British Troops Exit Palestine Ending 31 Years of Rule
British last soldiers left Palestine today after 31 years of occupation. Lt Gen Gordon T. A. MacMillan was the final commander as UN observers prepared to supervise the Haifa port during a UN truce. Guardsmen and marines departed quietly while Jewish police took over posts and Israel prepared to raise its flag.
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Haspa
Israel
Palestine
Holy Land
Gordon Ti. A. MacMillan
Britain
Joseph Hoffman
Baltimore
United Nations
U.N
Mount Carmel
Sucher Spiegel
Haifa
MacMillan
C. Marriott
Phoebe
Hsifa
United States
Aubrey Lippincott
Randolph Roberts
AEA Executive Committee Holds Annual Picnic
The Indiana County Agricultural Extension Association Executive Committee held their annual picnic at the home of Mr and Mrs Mark Simpson in Indiana RD due to rain. Fifty people attended with reports on Washington trip plans, hiring of a new office secretary, and summer Extension activities.
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The
Agricultural Extension Association
Indiana County
Mark Simpson
Indiana
R. D
Rustic Lodge
William J. Goughnour
Washington D. C
Beltsville Experimental Station
Evelyn Hughes
North Seventh Street
Extension Association
Retha Dalton
Hazel Knipe
W. H. Folwell
W. C. Cochrane
Falton Simpson
Clark C. Pollock
Dalton
Henry Menuson Jr
Dr. LaPlante
Penn State
Menuson
John Rice
Simpson
Inmate Forest Faechtman Escapes Torrance State Hospital
Authorities seek Forest B. Faechtman, 32, of Johnstown, who escaped Torrance State Hospital near Blairsville last Monday around 1 p.m. The facility says the inmate is not considered dangerous.
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Torrance State Hospital
Blairsville
Indiana Borough
Forest B. Faechtman
Johnstown
US Aid May Be Shut Off To Europe Soviet Bloc
United States aid to Europe under the ECA proceeds, with $731 million allocated for European recovery shipments in the first quarter. The agency plans to carry over 44 percent of the total into the July-September period, and will proceed with food shipments to improve European diets despite crop prospects. ECA will not demand currency reform from these countries but will await their actions to stabilize money systems.
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ECA
Hoffman warns on currency risk in postwar recovery
Hoffman said the United States can withhold investing American taxpayer dollars if demoralized currencies threaten recovery. He stressed a Europe wide partnership without harming any nation's sovereignty and aimed to help Marshall Plan countries become strong and independent. He noted no signs Yugoslavia would leave the eastern orbit amid Moscow Tito friction. The $731 million for European recovery shipments exceeds actual spending.
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Hoffman
United States
Europe
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Marshal Tito
More Phones For Blairsville Now
Blairsville gains additional telephone equipment costing about 14500 dollars. Harrd F. Keck of Bell Telephone reports 133 applicants seek service. 85 may have phones by July as cables and wires become available. The expansion adds 134 names to the waiting list. A portable car refrigerator for fishermen weighs 60 pounds and runs on a car battery. Wenn State's Gehrdes, Altoona Pa., shows promise as a sophomore hurdler.
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Blairsville
F. Keck
Bell Telephone Company
Wenn State
Gehrdes
Altoona
Relief Pours In To Ease Jap Victims
Relief supplies reach western Japan after a devastating earthquake that struck Fukui and surrounding towns. Casualty tallies vary by source, with officials and Allied forces giving conflicting death and injury numbers while rescue teams continue digging.
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Fukul
Japan
Tokyo
Kyodo
Fukui
Ishikawa
Eighth Army
Yokohama
Japanese Welfare Ministry
Allied
U. S. First Corps
Harvester and CIO Union Meet Over Wage Dispute
In Chicago on June 30, company and CIO union officials held talks to settle a wage dispute sparked a strike at nine international Harvester Company plants. Federal conciliators kept bargaining open to decide retroactivity of a wage increase, the main issue. The strike idle ed over 36,000 workers, though two plants under union bargaining agent remained operating.
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Chicago
CIO Union
International Harvester Company
CIO United Farm Equipment Workers Union
Truman to Speak at Anniversary of Washington Monument
Washington June 30 President Truman will address a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Washington Monument cornerstone laying. He will speak extemporaneously for about ten minutes at the monument site around 1 p.m. EST. He will also deliver a ten minute speech at Bolivar Missouri on July 5 for a monument to Simon Bolivar.
