Lodge cuts draft pool to twenty five thousand aliens
Senator Lodge proposes amending the two year draft bill to permit recruiting of anti Communist Poles Czechs and others who fled Russia's iron curtain Each man enlisted would displace one American from the draft and be used in Alaska the Far East and the Caribbean to avoid direct contact with Russians
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Washington
Senator Lodge
Rmass
United States
Lodge
Russia
Iron Curtain
Alaska
Far East
Caribbean
Trade Act Voted By US Senate
The Senate Finance Committee voted 5 to 4 to extend the Foreign Trade Agreements Act one year with a milder revision than the House. A Milikin Vandenberg amendment secures 30 day notice to Congress if Tariff Commission recommendations are ignored. Lodge proposed alien enlistment, cut to 25,000. Senate aims to finish this measure tonight despite seven more amendments pending.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Vandenberg
Mich
Millikin
Cole
Congress
Tariff Commission
Milikin-Vandenberg
Navy Recruiter Here Has Record
The Indiana Navy Recruiting Office led by Chief Quartermaster Albert L. McAtee set a recruitment record by sending 17 Indiana County youths to Pittsburgh for naval physicals. Ten are from Clymer High School’s 1948 senior class. names include Clyde Langham Edward Genung Charles Lambing Jay Smith Herbert Ward Andrew Bosso Deward Houck Homer Smith Norman Brigham Chauncey Cleland Robert Wissinger Earl Coalmer Charles Winters Thomas White Arla Fox.
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Indiana Navy Recruiting Office
Albert L. McAtee
McAtee
Indiana County
Pittsburgh
Great Lakes
Clymer High School
Clyde Langham
Edward Genung
Charles Lambing
Jay Smith
Herbert Ward
Andrew Bosso
Deward Houck
Homer Smith
Norman Brigham
Clymer
Chauncey Cleland
Robert Wissinger
Marion Center
Earl Coalmer
Dixonville
Charles Winters
Cherry ‘Tree
Homas White
Creekside
Arla Fox
Homer City
Two Vacancies In Indiana Schools
Two vacancies remain in Indiana Schools for a Supervisor of Physical Education in the Elementary Schools and for a Librarian and assistant coach. Harriet Figgles has left the system, and Harvey Huber has accepted a position elsewhere. Interested parties should contact Superintendent Edgard Perry in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
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Indiana
Harriet Figgles
Harvey Huber
Haverford Township
Edgard Perry
Pennsylvania
Bolivar Man Named Executive Director at Westmoreland Home
William Hendricks of Bolivar has been named executive director of the Westmoreland County Home replacing the late J A Grimm of Vandergrift. Hendricks previously served ten years at the home as clerk and assistant executive director and will be paid 5376 dollars annually.
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Greensburg
William Hendricks
Bolivar
Westmoreland County
J. A. Grimm
Vandergrift
Hendricks
Blairsville man arrested for suspended license
Francis Shitmatter, 67, of Blairsville R D 1, was arrested by State Police last night and lodged in the Indiana County jail. He faces charges of driving while license suspended per the sheriff’s office. Baseball Wednesday features A and P All Stars versus Army Stars at Lucerne Field at 7:00 p.m.
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Francis Shitmatter
Blairsville R. D. 1
Indiana
Shitmatter
A & P_ All Stars
Army Stars
Lucerne Field
R & FP All Stars
Ally Stars
R & P All Stars
Blast Rips Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles
A gas explosion at Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles ripped away the club house during breakfast hours. Fire crews from multiple departments battled extreme heat as they evacuated and searched for casualties. Police reported possible deaths with two bodies claimed by an ambulance driver, while others warned several buried or killed. The frame structure, rebuilt after a 1920s fire, was gutted. A officer near 20th Century Fox Studio described the blast as causing his uniform to rattle.
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Los Angeles
Hillcrest Country Club
Tire ‘l
Culver City
West Los Angeles
20Th Century-Fox Studio
Pico Boulevard
Dewey Off On New Tour
Albany dispatch reports Governor Dewey starts personal appearances in Virginia Maryland and North Carolina as he contests Tafts southern GOP support. First stop Baltimore hosts a dinner for Philadelphia convention delegates before moving to Richmond for a luncheon with Virginia delegates. Stassen will be entertained that evening.
