General Clark favors withdrawal of occupation forces from Austria
Vienna report describes General Mark Clark, commander in chief in Austria, as privately favoring a withdrawal of Allied forces by next fall if four powers agree. He notes Russia may oppose and cites humanitarian aims, Austrian financial strain, and a possible early arrival of Mrs. Clark. Clark is also said to be looking fit as a professional athlete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Mar
Mark Clark
Austria
Allied Council
Clark
Germany
Punxsutawney backers defend prognostication over six weeks myth
Punxsutawney supporters defend the groundhog Gobbler's Knob on February 2 as a predictor, while Col. John J. Murphy of the U S Weather Bureau notes southwestern Pennsylvania enjoyed warmer than normal weather through March. He cites average temperatures 2.6 degrees above normal in early March and calls it one of the warmest Marts in 26 years despite the groundhog's shadow. Local supporters counter with reports of heavy winter in Punxsutawney including snow and rain. Murphy adds concern that March weather may bring late surprises, referencing last year's fruit-bud frost hurting Pennsylvania crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney
Gobblers' Knob
Woodchuck
John J. Murphy
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Chuck
Murphy
Puninsutawney
F. A. Lorenzo
Stalin Attacks Churchill Speech in Moscow Meeting Marks Sharp Break
Stalin denounced Winston Churchill in Pravda as 1,300 deputies gathered in Moscow for the first postwar Supreme Soviet session. British newspapers urged a big three meet to repair Russia’s ties with Britain and the United States amid the hostile Kremlin attack. Churchill was slated to broadcast from New York City, while officials said no official comment would be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Stalin
London
Mar
Winston Churchill
Russia
Foreign Office
Churchill
New York City
Communist Party
Pravda
Es Dispatch
163 Pa. Cities Prepare Plan On Sewage
Harrisburg reports that 163 Pennsylvania municipalities have engaged engineers to plan sewage treatment plants as part of a stream improvement program. Over 350 municipalities have been notified to submit plant plans, with 270 industries also asked to abate stream pollution or treat waste. The industry response is strong, with 78 already employing engineers and advancing studies or sewer connections. The coal sector has 142 anthracite collieries submitting plans to remove ash from wastewater, with 25 installing silt removal devices and 54 moving ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Reel Department
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
State Sanitary Water Board
Clothing shortages in 1948 tied to war-era controls and hoarding
James Marlow reports on men’s suits shorts and shirts shortages and price shifts. He cites war end reconversion, labor needs, and alleged hoarding by manufacturers. CPA price controls and allocations aim to restart production. Expect 3,000,000 medium priced suits and low priced shirts to appear, with modest price increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
CPA
Civilian Production Administration
Chester
Bowles
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Army
Navy
Louis Rothschild
National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
Rothschild
OPA
Ameticans
Wage costs differ for boy and girl births in West Virginia
Paul K. Reed of the UMW research committee told a bituminous wage conference that a company doctor for the West Virginia Coal and Coke Company charges $28 to deliver boy babies and $30 for girl babies. He offered no explanation for the discrepancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Mare
Weat
Virginia
Paul K. Reed
UMW
Weal Virginia Coal and Coke Company
Reed
Ickes Calls for Moral Leadership Over Halted Production
Former interior secretary Ickes warned at the Economic Club of New York that America risks revolutionary forces if it cannot produce for peaceful needs. He urged President Roosevelt to lead a moral and spiritual awakening and emphasized that laws require active enforcement by experienced, principled leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Narold Tekeg
Ther Interior
America
John Lewis
Economic Club of
Ickes
