Vienna Little Damaged Compared With Berlin
Mackenzie's column contrasts Vienna and Berlin after World War II. Dr Karl Renner praises Vienna as a cultural hub and air transport base while acknowledging heavy damage yet noting resilience. The author tours the Ringstrasse and observes surviving monuments, contrasting Berlin's near ruins and longer rebuild ahead.
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Vienna
Berlin
Karl Renner
Austria
Europe
Dr. Renner
Mrs. Mack
Ringstrasse
Gen George Marshall praised for honesty and steadiness
The Nation Today profiles General George C Marshall as a plain spoken, steady figure in Washington. It notes his retirement as Army Chief of Staff, his China mission to foster peace between Nationalists and Communists, and his candid demeanor in a State Department news conference.
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James Marlow
Washington
Mar
Gen. George
Marshall
Army
Truman
China
Byrnes
State Department
Juler
Gen
Steelworkers announce wage increases in signed contracts
ClQsUnited Steelworkers said 81 steel firms employing 857,000 workers have signed contracts delivering 18 42 cent per hour or better raises. About 86,000 workers remain on strike in 347 plants without signed agreements.
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Pipdsburgh
Mar
Hold Supper For Ox Hill Senior Club
The Ox Hill Senior Recession club will host its annual covered dish supper at the Plaumville Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Walter Allison of Indiana will speak on "My Experiences in Indig" detailing personal experiences and community concerns.
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Ox-Hill
Presbyterian Church
Plaumville
Walter Allison
Indiana
Indig
Debate Bill On Pension For Johnson
Washington March 18 A bill to deny pension rights to former Federal Judge Albert W Johnson of Lewisburg Pa faces House debate today. Johnson resigned last July amid a judiciary committee inquiry that called him evil wicked and mendacious and debated his waiver of a 10 000 annual pension claim he now seeks.
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Washington
Mar
Albert W. Johnson
Lewisburg
House Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Judiciary Committee
Wernuver
D-Tenn
Judiciary
Chiang Praises Marshall China Work Amid Manchuria Tensions
General Chiang Kai-shek lauds General Marshall for aiding peaceful national unification in China as reports link Chiang’s possible U S visit to President Truman. Manchuria sees reinforced control of Mukden with new army divisions. communists increase activity along the Mukden Changchun rail line as truce teams are debated.
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Chungking
Marshall
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
America
United States
Truman
Kuomintang
National Party
Mukden
U. S
Manchurian
Chang-chun
Manchuria
Alvin C. Giller
21 Area Veterans Are Discharged
The following Indiana area veterans were discharged through the Separation Center at Fort Meade Maryland on March 1. Names include Renaldo Cecconi Homer City Frank M Benak Coral Pfe Kenneth L Parson Edet Joseph A Blayer Clinton St Rossiter Stouffer A Manges Glen Campbell R D 1 Cpl August S LaMantia Homer City At Camp Atterbury nd Mar 12 Cpl Carl N Clark Elderton Cpl Thomas J Pyar Homer City RD 2 T4 Orman L Rearick Homer City T Set Gurney R Fullerton Clymer March 14 St Donald Blouph Holsapple Pie Charles L Haag Punxsutawney RD 1 T5 William L McGinnis Indiana RD 2 T4 John M Miller Waterman Bayid BE Young Cherry Tree T5 Oscar C Nixon Robingon T4 James L Davis Indiana T5 Robert W St Clair Clymer Fort McPherson Adienta Ga Sailor James E B Fisher J Dixon ville Shoemaker Cath Navy Wayne Leroy Schrecangost Indiana ROD 1 Bainbridge Mul Navy Alexander C Cangobel Iselin
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Indiana
Camp Atterbury
Mar
Carl N. Clark
Elderton
Thomas J. Pyar
Homer City
Orman L. Rearick
Main St
Gurney R. Fullerton
Morris St. Clymer
Donald Blouph
Holsapple
Charles L. Haag
R. D
William L. McGinnis
John M. Miller
Waterman
Bayid
BE. Young
Oscar C. Nixon
James L. Davis
Chestnut St
Robert W. St. Clair
St. Clymer
Fort McPherson
H A Brown Bond Chairman Named for Savings Bonds Drive
Horace A Brown of Punxsutawney is appointed county advisory chairman by the Treasury Department Savings Bonds Division in Washington. Charles J. Miel, State Director, notes Brown’s past War Loan Drive work and says the program will cover BE, F, and G bonds with payroll deductions, school and bank sales, and community group participation. A state appointed committee from the Savings Bonds Division will oversee the county plan and be announced in Philadelphia.
