Protection of Game Fish From Toxic Materials Sought
Complaints about killing fish in streams from toxic road materials washed into creeks. In Cambria County last year a township was ordered to pay 6800 damages to farmer Henry Pinkshaw for dam-related fish losses on Spring Lake property. Local fishermen warn of similar risks and urge supervisors to prevent pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambria
Henry Pinkshaw
Spring Lake
Stewart Run
Pinkshaw
Five County Blackout Strands Meadville Area
A 34 minute regional blackout hit five counties in western Pennsylvania. An oil circuit breaker failed at Pine Dam plant near Clarion causing widespread outages in Crawford Warren Erie Elk Mercer Venango and Venango areas with candles and oil lamps used during the outage. Repairs were begun immediately by the Electric Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Pennsylvania ‘Electric Company
Pine Dam
Clarion
Crawford County
Warren
Warren County
Corry
Union City
Erie County
Ridgway
Elk County
Nothern
Mercer County
Eric
Venango
Oi City
Franklin
Rocky Grove
Guns Crack In Costa Rica
Gunfire shattered the night in San Jose as Costa Rica faces a presidential designation delay. Five soldiers were wounded when revolutionaries attacked a mobile army unit en route to reports of Jose Figueres amassing hundreds of armed supporters at his ranch southeast of the capital. Vanguardia Popular leaders urged mass demonstrations against the delay in selecting a President designate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Costa Rica
Mar
Jose Figueres
Here
Vanguardia Popular
Coral Sailor Visits Rotterdam During Spokane Tour
Ercole A. Dellafiora chief shipfitter USN son of Angelina Dellafiora of Coral Penn visited Rotterdam when the light cruiser USS Spokane paid a courtesy call. He toured small Dutch towns, visited The Hague Peace Palace, and noted wartime damage yet enduring beauty. Local reactions included remarks on a private airpark project and Eldon growth spurred by industrial prospects. Mayor R. J. Reed enclosed folders and offered further aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ercole A. Dellafiora
USN
Angelina Dellafiora
Coral
Penna
Rotterdam
Spokane
Netherlands
Hague
Nethlands
Napoleon Bonapart
Maas
Park Rrade
Prince Bernhardt
Dilianna
No Trace Found On Missing Plane In Milan Search
In Milan Italy on March 13 a two engine American transport plane missing since Thursday was not yet found. Five crew members were aboard but their identities remained unknown. The director of search operations at Linate Airport said the plane is still being sought with American Italian French Swiss assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Italy
Mar
Linate
Geneva
Rome
Anderson To Quit Cabinet Amid Senate Bid
Senator Anderson announced plans to leave Truman's cabinet to seek a Senate seat for New Mexico. He cited support from five prominent locals and named Henry A. Riker, W. A. Keleher, Everett M. Grantham, U S district attorney for New Mexico, former Governor Dempsey and Hiram Dow as likely backers. He said he will campaign lightly in the primary and expects little opposition, with Patrick J. Hurley as a possible Republican foe. He noted his wife’s initial dismay but eventual satisfaction, and he suggested Hatch would remain in the Senate. A dessert note adds a pudding sauce recipe using tart jelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Senate
Trman
Congress
Anderson
Anderson May Craw
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
Chavez
D-Nm
Hatch
Two Killed By Tractor Trailer in Bethlehem Accord
In Bethlehem Pennsylvania a large tractor trailer raced down a mile long hill killing a mother Catherine Stecker 33 and her seven year old daughter Sandra Kay and wounding five others. The truck knocked down a power pole and demolished two frame houses before crashing into a group of business buildings near where the victims waited for a streetcar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Catherine Stecker
Sandra Kay
Lewis Hurls Threat of Soft Coal Strike
Cleveland operates the coal field as trustees react to Lewis letter threatening a soft coal strike. The letter urges operators to honor the June 8 1947 agreement while critics call the move unfair. West Virginia and Ohio operators express concern about possible escalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Cleveland
J'Thomas E. Murray
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
West Virginia
Arthur Downing
Logan Operators Association
