Parliament of Europe In Making
The council of Europe, a forerunner of a proposed Parliament of United Europe, to start this summer in Paris, with Strasburg as headquarters likely in August. Ten nations signed a statute creating the council. Britain, France, Italy, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark among initial members, with the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Greece and Turkey expected later. The 9,500 word statute outlines a committee of 10 foreign ministers, a consultative assembly of 87 delegates, and a secretariat, with voting rules granting a veto on important matters but no enforcement authority.
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London
Courieil of Europe
Parliament
United Europe
Paris
Strasburg
Britain
France
Italy
Ireland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Greece
Turkey
Douglas To Stay On Job For While
Ambassador Lewis Douglas will remain in his post at President Truman’s request. He has delayed retirement planned for September due to private financial burdens and is in London hospital after a sinus operation. His damaged eye is improving and doctors expect cataract removal in June.
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London
Lewis Douglas
Truman
Douglas
Alverda News Wir and Family Welcome Babies and Visitors
The column lists births at Spangler Hospital and numerous local visits. Alverda News notes a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Valazek, plus several social callers including Mr. and Mrs. George Stepko, Rudy Stepko, Larry Stepko of Cleveland, and others visiting families in Hellwood, Indiana, and Gallitzin areas.
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Wir
Joseph Valazek
Spangler Hospital
George Stepko
Rudy Stepko
Larry Stepko
Cleveland
Ohio
Louis Bell
Margaret Puterakulish
Bridgeton
N. J
Mike Putczakulish
Joseph Vozer
Joseph Lewis
John Patrick
Ridgeway
Janetta
Joseph Leone
Hellwood
Albert Jamnice
Clymer
Down
Marjorie Thomas
Paul Shultz
Joseph Lesky
Theresa
Butchie
Stafford
W. R. Dorothy
Nicktown
George Long
Darn Long
Indiana
Clyde Johns
Mike Putcaakulish
Indiana Hospital
Andy Vetosky
Barnesboro
Joseph Esgro
Maurice Gillo
Roselyn
Ruth
Robert Merlini
Gallitzin
Paul Micheli
Indiana County Clerk's Office Records Surpass Milestones
Last month the Indiana County Register and Recorders office issued 104 marriage licenses. In the same period the office processed 252 deeds 62 mortgages and 26 letters reflecting steady clerical activity and strong recordkeeping.
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Indiana County Register and Recorders Office
Legion convention to be held in Los Angeles
Mayor Fletcher Bowron announced to the Los Angeles County Legion Council that the 1950 American Legion National Convention will take place in Los Angeles. Earlier, Councilman Leland Warburton spoke by phone with Vic McKenez ie, the Legion’s national director of conventions in Indianapolis.
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Los Angeles
American Legion
Fletcher Bowron
Los Angeles County Legion Council
Leland Warburton
Vic McKenezie
The
Legion
Indianapolis
Bus Turns Over Near Loraine Killing One Injuring Many
A Greyhound bus traveling from El Paso to Dallas overturned on Highway 80 near Loraine Texas, in heavy rain, at about 3:30 A M CST. One passenger, T M Harris of Hartlesville Oklahoma, died. Sixty four others were injured at hospitals in Colorado City and Osceola with the driver uninjured.
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Loraine
Michell County
Tex
Greyhound
Highway 80
Here
el Paso
Dallas
T. M. Harris
Hartlesville
Okla
Colorado City Hospital
Oscoe Hospital
A. L. Logan
F Pecos
Sweetwater Hospital
Doctor Finds Truman's Sound Iron Man Description
Washington May 7 President Truman near 65 is described as an iron man by White House physician Brig Gen Wallace Graham. He sees the president daily and tests are run regularly. Graham praises the president's constitution but notes he works too hard and handles many callers and night reports.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Wallace Graham
Graham
Nanty-Glo Youth Killed In Crash
A Nanty-Glo youth, Herbert Oldham 21, a Mansfield State Teachers College student, died from a head on collision on Route 60 near Wellsboro. He suffered a fractured skull and crushed chest, dying at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital. He rode with Roy H. Herlocker Jr. and was accompanied by Don Gaddess and Richard Fleischauer, all students, in one car. the other vehicle was driven by Mrs Ivan Wilson.
