Rules Group Moves On Chairman Powers
A Republican-Southern Democratic coalition of House Rules Committee members secretly moved to curb Chairman Adolph Sabath power. The group, holding a majority on the twelve member panel, aims to require meetings independent of Sabath and possibly delay the committee for up to ten days at a time. They cited Sabath refusal to convene for the Case Labor Bill as the trigger for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Rules Committee
Adolph Sabath
D.-Nl
Sabath
House
White House
Howard Smith
D.-Va
Rules Committee
Rayburn
H and M Halt May Spread To Penna
A leader of the Hudson and Manhattan strike warns he will seek to extend the walkout to the Pennsylvania Railroad if shuttle service Newark Jersey City and Newark Penn Station is kept. Pennsylvania denies shuttle service and says it is boosting regular trains to Exchange Place. Pickets appear at Hudson Terminal Building in Lower Manhattan with placards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hudson and Manhattan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newark
New York City
Matthew A. O'Leary
Brotherhood of Railway
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Rahway
Linden
Elizabeth
South Amboy
Hudson Terminal
Lower Manhattan
Pan Am Clipper Completes First New York London Flight
The Pan American World Airways clipper completed the first direct round trip between New York and London. The New York to London leg covered 14 hours and carried 44 passengers including the United States Wightman Cup tennis team. The return journey took 17 hours and eight minutes with 33 passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Pan American World Airways
LaGuardia Field
Government Moves To Put Gains In Effect
Government action authorizes the Bureau of Mines to inspect and recommend safety standards while enforcement remains with coal states. Under Krug Lewis contracts a federal code will guide inspections and penalties. Krug says miner welfare benefits and disease laws will be implemented, aiming to strengthen the economy and stabilize the coal industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Mines
Krug-Lewis
Krug
Coal Mines
Coal Mines Administration
Farmer’s Spree Ends With Court Appearance
In Khox County Court, Lee Lyd don was charged with driving a tractor while intoxicated after earlier fines for DUI. He was released on a $1,000 bond following a June to Penhast period and a license suspension of one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Fil
Penhast
Lee Lyddon
Lee
Sn Khox
Negroes Ask UN To Stop Oppression
Detroit June 1 AP. The National Negro Congress asked the United Nations to intervene against oppression of 13,900,000 American Negroes. A unanimous action followed a petition to Trygve Lie and a letter to President Truman. An eight page brief by Dr Herbert Apetheker argues 13,000,600 Negroes face second class citizenship and systemic discrimination rooted in racism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
National Negro Congress
United Nations
Trygve Lie
UN Security, ‘Council
Truman
Congress
Herbert Apetheker
American Historical Society
United States
Aoetheker
Pacifican Charge Given To Pepper
Manila June 1. Daily Pacifican staff carries army censorship charges to Sen Pepper urging Congress action. The reporters seek a mass transfer in protest and say censorship is a congressional matter, not theater command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Daily
Pacifican Today
Sen. Pepper
D.-Fla
Pepper
Congress
Samaritan Takes The Rap Once Again
New York June 1 Thomas Raford 42 risked life to disarm a man menacing a street crowd with a pistol and said the good Samaritan always gets it in the neck. Magistrate Morris Rothenberg ordered him held on $1000 bond for unlawful possession of firearms. Ford handed the weapon to Patrolman Frank Loeffler who arrested him. The disarmed man wearing a Marine uniform had vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas Raford
New Republic Born in Indochina Formation Announced
SAIGON June 1 AP Jean Henri Cedile French commissioner for Cochin China announced today the formation of an Independent Cochin-Chinese Republic in the Indo-Chinese Federation and the French Union. The first act of the new republic would be to organize a referendum on joining Viet Nam the Free state of Annam recognized by the French as an independent republic within the federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Indochina
APY
Jean Henri Cedile
Cochin China
Viet Nam
Annam
Hanoi
Elevator slips to halt. nurse delivers baby at Erlanger
In Chattanooga on June 1 an elevator stall near the fourth floor at Erlanger Hospital delayed a delivery until a nurse assisted. The elevator was repaired and the mother and newborn girl are reported doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Erlanger Hospital
Declining Army Enlistments Spark Draft Extension Call
Secretary of War Patterson told the Reserve Officers Association that volunteer enlistments are falling since last November when 185,000 joined. March saw 72,000 and April 60,000. May may bring about 40,000. He urged extending the draft without teen exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Patterson
Reserve Officers’ Association
Relief Payments Rise in Indiana County
State Treasurer Ramsey S. Black reported that direct relief payments to needy Indiana County residents increased by $60 from the prior week and are $1,094 higher than the same week last year. The week’s total reached $2,395 while the previous week was $2,335. The text mentions the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration established in November 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Ramsey S. Black
United Nations Relief ‘Rehabilitation Administration
Pennsylvania plan for ex servicemen farming training adopted
The Pennsylvania plan creates statewide agricultural training for ex service members returning to farms. Veterans spend part classroom and part on farm with County Agricultural Training Advisory Committees guiding study. Apprentices working for others may receive up to 85 or 90 dollars monthly, while own farm workers are treated as full time students with similar stipends. Applications advised at the local VA office in Indiana Theater Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Veterans Administration
