Hunger Crisis Demands Immediate World Aid
Mackenzie Be Colama argues that global hunger is the top crisis, urging UNRRA chief Fiorello LaGuardia to push robust food relief. He warns half a billion people lack adequate food, with only three quarters of that need met, and calls for Western hemisphere voluntary rationing to stretch scarce stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNRRA
Fiorello LaGuardia
Europe
Orient
India
China
Japan
Sam
Canada
Argentina
LaGuardia
Ood
Intimacy With Youths Sends 2 Women to Prison
Two California housewives were convicted of contributing to the delinquency of minors after nude dances and intimate encounters with high school boys at parties and a home. Goldie Lowell 25 and Audrey Rightmier 29 were found guilty by an 11 woman 1 man jury after a five hour deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Max
Goldie Lowell
Audrey Rightmier
Mrs. Rightmier
Artle Pool
Carl
Attack Victim Found At Club
YORK Ps Mar 30 14 Appar ently the victim of a brutal attack John Miller 72 was found dead in the Loganville Gun Club where he was the caretaker Coroner Lester 3 Sell reported Sell said Miller had 2 bullet wounds in his abdomen and that his head was battered An autopsy was scheduled for today Sell said Miller was found dead inside the front door of the club yesterday by 4 November The official theorized that Miller was apparently attacked on the second floor evidence indicating the aged man had crawled downstairs in an attempt to summon assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
John Miller
Loganville
Lester 3
Sell
Miller
Discharged Rats Prefer 1080 In Public Health Test
Herr's Island workers tested the poison 1080 sodium fluoracetate against rats in Pittsburgh. Many rats died near traps, with 297 bodies found at the city dump and others dying nearby. Dr. J Hope Alexander notes the toxin is highly deadly with no antidote and fragrance after mixing with water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Herr’s Island
Mostlaf
J. ‘Hope Alexander
Department of Public Health
Sister of Chic Sale To Enact Monologue At School
Virginia Sale, monologist and sister of Chic Sale, will perform her Americana sketches Tuesday at 8 15 p m in the college auditorium. Her program ranges from comedy to drama and reflects a career spanning Broadway, vaudeville, radio, and Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chic Sale
Virginia Sale
Esketches
Miss Sale
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Urbana
University of Ilinois
American Academy of Dramatic Art
New York
Hollywood
Hollywood Pictures
Christopher
Ginny Wren
Chris
Charles Cobourn
Sam Wren
Ife
Martha
Pearl Harbor
Virginia
Hollywood Victory
Hedda Hopper
Elsie Janice
Hollywood Canteen
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Ruth Draper
May seeks to mediate Westinghouse strike in Pennsylvania
Carl KF May, GOP governor candidate, offered mediation to Local 107 CIO electrical workers and Westinghouse management. He proposed both sides sit down and talk through issues, aiming to settle within seven days after vowing to aid Pennsylvania’s welfare. Local headquarters prepared a parade for strikers but commented neither side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Carl KF. May
Westinghouse
Chester
CIO Electrical Workers
Tater
Pennsylvania
Shroyer pushes removal of Grundy Owlett Taylor from GOP
HONESDALE Pa Mar 30 John VU Shroyer seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination calls for removal of Joseph R Grundy G Mason Owlett and M Yarvey Taylor from party power posts Taylor is State Chairman and the slate includes Attorney General James Duff Duff backed by Owlett and Grundy Shroyer says the Grundy Owlett Taylor organization is a strong old guard center and outlines a program to humanize the party replace dictator politics with rank and file control and broaden party financing.
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Honesdale
John VU. Shroyer
Joseph R. Grundy
G. Mason Owlett
M. Yarvey Taylor
Taylor
James Duff
Duff
Owlett
Grundy
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association
Grundy-Owlett-Taylor Controlled
Isone
Old Guard
Shrover
Republican Party
Editor Retires After 27 Years At Wilmington News
Charles B. Gray aged 70 retired today as managing editor of the Wilmington Morning News after a 27 year run. John J. Brady named his successor as managing editor while Martith Levin becomes sports editor. Gray began in journalism 50 years ago with the Wilmington Evening Journal and once led the Monterey Mexico News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Mar
Charles B. Gray
Wilmington Morning News
John J. Brady
Gray
Martith Levin
Wilmington Evening Journal
Crane operator rescues van after river plunge
In Millsboro Pennsylvania a Morton Sand and Gravel crane operator Robert Morton snagged a moving van drifting down the Monongahela River. He pulled it ashore where three men crawled from the cab with minor scrapes as the truck had plunged from House B8 on Town Hill into the river and floated downstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millsboro
Mar
Robert Morton
Morton Sand and Gravel Co
Monongahela River
Town Hill
Washington County
Miners to Strike as John L Lewis Rallies Nine Demands
Nation Today reports John L. Lewis, leading 400000 coal miners, plans a midnight walkout after listing nine demands for new contract terms. Past actions included wage gains, a health and welfare fund but no clear amounts, and opposition to foremen joining the union. The potential walkout could curb coal supply and affect wartime reconversion.
