Senators Consider Telegram Spying and Expense Cap
June 8 report from Washington outlines Senate scrutiny of telegraph use at government expense. A top limit of 300 telegrams per senator was proposed, with a $2,600 annual expense allowance on top of a $10,000 salary. The Appropriations Committee discussed the secret-session findings, while Senators Bridges and others warned of a floor fight as the bill moves to action. The annual legislative appropriation totals just under $54 million for the next fiscal year, about $1.1 million more than the House approved.
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Appropriations Committee
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House
Dges
Congress
Strike Idle Hits New Low In Pennsylvania War Time Labor
The Associated Press reports Pennsylvania’s strike idle dropped to the lowest level since the war as anthracite walkouts settled. About 75,000 miners returned, with roughly 10,000 workers still idle in scattered strikes across the state. Layoffs affected firms including Allig Chalmers Pittsburgh 1,100 and Mack Manufacturing Allenstown 3,500, while other plants like Spicer Manufacturing Pottsville 1,400 and Philadelphia Tugboat Workers 200 faced stoppages.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Srate
Allig Chalmers
Pittsburgh
Mack Manufecturing Co
Allen‘town
Spicer Manufacturing Corp
Potts “Towns
Philadelphia
Rains End Red Drought Across Ukraine Regions
Moscow reports heavy rains ended a drought threatening spring wheat across southern Ukraine and northern Caucasus, with favorable crop conditions in Kharkov Kiev Stalingrad Volga Moldova Romania. UNRRA and Iranian officials warned drought would have devastated wheat vital to daily bread. Foreign reporters saw rain as a likely bumper crop change.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Caucasus
Tassasid
Apericy
Kharkov
Kiev
Stalingrad
Volga Basin
Moldasvia
Romania
UNRRA
Repudiation To Re-Educate Youth
Youth leader Baldur Von Sehirach’s repudiation of Adolf Hitler, once a Nazi advocate, may be published as a text for German youth to counter Nazi teachings. American officials say the plan is under study as part of re education efforts for postwar Germany. Meanwhile officials note a plebiscite result and royal movements as Umberto II faces a transfer of powers with prior papal audience.
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Ger
Interior Ministry
Inan Youth
House of Savoy
Supreme Court
Royal House
Umberto
Rome
Pius XII
Umberto Papal
Lions Club Holds Silver Jubilee Convention
Premier Aj and the Lions Club of the State of Pennsylvania announce the end of a brief reign at the Silver Jubilee Convention. The event runs June 3, 10 with departure plans for Pittsburgh, Portugal by plane tonight or tomorrow. W. S. Livengood, Secretary of Internal Affairs, scheduled to speak Tuesday June 11. Read the Gazette Classified Ads.
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Lions Club
Pennside de Cuasperi
Isylvania
Uorberto
Pittsburgh
Portugal
W. S
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M C Woman Slightly Hurt in Route 219 Crash
Mrs. Carria Good of Marlon Center and Mrs. Pearl Little of Santa Anna California were slightly injured when their car skidded and overturned on Route 219 near Punxsutawney. Both women were treated at Adrian Hospital for cuts and abrasions.
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Carria Good
Marlon Center
Pearl Little
Santa Anna
Calif
Route 219
Punxsutawney
Petrillo Renamed Big Music Boss at AFM Session
James C. Petrillo began another term as head of the American Federation of Musicians as AFM considers entering broadcasting. A committee will study licenses for FM broadcasting and Petrillo may be empowered to apply. The convention also moved to place the records and transcription fund under the executive board with over $1,000,000 and growing. A Florida Sedition Act arrest threat on Petrillo was dropped after State Attorney McMullen found no grounds for action.
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ST. Petersburg
Frs
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Petrillo
AFM
Rules On Ws Babies Make Rules On Ws Babies
The War Department bans transporting babies under six months on wartime ships and limits pregnant wives and cargo with children under six years. The decision follows a board report on an epidemic aboard the Army Transport Zebulon Vance, where nineteen infants suffered diarrhea and six died at Fort Hamilton with additional infant deaths elsewhere.
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Washington
June
War Department
Board of Inquiry
Zebuton Vance
Fort Hamilton
Zebulon Vance
United States
Blairsville Man Wounded While Working At Latrobe Plant
Herman L. Mekic of Blairsville sustained a right hand wound while cutting a board at a Latrobe plant. A nail lodged in the board pierced his hand, and he received treatment at Latrobe Hospital Thursday.