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Washington
Truman
Washington Monument
House
Charles G
White Ross
Bolivar
Simon Bolivar
Two New Buildings Planned for Blairsville Town Center
Blairsville eyes major streetscape upgrades as Penn Parts owner James Hileman buys East Market Street property for a new Penn Parts building. Lipsie Brothers reportedly plan a theater on the former Penn Parts site, signaling concurrent development.
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Blairsville
Penn Parts
James Hileman
East Market Street
Lipsie Brothers
Lipsie Bros. Enterprises
Guard to West Point From Pennsylvania Chief Letter
Pvt. Harry H. Wilt of Ligonier will be the first Pennsylvania National Guardsman since World War II to enter the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Wilt was one of three guardsmen nominated by Gov. James H. Duff to take the academy examinations after clearing preliminary tests by the Department of Public Instruction. The other two failed to pass the academy’s examination.
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Aarrisburg
Harry H. Wilt
Ligonier
Pennsylvania
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Cummings Fast Driving Charged on Philadelphia Street
Police in Indiana Borough ticket Robert A. Cummings of Pittsburgh for fast driving on Philadelphia Street yesterday afternoon. The notice identifies the offense and the respondent, filed with borough authorities.
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Robert A. Cummings
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Indiana
Spray Tomatoes And Potatoes Urged For Blight Risk
Harrisburg June 30 The State Agriculture Department urged Pennsylvania farmers to spray tomato and potato crops to prevent blight after three weeks of rain. The department also warned that apples face a serious infection threat and urged spraying of orchards to protect new growth.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Agriculture Department
Finish Fight Arab Pledge in Palestine Unity
Cairo June 30 King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan and King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia pledged a finish fight for complete Arab independence and control in Palestine. The communique, issued in Riyadh and made public at Arab League HQ, states Abdullah and Ibn Saud agree on Arab national aspirations and their unity rests on worship of God and defense of existence.
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Cairo
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Palestine
Riyadh
Arab League
Riy Adh
God
Tito's Independence Sparks Balkan Bloc Tension
British sources report Yugoslavia and Russia edging toward a cautious stance as Tito seeks Western supplies and a freer hand in reconstruction. Cominform rebuke follows, with Moscow and Pravda signaling Yugoslav drift while others weigh future moves and potential Soviet action.
No Decision On Age Group For First Drafted
Washington report states Selective Service has not chosen which age group goes first in peacetime draft. Age will determine induction order, not the lottery. President Truman will select birthdays to set the order, likely starting at age 21, with January birthdays first.
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Washington
Selective Service
Truman
Office of Selective Service Records
Selective Service Organization
Truman Endorsed by Pa Democrats Not Unanimous
Harrisburg June 30 President Truman won endorsement from Pennsylvania’s Democratic National Convention delegation but the vote was not unanimous. The Keystone State’s 16 at large and 66 district delegates hold 74 votes, with at large delegates carrying a half vote each. Delegation chair John R. Rice said the endorsement expresses sentiment but does not bind delegates, and the group will be polled before any convention vote.
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Harrisburg
Truman
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Philadelphia
John
Rice
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bertha Kehoe
Somerset
R. BR. Edwards
Muncy
Bertran Murphy
Ruth Grigg Harting
Lancaster
Genevieve Blatt
Joseph Lawler
Nun Teachers May US C-45 Crashes Be Barred From Near Munich
Fargo N D June 30 A North Dakota measure to bar nuns from teaching in public schools gains support as primary votes count. Governor race tight ROC backed Aandahl leads Schumacher 28 978 to 22 089 with 681 precincts reporting. Anti garb and veterans bonus measures also show momentum. In Frankfurt Germany a US Air Force C 45 transport crashed near Munich on a training flight killing four crew members.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Fred G. Aandahl
Ervin Schumacher
Aandahl
Republican Organizing Committee
ROC
GOP
Schumacher
Drayton
Nonpartisan League
Frankfurt
Germany
Air Force
Munich
Tito Deal Near Agreement Shapes Yugoslav Denunciation
About a month earlier Yugoslavs sought a settlement on nationalized property near the 20 million dollar figure the United States asked. The West would unfreeze 50 million in Yugoslav funds as part of a two day arrangement. Officials await Cavendish Cannon’s report as observers expect Kremlin moves to gauge Tito’s stance. Communist chiefs face a face saving problem if Tito resists Cominform orders.
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United States
Tito
Moscow
State Department
Cavendish Cannon
U. S
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Balkan
Red Army
Russia
United Nations
Balloon scare against air lines shocks Berlin corridor
Reports of an old balloon obstacle over the Berlin to British zone corridor triggered a brief scare. American air authorities questioned the claim while pilots were warned to fly above 5,000 feet as Soviet and Russian press remarks spurred the incident.
