Shearer Wins Indiana County Sheep Shearing Contest
Shearer of Indiana won first in the sheep shearing contest at Alex Bennett’s Homer City farm, with a 3 minutes 40 seconds run on one of his two sheep. Other placings: Crago second, Dick third, Duther fourth, Ralph fifth, Haagen sixth. Prizes totaled $12 to $2. Judge Pete MacKenzie used a scorecard, awarding 98.5 of 100. A Penn State school on shearing preceded the event attended by over fifty. The Wool Growers Association delayed the annual wool pool date due to unsettled market conditions.
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Dim Shearer
Indiana
Alex Bennett
Homer City
R. C
Indiana County Sheep and Wooll Growers Association
Russell Crago
Geri Dick
Penn Run
Lawrence Duther
New Florence
Westmoreland Co
Ralph Streams
Marion Center RD
Ward Haagen
Clymer R. D
Dick Stevens
Robert Caven
Virginia Farms
Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Pete MacKenzie
Penn State
Shearer
W. B. Connell
MacKenzie
Bennets
Connell
11 Killed In Train Attack In Greece
News reports say armed bands attacked a passenger train between Tripolis and Kalamata injuring and killing several. The attack at Irasi killed eight gendarmes a railroad worker a woman and a child. Loyalist troops reportedly killed around 50 guerrillas east of Elasson on Mt. Olympus.
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Athens
Tripolis
Kalamata
Rizospastis
Embros
Irasi
Elasson
Mt. Olympus
Verola
Vargas Plot Balked In Rio New Penal Code Up For Action
A long proposed state penal code threatens heavy fines and prison terms for flag display violations and bribery to fix sports results. It also expands public flag displays, criminalizes violence advocacy, and imposes strict penalties for alleged loitering and exhibition of deformities. Rio de Janeiro reports military plots to restore Vargas with about 30 sergeants arrested.
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Arthur C. Blass
R-Erle
Rio DE Janeiro
Diario de Noticias
Getulio Vargas
Zenobia da Costa
Arizona
da Costa
Brazil
Ruhr Miners Confront Possible Strike Over Food Shortages
In Essen Germany May 10 Ruhr coal miners consider a new strike as union leaders meet at Bochum to discuss whether to work an extra day. Food shortages loom with Essen officials warning residents of about 740 calories daily for two weeks, far below the normal 1550 and well under the 2500 health minimum.
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Essen
Germany
Ruhr
Bochum
End Oil Strike Reaches Settlement After Wage Talks
AIRES May 3. Oil workers voted to end the strike and return to work after President Feron sent word to accept wage increases totaling 55 pesos per month, about 38.50 dollars, instead of the 6 pesos they had requested.
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Aires
Jasoline
Feron
Burns Fatal To Engineer Clark in Bryn Mawr
John C. Clark of Harrisburg, a 50 year old Pennsylvania Railroad engineer, died in Bryn Mawr Hospital of third degree burns after high voltage cables on a west bound freight train short circuited in the cage and enveloped him in flames as the train sped at 50 mph. Fireman George Saylor and brakeman Leo Costale, both of Harrisburg, suffered minor burns while trying to extinguish the blaze.
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Bryn Mawr
John C. Clark
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bryn Mawr Hospital
Clark
Ardmore
PRR
George Saylor
Leo Cost‘ale
Hans Eisler subpoenaed by House committee
Hans Eisler Hollywood composer has been subpoenaed to appear at 10 A.M. Monday before a House sub committee investigating un American activities in the area. He also must attend the full committee hearing in Washington July 16 on his brother Gerhard Eisler. Chairman J Parnell Thomas says many high officials will be called. Eisler calls himself a convenient target and vows to stand by his brother noted as No 1 Soviet agent in America.
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Los Angeles
Hans Eisler
Hollywood
L A. M
House
Washington
Gerhardt
J. Parnell Thomas
America
Leg Inspection Rumor Circulates in Navy Officers
Washington May 10 The Navy Department faces talk of officers seeking a prized assignment as leg inspectors for Waves The plan targets discouraging women sailors from going bare legged and favors stockings over makeup revealing a preference for uniform leg attire among Wave officers currently.
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Washington
Navy
World Bank Grants France 2650 Million Loan Hopeful Aid
World Bank officials expressed hope that the first loan of 2.65 billion dollars to France will spur Western Europe's postwar reconstruction. The 30 year loan, at 4.1 percent interest, funds material and equipment for war-damaged industry, with France free to shop globally. President McCloy signaled possible further loans later this year, dependent on France's economic recovery progress.
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Washington
World Bank
France
Europe
Jending
John J. McCloy
U. S
Denmark
Czechoslovakia
Iran
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
Poland
Greece
Plunges To Death From Empire State Building
Solomon Rossbach, 54, a New York diamond dealer, leaped from the Empire State Building observing deck. He landed on a ledge, then frightened by rescuers, hung briefly before falling to his death on the 30th floor parapet. He was the 13th fatal fall from the world’s tallest building.
