Oil Chief Says Need Is Imports
Eugene Holman president of Standard Oil New Jersey told business leaders at the United States Chamber of Commerce that the nation must import more foreign goods to secure a stable peace and prosperity. He urged increasing imports within reason, noting five percent of national income for overseas purchases could bridge Europe's dollar gap, rising imports to about 11 billion dollars.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
United States Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Holman
Chamber
Sayte
Europe
Holman
Cow Thought She Was Bull
In Andover Massachusetts on May 2 a cow that attacked people for over a week was shot by farmer Arthur Tilbert. The $1,000 Aberdeen Angus charged through woodland and endangered bystanders before being killed. Joseph B. Haswell of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals suggested approaching motherhood or hornets may have caused the behavior.
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Andover
Mass
Arthur Tilbert
Joseph BE. Haswell
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention
28th Division Plans Memorial Day Service
Former members of the 28th Infantry Division mainly from Indiana County will gather at Boalsburg Center County for annual Memorial Day services on Sunday May 21 at 1 30 p m at the Division shrine. Veterans from both wars and many states are expected to attend this observance.
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28Th Infantry Division
Indiana County
Boalsburg
Center County
28Th Division
Lands In Jail After Altercation In Indiana
William Foreman Jr. 33 of Indiana Route 1 was jailed after an altercation with a local woman on 13th street near Oakland avenue. He was charged with disorderly conduct. California Oranges priced at 3 dozen for $1.00 sold at Bharty's Fruit Stand on Wayne Ave Extension. Swing Out show Friday advertised at 222% deal.
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William Foreman, Jr
Indiana
Indiana County
13Th Street
Oakland Avenue
Foreman
California Oranges
Bharty’s
Wayne Ave
Shorty's
Block and Tackle And Rum Did It For Koko The Elephant
Buffalo news reports a 50 year old elephant named Koko was saved from colic using a block and tackle six bales of hay and a fifth of rum. Zoo Curator Joseph Abgott notes the rum revived her though it did not make her tipsy as she was lifted to her feet.
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Buffalo
Koko
Zoo
Joseph A. Abgott
MacArthur urges Japs to freedom and curb communism
General Douglas MacArthur on the third anniversary of Japan’s no war constitution denounced communism as an alien force, urged Japan to outlaw its Communist party, and questioned its right to constitutional recognition. He called it a satellite of an international predatory power and noted similar remarks last July. Driver training car courses offered with dual controls by McGill Motors, contact for appointments.
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Romeo
Maw Ea
MacArthur
Japan
Communist Party
Mac
Arthur Said
Helt
Margiotti Asks Body Be Exhumed
BROOKVILLE Pa May 2 Judge Jesse C Long considers a demand that a slain man s body be exhumed and another autopsy performed The request comes from Charles J Margiotti attorney for R L Buzard Corsica lumber leader convicted of second degree murder in the fist fight death of Waldo C Ditty last year Margiotti also seeks a new trial claiming the original autopsy was incompetent and the verdict did not reflect the evidence Ditty a Corsica coal dealer died shortly after the quarrel over a legal bill
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Brookville
Jesse C. Long
Charles J. Margiotti
R. L. Buzard
Corsica
Waldo C. Ditty
Margiotti
Buzard
Ditty
Man Kills Mother 81 Then Ends Own Life in Crisis
A Brooklyn man killed his 81-year-old semivailid mother with a blackjack and killed himself with sleeping pills. Police say financial losses and a ruined trust fund prompted the crime. Mrs Mary Block and Gaston Block Jr 47 died. the elder had been crippled by a hip injury.
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New York
Brooklyn
Mary Block
Gaston Block, Jr
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded Across 1950 Categories in NY
New York May 2 The 1950 Pulitzer Prizes announced by Dwight D Eisenhower include South Pacific winning best original American play with 500 prize. Rodgers and Hammerstein receive Special Pulitzer for earlier work Oklahoma. Other awards go to Chicago Daily News St Louis Post Dispatch for public service.