J. J. Ardigo
Williamson Operators Association
Chile Seeks U N Action On Red Coup Move Details
United Nations sessions focused on Chilean efforts to bring a case against a Red coup attempt with strong U S support. The Palestine question also stymied progress as Britain abstained from the four-nation talks and a partition plan faced Arab-Israeli opposition. The meeting discussed possible Soviet walkouts, the need for seven votes to hear the Chile case, and the broader risk of a protracted propaganda battle in the UN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
George C. Marshall
Hernan Santa Cruz
Gabriel Gonzalez
Videla
Santiago
United States
Chile
Lorat Trysve Lie
Jan Papanek
Russia
Ukraine
Andrei A. Gromykov
Council
U. N
Palestine
New York
Holy Land
Britain
Security Council
Palestine Commission For International Armed Force
Jewish Agency
U.N. Assembly
Gromyko
Meyers Faces Sentence On I Charge Monday
Washington report on Major General Bennett E Meyers convicted of perjury in a Senate inquiry continues with multiple charges in play. He faces tax fraud claims in Baltimore Dayton potential Army court martial and a $10 000 lawsuit while Lamarre and his wife pursue separate legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
Meyers
Air Forces
Baltimore
Dayton
Holtzoff
Meyer
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Senate War Investigations Committee
Lamarre
Aviation Electric Corp
Guifly
Senate Committee
Air Force
Bleriot Lamarre
Alexander Woltzoff
Bullet Removed From Filipino Soldier in Philippines
In Manlia on March 13 a Filipino soldier had a 25 caliber bullet removed from the lower heart sac three years after being shot by Japanese snipers during a mop up south of Manila. The operation, first of its kind in the Philippines, followed chest pains and a firescope finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manlia
Mar
Manila
Philippines
Taft led GOP bid to cut foreign aid fund in Senate clash
A turbulent Senate session pitted Taft and 22 Republicans plus eight Democrats against a plan to trim the foreign aid fund to 4 billion. Kem of Massachusetts denounced the plan as wrecking capitalism and failing to stop European communism while Taft argued it lacked economic justification. Wherry announced the next amendment by Aiken to send surplus farm products overseas. Recovery bill fate hinges on House action with April 10 target, just before Italian elections, amid/awaited tests of Communist strength in Europe. The piece also traces historical use of the term Buccaneers in Haiti and notes rising heart disease deaths in urban areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan
Vandenberg
Taft
Michigan
Senate
Kem
R-Ma
Europe
Wherry
R-Neb
GOP
Aiken
R-Vt
House
Last Rites Held For Masaryk
Foreign ministers widow and Masaryk family attend a state funeral in Prague for Jan Masaryk 43 Protestant, with President Benes and dignitaries present. The solemn procession moves from the Pantheon to Czernin Palace then to Lang and the family burial plot as crowds line the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masaryk
Gottwald
Josef David
Jan Masaryk
Benes
Msgr
Josef Beran
Prague
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Sokols
Czernin Palace
National Theater
Foreign Ministry
National Museum
Vaclavske Namesti
Narodnji Trida
Antionel Street
Legionaries
Carmelites
Hradcany Square
Loretto Church
Foreign Office
Lang
Clymer Phone Numbers To Be Changed
On April 26 1948 Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania will switch Clymer Borough to a larger dial system and building. New numbers and a directory will be issued and subscribers will receive new phone plates before the change at 8 00 am. Postcards will be sent to identify frequent callers and the old numbers will ring busy after the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clymer
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Bell
Race With Stork Ends in a Draw
In Philadelphia on March 13 Mrs Leonard Rankin, waiting for her first child, woke her husband and started a 14 mile dash to the hospital as their car bogged in mud. Neighbors helped, firemen and police aided, but the baby did not arrive until after 6 AM with both parents awaiting the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Leonard Rankin
Rankin
Mt. Rankin
Sal
Dems Face Rights Showdown Before Convention
