Hoover faces big food problem in Europe essay
Paris reports former President Hoover plans an in depth study of Europe’s hunger crisis. He warns 500 million people may face starvation this year unless North and South America supply grain and food. He calls for shared sacrifice by haves and to rebuild Europe through relief measures in coming months.
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Hoover
Paris
Herbert Hoover
Rome
Europe
Hubbard
Mr. Hoover
Army recruits expand coverage to two counties
Captain John L. Clark announced that Jefferson County recruiting, previously under Oil City, is reassigned to the U S Army Recruiting Station in Indiana Pa. The Indiana office now controls Indiana and Jefferson Counties with plans for sub stations in Punxsutawney and Brookville and a Blairsville sub station already in operation. He expects a rise in recruits and notes the army offers a solid career path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Clark
Indiana Army Recruiting Station
Jefferson County
Oil City
Haseen
U. S. Army
Indiana
Indiana Office
Jefferson Counties
Clark
Punxsutawney
Brookville
Blairsville
S/Spt
Samuel A. Gormley
Welferson County
New Jap Torture Revealed At Trial
An affidavit from Pvt. James W. Jones testifies at the Motoyashiki war crimes trial that four American POWs were forced to squat naked in a large tub of icy water for 20 minutes, beaten, and subjected to a biting wind. The proceedings in Yokohama involve a civilian guard at Hirohata prison camp with joint Army Navy and Marine representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Mar
James W. Jones
North
Derby Ave
Ventnor City
N.J
Shinichi Motoyashiki
Hirohata
Tria
Motovaghiki
J. Harold K. Raffensperger
R. F
Warren
Grange Will Hold Annual Spring Meet
Indiana County Pomona Grange meets on Thursday March 28 in the First United Presbyterian Church Indiana for a full day session. Morning reports and a Fifth Degree opening precede talks by Norman H Barkley and L F Robinson with a ventriloquist act and a closing Fifth Degree ceremony by William Penn Grange. A banquet on April 5 at 6 30 with speaker Joseph Thomas of Hayesville Ohio caps the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Pomona Grange
First United Presbyterian Church
Indiana
P. D. Wilson
Indiana Grange
Norman H. Barkley
Blairsville Grange
Pennsyvania State Grange
R.C. Whitfield
Johnny
William Penn
Armagh
Indiana Co
Schryock Grange
First Methodist Church
Joseph Thomas
Hayesville
Ohio
Duquesne Co Hinges On Wage Comparison In Arbitration
In Pittsburgh on March 22 the Duquesne Light Company pressed to prove its workers earned wages equal or higher than similar firms. Testimony covered Allegheny Steam Heating Co and Equitable Real Estate Co with Intervening figures showing 15 to 16 cent increases since 1941. Equitable reports about 16 1/2 cent rises. Judge Marshall said any agreement must be ratified by Truman’s wage stabilization board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
I Duquesne Light Company
Allegheny Steam Heating Co
Equitable Real Estate Co
Thomas E. Purcell
Allegheny Steam
Junion
Frank J. Holub
Elder W. Marshall
Duquesne
Truman
New
Guardhouse Cruelties Charges Laid in London
U S Army headquarters in London announced charges of conspiracy to inflict cruel and unlawful punishment on guardhouse prisoners have been filed against Col. James A. Kilian of Highland Park Illinois and five other officers. The indictment, under 70th articles of war, also cites misfeasance and malfeasance in office. Also named are Maj. Richard F. Lobuouo of Pittsburgh Maj. Herbert W. Bluhm Capt. Joseph A. Revertson First Lt. Granville Cubage and First Lt. Leonard W. Ennis. These officers had testified earlier this year in the court martial of ten enlisted men and two officers accused of mistreating Litchfield prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. S
Army
James A. Kilian
Highland Park
Litchfield
Richard D. Kearney
Kilian
Lichfield
Richard FE
Lobuouo
Pittsburgh
Herbert W. Bluhm
Joseph A. Revertson
310Th
Choir of 50 To Visit Sunday at First Methodist
The South Avenue Methodist Choir of Wilkinsburg with 50 voices will sing Sunday at 7 30 p m at First Methodist Church in Pittsburgh. Accompanied by piano organ and four violins the group promises a full program and is regarded as among the citys finest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Avenue
