Witness Chambers testifies on Communist loyalty in Hiss case
NEW YORK June 3 government’s brief witness in the Alger Hiss perjury trial says he remained loyal to the Communist Party until 1938 He testified he believed in overthrowing the government at the opportune time by any and all means under cross examination by Hiss attorney Lloyd Stryker The witness previously said he broke with the party in 1928 and testified about passing papers to a Soviet spy ring before the jury and judge Samuel H Kaufman as the trial continued
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Bref
Alger Hiss
Communist Party
Chambers
Hiss
State Department
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Chief Council
Samuel H. Kaufman
Stryker
Chamber
Four-Power Pact Talks Eye Berlin Peace Treaty
Paris reports Russia and the West prepared to compromise on a Little Peace Treaty for Berlin. Key points include reestablishing a Four-Power central Berlin and city wide elections for an all Berlin Council. Soviet hints transferring civic functions from the Kommandatura amid Western calls for supervision of elections. Western nations seek a binding access contract to ensure road and rail access and avoid a new blockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
West
Berlin
Dean Acheson
Andrei Y. Vishiniy
Kommandatura
Acheson
Homer Students Win High Awards at Commencement
At Homer City High School commencement two seniors earned the Dr and Mrs George Hanna awards for highest scholastic averages. Edward Kuchar and Delores Shakooski received the honors as diplomas were presented by supervising principal J Byers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hanna
Homer City High School
Edward Kuchar
Delores Shakooski
Washington bound seniors tour D C from East Wheatfield Armagh
The East Wheatfield Armagh High School senior class will depart Monday for a Washington, D C tour. Graduation exercises were held, with Pridey noted. An unclear line mentions prices and names, but readable facts center on the Washington trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Wheatfield- Armagh High School
Washington, D. C
War Veteran and Father Dies of Gunshot Wounds
Edwin Lincoln Rummel 37, a World War II veteran and father of a two week old baby, died by self inflicted gunfire in Homer City. Coroner Dr. Edward Fleming ruled death by own action after two shots to the chest and two to the left arm. The incident occurred after one o clock as he walked toward a barn, telling his wife he was going for groundhog. His sister said the family had been staying at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Lincoln Rummel
Indiana
Edward L. Fleming
Konemadine
Bae Veedell
Mung To Te
Homer City
Fleming
Barn
Paul Jeffries
Rummel
Virginia (Cochran
Sloan Weir
Edwin J. Rummel
R. D
Indiana County
PTA Awards Scholarship for Elementary Teacher Training
The Pennsylvania State Parent Teachers Association offers a $500 scholarship to a student pursuing elementary school teaching. The grant provides $125 per year for four years at State Teachers College in Indiana Pennsylvania. Apply to the PTA state office by July 6, 1949. further details available from the college registrar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State Parent- Teachers Association
State Teachers College
Indiana
PTA
Office of the Register
State Teachers, College
Four Military Chiefs Meet in Berlin Revealing 50 Week Pause
Berlin June 3 four military commanders met for their first session in 50 weeks to discuss the crippling railway strike and potential Four Power governance issues. Brig Gen Jean Ganeval presided at French Military Government HQ as Maj Gen Alexander Kotikov arrived last. Press barred. British and American sources promised later updates. The Allied Building in the American sector was avoided to hint against revived Four Power rule. The Four Power flag situation and Paris talks on governance loomed in background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Jean Ganeval
Alexander Kotikov
Paris
Kommandatura
Lucas Opens Room To Amend Taft Hartley Repeal Bill
Senate Democratic leader Lucas of Illinois signaled openness to amendments on Truman administration plans to repeal Taft Hartley. He avoided detail while Democrats debate labor legislation behind closed doors ahead of a Monday Senate labor showdown. Truman opposes compromise as CIO and AFL weigh anti strike injunctions in the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Truman
CIO
AFL
Rep
Sims
D-Sc
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Sparkman
D-Ala
Margiotti Takes Bill Lias Case in West Virginia Trial
Charles J. Margiotti of Pittsburgh assumed chief defense duties in the William G. Lias federal tax trial in Fairmont Wheeling. Lias, race track and night club owner, is charged with evading 903000 in income tax. Lias had previously been defended by 12 attorneys. The indictment was returned April 26, 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Charles J. Margiotti
Pitsburgh
William G.big Bill
Lias
Wheeling
Margiotti
Deloria Waldo
Indiana To Be Attacked Sunday In District Battlefield
Two thousand Army Reservists mobilize for a large postwar field training exercise or operation Come. The mock battle targets an imagined enemy as Pennsylvania and surrounding counties mobilize police fire and civil defense agencies to defend key sites. Leaders include Lt Col Overdorf Major Jack and Colonel Gillespie coordinating from Johnstown Altoona and Erie with Civil Air Patrol Red Cross and electric utilities involved. The exercise tests emergency response, transportation, and communication restoration amid a simulated invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Pennsylvania National Guard
Army Reserve
Carl P. Over
Dorf
Lewis Jack
Raymond Simpson
Harry Smith
FP. J. Gillespie
Western
State Police
City Police
Fire Department
Civil Air Patrol
Army Engineers
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Red Cross
Johnstown
Tervists
Fisher Building
Ohnstown
Penna
Home
Vetere
Altoona
Erie
Nalive
Balks Over Pact Bill Delays Senate Committee Review