Washington dispatch reports administration officials seek to avoid a civil rights clash until the July Democratic convention. Southern governors may push a Dixie revolt, while the resolutions committee could shape a platform pledge on race equality. Mrs Lennard Thomas said Truman stood firm on the Constitution and everyone’s rights, with a slogan of Peace and Prices. Indiana committeeman Frank McHale criticized Republicans on the cost of living and praised party unity for a democratic victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Resolutions Committee
Truman
Mr. Truman
District of Columbia
J. Howard McGrath
Congress
Lennard Thomas
Alabama
White House
South
United States
Thomas
MacArthur Opens Press To Criticisms In Tokyo
In Tokyo on March 1, General MacArthur ordered that the Japanese press may carry any American political attacks against him. Col. M. P. Echols, his public information officer, announced the policy as Allied censorship delayed some stories about MacArthur’s presidential candidacy. The censorship, aimed at avoiding criticism of the occupation, has typically blocked criticism of the supreme commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
M. P. Echols
Supreme Commander
MacArthy
Allied
Byrnes Warns Soviets on Europe After Czechoslovakia
James Byrnes warned that the USSR will press for control in Finland and Europe if the United States does not back its pledges. He cited the Truman Doctrine and urged quick action on the European recovery program, noting funding delays won’t stop Soviet expansion this spring. He warned Soviets against misreading American resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czechoslovakia
Byrnes
Russia
Finland
United States
France
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Truman
Congress
Europe
Obituary of Mrs Margaret Myers Kunkle of Homer City
Mrs Margaret Myers Kunkle of Homer City died Friday morning March 12 in Brownsville Texas where she and her son and daughter in law had been visiting. Born February 9 1867 in Brushvalley Two she was a daughter of Henry and Mary Dunwiddie Myers. Survived by sons John C Homer City Ralph and Lisle H Blairsville and daughter in law Mrs Sarah Watterson four great grandchildren and fourteen grandchildren one son preceded her in death. Active in Homer City Methodist Church Mothers of Democracy Indiana and Homer City American Legion Auxiliary. Friends may call at her late home on Kunkle Avenue Homer City after 1 pm Monday until noon Tuesday then at the Homer City Methodist Church from 1 pm to 2 30 pm. Rev Clair R Wick to conduct services in the church with interment in Greenwood Cemetery Indiana by Askew Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret (Myers) Kunkle
Homer City
Brownsville
Texas
John C. Kunkle
Brushvalley Two
Henry and
Mary (Dunwiddie) Myers
John C
Homer
Ralph
Sarah. Watterson
Lisle H
Blairsville
Kunkle
PM to Be Sold in New York Publish War Cry
Marshall Field III announced he might sell or close PM due to deficits since founding it eight years ago. The paper was sold to Clinton D. McKinnon of San Diego contingent on agreement with the CIO American Newspaper Guild. if no deal is reached PM would cease March 26. Field also runs the Chicago Sun Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Fellows
Eldon
R. J. Reed
Indiana
New York
Marshall Field III
Clinton D. McKinnon
San Diego
Cal
McKinnon
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Field
Chicago Sun- Times
Thomas J. Murphy
Guild
Lana Turner Hurt In Fall On Studio Set
Actress Lana Turner is hospitalized with back and arm injuries after a fall on the set. Studio says she was whirled through a doorway during a filming scene yesterday when she tripped and fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tollywood
Mar
Lana Turner
Kidnapping Case Ties to License Dispute in McKeeport
Brooklyn police arrested Jenkins after a claim he abducted Irene Papp to force her father Andrew Papp, owner of the McKeeport Hotel, to drop a perjury charge from a marriage license obtained under Irene’s name. Jenkins admitted kidnapping to pressure the father and faced allegations of deception and unlawful restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vsage
Irene Papp
Irene
Andrew Papp
McKeegport
Jenkins
Brooklyn
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Slim Show
Whynot
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Humdinger
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Wald
Frantisek Janda
T. G Masaryk
Alice Garrigue Masaryk
Herbert Masaryk
Herbert
Phiping
Baneai
Kokyo Shiratori
Mentoukou
Stork
Western
Ness
Bell Funeral Home
Indiana, Pa
Chen
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