Ringling Circus Prepares New Show For Spring Run
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus readies its spring opener for April 9 in Madison Square Garden. The crew works through rehearsals in Saratoga with 1400 staffers, 40 new acts, and a wartime push to attract adults with sex appeal and spectacle.
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Belgium
Saratoga
Fla. Mar
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Madison Square Garden
Big Jim Haley
Hollywood
Haley
John Ringling North
Circus
John Murray Anderson
Rubber strike averted in talks with four producers
Akron officials report union and four major rubber makers including BF Goodrich Firestone and U. S. Rubber hint a possible peaceful settlement after meeting in Cleveland. Union seeks 1 cent per hour wage rise for about 110000 workers, companies offer 10 cents while current average is 1.84 dollars.
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Akron
Mar
Laie
Ciq-United Rubber Workers
Cleveland
L. M. Buckingham
Stinkey
Goodrich Firestone Tire
Coadhyear Tire
Stanley Co Purchases Big Mass Factory in Easthampton
Stanley Home Products Inc manufacturers of household chemicals and brushes has bought a factory and adjacent buildings in Easthampton Massachusetts from the War Assets Administration. Five floor main building covers 386400 square feet plus 10 adjoining structures formerly GE facilities. Transfer to the new plant in Westfield is expected within six months with national distribution from stations in Westfield Michigan Tulsa Georgia Ohio California and California.
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Stanley Home Products, Inc
Stanley Furniture
War Assets Administration
Easthampton
Mass
Westfield
General Electric Company
Precision Instruments
Stanley Hume
Kalama- 709
Mich
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Atlant
Zanesville
Ohio
Oakland
Calin
Complain of Army Holdup On War Trial
American defense lawyers at the International Military Tribunal complain of War Department cooperation gaps in presenting Japanese wartime leaders. They allege missing texts of government telegrams from Manchuria linked to the Mukden incident, urging access to originals seized by occupation forces. The issue arose while questioning Maj. Gen. Tadashi Katakura and amid emperor’s telegrams restricting Kwantung Army actions.
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Tokyo
Mar
Uf. &. War Department
International Military Tribunal
Kwantung
Manchuria
Mukden
Alfred Brooks
Washington
War Department
Tadashi Katakura
Manchurian
New Floods Hit Britain Rampant Rivers Ravage Farmland
Swollen rivers across northern England breached banks as troops and civilian volunteers battled to seal gaps. The Ouse Welland and Bow rivers flooded vast tracts including 10 000 acres near Crowland while Neptune amphibian tanks assisted engineers around Ely. Air Ministry forecast light showers after a rainless night.
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London
Tivers
England
Bow
Yorkshire
Fenland
Mere
Ouse
Welland
Ely
Cambridge
Fenn
Crowland
Lincolnshire
Crowland Abbey
Air Ministery
Arrest of Kenneth E. Gardner for disorderly conduct
Kenneth E. Gardner of Homer City was arrested by Borough Police yesterday on Philadelphia Street at 3 30 PM for disorderly conduct. He allegedly ignored a civilian officer's warning to stop using obscene language on the street and followed the officer into a dining establishment where he was taken into custody.
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Kenneth E. Gardner
Homer City
Philadelphia St
Senate 64 to 24 For Measure
The Senate backed a wage hour reform 64 to 24. It outlines outlaws of pending penalties, bars back-wage claims for portal activities, restricts suits by other workers, sets a two year filing limit, and shields employers acting in good faith on wage hour rulings.
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Ate
Sumator Lucas
Truman
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Judiciary Committee
Big Four Plan for Germany Economic Unity and Controls
Bevin urged Germany be allowed a steel ingot capacity of 10 million tons annually and proposed economic unity with pooling of resources. He called for socialization of central industries to break trusts and sharing occupation costs, first against German production. The piece notes archaic basic ingredients and mentions fish behavior.
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Germany
Bevin
Western Electric Protest Staged by Pittsburgh Workers
More than 106 Western Electric Co. employees, members of the National Association of Telephone Equipment Workers, staged a one day protest stoppage in Pittsburgh. Union president John H. Shaffer said 18 were downgraded, while a company spokesman said the action followed the contract with the union.
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Pittsburgh
Western Electric Co
National Association of Telephone Equipment Workers
John H. Shaffer
Philippine Army Aims for 100000 Citizen Force
Manila reports the Philippine army intends to expand from 37,000 to 100,000 under the new military aid accord with the United States. Induction of 100,000 draftees stalled by supply and training officer shortages. The U S advisory group led by Maj Gen Albert M Jones will focus on training, camps, and using surplus American army equipment. About 24,000 of the 7,000 current troops are engaged in pacification against Hukbalahap rebels.