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Wellsboro
Herbert Oldham
Mansfield State Teachers College
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital
Oldham
Roy H. Herlocker, Jr
Lock Haven
Don Gaddess
Bloodless Bull Fight Delights, Bores Parisians
Paris spectators hailed a bloodless bull fight featuring Conchita Cintron the Blond Goddess though they resented the law preventing a kill. Cintron performed on foot and horseback using tiny banderillas and a symbolic touch, while a bull refused to exit the ring as two cowbell adorned heifers were brought in. A male aide was injured when a bull toppled him. his costume was ripped.
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Paris
Matador
Conchita Cintron
Conchita
Airliner Overdue With 12 Aboard
Philippine Airlines reports a twin engine Douglas airliner with nine passengers and three crew members missing after failing to arrive from Daet Camarines Norte. The aircraft was due at Manila International Airport at 4 30 p m EST. Seven search planes had no trace of the missing craft.
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Manila
Philippine Air Lines
Manila International
Daet
Camarines
Norte Province
Luzon
Quezon Province
Polilo Island
West Germany Answers Reds on new state formation
West Germany rejected Communist pressure to halt the formation of a proposed new state. Leaders in Bonn completed most steps toward adopting a West German Constitution and scheduled the final step for tomorrow, the fourth anniversary of Germany's surrender in World War II, with an interim government until July. The move aims to beat a deadline tied to lifting postwar blocs under a New York Agreement. The Western Occupation Powers seek a single West German government if union with the Soviet zone occurs.
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Bonn
Bermany
Western Germany
New York
Russia
Germany
Stander Divorce: Actor Lionel Cited For Infidelity
In Los Angeles on May 7, Mrs. Johanne Stander won a divorce from Lionel Stander after testifying he began staying out three or four nights soon after the twins Joy and Gay were born. He admitted little involvement, and court ordered him to pay 25 percent of earnings for child support. her maiden name Johannes Haynes Monteagle was restored.
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Los Angeles
Lionel Stancer
Johanne Stander
Joy
Gay
Beggs Criticizes Occupation Policy In Japan And Germany
Beggs, commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,said on V E Day that U S occupation policies in Japan are flawed and that American top brass in Germany have grown soft. He warned Nazi ideas are resurfacing openly as authorities fail to act. He criticized Japan's ambassadors of American life in a CBS message.
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New York
Lyall T. Beggs
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
U. S
Japan
Germany
Columbia Broadcasting System
Beggs
Talks to Shape German Settlement at Paris Meet
Four foreign ministers plan open agenda talks in Paris to start from scratch on a German settlement. US, UK, France and Russia aim to avoid rehashing past quarrels while British and American officials craft principles governing postwar Germany.
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Paris
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Nine-Year-Old Drowns in Bald Eagle Creek Near Milesburg
Nine-year-old Melvin Young of Milesburg Centre County drowned in Bald Eagle Creek near his home yesterday. Coroner Charles Sheckier reported the drowning. The article notes the common frequency of the letter e in English.
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Bellefonte
Melvin Young
Milesburg
Centre County
Bald Eagle Creek
Charles Sheck
Ier
Reds Near Shanghai Continues From Page One
The report notes trains only reaching within 10 miles of Kashing. Vice Admiral Oscar Badger of U S naval forces in the western Pacific is said to be at Tsingtao on the flagship Eldorado. The transport Chilton carries the former Shanghai Marine detachment. Both ships left Shanghai to dodge the civil war.
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Kashing
Shanghai
Adm
Owar Badger
U. S. Naval Forces
Western Pacific
Tsingtao
Hig Flegship
Eldorado
Chilton
Shanghei Mering
HC Hours Set For Churches
Homer City stalls and shops announce hours in cooperation with churches to avoid service times. Sullingar's Market operates 0:00 to 10:30 and 12:30 to 10:00, Dairy Lunch 12:00 to 12:00, Center Drug Store 9:00 to 10:90 and 12:40 to 10:30, Homer City Pharmacy 1:00 to 10:30.
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Homer City
Sullingar’s Market
Center Drug Store
Homer City Pharmacy
Parking Tickets Run Up To $360
NEW YORK May 7 Fourteen parking tickets dating to 1946 cost Scranton merchant Sam Storch 360 dollars. It was the second highest fine for downtown Manhattan traffic violations. A 10 day jail sentence on 18 summonses was suspended if he paid on time. license revocation was sought. Magistrate Peter M. Horn noted it was odd when he was driving the car during service of warrants.