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Berlin
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
United States
Lucius D. Clay
Europe
Air Force
London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Dominions
Begin
Lewis Douglas
Rene Massighi
UN Not To Intervene In Berlin
Secretary-General Trygve Lie abandons plans to ask the United Nations Security Council to tackle the Berlin crisis after the United States Britain and France signal nonintervention at this time. Moscow silent but unlikely to favor council debate. China awaits Nanking instructions. Lie says he will continue monitoring but has no immediate action under Article 89 to bring cases before the council.
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Lake Success
Trygve Lie
United Nations Security Council
Berlin
Lie
United States
Britain
France
U.N
Russia
Moscow
Nanking
Liu
Coun.il
Obituary notices for Semonzini and others in Indiana area
Obituaries note ANNA SORTELLA SEMONZINI died at 1011 Peermont Ave Pittsburgh she is survived by husband Bruno Semonzini daughter Gloria and sons Gerald Gilbert along with siblings A S Adams Rose O'Hara Ernest Tortella and Attilio Tortella with funeral details at Mount Lebanon and St Bernard's Cemetery Indiana Elisha Thomas Watchins 61 of Punxsutawney killed in a mine accident near Frostburg born 1887 in Lanes Mills Jefferson County survived by family and church affiliations Funeral notices also list MRS SUSAN ADAMS KNauer DEATH in Somerset and MRS PEARL DUNCAN FERRARA and HUGH WILSON BLAKELY with services at Robinsons Indiana and cemetery interments in Green Woodland Oakland and other local cemeteries.
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Anna Sortella Semonzini
Peermont Ave
Pittsburgh
Bruno Semonzini
Gloria
Gerald
Gilbert
A. S. Adams
Indiana
Rose O'Hara
Ernest
John Tortella
Attliio Tortella
Mount Lebanon
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Elisha Thomas Watchins
Perry Street
Punxsutawney
Frostburg
Lanes Mills
Jefferson County
Myon and
Matilda (Sugars) Hutchins
Church of God
Rotary
Parnell
Ida Mottern
Harohd
William
Inchclub
Ana
Earl
Brockport
Edward
York State
Indiana Hospital
Waco Chase
Club
Edward J
Worthville Cemetery
Susan (Adams) Knauer
Somerset
C. P. Wissinger
Creekside
Pearl Duncan Ferrara
Robinson's
N. 7Th St
Jas, K. Leitch
Green
Wond Cemetery
Ferrara
Peter Ferrara
Wallace Caps Capitalism in New England Swing
Henry Wallace told a Portland audience of about 1,000 that he is a capitalist not a communist and the only real businessman in the Presidential race. He outlined a program of progressive capitalism and warned that reactionary capitalism would bring depression to the public. He said he founded the New Party because he believes Republicans and Democrats are war parties.
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Portland
Henry Wallace
New England
Wallace
New York
Girl Scouts Need Dads Back At Rustic Lodge Camp
Indiana Girl Scouts praise fathers for camp improvements at Rustic Lodge and invite them back tonight at 5 30 to do more work. The girls promise a meal on the picnic table their dads erected.
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Indiana
Outlook Bright For AR Accord
President Truman seized control to avert a strike and the government secured a restraining order to keep workers on the job. Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough planned to rule Thursday on blocking a strike with a permanent injunction. Union leaders warned dissolution of the order could let 190000 members of three Brotherhoods strike.
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Truman
T. Alan Galdsborough
Goldsborough
Brotherhoods
Steelman
White House
Steenman J
Kiwanis Report on Los Angeles National Confab
Kiwanis Club president George Rinkenberger reported on the national convention held in Los Angeles attended by about 15,000 people from all states and Canada. Prominent figures like Governor Warren of California and James Fayrley spoke, with Belmont Mosser of St. Marys, Pa named national president for the coming year. Return of 19 lettermen signals Penn State as a potential powerhouse in 1948.
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Kiwanis Club
George Rinkenberger
Los Angeles
Union
Canada
Rinkenberger
Governor Warren
California
James Fayrley
Belmont Mosser
St. Mary
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Torrance
Soviet Bloc
Minerva Coffee
Minerva
Harvester
Georgi Dimitrov
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Pravda
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Italy
Cominform
Vta
Republic of Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Demos
Ger
N. Dakota Schools
JS Tito
Joseph Parnell
Larry Davis
Hugh Wilson Blakely
J. K. Leitch
E. L. Ralston
Oakland Cemetery
Blakley
Girl Scouts
AR Accord
Kiwanis
Reading Industries
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