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Manila
Mar
Philippine Army
United States
U.S
Albert M. Jones
Duquesne University shuts classes over flu spread
Duquesne University in Pittsburgh ordered classes suspended on Monday and Tuesday as a precaution against influenza. City officials said there was no general population rise, but the university reported the illness was prevalent among students.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne University
Indiana Board Names New Principal For Stevens Mann
Stevens and Horace Mann schools will share one principal after a statewide search. Schaffer, age 31, selected from a large candidate list, brings ten years of elementary admin experience and ties to Beaver Schools. He will oversee about 570 students and has strong youth program credentials. The retirement sliding scale topic dominated discussion as Perry defended the plan to balance staff ages with student needs.
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Indiana
Horace Mann
Thaddeus Stevens School
Edgar C. Perry
Beaver
Board of Beaver Schools
Schaffer
Slippery Rock State Teachers College
University of Pittsburgh
PSEA
PTA
Geographical Committee
Western Pennsylvania
Beaver Borough
Perry
Pennsylvania
Adjourning Arson Case of Minister Heldin Arson
Milwaukee March 22 Municipal Judge Herbert J Stettes adjourned until March 41 the arson case of Dr John Lewis pastor Calvary Presbyterian Church damaged Jan 25 A sanity commission was appointed to examine the 72 year old defendant at the request of the court and District Attorney If found sane a trial date would be set immediately if adjudged insane he would be confined in the state hospital for the criminal insane but parole to a private custodian could be allowed on state recommendation
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Milwaukee
Mar
Herbert J. Stettes
John Lewis
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Stettes
Sanity Commission
Tourt
Dist. Atty
William J. McCauley
Lewis
Asst
Joseph Tierney
Round Up Sex Offenders In Murder Hunt
District Attorney George A Thompson ordered a roundup of all sex offenders in Billerica and nearby areas for questioning in the murder of 12 year old Edward J. Flynn Jr. The boy was found dead near a pine grove with clothing and a silk stocking hanging from trees. Police suspect a sexual attack and transport of the body to the site. Flynn disappeared Wednesday while en route to a church band rehearsal in Medford.
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Billerica
Mass
George A Thompson
Edward J. Flynn, Jr
Flynn
Mason Bryant
William O'Brien
O'Brien
Medford
Truman Pushes U.S. to Join World Health Organization
President Truman urged Congress to approve a joint resolution for U.S. membership in the World Health Organization. He cited international goodwill and the organization’s role in improving world health, urging early consideration. An endorsement from Secretary of State Marshall accompanied the message.
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Washington
Mar
Truman
Congress
United States
World Health Organization
Capitol Hill
Marshall
United Nations
Chautemps to Call Welles in Absentia Defense
Former French premier Camille Chautemps, on trial in Absentia March 28, plans to have Sumner Welles testify in his defense. Welles’ 50 page statement, brought from the United States by Chautemps’ son, argues Chautemps sought to bolster resistance to Germany and defend Free French interests.
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Joseph E. Dynan
Paris
Camilla Chautemps
High Court of Justice
Sumner Welles
Welles
Chautemp
Jean
United States
Chautemps
America
Chevy Chase
Germany
Vichy
France
Washington
Alverda Church to Host Revival led by Bentz Sisters
Alverda Gospel Tabernacle will begin revival services on Sunday March 23 under the direction of East Liverpool Ohio's Bentz Sisters. Miss Geraldine Bentz speaks with Yvonne Bentz providing marimba music as nightly preaching and singing fill the schedule at 7 45 evenings except Saturdays. public invited.
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Alverda
Special Service At Clymer Church With Missionary Speaker
A special Sunday service at 2 30 p m at the Clymer Christian and Missionary Alliance Church will feature Rev Alex Lopston the missionary as speaker He will recount experiences as a prisoner in a Japanese concentration camp in the Philippines The article oddly notes there are ten thousand different species of jellyfish.
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Clymer Christian
Bidault and Stalin discuss German future in Moscow
Georges Bidault reports a 95 minute Kremlin talk with Joseph Stalin centered on Germany’s future. He says Stalin opposes France’s plan for a loosely federated Germany and notes no immediate plans for a return visit. The French coal dispute with Britain remains unresolved.
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Moscow
Georges Bidault
France
Stalin
Russia
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Bidault
Kremlin
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Council of Foreign Ministers
Abandon Pennsylvania Maritime Academy Urged in Harrisburg
Milo F. Draemel secretary of forest and waters urged Governor Duff to discontinue the Pennsylvania Maritime Academy at Morrisville to save taxpayers about 7 million dollars. He said the state duplicats U S Maritime Commission services and 49 cadets would transfer to other academies.