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Blairsville R
Latrobe Hospital
No License Dale Hadden Arrest In Marion Center
Dale Hadden aged 24 of Marion Center BR D faces two counts of operating a vehicle without a license after a stop by Borough Malice at 4:55 p.m. yesterday. The vehicle was stopped due to a stop light and a nuisance causing a wildlife of questionable details amid unclear language.
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Dale Hadden
Marion Center
BR. D
Borough Malice
Hadden
Italy Begins As Republic Ceremonies mark republic move
Rome prepares for formal proclaimation of the Italian Republic with ceremonies planned for later today. King Umberto II is expected to abdicate and depart Italy for voluntary exile in Portugal, signaling a new republican era in the nation.
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Umberto 41
Italy
Portugal
Vets Struggle to Find Homes After Discharge
Washington June 8 APA Veterans Administration report shows 80 percent of a sample of 14 000 married ex soldiers were still seeking homes or apartments three to four months after discharge. Many doubled up with relatives or in crowded, poor quarters. The survey covers ex soldiers discharged last September at eight regional centers.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
National Housing Agency
Army and Navy
Cen‘tral States
Census Bureau
Iweeney
Yugoslavia Denies Mobilization Reports
Belgrade reports deny foreign press claims of a general Yugoslav mobilization. The government issued a bulletin stating the reports were published to impede the big four conference and affect Yugoslavia’s claims on Trieste.
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Belgrade
Bby
Sanjuane
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Reds Rap Use of Japs By Chinese Reds
A Tass dispatch from Shanghai says the Chinese government uses armed Japanese units against Communist troops. It reports Japanese troops aiding Chinese secret police and intelligence services. Some Japanese secret police officials are said to serve various American agencies in China.
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Moscow
Shanghai
Scous
Chinese
Secret Police
Chineese Intelligence Service
China
King Breaks Record of Service as Canadian PM
William Mackenzie King today marked his 6,998th day as Canada’s prime minister, surpassing Sir John A. MacDonald as the longest serving in dominion history. If he lasts until April 20, 1948, he would beat Britain's Empire record of 819 days held by Sir Robert Walpole in the early eighteenth century.
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Ottawa
William
Javon Mackenzie King
Canada
Dominion
John A. MacDonald
Robert Walpole
Britain
Indiana County Medical Society District Session
Members of the Indiana County Medical Society will attend the Ninth Concilor District meeting at the Punxsutawney Country Club Thursday June 13 at 2 a.m. The district meeting replaces the regular June session.
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Indiana County Medical Society
Concilor
Pungsutawney Country Club
Truman Given H M Scuffle
New York June workers of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad threaten to extend a 10 day walkout as the dispute over the strike moves toward President Truman for settlement. William E B Skull, head of the locomotive engineers unit, says intervention could end the strike quickly if the President wills it.
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New York
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company
Truman
William EB. Skull
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Bridges predicts GOP narrows path for 1948 ticket
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire predicted the Republican Party will nominate a candidate who is neither extreme left nor right. He cited Governor Earl Warren as a model and criticized Secretary Wallace for asserting a reactionary nominee. Bridges argued Democrats lack leadership and questioned their California nominating prospects.
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Bridges
Republican Party
Earl Warren
California
Commerce Wallace
Wallace
Democratc
New England
Warren
Democrat
Major and GI Also Said Involved In Real-Life Thriller
Col. Miller recounts a wartime jewel heist tale tied to the royal house of Hesse. In 1944 they buried a lead lined casket of jewels and 1,600 bottles of wine at Kromsberg near Frankfurt. American troops later found the vault and recovered some items, while the War Captain in charge vanished with the casket after the War Captain returned to the U S to be mustered out.
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Colonel Miller
Royal House of
Hesse
Kromsberg
Frankfurt-ou--Main
Third Army
Georges. Patton
Frankfurt
Miller
Enefia
Col. Durant
Kranberg Castle
Sophie Hesse
United States
Miller Related
Governor Schoeppel Pays Himself A 16 Cent Pie Bill
In Manhattan a college student waiter recounted a quirky moment when Governor Andrew F Schoeppel offered a dime for the pie a nickel for the milk and a penny for the governor. He paid his 16 cents and left.
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Manhattan
Kass Tune & —Pj
Kansas
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Fire destroys wash house behind Henry residence
A wash house at the rear of H. J. Henry's Josephine home burned yesterday at 9:30 am. Homer City Blairsville and Black Lick fire crews battled the blaze in a 10 by 10, single story building. clothing and a washing machine were lost. The fire started when a hot stove overheated while heating water for laundry. Shingles on one side of the house burned but no further damage occurred. Fire Chief Ralph Wineman warned spectators that police would arrest gawkers, pledging action to keep volunteers safe.