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Horace A Brown
Cos
Savings Bonds Division
Treasury Department
Washington, D.C
Brown
Punysutawney
War Finance Committee
Charles J. Miel
U. S. Savings Bonds Division
Philadelphia
Death in Talbert target mishap near Natrona Pa
Allegheny County detectives probe the death of James Kessinger a 21 year old Natrona resident who died from a gunshot wound at Allegheny Valley Hospital. Hospital staff say the shooting occurred accidentally during target practice.
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Tarentum
Allegheny County
James Kessinger
Natrona
Allegheny Valley Hospital
Glendale War Wives Association Shaves Uncle Sam
In Glendale California the Glendale War Wives Association urges a clean shaven Uncle Sam. Spurred by president Mrs. Edward F McDonnell they propose a vaudeville style makeover echoing Edward Stettinius Booth Tarkington Connie Mack and General Eisenhower with a bold new chin and smile.
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Glendale
Calif
Mac
Ftiash
Glendale War Wives Association
Sam
Edward Ff. McDonnell
Remar
Vaudevilla
Uncle Sant
Edward Stettingius
Booth Tarkington
Connie Mack
General Eichsenhower
Bernard Baroh
Operators Propose Overtime Start After 40 Hours
In a continued wage conference dispute, coal operators challenge United Mine Workers demands for wage hikes and expansive welfare benefits for about 400,000 miners. Operators deny UMW claims and allege biased reporting while urging limits on safety and health costs and a shorter work week with higher pay.
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Lewis
United Mine Workers
Marty M. Moses
Mosés
Moses
UMW
Cead
United States Bureau of Mines
Umes
Charles O'Neill
O'Neill
O'Neil
National Relations Board
Labor Department
You Cant Take Pictures of Congressmen Until They Get Prettied
Washington March 16 article notes 30 year old Capitol rules ban photography without a Congressmans permission. It cites photographer anecdotes about empty Senate attendance and drowsy House sessions. Congressman Forest A Harness supports the rule while Earl Wilson voices humor about constituents.
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Senate
House
Earl Wilson
Rind
Forest A
Harness Rand
Congressman
Bond Division Names Wolfenden County Advisory Chairman
Senator Bond appoints C Gilbert Wolfenden of Geo T Buchanan Co wholesale grocers as County Advisory chairman for the Savings Bond program Washington DC announced by State Director Charles J Miel Wolfenden will continue to promote E F and G Savings Bond sales while banks and community organizations maintain places of employment in the county
Shroyer Speeches Mark Campaign Push in Pa and Beaver Falls
Shroyer lines up speeches today on highway building in Washington PA Governor Martin's hometown and in Beaver Falls tomorrow. In Dauphin County the court seeks to remove James E Dougherty from the Democratic Senate primary ballot, with Clancy challenging sufficiency of signers in York and Lancaster counties. Dougherty and Secretary of the Commonwealth Morrison were given until March 21 to respond. The statewide Democratic ticket led by Guffey and Rice plans a campaign launch at a Jackson Day dinner on March 28 in Cambria County.
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Shroyer
Highway Department
Washington
Martin
Beaver Falls
Dauphin County
James E. Dougherty
Delaware
U. S
Joseph F. Guffey
James Patrick Clancy
Warrisburg
Dougherty
Clancy
York
Lancaster
Frank H. Hean
Charles M. Morrison
The
Commonwealth
Guffey
John S. Rice
Caughin County
Board of Trade To Hear FHA Man
Oakley W Heselbarth district director of the Federal Housing Administration will address Blairsville Board of Trade members at their monthly dinner in the American Legion Home at 6 30 p m tonight His talk covers the FHA program of government housing assistance Dinner will be served by the American Legion Auxiliary.
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Oakley W Heselbarth
Federal Housing Administration
Blairsville Board of Trade
American Legion
FHA
Heselbarth
Honors For GI Dog In Philadelphia Burial
Blackie the five year old Labrador retriever received full military honors from seven World War II veterans in Philadelphia. An unofficial Technical Sergeant attached to the 282nd Coast Artillery, Blackie was buried at Cheffeham Pet Cemetery as a Legion Drum and Bugle Corps played taps. His master James Dadario placed a small marker on the grave after the ceremony. The dog’s service included a single AWOL incident during 32 months in the Pacific.
