Europe After War Faces Hunger and Rebuilds Trade
The piece notes Europe's postwar hunger and economic collapse after Hitler's total war. It cites France as hard hit, with Nazi plunder stripping rail cars, machinery, and tools, hindering recovery. It argues Western Hemisphere aid is needed and ownership of recovered goods is complex in occupied Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baris
France
App Béal
Europe
Leon Blum
Hitler
Occupied
Germany
Holland
Reichen
United States
Duff Pledges Attention To Traffic Tolls
Pittsburgh crowd of about 2000 hears Attorney General James H Duff pledge to extend state focus on traffic fatalities stream purification and recreation for Western Pennsylvania. Duff backs upstream sewage work and river recreation near Pittsburgh with Beaver and Ashington counties. Martin calls for fiscal restraint and a foreign policy rooted in peace loving nations while upholding workers rights and free speech within court limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mar
Republican State Organization
James H. Duff
Martin
Pennsylvania
Duff
Allegheny Couny
Raccoon Creek
Beaver County
Little Chartiers Creek
Ashington County
Couny
Iso
Artin
GOP
U. S
United States
Republican leaders back Martin slate in Pennsylvanian push
Republican men from Lackawanna Pike Wayne Susquehanna Bradford pledge support to the GOP Penn Bivens slate led by Governor Edward Martin seeking the U S Senate nomination. The cross county backing signals a unified effort across northeastern counties to bolster the Martin campaign statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Lackawanna
Pike, Wayne
Susquehan- Bee
Wyoming
Bradford
GOP
Penn- Bivens Organization
Edward Martin
U. S
Press reacts to Stalin peace hopes statement
The Associated Press report shows U S and international editors split over Stalin’s UNO stance. The New York Times lauds a strong endorsement yet warns actions must follow words. The Los Angeles Times jokes that Stalin may have been joking. The Providence Journal Bulletin and Miami Herald urge consistency with peace rhetoric. The Daily Worker praises the UN message as a clear step toward world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Times
Stalin
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Moscow
United Nations Organization
Iran
UNO
New York Herald Tribune
Richmond
Times Dispatch
Ussr
Providence
R. I. Journal
Bulleti
Red Army
Manchuria
Los Angeles Times
Daily Worker
New York
UNG
Soviet Union
UNRRA Debates Refugee Aid and Food Rationing
Atlantic City reports UNRRA delegates opened a council meeting amid a dispute over aid for more than 500000 displaced persons and how to feed a hungry world. Behind the scenes a move seeks wartime rationing of cereals fats and oils, despite Agriculture Secretary Anderson calling it impractical. Director General Lehman criticizes Hoover and Anderson for underestimating the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Singleton
Atlantic City
N. J
Mar
UNRRA
United States
Anderson
Herbert Lehman
Herbert Hoover
To Clear Area In Indonesia
British headquarters announced that southern Bandoeng in Western Java would be cleared of armed Indonesians due to mortaring and incendiarism. The move, aimed to be bloodless if possible, may involve tear gas. Leaflets and radio notices warned locals of the ultimatum as British and Indonesian forces divide control of Bandoeng following recent casualties and POW/internee losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Mar
Bandoeng
Truman orders atomic test moratorium sparks Capitol Hill debate
President Truman halted the A bomb test sequence briefly after directing the joint Army Navy task force to pause until further notice. The decision surprised Congress, with many seeking witness to the tests while others questioned military control of atomic development. Preparations had already begun for a May 15 drop and involved about 35,000 personnel and ships at Bikini and Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNO
Capitol Hill
Truman
Administration
House
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Father of Eight Killed on Route 6 Near Here
Henry Splach 62 of Smethport, a night watchman at a chemical plant and father of eight, was struck and killed by an automobile with a trailer on Route 6 near here yesterday night. McKean County Coroner Elmer Beatty ruled the death accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Jewett
