Franco Maneuvers for Compromise Amid Spanish Turmoil
Paris dispatch describes General Franco's fragile position in Spain as Allied pressure grows. It argues his aim is a face saving exit with army control, warns a civil war could restart, notes Spain's 700,000 strong army and infrastructure for rapid troop movement, and urges a peaceful, truly free national election without further conflict.
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Paris
Francisco Franto
Spain
Madrid
Franco
Europe
Tsaima
Maine
Area Veterans Are Discharged at Indiana Receives List
The following Indiana Area veterans were discharged through the Indiantown Gap Separation Center on Friday March 1 and at Camp Atterbury on February 28. Cpl Earl F Henry Graceton Pvt Merle H Snyder Black Lick T/Sgt Arthur G Halldin Indiana Rd 2 S/Sgt Carlton D Smith Glen Campbell Rd 1 Pfc Harry M Boyer 1605 Water St Indiana Pfc Eugene M Houser Blairsville Pte Omer G Hallman LaJose Paul S Kirkland Blairsville Cpl Robert F Dorka Lucerne Mines T John R Brust 146 Oak St Indiana Opl Jack B Stadtmiller Blairsville Pic Blaire E Marsh Blairsville Rd 2 T4 Richard K Beamer Indiana Sgt Alton W Wolford Blairsville March 1 Pfc George J Parady Burnside S/Sgt Kenneth G Griffith Hopsopple Rd Rd 1 T5 Maurice F Fulton Indiana Rd 1 Set Burnie T Berringer Jr Indiana 518 5 5th St Indiana.
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Indiana
Indiantown Gap
Earl F. Henry
Graceton
Merle H. Snyder
Black Lick
Arthur G. Halldin
Carlton D. Smith
Glen Campbell
Harry M. Boyer
1605 Water
St. Indiana
Eugene M. Houser
Blairsville
R. D
Omer G. Hallman
LaJose
Paul S. Kirkland
Robert F. Dorka
Lucernemines
John R. Brust
Oak St
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Carl J. Aaron
Jack B. Stadtmiller
S. Stewart
St. Blairsville
Blaire E. Marsh
Richard K. Beamer
S. Tih St
Alton W. Wolford
E. Market St
George J. Parady
Burnside
Kenneth G. Griffith
Holsopple R. D
Maurice F
Democrats Bid To Save House Bill
The report highlights Bowles urging Congress to resist inflation and back the housing bill for veterans, with Wilton W. Wyatt accusing major lobbies of opposing essential legislation to protect price ceilings. Republican reactions include calls for Bowles resignation amid crossfire over inflation strategy and Syria troop withdrawals.
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Congress
Bowles
Wilton W. Wyatt
Tait
Ohio
Tatets
France
Britain
Syria
Aoe
Sram
Aggeteene
Allment
Hep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Col John Rice Rising From Senator to Governor Candidate
Harrisburg reports Col John S Rice, a Biglerville fruit grower and Packings firm head, rose from Democratic State Senator to potential Governor nominee. Born Jan 28 1899 in Adams County, he served in WWI and WWII era air corps roles and led the State Senate as President Pro Tempore in 1937. He says the 1932 nomination came via sticker campaign while away on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
John S. Rice
Pennsylvania
Rice
Biglerville
Franklin-Adams County
West
Roosevelt
Menallen Township
Adams County
Leighton Rice
Arendisville Bank
Young Rice
Air Forces Intelligence School
Air Transport Command
Presque Isle
Maine
Eighth Transport Group
Goose Bay
Labrador
North Atlantic
Bermuda
Scotland
Rice, Trew and Rice
Senate
Harvey Hoffman
Gettysburg
Martin
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg Lutheran Theological Seminary
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
the Elks
Luene Rogers
Troy
N. Y
Ellen
Francies
Shroyer Pursues Governor Nomination Amid Party Debates
Shroyer, a Shamokin dress manufacturer and Filipino War veteran, runs for governor as he vows to file nominating petitions this week and issue a March 18 statement. Governor Martin remains silent on cabinet member Davis, while Elizabeth Jordan of Pittsburgh declares intent to challenge Martin for the Senate nomination.