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Philadelphia
Mat
Blackie
Burta
282Nd Coast Artillery
10Th
Cheffeham
Legion
James Dadario
Army Ife
Pacific
Campaign Against Monopolies
Washington March 18 AP Attorney General Tom Clark disclosed the Justice Department will launch a vigorous campaign against monopolies to aid veterans and small businesses. He urged hard hitting anti trust enforcement to preserve opportunity, keep new wartime industries competitive, and allow veterans to enter the free market. He cited investigations of high interest loans to veterans and real estate agents overcharging above home prices.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Justice Department
Clark
Duquesne Co Arbitrators Open Wage Arbitration
Pittsburgh March 18 AP Representatives of the Independent Association of Employes of the Duquesne Light Co were to present their side first at opening arbitration hearings on a wage dispute. Arbiters chair Aaron Horvitz union attorney Herman Lipsitz and Maurige R Scharff will decide by March 30 after four days for each side. The company and union agreed to arbitrate to avoid a resumed 18 hour power strike that disrupted service in Allegheny and Beaver counties.
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Pittsburgh
Independent Association of Employes
Duquesne Light Co
Aaron Horvitz
U. S. Conciliation Service
Herman Lipsitz
Maurige R. Scharff
New York
Allegheny
Beaver Counties
David L. Lawrence
Urge Science Forget War
Senator Elbert Thomas warns that atomic warfare would destroy civilization and urges scientists to focus on simple life problems like disease and hay fever. He notes U S lag in fundamental sciences versus Europe and critiques manufacturers and railway systems amid Philadelphia educational group meeting.
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Philadelphia
Mar
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate
Thomas
Chicago
United States
Pennsylvania wheat winner wins Pillsbury prize
Frank Palmer of Watfordsburg Pennsylvania receives the Philip W Pillsbury prize for growing the best wheat in the state His wheat will be matched against other state winners to decide the national champion on March 26 in Chicago
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Chicago
Frank Palmer
Watfordsburg
Philip W. Pillsbury
Pennsylvania
Committee On Pillsbury Awards
Palmer
County 4-H Club Meets Wednesday for Loan Debate
Members of the West Lebanon Elders Ridge 4-H Club and their parents plan a Wednesday evening gathering on March 20 at 8 p m at the J S Henderson home to decide projects for the year and to hear from County Agent William C Cochran who expects to discuss the 3 750 000 000 loan to Great Britain. U S Senator Joseph Guffey is noted as for the loan.
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West Lebanon- Elders Ridge
J. S. Henderson
Washington
Mar
U. S
Joseph Guffey JD
Great Britain
William C. Cochraneland
Fox
Faithful Eighty-year-old Keeps St Patrick’s Day Vigil
In Mat 16 a 1897 tale from Irishtown recounts eighty-year-old Alvah C. Schachter keeping faith for his dead friend Tom Habahoe, “Mayor of Irishtown.” Shortly before Habahoe’s death the pledge was made that the survivor would perform a service at the other’s ktave on St Patrick’s Day at midnight as rain fell and musicians played Lass O’Galway and Nearer My God to Thee.
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Reading
Alvah C. Schachter
St. Patrick's Day
Tom Habhahoe
Irishtown
Habahoe
St. Patrick's
Schaeffer
Hannafoe
Bravery Honored After Valley Forge Hospital Shooting
Phoenixville, March 18 in the report of 87 year old Mont Clare civilian orderly Ear B Walker who was shot while restraining a patient at Valley Forge General Hospital. Brig Gen Vaughan called Walker's actions bravery of the highest order saying the orderly tried to take a pistol from Pvt John A Sweed a Hollywood California convalescent patient. Walker was wounded while protecting others. his condition was listed as fair.
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Phoenixville
Ear B. Walker
Mont Clare
Valley Forge General Hospital
W. W. Vaughan
Vaughan
Walker
John A. Sweed
Hollywood Calif
Sweed
Pittsburgh
Russians Friendly To U S Labor
A CIO delegation returned from Russia reporting close ties between Soviet and American workers. They praised Soviet unions, noted lower Soviet living standards but rising production, and urged U S help with machines and techniques plus broader exchange of people. The eight day visit in October included James B. Carey and other CIO officials as guests of Soviet unions.
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Washington
CIO
Russia
United States
James B. Carey
Alien S. Haywood
Joseph Curran
Albert Fitzerald
John Green
Emil Rieve
Reid Robinson
Lee Pressman
John Abt
Lende ,Caux
Vincent Sweeney
Hits Truman Confusion
Herbert Brownell Sr, Republican national chairman, told the Amen Corner Club in Pittsburgh that President Truman’s leadership delay has slowed reconversion by six months and inflation would rise unless production speeds up. He predicted a GOP congressional majority after fall elections and praised Pennsylvania’s ticket headed by Governor Martin and Attorney General Dull. Vice Admiral Richard L. Connolly urged maintaining capable armed forces to prevent another war.
