AVC Adopts Constitution At Convention
Des Moines June 17 three days of debate closed with AVC drafting a constitution and platform. Charles G Bolte reelected chair Gilbert Harrison named vice chair eight regional VPs elected 18 planning committee members yet to be chosen. Name change undecided. next convention and headquarters move to be decided by planning committee. AVC aims for 1 060 000 WW2 veteran members while rejecting a federal bonus pledge tied to Congress action.
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Charles G. Bolte
New York City
Gilbert E Hyrison
Los Angeles
National Planning Committee
AVC
New York
American Veterans Citizens
World Veterans
Bolte
Congress
CIO
AFG
South
Fed opposes broad tax cuts and urges prudent economy
The Federal Reserve Board told Congress on June 17 that there should be no further general tax cuts for the moment. It urged a prudent economy in government operations to sustain a budget surplus, maintain current interest rates, and support debt reduction to curb inflation. It recommended limits on bank holdings of long term securities and higher reserve requirements to restrain credit expansion.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Von Papen Sought To Stop Hitler
Franz von Papen testified at the International Military Tribunal that in 1932 he tried to block Nazi power by safeguards. He described a three-cabinet post limit, eight ministry shares to non-Nazis, and joint reports to the president to curb Hitler’s influence. He said the first Hitler government was non-Nazi under his instigation, aimed at preserving world peace, but Hitler seized control after Von Hindenburg’s death and von Papen’s influence waned.
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Mernberg
Franz von Papen
International Military Tribunal Today
Adolf Hitler
von Hindenberg
Hiller
Hitler
von Papen
von Hindenburg
Irish Start Navy Aid in June 1941 Purchase
Three corvettes bought from the British Navy for $1,000,000 will form the basis of the new Irish navy to patrol a thousand mile coastline. British seamen will be sent to instruct Irish crews in operating the new equipment.
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Sore
Eire
Britia
Fire
Righ Navy
County Boys At Carnegie Tech
Paul U. Henderson of Indiana and Raymond K. Thomas Jr. of Glen Campbell attend Carnegie Institute of Technology’s summer semester. Both are GI Bill veterans continuing education. Henderson majors in nautical engineering, a sophomore, and Thomas in chemical engineering, a sophomore, with Thomas previously attending Waynesburg College.
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Pittsburgh
Paul U. Henderson
Indiana
Raymond K. Thomas, Jr
Glen Camps
Bell
Carnegie Institute of ‘Technology
Henderson
Thomas
Waynesburg College
Kills Couple Rapes Wife In New Sarpy Parish
A search across St. Charles Parish sought the assailant who crushed the heads of Joseph and Mrs Petrolia in their home. Mrs Petrolia, 21 and pregnant, survived. the eight month old Mary Ann cried alerted relatives. A three foot stick was found nearby. nothing appeared stolen. Petrolia, 28, served as a Medical Corps sergeant in World War II. The killer fled through a back yard garden.
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New Sarpy
St. Charles Parish
E. J. Clayton
Joseph Petrolia
Mary Ann
Petrolia
Marry Schexnayder
Relief Payments Rise in Indiana County This Week
Ramsey S Black state treasurer reports direct relief payments to needy Indiana County residents for the week ending June 18 total $2358, up $116 from the prior week. This week’s payments are $1166 more than the same week last year, with Bureau of Assistance Disbursements showing $2358 for the current week and $2474 for the present week.
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Ramsey S. Black
Indiana County
Bureau of Assistance
State Treasury Department
Shortage Forces Zoo to Swap Animals at Griffith Park
Griffith Park Zoo faces hay and grain shortages prompting the park commission to propose selling or swapping eight dozen animals including four elk six auuds seven black and two white wallow deer one Brahma calf one Utah mule deer eight Karakul sheep and lambs and four mountain sheep and lambs replacements chosen for smaller appetites under the present constraints.