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Shroyer
Shamokin
Martin
Philippines
Duff
Davis
Senate
U.S
Francis J. Myers J
G. Mason Owlett
Republcan
Jim
Elizabeth Jordan
Pittsburgh
See Pauley Nomination Withdrawal
Washington advisers indicate a Pauley withdrawal could mark a major point in the White House clash over Edwin W. Pauley’s nomination as Under Secretary of the Navy. Hearings resume Wednesday before the Senate Naval Committee amid expectations he may withdraw after defending charges.
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Washington
Mar
Capitol Hill
Truman
White House
Palace Guard
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Senate Naval Committee
Senate
Robert E. Hannegan
George ©. Allen
RFC
Senate Democrats
Will Decide US UNO Police Force
Edward E. Bomar reports the United States likely will offer naval and air power rather than large troop numbers to UNO's international police force. Decisions rest with the joint chiefs of staff ahead of the March 21 UNO Security Council briefing.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Mar
UNO
Joint Chiefs of Staff
New York
Security Council
United States
Great Britain
Russia
France
China
United Nations
Air Forces
Adm
Richmond K. Turner
Navy
War Bride Smiles After Erie Train Arrival in Jamestown
In Jamestown New York an Austrian born war bride Mrs Kreszaszis Eppich Kechier and her infant son born just after being taken from an Erie Railroad War Bride Special are reported doing well at Women’s Christian Association Hospital The boy weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces The mother was en route to join her husband former Sgt Stephen Lechner in Hollywood California A pocket gopher has been known to tunnel 600 feet in 48 hours.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Women’s Christian Association
Aride
Kreszaszis Eppich Kechier
Stephen Lechner
Hollywood
Calif
Arbitration Method Faces Supreme Test
Pittsburgh March 4 AP The president of an Independent utility union said the outcome of the arbitration with Duquesne Light could make or break arbitration as a labor settlement method. George L Mueller warned unions nationwide watch closely if a satisfactory solution fails, unions may reject arbitration. A power strike slated for midnight was called off after a 1348 vote acepted the company offer to arbitrate. The agreement calls for a three man arbitration board with the third member named by Edgar L Warren. Hearings set to begin March 16 as workers seek raises of 21 and 25 cents an hour. The Feb 12 one hour strike in the Pittsburgh area was suspended in the public interest.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Company
George L. Mueller
Independent
Association of Employes of the Light Company
Edgar L. Warren
U. S. Concilia
Sinews of Peace speech yet to come at Fulton
Churchill will present the sinews of peace theme in Fulton Missouri tomorrow. President Truman endorses a 3.75 billion pound British loan as a cornerstone of world peace, calling trade warfare between nations an alternative. The two leaders depart for Truman's home state after a White House ceremony.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Mar
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Truman
Midwest
White House
Churchill
Westminster College
Cashier Killed in East Liberty Robbery at Gannon's
Pittsburgh AP report details the fatal payday robbery at Gannon's restaurant East Liberty. Elderly cashier J. E. Muster, 68, of Oakland, was shot after refusing to surrender his money. The gunman fled with 336 dollars from the cash drawer. Waitress Olga Gabor, 27, witnessed the event and described the sequence. Muster died two hours after being taken to hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Gannon's
East Liberty
J. E. Muster
Oakland
Hhe
Olga Gabor
Muster
First See'y of UMW of A Passes
Harrisburg March 4 John P Gallagher 69 longtime first secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America died at his home Saturday night He served 1898 to 1905 under John Mitchell and later worked for the State Department of Mines the State Insurance Department and the Federal Internal Revenue Bureau as an accountant
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Harrisburg
Mar
John P. Gallagher
United Mine Workerg of America
Gallagher
Miners’ Union
John Mitchell
State Department of Mines
State Insurance Department
Federal Internal Revenue Bureau
Britain to unify armed forces amid atomic era debate
Prime Minister Attlee told MPs that the army navy and air force should be a single service as atomic weapons reshape defense. He cited unsettled world conditions and said new arms will influence future defense decisions. Britain asked Russia to explain Iran troop withdrawal and dispatched notes to Washington and Moscow.
