Radios Call Communist Delegates To Parley In Nanking
China radio stations urged Communist leaders to send delegates to a Nanking talks session to seek a peace settlement. The P P C invited Communist members while a telegram went to Wu Yung-Fu. professors at Peiping universities organized a peace movement gaining 500 supporters as student protests grew. Changchun reported improved military position with government control extending to Tafangshan Air Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
People’s Political Council
Wu Yung-Fu
Chinese National Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Nationalist China
Shanghai
Ling Chung
China Liberated Relief Association
Mao Tse-Tung
Chou En-Lai
Ling Chu-Han
Tung Pi- Wu
Communists’ Political Bureau
P. P
Peiping
Associated Press
John Roderick
North China University
Tsinghua
Peking
North China
Chaoyang
Peiyang
Changchun
Manchuria
Tafangshan
Former Indianan Hammers to be elevated to top office
Former Indiana resident Hammers, tied to the National Food Administration and Hoover era policies, rose to prominence in the Treasury Department's war bond drives and Heinz film projects. He produced food films, wrote plays and pageants, managed Heinz Auditor ium, and led employee relations programs while supporting Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children. A Mason and Shriner, he advanced to Imperial Potentate, with honorary temple memberships across North America. Married Carolyn Scanlon in 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammers
National Food Administration
Hoover
Treasury Department
Heinz
Broadway
Harry B. Marshall
Weber and Fields
Shrine
Shriners
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Gourgas
Detroit
United States
Canada
Mexico
North America
Tall Cedars of
Lebanon
Royal Order of Western
Syria
Carolyn A. Scanlon
Dinner costs $100 per plate as fire alarms interrupt NYC officials
Fire Commissioner Frank Quayle and other department officials had to leave a Democratic State Committee dinner in Brooklyn after a fire alarm blaze. The event, held at night, was disrupted while officials evacuated. the gathering reportedly cost $100 a plate.
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New York
Frank Quayle
Brooklyn
Democratic State Committee
Showdown Today on New Labor Law
Congress members push final draft of a new labor law as Taft and Ellender vow no concessions. Senate House conference committee aims to reconcile differences and finish by Wednesday night. Key points include bans on industrywide bargaining and mass picketing, injunctions for strikes, and ballot voting before strikes.
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Marin L
Arrowsmith
Washington
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Senate
House
Ellender
House Conference Committee
White House
Truman Says Mother Holding Her Own After Setback
Grandview Missouri May 27 President Truman reported his mother Martha E Truman was holding her own after a bad night and a daytime rally but no clear change in her overall condition. White House physician Brig Gen Wallace Graham said she showed some improvement during the day and the president said he would stay nearby until there is a sustained improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vacuaro
Grandview
Truman
Martha &. Truman
Pros
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Kansas City
Martha E. Truman
Wallace H. Graham
White House
Hoover Urges $725 Million for Relief and Policy Shifts
Former President Hoover blasts Russia and calls for a $725 million War Department relief package. He urges reparations in cash for industrial plants, a peace conference with Japan, elimination of broad industrial levels for Germany and Japan, and a centralized German government under Allied military direction. He warns taxes will rise and millions may starve if Congress blocks the request. Taber asked Hoover to outline relief measures to ease tax burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Germany
Hoover
Russia
United States
War Department
Taber
Gail Patrick to Wed Cornwell Jackson in Fall Engagement
Hollywood reports actress Gail Patrick announced her engagement to Cornwell Jackson, an advertising agency executive. It will be Jacksons first marriage, Patrick formerly married restaurateur Bob Cobb and toy maker Arnold Dean White. Gazette Classifieds note the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Gail Patrick
Cornwell Jackson
Jackson
Miss Patrick
Bob Cobb
Arnold Dean White
Indiana On Air Route Certification Details Outline
The article outlines proposed non trunkline air service routes and on call authorizations. It lists communities across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Maryland slated for scheduled or on call service with 10 000 plus populations. It emphasizes on call participation when three or more passengers demand service and names many towns and cities as examples.