Status of Shroyer Is Unchanged
Harrisburg March 14 The cabinet status of John A Shroyer state secretary of highways backing the GOP slate for the gubernatorial nomination remained unchanged. Governor Martin said he had not asked Shroyer to resign and would meet again after Shroyer conferred with friends. Duff leads GOP slate and other regional meetings are planned. Martin eyed a large November majority for the ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
John A
Shroyer
Martin
Highways
GOP
James H. Duff
Duff
Pittsburgh
Johnstown
Torun
Frozen Food Jobs For 2 Million Vets
NEW BRUNSWICK New Jersey March 14 Seabrook Farms vice president C Courtney Seabrook Bridgeton told a Cold Foods Conference that the quick frozen food industry could provide jobs for two million veterans in the next few years The industry will grow with retail packaging and a large manpower need Seabrook noted the 1925 pack was 50 million pounds and last year 784 million pounds of fruit vegetables poultry meat and seafood Were New Jersey accounted for 24 percent of the nations 270 million pounds of vegetables in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
C. Courtney Seabrook
Seabrook Farms
Bridgeton
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Refrigeration Association of New Jersey
Searbrook
New Jersey
General Kepner to Speak at Kokomo High Graduation
Maj Gen William F. E. Kepner will deliver the commencement address at Kokomo High School's March 28 graduation. Kepner, a member of the joint Army Navy Marine Board preparing atomic bomb tests in the Pacific in May, left Kokomo 30 years ago to join the Marines. 27 veterans will receive diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
William FE. Kepner
Kepner
Joint
Army-Navy-Marine Board
Pacific
Kokomo High School
Marines
C. E. Hinshaw
GE Victory Parade Set After GE Strike Settlement
Philadelphia workers of General Electric hailed a settlement ending a two week plant dispute. About 3,000 strikers cheered at a mass meeting as a parade plan formed to celebrate the victory. A CIO injunction petition against city curbs on demonstrations continued before Judge Welsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
General Electric Company
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
CIO
CIO Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
Saul C. Waldbaum
U. S
Frank Yr. Truscott
General Electric
Truscott
Bernard Samuel
William J. Morrow
George A. Welsh
City and Union Council
Samuel
Austin Meehan
Director of
Public Safety
James H. Malone
Welsh
Eta
Dep t Rules On Public Assistance
Harrisburg authorities clarify eligibility for state aid noting that persons needing institutional care due to physical or mental infirmity are ineligible for public assistance grants. Deputy AG M Louise Rutherford says relief should enable capable indigents to maintain a decent living. Acting Secretary Robert P Wray explains the rule defines state versus county responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Justice Department
Department of Public Assistance
M. Louise Rutherford
Commonwealth
Robert P. Wray
Mediator Dewey Named GOP Candidate for Congress
Chester Delaware County endorsements gave James F. Dewey the GOP nomination for Congress as the GM strike settlement was announced. The 56 year old mediator known as Admiral began federal service 27 years ago and has worked in labor and personnel relations in private business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
James F. Dewey
General Motors
Congress
Delaware County
Dewey
Centennial Director Dies in Philadelphia in 1926 Exposition
Axel C. V. Halim a 60 year old mechanical engineer inventor and writer died after a long illness in Philadelphia. He directed exhibits at the 1926 sesquicentennial. Born in Copenhagen he came to the United States in 1907 and later served as sales manager for Lukens Steel Company Coatesville before retirement for health reasons. An unrelated line about an Oklahoma plumber appears in the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Axel C. V. Halim
Denmark
Hal
Copenhagen
Lukens Steel Company
Coatsville
Horst urges Pennsylvania soil and water conservation plan
