Five Injured In Crash In Underpass Near Diamondville
A 65 year old woman and an 11 year old girl died after a car plunged into a railroad underpass near Diamondville. Five others were seriously hurt. Victims named include Laura Austin 45 and Shirley Owens 11. Police say brake failure caused the descent from a steep grade onto Route 480. The car dislodged and rolled into the underpass and embankment, ending on railroad tracks after several flips.
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Diamondville
Laura Austin
Glen Campbell
Shirley Owens
le Vose
Clearfield County
Indiana Hospital
Louise Wisor
Kenneth Wisor, Jr
Wisor
Kathy Wisor
Charlotte Owens
la Jose
Roger Eugene Owens
Owens
Austin
Shirley
Indiana
Edward L. Fleming
Cockport
Truman names Mrs. Clark today as U S treasurer
President Truman nominated Georgia Neese Clark of Richland Kansas as the first woman Treasurer of the United States. The 49 year old divorcee, backed by the Democratic National Committee, arrives in Washington after a rush call. Her appointment would fill the post left by William A Julian killed in a car crash.
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Washington
Truman
Georgia Neese Clark
Richland
Kans
United States
Clark
India Edwards
Democratic National Committee
Edwards
Democratic Party
William A. Julian
U. S
Georgia Neese
Kas
Clark Jy
Kansas
Grandmother Dies Pushing Children to Safety
Malone Washington June 8 a 31 year old grandmother Mrs Ruth Merryman sacrificed herself to save four children from a Northern Pacific freight train on a Malone trestle. Grandsons Larry Harvey 12 Ronny Hake 6 and adopted sons Pete Merryman 8 and John 4 were pushed to safety or hospitalized after the collision. The hero died from injuries sustained in the attempt. Deputy Knute Weinberg identified the victims.
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Malone
Washington
Knute, Weinberg
Ruth Merryman
Larry Harvey
Oakville
Wash
Ronny Hake
Pete Merryman
John
Northern Pacific
Three Fugitives At Large After WV Pen Breakout
In Moundsville West Virginia on June 6 three of fourteen hardened convicts who escaped from the state penitentiary remain at large. The escape triggered a manhunt across West Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio. Mrs Merryman was struck by a train while fleeing and died from a broken neck. The remaining eleven inmates were recaptured within 60 hours. three life-term inmates were later tracked in Ohio by a county marshal and his cousin.
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Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia
Ohio
Floyd Frugman
Glen Easton
Disloyalty In Official Is Charged
Senator Hickenlooper said the top secret atomic reports draftsman for Congress was suspended after an FBI check revealed derogatory information. The AEC board, including two scientists and a lawyer, conducted a hearing in May and unanimously recommended continued security.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Congress
FBI
Senate House
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
David E. Lillenthal
Molotov Draws East Assignment
Paris reports a Soviet diplomat said Vyacheslav Molotov now heads Russia policy in China and the Orient, signaling a shift from aloofness toward Chinese Communists. No official confirmation was available from Moscow.
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Paris
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Russia
China
The
Infermany Fo
Youth To Die For Murder In Parsonage
Laszlo Vargas a 19 year old Hungarian immigrant condemned for the rape murder of Mrs. Billee Rahe Morning at a Wells Nevada parsonage on March 22 1948 faces execution in the state gas chamber at dawn tomorrow. Convicted of a brutal crime in Nevada history Vargas had earlier been confined in mental institutions and claimed Nazi horrors shaped his life. He had provided credentials from New York churches and spoke to a youth group in Elko the night before the murder.
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Carson City
Nevada
Laszlo Vargas
Wells
Nev
Varga
New York
Michigan
Unrra Committee On
Ypsilanti
Mich
Buchenwald
Billee Rahe Morning
Richard Morning
Elko
Congregation to Consider New Pastor at Homer City Church
The United Presbyterian Church of Homer City will meet Tuesday evening June 7 at 8 for the purpose of moderating a call to a pastor. The candidate in view is Rev Mr Yarnell of West Sunbury Butler County. Extra fancy home grown strawberries and cantaloupes advertised by Shortys Fruit Market 248x.
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United Presbyterian Church
Homer City
Yarnell
West Sunbury
Butler County
Operation Comet drills shake Indiana County action
Indiana County staged a two day Operation Comet drill with mock battles and sabotage acts. Enemy forces targeted Blairsville Dallas Town bridge Clymer mines and tipple while paratroopers reportedly landed near Hamilton airport. All events remained fiction as planners aborted civilian airfield drops to avoid panic.
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Blairsville
Bairdstown
Clymer
Sabo~teurs
McCreary ‘Tire and Rubber Company
Salisbury
Hamilton
Indiana
William C Wissel Dies At Indiana Home
William C Wissel son of the late Adam and Mrs Curran Wissel died at his Philadelphia Street home around 11:00 this morning. A devout member of St Bernard's Church he spent his life in Indiana. Sutila Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Obituary to appear tomorrow.