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Sanita
Hornell
Clean
Jamestown
N. Y
Dover
N. J. Dunmore
Carbondale
Berwick
Warren
Meadville
Zorning
New York District
Washington, Pa
Hazleton
Butler
Aliquippa
Monessen
Uniontown
Tamaqua
Pottsville
Mahanoy City
Shenandoah
Lebanon
Mc Carmel
Shamokin
Sunbury
Carlisle
Lewistown
Lock Wagon
DuBois
Indiana
Latrobe
Vandergraft
Ellwood City
Beaver Falls
Ambridge
Bellevue
Corsopolis
Dormont
Greensburg
Cannonsburg
Donora
Charleroi
Connelsville
Cumberland
Plainfield
New Brunswick
N. J. Norristown
Chester
York
Chambersburg
Frederick
Hagerstown
North Plainfield
N. J. Conshohocken
Pottstown
Phoenixville
West Chesster
Darby
Lansdowne
Coatesville
Hanover
Waynesboro
New York
Annapolis
South River
Red Bank
Long Ranch
Asbury Park
Neptune
Bridgeton
Millville
N. J
Cambridge
Salisbury
Sir
Army pay delay yields long awaited check in 48 years
Ed Ward, discharged from the army in Manila in 1899 after the Spanish American War, filed a travel pay claim for 374.90 dollars. He received the long overdue check recently and reinvested the funds in government bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Lil
Ed Ward
Manila
United States
Ward
Tragedy in Erie: Smith Family Murders During Flower Pick
Four Smith children and a Terpenning youth were found murdered near Sugar Island gravel pit. Neighbors and sheriff traced the Terpenning boy from Michigan to Toledo, then Erie, amid a statewide manhunt. No rape evidence. victims shot in the back as they fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Terpenning
Sugar Island
Almon Brandt
Stanley
Brandt
Barbara
Nellie
Seim
Port Huron
Mich
Here
Netrait
Erie
Norman Dombrosky
Brie
Sgt. Seim
Dombrosky
Michigan
Office of
R. O. Stevens
Toledo
Ella Mae
Truman proposes new three agency housing plan
President Truman advocates a permanent housing finance framework with a Home Loan Bank Board to oversee savings and loan programs, a Federal Housing Administration to insure mortgages, and a Public Housing Administration absorbing remaining housing duties.
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Housing and Home Finance Agency
Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Public Housing Administration
Federal Public Housing Authority
Truman
Housing and Home Finance
Grand Jurors Hear 18 Cases At Session
Grand jurors report 18 cases including intoxication liquor and multiple counts of assault and battery. Names listed include Katherine Mathews Robert Groose George Roudebush John Greczek and Steve Komogovich with various charges of assault and related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Mathews
Robert
Groose
George Roudebush
John Greczek
Steve Komogovich
Grammar School Diploma For Wooly Black White Dog
Spot the woolly black and white dog at Wall Grammar School received a diploma for faithful attendance over 10 years while his master Robert Stanko earned a diploma. In contrast 14-year-old Jimmy Pranks lay gravely wounded after a school tragedy as he wished to enter high school but could not meet attendance requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Spot
Wall
Pennsylvania
Jimmy Pranks
Bobtown
Jimmy
Geraldine Donley
Waynesburg
Wall Grammar School
H. E. Remaley
Robert Stanko
John Stanko
Robert
Roselle
Attlee Defends Bevin At Labor Conference in Margate
Prime Minister Clement Attlee defended Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin at the Labor Party conference in Margate. He said Britain seeks world peace and collaboration, denied subservience to any power, and backed UN policies while criticizing neglect of coal mines and noting recent public ownership. He urged hard work, good management, and science to raise living standards.
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Margate
England
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Attlee
Bevin
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations
Pleas and Sentences From Allegheny Court
Curtis F. Young of Salisbury was jailed six to 12 months for burglary and larceny after stealing eight electric motors from Federal Laboratories at Tunnelton on April 18. Richard Jenkins and John Freund faced morality charges tied to illegitimate birth, with costs and monthly support payments. R W Guthrie paid a $250 fine and six months in the county workhouse for DUI. Wendell Kelly fined $100 and costs for failing to stop after an April 30 Todiana accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis F. Young
Salisbury &. C
Allegheny County
Federal
Tunnelton
Young
Richard Jenkins
Ernest
John Freund
Indiana
R. W. Guthrie
Wendell Kelly
Todiana
Promoted in First Cavalry Division in Japan
William A Metcalfe of Indiana Pennsylvania earned a promotion to Technician Fifth Grade while serving with Headquarters Troop of the 12th Cavalry Regiment in the First Cavalry Division. The unit trains in weapons and tactics on Honshu central island. Metcalfe a 1948 Indiana High School graduate sailed from Fort Knox after basic training to Yokohama, Japan and plans dentistry study under the G I Bill.