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Los Angeles
Griffith Park Zoo
The
Park Commission
Utah
Noon Stocks and Rail Ties Rally in Mixed U S Markets
A list of stocks shows mixed moves with many rail and industrials advancing while autos and consumer goods slip. Notable gains appear for Am Can, Boeing, Chrysler, and General Motors while others like Packard and Northern Pacific show modest declines.
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Chrysler Corp
Colun G & el
Selvents
Cons Edison
Curtiss Writ A
del Lack & West Titty Douglas Aircraft
el Auto Lite
Elee
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound Corp
Hercules
Int Harvester
Johns Manville
Kennecott Cop
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Val Coa
Libby McN & L
Liggent & Myers
Ly Loews Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prac
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
NY Central RR Bel
North Ameria
Northern Pacific
Packard Motor
Param Pictures
Penn
US Smen
A&m
US Steel
Warner Bros Pict
West UN Tel
Woolworth
Bbig
Youngst
Sh & T
Tight Squeeze as Sgt Briatta Wears Sinatra Pants
Chicago reports Sgt Joseph Briatta wearing a pair of pants gifted by Frank Sinatra as a souvenir. The sergeant, wider at the hips than the singer, had to forgo pockets to fit the fabric. The odd anecdote highlights Sinatra’s fashion as worn by a local lawman.
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Chicago
Spur Bill To Streamline Government
Washington June 17 House leaders push to steer a congressional streamlining bill past political pitfalls. The measure passed by the Senate would slash committees from 48 to 18, raise salaries by 5000 dollars, add technical staff, and establish a congressional pension. Faces stiff opposition in the House as election year politics loom.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Jona
Woman Charged With Death Of Indian Girl Rasph James
Victoria B C June 17 Police Chief Gilbert Stancombe said Mrs Ethel James has been charged with murder in the death of Rasph James a five year old Indian girl. The child died after a two day probe. Rosan daughter of Martin and Hilda James had been beaten to death while living with her aunt and uncle Ethel and Henry James for over two years.
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Ethel
Henry James
Red Cross Confab Delegates Arrive in Philadelphia
Delegates expected to exceed 6,000 began arriving for the 2st national convention of the American Red Cross in Philadelphia. The event opens four days of sessions tomorrow with discussions to feature speakers including former U S Supreme Court Justice Owen J Roberts and Count Folke Bernadotte of the Swedish Red Cross.
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Philadelphia
American Red Cross
U. S. Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Cent Folke Bernadotte
Swedish Red Cross
Son Seeks Mufti in Cairo Amid Disappearance
Mohamed Salah El Din El Hussein, 31, said he has no idea where his father, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, is. The son, studying at Azhar University in Cairo, has been calling the Arab League Secretariat daily for information about the father who vanished over a week ago from exile in France and has not been seen since 1941 in Iran.
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Cairo
Mohamed Salah el Din el Hussein
Jerusalem
France
Azhar Univerty
Arab League
Iran
Marines Recruit Here Until July 6
The U S Marine Corps recruiting office in the Courthouse will stay open for two more weeks until July 8. On June 24 it moves to the Post Office to finish the remaining recruiting period. A commodore man was accepted for Marine duty here and proceeds to Pittsburgh for his final physical examination.
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U. S. Marine Corps
Court House
Pittsburgh
BBC Censors Talk On Big 4 Censoring Peace Talk
CBS European chief Howard K. Smith reported that the BBC refused to broadcast his peace time commentary arguing Russia alone bore no blame for foreign ministers failing to craft European peace agreements. The BBC said Smith’s view was highly individual and the script would not be altered, canceling the June 13 talk and replacing it with another.
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London
Howard K. Smith
Columbia Broadcasting System
British Broadcasting Corp
Smith
Russia
BBC
Victorious Davis Coppers On Way to Mexican Matches
The United States Davis Cup team, after sweeping the open round and losing no sets to the Philippine Islands, heads to Orange New Jersey for the final zone clash with Mexico set for June 28 to 30. Billy Talbert and Gardner Malloy defeated Cesar Garmona and Felicisimo Ampon 6 1 6 3 6 1 to clinch the best three of five.
