February Jobless Dip Seen In Government Report
AP analysis notes February unemployment fell slightly from midmonth surveys despite ongoing layoffs. Government sampling covers 35,000 homes monthly, adjusting for seasonal factors and including part time and shorter weeks. Officials caution figures are estimates, cross checked with factory hours and unemployment claims data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
AP Business News
New York
Washington
James P. Mitchell
Wall Street
Off-Duty Trooper Stops Hire-Plot Killer in Snow Park
In Springfield a off duty state trooper tackled John Burris after Burris, hired by Alfred Schweska for 200 dollars, attacked Mrs Schweska in her home and drove her around the city. Schweska and Burris face pending charges with bonds set at 50000 each. Burris had forced entry, while Mrs Schweska escaped and sought help after ramming a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, II
William Dahlkamp
John Burris
Burris
Alfred F. Schweska
Schweska
Dahlkamp
Britain Faces Questioning Over Nerve Gas Tests
London AP reports British Defense Minister Harald Watkinson to be grilled in Parliament as Roy Mason demands details on human nerve gas experiments. Porton Down on Salisbury Plain conducted tests with volunteers to find antidotes, amid claims of undisclosed procedures and use of psychochemical agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harald Watkinson
Roy Mason
London
Britain
Porton Establishment
War Office
London Daily Mail
the Mail
Chemical Defense Experimental Establishment
Porton
Salisbury Plain
Train Stands In Readiness At Ottawa
Ottawa report notes a government evacuation train stands ready to move Cabinet and top officials within 90 minutes in a nuclear attack. Informants say officials would operate from multiple points between the capital and Camp Petawawa, Ontario, while the army handles alert, fallout assessment, and rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Camp
Petawawa
Ont
Silent era shelter program expands to country defense
West of Ottawa plans include expanded communications facilities to coordinate wartime and postwar governance. Shelters are being dug from limestone rock in abandoned quarries and farms as part of the precautionary effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Longtime Tarentum woman Amelia Silliman dies at 102
Amelia Silliman, born April 2, 1857 in Clarion County, died Saturday at her Tarentum home. She lived there 80 years and played bingo until four weeks ago. Funeral services planned. Gazette classifieds note daily reading habits and trading post purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarentum
Amelia Silliman
Clarion County
FSR
State GOP undecided on unit head for Chicago convention
Pennsylvania Republican leaders say they remain undecided on who will chair the 7 member delegation to the July GOP convention in Chicago. State Chairman George J. Bloom and Sen. Hugh Scott note the delegation, meeting May 2 in Philadelphia, will decide. Bloom denies a fight and says no commitments will be made before the group votes. Also cited are estimates of 11,000 to 14,000 blind children in U.S. schools by the American Foundation for the Blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Chicago
George J. Bloom
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Philadelphia
Scott
Bloom
Austin ‘Meehan
M. Harvey Taylor
Rauphin
Senate
United States
American Foundation For the Blind
Mo. crash kills two airmen near Belton
Two Richards Gebaur Air Force Base airmen were killed in a Sunday collision between their car and a bus near Belton Missouri. A bus passenger sustained minor injuries. One victim was Sgt. Henry A Earlston 27 son of Mrs Susie Sevilla Earlston of Danville Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belton
Richards-Gebaur Air Force
Henry.a. Earlston
Susie Sevilla Earlston
Danville
Dalai Lama’s Legal Fees Run High in Exile
A confidential adviser said the Dalai Lama’s three-man U N delegation and their American lawyers cost about 105000 dollars in under a year with American lawyers’ fees being the largest item. He disputed reports of large gold bullion holdings and said only about 14 million dollars worth of gold was sent to India in 1950. The bullion is being sold to fund the exile government’s expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dalai Lama
United Nations
D. K. Sen
U.N. General Assembly
Sen
India
Expert Sees Moon Photos Resemble Drawings
Boston Museum of Fine Arts researcher Willey J. Young says Soviet Lunik II moon photos resemble charcoal drawings. He notes brush strokes and texture, suggesting the images might have been drawings photographed after being created with coal, crayons, or watercolors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Willey J. Young
Young
Blind centenarian Helen Gates marks 105 with birthday chicken dinner
Hudson New York AP reports Helen Cochran Gates, blind but cheerful, celebrated her 105th birthday with a chicken dinner in her nursing home room. She has lived there 13 years and is bedridden for most of the day, active only for about an hour or two after a morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
N.Y
Helen Cochran Gates
Also Mentioned on This Page
Business Mirror
Squibb Laboratories
Dorinda
School of Beauty Culture
N. Plaza Shopping Center
Indiana, Pa
Dept. of Public Instruction
Stroehmann
Homer City
Troutman Days Shoe Sale
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!