May Form Economic Bloc Within UN To Implement Marshall Offer To Europe
Paris reports France and Britain agreed to convoke a European Economic Commission within the UN framework to carry out Secretary of State Marshall's aid proposal. The French cabinet approved the Franco British alliance, with plans for broad economic cooperation and Russia invited to participate in the commission's work. Foreign ministers Bidault and Bevin said the commission would operate under U N E C O E but with an executive role, targeting reconstruction of transportation, food, power, steel, iron, and machinery sectors.
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Paris
France
Britain
European Economic Commission
United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
State Marshall
U.S
Dunkerque
Russia
Georges Bidault
Ernest Bevin
European Commission
Benjamin V. Cohen
U. S. State Department
Europe
U. N
Bidault
London
Bevin
National Assembly
Foreign Affairs Committee
Marcel Cachin
Steel Behind Prospective Oil Shortage
The Interior Department says the steel question underpins an August gasoline shortage and a severe winter fuel oil and gas deficiency. Ball warns steel for tank cars and pipelines is lacking, urging high pressure tank cars and more pipelines. Refining capacity across Illinois Indiana Michigan Oklahoma Kansas lacking crude due to transport limits, with motorists facing possible fuel outages during August tourist peaks. Winter expected to worsen shortages of natural gas bottled gas and fuel oils, especially in the Midwest.
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Vern Haugland
Washington
Interior Department
Max W. Ball
Oil and Gas Division
Ball
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Krug
Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey
Midwest
VEW Names Four State Delegates for Encampment
Four delegates from the Indiana Post 1989 Veterans of Foreign Wars will represent the Post and its Auxiliary at the State VEW Encampment. E. A. Grosse, Robert Wihe, and Jack Walker were named along with commander. Minnie Clawson leads the Auxiliary. The meeting at the VFW Country Club also saw 327 new members pledged.
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Indiana Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VEW
E. A. Grosse
Robert, Wihe
Jack Walker
Minnie Clawson
Auxilliary
VFW Country Club
Koozer Takes Command Of Naval Air Station Ground Training
Lt. Cdr. Wendell S. Koozer, 30, USN, husband of Mrs. Kathryn Koozer of Indiana, Pa., serves as Officer in charge of Ground Training School at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Texas, relieving Lt. Cdr. E W. Merkit. He joined naval service at Naval Reserve Air Base Philadelphia and served 33 months overseas including the Invasion of Southern France, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Philippine campaigns. His last duty was aboard USS Tulagi in the Pacific. he is son of Mr and Mrs Fred Koozer of Indiana.
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Wendell S. Koozer
Usn
Kathyrn Koozer
Washington St
Indiana
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Texas
Cdr. Koozer
E.W. Merkit
Naval Service
Naval Reserve Air Base
Philadelphia
France
Philippine
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Asiatic-Pacific
Cdr
Koozer
Tulagi
Pacific
Navy
Indiana High School
Who Is Responsible For Redeeming 380 Million Invasion Marks
Washington June 18 Senators pressed for answers on a $380 million overage in German and Japanese invasion currencies found in Soviet printed marks. The questions target who handed over the engraved plates in 1944 and how army finance officers created the excess dollars. Howard Petersen cited that conversion occurred but that the money will be returned through exchanges for supplies and relief.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Josseg
Congress
Bridges
John L. McCloy
Germany
McCloy
Senate Appropriations, Armed Services and Banking Committees
Petersen
Japan
Red Cross
Red Army
G. J. Richards
Army Finance
Pennsylvania Assembly Ends Session With Tax And Labor Deals
Harrisburg June 18 The Pennsylvania General Assembly, after six months debating taxes teachers salaries and strike control, adjourned with Gov Duff's $140 million tax program approved and a new teacher pay range of 1950 to 3400 with a top of 4000 in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The session also backed administration labor measures including compulsory arbitration for public utility disputes and banning unemployment pay to strikers, while final drafts caused a jam delaying adjournment to June 14.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
James H. Duff
Commonwealth
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Duff
Assembly
House
Weldon B. Heyburn
Delaware
Francis Worley
R. Adams
House approves two year freeze on Social Security tax
Washington reports the House unanimously passed a bill to freeze the Social Security payroll tax at one percent for two years pending Senate action and presidential approval. The measure would block an automatic $2 billion annual increase slated for January 1 while allowing later rises to 1.5 percent in 1950 and 2 percent in 1957, keeping the current one percent rate in the near term.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Congress
Thought of Food vanby Oregon near miss with train
Mrs. W. J. Olson escaped unharmed when her car stalled on a crossing as a Southern Pacific freight train rounded a curve. She leaped from the car but grabbed a box of groceries on the seat, and fainted when the tram struck the vehicle.
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Vanby
Ore
Vpi
W. 3
Olson
Southern Pacific
82 Replies To Gazette House Ad
Mute testimony shows Indiana faces a deep housing shortage as 82 replies to a Gazette classified ad for a six room house reveal many families doubling up with relatives. A building boom nearby offers little relief and no imminent housing relief is seen.
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Indiana
the Gazette
Hungarian Allied Club Manager Arrested in Budapest
Imre Fold, manager of the Allied Officers Park Club, said he was questioned by the political police and expected to be jailed. American Mission sources say Fold faces charges of being pro Nazi and part of a plot to overthrow the Hungarian republic. His arrest marks the first such move since August threats against Allied Mission civilian staff.
