UN Called To Act On Break With Franco
UN Security Council met in New York on June 24 to weigh Poland's push for a world wide break with Franco Spain. Poland faced likely only four votes, while India filed a discrimination complaint against South Africa. The Arab League urged action on Palestine, and Poland planned a compromise atomic control proposal for tomorrow's AEC session.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Bn Foland
Franco Spaif
Poland
Council
Russia
France
Mexico
Oscar Lange
Associatesre
Corncil
General Assembly
United Nations
D. India
Union of South Africa
Arab League
Cairo
Palestine
U. N
League
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Bernard Baruch
Andrei A. Gromyko
Uneasiness Prevails In Palestine
In Jerusalem a tense calm followed a violent weekend after five British officers were kidnapped in Tel Aviv on June 18. Explosive leaflets from an illegal resistance group circulated as bombs exploded at night. The Haganah broadcast vowed peace only after allowing 100,000 European Jewish refugees. Hebrew papers reported calls claiming two more officers freed, but no British confirmation.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Haganah Defense
Voice of Israel
Families Reach Japan Welcomed by Army at Yokohama Dock
At Yokohama on June 24 the first U S Army dependents arrived in Japan, 184 wives and 128 children, greeted by a riotous crowd aboard the Army Transport Ainsworth. Military police moved to restore order as families bonded with the officers and fellow kin amid bands playing Roll Out the Barre.
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Yokohama
U. S. Army
Japan
Ainsworth
U. S. Eighth Army
Discharges From Navy And Army Reported
Seaman first class Theodore C Cocotin of Chy mer is discharged from the Navy at Shoemaker California. Private Calvin D Huff of 199 Water Street Indiana is discharged from the Army at Fort Meade Maryland. Private George L Paris of Box 147 Pixonville is discharged from the Army at Fort Meade Maryland.
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Tleodore
C- Cocotin
Sixth
Franklin Streets
Chymer
Navy
Shoemaker
Calif
Calvin D. Huff
Water Street
Indiana
Fit. Meade
George L. Paris
Pixonville
Army
Ft. Meade
Communist lawmaker blasts Yoshida in Japan's Diet
Tokyo reports the first ever Communist speaker in Japan's House of Representatives denounces Premier Yoshida's cabinet as the enemy of the people. Kyuichi Tokuda, general secretary, accuses the government of betraying the people with a MacArthur-backed constitution to consolidate bureaucratic power.
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Tokyo
Japan
House of Representatives
Yoshida
Kyuichi Tokuda
Sama
Atomic Test Dress Rehearsal Praised By Commanders
The Bikini Atoll exercise featured 76 aircraft including a B-29 superfortress delivering a practice mock bomb. Maj. Gen. Kepner and Vice Adm. Blandy lauded the performance as observers tracked the simulated radioactive cloud and recovery craft prepared for A-Day.
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U. S
Mt. Mckinley
Bikini
McKinley
Woodrow P. Swancutt
Nevada
William E. Kepner
Army
Navy
Eniwetok
Shangri le
Predict Final Form Of Controversial Issue In Session
Conference notes reveal four major disagreements remain on whether to accept Senate amendments lifting price ceilings for meat poultry dairy petroleum and tobacco. House favors a general policy to remove ceilings when supply meets demand, avoiding targeting single commodities. Senate path could trigger a filibuster delaying action.
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House
Senate
Tremor Sways Seattle Vancouver Buildings and Harbor
The quake toppled a wall at a Courtenay post office and shattered plate glass in Seattle. In Vancouver tall structures wobbled and masonry pieces fell near the CN Rail Station narrowly missing bystanders. A gas line broke and power outages occurred. George Finley notes Lions Gate Bridge swayed with a low rumble.
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Courtenay
Strait of Georgia
Vancouver
B. C
Canadian National Railway
George Finley
Lions Gate
Vancouver Harbor
Empire
Last U S Army Hospital in England Closes
The last U S Army hospital in England was closed today. Col. W. D. Graham of Laguna Beach California the commandant handed the Sixth Field Hospital facilities to British authorities and prepared to depart for home tomorrow.
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Mawhareacsere
Culgland
England
Col
W. D. Graham
Laguna Beach
Calif
Sixth Field Hospital
Woman reports lake theft during swim at Moline station
Mrs. Betty Klein, described in a dripping bathing suit, says a thief broke into her car at Wyde Dark Moline station while she swam in Lake Michigan and stole her clothing and a purse containing a blackjack and several arrest slips. Policewoman Mes. Kielw filed the account.