Henry Spaich
Smethport, & D
Splach
McKean
Elmer Beatty
Draft Quota Tripled For April Selective Service
MARRISBURG March 23 AP April's Selective Service quota to be filed principally by limited service recruits will rise to about 9 300 men from the 3 500 monthly average since last September Lt Col Raymond Clouse of the State Headquarters staff said the increase reflects a national deficit in calls Pennsylvania has kept its percentage fairly well but nationally we lag the 50 000 promised each month Limiter service men will be drawn from ages 18 through 25 and include some married men but no fathers They were previously 4 F due to inability to meet standards and are now being reclassified as 1 A except those with deferments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrisburg
Raymond. Clause
Pennsylvania
Clouse
Education Group Forms In Meet Of 400 Teachers
A report on a large teachers gathering notes the constant push for education bills on the calendar and long lists of proposals. Speakers foresee broad support from the commonwealth for teacher salaries and retirement benefits. The district president urged stronger member ties while Miss Eleanor Wilson from Teacher’s College performed at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Webster
Indiana County
Central Western District
Gerd ‘Hardt
Eleanor Wilson
Teacher's College
Five Sentenced For War Crimes In Germany
Five of fifteen Germans charged with forcing seven American fiefs into a death march on Borkum in August 1944 were sentenced to hang. One former officer received life imprisonment. Eight others, including Nazi officers and officials, got prison terms from two to 25 years. The seven week trial was at Ludwigsberg near Suut-Bart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stutygart
Germany
Mar
Baltic
Borkum
Wuerttemberg
Ludwigsberg
Siuit- Bart
Pennsylvania Socialists face ballot naming dilemma
Harrisburg March 23 The Socialist Party in Pennsylvania must list statewide candidates under a different name for November as election laws ban using Socialist or Labor. The State Election Bureau has accepted Socialist Labor Organization petitions, and the 1944 pattern of late submissions may repeat with Socialist Labor first this year while Socialists can run for Congress and state offices with limited statewide nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Socialist Party
Pennsylvania
State Election Bureau
Socialist Labor Organization
Reading
Elections Bureau
Election Bureau
Socialist Labor
Socialist Labor Party
Congress
State Senate
State House
Socialist Labor Group
Trains Collide In River Tunnel In New York
Two locomotives collided in the East River tunnels injuring an engineer and delaying traffic. One locomotive pulled four empty passenger cars, two passenger coaches derailed blocking the tunnel. Long Island trains rerouted via other tunnels to Penn Station, with delays up to 20 minutes. One injured man identified as George Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mar
Pennsylvania Railroad
East River
Pennsylvania Station
Long Island
Pennsylvania
Sunnyside
Long Island City
Philadelphia
Washington
George Young
Truman To Speak At Jackson Dinner
President Truman will deliver a hard hitting progressive keynote at Jackson day dinners nationwide. Secretary Wallace to speak. Trumans 2000 word address at a $100 plate banquet in Washington expects a record audience near 2000 with radio coverage for other rallies across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver Washington
Truman
White House
Wallace
Trivnan
Commerce Secretary
National
Whi
New Triangular Desk For Execs
A new triangular desk designed for executives is described in Business Work. It has a 72 inch working edge and requires no more floor space than a conventional four foot desk while weighing one third less. A concave cutout permits close comfortable seating. The desk was created by Fletcher Aircraft Corp of Pasadena California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fletcher Aircraft Corp
Pasadena
Calif
Two Die In Pure Oil Fire At Heath Ohio Plant
Newark area reports a devastating blaze at the Pure Oil Company plant in Heath Ohio killing two workers, Nathaniel J Skarin Jr 23 and Benjamin Gerber with a possible third body feared. Explosions damaged a 1 million dollar high pressure reducing unit used for gasoline production. Firemen battled for hours as highway patrol kept spectators back. No official cause yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Pure Oil Company
