Mother-in-law wins big on Queen For a Day show
Mrs. Parratt 52 from Shiprock New Mexico won a 835,000 bonanza from 42 prizes after her name was drawn from 3,000,000 submissions on Queen For a Day. Her daughter relayed the news by phone. the prize package included a car and trailer, a Persian lamb coat, jewelry, home appliances, and a two week trip to New York City Vermont and Bermuda.
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Ndwar Perrett
Jack Leonard
Shiprock
New York City
Vermont
Bermuda
Schuman Wins Confidence Vote in Paris Assembly
Premier Robert Schuman's government won its seventh confidence vote in Paris as lawmakers defeated a bill to cancel France's forced loan plan. The measure would have required citizens to buy 130,000,000,000 francs in bonds or pay equivalent taxes to drain surplus purchasing power. Schuman warned he would not remain in power if the bill passed, amid opposition from Communists and Conservatives.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
France
Jacques Duclos
Rene Mayer
Schuman
Assembly
Duclos
Bandits Take $1,900 Payroll From Glass Firm Car
The Stott Hecht Glass Works payroll man Wheeler Gilmore was robbed of $1,900 as he returned from the bank. Two young gunmen forced him from his car after loading the envelope, warned him not to look back, and fled with the money.
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Philadelphia
Stott
Hecht Glass Works
Wheeler Gilmore
Glass Works
Gilmore
Recovery of hoarded steel and foods in Tokyo
Tokyo investigators report recovery of hoarded steel and ther foods valued at 40 million yen or 800000 dollars found in a former Tokyo chemical plant. The find was announced today by authorities in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Chemical
Senators clash over Marshall Plan debate continues
A heated floor confrontation arose as Hawkes of New Jersey attacked the Marshall Plan saying it would fail and provoke a third world war. Lodge of Massachusetts defended backers while Malone of New York pressed the view that the plan redistributes U.S. wealth. The exchange marked a tense end to the first week of four year program debate with several critics voicing concerns.
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Lodge
R-Mass
Hawkes
New Jersey
United States
Sen. Hawkes
Malone
R-Ney
U. S
Churchill Predicts Danger of War in UK and Abroad
London report from March 6 quotes Churchill warning that Britain faces bankruptcy, privation, and the threat of a third world war due to Russian aggression and Communist violence. He spoke to Frank Harris during a North Croydon byelection engagement.
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London
Winster
Churchill
Frank Harris
North Croydon
US rejects Soviet backed bid from three satellites on Germany
Washington March 6 The United States declined to discuss German policy with Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Poland in a blunt note from Undersecretary Lovett. The Soviet Union had supported the request and a copy of the note was sent to Moscow. The three states had proposed a voice in Western Germany’s reconstruction, but Lovett said the resolution contained many inaccuracies and would not serve a useful purpose. Ambassador Juraj Slavik of Czechoslovakia had resigned in protest against Communist takeover.
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Washington
Mar
United States
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Poland
Lovett
Soviet Union
State Department
Prague
Great Britain
France
Tohis Lovett
Juraj Slavik
Messnegc
Kiwanis Father Daughter Night at Blairsville
Blairsville Kiwanis held its Father Daughter Night at Hebron Lutheran Church with Jeannette club guests ten Kiwanians attended. Lt Gov Ralph McCreary and James Tor Trance arranged readings by Mrs Brown and a talk by William R McMillen. Ray Basser received a service certificate from McCreary, T. G C White of Blairsville presented a traveling gavel to the Jednette club, two new members Wilbur Donahue and Edwin Geary were inducted.
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Blairsville
Kwanis Civ
Hebron Lutheran Church
Jeannette Club
Ar J
Ralph McCreary
James Tor- Trance
Ja BR. Brown
Willian R. McMillen
Ray Basser
McCreary
James McKee
Jednette Club
T. G C. White
Wilbur Donahue
Edwin Geary
Blairsville Installs Third Service Club Lions Club
Blairsville forms a new Lions Club joining Kiwanis and Rotary as the town's three service organizations. A Latrobe delegation of 30 met 10 Blairsville members in a joint session to organize the club and outline its work. Temporary officers elected were E. F. Smith chairman Abe L. Gray secretary and Edward Nakles treasurer. A second meeting is planned Tuesday with plans to add members.
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Lions Club
Blairsville
Kiwanis International
Rotary Club
Latrobe Lions Club
Ajunnel
Latrobe
E. F. Smith
Abe L. Gray
Edward Nakles
Sharon receives sixteen bikes for birthday gift
In Portland a five year old girl named Sharon got sixteen bicycles from her Aunt Mrs Jones E. Jones of Oklahoma City. A misdialed order led to the mix up when a bicycle firm sent sixteen bikes instead of one. The aunt explained the error by long distance call after the mistake was discovered.