Johnstown
Hey
Indiana Theater
Newsprint Restored as Log Strike Talks Move Forward
Powell River Paper Co resumes newsprint production after a two day shutdown caused by a log strike. Premier Hart expects an early wage dispute settlement between CIO IWA and timber operators, with federal mediator Sloan outlining terms. Union demands include a 25 cent hourly raise and a 40 hour week, while logs in the millpond remain a point of contention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell River
B. C
Powell River Paper Co
Canada
United States
Australia
John Hart
Victoria
Cio-International Woodworkers of America
Justice Sloan
Justice Slan
Powell Company
I W. A
CIO
Powell
APL
AKL
Resume Maritime Talks After Charge Against Truman
The note reports a charge that Labor demanded restraint and that a torpedo in negotiations was fired. It claims unions will attend tonight's Labor Department session to seek a settlement despite the President's remarks. The piece warns Truman could provoke long-term damage to his administration and party. Maritime unions hope for public pressure for a cooling-off period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tas
Wnionis
Labor Department
Truman
Diana Discharged Honorably by U S Army at Meade
An individual named Diana was honorably discharged from the United States Army at Burt George G. Meade on May 27. The notice records the discharge event and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diana
United States Army
Burt George G. Meade
Bombers To Map Weather Patterns From Alaska Base
B 29 bombers will be sent to Alaska for periodic weather observation flights as part of a global forecast effort. A squadron of about 12 planes is assigned to an Alaska base to cover North Polar regions and connect America with Europe, Greenland, Iceland, and the North Atlantic. Other squadrons will operate in the Pacific areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward E. Bomar Washington
North Polar
Army Air Forces
Alaska
Polar
America
Europe
Pacific
Air Forces
AAF
Pole
Official Service Journal
Adyrady
Grenier Field
Manchester
N. H
North Atlantic
New Hampshire
Iceland
Azores
Bermuda
Morrison Fila
Fla
Wetch van Nurrivenes
Castle Fisted Merced
Calif
North Pacific
South Pacific
Ottawa spy case yields four year term for Mazeral
Ottawa June 1 17 Edward Mazeral a former National Research Council engineer was sentenced to four years in prison for conspiring to break the official secrets act of 1939. He was the third of 14 Canadians held in the espionage inquiry. Convicted May 22 after a 10 day trial prosecutors showed he gave two radar documents to Russia for use by that country. The defense argued Russia could have obtained them officially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Edward Mazeral
National Research Council
Canada
Mazerall
Russia
Canadian Research Council
Flareups In Ship Strike Injure Seamen In Canada Canal
About 75 striking seamen boarded a Canada Steamship Lines freighter in the Welland Canal near Port Colborne and forced the non union crew to leave. Seven men were injured in flareups from the clash and six hospitalized after a Cornwall restaurant outbreak involving non union sailors, unionists and police. J A Sullivan of the Canadian Seamen's Union urged Labor Minister Mitchell to remove police from federal property and to have the government take over CSL ships to end the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
UPI
Canada Steamship Lines
Welland Canal
Port Corborne
Cornwall
Montreal
Lachine Canal
J. A. Sullivan
Canadian Seamen's Union
Humphrey Mitchell
Mother in coma see hospital scene in Allentown
Paralyzed Rhoda Wenger nears a coma battle at Allentown Hospital while her newborn daughter grows in an incubator. Dr Frances C Schaeffer cautions there is a slim chance of recovery. Corporal Leland Wenger, wounded in the same crash, recuperates in Washington and plans to travel to see them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Rhoda Wenger
Alienfowl Hospital
San
End of Doughnut Era in liberated Europe
The Red Cross closes its hospitality work in Europe as the Columbia Club in Paris shuts at midnight. Eight remaining Red Cross outposts in Le Havre Reims and Namur will wind down in two weeks. GI brides parcel wrapping and civilian relief continue while the doughnut and coffee era ends. Dorothy Villiger says 22 000 soldiers weekly used the Paris club in four months ending last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel
Europe
Red Cross
Columbia Club
Paris
U.S
le Havre
Reims
Namur
Belgium
Reds Form Gov't in Czechoslovakia After Election
A British dispatch from Prague reports President Eduard Benes asked Communist leader Klement Gottwald to form the new government. The Communists emerged as the strongest single party in the general election held last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dine
Prague
Eduard Benes
Klement Gootwald
UNRRA supplies go to black market says MP
Maj. E. G. R. Lloyd, Conservative MP, told the Commons that two thirds of UNRRA food deliveries were diverted to the black market. He said UNRRA officials are barred from investigating. he questioned why communal lists and commissars control food in non Communist countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
E.G. R. Lloyd
Commons
UNRRA
Cyclist Killed in Meadville Crash
Richard Henry, 13, riding a bicycle with a violin for the school orchestra, lost control on a steep grade in Meadville and crashed into a fireplug, dying from his injuries. The incident occurred yesterday near the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Richard ‘Henry
Mob Forces Quick Exit of Italian King
Demonstrators breached a police line as King Umberto II left Milan Cathedral through an underground passage. Monarchists and Republicans clashed in Duomo Square while the King toured the church. No casualties reported. He then departed for Venice to continue his campaign tour amid renewed calls for a plebiscite on monarchy versus republic.