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Albany
N. Y
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
New York
Ballimore
Philadelphia
Dewey
Baltimore
Richmond
Harold KE. Stassen
Egyptian-Palestine clashes and observer deployment reported
Fighting continues in northern Palestine as Arabs and Jews react to a four week truce proposal. Egyptian forces attempt to break a coastal trap near Isdud while a battalion of 1000 Egyptians faces Jewish forces. Twenty one American officers are ordered to serve as UN observers in Palestine, with assignments from Navy Army and Air Force branches.
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Cairo
Palestine
Wye
Tell Aviv
Isdud
Tel Aviv
el Aviv
Miesanim
Tidud
Che
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Arab League
League
Egy Mrans
Washington
State Department
Navy
Army
Count Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Michael J. McDermott
Bernadottle
France
Belgium
Jerusalem
United States
Russia
U. N
Lake Success
Red Army
McDermott
Security Council
whDermott
Ihe -Nalion
Ites
William C. Burdett
Talks On Contracts Postponed By Operators
Soft coal negotiators ask for 24 hours to discuss a contract offer to John J. Lewis. Negotiations, set to resume at 1 p.m. EST, were postponed to Wednesday as Lewis pressed for wage improvements and welfare fund guarantees. Ezra Van Horn’s suit to halt payments under the miners welfare and pension fund was answered in Federal District Court.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
John J. Lewis
Statler
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Welfare Fund
Federal District Court
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Miners Welfare and Pension Fund
GOP Family Tiff Looms On Housing
Washington June 8 The GOP faces a family spat over housing on the eve of its national convention. Rep Walcott will seek to introduce a Senate Taft housing bill but hints his version will differ. House hearings end today and floor debate follows next week as factions clash over platform and timing.
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Washington
Walcott
R-Mich
Taft
Wolcott
House Banking Committee
House
Congress
Senate
Philadelphia
Stores To Close Wed Afternoons In Indiana
Merchants cooperating with the Chamber of Commerce will close Wednesday afternoons starting tomorrow. The Wednesday closure will be observed during June July and August with a 5:00 p.m. closing for all stores under the Baseball Wednesday program.
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Chamber of Commerce
Indiana
Petrillo Promises Job For Margaret Truman
ASBURY PARK N J June 8 James Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians says he told President Truman not to worry the union will take care of getting Margaret Truman a radio job no matter what the outcome of this years presidential race Petrillo told the union s 51st annual convention yesterday that he had reassured President Truman about the future during a concert in Washington as month He did not indicate where his union would place its support this year but said he could always find a job for Margaret
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Asbury Park
N. J
James
Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFI
Truman
Margaret Truman
Ruman
Margaret
Taken To Clinic Brother Of Indiana Ricupero Taken To Mayo Clinic
Joseph Ricupero of Pittsburgh brother of the six Indiana Ricupero brothers was taken by his brothers to the Mayo Clinic today for treatment. The nature of his illness was not reported. Strawberry Festival. Wednesday June 9 6 30 to 9 00 p m. Ladies Home League of Salvation Army 645 Water St. Public invited.
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Joseph Ricupero
Pittsburgh
Ricupero
Mayo Clinic
Ladies Home League of Salvation Army
Water St
Clymer Launches Clean Up Campaign and Service Plan
Clymer Borough votes to accept Indiana Sanitary Company rubbish and ashes collection twice monthly for 2.00 dollars per month or 0.35 dollars per can, not compulsory but urged. Council also approves Morris Street resurfacing and paving of Third to Seventh Streets, reports progress on a new fire hall, and orders closing open ditches to end unsanitary conditions.
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Clymer
Down Council
Indiana Sanitary Company
Morris Street
Franklin Street
Elks Plan Flag Day Observance With Blairsville
J Murray Butterbaugh Exalted Ruler of Indiana Elks Lodge 931 announced a joint Flag Day observance with Blairsville Elks on June 14. Indiana Elks meet before 5:30 p.m. then caravan by car to Blairsville, forming in a reserved space along Philadelphia Street. Dr Willis C Bratt president elect of Indiana State Teachers College will speak. Auxiliary Elks, Ernest Band, and Boy Scouts will join the caravan.
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J. Murray Butterbaugh
Indiana Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks
Lodge 931
Blairsville
Philadelphia Street
Seventh
Eighth
Indiana
Willis C. Bratt
Indiana State Teachers College
Elke
Ernest Band
Boy Scouts
Krebs Resigns From Pa Air Post
Walter W. Krebs resigns as member of the Pennsylvania Aeronautics Commission. Krebs was named March 27, 1947, and resigned effective June 1. The post paid a salary. Also notes a baseball item: Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. A&P Allied game with 250 attendance.
