Little Hope For Real Soviet American Thaw
Washington officials view Stalin's latest statements with skepticism as a potential basis for improved relations remains unlikely. The State Department calls the remarks encouraging yet stresses lasting disagreements and fault lines in UN voting and Soviet expansion in Europe. Secretary Marshall may elaborate, while past Stalin declarations are seen as propaganda. Western unity and firm action are urged to counter Soviet aims and stabilize postwar diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biy
John M. Hightower
Washington
Stalin
State Department
Moscow-Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Soviet Union
United States
United Nations
Marshall
Department
Russia
Europe
Buates
Jfo
Congress
Wallner
Farmer Artist Says Modern Art, Civilization Retarded
Val Deezik, a 34 year old farmer artist from Hartstown, Pennsylvania, argues that modern art regresses to primitive roots and that farming itself is an art. His one man show at Buller Art Gallery in Youngstown features 18 works and earned first prize over 635 delegates. He remodels his parents’ farm garage for his studio, writes poetry, and built a telescope from old auto parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartstown
Val Deezik
Pennsylvania
Walter Deezik
Val
Deezik
Buller Art
Youngstown
Vendue
Deozik
Lis Vasses
Strategic Jewish Towns Under Fire
Damascus reports Syrian and Iraqi troops moved on Safad and Beisan with Beisan’s till near capture. Forces advanced from Samakh after defeating Jewish forces. Samakh fell with 172 enemy casualties and several armored vehicles captured. planes damaged an enemy plane over the lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
Safad
Beisan
Samakh
Sea of Galilee
Belsan
Galilee
Palestine
Rotary elects Angus Mitchell from Melbourne president
Angus Mitchell of Melbourne Australia was elected president of the International Rotary Clubs as the organization held its international convention. Andrew Vaughan Jr of Pottstown Pennsylvania is noted as a leader at a town meeting during the convention, the largest ever held outside the Baltic region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janiero
Angus Mitchell
Melbourne
Australia
International Rotary Clubs
Andrew Vaughan, Jr
Pottstown
Rotary
Five Escape At Huntingdon County Jail
Five prisoners escaped Huntingdon County jail by sawing a barn from a washroom window and climbing a 14 foot wall with planks and ropes. One fugitive, identified as Robert Daley, was recaptured about 80 minutes later south of the prison. The others include Joseph Contrillo, Gerald Iser, Clarence Knable, and William Rider, with details on charges and prior breaks. A widespread search continued in surrounding mountain areas as police reported no additional traces early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntingdon
Prang Huntingdon County
Robert Daley
McMinney
Washington
Daley
Joseph Contrillo
Central City
Gerald W
Lser
MeKviney
McKinney
Pennsylvania
PAL
Goats Cleared By Jury Of Odor Complaint
Traverse City Michigan May 9 Pi Loi sleder faced a nuisance claim over goats near a home. Municipal Court jury vindicated Sleder by inspecting the herd and odor, with Judge James Fitmnatfirk noting the method.
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Traverse City
Mid
Pi—Louie Sleder
F. J. Braden
Sleder
James Fitmnatfirk
Prisoners Accuse Jailers of Dishonesty in Reform Institute
Two inmates in a police reform institute testified that jailers misused private labor and government funds to build private homes. The court jailed the accused jailers and commended the inmates for honesty, delivering a verdict that upheld the prisoners’ claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Police Reform Institute
Chinese Bomb Bombing Hit Communist HQ in Nanking
Nanking May 19 government says a plane bombed a building where Mao Tze-Tung and about 200 Red leaders met. Forty killed or wounded, casualties unspecified, with reports of top Communist commanders often reappearing after air attacks. Government setbacks in Han River Valley and Shansi, Red forces capture Lachokow, widening food and fuel losses for Central China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Mao Tze-Tung
Teng Wen-Yi
Yuping
Hopen
Geng Chen Yi
Teng
West Hopen
Han River
Shansi
Liu Po-Cheng
Lachokow
Hankow
China
Operators and UMW In Deadlock at Wage Talks
News conference outlines that employers may bargain through chosen representatives while a strike risk looms as Moody heads Southern Coal Producers Association. The wage agreement expires June 30 and court injunctions affect pensions and potential new actions under federal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody
Lewis
Southern Con Produrors Association
UMAV
Lomorrow
T. Alan Galdsborough
Southern Coal Producers Association
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Pradecessor
Southern Association
SCPA
Hietting Moody
Vnas Lewis
Conflicting Statements By Arabs and Jewish Conflicting Statements By Arabs and Jewish
The report details ongoing clashes as the arrival of the legion brings relief to Arabs under Jewish mortar fire. A Jewish shell in David's Street yesterday killed two Arab children and wounded about a dozen Arabs. Brig. John Glubb Pasha toured the front, wearing legion head dress, while Jewish machine guns rattled near the legion forward post at dusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascua Gate
David's Street
John Glubb Pasha
Legion
RR Labor Court Fight Delayed in Rail Dispute
Washington May 10 14 A court fight in the railroad labor dispute was postponed to May 28 to allow renewed bargaining between the railroads and engineers firemen and switchmen. The government averted a strike May 10 by seizing the railroads and obtaining a restraining order from Judge T Alan Goldsborough set to expire tonight. The order was extended 10 days to May 28 at 745 PM EST and the injunction hearing moved to the morning of May 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Justice Department
Jerusalem fighting shifts through Old City siege
From Jerusalem reporting amid the ceasefire breach on May 14, Arab forces and Jewish defenders clash in the Old City. Mortar shells hit near the Dome of the Rock while UN Consular Truce Commission probes a broader ceasefire. civilians suffer as both sides vie for control.