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Portland
Ore
Sharon
Jones E. Jones
Oklahoma City
For Rent The Maginot Line in French region
Paris March 6 The French government offers for rent as pasture sections of the Maginot Line land. The rental area lies around Thionville Aumontz Audun Le Tiche and Bouzonville. Old fortifications remain visible from the highway.
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Paris
Thionville
Aumotz
Audun-Le-Tiche
Bouzonville
Western zones plan to join Marshall Fund talks in Paris
A three power statement says British American and French zones in Germany will be fully associated in the European recovery program and represented at the Paris mid March meeting of the 16 nations. Germany likely represented by allied commanders but direct participation by Germans possible later. The communique urges economic reconstruction of western Europe and a basis for a democratic Germany in the community of free peoples.
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Sl Pwestern
Paris
A Ministers
Western
Europe
Community of Free Peoples
Vocunique Aftel
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Ruhr
France
Eure
Prisoner Vanishes From Oklahoma City Jail
In Oklahoma City a 56 year old one armed prisoner, crippled with arthritis, vanished from the city jail on the third floor yesterday. Officer Guy Mitchell led him toward the judge's chamber when the man stepped onto an elevator and disappeared, with Mitchell alone nearby aboard.
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Oklahoma City
Mar
Prmbite
Guy Mitchell
Mitchell
Which Came First Chicken or the Egg
William D. Horgan reports a national wage dispute as labor seeks higher pay to offset inflation while industry warns such raises fuel price increases. Steel maker Fairless and General Electric resist new boosts, arguing inflation and reduced buying power would follow. The CIO United Electrical Workers press for offsetting the weekly earnings loss amid price shifts.
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William D. Horgan
New York
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Aft
U. S
General Electric Co
Tinton
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Finnish Parliament divisions over military aid pact unfold
Finnish parliamentary groups split over talks on a military pact with the Soviet Union. The Social Democrats Conservatives Liberals and Swedish People's Party favor negotiations but oppose a full alliance, while Popular Democrats back a full alignment. Agrarians oppose talks. government press says decisions rest with President Readiness for demonstrations is noted as Communist supporters rally, though no resolution passes.
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Social Democrats
Conservatives
Liberals
Swedish People's Party
Popular Democrats
Soviet Union
Agrarians
Hungary
Romania
Agarians
Finland
Passikivi
Foreign Office
Nensmen
Hollywood banquet raises 15000 for defense in un american probe
About 300 Hollywood figures gathered for a banquet raising 15110 to back ten defendants charged with contempt of Congress in the Un-American Activities probe. Speakers led by Dr Harlow Shapley condemned the Thomas committee and urged fight against censorship, likening it to the rise of the Reichstag fire. Adrian Scott, one defendant, urged dramatizing the fight for liberty with Lena Horne and Larry Parks among those present.
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Mim
Congress
House Committee
Harlow Shapley
Harvard Uniersity
National Arts, Sciences and Professiona Council
Shapley
Thomas
Un-Ameisun Activites
Starvard
Edward A. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
John Huston
Lena Harnesang
Larry Parks
Adrian Scott
Scott
Thomas Catee
Germany
Blairsville Aid Planned for Fire Victims in Josephine
Blairsville residents rally to aid the Hankinson family after a recent fire that destroyed their Josephine home. The Salvation Army of Indiana and the local newspaper coordinate clothing furniture and household appliances for Mrs Margaret Hankinson and her four children. A Bergman Transfer Company truck distributes collections while cash gifts support a fresh start after the father’s death last December and a younger brother’s passing weeks ago.
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Blairsville
Josephine
Salvation Army of Indiana
Margaret Hankinson
Mary Ella
James Darwin
Edward Morris
Bernard Valgene
Hatkinson
Lawson
East Campbell Street
Bergman Transfer Company
Senators threat to filibuster civil rights measures grows
Senators from the South mobilize a ready-to-filibuster guard, pledging constant presence in the Senate to block anti discrimination bills. Key figures include Russell Georgia McKellar Texas Byrd Virginia Eastland and Stennis Mississippi Hoey North Carolina Holland Florida with Byrd named chairman. Truman support and candidate links cited but no pledge to depose him.