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John L. Lewis
Lewis
Coal Nine
Lan Abc
War Labor Board
Insercase
Allie
Liew
Auto Dealers Oppose OPA as Car Prices Rise
Dealers challenge OPA as auto industry wage boosts push new car prices up to 61 dollars, with profit margins trimmed by two more points to curb inflation. Executive Moran calls the move cockeyed while warning more pressure to end absorbtion. OPA cites expected 2.6 percent overall price increase across nine makers.
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Washington
Mar
OPA
Chrysler
Ford
Hudson
Nash
Lee W. Moran
National Automobile Dealers Association
Con- Hresh
Moran
Plymouth
Dodge
DeSoto
Mercury
Lincoln
General Motors
Waitress charged in strangling infant niece in Algonac
DETROIT March 30 A 23 year old waitress was held on murder investigation after confessing to strangling her 10 week old niece in Algonac last December. Detective Delbert Raymond named Muriel Wrightman as the suspect. The infant died of suffocation from inhalation of vomitus confirmed by local officials.
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Detroit
Delbert Raymond
Algonac
Mid
Raymond
Police Homicide Division
Muriel Wrightman
Walter H. Bouchner
Edward Kane
Shirley Ann
Wrightman
Phylis Little
Hopkins
Sanitary Board Seeks 400 More Staff for Stream Plan
Harrisburg March 30 The Democratic State Committee urged expanding the State Sanitary Board staff from 40 to 400 to advance the commonwealths stream clean-up campaign. They attacked Taylor Martin politicians for talk while noting the bottleneck is the boards inadequate technical staff hindering construction and statewide planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Mar
State Sanitary Board
Commonwealth
Democratic State Committee
Taylor-Martin
The
Water Board
Sanitary Water Board
Question the In GI Gripe Probe Gathers Army View
General Eisenhower will discuss state of the army as Lt Gen Jimmy Doolittle heads a six man board examining officer enlisted man relations. The panel will visit the Chief of Staff’s office Monday and talk with Lt Gen Carl Spaatz about Air Forces views after hearing testimony from ex GIs. The aim is to hear all sides and be fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Army
Jimmy Doolittle
Pentagon
Carl Spaatz
Air Forces
Doolittle
Spaatz
Octogenarian enters Chicago Art Institute through window
Chicago reports Martin Thon, 82, who entered the Chicago Art Institute in 1882 by window, stayed as assistant superintendent. He says culture has changed and people no longer “eat on the floor” and he remains focused on keeping the place clean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mar
Chicago Art Institute
Martin Thon
Institute
MacArthur Argues For Jap Election
Washington March 30 Far Eastern Commission members met in closed session to review Gen Douglas MacArthur's push for Japanese national elections set for April 10 The panel faces opposition from some delegates while the New Zealand and Australian representatives urged postponement Russia backed by diplomats and New Zealand and Australia could press for delay The Japanese cabinet approved the date with MacArthur's backing amid questions over voter readiness and potential prewar factions winning if held now
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Graham Hovey
Washington
Far Eastern Commission
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
United States
Russia
Nikolai V. Novikov
New Zealand
Carl A. Berendsen
National Press Club
Japan
China Gov Heads Leave Changchun
Chinese National government officials in Changchun, capital of Manchuria, have largely withdrawn in a second mass retreat since November. About 100 were slated to fly to south Manchuria to join army headquarters at Chinchow as Soviet forces pull back toward Harbin and reports spread of Communist troop activity. Mayor C. M. Chao and his staff appeared not to be leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Davis Peiping
Changchun
Manchuria
Central
South Manchuria
Chinchow
Harbin
C. M. Chao
University of Wisconsin School of Engineering
Pleads For Food Conservation In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg report details a Pennsylvania Agricultural Council appeal to conserve food amid a world shortage. Clyde Zehner urges saving at least 12 slices of bread per person monthly to reach a goal of 12 million bushels of wheat for the needy. He also backs less fried foods and reusing fats. Zehner named state manager of the emergency food program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Agricultural Council
Clyde A. Zehner
Federal Production and Marketing Administration
Zebner
U.S. Agriculture
Anderson
Pennsyvania
Homer City Bride Recalls Shipboard Erik Swing Music Experience
Mrs John Torzok, a Paris native and war bride now living on Yellow Creek Street Homer City, recounts a brutal Atlantic crossing aboard SS Goethals. She describes seasickness, nurse drunkenness, and a door of German danger that left her with lasting hostility toward the occupiers. She notes differences in American life, food, and hours, and recalls her fiancé and husband John Torzok and their prewar romance under European chaperonage.