Wilkinsburg
First Methodist Church
Pittsburgh
Scoop Rivalry Delays AP Stalin Q and A Broadcast
AP correspondent Eddy Gilmore was scooped when Moscow radio aired his Stalin interview questions before he could file. The exchange, broadcast by Moscow radio, underscored press access tensions as Gilmore raced to transmit his story to AP papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voc Csacsucreity Press
Eddy Gilmore
Gilmore
Stalin
Moscow Radio
Associated Press
Man posed as lumber buyer offered to overcharge OPA ceiling
In Pittsburgh on March 22 a man claiming to be Willard E Eisenhart of Vancouver and Lawrence Kan was detained by federal authorities after offering to sell a billion feet of Douglas fir at 16 250 000 above ceiling prices. Emerson Samuels an OPA timber enforcement agent said the suspect sought orders at 80 per 1000 feet while the OPA ceiling stood at 81 75. A U S commissioner set bond at 5 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mar
Willard E. Eisenhart
Vancouver
Canada
Lawrence
Kan
OPA
Emerson Samuels
OPA Timber Division
Eisenhart
U. 5
Restaurants Can Serve Less Bread
Washington March 22 The Office of Price Administration authorized restaurants and hotels to serve smaller portions of bread and salad dressing to help conserve wheat and edible oils for abroad as part of famine emergency measures. The order allows reduced portions in eating places, including railroad dining cars, with notices, and guarantees normal portions on request. This follows a prior OPA action reducing bread loaf weights by up to 10 percent without price cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Office of Economic Stabilization
Ealing
Famine Committee
Relief funds gap widens in Pennsylvania 1945 47
Harrisburg report by Hiram G. Andrews warns that current relief standards will require at least 20 million dollars more for the 1845 47 biennium. Acting secretary Robert P. Wray disputes the committee’s math while noting expenditures for the six months through January 1946 and projecting total biennial costs could exceed 102 million if January averages persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Mar
Hiram G. Andrews
House
Department of Public Assistance
Democratic State Committee
Robert P. Wray
Wray
Andrews
Beulah the Beulah Becomes Beulah No More
Beulah voice on radio dies of a heart attack. Beulah was not a maid or a Black woman. Beulah was Marlin Hurt, longtime radio veteran. Hurt had appeared in vaudeville before 1940 and debuted as Beulah on Fibber McGee and joined a Sunday program last June.
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Hollywood
Beulah
Marlin Hurt
Hart
Fibher McGee
Homer City Theatre Sold to Indiana County Theater Company
Transfer of ownership of the Empire Theater in Homer City to the Indiana County Theater Company for 25000 was disclosed today by Attorney William E. Pierce. Former owners Ralph B. Kunkle and Sarah K. Witterson, Homer City, sold to Peter Manos of Indiana owner of the Theater Company. New management took over yesterday as part of a regional chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire ‘Theater
Homer City
Indiana County Theater Company
William E. Pierce
Empire Theater
Ralph B. Kunkle
Sarah K. Witterson
Peter Manos
Indiana
Theater
Pickets at Westinghouse Plant amid City Hall rally
Police mobilized 78 deputies as 16000 striking workers gathered at Pittsburgh City Hall to vote on a Westinghouse wage proposal. Union leaders dispute the 18 12 cent raise, claiming about 7 cents more per hour. Deputies, in yellow armbands, kept order at plant entrances while injunctions against mass picketing were enforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Smart
East Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Ci]o-United Electrical Workers Union
Westinghouse
Marin
William C. Hoffman
Greensburg
Monaghan
Monaghin
Miss Leighton Named State 4-H Leader at Cornell
Miss Martha E. Leighton was named assistant state 4-H Club leader in New York, effective April 1, and will serve as assistant professor in extension work at Cornell University, linking 4-H activities with home economics and agriculture programs. Indiana taught English farmers to plant crops in rows, replacing broadcasting.