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Pittsburgh
Truman
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
Congress
Pennsylvania
Martin
Dutt
Richard L. Conolly
Naval Operations
Four legged chick born at Fitzsimmons hatchery
Lewiston March 18 George W. Fitzsimmons reports his hatchery produced a single four legged chick among millions of chicks. He says it is not a cure for food shortages and remains a rare oddity rather than a solution.
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Lewiston
Ida
vPi
George W. Fitzsimmons
Rome tabloid Daily American debuts from ex Stars and Stripes editors
The Rome English language Daily American hits stands today. It is a tabloid published by three former Stars and Stripes personnel with reports drawn from the Associated Press United Press and the International News Service.
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Rome
Mar
Daily American
Associated Press
United Press
The
International News Service
Stars and Stripes
Weest Urges Venereal Disease Exams in Prisons
Harrisburg March 18. Dr Harry W Weest state health secretary orders penal institutions to provide venereal disease examinations and recommends penicillin or sulfa for gonorrhea. Examinations may be done by physicians on staff court appointed or clinic clinicians. Monthly reports required for syphilis cases under four years duration and treatment given.
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Harrisburg
Harry W. Weest
State Secretary of Health
Weest
State Health Department
Local Issues Halt Return Of GM Men
Detroit march 18 175000 General Motors production workers faced a possible delay in returning to work as local issues needed settling in about a third of the 96 plants nationwide. Over the weekend 35 CIO United Auto Workers locals approved the 18 12 cent hourly wage rise and terms, while a third delayed reentry. Only one local Baltimore Md rejected the national settlement. General Motors planned to begin recalling workers this week at locals voting to return.
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Detroit
Mar
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Baltimore, Md
Rode
Iran and Russia Oil Talks Amid Iran Troop Evacuation Debate
Iranian embassy officials in London signaled willingness to negotiate oil concessions with Russia only if Soviet troops leave Iran. Premier Qavam El Bultaneh faces a new parliament after dissolution, while Tehran insists talks are blocked by anti troop measures. Pravda in Moscow highlights Stalin's five year plan and atomic research amid a tense international scene.
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London
Iran
Russia
Ahmed Qavam el Bultaneh
Teheran
Qavam
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Generalissimo
Supreme Soviet
Safety Engineer Speaks To Group
R. C. Chapman, safety engineer, will address the Joseph Holmes Safety Chapter at Ernest on Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Community Hall. The meeting includes an accident report and music. All interested are invited. Britain milestones note overseas capabilities rising drastically in wartime.
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R. C. Chapman
Joseph Holmes
Ernest
Bar- Ricaling
Obituary notices for Hilda Hadden Sheesley and others
Obituary items report Hilda Hadden Sheesley of Grant township dies at 5:00 AM. Born June 5, 1804, to William and Emma Hadden, she leaves Commodore Kirk Sheesley, Steél Ira Fetterman, James, Clifford, and Lucille plus four stepchildren. Funeral at Raleigh Home Wednesday 2:00 PM. Additional notices record George Davis of Lucerne Mines and George Bair of Saltsburg with funeral details and survivors. arrangements pending updates.
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Hulda Hadden
Fetterman) Sheesley
Grant Township
William
Emma
Cochran) Hadden
Commodore
Richard Kirk Sheesley
Steél Ira Fetterman
James
Clifford Fetterman
Trudell Link
Detroit
Rowley Cemetery
George Davis
Lucerne Mines
John
Mary Jane Davis
Alabama
Westmoreland County
Loleal No
Anna » Smith Davis
George, Jr
Pittsburgh
Walter Jackson
U. S Army
France
John + Davis
Oklahoma
Freyna Taylor
Patsy Thris
Ann
Georgia
Oakland Cemetery
George Bair
Saltsburg
Waukena
David
Hanba
Long) Bair
Spring Church
Florence Brown Bair
James H
Dewey
Cleveland
John R
Earl
Crucible
Ralph
Robert
Helen Baker
Goldie Hollis
Carmichaels
Geraldine Hinenman
Ohio
Eileen Gutouski
New Kensington
William Bair
Clark Bair
Robinson Funeral
Funeral
Uniat Church Severes Vatican Ties Joins Orthodox
In Moscow on March 18 216 delegates from Western Ukraine Uniat churches formerly under Poland and now in Soviet Ukraine voted to return to the Russian Orthodox Church after over 300 years of ties to Rome. The letter to Stalin notes the 1596 Brest union brought the Uniats under the Pope, with concern over imperial Rome’s influence.
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Moscow
Mar
Ukraine
Vatican
Stalin
Lwow
Poland
Soviet
Union of Brest
Rome
Uniot
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