Heath
H. J. Hook
Nathaniel John Skarin, Jr
Lemont
Benjamin Gerber
Jackson Township
Honor Rabbi Goode Portrait Unveiled At York High School
Citizens of York will honor the late Rabbi Alexander D. Goode who died three years ago when the Transport Dorchester was torpedoed in the Atlantic. A portrait will be unveiled at William Penn Senior High School with Dr. Daniel Poling of Philadelphia as principal speaker. The event is sponsored by civic religious educational and veterans groups. Rabbi Goode gave his life by sharing life jackets with other soldiers during the sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Alexander D. Goode
Atlantic
Goode
William Penn Senior High School
Dorchester
Daniel Poling
Philadelphia
Rabbi Goode
Caesarean Baby Given Even Chance
Hollywood reports a one-pound newborn delivered by Caesarean section at Presbyterian Hospital. The infant, three months premature, is described as fair and with good color and cries. The baby is the daughter of Mrs Linda Ververs, with father R M Ververs, a Hawthorne garage operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Mar
Presbyterian Hospital
Paul C. Elliot
Linda, iVervers
Car Plunges Off Highway Se beyond near Kane
A car plunged from Highway Six near Kane Pennsylvania killing Harold Newhouse about 35 of Mt Alton McKean County. Passing motorists found the body among wreckage scattered 100 feet along the road. Coroner Elmer Beatty investigates. Newhouse left a widow and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
Harold Newhouse
Mt. Alton
McKean
Newhouse
McKegn County
Elmer
Beatty
Second Recently Elevated Cardinal Dies In Germany
Harmurg reports Clemens August Cardinal Count Von Galen died at his Muenster home aged 68 after an operation for peritonitis on March 19. He recently returned from Vatican City where he was elevated to the Purple, the second new cardinal to die since the Vatican consistories. John Cardinal Glennon of St. Louis was the first, dying in Dublin on March 8. The bishop was known for opposing Nazi policies and exposing the mercy death program. He criticized the regime in sermons and was linked to anti Nazism activity within Germany during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmurg
Clemens August
Count von Galen
Muenster
Germany
Vatican City
Vatican
John Cardinal Glennon
St. Louis
Dublin
Erie
Recklinshausen
Xanten
Rhineland
van Galen
Dan Galen
Joseph Goebbels
GM Strike Big Issue At UAW Confab
ATLANTIC CITY March 23 AP The GM strike looms as a central topic at the CIO United Auto Workers convention opening here with about 2 000 delegates. The gathering faces a likely presidential contest between Walter Reuther and RK Thames, amid debate over strike strategy and possible opposition to company security clauses in contracts. George Addes faulted Truman and Congress for poor support during the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Reuther
RK. J. Thames
George Addes
Truman
Congress
Mine Houses Offered to Force Mine Dwellers
Miners of Force Byrendate and Hollywood in Bennets Valley consider a proposal from Shawmut Mining Co to sell them the company houses they inhabit after a 20 week strike over insanitary living conditions. The firm would include extra acreage for community buildings and recreation, provide engineering services, and control risky speculation. a mass meeting is planned next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Force
Pa. Mar
Byrendate
Hollywood
Bennets Valley
New Sharmut Mining Co
Shawmut
Joan Barry Sued For 50000 Breach Of Contract
Philadelphia March 23 Joan Barry a night club entertainer and former protege of Charlie Chaplin has been sued for 50000 in a breach of contract action filed in common pleas court Don O Carlo Pittsburgh theatrical booking agent charges Barry signed a contract with him and obtained engagements through his agency He claims half of Barry's earnings since last November and for the next three years No date set for a hearing Barry now appears at a Philadelphia nightclub refused comment Barry listed as residing with her daughter Carol Ann at a downtown hotel O Carlo estimated she earned 1000 a week at a downtown nightclub and is receiving 75 a week from Chaplin under a court order for support of her daughter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mar
Joan Barry
Charlie Chaplin
Common Pleas Court
Don O’carlo