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Rome
Neks
Anso
Umberto
Milan
Ispaven
Duomo Square
Yat
Venice
Roxas Government Prepares For Democracy In Philippines
Manila June 1 The newly installed Roxas government announces steps toward full democracy. Plans include surrender of 11000 Hukbalahap fighters, a shakeup of the Philippine Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and a food shortage campaign for August. Interior Secretary Zulueta says Huks will be protected and weapons surrendered. Central Luzon police to be replaced by 11 southern island companies. Non political relief board to replace current directors and nepotism is to end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grover
Manila
Manuel Roxas
Philippines
People’s Army
Luzon
Philippine Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
August Roxas
Jose Zuluela
Huks
Zulueta
Japan
Roxas
Senate approves emergency program with no strike ban
Senate passage imposes a no strike ban with penalties and injunction power for the attorney general. Workers refusing to return after government takeover would lose bargaining rights. Provisions on profits from government operations were altered. Bill set to take effect to June 30, 1947 with further House action pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Treasury
Congress
Truman
House
Fate of Red Turned Nazi Is a Mystery
U S Army Intelligence says Lt Gen Andrei Vini kov, once Russia s top war criminal, was handed to the Red Army a year ago and his fate remains unknown. Vlassov and about 1,200 followers were reportedly turned over to the Russians after Prague capture on May 5, 1945, and his subsequent whereabouts are unclear.
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Frankfurt
U.S. Army
Andrei A Vinikov
Russia
Sevrerely
Red Army
Prague
Vlassov
U. S
U. S. Army
Viazsow
Smolensk
Viassoy
Lewis Pays Visit To Senator Pepper
President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers paid a surprise call on Senator Pepper in his Washington office. Pepper said Lewis thanked him for backing health and welfare funds but opposed Truman admin labor regulation bills then before the Senate.
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Washington
John JL. Lewis
United Mines Workers
Pepper
Dfla
Lewis
Senate
Florida
Byrd D‘val
Truman
Hunger striker Fleming denies orders from Irish group
Belfast reports David Fleming, held as a former IRA leader, denies any order for his 70 day fast and says his protest targets the treatment of political prisoners. An official bulletin from the prison notes no change in his dangerously ill condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
David Fleming
Irish Republica Army
Fleming
Europe
Central Asia
Obituaries for Miller Wilson and Smith in Starford Saltsburg area
Obituaries report the deaths of Charles Miller of Commodore born October 15 1882 Austria resident 24 years parishioner of St Elizabeth Starford with survivors including Theresa and eight sons. Emma Blackley Wilson of Saltsburg obituary notes born August 12 1857 in Young Township with ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren. services Monday at 4 PM. Martin M Smith of Clarksburg noted as deceased with funeral arrangements pending and obituary to appear Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Miller
Commodore
Tos
Austria
St. Eliza- Pat
Stafford
Theresa
Michael
Linden
N. J
Joe
Clymer
John
Starford
Stephen
Cleveland
Anthony
St. Elizabeth Church
Albert TH. Turlik
Emma Blackley Wilson
Saltsburg
James
Jane (Wilson) Blackley
Young Township
Indiana County
Funeral
D. D. Dodds
Martin M. Smith
Clarksburg
Robinson
China Army Makes Gains Push Northward From Szepingkai
Gen Tu Li-Ming reported government troops captured several towns as they expanded their drive north. The Manchurian vanguard reached Yentungshan while Haishihcheng and Hwatien fell 40 miles northeast of Panshin. Pau Tsingyuam between Mukden and Panshin was seized. Communist activity in Shantung and Hubei provinces paused. rail service on Shanhaikwan Mukden resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Information
Shantung
Hapeh
Tsiwan
Shanhalkwan
Mukden
Hitchcock Returns to STC Physics Department
Lieutenant Commander Richard Hitchcock will return to Indiana State Teachers College faculty August 2 to lead the Physics Department. He served three years in the U S Navy as midshipmen instructor at Annapolis and will teach Physics at the University of Pittsburgh before joining his family in the fall. Mrs. Hitchcock and their three children Elizabeth Barbara and Bobby plan to join him here. Elizabeth attended the University of Vermont last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hitchcock
Indiana State Teacher's College
Hitchcock
U. S. Navy
Annapolis Naval Academy
Sameme
University of Pittsburgh
Elizabeth
Barbara
Bobby
University of Vermont
Burlington
Heifer Sold at Auction From County Home Assets
County Home superintendent Charles McMillen announced that a registered Holstein heifer owned by the Home was sold at greensburg auction yesterday for 380 dollars. The heifer was among 33 head auctioned, bringing an average of 381 dollars per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McMillen
Greensburg
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