Soil Conservation Districts Meet Road Officials in Indiana County
Indiana County Soil Conservation District directors met with state and county officials to review a new memorandum of understanding with the Pennsylvania Department of Highways. The discussion highlighted soil conservation in highway planning and drainage, noting reduced maintenance costs from consensus practices and plans to extend similar arrangements to Clarion and Jefferson counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 8. Green
Highsway
Larl Pfaister
Indiana County Soil Conservation District
State Soil Conservation Commission
Pennsylvania Department of Highways
Soil Conservation District
Oscar A. Kimmel
Soil Conservation
Kimmel
Highway Department
Pfeiffer
Green
Clarion County Soil Conservation District
Jefferson County
Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Soil Conservation Service
Lebanon
Erie
Pennsylvania
Lilienthal Charge Now Is Laxity
Senator Hickenlooper says the Atomic Energy Commission lax in guarding A bomb secrets. He alleges loyalty questions and security lapses allow spies access. The Senate House Committee debates whether to reveal named employees while probing mismanagement under AEC chairman Lilienthal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate House Atomic Committee
AEC
Lilienthal
Senate House Committee
Commission
FBI
Senate
House Committee
Tragic Grammar School Boat Trip Near Catalina
Balboa California June 7 Two persons feared drowned and 14 others mostly children rescued after a grammar school boating trip to Catalina Island ended in disaster. Survivors describe a 50 foot power cruiser Otay listing as gas tanks drained unevenly and a live bait tank loosening, causing a near capsizing that swept 16 from the decks. some climbed back aboard as the helmsman steadied the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balboa
Calif
Catalina Island
Otay
Catalina
Coast Guard
Sounds Like Her Says Berle Skewered Kirsten Voice
Hollywood reports opera star Dorothy Kirsten will sue Milton Berle over a NBC burlesque gag she calls the most horrible singing ever heard. Berle denies the charges and says the voice belonged to singer Katharine Mastice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Oper
Dorothy Kirsten
Milton Berle
Berle
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Katherine Mastice
Aboard C-46 Crashes After Engine Falters
Aboard the C-46 Curtiss Wright Commando with 73 aboard, including 15 children, crash near Kansas City. Captain Lee H. Wakefield of Stanford, Conn. survived as passengers describe frantic efforts with life jackets and rafts. A $ salvaging operation commences as a Big Seven sweep ends with an 80-51 score over Southwest Conference champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
United States
Lee H. Wakefield
Stanford, Conn
Juan Rivera Leon
Ponce
Hervoyn
Gilberto Diaz Montanez
Guardo
Kansas City
Kans
Air Force Takes Three Area Men
Three area men were inducted into the U S Army Air Force per Indiana Recruiting Office report. They are Donald J. Smith of 989 Oak Street Indiana, Harry Little, and Dalles C Rainie of 265 Fifth Street Sagamore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S, Army Air Force
Indiana
Donald J. Smith
Oak Street
Harry §. Little
Homer City
R. D
Dalles
Bob Mathias Graduates Kiski Class of Sixty Seven
Olympic decathlon champion Bob Mathias graduates from Kiski on Sunday with seventy two seniors receiving diplomas. Dr. Richard Scandrett delivers the commencement address as Rev Adam Weir Craig gives the baccalaureate sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Mathias
Kiski
Richard B. Scandrett
Scandrett, Tuttle, & Chalaire
New York
Adam Weir Craig
Eiski
Lawrenceville School
Mathias
Francis L. Marginot
Mathias Saturn
Bob Mathiaa
Acool
Search Goes On For Pen Fugitives
Police moved into woods nine miles north of Moundsville W V to pursue two of 14 West Virginia Penitentiary escapees. A farmer fired at the men after seeing them in a barn. The missing trio includes Eddie Starcher Denver Vanenst and Gerald Nolan. Vannest is deemed most dangerous, serving 25 years for armed robbery and malicious wounding.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Here
West Virginia Penitentiary
Viola
Marshall County
BE. E. Stout
Stout
Southern Operators Demand Retreat in Bitter Mining Session
Miners led by John Owens urged broad public access to the bargaining conference but the divided teams deadlocked. Rumors linger that another memorial shutdown could occur next week over Dr. James Boyd’s Bureau of Mines appointment. Protesters warn a fresh walkout could cut into above ground coal deliveries while demanding a sound actuarial base for a $100,000,000-a-year welfare and pension fund to avoid government takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secreary
John Owens
Lewis
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Lewis Moody
Lions pick State College for 1050 convention site
