Western Europe Leaders To Meet With US Chiefs
Washington, June a1 -(2)- Representatives from western European nations will hold military talks with the U S defense chief in Washington. The talks aim to shape American policy toward Europe and explore liaison with the western European Union nations Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. A London based military committee has studied defending these countries and will inform the discussions. Any regional defense accord would fit within the United Nations framework and require Congressional approval.
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Iwesterf
United States
Europe
Vandenberg
Rmich
Senate
United States of Europe
London
United Nations
Congress
Military Leaders Set To Build 2 Million Man Force
Washington reports top defense chiefs plan a peacetime draft after a 14.0 billion dollar allocation to boost the army navy and air force. Gen Omar Bradley says passage of the revival bill aims to deter foreign conflict while planning to induct 19 to 95 year olds once the draft starts after 21st birthdays. Allocation covers training and manpower with a shift from lotteries to age based induction.
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Trueman
Truman
Congress
Army
Navy
Omar N. Bradley
Los Angeles
Bradley
Kremlin
Scopbige Army
National Guard
Sentenced for attack on nurse near Lake George tragedy
John G. Finn, 23, of Stamford Conn, convicted of assaulting Reva Reznick hours before her drowning near Lake George last summer, was sentenced to two and a half to five years in Dannemora. Reznick, 23, vacationing from New York City, was found drowned on August 1 after an outing with Finn.
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Lake George
John G. Finn
Stamford
Conn
Reva Reznick
Dannemora
Miss Reznick
New York City
Finn
US Supplies To Berlin Stopped
Berlin reports a standstill in shipments to about 10,000 Americans as currency reform and Soviet inspection bar western freight. US trains halted at Marienborn after Soviet checkpoints demanded car inspections, while air supply remains the only channel.
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Berlin
Germany
U.S
U. S
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
D. S
Marienborn
Curious View Wreckage At Auto Parts Lot After Fatal Crash
Curious visitors gathered at Matthias Auto Parts after an accident killed Leroy R. Litkehart of Creekside and sent Agnes Valgo of Kent plus Edward Maudie and Albert Finotti of McIntyre to Indiana Hospital. The wreck involved two cars, with the Litkehart car shown above and the Maudie car to its left. The motor from Litkehart’s car was found across the road following impact. The report notes the motor was thrown from the car after collision with Maudie’s vehicle.
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Matthias’ Auto Parts
Leroy R. Litkehart
Creekside
Agnes Valgo
Kent
Edward Maudie
Albert Finotti
McIntyre
Indiana Hospital
Lakehart
Maudie
Presidential Nomination Race Wide Open
Early balloting shows candidates uncommitted with Dewey and Taft moving to secure support. Stassen predicts four to five ballots to decide, naming North Dakota as for him and reporting positive backing from Arizona and Montana. Taft refrains from confirming progress while Dewey campaign staff notes chatter of a Stassen-Taft coalition.
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Dwight Green
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
Stassen
Fred Andahl
North Dakota
Arizona
Montana
Taft
Dewey
Net
Massachusetts
Deweys
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Tat
New York
Brownell
Three Others Sent To Hospital After Collision At Auto Parts Lot
Three others were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash investigated at an auto parts lot. An inquest is expected after the investigation. Lukehart and Maudie Finotti were en route to Ken and Indiana respectively for a wedding. The Maudi vehicle showed crepe paper streamers and rice inside. shoes marked the Lakehart driver who, a World War II veteran, worked as a bulldozer operator for a coal company.
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Lukehart
Ken
Lakehart
Rochester and
Pittsburgh
J Ar McIntyre
Greeks Launch Offensive Across Provinces
The report notes ongoing reconstruction and a push for democratic representation in provincial governance. Brig. Gen. Styfanos Manidakis commands the Ninth Division amid rebel commands led by Kikitsos with Yannoulis as host of a Balkan commission meeting last year at Kastanofiton. The Eleventh Division fights south of Nestorion against heavily fortified guerrilla units.
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Styfanos Manidakis
Kikitsos
Yannoulis
A. N. Balkan Commission
Kastanofiton
Vafiades
Nestorion
Move To End Convention Feud Stirs Pennsylvania GOP
The Pennsylvania GOP leadership discussed ending internal discord after a statewide caucus at a Bryn Mawr gathering. Governor Duff signaled readiness to meet with Grundy and other leaders to resolve rifts, with plans for broader talks proposed. Senator Martin and other notables attended as caucus convened briefly in the Betsy Ross room.
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Grundy
Martin,Owlett
Worthington Scrantor
Worman
M. Harvey Taylor
Martin
Jeaucus
Martin W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bryn Mawr
Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Joseph Martin
Betsy Ross
Benjamin Franklin
Senator Martin
Joseph N. Pew, Jr
Ardmore
Nero
Foreign Policy Battle Threatened In Drafting Platform
The GOP controlled 80th Congress faces a clash as platform drafters finalize a policy document. Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr arrives in Philadelphia to chair the convention and push a platform promising isolationist and bipartisan cooperation against Communism. Key planks include fair employment, anti-lynch and anti-poll tax measures, school desegregation in the armed forces, and a stance against repealing the Taft Hartley Act while reaffirming free labor principles. Senator Vandenberg reportedly backed the platform.