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Pepper
Fla
Truman
Hill
Ala
Russell
George
Georgia
McKellar
Stewart
Temuyenien
Connally
O'Daniel
Texas
Byrd and Robertson
Virginia
Overton
Ellencer
Louisiana
Ihin and Sparkman
Alabama
Maybank and Johnston
South Carolina
Eastland and Stennis
Mississippi
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Fulbright l
Arkansas
Hoey and Umstead
North Carolina
Holland
Florida
Senate
Aiough
Russell D-Gal
Byrd
D-Wa
Dixie
Hoey
D-Nc
Chennault Favors Arms For China
Claire L. Chennault urged U S aid to embattled China aligning with MacArthur and Wedemeyer for lending military aid. He spoke in Tokyo before flying to Washington to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He dismissed Senator Glen Taylor of Wyoming Idaho as seeking headlines and noted his plans to land in Minneapolis later today with his Chinese wife.
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Tokyo
Claire L.chennault
The
Flying Tigers
MacArthur
Albert C. Wedemeyer
United States
China
Chennault
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Shanghai
Glen Taylor
Truman
Wedemeyer
Cowboy Taylor
Wyoming
Idaho
Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
U. S. Lime
Pigeon Delivers $20 Pay Home in Detroit
Detroit worker Joe Andanowski sent his $20 paycheck to wife Grace by carrier pigeon. He fixed the money to a bird’s leg at the roost after collecting pay at the factory. About 45 minutes later Grace found the bird and the wrapped bill, mistaking it for a dollar.
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Detroit
Joe Andanowski
Andanowski
Grace
Andunowski
Joe
Army Teat Test TNT Power Revealed in Utah Tests
Army engineers disclosed plans for explosive charges of TNT up to 920000 pounds to be detonated in tests to assess underground war factories feasibility. Tests set for late this year near Grand Junction Colorado Dugway and Castle Dale Utah. Resident engineer H Blath said explosions are for experimental purposes only and no atomic bomb will be used. A contract was awarded to Engineering Research Associates of St Paul Minnesota for instrumentation work and studies.
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Salt Lake City
Mar
Army
Grand Junction
Colo
Dugway
Utah
Castle Dale
H. ©. Blath
Plath
Engineering Research Associates of
St. Paul, Minn
Texas Citrus Heads to California After 16 Years
EDINBURG Tex March 6 Texas citrus begins crossing into California for the first time in 16 years under new entry rules. Shippers dispatched five rail carloads and two trucks of fruit yesterday signaling a resumed cross state trade and market access for Texas growers.
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Edinburg
Tex
Texas Citrus
California
RPT
Germans Will Decide Type of Gov't
In New York Willard Thorp told the Herald-Tribune Youth Forum that Germans alone must decide their political future. The United States will offer aid to develop constructive lines and back Western European efforts to curb a revived German military. He noted about 350 million dollars under the European Recovery Program and warned that unification delays hinder economic health. He stressed democracy cannot be forced and that outside political interference is not America’s way. In the U.S. Occupation Zone military forces will be demobilized and by end of 1948 installations destroyed or repurposed.
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New York
Mar
Willard Thorp
United States
Herald-Tribune Youth Forum
Germany
Europe
Thorp
U.S
Soviet
Russia
U. S
Blairsville Board of Trade Opens Tax Fight Meeting
The Blairsville Board of Trade will hold a special Monday eve meeting at 8:00 PM in the Third Ward School to discuss the mercantile tax. Increased borough council and board of education expenditures require about 30 000 more revenue, with both units eyeing the mercantile levy. A committee report on other tax measures will be presented, as council and school leaders prepare for the regular borough council session.
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Blairsville Board of Trade
Blairsville
Third Ward
Board of Education
Money Counting Is Mechanized in Indiana Borough
Indiana BoroughSecretary Blair Ansley was trained today on a new money counting machine. The device, bought to tally parking meter receipts, processes pennies and nickels and sorts them for deposits.
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Indiana
Blair Ansley
Blairsville Opens Red Cross Drive With $2500 Quota
Blairsville begins its annual Red Cross drive Monday with a $2500 quota, the same as last year. An organization meeting at Blairsville Methodist Church will set canvassing plans, with Co-Chairman Ralph Gessler and Mrs. John A. Ackerson presenting. Also present are Margaret Serene, William Ruddock, and J. R. Maloney. Canvassing in business districts is led by the Rotary, Kiwanis, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars, starting Monday. house-to-house work follows a week later under church and women’s groups.
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Red Cross
Blairsville
I Methodist Church
Ralph Gessler
John A. Ackerson
Margaret Serene
William Ruddock
J. R.maloney
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
American iLegion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Peace By Applied Psychology: A Path To Lasting Peace
Pittsburgh March 6. Dr James Miller of the University of Chicago told 600 psychologists and students that peace could be achieved by long term education fostering non-hostile attitudes toward other peoples and races. He warned that the next five years threaten civilization more than any power we can counter.
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Pittsburgh
Applied
James
I Miller
University of Chicago
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