Duff Denies Candidacy Control Fight Over Pa Delegation
Governor James H. Duff, head of Pennsylvania's 73 member delegation to the Republican National Convention, issued conflicting statements on his status and the delegation's control. He said he would fight to unit if forces seek control, then refused to comment on the matter. He also denied being a candidate and rejected rumors of a power dispute with backers of Senator Edward Martin.
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Harrisburg
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia
Duff
U.S
Edward Martin
The
Inquirer
John JM. Cummings
G. Mason Owlett
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
the Inquirer
Vely
Owlett
Cummings
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Judge Rules Strip Tease Take-'em-off Not Obscene
Cincinnati judge rules that strip tease in a magazine is not obscene and declares an Ohio obscenity statute unconstitutional. Judge Stanley Struble acquits Oscar Lerner and calls obscenity laws shackles on the brain. He says God’s handiwork shows no obscenity and notes natural sex ideas are part of life.
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Cincinnati
PGA
Stanley Struble
Common Pleas
Ohio
Struble
Oscar Lerner
Cincinnati News
Girl Killed By Train At Saltsbury
Katherine Gardner, daughter of Allen Gardner and Bessie Gardner Petrilla, was struck by a 65 car freight train near Saltsbury as she held a whistle. Engineer Havis said the locomotive, about 30 or 35 mph, could not stop in time after emergency brakes were applied. The girl was thrown down an embankment. coroner Fleming and railroad detective F. E. Fullam led the investigation to determine if an inquest is required.
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Havis
Gardner
F. E. Fullam
Blairsville
Pennsylvania
Fleming
Katherine Gardner
Allen Gardner
White Station
Bessie
Clark) Gardner- Petrilla
New Kensington
UN Peace Efforts Extend Four Weeks On Rhodes
Reader highlights show UN peace talks underway on Rhodes under UN auspices for four weeks as Jews and Arabs tweak positions. Reports cite clashes near Latrun with claims of Israeli gains and Arab casualties, plus Arab operations east of Majdal and coastal tensions south of Tel Aviv as Egyptians claim renewed siezure efforts.
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Raft
Rhodes
United Nations
Israel
Arab Legion
Latrun
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Alt Arab Legion
Amman
Frans-Jordan
Majdal
Cook Says Coal Strike Not Wanted
Southern coal operator H. K. Cook of Knoxville warns some operators may be angling for a lock-out to push coal prices higher after the current stalemate with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. He says a strike is not wanted and criticizes Taft-Hartley claims while noting his 500 independent operators and 40 million tons annual output.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
Southern
John L. Lewis
H. K. Cook
Knoxville
Tenn
Charles O'Neill
National Coal Operators’ Group
Welfare Fund
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Cook
Rep
Hartley
R-Nd
House Labor Committee
UMW
Soteneat
Diamond Coal Company
T. Alan Goldsborough
Mishmar Hay Yarden Falls Reported by Syrians
North Palestine headlines declare the Syrian Army has captured Mishmar Hay Yarden, with earlier reports of its destruction. Lebanese Premier Riad Solh says Lebanese and Arab forces reached Nazareth and Afula, halting the Jenin to Haifa road. King Abdullah plans Jerusalem visit via Jericho Road, while Bernadotte mediates peace from Rhodes. US naval observers arrive in Cairo en route to Haifa.
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Isdud
Mishmar Hay Yarden
Upper Galilee
Damascus
Yel Aviv
Beirut
Lebanon
Riad " Solh
Nazareth
Afula
Jenin
Haifa
jJenin
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah Ar
Jerusalem
Jericho
Folke Bernadotté
U. N
Rhodes
Amman
Promier Yewfik Abu Abuda
U. S
Cairo
Bernadotte
Thord Bonde
Sweden
Trans—Jordan
British man markets rodent loving flute in rat lure
John Heywood, 48, claims a wooden flute emits sex appeal that lures rats from sewers. He describes using the instrument to attract and then kill rodents, reporting a single night’s slaughter of 1,147 in North Wales. He seeks buyers abroad, including Canada and the United States, after a BBC radio interview.
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Britain
John Heywood
Piper
Hamelin
Mr. Heywood
America
U. S
Corby
Northamptonshire
U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service
Department of Interior
Chirag
Wales
Italy
West Indies
Holland
Denmark
Switzerland
Canada
United States
Heywood
BBC
UP Church Warned of Segregation
NEW WILMINGTON Pa June 11 71 The White President of a negro college said segregation reinforces a false value system and retards the souths economic development He told the United Presbyterian Church assembly in Westminister College that segregation has created caste churches rather than Christian ones He cited Knoxville College a 73 year old accredited eastern Tennessee institution with 300 students noting most Negroes have little access to higher education with about one in 2000 attending college
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New Wilmington
J. Reed Miller
Knoxville (Tenn
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church In North
Truman Plans Flood Tour to Pressure Congress
In Olympia Washington President Truman paused his flood relief bombardment to fly over the Columbia River area and vowed to press his case across the nation. He warned that continuing the policies of the 80th Congress would be “your funeral” and criticized Congress for high prices housing shortages and stagnant labor welfare.