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Ithaca
Martha E. Leighton
Pennsylvania
New York State
Leighton
Home Economics and Agriculture
Cornell University
Goering Targets Hitler Praise as War Trials Drag On
justice Robert H. Jackson angrily halted Hermann Goering’s praise of Adolf Hitler at the Nuremberg trial. Jackson warned that time is grave and the case may run into August as the defense clashed over Goering’s relations with the Fuhrer. Goering rejected responsibility, claiming he followed orders and that millions were unaware of Hitler’s crimes.
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Jackson
R. A. Rudenko
Goering
Blue eyed New Orleans girl woos oil heir across Pacific
In Honolulu, Marguerite Faye Human 19 and seaman John G. Ochsner face parental and legal hurdles to marriage after she stowed away on a Naval transport to be near him. Ochsner may inherit $2,000,000 but laws and his mother object. probation officer hesitation remains. couple vows to wed when permitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
New Orleans
California
Marguerite Faye Human
John G. Ochsner
Kettleman Hills
Johnny
Hilda Carling Ochsner
Oakland
Marguerite
San Francisco
Hayes
Impeachment Probe Opens on New Jersey AG Van Riper
In Trenton New Jersey the first impeachment inquiry in twelve years opened as the Assembly judiciary committee began investigating Attorney General Walter D. Van Riper. The panel faced procedural fights over subpoenas with witnesses resisting and a bank leader citing disruption and burden in producing records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Walter D. van Riper
Induction Order For Indiana County Men Set
Indiana County's three Selective Service Boards will send 48 men to induction stations for Army entry on Tuesday March 26. Local Board No. 2 leads with 28, but names will not be released until Monday due to list changes. Inductees include Raymond P. Biggie, Joseph Zayachak, Carl B. Pluchinsky, Pete Zins, Edward W. Roth, and others across Boards No. 2 and No. 3 including Walter R. Valeria and Donald E. Clawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Indiana
Local Board No
Local Board No. A
Raymond P. Biggie
Joseph Zayachak
Lucornemines
Carl B. Pluchinsky
Pete Zins
Edward W. Roth
Martin Frank Koren
Marco A. Biconik
Homer City
Stanley P. Rusieczki
Clune
Mero Melnick
McIntyre
Lena Zambotli
Auliman
Robert F. McAdoo
Josephine
Joseph J. Bedick
Saltsburg
William C. Baker
James B
Light Persons File Pay Claim
Eight employees of Pennsylvania Power and Light in Allentown filed a federal suit seeking 60000 in overtime pay and damages. The complaint says the company owes 300000 for construction workers due to overtime before March 21, 1946 and for overtime since 1940, with overtime rates paid for hours over 44, 42, and 40 per week in specified periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mar
U.S. District Court
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company
Allentown
FE. G. Scoblienko
Indiana counties get school transport funds totals
Auditor General G Harold Wagner approves payments totaling 7493.18 to two Indiana County school districts Buffington Township School District 2905.64 and Montgomery Township School District 4587.54. Funds come from legislative appropriations for transportation reimbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Harold Wagner
Indiana County
Buffington Township
Mnntgomery Township
Pepper Bans Anti-Russia Peace Block
Senator Pepper says critics who call for hostility toward Russia hinder efforts for lasting peace. He argues United States should maintain strong defense and pursue a three power dialogue with Russia, Britain, and the US to secure an enduring agreement. Ball counters that dismantling atomic bombs would weaken defenses and invite appeasement.