Fierce Battle Rages In Holy City
In Jerusalem area fighting rages as Jewish forces advance near Ramle and Lydda while Arab defenses and British positions shift. Reports claim key settlements such as Hatrouf El Kubiebg Negba and Rabab El Hava changed hands. Irgun claims pressure on Ramle and hundreds of Arab casualties. A suggested capture of Sarafand would split opposing forces and aid refugee housing plans for 20,000.
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Lydda
Ramle
Sarafand
Tf Haw
Zion
Jerusalem
Old City
Mt. ‘Zion
Froma Assaul
Hatrouf
Kofar Save
Negba
Negeb
el Kubiebg
Rehovot
Rabab el Hava
Sea of Galilee
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Tel Aviv
Bus Driver Tricks Passenger With Sack Of Nickels
A bus driver tired of a passenger who paid with a 320 bill and claimed that was all he had prepared. When the man produced an 820 bill, the driver handed over a sack of 399 nickels as change, and the same passenger has not been seen since.
Atom Tests Details Secret Reveal Postwar Advances
Honolulu dispatch reports a press conference by top military and scientific leaders after Operation Sandstone tests at Eniwetok. Three weapons of improved design were tested over 45 days with no undersea or air drops disclosed. Leaders said the bombs worked and confirmed postwar goals of refining designs and advancing atomic weapon science at Los Alamos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Lovelace
Honolulu
United States
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Eniwetok
Mid- Pacific
Hey
Task Force Seven
U.S
John E. Hull
Tne
Los Alamos
New Mexico
Navy
James 5. Russell
Atomic Energy Commission
Alamogordo
Mex
Bikini
Russell
Congress
Air raids hit Tel Aviv amid uncertain troop reports
Reports claim Trans‑Jordanian troops linked with Egyptian forces near Lydda while Tel Aviv endures its fourth straight day of bombings. A bus station was destroyed in a direct hit with at least 20 dead. Egyptian claims note raids on Gaza area but do not confirm Tel Aviv assault. Obscure text discusses obesity causes, unrelated to the bombings.
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Beirt
Ldda
Lydda
Ramie
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Egyptian Defense Ministry
Gaza
Pastor Admits Unwitting Mistake In Turner Topping Wedding
Los Angeles May 19 The Rev Stewart P MacLennan said he was the victim of an unwitting mistake in officiating at the marriage of Lana Turner and Henry Bob Topping on April 26 A presbytery official said the case will go to commission deliberations on potential censure instead of a full trial The Rev MacLennan faced accusations for violating church rules by marrying a divorced person within a year of divorce and drew protests from Buffalo-Niagara and Oklahoma City Presbyteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Stewart P. MacLennan
Lana Turner
Henry
Bob) Topping
Hollywor
MacLennan
Turner
Backache Cure From Nerve Pain Painting Findings
Dr J Lewis Amster said a local anesthetic applied behind the nose to sleep nerve cells in the sinus wall can relieve some low back pain with no apparent cause. He reported success against migraine hescades shoulder spasms hiccoughs and shingles though the mechanism is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science Reporter
New York
J. Lewis Amster
Amster
New York State Medical Society
New York City
Clymer Kiwanis Hosts Barnesboro Lions Club Meeting
The Clymer Kiwanis Club hosted Barnesboro WKiwanis at Clymer Presbyterian Church with 60 Kiwanians present. Todhunter presented a goodwill gavel to H. J Dunnegan. A new Marion Center Lions Club formed, charter to be presented Saturday at Marion Center High School with officers Benton R. Thompson president and Floyd Braughter treasurer among others. Attendance included Indiana Lions Arthur Meek and John Stahl and district leaders.