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Atlantic
John Torzok
Paris
France
Yellow Creek Street
Homer City
Red Cross
Torzok
John
Philip Morris
le Havre
New York Harbor
New York
le Boche
Mr. Torzok
Jean
America
Arbitrate Sought To Avert Virginia Power Strike
Officials of Virginia Electric and Power Company and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers agreed to arbitrate to prevent a likely walkout by 1600 workers on April 1. Gov. Tuck drafted employees into Virginia's unorganized militia to prevent service disruption, prompting legal concerns and attacks from labor leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Electrical
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
William M. Tuck
Adjutant General
Virginia
Lucien F. Rye
AFI
J. Tuck
North Carolina
West Virginia
William Green
AFL
State Guard
Manslaughter Sentences Draw Tears in Pittsburgh Court
Judge William H McNaugher sentenced four men convicted of manslaughter in the death of Theodore J Tobin restaurant owner. Spectators wept and fainted as the crowd surged after the ruling. Ralph Mancuso and Frank Tala were each given four to 10 years, with other defendants receiving similar terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mar
William H. McNaugher
Allegheny
Theodore J. Tobin
Indiana Couns
McNaugher
Ralph Mancuso
Tobin
Voter enrollment rush as May 21 primary nears in Harrisburg
Citizens flocked to county courthouses to meet the registration deadline for the May 21 primary. Republicans Democrats and Prohibitionists reported gains but withheld exact numbers pending final tallies. State totals for 1945 show 1,775,497 Democrats 2,873,039 Republicans 45,508 nonpartisans and 10,934 others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Elections Bureau
Tie-in sales barred at Cudahy plants in injunction decision
Philadelphia March 30 AP The U S Court of Appeals upheld an injunction restraining Cudahy Packing Co from tie in sales at Charleroi and New Castle plants Federal Judge Frederick P Schoonmaker had earlier issued an injunction against the company in Pittsburgh on OPA charges The OPA said Cudahy required customers to buy eggs to obtain butter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U. S
Court of Appeals
Cudahy Packing Co
Charleroi
New Castle
Frederick P. Schoonmaker
Pittsburgh
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Cudahy
Obituaries from Blairsville and surrounding areas
Obituary notices report James N Stitt Blairsville meat department manager dies of pneumonia age 63 at 108 West Campbell Street. Surviving widow Mary C and three sons Ralph James and Robert with sisters Clara Forsha and Sara Robinson. Funeral at home with Rev David Harris. Interment Blairsville Cemetery. Other notices include Edith Stiteler 33 Plumville died in Indiana Hospital after months ill born Smicksburg Oct 9 190? Funeral at 2:30 pm. Mary Huston Potts 60 Elwood Hospital after operation survived by husband Elmer and three sons and daughter. Funeral Glenn Zelienople. Samuel Pawlowsky 54 Saltsburg coal miner died at home moved from Iselin. Widow Caro Pawlowsky sister and services at St Matthews Saltsburg with Father Conrad. Interment church cemetery.
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James N. Stitt
West
Campbell St
Blairsville
John Noble
Sadie
Gaston) Stitt
Ralph E. Stitt
Navy
Southwest Pacific
James A
Robert D. Stitt
Clara Forsha
Turtle Creek
Sara Robinson
Homestead
Edith Lucille Sititeler
Plumville
Indiana Hospital
New York
Pittsburgh
Smicksburg
Harry M
Edna Joy (Lewis) Stiteler
Mary Huston Pots
Elwood Hospital
Joseph G
Margaret Rinn Huston
Indiana County
Merle
Greensburg, Clair
Ray
Mildred Kress
Zelienople
A. M. Cr
Samuel Pawlowsky
Saltsburg
Iselin
Caro Une Pawlowsky
Robinson
St. Matthews Church
Noted Personal Crisis in Pittsburgh Suicide Report
Pittsburgh report describes two suicides in 1934: R. E. Davis of 969 Union Avenue Cleveland killed himself by inhaling hydrocyanic gas in a sealed hotel bathroom after a warning sign outside the door. Deputy coroner probes Cleveland address discrepancy as hotel staff found the body. A second case, Raymond E. Rindfuss, was found hanged in Ridnfughs North Side, per coroner statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
William M. McClelland
R. E. Davis
Union Ave
Cleveland
Fire Department
Charles Murphy
McClelland
Raymond E. Rindfuss
Ridnfugs
North Side
Boy Killed Riding Truck Near Ellsworth
James Evans twelve, riding atop a loaded canal truck with his back to the cab, was killed near Ellsworth in Washington County when his head was crushed against a bridge beam as the vehicle passed beneath. Deputy coroner Kenneth Thompson reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
James Evans
Washington County
Kenneth Thompson
Greek Election Fight Gets Hotter
Greek Leftists press boycott against a royalist bid to restore King George II with marches and posters while Royalists stage election parades. Police prepare for unrest as British troops stand by. a pond project’s bulldozer and scoop are procured for construction efforts amid the tense political clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
George HI
Guy Stutaman
Diana Flora Company
Harry Craig
Parkwood
Correction notice on milk of magnesia price at Gray's Drug Store
A correction states Philip's Milk of Magnesia advertised by Gray's Drug Store for Thursday March 28 should list the price as 26 cents rather than 2 le. The notice fixes the pricing error in the advertisement record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip
Gray's Drug Store
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Sampson, N
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Bainbridge
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Rossiter
Camp Attebury
Gilbert P. Long
Cherry
Lisle F Miller
Charles Kleba
Ernest
Donald M. Campbell
John Beilchick
MAU
Shroyer
Nation Today
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Fee S.C
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