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St, Louis
United States
Philippine Islands
Orange
N. J
Mexico
Billy Talbert
Wilmington
Del
Gardner Malloy
Miami
Fla
Cesar Garmona
Felicisimo Ampon
Priday
U. S
Talbert
Malloy
Ampon
Probe Misuse of UNRRA Supplies
Athens reports UNRRA is investigating a claim that a UNRRA representative supplied a large amount of blankets sweaters and apparel to the left wing EAM agency in Levadia without authorization. A British subject involved aided unloading UNRRA marked trucks at the EAM office.
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Athens
UNRRA
EAM
Levadia
Ministry of Public Order
Levada
Child Hurts In Vehicle Collision In Indiana
Six year old Sally Anne Tocci sustained minor injuries when a truck driven by her father Frank Tocci collided with a car driven by Edward M Pierce at the Fifth and Chestnut street corner in Indiana. The crash occurred about 9 30 p m Sunday.
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Sally Anne Tocci
Frank Tocci
Edward M. Pierce
School Street
Indiana
Fifth
Chestnut Streets
Siam to be ruled by two regents until king comes of age
Bangkok, June 17. A permanent two man regency will govern Siam until King Phumipion, now 18, reaches his majority. The regents replace the temporary regency set after King Ananda Mahidol's death. They are Royal Prince Chhainat and Priya Manavaraj Sevi, speaker of the old national assembly.
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Bangkok
Siam
Phumipion
Ananda Mahidol
Chhainat
Priya Manavaraj Sevi
Block Russia On Plan For Japan's Land
The Allied Council rejected a Russian expropriation plan for Japanese land and approved a two year rural land reform plan from Britain for Japan. The plan caps ownership on Honshu Kyushu and Shikoku at seven and a quarter acres and 24.5 acres on Hokkaido. Atcheson did not vote on the British proposal, stating he sought advice rather than recommendations.
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Tokyo
Allied Council
Great Britain
Empire
George Atcheson, Jr
U. S
Kuzma Derevsyanko
Russia
Derevyanko
China
Britain
W. McMahon Ball
General MacArthur
Honshu
Kyushu
Shikoku
Japan
Hokkaido
Atcheson
Noted Springfield call prompts inquiry by State's Attorney
State's Attorney John W. Curren said a midnight telephone woke him with a caller claiming a prank message about a yard incident. The caller spoke of health issues and asked Curren to investigate, but he returned to bed with a headache.
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Springfield
Jame
John W. Curren
Curren
Second Chetnik Leader Pleads Innocent in War Crimes Trial
Belgrade court hearing Dr Stevan Moljevic, president of Mihailovic's wartime central committee, entered an innocent plea to war crimes charges. He disclaimed responsibility for alleged collaboration by Chetnik commanders and said he protested to Mihailovic about it. He claimed limited military role and accepted responsibility for his part in the organization.
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Belgrade
Stevan Moljevic
Gen
Draja Mihailovic
Mihailovic
Moljevic
Central Committee
Engineer Killed as Rail Bridge Washout Sparks Derailment
An engineer died and 44 Erie Rail road freight cars derailed when high waters washed out a small bridge on the right of way near Creston Ohio. Erie officials in Cleveland said details were scarce but believed the engineer leaped from the train to avoid an accident.
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Creston
Erie Railroad
Erie
Cleveland
Montreal
Fred Rose
Canada
Russia
David Elson Parker
Columbus
Ohio
Lve
Gosis
Stright Awarded Ph.D. At Cleveland
Isaac Leonard Stright, previously a mathematics instructor at Indiana High School from 1939 to 1942, earned a Doctor of Philosophy at Western Reserve University's 120th commencement in Cleveland Ohio. He is a professor at Baldwin Wallace College Berea Ohio and heads the Veterans Administration testing and guidance laboratory on that campus.