The Pennsylvan ia Lions Clubs state convention selected State College as the convention site. No formal date was set as of June 1. Local Lions officials anticipated events at the 38th annual meeting with details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Flphia
Pistia
Pennsylvania
Lions Clubs
State College
Rep Velde Seeks Truman Explanation On Soviet Agent Case
Representative Velde of Illinois urged President Truman to explain why Russian agent Andrei Schevchenko was allowed to leave the United States without prosecution. Testimony before the House Un American Activities Committee alleged Schevchenko, in 1943 and 1944, sought wartime jet and plane design secrets by bribing Bell Aircraft employees in Buffalo, with payoffs in cash. Schevchenko departed in 1946 and no arrest followed. Witnesses were Joseph J. Franey and Loren G. Haas of Buffalo Niagara Falls residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Velde
Truman
Andrei Scevchenko
House Un-American Activities Committee
Schevchenko
Bell Aircraft Company
Buffalo
Joseph J. Franey
Niagara Falls
Loren G. Haas
North Atlantic Pact ratification urged by Senate panel
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged ratification of the North Atlantic Pact as the best way to avoid world war three. It warned that failure would have disastrous consequences abroad and supported early action to maintain momentum of European confidence. The treaty was signed April 4 by the United States Canada and 10 European nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Europe
Canada
Russia
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Lost Three Steers and 1519 Chickens at Morganza School
Harrisburg reports say three steers vanished from Morganza State School and 1519 chickens died in a single year. Acting Welfare Secretary Emlyn Jones said an investigator was sent after an audit covering June 1 1947 to May 31 1948. The audit noted 30 steers in records but 29 on headcount and questioned 100 bushels of wheat allegedly sent to Mayview State Hospital but not recorded arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Morganza State School
G. Harold Wagner
Emlyn Jones
James H. Duff
Mayview State Hospital
Labor Party May Harry Vote The Election Timing
Strabolgi urged the Labor Party to call a fall election before the economic blizzard hits. At the party conference he and colleagues discussed strategy against Winston Churchill's Conservatives. Deputy PM Morrison opposed debating the date, saying it will be decided by the Prime Minister after party consultation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strabalgi
Winston Churchill
Strabolgi
Attlee
Herbert Morrison
Japs Seek Formosa Liberation From China
In Tokyo on June 7 Formosan league leaders appealed for liberation of Formosa, claiming 20,000 members in Japan and representing 6.5 million Formosans. The manifesto warned of civil war involvement and urged protection from war, arguing Cairo Conference deals handed Formosa to China without Formosan consent.
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Tokyo
Formosanis
Japan
Formosan League
Formosa
China
United Nations
Kiwanians Hear Talk By Virginia Hill
Virginia Hill daughter of Kiwanian Gardner Hill, a Red Cross worker and Marine Corps staffer on leave from Japan and Korea, spoke to the Kiwanis Club on Korean customs, poverty, and culture. She will report to Alexandria Va and then Philadelphia Naval Hospital. The talk covered Korea’s urban life, cuisine, homes, religion, and democracy among youth, with remarks on Japan and wartime attitudes. Four Clymer Club visitors joined the meeting as Lew McGill marked a new daughter and Raymond Shick noted his 25th wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Misa Virginia Hill
Gardner Hill
Marine Corps
Japan
Korea
Red Cross
Alexandria
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Miss Hill
Kiwanis Club
United States
Hill
Mark Barkwell
Indiana County Voluntary Block Service
The
Clymer Club
Lew McGill
Raymond Shick
Judge Finds Chambers Inconsistent In Grand Jury Testimony
New York June 7 federal judge Samuel H Kaufman ruled Whitaker Chambers' grand jury testimony was inconsistent with his current trial testimony on two perjury counts against Alger Hiss. The judge granted Stryker access to additional grand jury minutes, a move the government called unusual. Chambers had testified he feared kidnapping or assassination in 1938 when visiting Hiss, though he stayed for supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Samuel H. Kaufman
Hiss
Lloyd Paul Stryker
State Department
Chambers
Kaufman
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
McCarthy Leaves For Conference
Pp F McCarthy general agent for Bankers Life Insurance Company of Nebraska in Indiana has been advised of his selection and appointment to the cadets as agents advisory committee. He leaves this morning to attend a Lincoln Nebraska conference during the week of June 6 to set up plans for the summer and review company activities.