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Budapest
Imre Fold
Allied Officers Park Club
Cteers
Fold
Ford
Threepower
Allied Control Commission
Hungary
Russia
Britain
U. SS
Stefania
Voroshilov
George H. Weeds
Dixon, Tenn
France
Czechoslovakia
Last Day To Register For Voting Is July 19
Indiana County residents face a July 19 registration deadline warned by Registrar J. D. McCann. he notes many registrations were invalid last year from voters who did not vote in two years and urges ex service personnel to verify their status. Those moving residences should notify the registrar to vote legally in the new precinct.
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Indiana County
J. D. McCann
McCunn
Court House
Jap Bluebeard Hanged Today in Tape Slaying Case
In Tokyo on June 18 Yoshio Kodaia, dubbed the bluebeard, was sentenced to hang for the tape slaying of seven Japanese women. The 42 year old showed visible agitation as the sentence was announced in a crowded courtroom after more than 60 witnesses testified.
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Tokyo
Yoshio Kodaia
Bluebeard
Good Neighbors Duel: Tragedy and Farm Auction Plan
Last week Frank Lee died after being knocked from his tractor while working in Unfield. Neighbors gathered at the Lae farm to plan a sale intended to raise funds totaling 609 dollars over five hours, in a community effort sparked by the accident.
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DU Quoqin
Frank Lee
Unfield
Yeakerday
Lae
Ong
U S Paper Execs In London After World Tour Takeoff
Twenty one American newspaper executives arrived in London for a meet with Prime Minister Attlee after a Shannon stop with one engine dead on their Constellation. They planned a reception by U S and British officials, with Lord Beaverbrook hosting a dinner. Roy Howard cited support for Marshall aid and strong US-UK ties as the group toured Pan Am’s new round-the-world service, stopping in Shannon and Gander en route to London.
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U.S
London
Dead Motor
Atlee
Aillee
Shannon
Constellation
Ae Immigration and Customs
London Arrow
Lewis W. Douglas
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Evening Standard
Roy Howard
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
State Marshall
Howard
United States
Great Britain
Paul Bellamy
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston Post
Pan Americus
Kirie
la Guardia Field
Gander
Newfoundland
Eire
First Step Near For 3 Year Old Nancy Duman
Nancy Ann Duman a three year old of Pitts burgh born without feet is expected to take her first steps on artificial limbs soon. Her parents Mr and Mrs M J Duman cashed war bonds for braces and surgery but funds ran short after one operation. Donations from individuals and groups now offer enough limbs as she grows and gains mobility.
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Isitle
Nancy Ann Duman
Pittsburgh
Grace McFeely
Heilwond
Nancy
Mes
M. J. Duman
Lincoln Park
Duman
Synthetic creation of musclelike molecules opens new plastics field
Harvard chemist Dr. Robert B. Woodward reports a method to link amino acids into long chains that mimic muscle, nerve and skin proteins. The work, described in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, yields proteinlike synthetics for fibers and ultra-thin films and could enable silk or fur analogs, new drugs, and virus modification to harmless forms.
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HY Alton L. Blakeslee
Science
New York
Robert B. Woodward
Harvard University
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Woodward
Nature
Charles H. Schramm
House Action Dooms Hope For Federal Tax Relief This Year
Washington June 1 by a narrow margin the House sustained President Truman’s veto of a Republican tax reduction bill that would cut about four million dollars from the national tax bill for 12 months. The vote to override fell two short, 268 to 137, with increased Senate effort required. Carl Andersen Minnesota and Merlin Hull Wisconsin provided the two Republican votes aiding the Democrats. Truman called the margin two more than expected and said he was gratified aboard his train returning from Princeton.
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House
Truman
Senate
Thelouse
Amule
Deminis
Carl Anedergen
Minnesota
Merlin Hull
Wisconsin
Congress
Franklin DD
Roosevelt
Princeton
N. J
White House
Gop
Jenter Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Hatch
D-Nm
Labor Bill Faces Presidential Veto and Bipartisan Clash
Washington observers say House passage of the labor bill over a possible Truman veto is “in the bag,” with Senate support uncertain. Truman plans to send a message Friday and signals a veto would pivot the next major policy fight to labor unions, possibly shaping 1948 campaign battles.
Police State Policy May Lead To War
MVANSTON IL June 18 John Foster Dulles State Department adviser said that Soviet attempts to impose their police state system could provoke violence or war He warned Americans must prevent such moves and seek peaceful stoppage while notingAmerican moral influence must be restored He spoke during Northwestern University commencement and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree
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Mvanston
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Seit
Dulles
Northwasten University
United States
Marshall
Moscow
Lion Camp Opens July 7 for Six Weeks
Open for six weeks starting July 7, the Lions Club sponsored health camp will serve underprivileged village children. About twenty five children are expected to attend.
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Lion
Openme
Lions
Clu
Watchdog Guard Sparks Complaint in Seattle
Seattle June 16. William Schillers, a service station operator, complained to the sheriff’s office about four volunteer watchdogs. A large viray police dog had taken over guarding Schillers’ business, driving away customers with overzealous barking and aggressive behavior.
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Seattle
William Schillers
Sheriff's Office
Schillers
Slavery in Canada claims Soviet paper reports abuses
Moscow dispatch cites Evening Moscow accusing Western Germany camp commanders of beating and killing those seeking to return to Russia. New Times alleges a Canadian slave market for displaced Europeans, led by Liberal MP Ludger Dionne who brought 100 Slavic women to work in his Quebec mill, under two year contracts.
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Moscow
Evening
Germany
Russia
New Times
Europe
Canda
Dionne
Ludger Dionne
Liberal Party
St Georges de Bouce
Que
Canada
Obs
Dunit
Bais
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