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Harrisburg
Milo F. Draemel
Forest and Waters
Duff
Pennsylvania Maritime Academy
Morrisville
U. S. Maritime Commission
Draemal
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Draemel
Noon Stocks Decline Mixed Readings Across Major Allies
A snapshot of noon stock quotes shows Air Reduction at 35 percent, Allied Signal 30, American Airlines 10, American Can 24, and many others like Anaconda Copper 395, Armour 144, Atchison Topeka 84, Aviation 6, Bethlehem Steel 92, Chrysler 114, Eastman Kodak 240, General Electric 35, General Motors 60, IBM 34, Penn RR 22, Texaco 80, Union Pacific 124, Westinghouse 2, and Woolworth 48 among a broad mix of gains and losses in today’s market.
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Allied
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Goodrich
Goodyear T& R
Greyhound Corp
Gulf Oi
Hercules Powder
Illinois Central
Int Harvester
Johns-Manville
Kennecott Cop
Kresge
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Val Coal
Libby, McN & L
Loew's Ine
McKess & Rob
Montgom Ward
Nash-Kelvinator YW
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
Nat Supply
NY Central RR
North Amer Co
Northern Pac
Packard Motor
Fan Am Airways
Param Pictures
Penney (Jc
Penn PW
Penn RR
Pepsi-Cola
Phila
Obituary notices from Indiana and surrounding areas
Obituaries report the deaths of Cordilla Ann Buchanan Joseph Maruca Bertha E Jarvie Harry McGarra Harry P Shearer Sarah Jane Shields and others with details of their last addresses, surviving relatives, church affiliations, funeral arrangements at Robinson Funeral Home Indiana St Bernard and Greenwood Cemeteries and services led by various clergy.
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Cordilla Ann (Williams) Buchanan
Cyrus A. Buchanan
Church
Indiana
Robinson Funeral Home
Leyan Methodist Church
Thurman McCracken
Oakland Cemetery
Joseph Marucca
McIntyre
Mar
Jeasie Spinelli Maruca
Sarah Jane (Black) Shields
Clymer
Renton
Miller Black
Idamar
Rayne Two
Indiana County
Phillip Clyde Shields
Merthopodist Church
Marton Center
Methodist Church of
Unveil Mural At Creekside Church Sunday Evening
A large mural fresco at Creekside Methodist Church will be unveiled during a 7:45 PM Sunday service on March 23. The oil painting shows a Jordan Valley panorama with biblical mountains, the Sea of Galilee, and the Jordan River banks, featuring Christ as The Good Shepherd with his flock. Artist John A. Pullerton created the piece. Jason Shaffer will deliver the ceremonial address and a description will follow the unveiling.
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Creekside Methodist Church
Jordan Valley
Holy Land
Sea of Galilee
Jordan River
Christ
Good Shepherd
John A. Puller‘ton
Jason Shaffer
Mr. Fullerton
Gas Price Rise Hits Allegheny County Motorists
Allegheny County motorists faced higher retail gasoline prices today with regular at 23 1/2 cents and high test at 26 1/2 cents. South Hills and McKeesport areas showed slight variations with regular at 23 1/2 cents and high test at 25 cents.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
South Hills
McKeesport
Southerners Ready to Sign With Lewis
Huntington, March 22. Island Creek Coal Co President James D. Francis said southern operators are ready to negotiate a new contract with the United Mine Workers but will not sign another party's agreement. He noted the group seeks a contract fitting their mines and conditions, not one based on the government contract. The operators want an early effective date once the government contract ends.
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Huntington
W. Va
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Francis
John L. Lewis
UMW
Strangling Case in New York Stymies Police
Police investigated the strangulation of Nora Kotler a 22 year old stenographer found fully clothed in her apartment. No evidence of struggle robbery or crime surfaced and no suspect or tangible clue has emerged. Her mother and butcher father with prior prison term provided limited assistance.
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New York
Mar
Nora Kotler
Gussie Kotler
Herman
Sing Sing
Frank Watterson
Four Injured In Building Collapse At Inquirer Plant
Four construction workers were injured when a section of a new rologravure plant being erected for the Philadelphia Inquirer collapsed on the fourth floor. The area 75 by 100 feet fell after shoring gave way. All victims remained at Hahnemann Hospital as officials investigated the cause.
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Philadelphia
Mar
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hahnemann Hospital
Matthew McCloskey
McCloskey and Co
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