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William C. Wissel
Adam
Curran) Wissel
Philadelphia Street
Mrs. Wissel
Indiana
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
Sutila
Wayne Avenue
Tragic Hanging Victim Found On DeMiro Property
Angelo Trickes, 56, of Yanketown near Hamer City, took his life by hanging yesterday morning. Indiana County Coroner Dr. Edward L. Fleming confirmed the death discovered by Jen n ie DeMiro on whose land the victim resided. Sheriff Paul Jefferies said Trickes used a stove poker to frame a clothes line contraption to end his life around 7 AM. He lived in a two room bungalow on the DeMiro property. a brother in New York state is the sole known relative.
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Angelo ‘Trickes
Yanketown
Hamer City
Indiana
Edward L. Fleming
Jennie DeMiro
Paul Jefferies
Jefferies
DeMiro
New York State
Aged Woman Annie Thompson Improves After Injury
Miss Annie Thompson aged 78 of 927 Oak Street Indiana suffered head injuries and a fractured right wrist when a feed store accident occurred last Tuesday. Her condition today is reported as satisfactory, indicating improvement.
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Annie Thompson
Oak Street
Indiana
Thompson
Contempt Conviction Upheld Against Lewis and UMW
U S Court of Appeals upholds contempt convictions of John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers for defying a court order to halt a strike over miners pensions. Total fines set at 1,420,000 dollars with Lewis at 20,000 and the union at 1,400,000. The strike began March 18 and lasted over a month as Lewis pressed for a 100 dollar monthly pension.
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Washington
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Are
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Union
Finne
Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Cronk Rites Tuesday for Charles Cronk
Charles Cronk of Starford passed away at his home at 10:00 a.m. June 4, 1949. Born June 3, 1862 in Luverne County, he was the son of James and Jane Cronk and the last of the Cronk family. He worked in mining, serving as assistant superintendent then superintendent at Lucerne Mines in 1912. Survived by wife, children Alice, Cora Robertson, Kathryn Rodkey, William, James (deceased), seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday June 7 at 2:30 p.m. at Raleigh Funeral Home Hillsdale. burial Greenwood Cemetery. Interment in Hillsdale.
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Charles Cronk
Starford
Luverne County
James
Jane
Dean) Cronk
Cronk Fami
Oronk
Lucerne Mines
Homer City
Center Township
Cronk
Alice
Cora
Thomas Robertson
Windber
Kathryn
William Rodkey
Seward
William
Wilkes-Barre
Hine
Raleigh
Hillsdale
Rev
W. 5S
River of
Creekside Man Hurt in Fall on Philadelphia and Eighth
Maurice Miller, 38, of Creekside R. D. 1, was injured Saturday evening in a fall at the corner of Philadelphia and Eighth streets. He was taken to Indiana Hospital for treatment after receiving four stitches for a cut over the left eye. Local police reported the incident.
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Maurice Miller
Creekside
R. D
Philadelphia
Eighth Streets
Miller
Indiana Hospital
Invasion Remembered At Omaha Beach On D Day June 6 1944
The dispatch notes Allied landings on Omaha Beach as June 6 1944 marked a turning point in World War II. It describes battles, the destruction and sacrifice along the coast, wreaths by Norman girls, and ceremonies in villages from St Laurent to Vierville with honors to U S and French figures.
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Omaha Beach
France
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Brooklyn
Belsen
Hiller
Universal Brotherhood
United States
Joseph O'Hare
Paris
Smith Hutton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
St. Laurent
Vierville
Robert Hereland
Hitler
George R. Clemens
Vicksburg
Miss
457Th
Economic Cooperation Administration
O. 4
Greer
Kansas City
War Dad Association
Peace Talks Resume Between Coal Producers And UMW
In Bluefield West Virginia on June 6, negotiators try again after a weekend recess as United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis weighs whether to attend in person. President Joseph Moody of Southern Coal Producers accuses stalling and presses for clarity on operator representation.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Betwen Southern Coal Producers
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Washington
John Ownes
Owens
Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
Milic” Wetwern
U.S
United Mine
Giants Trade Rhawn Poat for Pirates Kirby Higbe
New York Giants ship Bobby Rhawn Ray Poat to Pittsburgh for pitcher Kirby Higbe in a straight trade. Higbe 24 pitched for Brooklyn then Pittsburgh. has 2 losses 0 wins this season and a rough May 26 start vs St. Louis. Rhawn 14 games 172 batting. Poat 31 with no decisions this year after 21 1 3 innings.
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New York
New York Giants
Bobby Rhawn
Ray Poat
Pittsburgh Pirates
Kirby Highe
Giants
Lask
Highe
Leo Wdwurocher
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Bill Meyer
St. Louis Cardinals
Rhawn Rats
Rhawn
Billy Rigsney
Peat
Higbe
Fairgrounds Gate Hit By Motorist
An unidentified driver crashed into the Sixth Street entrance of the Indiana Fairgrounds injuring no one but causing notable damage to the ticket office and fence. Local and State Police said they had not received any report about the incident.
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Sixth Street
Indiana Fairgrounds
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Mrs. Clark
Uncle Bill's Amusements
Phily
Rummage Sale Community Center
Benefit
St. Bernards
Ann Widdowson
Gazette
Joseph Dolan
Molotov
Orient
Homer U. Ps
Shorty’s
Indiana County
U.S. Court of Appeals
Free World
Normandy
Bucs
Fairgrounds Gate
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