michael Rafferty
Voice of America Cuts and Probing Europe Inquiry
Washington announces a 40 percent cut in Voice of America overseas broadcasts reducing daily hours from 5 to 3 and dropping Danish and Swedish from the 26 language roster. Congressional committees plan on-site reviews in Europe to judge effectiveness and propose legal authorization for wartime information work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Voice of America
William Benton
Congress
H. Alexander Smith
Senate
House Foreign Affairs
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
House
Smith
Marshall
Russia
Taft
Ohio
Mundt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Church Sets Joint Meeting for Men Classes
Members of the men and young men’s classes of First Regular Baptist Church are asked to attend a joint meeting in the social rooms this evening at 7 30. Johns Manville Company will present a ground movie on transite pipe production and water system building. Refreshments to follow.
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First Regular Baptist Church
Chinese Bitterly Opposed to Aid Prolonging Strife
In Nanking, Democratic league spokesmen tell Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer that Chinese people oppose any foreign aid likely to prolong civil war, from either the United States or the Soviet Union. The mission plans daily briefings, then a week-long tour of north China and Manchuria, with a stop at Formosa. Civil war lull continues as reports from Peiping indicate a sixth Communist offensive in Manchuria and continued body recovery at Szepingkal.
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Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Democratic League
Albert C. Wedemeyer
United States
Lo Lung-Chi
League
Wedemeyer
Washington
Young China Party
North China
Manchuria
Mukden
Peiping
Tientsin
Tsihgate
Mormosa
China
Formosa
Szepingkal
Sungari River
Dr Ritter Praises Quakers For Truthful Calm Tolerance
D Deckard Ritter librarian at Indiana State Teachers College paid tribute to Quakers before Kiwanis. He highlighted their truthfulness calmness and restraint in criticism. He noted their tolerance for other faiths and their focus on active living of beliefs rather than words.
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D. Deckard Ritter
Indiana State Teachers College
Jesus
Speed Violation Charged In East Liberty
Clair Arford of Amberson Avenue East Liberty Pittsburgh was charged by police with speeding between Eleventh and Sixteenth Streets last night at 10 30. Arford allegedly passed another car at high speed and then continued at about 40 to 45 miles per hour through the borough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Arford
Amberson Avenue
East Liberty
Pittsburgh
Arford
Obituary notices from Indiana and nearby towns
Obituaries note the deaths of Lyle Eugene Holt and Ella Wise Fink in Indiana and Saltsburg areas, with services planned in Robinson Funeral Home and Rolinsons. Multiple other local obituaries list Sarah Cunningham, Elizabeth Matilda Meckley, Beatrice Kirkpatrick Miller, and a Beatrice Miller’s Cleveland residence, with funeral details and survivors.
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Ella Wise Fink
Simon Fink
Earl
Robinson Funeral Home
Saltsburg
Raymond W. Nicholson
Sarah, Cunningham
Indiana
R. D
Robinson's
N. 7Th St
Funeral arrangements listed for Cleveland location
An afternoon service is noted for the Sharer and Bennett Funeral Home at 11212 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland. Time details are incomplete as the exact hour is not readable.
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Sharer and Bennett Funeral Home
Euclid Avenue
Cleveland
Kaiser Seeks Air Carriers in Wartime Contract Fight
Kaiser testifies before a Senate War Investigating Subcommittee about his $15 million wartime cargo plane contract. He claims Roosevelt prompted Navy reversals and Admiral King aided a shift in stance while dismissing a smear campaign against him. He recounts initial Navy resistance to aircraft carriers and Elucidates production pressure.
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Kaiser
Emory S. Land
Land
Roosevelt
Admiral King
Ernest King
Senate
VFW Meets Tonight To Elect New Board Members
The Indiana Veterans of Foreign War Post 1989 will hold a 7:30 PM meeting at the VFW Country Club to elect three new board directors. Entertainment will follow. An estimated 7,970,000 families are served by rural tree delivery as forests cover about one third of the United States. Collins: Antwerp is among the five great ports. subscription urged for the Gazette.
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Indiana Veterans of Foreign War Post
VFW Country Club
United States
Colombia
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Antwerp
Nitrate Laden Liberty Freighter Explodes Off Brest
Reports from Falmouth say a nitrate laden Liberty freighter exploded and burned near Brest, causing fires that leveled dockside buildings and spread to a gas plant, hospital, and business district. Blackouts hit electric service and communications. relief moved from Morlaix and Landernaux. Master Erveus Holst reportedly injured. ship bound for Antwerp diverted after a dock workers strike.
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Falmouth
Eng
Brest
British Press Association
Morlaix
Landernaux
Texas City
Texas
Grandcamp
Erveus Holst
Liberty
United States
Antwerp
Lloyds Register of Shipping
Ocean Liberty
Sjofart
Lillesand
Norway
New England Shipbuilding Corporation
Bath
United States War Shipping Administration
Park Holland
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Lyle Eugene Holt
Dorothy Wagner Holt
Robert E
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Indland Hospital
Rolinson
Elizabeth Matilda Meckley
Mahaffey
Ainsley Meckley
Curwensville
Clyde
Alexander
Paul Cecil
Clair
Don
Glenn Meckley
Margaret Campbell
Sara Meckley
Wahington
D. C
McCracken Funeral Home
Beatrice Kirkpatrick Miller
Lake Avenue
James D. Kirkpatrick
Eliza B.mitchell
Carrolltown
Cambria County
Spangler
Business College
McMillen and Killen Insurance Co
Weather Report Today
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VFW
Ambi Bell Funeral Home
Henry R. Dodson, Jr
Mortuary
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Indiana, Pa
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