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London
Attlee
Commons
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Russia
Iran
Frank Roberts
Moscow
State Department
Washington
Ernest Bevin
Roberts
United States
United States State Department
Telephone Strike On Thursday Is Probable
The dispute over auto industry wages heats up as GM proposes an 18 1-2 cent hourly raise while UAW CIO leaders back a 19 1-2 cent increase. Dewey mediates as 800000 idle and other labor actions unfold across GE Westinghouse and related plants. A broader wage pattern and arbitration stance dominate meetings and plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uaw.cio
Winters
Uvaw-Cio
General Motors
O Nore
Ford
Chrysler
Motor
James F. Dewey
San Francisco
Fresno
California Conference of Machinists
Harry W. Brown
International Association of Machinists
General Electric Co
Philadelphia
Quaker City
CIO Electrical Workers Union
Albert C. Fitzgerald
General Electric and Westinghouse
Tom Clark
New York
Westinghouse
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Uaw-Cio
Detroit Tool and Die Manufacturers
Automotive Tool and Die Manufacturers Association
Darn No Wheels Released for Sale in Chicago
Chicago officials announce 300 outmoded street cars up for sale as housing. Each unit costs 300 dollars and will be stripped of wheels with chettle heating walls. The plan aims to provide a few homes for people willing to settle down amid sparse details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chettle
Peope
Police Guard GE Plant in Philadelphia Strike Standoff
In Philadelphia on March 4, 800 police ringed a GE plant as a nationwide strike by CIO workers remained unsettled. Mass demonstrations last week led to injuries, 19 arrests, and talks in New York as workers seek a $2 daily wage increase.
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Philadelphia
General Hilechic Company
CIC
Bernard Samuel
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
CIO
Samuel
New York
Penn Transit Strike Halts Bus Service in McKeesport and Greensburg
McKeesport and Greensburg areas faced a Penn Transit Co bus service stoppage as 68 McKeesport drivers and 28 Greensburg drivers walked out in sympathy after a union demand to reinstate furloughed workers. Company officials indicated eight to ten of sixteen extra drivers would be furloughed due to insufficient work.
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Mckeesport
Greensburgh
Penn Transit Co
Joseph Harshman
Clarence Mann
Greensburg
Mann
Harshman
Penn Transit
Leechburg
Fifteen Die In Accidents In Pa
At least 15 persons were killed in Pennsylvania over the weekend in various incidents. Names include Norman Taggert and his children burned in Downingtown, Irene Friga, Douglas Stoltz, and George C. Eater Jr. among others. Plane collision fatalities occurred in Philadelphia and a fall from a second story window claimed Mrs. Conchetta Umile.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Norman Taggert
Phyllis
Branch
Harry
Laura
Teresa Anderson
Taggert
Downington
Irene Friga
St. Clair
Douglas Stoltz
Horsham
George C. Eater, Jr
York
Samuel F. Cram
Anna Kester
William Wilkinson
Victor Laptewicz
Philadelphia
Dario L. Zanzi
Geyesville
Calif
Conchetta Umile
Ex War Pilots Die In Plane Crash
Two veteran flyers from Philadelphia and California perished when a training plane collided with a brother pilot’s aircraft. Victims Vic tor Lapkiewicz, 24, of Philadelphia, and Dario I Zanzi, Geyesville, California, died in the crash near Los Angeles.
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Philadelphia
Victor Lapkiewicz
Dario I
Zanzi
Chico Marx
Lap
Warner Bros. Studio
Mill Slaying Confession Shocks Bloomington Scene
Indianapolis March report says Joseph Woolridge, 29, a Bloomington janitor, signed a statement admitting the fatal slayings of Russell Koontz, 43, and Phyllis Coleman, in an abandoned stone mill. He described self defense followed by suffocation of Mrs Coleman and concealment of bodies in a 10 foot pit with rope and planks.
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Indianapolis
Mar
Robert A. O'Neal
Indiana State Police
Joseph L. Woolridge
Russell Koontz
Phyllis Coleman
Bloomington
Ind
Woolridge
Koontz
O'Neal
Coleman
O’neal
Johnstown
Ivelshed
Beast of the East Pleads Innocent
Isamu Ishihari, a former Japanese Army interpreter dubbed The beast of the East, pleaded innocent to charges of beating and torturing American prisoners of war at Daosung and Kiangwan camps in Shanghai. Accusations cite Marines from Wake Island and other U.S. personnel. affidavits describe brutal acts including a broken nose and water torture.