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H. J. Henry
Josephine
Homer City
Blairsville
Black Lick
Henry
Hamer City
Ralph Wineman
Wineman
A. J. Campbell
Streamline Approval Hit By Patronage
Senate reluctance blocks early action on a reform bid to streamline Congress by cutting committees and hiring powers while expanding salaries and pensions. Senator LaFollette protests patronage fears as support for a director of personnel faces pushback amid the coming GPA extension fight.
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Senate
Congress
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LaFolette
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Moasutc
Hein
LaFollette
Allied Control To Be Eliminated In Italian Armistice
Italia Sera reported that the Allied Centro Commission in Italy would be eliminated under the third armistice signed at Paris on May 15. It said a new Allied general headquarters section would control Italian armed forces and war production until a peace treaty is signed, with Venezia Giulia and the province of Udine under Allied military control.
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Italia Sera
Centro Commission
Italy
Paris
Venezia Giulia
Ludine
Roxas Details Bandit Strife in Panlabangan New Ecija
President Roxas reported that hundreds of heavily armed men described as Hulbalahaps or bandits occupied Panlabangan in Nueva Ecija, established their own government, looted homes, and set up road blocks as fleeing officials left town. This is his first report on internal strife since taking office ten days ago.
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Manila
Roxas
Panlabangan
Nueva Ecija
Judge Seeks Return to Post Amid Sewer Project
Former circuit court judge plans to present his claim to regain his judgeship under the Selective Service Act as construction begins on an 8 inch sewer from Wayne Avenue to Marsh Run. Wayne Avenue is under re-tunneling by A F S Moreau and Sons of Indiana with workers starting the project Thursday.
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Selective Service Act
Senate
Wayne William Clark
Princeton
N. J
Marsh Run
Church
Third Circuit
Wayne Avenue
Roosevelt
A. F.S
Harry E. Kalodner Moreau
Traffic Toll Skyrockets in Pennsylvania Four Months 1946
Harrisburg reports motor fatalities in Pennsylvania reached 597 for the first four months of 1946, driven mainly by speeding and drunken driving. Pedestrians accounted for 290 deaths, with State Director T. E. Transeau citing pedestrians as at fault in over 80 percent of accidents and urging fines for careless walkers. Deaths rose in 51 of 87 counties, Allegheny led with a 32 increase.
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Pennsylvania
T. E. Transeau
Transeau
Allegheny
Delaware County
Boy Shoots Father In Hunting Mishap
A 41 year old Reynoldsville man, Her man Smith, is in critical condition at DuBois Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. He was allegedly shot by his 13 year old son George during a hunting trip when the boy fired, mistaking his father for a groundhog at a groundhog hole.
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Punxsutawney
Herman Smith
Reynoldsville
DuBois Hospital
George
Staff Ousted From Daily Pacific Army Newspaper
Twenty two staff members of the Daily Pacific Army newspaper were ousted today after a dispute over censorship in handling news. They were assigned to line duty with the 86th Division and appealed for a Congressional investigation. Local officers claimed they could not fulfill their mission under War Department directives.
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John Grover
Manila
Daily
Pacifican Army
J. G Christiansen
Army Forces
Western Pacific
War Department
George Carnell
Oklahoma City
Cornell
86Th
Thhey
E. J. McGaw
Unions Prepare Walkout Over Maritime Negotiations
The CIO led Maritime Unity committee of seven unions plans a leverage walkout tactic on Atlantic and Gulf seamen while AFL seamen on the West Coast press for immediate talks with the Pacific American Shipowners Association. A San Francisco session was set today, with shipowners spokesmen John B. Bryan and Gregory Harrison in Washington for talks.
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West Coast
Pacific
Committee For Maritime Unity
Curran
Harry Bridges
CIO
AFL
Harry Lundeberg
Pacific American Shipowners Association
San Francisco
Shipowners Association
John B. Bryan
Gregory Harrison
Washington
Committee For the Maritime Unity
Object to Vesting Power in People in Japan
Jiji News Service reports some House of Peers members oppose a provision in Japan's new constitution that would transfer sovereign rights to the people. The views were shared at a meeting yesterday between Yoshida government representatives and the upper house, according to sources close to the cabinet.
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Tokyo
Jiji
House of Peers
Japan
Yoshida
Made It Troy Soldier Draws Army Drafted
Joseph Villa, eager to join the armed forces, faced seven rejections but was called for induction four times and attempted to volunteer three times. He departed this week to serve as an army drafter amid wartime needs.