Pittsburgh
Miss Barry
D’carlo
Carol Ann
O'Carlo
Chaplin
Hone To Settle Philly Tug Strike
Philadelphia tugboat strike talks made progress as union and company negotiators at the U S Conciliation Service reported 59 of 60 disputed points settled. The agreement covers pay increases and a retroactive contract to Jan 1, with the lone remaining issue the union demand for extra pay for a double crew working 16 consecutive hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U. S. Conciliation Service
Cials
Fire hits dairy building in Somerset
A tar gas explosion ignited waste and tar fumes in an almost completed H. W. Walker Co dairy building in Somerset. Fire Chief Richard Piles put the damage at 25000 dollars. No workers were injured and the blaze delayed a banquet for 39 ex servicemen from the volunteer fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
H. W. Walker Co
Richard Piles
Pile
Stage Set For New War If Uno Fails
Business Week International Outlook argues the UNO could fail if bullying continues, possibly breaking the world into Anglo US and Soviet blocs and sparking a future war. It notes behind-the-scenes talks may hold UNO together, with US Soviet tensions rising yet trade remaining robust through lend-lease deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Business Week
UNO
Security Council
U.S
Washington
Moscow
U. S
World Bank and Fund
Savannah
Russia
Bretton Woods Organization
U. 5
Soviet Union
Police Ready For Trouble At Warehouse
Union leaders retreat from mediation as W house talks collapse with both sides rejecting offers. William H. Davis and Arthur Meyer announce retirement from the case and say a report will go to Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach next Monday. Union 75,000 members have been on strike since January 15 amid wage and arbitration disputes. Sudanic languages are noted as the mother tongues of West African peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Davis
Arthur
Meyer
New York Mediation Board
Labor
Schwellenbach
Obituary: Mrs Annie Florence Kunkle of South Bend
Mrs Annie Florence Kunkle wife of Albert Kunkle of South Bend Township near South Bend died Friday night at 11 50 following complications of diseases. Friends may visit after 7 tonight at the Kunkle home. Services Tuesday March 26 at 2 pm at home with Rev Revers and Oscar Woods officiating. Interment in South Bend Cemetery. Complete obituary to appear Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Florence Kunkle
Albert Kunkle
South Bend Township
South Bend
Kunkle
Revers
Oscar Woods
Hankey Lutheran Church
No Objection To VA Probe Sparks Intergroup Debate
Philadelphia march twenty three. Regional VA offices express no objections to a sweeping investigation demanded by the Pennsylvania American Legion. Legion commander James F. Murray plans a committee to probe VA operations in Pennsylvania. VA affiliates American Veterans of World War II and American Veterans Committee oppose the Legion and back VA. VA officials pledge to show records while noting pension delays due to missing War Department medical files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Veterans’ Administration
Pennsylvania Department of the American Legion
Robert W. Wilson
James F. Murray
Legion
Pennsylvania
Veteans Administration
American Veterans of World l
The
American Veterans Committee
Wilson
New Jersey
Delaware
Michael B. Reap
Wilkes-Barre
War Department
Transfer Request From Wm. Penn Scout Council
Punxsutawney Scout groups seek transfer from William Penn Council to Bucktail Council in Jefferson County. Region 3 will decide next week. William Penn covers Indiana County Punxsutawney Borough and Bell Young Townships. Bucktail centers in DuBois and includes Jefferson and Clearfield Counties minus Punxsutawney area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney
William Penn Council
Bucktail Council
Jefferson County
Indiana William Penn Council
Jefferson Group
Indiana
Indiana County
Punxsutawney Borough
Bell and Young Townships
Jefferson Co
Punxsu
Glen Campbell Miner's Injuries Reported in Hospital
Michael Pimchalk, 70, of Glen Campbell, is listed in critical condition at Miners Hospital in Spangler after an accident at a steam shovel site. He was admitted Thursday following the incident on a stripe mining job near Glen Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Campbell
Michael Pimchalk
Spangler
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