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Washington
Marsh
Pepper
Russia
Florida
Ball
R-Minn
Senate
Navy
Fourth Naval District
United States
Great Britain
Iran
Turkey
Obituaries for Mary Ann Souch RS and others
Obituary notices record MARY ANN SOUCH RS dying at her home 265 South Seventh Street on March 20 after a lingering illness with funeral services at Rob inson Funeral Home officiated by Reverend David R. Graham and interment at Knights of Pythias Cemetery Anita PA. Also noted is WILLIAM M. FRY 70 a retired farmer of East Wheatfield Twp Indiana Co who died at his Seward Rd home after six months illness. survivors include wife and several children and he was an elder in Armagh Presbyterian Church with services at Armagh Presbyterian Church and interment in Armagh Cemetery. MRS. JESSIE ED MISTON SHOVER widow of O D Shever died suddenly at her Branson Colorado home March 18, a nurse trained in Pittsburgh and Os kaloosa with post graduate study in Chicago. she leaves a brother and sister in Indiana and was buried beside her husband in Masonic Cemetery Trinidad Colorado.
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Mary Ann Souch
South Seventh Street
Mar
Robinson Funeral Home
David R. Graham
Knights of Pythias
Anita
William M. Fry
East
Wheatfield
Indiana Co
Seward R
Craig F. Fry
Armagh
Harry B. Longnecker
Seward
Harry Sayers
Carr St
Johnstown
Jacob L
Marion Fry
Armagh Presbyterian Church
Longnecker
H.C. Clarke
Jessie
Edmiston) Shover
O. D. Shever
N. Branson
Colo
Shever
Elias and
Ellen (Leslie) Bamiston
Cambria County
Indiana
Cambria Counies
Presbyterian Hospital
Wilkinsburg
Oskaloosa Hospital
Iowa
Wackiss Presents Medal To Rice In Pentagon Ceremony
Col. John S. Rice receives a Legion of Merit from Gen. Carl A. Spaatz as WAC Lt. Col. Geraldine May kisses him at the Pentagon. The presentation honors Rice for brilliant organizational work and personnel utilization while serving 19 months with the Army Transport Command in the North Atlantic Division.
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Washington
John 5S
Rice
WAC
Pentagon
Geraldine May
May
Army Transport Command
ATC Personnnel
North Atalntic
Democratic Party
Carl A. Spaatz
Boylertown
Army Air Far
AAF
H. H. Arnold
Philadelphia
Vets To Get Break On US Surplusses
Philadelphia veterans will gain special access to surplus property sales at the Philadelphia Naval base. The new program allows veterans to buy items from soup to bolts, cash and carry, under a veteran focusing experiment launched on March 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mar
Philadelphia Naval Base
Navy surplus store opens with varied goods for veterans
An opening day tour shows items from galley pots to towels surplus by ships and naval bases. Harkey Reiter and Charles G. O'Hara helped start the sale under the surplus property act. Rear Admiral Milo F. Draemel secured permission for the Sea program. Veterans apply to RFC for goods, RFC lists items, purchase authorizations issued, money returned to the Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Harkey Reiter
Charles G. O'Hara
Navy l
Milo F. Draemel
Fourth Naval District
Navy Department
RFC
District Relief Payments Decline in Indiana County
Ramsey S. Black state treasurer reports district relief payments to needy presidents of Indiana County fell in the week ending March 21 by 21 dollars from the prior week. Total payments were 1,923 dollars, 522 dollars above the same week last year. Bureau of Assistance disbursements show current week 1,823 dollars and previous week 1,044 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey S. Black
Indiana County
Bureau of Assistance
State Treasury Department
Three Stores Burned in Penns Grove Fire
A four hour blaze in Penns Grove South Jersey destroyed two furniture stores and a department store. Fire teams from nearby towns aided local crews. Officials said the fire started in the remains of a furniture store that had burned out last week, with employees and customers escaping unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penns Grove
N. J
Delaware River
South Jersey
Ralph Burley
Fined $15,000 For Black Marketing
Imperial Service Stations Inc of West Orange New Jersey was fined 315000 by the U S circuit court of appeals for black market operations in gasoline counterfeit ration coupons and resale above set prices. The firm’s owner was New Jersey Attorney General Walter D Van Riper with manager John Praml convicted and sentenced to 16 months in federal prison.
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Philadelphia
Imperial Service Stations, Inc
West Orange
N. J
U. S. Circuit Spurt of Appeals
New Jersey
Walter D. van Riper
John C. Knox
Newark
Office
Price Administration
van Riper
John Praml
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