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New York
Scranton
Manhattan
Sam Storch
Wyoming Ave
Tur
Storch
Peter M. Horn
Pennsylvania State Motor Bureau
Horn
Quirino Defeats Avelino in Liberal Party Power Struggle
In Manila Elpidio Quirino again defeats Jose Avelino for control of the Liberal Party The party executive committee removed Avelino as chairman and named Eugenio Perez as successor This sets up a likely rival Liberal ticket with Quirino opposing Avelino in the presidential race Previously Avelino was ousted as Philippine Senate president in a pro Quirino split later upheld by the Supreme Court
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Manila
Elpidio Quirino
Jose Avelino
Philippines
Liberal Party
Avelino
House
Eugenio Perez
Quirino
Philippine Senate
Senate
Supreme Court
Mother of 11 Held In Death
Lorena Sloneker, 37, mother of 11, is held on charges of shooting her husband William Sloneker, 44, after a quarrel at their home near Washington Pennsylvania. He was shot in the lower left stomach and was in Washington Hospital in good condition. The weapon was a 32 caliber revolver. Arraignment set before a Washington alderman.
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Washington, Pa
Here
William Sloneker
Washington R. D. 2
Washington Hospital
Sloneker
Lorena
Washington
Stoneker
Tito Accused By Hungarians
Hungarian government accuses Yugoslavia of sending over 100 agents to Hungary on April 21. Communique says agents were Hungarian refugees trained by Yugoslav Secret Police to collect confidential information. Agents arrested and confessed, with protest lodged to Belgrade.
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Budapest
Hungary
Yugoslavia
U S Begins Peacetime Radio War On Russia
The United States launches a peacetime radio campaign against Russia as Berlin talks unfold. The Voice of America and BBC plan round the clock broadcasts with two new programs at 0:18 am and 10:15 pm EST. Officials say the aim is to counter Soviet radio and present Western views.
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Voice
Allen
Pewomen
Vets' Affairs Directors Elect Harrisburg President
Norman L. John of Bryn Mawr was elected president of the State Association of County Directors of Veterans Affairs at a three day convention in Harrisburg. Clyde E. Rankin of Philadelphia became liaison officer between Adjutant General and the Association. A Lewis Conn of New Castle was elected vice president. J. Harold Gibb of Ebensburg was secretary treasurer, Dr. Elvin H. Sheffstall of Lancaster chaplain, and Thomas F. Carroll of Media sergeant at arms.
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Harrisburg
Norman L. John
Bryn Mawr
State Association of County Directors of Veterans Affairs
John
Clyde E. Rankin
Philadelphia
Rankin
Frank A. Weber
State Association
A. Lewis Conn
New Castle
J. Harold
Gibb
Ebensburg
Elvin H. Sheffstall
Lancaster
Thomas F. Carroll
Gov't Traces Copton Steps in Espionage Trial
Federal prosecutors outlined a plan to trace the events of the day Judith Copton and Valentine A Gubitchev were arrested by the FBI. The trial has heard about two meetings in New York and will cover a March 4 meeting that led to arrests. Copton, 27, and Gubitchev face charges of taking secrets from the Justice Department to aid the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Judith Copton
Valentine A. Gubitchev
FBI
Justice Department
New York
Miss Coplon
Gubitchev
John M. Kelly, Jr
Raymond P. Whearty
Brunette
Miss Copton
Jon
It Took 3 Years But She Made It
WAKEFIELD England May 7 Mrs Elen Walker aged 101 for two birthdays runs now toward 100 The neighbors checked her birth year and found she was born in 1649 They sent proof to Buckingham Palace hoping she will receive a royal telegram this time The tale of ages captures a village’s charm and brings light humor to a long life
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Wakefield, Eng
Elen Walker
Attempt On Hamid Bey Amid Cairo Attack
Cairo police report a May 1 assault on the president of the Chamber of Deputies Hamid Gowda Bey. Grenades were thrown from a balcony as his car passed. One youth arrested. One person killed and 35 injured, all bystanders. The intended victim escaped.
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Cairo
Egypt
Chamber of Deputies
Hamid Gowda Bey
Navy Probes Anti-Aircraft Fire Near New York Flight
The Navy is investigating Pan American Airways report of anti-aircraft fire from a carrier task force near the Bermuda to New York air corridor on April 15 as Pan American Flight on approach to New York passed. Pilot R C Gerber said his Constellation, near Bermuda, saw bursts nearly Beside him at 6500 feet.