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Pp. F. McCarthy
Bankers Life Insurance Company of
Nebraska
Indiana
McCarthy
Lincoln
Obituaries for Shirley Owens and local residents in Indiana
Obituary notices list Shirley Ann Owens 11 of La Jose born 1998 died June 6 in Indiana Hospital with services set June 8 at Harmony Church Burnside Township. Other notices honor William Conrad Wissell longtime Indiana resident, Jerry Sipos twins, Laura Austin of Glen Campbell, James Craig Homer City and related survivors, with funeral plans in Indiana area churches and cemeteries.
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Shirley Ann Owens
Ernest and
Charlotte Austin Owens
Indiana Hospital
la Jose
Roger Busgene
Harmony Church
Burnside Township
F. Paarca
E. BR. Miller
Frieds
Harvey Owens
McCardi
Burnside
William Conrad Wissel
Indiana
Philadelphia Street
John Adam
Curran) Wissell
Lonergan Hyslop
Pittsburgh
Wissell
St. Bernard's Catholic Church
Sutila
Wayne Avenue
St. Bernard’s Catholic Church
James Brady
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Jerry Sipos
Jane Ellen Sipos
John
Catherine Sipos
Homer City
Children’s Hospital
Jane Ellen
Bell Funeral Home
Rev. Thomas
Oakland Cemetery
Laura Austin
Glen
Cora Mason
Towanda
Florance Miller
Clifton Springs
Curtis Sheppard
Clifton Spring
Albert Sheppard
Rochester
N. Y
Baptist Church
Glen Campbell
Lester Norton
Baptist
Smithfield
Vance Funeral Home
James Craig
Margaret Patterson Craig
F. Moore
Bishop Bridge
Scotland
William
Jean Kyle Craig
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
J. Craig
Doctors Refuse To Be Fired In Milledgeville Hospital
In Milledgeville Georgia thirteen of sixteen doctors at the state mental hospital were dismissed as a mass firing. Medical superintendent Dr T G Peacock delivered resignations to welfare director Jack Forrester who rejected them and ordered the doctors off state owned housing within 94 hours. Forrester announced eleven more physicians would take over immediately.
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Berlin
Charlottenburg
West Berlin
Milledgeville
Georgia
T. G. Peacock
Jack Forrester
Forrester
Peacock
Dr Fishbein Ousted by Medics in AMA Shakeup
New York June 7 Dr Morris Fishbein long viewed as spokesman for American medicine has been toppled as editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. He has had no vote in the AMA House of Delegates and rarely attends its secret sessions, yet he is described by some as the “czar” of American medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Fishbein
Journal
AMA
House of Delegates
Coar
Dr. Fishbein
Democrats Ready Fight On Housing
Democrats gear for a major House battle over President Truman's housing bill. House Leaders convened a mass meeting at 3 p.m. EST to rally members, while Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts urged halting new spending programs. The Rules Committee weighs whether to clear the measure for action or bypass it under new anti bottlenecking rules, with a vote possible on June 27 and a showdown anticipated next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Martin
Massachusetts
House Rules Committees
Rules Committee
McCormack
Rotary speaker William Kelley outlines PA Association for the Blind aims
Rotary Club heard William Kelley executive director of the bi county Pennsylvania Association for the Blind describe the group's aims and accomplishments at the Indiana Hotel last evening. In a related note state college 1881 first class graduation had no diplomas with Evan Pugh as president unable to find a satisfactory diploma design before 1865.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Pennsylvania Srata College
Felix Lemaigre du Breuil
Paris
France
Penn State
William &. Kelley
Pennsylvania Association For the Blind
Rotary Club
Indiana Hotel
Kelley
Pennsylvania State College
Evan Pugh
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American Legion In
Clymer
Clymer American Legion
David Johns
Edward Oakes
Ward Oakes
Clyde Schelfe
Samuel Haer
John Shank
Indiana County Council of the American Legion
Earl Oakes
Samuel Capizzi
Forrest Lockard
Carl Craig
Nestor Stephens
Wilbur Eddings
Salvage
Bob Mathias Kiski Grad
Rep. Velde
Byrnes
Haas
State College, Ps
Franklin C. Banner
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Eggers
Labor Party
Harry
Virginia Hill
Wea
Yale
Secret
Infakt
Wedsem
Fale
Funeral Homes
Indiana and
Saltsburg
Zenith
Magnavox
Dumant
Art Lewis
Phil
Tudona
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