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Shanghai
Isamu Ishihari
Hankow
Daosung
Kiangwan
Hshanghai
Isihara
Fhve
Fogbound Mountain Peak Hit
A list of military personnel and dependents with residences and assignments includes Pte Eugene Mills in Fort Worth Texas Sgt L A Criswell and Lt Easterday with unspecified home addresses Ensign Jack Eugene Selover Lt Simon in Georgia and several civilians in California Georgia Alabama and Florida along with a mention of two people en route to Hawaii and an American Airlines crew based in Los Angeles including Captain Samuel E Stoner First Officer Emmett Edward Baker and stewardess Maxine Rickard.
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Eugene Mills
Marine Corps
L. J. Baker
Fort Worth
Texas
J. H. Menge
San Antonio
C. C. Bradbury
Inglewood
Calif
Gladys de Lancey
South Pasadena
Annette Abernathy
Jacksonville
Pla
William Battersby
Berkeley
E. J. Lang
Zurich
Switzerland
L. A. Criswell
Fla
W. F. Whittaker
College Park
Max L. Fife
American Airines
Los Angeles
R. L. la
Obituaries from Grange to Punxsutawney area mourn losses
Deaths mark Grange and Punxsutawney communities with multiple obituaries. Laverne Means, born 1874 in Frostburg, dies at home after brief illness, leaving a large family and roles in local firms and farms. funeral at St. Johns near Grange. Other notices include Edna Goodwin of Turtle Creek, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Beattie Barr of Shelocta, Olive N. Nicholson Hamilton of Plumville, and infant William Gerald Fleming buried at Greenwood Cemetery. Funeral arrangements list churches and homes across Jefferson and Indiana counties. Sixteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren noted for Means. other survivors include spouses and children in Punxsutawney, Sprankle Hills, North Bethlehem, and Pittsburgh areas. Funeral services set in St. Johns church and Robinson and Streams funeral homes with interments planned.
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Laverne Means
Grange
Deer Punx
Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Jefferson Agriculture Association of
Brookville
A. I. Money
Punxsutawney
Paul Smith
Sprankles Hills
Maude A
Mervin L. Punxsutawney
Dwight B
North Bethlehem
St. Johns
Atlock
St. Johns Cemetery
Sarah Elizabeth (Beatty) Barr
R. A. Meyer
Pittslburgh
Indiana Co
R. W. Barr
Pittsburgh
Dora Hoffer
Martinsburg
Robinson Funeral Home
Indiana
Taylorsville Cemetery
Homer City Church Dedicates Organ
In Homer City Presbyterian Church a new organ was dedicated with Rev. Harry Burton Boyd delivering greetings from the Kittanning Presbytery. Miss Martha Kier of Blairsville gave an 7:30 pm recital featuring works by Paderewski Bach Handel and others.
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Homer City Presbyterian Church
Kittanning Presbytery
Harry Burton Boyd
D. BG
First Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Martha Kier
Blairseville
Paderewski
Bach
Handel
Kier
Church Organ Fund
Homer City High School
Lester W. Tuck
Sara Keagle
Clair Long
Rotation Policy For Pacific Vets
Tokyo March 4 A rotation policy for returning regular army officers and enlisted men to the United States became effective Saturday under a Pacific Army forces circular. Men who have served 30 months overseas without a US stay over six months are eligible for return except general and military government officers. The circular sets 2.5 years as the maximum tour unless volunteers for longer overseas service. Those who complete their tours will not be sent overseas again for at least six months.
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Tokyo
United States
Pacific Army Forces
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Dana Andrews
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Linda Darnell
U.s.-Uno Police Force
Stork
Sinews of Peace
G.E. Plant
Ina Gazette
Ada
Beast of the East
Weather Report
Penna
Edna Goodwin
Turtle Creek
Raleigh
Hillsdale
Lewis Goodwin
Harvey
U. S. Army
Orpha Butterbaugh
Commodore
Violet Shepherd
Emeigh
Robert
Olive N
Nichol) Hamilton
Norman Hamilton
Raymond Hospital
Hamilton
Georgeville
Plumville
Bowser
William Gerald Fleming
Streams Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Homer City Church
Pacific
Bulan Ki
E. Pi S. S.C
Streams
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