Allentown PA March 14 State Agriculture Secretary Miles Horst warned that Pennsylvania's mineral wealth is vanishing and urged rapid nationwide adoption of conservation practices. He cited soil erosion flood control and water quality as urgent, stressed the 1945 voluntary soil conservation law and county programs to protect public health and resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Miles Horst
Pennsylvania
Horst
Allentown Kiwanis Club
Third Service Command Split Up Details Released
Philadelphia Mar 14 The Pittsburgh area headquarters under a new split up of the Third Service Command will have centers at Johnstown and Pittsburgh with sub district offices at DuBois Union town Butler and Erie The four area commanding officers will supervise intelligence provost marshall public relations supply and organized reserve affairs with contacts to civil authorities and civilian organizations in army matters District HQs will be in Harrisburg Bellefonte Williamsport Reading Pottsville and Wilkes Barre with Johnstown Pittsburgh and sub offices at Uniontown Butler and Erie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Third Service Command
Johnstown
DuBois
Uniontown
Butler
Erie
M. 5. Eddy
Baltimore
Richmond
Eddy
Harrisburg
Bellefonte
Wil Hamsport
Reading
Pottsville
Wilkes-Barre
Butler and
Erle
Blairsville Camera Club Announces Meeting Program
Blairsville Camera Club president Mrs. Ann Cummings announced yesterday the upcoming meeting program. The outlined schedule of activities includes discussion, member presentations, and a planned field trip for photography enthusiasts in Blairsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Camera Club
Ann Cummings
John Pappas Convicted In Berks County Shooting Trial
John Pappas, 42, a steelworker, was found guilty by a Berks County jury of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his wife Helena. The trial spanned June and July with deliberations by eight women and four men. a motion for a new trial was signaled, and Pappas faces six to 12 years in jail. Concurrent notes mention a Pittsburgh sugar sales grand jury investigation and a series of random local snippets about public behavior and golf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
John Pappas
Helena
Berks County Court
Pappas
Brizzi
H. Bernard Hoffsion
Pittsburgh
C. Federal Grand Juty
Witson Austin
Morrow
U. S
George
Mashank
Hoffman
Tonsorial Costs Rise in Pittsburgh Unions Announce Scale
Local 10 of the CIO Barbers and Beauty Culturists union announced a new haircut scale for Pittsburgh next week. Haircuts rise to $1 from 75 cents, with children's cuts 74 cents on certain days and 60 cents previously, shares at 50 cents, a policy already affecting shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mat
Cio-Barbers and Beauty Culturists’ Union
GE Pickets Withdraw Parade Suit
The CIO Electrical Radio and Machine Workers withdrew a federal suit to allow parade demonstrations near GE plant after a nationwide wage agreement was settled. Judge Welsh criticized the authorities for overreach and urged all to move forward without further conflict.
Price Set For Dairymen of 6 State Area
Dr. C. J. Blanford announced uniform February price of 5.58 per hundredweight for six-state New York milkshed. Dairymen in NY Vermont and Pennsylvania get 70 cent subsidy to reach 4.28 per cwt. New Jersey Massachusetts and Connecticut get 84.38 with 80 cent subsidy. February output 355,861,088 pounds by 46,803 producers at 279 pounds daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C. J. Blanford
Vermont
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Blanford
New York Pool
5705 Vet Arrive On West Coast
Five thousand seven hundred five veterans are listed as arriving on the West Coast with eighteen transports carrying 67 05 service personnel due at three ports while eighty seven more troops debark from two ships on the East Coast. A vessel with 448 war brides and children arrives at New York alongside Goethals Victor Herbert and other units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
U.S. A
Gorge W. Goethals
le Havre
Victor Herbert
Casablanca
Norfolk
William Salatete
San Francisco
Blackfin
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Arthur Middleton
Bunch
Torrence
Honglulu
Army
Seattle
Marine Angel
Calcutta
Singapore
U. S. S. Buckthorne
Adak
Coast Guard
U. S. S. Curb
Kodiak
Ketchikan
U. S
Bloodied ex-GI linked to Camden murder case