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New York
Solomon Rossbach
Empire State Building
Rossbach
Zenelec People Sign New Contract in Pennsylvania
Approximately 1,200 Penne sylvania Electric Co. workers will get undisclosed wage agreements under a new contract agreed by the utility and AFL IBEW leaders. Effective May 26, ratified by locals in Erie Johnstown Clearfield Bradford Oil City and Altoona, the deal adds sick leave one new holiday and three weeks vacation for employees with at least 15 years of service. A company spokesman said wage increases and other benefits for shared employees were being considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Pennesylvania Electric Co
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Erie
Clearfield
Bradford
Oil City
Altoona
Pendec
Mother's Day Call Center Faces Picket Lines
Officials plan for Mother's Day calls as 460 operators honor picket lines at Western Electric. After confusion, new operators voted to respect the lines. Margaret M. White, state chairwoman of the telephonos feate fle organization, urged members to respect the existing pickets established by striking National Federation of Telephone Workers unions.
Death of ex Hoodlum linked to gangland rub-out
Nicholas De John a former Chicago hoodlum found strangled in the trunk of his 1946 Chrysler Town and Country in Santa Rosa California. Investigators consider gangland revenge robbery or private feud while noting his Chicago ties and past arrests. His wife and three children were in Chicago after the body was found.
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San Francisco
Nicholas
Nick) de John
Chicago
de John
Santa Rosa
Here
Frank Ahearn
Vincent N. Rosal
Chrysler Town and Country
Melvin Flohr
Vincent Benevento
John Quattrochi
Friendly Reds Found at Moscow Conference
New York May 10 John M Hightower AP diplomatic reporter says Russians at the Moscow Big Four conference were very friendly but official contacts were formal and press conferences scarce. He notes no travel restrictions for foreign journalists and long conference days. He observes shortages of consumer goods housing and severe crowding in Moscow.
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New York
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Moscow
Hightower
Berlin
Apple Hat Stirs London Fashion and Proposals
In London, ambassador Lewis Douglas’s 19 year old daughter Sharman arrived and caused a stir at a Mayfair fashion show wearing an “apple hat” straw bonnet. The scene drew oohs and aahs from mannequins and duchesses as photos flashed. the hat is seen as bringing American youth fashion to Britain and may influence future styles.
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London
Lewis Douglas
Sharman
Arizona
America
Evening Standard
Korea
Chile
Joint Commissioneo
Molotov
Joint Commission
Russians Intensively Mining Uranium Ore Near Joachimstal
Reports from northern Bohemia near Joachimstal indicate intensified Russian mining of uranium ore in a northern spur above the Joachims tal deposit. Local lore recalls prewar output and suggests the new finds may rival or exceed past production, with sites guarded and work conducted by Russian miners.
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Prague
Itty
Bohemia
Arts Bad
Karlovy Vary
Joachimatal
Mits
Repo
Pierre
Marie Curtle
Tachims
Germany
Ruselda
Karlsbad
Red Army
Urals
Siberia
Joathimstal
Noon Stocks Close Mixed As Markets React To Slide In Oil
A broad set of stocks closed varied with gains for Am Airlines Am Tel & Tel and U S Steel while many industrials slipped. Transportation, chemicals, and consumer goods names showed mixed results amid the day’s trading and a note on high oil prices affecting gains.
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al Chem & Dye
Am Airlines
Rad & St
Smell & R
Tel & Tel
Armour & Co
Atch T& SF
Atl Refining
Bald Loco
Balt& Ohio
Barnsdall Oil
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel Fiae Borden Co
Bucyrus-Erie
Celanese Corp
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & Bill Colum Carbon
Com'with & South
Cons Edison
Cong Vultee
Cont Motors
Curtiss-Wright
Douglass Aircraft
du Pont de
Eastman Kodak
Etec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Goodrich
Goodyear T & R
Greyhound Corp
Gulf Oil
Hercules
Ilinois Central
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Johns-Manville
Kennecott Cop
Kresge
Lehigh Port C
Lehigh Val Coal
Libby, McN & L
Loew's Inc
McKess & Robb
Montgom Ward
Nash-Kenvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
Nat Supply
NY Central RR
North Ameria
Northern Pac
Packard Motor
Pan Am Airways
Ny Param Pictures
Penn PW
Penn RR
Pepsi-Cola
Phila Elec
Pub
Pullman Bo Pure Oil
Radio Corp
Reading Co Wy Repub Steel
Reynolds Tob B
Sears Roebuck
Shell Union Oil
Sinclair Oil
Soconyr Vacuum
Southern Pac
Sperry Corp
Stand Oil Cal
Stang Oil NJ
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Sylvan &1 Prod
Texas Co
Union Pacific
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Ges Imp
U S Rubber
U S Steel
Warner Bros Pict
West An Tel A
Westing Bloc
WY Woolworth Urwy
York Corpty
Hunted Man Mahoney Said Dead In Oregon Wilderness
Grants Pass, Ore. May 10 Deputies pressed into the Siskiyou mountains to verify reports that John Mahoney, hunted by police for four days, died by his own hand at a mountain cabin. A note allegedly by Mahoney was left near the scene naming him as the killer. A man named Andy Hogan reportedly found the body. similar reports reached Gold Beach and Rand Ranger Station by telephone. Robert Fox, 40, died of a gunshot wound nearby Tuesday.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Sheriff's
Siskiyou
John Mahoney
Mahoney
Robert Fox
Rand Ranger Station
Gold Beach
Here
Andy Hogan
Back Woods
Sanity Test In Shooting In Oklahoma City
Three court appointed physicians planned a sanity hearing for State Representative Jimmie Scott in Oklahoma City. Scott, 35, faced assault with intent to kill charges tied to the Wednesday shooting of Senator Tom Anglin. Bond was not to be posted until after the 10 a.m. EST hearing.