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Philadelphia
Bath
Platform Committee
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
GOP
Congress
Organized Labor
Republican Party
Aggert
Congress Splits Over Record as 80th Faces Election
Washington June 21 Legislators defend or attack the 80th Congress as voters head to the November elections. Republicans tout the record, praising gains in foreign aid and farm support, while Democrats led by McGrath condemn it as serving special interests. Foreign aid measure passes 419 to 62 in House, unopposed in the Senate.
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Donald Sanders
Washington
Dreddy Dawk
Witdup
Trustman
House
Senate
GOP
Mr. Truman
Truman
Congress
Obituaries from Creekside area mark multiple deaths
Obituary notices report the deaths of Leroy Lukehart in an accident on Route 80 Center Township and Laura Kepple Maddison in Spring Church. Others include John M. Hill of Indiana and George Calvin Devinney of Indiana R D 1 with services, burial details, and survivors listed. Military honors noted for Lukehart.
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Leroy Richard Lukehart
Creekside
Center Township
William F
Irene Condron Lukehart
Center Presbyterian Church
Ry and P. Coal Co
McIntyre
A. M
Creekside Grange
Blairsville
Donald
Jane) Anderson
J. K. Boston
Circle Hill Cemetery
Punxsutawney
Laura Kepple Madison
Gregg
Spring Church
John
Elizabeth Shirley Kepple
South Bend Township
Ralph
Shady Plains
Heber
Pensacola
Fla
Clark Funeral Home
Elderton
R. L. Page
Apollo
Oscar Wood
New Kensington
South Bend Cemetery
John M. Hill
Church St
Indiana
Andrew J
Elizabeth Stoller Hill
Leydhe
Wayne Ave
India Begins Free Rule
New Delhi June 21 Mountbatten retired as governor general and free India's self rule by her own people became complete Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari took the oath as Mountbatten's successor becoming the first Indian to hold the post He urged communal harmony and secular government and warned that internecine discord disturbs peace Mountbatten bade farewell to India and sailed for England with his wife and daughter
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Lord Mountbatten
India
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
Mountbatten
Rajagopalachari
England
Pope Holds Consistory in Secret Vatican Meeting
Fourteen Catholic Church princes gathered in secret consistory called by Pope Pius XII in Rome. The Pontiff announced new bishops Monsignors Raffallo McCarin and Pietro Severi as Suffragans to Albano and Palestina, signaling possible changes in the Roman Curia.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Rome
Pope Pius
Msgr
Enrico Dante
Tornado Strikes Ashland Missouri Injures Man
A small tornado hit the east edge of Ashland Missouri injuring Buford Sapp 44 and destroying his home. His wife four children and mother in law escaped harm as roofs came off three nearby houses. Power and telephone lines were also downed. The town has about 450 residents twelve miles north of Jefferson City.
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Ashland
Missouri
Buford Sapp
Jefferson City
Taft Voices Displeasure Over Housing Bill Passage
Senator Taft of Ohio, a leading GOP aspirant, told colleagues he is displeased with the housing bill Congress passed in its dying hours. The measure eliminated public low rent housing slum clearance and farm housing aid, despite Taft having driven it to Senate passage weeks ago.
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Taft
Ohio
Congress
Senate
Ford offers wage boost to UAW CIO workers
Detroit June 21 Ford Motor Co offered an 11 to 14 cent an hour raise to its 110 000 CIO United Auto Workers. Those earning $1.50 or more would get 14 cents and those below $1.50 would receive 11 cents. The union sought 80 cents. Ford says the plan erases wage inequities as rivals grant increases. Contract expires July 15.
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Ford Motor Co
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Ford
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Uawcio
Uaw-Cio
Lewis and Operators Summoned for Coal Contract Talks
Federal Judge Goldsborough set to rule tomorrow on welfare fund questions in a miners dispute. A new fact finding board with chair David L. Cole and members Wight Bakke and Waldo Emanuel Fisher may clear a path to a quick contract before miners’ vacation, though wage terms remain unsettled.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Goldsborough
Welfare Fund
David L. Cole
Patterson
N. J
Wight Bakke
Yale University
Waldo Emanuel Fisher
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Jewish War Veterans Names New Leader
Oscar Brown of Post 205 Philadelphia is the new departmental commander of the Pennsylvania Jewish War Veterans. David I. Helper Pittsburgh Harold War ren Pottsville and Bernard Levick Erie named district vice commanders. Penn State's All American guard Steve Suhey will play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1948.
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Oscar Brown
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Jewish War Veterans
David I. Helper
Pittsburgh
Harold War
Pottsville
Bernard Levick
Erie
Penn State
Guar
Steve Suhey
Pittsburgh Steelers
Gazette
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