Witness testified Howard Auld 25-year-old ex paratrooper walked near Black Horse Pike Aug 15 with scratches and blood on hands and face. Prosecution says Margaret McDade 23 was killed that night and dumped in a Haddon Heights cistern. Pathologist says death likely suffocation and that she may have been alive when tossed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Dj Mar
Howard Auld
Black Horse Pike
Camden County
Margaret McDade
Philadelphia
Auld
Haddon Heights
Helen Anderson
Bell- Mawr
Bellmawr
Strike Ties Up 76 Vessels in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia the 16 unlicensed crew from 42 tugboats walked out, tying up about 76 vessels at anchor in the Port of Philadelphia. Local 13,038 of United Harbor Workers Union, affiliated with District 50 UMWU, cited wage issues and other concerns. Jurisdictional dispute cited by company attorney as cause of walkout affecting skippers, pilots, mates, and engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mar
United Harbor Workers Union
District 50
United Mine Workers Union
UFL
Angelo J. Gefalo
Robert G. Kelly
Master, Mates and Pilots
APL
Marine Beneficial Association
Iran Accuses Iran of Imperialism in Soviet Border Drama
Moscow radio quoted a Russian writer accusing Iran of imperial designs on Soviet territory in the Caucasus and Caspian region. The report named Former premier Hakimi and Teheran leaders as anti Soviet, warning of a clash with great powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan
Baku
Armenia
Yerevan
Trans-Caucasus
Iran
Caspian Lea
Alexeev
Ibrahim Hakimi
Tehrat
Ahmed Qavam Es Saltaneh
London
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Obituaries List from Indiana and Nearby Towns
Multiple obituaries recount deaths in Indiana and surrounding areas. J James Herman White 65, born 1891 in Indiana, long illness, survived by wife Margaret and children, funeral at Streams with Rev. Boyd officiating. interment Greenwood Cemetery. Charles Kelly ? son of Richard and Mary Ann, born November 7, 187?, never married, funeral Friday at Streams. interment Oakland Cemetery. Henry Elmer Watterson 47, Charleroi, died at home, survived by wife Helen and two sons, funeral Saturday 2 PM in Charleroi with Mont City Cemetery burial. Wendell G. Virostek, born 1873 in Czecho-Slovakia, died at sister Ceceilia Uhrin’s home, survived by four daughters, one son, siblings. Requiem high mass and burial at St. Bonaventure/Simon and Jude. Henry Cramer of Clymer, died in Indiana Hospital, born 1878, wife Nancy deceased, two grandchildren. Mary Jane Watterson Shaffer, 92, Plumcreek Township, near Whitesburg, obituary to follow tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Herman White
Locust Street
I Indiane
Mr. White
Indiana
James
Jemima (Sanford) White
Jones and Koughlin Company
Pittsburgh
First Presbyterian Church of
Margaret
Clark) White
Kenneth
Washington
Pat Douglass
Steelton
Robert
Selina Grove
Seaman
Harry White
New London
Conn
Patricia
Lena White Miles
Detroit
Mich
Dot
Othy White
Harry Burton Boyd
First Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Greenwood Cemetery
Charles Kelly
Blackster
Richard
Mary Ann (Cramer) Kelly
Carrie Kelly
Blacklick
Minnie Weir
North Braddock
Hopewell
Oakland Cemetery
D. R. Graham
First Methodist Church of Indiana
Menry Elmer Watterson
Charleroi
Noble and
Susan (Engelman) Watterson
Armstrong County
White Township
Charleroi Methodist Church
People’s Gas Co
Helen
Bittinger) Watterson
Howard
Germany
Grant
Gabriel
Willett
Frank
Homer City
Cris
Ruffsdale
Agnes Boyer
Elderton
Olive Schreiner
Mendota
Calif
Charles
Leechburg
Nellie Henry
Freeport
Wendell G. Virostek
Ceceilia Uhrin
Palmertown
George I and
Mary (Malinak) Virostek
Czecho-Slovakia
Sarah Safko
Johnstown
Mary Kovalchik
Helen Harbay
Forest Hills
Cecilia Pollock
Greenock
George W. Virostek
McKees Rocks
Poletha Philip
John
Portland
Ohio
August
Newton Falls
St. Bonaventure Church
Josephine
Uhrin
Mathew A. Yanosck
S. Simon and Jude
Blairsyile
Henry Cramer
Clymer
Indiana Hospital
Tylertown
Nancy
William Walker
Corapolis
Allen Cramer
Carrie Cramer
Walcott Street
Russell C. Moore
Clymer Methodist Church
Taylorville
Mary Jane Watterson Shaffer
Plumcreek Township
Whitesburg
Kittanning
R. D
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