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Oklahoma City
Jimmie Scott
State House
Tom Anglin
W. A. Wallace, Jr
Holdenville
Okla
David Shapard
Wallace
Oklahoma
Paris
C. J. Blinn
Edwards
W. N. Mounger
Madagescar
Scott
Thurs Island
Anglin
Paul Ramadier
Charles Luizet
Equatorial Africa
Madagascar
Panama
Democratic Movement of Malgache Renovation
Colonies
Marius Moutet
National Assembly
Obituary for Mes Mary Orehovsekay Scribe and Woods child
Mes Mary Orehovsekay Scribe wife of John Scribe tax collector of Cen ter township died in MacGee Hospital Pittsburgh yesterday at 11. She was born March 20 1904 to John and Annie Pluchinski. Surviving are husband and children George Margaret John Jo Mary Ann one brother Andrew Orehovsky Norfolk Va and one sister Mrs Annie Kokea Natrona. Services in St Francis church Monday at 9 Father Mathey A Yanosek to officiate. Interment in church cemetery. Friends after 2 this afternoon at Scribe residence Homer City R D. Askew Funeral Home Homer City in charge. Nancy Carolen Woods funeral services held this afternoon from Robinsons with Dr Harry Burton Boyd officiating. Interment in Homewood Cemetery. The child died in Indiana Hospital at 10 38 P M Thursday daughter of Mr and Mrs R F Woods.
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Mary Orehousekay Scribe
John Scribe
Center Township
MacGee Hospital
Pittsburgh
John
Annie Pluchinski
George
Margeret
John Jo
Mary Ann
Andrew Orehovsky
Norfolk
Annie Kokea
Natrona
Scribe
St. Francis, Church of
Nancy Carolen Woods
Robinson's
Harery Burton Boyd
Homewood Cemetery
Indiana Hospital
R. F. Woods
Rice Rioting Continues in Shanghai
In Shanghai on May 10 rice shop owners demanded permission to shoot to kill if mobs attacked stores. Mayor K C Wu refused and pledged police protection if shops reopened. Demonstrations by students and workers for higher wages and lower living costs expanded as radio staff threatened to halt messages.
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Shanghai
K. C. Wu
Chu Ching- Hwa
Shanghai Rice Dealers Guild
Cab Mechanics End Strike by Accepting 45 Cent Raise
In Pittsburgh on May 10, over 50 mechanics of the Yellow Cab Co. agreed to a 45 cent per hour wage increase retroactive to February 7, raising pay to 1.50 per hour. They are IA M machinists locals. 900 drivers will return to work Monday after not crossing picket lines. Drivers seek a new contract and higher guarantees, while mechanics settle for the retroactive raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Yellow Cab Co
E- International Association of Machinists
Ind
Drivers’ Union
AFL
Chiang Kai-Shek Studying Catholicism Rumors Reported
Madrid dispatch cites aposto lic prefect Jose Fogued claiming Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek is studying Catholicism to convert. Washington officials denied such reports about Chiang and his wife, noting no foundation. A Presbyterian professor released a telegram from Mrs. Chiang saying no church affiliation change has ever occurred.
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Madrid
Today
Jose Fogued
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Washington
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Iti
Presbyterian Theological
Frank W. Price
Rotary Conference Elects Manning New Governor in Pittsburgh
At the 176th District Rotary Conference held in the William Penn Hotel Pittsburgh A C Manning of Wilkes Barre was elected governor with H Van Churchill of New Kensington retiring Local Rotarians attending included Larry Davis Mrs Davis and Kenneth Sink
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William Penn Hotel
Pittsburgh
A. C. Manning
Wilckensburg
H. van Churchill
New Kenesington
Larry Davis
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Weather Report Today
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Revolution Group
Saudi Arabia
Shek
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Amb Bell Funeral Home
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Silas C. Streams
HR. R. Dodson
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