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Chicago
Lune 24
Betty Klein
Wyde
Moline
Lake Michigan
Mes. Kielw
Bidault Forms Third Postwar French Government
President Georges Bidault organized France's third postwar coalition cabinet. The government includes 8 ministers from the Popular Republican Movement, seven Communists, and six Socialists with Edouard Depreux as Interior Minister. Key portfolios went to MRP, while demands for wage increases were scaled back to a 15 percent ceiling for low earners. The October elections will let voters judge the administration’s handling.
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Paris
France
Georges Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
Bidault
Charles de Gaulle
Gen. de Gaulle
Edouard Depreux
MRP New
Penang Buddhist priests strike for higher pay
In upcountry Malaya the Penang Buddhist Association of Chinese priests said it would refuse to conduct prayers until given $1.50 more per week for special prayer meetings. They currently receive the equivalent of $10 per month plus meals and lodging.
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Singapore
Malaya
Penang
Noon Stocks Rise and Fall Across Major Shares
A rundown of trading quotes shows Air Reduction, Am Can, Am Tel and Tel, Anaconda, Boeing, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, and many others fluctuating. Notable high and low reporters include Chrysler, Du Pont, Eastman Kodak, Reading, and U S Steel with varied percentage changes and volumes.
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Rad & St. S
Am Smelt & R
Atch
T& SF
Ad Refining
Balt & Ohio
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs
Cons Edison
Curtiss Wright
del Lack & West
du Pont
Eastman Kodak
el Auto
Packard Motor
Parem Pictures
Penney (Jc
Penn RR
Sve NJ
Pullman
Pure Oil
Why Radio Corp
Repab Steel
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Stand Brands
G & EB Pt
Stand Oil Cas Stand Oil Ind
Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker Corp
Sutherland Pap
Swift & Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Gas Imp
R &M US Steel
Warner Bros
West UN
Woolworth
Youngst Sh & T Bs
Unclear Text Skews McGill Incident Summary
In Lynchburg on a Sunday School event Walter C. McGill faced a skunk incident when a jar trapped a skunk’s head. He reportedly tried to free it with a rock, leading to misadventure as the animal reacted in defense. Details remain unclear due to garbled OCR text.
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Lynchburg
Van
API
Prcnis
Reacher Walter C. McGim
McGill
Alan
Mao Says U S Forces Threaten Chinese Peace
Mao Tse tung declared in Yenan that U S Army and Navy forces in China have become a brave menace to national peace, security and freedom. He blamed U S aid to the Kuomintang and warned the Communist party will oppose continued U S military aid, noting promises by the big three conference are broken.
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Harold K. Miles Nanking
Jeader
Mao Tse-Tung
U. S
China
Yenan
General Marshall
Shanghai
Nanking
Seach
Mao
United States
Congress
U.S
Japan
Koomintang
Partisans Sold Says Mihailovic in Trial Testimony
Gen Draja Mihailovic on trial for treason accused the first Prosecution witness of selling 365 captured partisans to the Germans in 1941. The witness Yovan Skavovichad testified the order came from Mihailovic via his superior, prompting the court to hear that the partisans were handed over and later shot.
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George Palmer
Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Yovan Skavovic
Mihailovic
Shavovic
Draja Mihailo-vic
Skavovic
Tojo Betrayal Allegation Heard At War Crimes Court
Tokyo June 24 AP A Japanese newspaperman testified that former Premier Hideki Tojo betrayed Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo by pursuing war with the United States less than two months before Pearl Harbor. Prosecutor witness Termin Suzuki said Tojo pledged peace talks with the US and later joined a militaristic cabinet despite claiming to seek peace.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
United States
Suzuki
International War Crimes Tribunal
Pearl Harbor
Tojo
Shigenori Togo
Togo
Belsano Camp Opens Camp Meeting Week of June 27
The Cambria and Indiana County Holiness Association camp meeting at Belogno opens Thursday June 27 and runs through July 7. Main speakers include Rev C E B Zike of Akron Ohio Rev Jason H Felter of Egston Md and Walter C Schutz of Owosso Michigan.