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Clymer Kiwanis
New Lions Club
Barnesboro
Marion Center
Clymer Kiwanis Club
Wkiwanis Club
Clymer Presbyterian Church
Dick Todlunter
Todhunter
H. J Dunnegan
Clymer Unit
Peter Branedto
Don White
Clymer
Mark Barkwell
Indiana
New Wit
Marion Center High School
John A. Backer
Marion Center Lions
Benton R. Thompson
Tait Streams
Wiliam Wynkoop
William Oberlin
Dyd
James K. McElhoes
Terasurer
Floyd Braughter
Llon Tamer
Chauncey J. Clelland
Tall
Geo. Ruffner
William Smith
William Steiner
Charles Davis
Sid Boyd
Zone
County Banks To Close Saturdays For Summer
Indian County banks will close Saturdays from June 19 to September 18 except July 3 and September 4 when open until noon. Affected banks include Farmers Bank and Trust Indiana Savings and Trust Indiana Homer City State Bank Marion Center National Bank Peoples Bank of Clymer and Peoples Bank of West Lebanon. Blairsville National Bank Farmers and Merchants Bank Cherry Tree keep regular Saturday closings. First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Indiana also observes the Saturday closings.
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Indian County
Farmers Bank and Trust Company of
Indiana
Savings and Trust Ca
Homer City State Bank
Marion Center National Bank
Peoples Bank of Clymer
Peoples Bank of West Lebanon
Rossiter Serviceman Planned Homeward Sailings in July
Mr and Mrs James Spencer of Rossiter report their son Dale stationed at Grafenwoehr Germany will sail for the United States on July 7. Dale reenlisted in 1948 after a three month furlough home and had served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II and now requested duty in Germany again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Spencer
Rossiter R. D. 1
Dale
Grafenworth
German
United States
Rossiter
Germany
Methodist Meet At Clearfield Methodist Conference Opens
The Central Pennsylvania Methodist Conference opens in Clearfield Pa with about 500 pastors and laymen in attendance. Bishop Charles Wesley Flint of Washington presides at afternoon memorial services and communion. Bishop 2. T. Kaung of China is slated to speak at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearfield
Central Pennsylvania Methodist Conference
Charles Wesley Flint
Washington, D. C
Atternoon
T. ‘Kaung
China
Dr W H Eastment Opens Offices In Indiana
Dr W H Eastment, a Penn Medical School graduate, opens offices in Indiana after internship at St Luke’s Bethlehem and postgrad obstetrics gynecology training with Dr T E Schadt. He served with Army obstetricians during 1946 48 and is married to Nancy Findley of Bethlehem. They have a daughter Susan Elizabeth eight months old. Also includes a brief eggplant recipe note.
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Medical School
University of Pennsylvania
St. Lukes Hospital
Bethlehem
T. E. Schadt
Eastment
Army of
Gromdan
T. F Bastment
Philipsburg
Indiana
Nancy A. Findley
St. Luke's Hospital
Syracuse University
American Dietetic Association
Eastments
Susan Elizabeth
Obituary notices from Rural Valley region published with multiple deaths
Obituaries record the death of Thomas George Pennsy of Rural Valley from a heart attack while working on the Frank Moore farm. Survived by wife Margaret and seven children, with services set for Thursday at Rural Valley Methodist Church. Bertha Agnes Carnahan McCurdy and Dr B R D also noted with funeral details in Indiana. Ralph W Miller, 77, Homer City, dies at nephew's home after a Brushvalley birth. survivor list and funeral arrangements provided.
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Thomas George Pennsy
Rural Valley
Mina
Frank Moore
Thomas George
Mary Ann (Cryster) Pennsy
Margaret Pennsy
David
Indiana
Helen Senife
Phoenixville
Lillian Myers
Clymer
Thomas
Ross
Mark
Freeport
Phillip
Steve
John
Pittsburgh
Adam
Curtisville
Helen Cabot
Jessie Wesneski
Elnek
Parker W. Large
Rural Valley Methodist Church
Philips‘urge
Bertha Agnes
Carnahan) McCurdy
Robinson's Funeral Home
Harry B. Boyd
Oakland Cemetery
Robert C. McCurdy
Ralph W. Miller
Homer City
Lso'clack
W. K. George
Brushvalley
Daniel
Dianna Cramer Miler
Dorothy Brady
Woodmen
M. Thomas
Greenwood Cemetery
Passave of Anti-Red Bill Seen
The era’s anti Communist bill faced House opposition with votes expected under 60. The Un-American Activities Committee pushed minimal changes while others could rewrite the measure. The House mood remained hostile to alterations and a motion to kill the bill outright was raised amid delays and amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
New Yorker
House
Uswal
Un-American Activities Committee
Rep
Miller SR Conn
Harald ‘E. Slassen
Guv
Thomas E i Dewey
Burgess Police Lead Indiana Clean Up Week Drive
Burgess urges Indiana residents to start CLEAN UP PAINT UP and PLANT UP week early to prevent hazards from accumulating materials near buildings. Citizens are urged to begin today and participate fully, ensuring a safer community. A note on a sandwich spread recipe appears as a side mention.
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Burgess
Indiana
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