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Joseph Villa
Joe
Vandergrift Man Killed In Wreck Involving Vandergrift Victims
Altoona dispatch reports Albert Lee Hetherton of Vandergrift, 35, killed when the car collided head on with a truck on the William Penn Highway. Frank Costrini, 36, and Earl Zorzy, 29, both of Vandergrift, were injured. The crash left two others seriously injured and the hotel owner in New York listed among those damaged by the wreck.
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Albert Lee Hetherton
Vandergrift
New York
Frank
Case
Algonquin
Ee Hotel
William Penn High
Mukden
Duncansville
U. S. Reparations Commission
Frank Costrini
Earl Zory
Longula
Korea
Hetherton
Costrint
Edwin W
Pauley
Seoul
Heais
Greece faces civil war threats over royal decree
In Athens the Communist Party warned the royalist decree on death penalties for anti state acts could spark civil war. The General Confederation of Labor denounced it as Fascist revival, while authorities reported violent clashes in western Macedonia. Police and courts moved against suspected KKE and EAM plots, with dozens dead or harmed since April. Prime Minister Tsaldaris defended the decree as necessary to end terrorism.
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Communist Party
General Confederation of Labor
Ministry of Public Order
Macedonia
KKE
Jetlist
EAM
National Liberation Front
Sieures
Prymer Constantin ‘Tsaldaris
Indiana Relief Payments Rise in Indiana County
Ramsey S Black state treasurer reports that direct relief payments to Indiana County residents rose by 179.00 in the week ending June 6. Total payments reached 2474.00, 1216.00 above the same week last year, with the state bureau disbursements showing 2474.00 for the current week and 2395.00 for the previous week.
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Ramsey S. Black
Indiana County
Bureau of Assistance
Treasury Department
Obituaries for James C. Dias Lana Jane Warner and James M. Dick
Obituary notices report James C. Dias of Indiana dying in Cleveland at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday with services in Bell Funeral Home Indiana at 2:30 p.m. Rev. David K. Graham will officiate. interment Oakland Cemetery. Lana Jane Warner of 565 Oak Street Indiana dies at 5:00 a.m. after two years ill. widow of Harry S. Warner, survivors listed in four children and four grandchildren. services in Robinson Funeral Home Indiana and Allegheny Cemetery Pittsburgh. James M. Dick dies in White Township at 3:90 a.m. with widow Nancy A. Dick and children Lester C., Ralph L., and Mrs Orpha King. private funeral at I Streams Funeral Home and interment Manor Cemetery near Penn Run.
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James C. Dias
Indiana
Lakeside Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio
Bell Funeral Home
David K. Grahm
First Methodist Church of
Oakland Cemetery
Lana Jane Warner
Oak Street
O'Siack
Harry S. Warner
Pittsbrugh
Charles P
New Kensington
Howard W. Pittsburgh
Ida Mae Armstrong
Washington, D. C
Henrietta Greenan
West Orange
Robinson Funeral Home
Allegheny Cemetery
Pittsburgh
James M. Dick
White Township
Nancy A. Dicky
Lester C
Ralph L
Williamstown
West Virginia
Orpha King
Brushyaley
iStreams
Manor Cemetery
Penn Run
Powell River newsprint plant cuts week due to log strike
Powell River Company, leading newsprint producer in the British Empire, will shorten its work week to five and two-thirds days starting June 10 as British Columbia loggers strike. Mills idle 24 days. logs dwindling. talks stalled over a 25 cent per hour raise, hourly dues, and a federal arbitration proposal. Fruit growers fear crop losses. Ottawa eyed government control of mills in fruit centers.
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Powell River Company
British Empire
British Columbia
CIG
Powell
United Staties
International Woodworkers of America
AFL
Ottawa
Dominion
George S. Pearson
Victoria
Taxi Car Wreck On Church Street
Two cars sustained minor damage at 1 30 yesterday at the intersection of Seventh and Church Streets when an Orr Transportation Company taxi collided with a car driven by Harald B Kline of 306 South Street Police said the cab driven by James Weaver of Indiana R D 1 was eastbound on Church and turned onto Seventh in front of the Kline vehicle. Skid marks were noted on the road.
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Church Streets
Orr. Transportation Company
Harald B. Kline
Lfth
James Weaver
Indiana
Church
7Th Street
Kline
Rose Was Given RDX Information By Rose Trial Testimony
Montreal reports Dr. Raymond Boyer a Canadian scientist testified he discussed with Fred Rose a top secret explosive RDX. Boyer, charged with conspiracy in a Moscow directed espionage network, testified as a prosecution witness in Rose's trial on similar charges. The trial resumes this afternoon.
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Raymond Boyer
Fred Rose
Boyer
Rose
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