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Cambria and
Indiana County Holiness Association
Belogno
C. EB. Zike
Akron
Ohio
Jason H. Felter
Egston, Md
Walter C. Schutz
Owosso, Mich
Two Die In Crash Open Synod At Brookville Annual Meet
BROOKVILLE June 24 Two men were fatally injured when a single engine plane nose dived into a hillside at the Lesle C King farm near Hazen. Kenneth King 30 son of the farm owner and Howard Nasker Jr 18 son of a Hazen lumberman and gas station owner died after being taken to Brookville Hospital. The Synod of Pennsylvania of the Presbyterian Church opened its annual session at Wilson College Chambersburg and will run through Thursday with Kittanning Presbytery represented by Rev Edward M Thomas Homer City Rev W H Mooney Cherry Tree Rev W H Leslie Kittanning and lay commissioners W C Crawford Apollo Q G Vincent Ford City and Olfrey Heilman Manor Church among others.
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Brookville
Lesle C. King
Hazen
Kenneth King
Howard Nasker, Jr
King
Brookville Hospital
Naosker
Synod of Pennsylvania of the Presbyterian Church
Wilson College
Chambersburg
Kittanning
Devers Warns of Fast Enemy Strike in York Ceremony
General Jacob L. Devers warned that future adversaries will strike suddenly and first, urging a strong security program. He spoke at Smyser Day in York honoring the Smyser family, pioneers in York County since colonial times, and stressed military prowess as essential.
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Smyser
York
Mayor Plot Backfires in McKeesport Crime Drive
McKeesport mayor Charles A. Kinkaid, amid a bold anti racketeering drive, faces a menacing telephone threat to his wife while arrest totals rise. Police said 100 arrests had been made since January as a 65 officer force hunts racketeers and gamblers.
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Mckeesport
Charles A. Kinkaid
Pittsburgh
Kinkaid
Civil Air Patrol Recruiting Drive Announced in Pittsburgh
The Civil Air Patrol invites men and women aged 15 and up to enroll during June. Recruitment runs 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM daily through Friday, and 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Saturdays, at the Coriopolis Armory and Salvation Army Building on Boulevard of the Allies. General Spaatz praised reestablishing a national charter and pledged Air Forces support.
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Civil Air Patrol
Cori’ Aopolis
Salvation Army
Boulevard of the
Washington, D. C
Semi Invalid War Vet Saves Punxs'y Boy From Drowning
In Punxsutawney on June 24 a semi invalid war veteran named Mike Albanito pulled seven year old Earl Woodford from Elk Run water during a rain swollen flood. Earl’s companion Lyle Woodford, 11, reached the bank unaided. The boys were playing when they were swept into the stream and rescued by Albanito after bracing on a bridge.
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Punxsutawney
Earl Woodford
Elk Run Avenue
Elk Run
Mike Albanito
Carter Avenue
Earl
Lyle Woodford
Pauley Says Reparations Should Free Orient From Bondage
In Manila Edwin W. Pauley deemed reparations from Japan should aid weaker nations rather than great powers. He cited a U S Reparations Commission press conference and called negotiations a scramble in a competitive sense. He did not name any nations.
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Manila
Edwin W. Pauley
Japan
U. S
Orient
Pauley
Yard Seeks Killer in Continental Pursuit
Scotland Yard turned to continental authorities today in an active manhunt for a killer. Police urged swift cooperation as investigators pursue leads spanning multiple countries across June.
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London
Scotland Yard
Celebrate 4th in search for RAF officer in Tokyo slaying
A former Royal Air Force officer is sought in Tokyo in connection with the murder investigation of Mrs. Mary TOKYO. The fourth of July observance includes gun salutes at the Imperial Palace grounds plaza. Police report signs of a desperate struggle and believe the actress 33 year old Paradis’ nude body was found in Pembridge Gardens hotel bedroom.
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Royal Air Force
Mary
Tokyo
Ery Gardner
Yokohama
Plaza
Pembridge Gardens
Imperial Palace Grounds
U.S
Robert Bi
Suffer Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Mander
Norah Carpenter Joins Father of Her Quadruplets in London
Norah Carpenter and her three babies arrived in London for a personal embassy interview as preparations begin for their reunion with former Staff Sgt William Thompson in Pittsburgh. The family, including one surviving child, traveled from Heanor Derbyshire. Thompson had acknowledged paternity earlier while serving with the U S Army in Europe and awaits U S immigration steps and divorce finalization before the children join him in the United States.
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London
Norah Carpenter
United States
William Thompson
Pittsburgh
Heanor
Derbyshire
Thompson
U. S. Janny
England
Norah
Europe
Mystery News: Ship, Plane, Cow Found in Wisconsin Field
AP report from Canesville Wisconsin describes a curious scene where an 18 foot long structure, a hobby horse, a cow, and a boat with an airplane were found in a farmer’s field. The sheriff investigated and the items were located on a front lawn in January.