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Harrisburg
Walter W. Keebs
Johnstown 'I Ribine Publishing Company
Pennsylvania Aeronautics Commission
Krebs
Ohio Woman Helen Smith Arrested in Salisbury
Ohio resident Helen Smith, 35, was arrested in Salisbury last night on a totality charge per the county sheriff's jail docket and was lodged in the county jail.
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Helen Smith
Ohio
Salisburug
Hen Lays Bets Along With Eggs
In PEVHRONT, Charles Overton, 40, faced a charge related to gambling after patrolman Ross Fausting found a book of numbers and tickets in a hen’s nest. The officer reported a strange cackle from the hen before discovering the items, suggesting someone hid bets beneath the fowl.
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Lyme
Charles Overton
Ross Fausting
Recorder
George Murphy
Overton
Grand Jury Indicts Nine in Indiana County
Indiana County Grand Jury handed down nine indictments and one non true bill. Prosecutor J Mthnway Duterbaugh will handle case openings next Monday as jurors prepared yesterday. Indictments include larceny, open lewdness, assault, and resisting arrest with several defendants named from Rochester Mills and nearby areas.
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Indiana County Grand Diary
J Mthnway Duterbaugh
Dunetery
Anthony ‘Troiant
Pittsburgh
Larry Sliver
Rochester Mills
Harold & Comb
Arthur Silvis
School St
Ladiana
Walter
Ruffner
Ineliana R
Calvin Fedder
North ‘Hive
Incigna
William Pistiniizi
Ten year old boy pulled from concrete mixer accident
A ten year old boy, David Neale, started the concrete mixer himself while playing and was whirled around for several minutes. He was pulled out dazed and bruised after two hours in the machine, but otherwise unhurt. Local report from Burnham, Eng.
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Burnham
Eng
Juar
David Neale
Rioting in French Morocco Leaves Dozens Dead
Casablanca dispatch reports Arab Jewish violence across Oujda Djierada and surrounding areas. Police say 47 Jews were killed at Djierada after earlier deaths in Oujda, as mobs attacked streets and authorities restored order with gendarmerie patrols.
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Casablanca
French Morocco
Djer- Jada
Oujeu
Djierada
Oujda
Palestine
Djerada
T Uiere
Female Gestapo Spy Executed in liberated France
Genevieve Danelle, a Gestapo spy, was executed today as the first woman to face a firing squad in liberated France. She was convicted of betraying hundreds of resistance members and torturing victims. Her accomplice Roger Calame was executed with her. He feigned insanity and claimed to have invented a turbine engine. The two faced the squad as the sentence was carried out.
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Pails
Cgenevieve! Danelle
France
Roger Calame
Cilame
Navy Office Here Honored with Monthly Trophy
Burgess J. Roy Maloney accepted the Wap of the Month trophy from Lieut. Gordon Evans in a presentation here. The Indiana Recruiting Office earned the honor for outstanding monthly recruiting in the Tri-State Area, with Albert L. McAtee praised for his team’s efforts.
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Burgess J. Roy Maloney
Gordon L. ‘Evans
Naval
State
Indiana
Ted Lewis
Navy
Tri-State
Albert L. McAtee
Evans
Legion Plans New Home In Clymer
The Clymer American Legion Post 1222 approved immediate plans for a new post home estimated at about 100000 dollars including equipment. Indiana architect Carleton Winslow will design. work should start soon and finish in about eight months. The two story building will stand beside the present Legion home on Franklin Street with facilities for meetings, a dance floor, bar, bowling, game room, offices, kitchen and trophy rooms. The current Neely Hotel former post home will be torn down after completion. Delegates to the State Legion Convention in Philadelphia Aug 18 to 21 were elected and the post voted to pay 50 dollars toward convention expenses.
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Clymer American Legion
Post 1222
Carleton Winslow
Indiana
Post
Legion
Franklin Street
Clymer
Neely
State Legion
Philadelphia
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Wherry
Nebraska
John L. Lewis
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UMW
John T. Jones
Willian Blizzard
George J
Filter
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Gop
Gour County
Gazette Poly
Elks
Air
Gestapo
Esther Circle
Methodist Church
Navy Office
Malaea
BR & FB
Army Steel
Lucerne Fi ‘Linen
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