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Washington
Navy
Pan American Airways
Bermuda-New York Air Corridor
Pan American
Air Transport Association
R. C. Gerber
Constellation
Bermuda
New York
Gerber
Contour farming saves soil and boosts yields in Illinois study
The article reports that contour farming cuts soil loss by 40 percent on 2 percent slope corn and oats fields in Illinois. It raises corn yields from about 80 to 90 bushels per acre, oats by about 2 bushels, and soybeans nearly 2 bushels, with Pennsylvania noted as more rolling thus at higher erosion risk.
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Clyde A. Zehner
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Hap Arnold Made Five Star General
President Truman signed a bill designating Gen. Henry H. Arnold, retired commander of the Army Air Forces, a five star general of the Air Force. He received a telegram at Sonoma, California with congratulations. Arnold retired June 30, 1946, as allied forces unified and the Air Force formed.
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Washington
Truman
Henry H. Arnold
Air Force
Arnold
Sonoma
Calif
Army Air Forces
Armed Services
Department of the Air Force
Soviet Takes Over Navy Unit
Rome May 1 twenty two Soviet Navy technicians arrived last night to take over the remaining Italian Navy units under the peace treaty. They will move to Brindisi to assume charge of several tugs and pontoons, according to the Italian Navy Ministry. The battleship Giulio Cesare two cruisers and a training ship have already been handed over in recent months. An odd note mentions up to a hundred million fibres in a single pound of cation.
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Rome
Russia
Brindisi
Giulio Cesare
Obituaries from Indiana County list several deaths
Obituary notices report Henry Whea aged 10 of Armstrong Township Indiana County died in Indiana Hospital. John Ness death in Tarpon Springs Florida funeral details and parish services held at St Bernard's Church. Myrta Mae Wright 75 Burnside former Cherry Tree resident died May 6. services May 9 at McCardle Funeral Home with burial Burnside Cemetery. Walter Polish died May 6 in Coy after illness. survived by wife Mary and children. funeral Monday May 9 at St Louis Church Lucerne Mines with burial at St Bernard's Cemetery Indiana.
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Henry Whea
Armatrong Township
Indiana County
Indiana Hospital
Phoebe Jane Close Rhea
Robinson's
7Th St
John
Nese
Tarpon Sprtings
Florida
St. Bernard’s Church
Leo G. Fallon
Ness
James Brady
Ignatius Kohier
St. Bernard’s Cemetery
Sutra Funeral Home
Minnie Ness
North Fourth Street
Mr. Ness
George
Indiana
Adam Ness
Pittsburgh
Fidelis
Cincinnati, O
Myrta Mae Wright
Lester B. Wright
Burnside
Cherry Tree
Mia
Willam Price
Bert
Albany
Samuel Gance
Clearfield
Charles Kitchen
Ebensburg
Irene Wright
McCardle
John E. Stebbins
E. F. Pearce
Walter Polish
Coy
Poland
Mary Polish
Homer City
St. Louis
Lucerne Mines
Mr. Kolish
Edward
Army Air Corps
Frank
Harrisburg
Vicki
Cleveland
O. Victor
Leechburg
Bernard
Michael
Marjorie
Stepe
Stanley Kruseski
Andrew Kruseski
Walter Kruseski
Bell Funeral Home
St. Louis Roman Catholic Church
Fr. M. Rosenthal
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Hoover Plan Passes Senate Reorganizes State Department
The Senate passed a Hoover Commission plan to reorganize the State Department, boosting to ten assistant secretaries to relieve the secretary and undersecretary from routine duties and focus on foreign policy. A companion bill creating a central office for Housekeeping Agencies was also approved by the Senate Expenditures Committee.
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Washington
S@te
Hoover Commission
House
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Acheson
Sundown Tornado Destroys Homes and Power Lines
A tornado smashed Sundown demolishing at least eight homes, a Christ Church building and parsonage, and knocked down about 300 yards of power lines. It toppled telephone poles as hail damaged blocks downtown. Earlier, a twister struck Morton 60 miles away wrecking two homes and damaging farm buildings.
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Church of Christ Church
Morton
Lubbork
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Berlin
Brian Robertson
Christopher Steele
Turin
Philip C. Jessup
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Reds
Tito
State Department
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Benny Fox
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Vets’ Affairs
Gov't Traces Copton Steps
Hamid Bey
Hap’ Arnold
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