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Canesville
Wis
Dana
sSheriff &. A
Horn
Janessville
Shorty Likes Jeeps Wants Own One
Louisa Kentucky June 24. Delbert Sprouse 18 wants to own a jeep after a publicity day in Huntington West Virginia where an estimated 12 000 people saw the couple. They returned to Cat Hollow near Louisa to think it over after a four afternoon and several night shows at an Huntington amusement park. Delbert strummed a bull fiddle and Mrs Sprouse said hello to the crowd as crowds mobbed them. The couple were married at Louisa 18 days ago. It was the third marriage for Mrs Sprouse who has 49 grandchildren.
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Louisa
Delbert
Shorty
Sprouse
Cat Hollow
Here
West Virginia
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Huniington
Sprouses
Huntington Amusement Park
Child Lost 6 Days Found At Devil's Den Ark Park
Eight year old Katherine Van Alst of Kansas City was found after a six day search in Devil's Den State Park. She had wandered while trying to return to her family's Falls Creek cabin, survived on berries and pool water, slept in caves, and was brought to Fayetteville hospital before reuniting with her mother. Her father had been in protective custody of Sheriff C M Gully during the search.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Katherine van Alstof
Kansas City
Devil's den State Park
Falls Creek
Arkansas
John van Alst
Katherine
C.m.gully
Katharine
Jap Charged In Jumbo Gem Theft
BATAVIA Java June 24 AP Dutch authorities charged Japanese Akira Nomura with illegal possession of property in connection with the theft of a 30 million dollar cache of jewels gold and cash looted during the war era about six million recovered. Nomura a former Tokyo school teacher and director of the Japanese Planning Board in Java was taken from a prisoner of war camp to face the charges.
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Batavia
Java
Cal
Akira Nomura
E. Brunsveld van Bullen
Nomura
Tokyo
Obituary of Martha Bell Fink of Waterman
Martha Bell Fink born August 24 1897 died at 12 10 pm Saturday at home in Waterman. Survived by husband Harry Angus Fink mother in Riversburg five daughters two sisters and three grandchildren. Funeral 2 30 pm tomorrow at Christian Missionary Alliance Church Homer City Rev Benson officiating. Interment Greenwood Cemetery Indiana.
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Martha Bell (Barger) Fink
Waterman
Joseph
Elizabeth Barger
Harry Angus Fink
Riversburg
James River
Rennon
Edward Smith
Earl Long
Indiana
Joan
Mary Jane
Ford
Quay Barger
Harry Fulmer
Rimersburg
Kittanning
Christian Missionary Alliance Church
Homer City
Rev
W. M. Benson
Sreenwood
Fink
Bell Funeral Home
Two WCTU Leaders Buried Today in Pennsylvania
Two prominent Pennsylvania Women’s Christian Temperance Union leaders are buried today. Miss Mary B. Macken, a state and national field worker, died Saturday and will be buried in Philadelphia this afternoon. Mrs. Wesley Marquardt, state director of spiritual life, died in Allentown Thursday and will be buried there this afternoon. Both women were recognized leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Women's Christian Temperance Union
Mary B. Macken
Philadelphia
Wesley Marquardt
Spiritual Life
Allentown
Sailor Receives Navy Unit Commendation at Bainbridge
Raymond Henry Ritenour machinist's mate third class was honorably discharged from the Navy at Bainbridge Separation Center after 22 months service including 16 overseas with the Fifty-Eighth Seabee Battalion on Okinawa. He earns the Navy Unit Commendation and wears the American and Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbons. He is son of William Ritenour of Huff Pennsylvania.
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Bainbridge
Okinawa
Raymond Henry Ritenour
Navy
William Ritenour
Huff
Ritenour
Pacific
Libbon
Pype to face arraignment in fatal misfire case
Towanda Pennsylvania June 24 William G Pype 20 year old Union New Jersey man faces arraignment today before a Towanda Justice of the Peace on charges he fatally shot his cousin in mistake for a groundhog George Kurtz 28 of Milton Pa was found fatally shot while woodchuck hunting with his father Police say Pype was arrested Saturday by State Policeman Michael Ryan Kurtz death attributed to the hunting accident with a groundhog quarrel context unlikely but confirmed by authorities
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Towanda
William G. Pype
Union
N. J
Pennsylvania
Michael Ryan
Pype
George Kurtz
Milton
Troy
Kurtz
Ryan
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