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Eighth Army
Nagai
Japan
William A. Metcalfe
John C. Metcalfe
Clark Street
Indiana
12Th Cavalry Regiment
First Cavalry Division
Honshu
T-5
Metcalfe
Indiana High School
Army
Fort Nox
Kentucky
Yokohama
Noon Stocks and Miner Output Facts
Averages show an ordinary miner yields about 180 tons of coal every six weeks. The human nose can detect more than 6000 distinct odors.
King George VI Attends Earl of Harewood Funeral
King George VI flew to Harewood to attend the Earl of Harewood funeral with 250 village residents present. The Earl, husband of Princess Mary, died Saturday. the King wore a black armband and eight Hart's estate workers bore the coffin to the Harewood vault dating to the 14th century.
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Harewood
Eng
George VI
Earl of
Mary
Hart
Obituaries of Wilson Shields Candace Weamer and others
Obituary notices report the deaths of Wilson Craig Shields of Rayne Township Indiana County born 1859, wife Cora May Shields predeceased him, and multiple children and kin. services set at Robin son’s, Oakland Cemetery interment. Other notices list Candace J Weamer of 528 Church Street, Indiana. Mable Leone Coleman of Dora area. William J Knox of Canoe Township. Jo an P Fronk of Green Township. funeral details in upcoming pages.
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Wilson Craig Shields
Andrew
Anne Craig Shields
Rayne’ Township
Indiana County
Cora May Shields
Charles G
Gold Beach
Ore
Berton
Oakland
California
Harry
Portland
Oregon
Candace J. Weamer
Church Street
Indiana
Joseph Clark
Clarissa Hopkins, Weamer
Mable Leone Coleman
Dora
Smicksburg
Jacob
Martha (Black) Hawk
Ernie Coleman
Evangelical Church of
Mildred
Floyd
Donald
Helen
Harold
Edna
Near Smicksburg
Florence Shick
Lorain, O
Frances Wells
Dorothy Roush
Esther Miller
Marchand
Harry Hawk
William J. Knox
Canoe Township
Indiana Hospital
Fairview United Brethers Church
Raleigh
Hillsdale
Joan P. Fronk
Green Township
John
Margaret (Leamer) Frank
Victor Frank
Cherry Tree
McDowell Church
F.C. McFarland
McDowell
Attitude Shaped by Shortages in Russia
Pittsburgh editor Andrew Bernhard, at a Post-Gazette luncheon marking his promotion to editor, blamed Russia s stern shortages for its uncooperative stance. He cited scarce essentials, inflation in Moscow, and the idea that money means little amid harsh conditions. He warned against war if nations mind their own business. Frank Hawkins was promoted to associate editor at 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Russia
Andrew Bernhard
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Moscow
Bernhard
Frank Hawkins
Post-Gazette
Army recruiter keeps letters going to reluctant recruit
ST PAUL Minn May 27. Army recruiting sergeant Michael Gallagher persists in seeking new recruits as William Butler, though on Gallagher’s list, rejects Army service at his age after receiving more than 20 letters praising Army life. Butler finally visits the station but remains uninterested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul, Minn
Michael Gallagher
Army
William Butler
Gallagher
Butler
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Mother
Graham
Mrs. Truman
Itartlin
Gazette
Grammer School
Sec. Bevin
Rad & Sts Am Smelt & Ame
Tel & Tel
Atcht&sf
Ad Refining
Bald Loco
Balt & Ohio A
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Budd Co
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & el
Coml Solvents
Cons Edison
Curtiss-Wright
del Lack
Liggett & Myers At
Loews Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & Lt
NY Central RR
North Ameria
Northern Pac
Packard Motor
Param Pictures
Penney (Jc) ‘Enn RR
Sve
Pullman
Radio Corp
Pure Oil
Repab Steel
Sears Roebuck
Socony-Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Stand Brands
Cal
Stand
Ind
Stand Oil NJ
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
US Smelt R & M
Steel
Warner Bros
West UN Tel A
Woolworth
Sh & T
King George VI
Weather Report
A. P. Peden
CA Berglee
Annleewm
Moorhead's
Dodson
Charles
Church St
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