Senator George Ga balked at the Atlantic Pact report in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urging specificity on presidential troop authority. Chairman Connally praised the draft as able and splendid while a Monday meeting aims to resolve the objections for full committee approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Balks
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
D-Ga
Connally
D-Tex
Senne
Pac
Sen
George Sli George
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol
Foreign Relations Committee
Bell Reports Expenditures on Pennsylvania Network
Harrisburg June 3 The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania says it has spent 21.5 million dollars for new construction up to May 1. W D Gillen, company president, testified before the Public Utility Commission on a proposed 25 million rate increase. Rates are suspended until July as the commission investigates. Gillen said the building program aims to meet rising demand and noted 32000 unfilled orders and 237000 subscribers seeking better service. Additional hearings begin June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
W. D. Gillen
Public Utility Commission
Bell
Gillen
Geruine
Van Zandt Relays Symington Criticism Over B-36 Plans
Air Secretary Symington denied Rep. Van Zandt claims that funds from canceled aircraft programs were used to back six engine Consolidated bombers. Vinson released Symington’s point by point rebuttal while alleging Van Zandt’s attack mixes politics and secrecy. Symington denies the charge of planning to quit to join Floyd Odlum’s aircraft venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Obj
Symington
House
Rep
van Zandt
R-Pao
Consolidated
Louis Roblinson
Floyd Odlum
Allas Corporation
Vinson
D-Gad
House Armed Services Committee
Doctor Finds Disease Cause in Vein Infections
Atlantic City doctor Dr Otto Meyer, vein specialist, said many diseases once seen as obscure can be cured or prevented by removing infections from veins. He listed apoplexy arthritis sinusitis rheumatism sleeping sickness glaucoma phlebitis and thromboses as examples, and said the main infections are in the jugular veins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Fussa
New York
Otto Meyer
New Ladder Truck Again Used Here
Indiana Fire Company's aerial ladder responded to a fire at Best Feeds and Farm Supplies mill gutted late Tuesday. Firemen battled smouldering grain for about an hour using the ladder and hose after a 2:30 p.m. alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Fire Company
Lost Atomic Bottle Recovered and Uranium Missing
Senator McMahon says a missing atomic bottle has been found but some uranium 234 remains missing. He notes Lilienthal faces charges of mismanagement as the Atomic Energy Commission reports at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David, Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R-la
Eft
U.S. Atomic Energy
Washington
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
McMahon
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
David EB. Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Lilienthal
Argonne National Laboratory
Fantastic Murder Yarn Comes From Far East
Manila reports officials theorize a Filipino rival hired three men to blow up a Philippines Air Lines plane that vanished May 7 with 13 aboard. An ex convict and a youth with a police record admitted placing a time bomb. NBI believes a lover paid the men 92.50 while a third suspect is at large. debris later found near Alabat Island indicated an explosion. The Americans aboard included Ludwig Sundeen and Robert Parker among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Filpino
Daet
J Point
Philippines Air Lines
National Bureau of Investigation
Air Line
Alabat Island
Paet
Litchfield, Minn
Robert Parker
Rochesies
Saw, Slug Way Out of Va Pen
Fourteen prisoners escaped through the South Wall of the Moundsville State Penitentiary in West Virginia in a major break seen as the largest in 35 years. Six of the escapees held life terms, six were in solitary, and a guard identified as local Wheeling umpire Jackie James was beaten and left in a vacated cell. Roadblocks were set within minutes as escapees fled toward the Ohio River, with reports of a stolen skiff and a car, suggesting cross state movement. Officials noted a 15th cell was forced but the inmate did not join the escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
State
West Virginia
Jackie James
Wheeling
Orel J. Skeen
Jefferson Avene
Ohio River
Ohio
Glendale
Eisler Claims Truman Deceived Americans and Germans
Berlin after a news conference Gerhart Eisler accused President Truman of deception, likening it to German public gullibility under Hitler. He plans to thank Poland for asylum aboard a liner and said spies and saboteurs should not be released, while political prisoners could be freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Jin
Gerhardt Eisler
Truman
Hitler
Eisler
Wellhelm Pieck
Muchenwalt
Kister
U. S
Bate Ory
Southampton
England
Germany
Big Ones Eat The Little Ones
Detroit reports a long run of missing city property puzzling Auditor General Benjamin Tobin until a zoo incident revealed a larger issue. Tobin, the top inventory official, noted that large items sometimes disappear, and joked that bigger alligators in the zoo may explain smaller losses, reflecting broader concerns over city asset tracking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Benjamin J. Tobin
Taqbin
Beef nd Park Ci Cash ket 8 10%bit
The readable fragments describe a financial note or price reference. Key entities include a person or place named Park and Ci Cash with figures 8 and 10 percent. The text is fragmented and lacks a clear event, outcome, or action to summarize.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Atty Hammers
Homer
Washington Bound
Sunbee
Kamer
Bill Lias
American Legion
Veteran of Foreign Wars
Amvets
VFW
Somerset
Memorial Hall
Roger Touhy
Chicago
U. S. District Court
John
Jake the Barber
Touhy
FBI
Lie
Far East
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!