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Isaac Leonard Stright
Indiana High School
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Doctor Stright
Bulwdin- Wallace College
Berea
Veteran's Administration
German Solution By the Russians
Moscow dispatch quotes Tass from Paris stating that dividing Germany or keeping it unified does not curb aggressive German imperialism. The real solution requires destroying fascism, demilitarizing Germany, dismantling its armed forces and general staff, and democratizing state and economy.
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Moscow
Axpevia Tass
Paris
Germany
Jobless Peak Past-USES Veterans find more jobs in spring
Washington June 17 More veterans found jobs in April and May than were discharged from the armed forces, the United States Employment Service said. Robert C. Goodwin, USES director, said the peak of veteran unemployment has passed with about 500,000 veterans monthly returning to civilian life. The May Census report showed 2,310,000 unemployed, including 930,000 veterans seeking work, 800,000 veterans not working nor seeking, 570,000 students, and 300,000 retired or unable to work.
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Washington
Armed Forces
United States Employment Service
Robert C. Goodwin
USES
Goodwin
Census Bureau
Hunt for missing boy continues near Forest Hill Park
In Butler New Jersey on June 17 searchers from state and local police volunteer firemen Boy Scouts and neighbors comb the green woods around Forest Hill Park north of the town for seven year old Larry Blossfield who disappeared from a Sunday School picnic on Saturday. Some men with diving helmets searched the park pond as part of the effort.
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Butler
N. J
Forest Hill Park
Here
Larry Blossfield
Senor Extension Meet Is Planned
The Ox Hill Senior Extension Club will meet tomorrow evening at 7 00 p m at the Ox Hill school house. Dr Thomas Smythe head of the Science Department at the Indiana State Teachers College will conduct a nature study hour in cooperation with County Agent J W Warner. After the tour County Agent Warner will show a sound colored motion picture.
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Ox Hill
Thomas Smythe
Indiana State Teachers College
J. W. Warner
Warner
4-H Elders Ridge Club Meeting Set At Hood Home
4-H Elders Ridge West Lebanon group members and parents will gather tomorrow at 8 30 p m at T C Hood home in Elders Ridge. Assistant County Agent William C Cochrane will speak with members and plan future events.
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Elders Ridge
West Lebanon
T. C. Hood
William C. Cochrane
Judge Denies Ban Plot to Sign Foremen in UMW Case
Justice Jennings Bailey in U S District Court denied Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp petition seeking an order to restrain the government from urging a contract. The contract would give the United Mine Workers the right to enroll supervisory employees.
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Washington
Jennings Bailey
U. S. District Court
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
United Mine Workers
UFL
Ship Accord Blocks Labor Laws Says
Washington June 17 congressional friends of labor predicted a maritime settlement would halt drastic labor legislation this year. They said the emergency strike control bill faced by Mr. Truman would not pass, while Truman backed labor measures appeared unlikely to advance, after settlement reduced momentum for sweeping action.
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Clam Johnson
Washington
Congressional Friends of Organized Labor
Truman
Capitol Hill
Rep. Biemiller
D-Wis
House
Biemiller
White House
Senate
Britain to Have Bread Rationing Won’t Elude Shortage
London June 17 Britons may face bread rationing as John Strachey new food minister told a radio audience that it is highly probable rationing will come to the bread supply. He praised the United States for aid while noting American flour mills face shortages and bread queues. He warned soap rations would be cut and travels to Calcutta and to the first International Emergency Food Council meeting in the United States are planned.
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London
John Strachey
England
Strachey
Ben Smith
Britain
United States
Europe
America
Calcatta
International Emergency Food Council
U. S
Seven year old boy injured in highway collision near Shelocta
Dan Stiles, 7, of Shelocta R D 3, was listed in good condition at Indiana Hospital after being struck Friday on Legislative Route 32083 one mile north of McIntyre while walking with three other children. BE Harvey, 64, of West Lebanon drove the car that hit him. Maudie, 20, of McIntyre denied striking the second vehicle.