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Olympia
Wash
Truman
Congress
Columbia River
Sylvester Park
Flood Strikes Portland Airport and Lake Resort
Flooding on the Columbia River breached a side dike near Portland evacuations kept pace as the river rose to a new 1948 high amid warnings of more cresting. The Boeing Reynolds aluminum plant area and golf courses faced inundation while army engineers and sheriff crews evacuated residents and guarded key facilities. Canadian Fraser River also hit a yearly peak as authorities ordered fresh evacuations to curb rising flood risk.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
Sheriff's Office
Army
Sheriff’s Office
Vanport
Portland Meadows
Reynolds Company
Fraser
Danish Freighter Hits Mine
The Danish freighter Kjoebenhavn struck a mine between Copenhagen and Aalborg in the northern Kattegat and sank within ten minutes four miles south of Aalborg Bay. About 200 passengers were rescued by the Frigga, many with wounds or exposure, while 28 crew members were saved. lifeboats were limited and authorities work to reconstruct passenger lists as trains carry relatives to northern Jutland.
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Copenhagen
Aalborg
Kattegat
Ughtshin
Frigga
D. F. D. S. Company
Danish State Railway
Jutland
Senate Draft Bill Expands Service for 19 to 25 Year Olds
Senate approves a draft plan to fill the armed forces to full strength by inducting men aged 19 to 25. The bill’s life is cut from five years to two, while a House-backed reform of court martial systems is added and poll taxes for inductees are banned. A foreign legion proposal allows 25,000 aliens to be recruited and possibly gain citizenship after satisfactory service. The House plan lacks this provision. The Senate rejects a mandatory start draft via presidential proclamation after a 9 day wait.
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Senate
Air Force
Foreign Legion
Armed Services
Ironworker Charged With Girl's Death
NORRISTOWN June 11 P A husky 19 year old ironworker was charged with murder after the body of Anna May Catanese 19 was found in a creek near a lovers lane in upper Merion Township Montgomery County District Attorney EB Arnold Forrest said Marlo Giannone who was charged with the girl's death signed a statement that he killed the Bridgeport Pa girl after an argument Magistrate Joseph A Kurylo ordered Giannone held without bail for a further hearing on the murder charge Miss Catanese who worked in a radio tube factory recently came to Bridgeport from Jacksonville Fla to live with an aunt Forrest said Giannone told him he met the girl in front of her home and they went to the creek a distance of almost two miles After conversing for a short time Giannone said an argument started and Miss Catanese slapped him Forrest quoted Giannone as saying he then wrestled with her and grabbed her folding her head under water Then Forrest quoted Giannone as saying he carried the girl's body about 80 feet and placed it on the ground and fled
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Norristown
Anna May Catanese
Lovers Lane
Upper
Merion Township
Montgomery County
Arnold Forrest
Marlo Giannone
Bridgeport
Joseph A. Kurylo
Giannone
Miss Catanese
Jacksonville
Fila
Forrest
Democrats Plan Ladies Program At National Convention
Democratic planners unveiled a lavish ladies program for the 1848 National Convention including teas tours receptions musicals and fashion shows Presented by Lit Brothers with authentic historical costumes and presidential portraits The event aims to attract more women delegates and wives of male delegates with a July 12 opening and a three day pre convention buildup Also notes a home care tip for coffee and a line about snakes at a distance.
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Herb Altscuull
Philadelphia
United States
Democratic National Committee
Maydb
Bernard Samiel
Lit Brothers Department Store
Kathryne Sura
Obituaries for Sylvester Stump and others in Indiana County
Obituary notices list Sylvester Stump of Hollidaysburg age 86, former Indiana County farmer and later railroad carpenter, with several survivors and a service at Evangelical Church Uniontown. Also noted are deaths: Lucy Short Mellinger, Henry Jones, Michael Hovanec, with burial plans in Akron and nearby cemeteries. Funeral arrangements and obituaries include spousal survivors, siblings, and distances to service locations.
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Sylvester Stump
Hollidaysburg
Indiana County
Albert Wise
Commodore
Warren King
Cherry Tree
Barnesboro
Clarence Stump
Grant Year
Rev. J
Shaffer
Lucy
Short) Mellinger
Indiana
Rickly Hospital
Springfield
Ohio
Nellie Condron
Homer City
Flora Mamer
Barberton
Lakewood Cemetery
Akron
Michael Hovanec
Cambnodore
Indiana Memorial Hospital
John Hovaneec
Mary Hvozda Hovanec
John H. Jr
Atalita
Anna Sapp
Helen Skundrica
Pittsburgh
Margaret Sullantsy
Spangler
Veronica Tuleh
Mary Erringer
North East
Joseph
Alexandria
St Michael Greek Catholi Church
Clymer
Andrew Kertz
Raireigh Funeral Home
Radiosonde Lands On Indiana Farm From Weather Bureau
A strange sky object descended near Indiana Route 422 as a khaki balloon with a red parachute and radiosonde from the U S Weather Bureau landed on Stephen B Ray’s farm seven miles west of Indiana. The Rays’ dog alerted them, and the couple planned to mail the instrument to the Pittsburgh Weather Bureau after retrieving it.
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United States Weather Bureau
Ray
Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh
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