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New York
South Pacific
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein
James A. Mitchener
Rodgerse and Hammerstein
Oklahoma
Joseph Pul
Edwin Q. Guthman
The
Seattle Times
Melvin Rader
University of Washington
Boy Girl Day in Indiana Elects Student Offices
Indiana high school students selected by an election at the school today rule in county borough and school offices. The list includes Judge John Dubinsky District Attorney Dick Beveridge Sheriff Ron White and Jesse Manners Burgess Bernell Mar Un Prothonotary Albert Calogero Chief of Police John Fleming and many more student appointees across county and school roles.
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Indiana High School
John Dubinsky
Dick Beveridge
Ron White
Jesse Manners
Burgess
Bernell
Bert) Mar UN
Register & Recorder
Bob Brady
Albert Calogero
John Fleming
Jim McHenry
Mary George
Barry Balint
Bob McQuaide
Bob Kovalchick
Bob Kunkle
George Young
Frank Balint
Betty Marsden
Children Home
Donna Vanity
Dean Frailey
Clarence Empfield
Home Ec
Catherine Wiggins
Bob Kinter
Mary
Ohio Votes Today Taft Not Opposed
Columbus report on Ohio primary voting shows 9 736 polling places open 8 30 a m to 6 30 p m EST for contests including U S Senate Governor and 23 Congress seats. Taft faces no opposition while Democratic field features Joseph Ferguson and Michael Disalle as leading Senate contenders and labor groups weigh support.
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Columbus
The
Weatherman
Ohio
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Yealy
Joseph T. Fereguson
Michael V. Disalle
Toledo
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Information Against Co Man About Ginter Car Incident
Information filed against Bert Ginter Commodore R D owner of an automobile that failed to yield the right of way to a pedestrian on Philadelphia street last Saturday. The incident involved a small child losing a hat on Main street and the driver running over the hat as an officer tried to reach the child and stop him from entering the street. Police say the driver looked back but did not stop.
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Bert Ginter
Commodore R. D
Philadelphia Street
Indiana
Main Street
Ginter
Industrial Fund Planned by Chamber Board
Indiana's Chamber of Commerce board voted to raise 50000 dollars for industrial expansion funded by donations. A campaign committee will announce details and launch with a kick-off meeting. The fund, to be administered by the Industrial Development Corporation, targets building space as the main obstacle to new industry.
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Indiana
Chamber of Commerce
Industrial Committee
Industrial Development Corporation
Ernest Motorist To Face Charges
Mary Oblinsky of Ernest faces charges after illegal parking in front of the Indiana Fire Hall delayed a fire truck answering an alarm at 265 South Seventh Street. The 3:55 p.m. alarm proved to be a meat roast left unattended, with no fire and only meat damaged.
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Mary Oblinsky
Ernest
Indiana Fire Hall
South Seventh Street
Blairsville Post Office Site Visit Planned This Week
A Post Office Department representative is expected to visit Blairsville again this week to scout a site for a new post office. In local listings, Swing Out show Best Foot Forward is scheduled for Friday May 5. Local fruit stand ad offers 2 22 and 2 22 percent California oranges at 1.00 per dozen.
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Post Office Department
Blairsville
New York Disbars Alger Hiss
New York disbarment announced for Alger Hiss former State Department official convicted of perjury. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court struck his name from the bar ruling his two count perjury conviction constitutes felonies and voids his status as a qualified attorney. Hiss was convicted January 21, 1950 and sentenced to five years in prison. appeal pending.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
New York State
Appelate Division
Supreme Court
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Kunkel Plans Major Address Across State
Rep. John C. Kunkel, seeking the Republican U S Senate nomination, will deliver a major state wide address in Harrisburg tonight after a noon speech at Shippersbutt. His schedule includes Waynesburg and Washington on Wednesday, with a Thursday Philadelphia appearance before Negro clergy.
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Philadelphia
John C. Kunkel
U. S. Senate
Harrisburg
Shippersbutt
Waynesburg
Washington
Edward Martin
Kunkel
Blairsville Board of Trade names new industrial chair
William Lipsie is named head of the Blairsville Board of Trade industrial committee. Ralph C. Forsha, president, announces other committee chairs including Membership Roy Forsha Program H Scott Gordon Publicity W P Lombard Housing BR Wallace and Barr Highway J Freeman Ferguson Judiciary Ralph Gessler Garages C W Ferguson and Clubs and Taverns Andrew Powell. D E Terry is temporary Merchants Division chairman with a permanent chair to be named later.