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Indiana
Dan Stiles
Russell Stiles
Shelocta R. D
BE. C. Harvey
West Lebanon
McIntyre
Stiles
John Maudie
Maudie
Obituary notices from Indiana County men and women
Obituaries list ARRETTA EWING MATSON of Livermore born 1874 in Conemaugh Township dies at home. services in Ebenezer Presbyterian Church with Rev. Crawford. interment Lewisville Cemetery. MARGARET ANNA KOVAR of Sagamore dies after eight months illness. Bowser Funeral Home Plumville handling arrangements. ANNA ATHERTON, 32, NuMine, dies in Indiana Hospital. Croyle Funeral Home Rural Valley aiding. LOUISE URISKO KERIN of Homer City dies at home. services at St. Louis Church with Rev. Rosenthal. interment at church cemetery. WILLIAM ERVIN CLAWSON of Lucernemines dies after long illness. funeral at home with services, interment Greenwood Cemetery. survivors include widow Edna, two sons, one daughter, six grandchildren.
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Arretta Ewing Matson
Livermore
R. D
Thomas Walker
Margaret Agnes (Marshall) Ewing
Conemaugh Township
John W. Ewing
Jeannette
R. Neilson Ewing
Cora Ella Ewing
R, D
Matson
Ebenezer Presbyterian Church
David Crawford
Lewisville Cemetery
Margaret Anna Kovar
Andrew Koval
Adrian
Punxsutawney
Sagamore
Saecred Heart Church of
Sagumoye
Andrew Frank
Magdalene
Betty
Helen Popic
Bowser Funeral Home of
Plumville
Anna Atherton
NuMine
Lawrence Atherton
Indiana Hospital
Croyle Funeral Home
Rural Valley
Louise Urisko Kerin
Homer City
John and
Annie
Geglich) Uriska
Yugslavia
Yugoslavia
St. Louis
Lucerne
Joseph Kerin
Homer Cty
Rose Maraz
Ernoon
Father Marion Rosenthal
Church
William Ervin Clawson
Sucerne Mines
William C
Isabelle
George) Clawson
Cherryhill Township
Indiana County
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Edna Kunkle Clawson
Arthur W. Lucernemines
Wendell C
Charles
Verna) Ling
Ernest
Charles Clawson
George Shirley
Blacklick
Lucernemings
Greenwood Cemetery
Cherry Tree Girl Earns B S Degree at Drexel Commencement
Gertrude E. Wilson of Cherry Tree was among 20 graduates at Drexel Institute of Technology fifty-fifth commencement. She received a Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Studies. Degrees were conferred by Dr. James Creese, Drexel president, and Belgian ambassador Robert Silvercrays delivered the principal address. Reverend Wilmot Gateson preached the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday, June 16.
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Drexel Institute of Technology
Gertrude E. Wilson
Cherry Tree
James Creese
Drexel
Barrn Robert Silvercrays
United States
Wilmot Gateson
Church of the Saviour
Philadelphia
Philippine military mission leaves for Washington to discuss aid transfer
A Philippine mission departed Manila by plane for Washington to confer with the War Department on transferring supplies and equipment to maintain the republic's army after independence on July 4. President Roxas said approval by pending legislation is required.
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Manila
Washington
War Department
Republic
Menuel A. Roxas
Truce Teams Seek Peace in Chinese Civil War Talks
Changchun hosts eight field teams under Brig. Gen. Henry Byforde as General Marshall in Nanking pushes for a permanent peace before the June 22 truce. Communist and government forces discuss restoring wartime communications and reorganization of forces in Manchuria, with no agreement on troop dispositions yet.
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Nanking
Changchun
Manchuria
Marshall
China
Henry Byforde
U. S
Olicer
Executive Race
Menchuria
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