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William Lipsie
Blairsville Board of Trade
Ralph C. Forsha
Roy Forsha
H. Scott Gordon
W. P. Lombard
BR. Wallace &Barr
J. Freeman Ferguson
Ralph Gessler
C. W. Ferguson
Andrew Powell
D. E. Terry
Merchants Division
Merchants
Robbins speaks at lab school in Know Your Community program
Frank Robbins Jr., secretary of public assistance, speaks at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Keith Laboratory School Demonstration Room at State Teachers College. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters, the meeting features a Q and A on public assistance and invites the public. Card party at St Bernard's Catholic Center on May 4 at 8 p.m. with Bridge 500 and Canasta.
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Frank Robbing, Jr
Department of Public Assistance
Keith Laboratory
State Teachers College
League of Women Voters
Robbins
Senator Lattimore Defends Himself Against McCarthy Charges
Johns Hopkins professor Owen Lattimore told the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee that charges he is a Communist and Russia's top spy are unfounded and perjured. He called Senator McCarthy a bad policy risk and attacked McCarthy's background while denying any Communist affiliation or conspiracy.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Russia
Jan Aul Tat Yuku Ao Ae Dent
Lattimore
Freda
Utley
Johns Hopkins University
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
State Department
Red
Laltimore
Communist Party
WISC
Harmony bus drivers strike in Pennsylvania
Harmony Short Lines with 130 drivers walked off duty on May 2 seeking a 28 cent hourly wage raise. The firm runs about 150,000 daily patrons on 91 buses in the Ohio Allegheny Valley area west of Pittsburgh and as far north as Erie. The union cites expired contracts and says other Western Pennsylvania transit firms also faced strikes, though no immediate service cuts expected.
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Pittsburgh
Harmony Short Lines
Ohio-Allegheny Valley
Erie
John T. Morgan
AFL Almagamated
Street Electric and Motor Cioch
Western Pennsylvania
Morgan
Whiskey Cartel Backing Fine in Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Race
Reading, Pa May 2 A so called gigantic whiskey cartel backs John S Fine for the Republican nomination alleging a monopoly drive in the State Liquor Stores system Jay Cooke leading the charge accuses a multi million dollar distilling firm rep allied with former State Senator John J McClure of steering rackets and whiskey interests. Malone a former cabinet member warned rackets would take over if Fine winsCooke urged voters to protest the McClure Whiskey Trust bid and noted county backers from Delaware Schuylkill and Dauphin. Cooke spoke in Reading after brief stops in Paoli West Chester Coatesville and Phoenixville.
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Reading
Jay Cooke
Cooke
Fine
West Chester
Pennsylvania
John J. McClure
Delaware County
James F. Malone
Malone
Delaware
Schuylkill
Dauphin
McClure-Whiskey Trust
McClure and Whiskey Trust
Stooge
Paoli
Coatesville
Phoenixville
Truance Becomes Rossiter Postmaster in 63,100-Year Pay
Carl A Truance 32 prominent in district sports and American Legion yesterday assumed duties as postmaster of the Rossiter Post Office He succeeds Mrs Anna Connors 72 who held the post for 15 years Mrs Connors mother of five and grandmother of six gave up the post on age retirement Truance is a World War II veteran son of Mr and Mrs Felix Truance The position pays 63100 annually.
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Carl A. Truance
American Legion
Rossiter Post Office
Anna Connors
Connors
Childen
Truance
Felix Truance
Rossiter
Memorial Services Announced by Blairsville Lodge No 438
An Indiana County note invites Odd Fellows Rebekahs and friends to a memorial service at Blairsville JOOF Lodge No 438 on Wednesday evening May 9 1080 at o'clock. G Long secretary.
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Blairsville Joof Lodge
Everning
G. Long
Sec
Patschyin “Loage
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