Organization of Cub Scout Pack Sought in Indiana Borough
Joséph RB Reschini chaired a preliminary meeting at the State Teachers College to organize Cub Scouting in Indiana Borough for boys ages 7 to 11. A survey of every eligible boy was planned, with surveys led by volunteers from Thaddeus Stevens and local schools, and parent involvement urged for sponsor support and continued planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joséph RB. Reschini
Central
William Penn Stout Council
State Teachers College
Indiana
Reschini
Thaddeus Stevens
Harold Walls
Horace Mann
J. M Buterbaugh
St. Bernard Parochial
J. R. Reschini
Laboratory
W. D. Sievers
William Penn Council
United States
Earl Gardner
Paul E. Nealer
J. M. Buterbaugh
V. Wiley
Duane Jones
Joseph T. Campisano
W. D. Slevers
US Protest Expected Over Bombing of Truce Team
U S officials plan a strong protest to Chiang Kai-Shek over the bombing of a Sino American truce team near Chengteh and injuries to three Americans. Unconfirmed reports said 20 casualties, with four Communists killed and three Americans wounded. A rescue team was to fly to Chengieh to aid the bombed group as hostilities continued at the Jehol frontier.
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Peiping
U. S
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chengteh
Executive Headquarters
Tripartite
Jehol
U.S
Yunnien
Chengieh
Hold Reunion For Brothers Apart Sixty One Years
NEW ORLEANS Sept 7 61 years apart brothers Alfred Higbee of Los Angeles and John Higbee of Jacksonville Fla reunite for the first time since childhood due to wartime and family distance. They kept in touch by letter and now meet with John’s daughter arranging the gathering. The men were adopted by uncles and separated. John became a real estate broker and Fred a wholesale jeweler. both are retired.
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New Orleans
Alfred R. Higbee
Los Angeles
John H. Higbee
Jacksonville
Fla
John
Fred
Ohn
Winchester
Composer Dies in German Hospital Near Goettingen
Paul Lincke aged 80, renowned composer of operettas and popular tunes, died Wednesday in a hospital at Klausthal Zellerfeld near Goettingen in the British occupation zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Paul Lincke
Klausthal-Zellerfeld
Goettingen
Clearfield stores keep half holiday into December
Retail stores in Clearfield will close on Wednesday afternoons through December 1, extending the half holiday practice. A former Berlin composer associated meeting of the Merchant's division of the Chamber of Commerce discussed extending the city’s half holiday rhythm. The text notes operettas by Lincke and mentions common phrases about local life.
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Clearfield
Lincke
Berlin
Aloe
Taylor labels Guffey campaign shift a radical cover
State Senator M Harvey Taylor Pennsylvania Republican chairman accused Senator Joseph Guffey of flipping to disassociate with Communists, calling Governor Martin's rejection of Communist support a frantic window dressing move to hide Guffey’s radical backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
M. Harvey Taylor
Pennsylvania
Martin
U.S
Joseph Guffey
Taylor
Guittey
Parfor Pinks
Rhine Bridge Destroyer Captured
British headquarters announce the arrest of J. Joseph Grohe former Reich commissioner for northern France and Belgium and the main figure behind blowing up all five Rhine bridges at Cologne. Grohe found Aug. 21 in Warburg with head wound bandaged after attempting escape four months after capitulation.
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Herford
Germany
J. Joseph Grohe
France
Belgium
Rhine
Cologne
Grohe
Warburg
Aachen
Aix-La-Chapelle
Skeleton of Girl Found in Baltimore
The armless skeleton of 17 year old Jane Hildreth, missing since Christmas week 1944 from Northampton finishing school, was found by a hunter on a wooded estate in an exclusive Baltimore area. Police said she died about 18 months ago and the case may relate to the missing persons bureau records. Her father is William S. Hildreth, a Charlottesville banker, and her mother Elizabeth Hildreth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Missing
Elizabeth Hildreth
Jane
Northampton
Mass
William S. Hildreth
Charlottesville
Protest Against Jewish Transfers in Cyprus
In Nicosia on September 7, Socialist Mayor Plotis Servas of Limassol submitted a petition to Governor Sir Charles Wooley demanding Britain halt the transfer of illegal Jewish immigrants and German POWs to Cyprus. He urged immediate reshipment of Jews already interned and war prisoners amid shortages of meat, fruit, and vegetables for internees. A woman claiming to represent an American news agency surrendered to detention camp authorities after traveling with the immigrant group aboard the vessel Four Freedoms and is being questioned by military authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicosia
Cyprus
Charles Wooley
Plotis Servas
Limassol
Britain
Four Freedoms
Seh
Seven Killed In Cuban Plane Crash
In Havana on September 7 seven people including an American died when a Cuban Express Aereo Interamericana Lodestar crashed near Esperanza six miles west of Santa Clara while attempting a forced landing after fuel exhaustion. The aircraft carried four passengers and three crew. it struck a small house outside the town. The American passenger and mechanic’s identity had not been released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Nine New Faculty Members Added at Indiana College
Nine new faculty members join the Indiana College staff for the fall term as enrollment rises. Paul Harris leads the Art Department with crafts and lab school supervision, joining from Ohio State and Chicago. English adds Robert W. Ensley from Dayton, Ohio, with Columbia graduate work. Music adds Agnes Bothne from Blackstone College and Arvilla Terrell from Shenandoah Conservatory, both with advanced studies. Business Education adds Elsie Garlow and James K. Stoner, both alumni teachers, focusing on stenography and accounting. A new head librarian, Deckard Ritter from Ohio Wesleyan, with NYU PhD, joins the library. Laboratory School expands with Lojs Blair teaching English and Dr. John R. Sahlin teaching social studies. The changes aim to handle the larger fall enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harris
Ohio State
Chicago
John Hopkins University
Robert W. Ensley
Indiana
Dayton
Ohio
Kiser High School
Ymca College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Columbia
Agnes Bothne
Arvilla Terrell
Miss Bothne
Blackstone College
Virginia
University of Minnesota
Julliard
Virginia Choral Workshop
Miss Terrell
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Montana
Colorado
Eastman School of Music
Elsie G. Garlow
Blairsville
James K. Stoner
Indiana High School
Deckard Ritter
New York University
Western Reserve University
Lojs
Blair
Grove City College
Penn State
University of Pittsburgh
Meat price ceilings return with varied cuts and firm promises
Officials said meat price controls will be reinstated Tuesday with ceilings close to last June levels in beef and pork and smaller in lamb and mutton. Porter flew to Chicago for talks and secured pledges from major packers to help enforce the controls as retailers adjust prices across stores ahead of the rollback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Porter
Chicago
To Call Crippling Tieup If Gov't Moves Any Struck Ship Agent Says
Half a million men idle as the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Seafarers International Union stage a nationwide maritime strike. Third day of action halts Transocean passenger service and disrupts raw material imports and exports. About 250,000 tons of relief cargo and 125 UNRRA ships await crews in Atlantic Pacific and Gulf ports. Union leaders say more than 2,500 ships remain unmanned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Seafarers International Union
Transocean
Europe
Asia
UNRRA
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
DuBois School Enrollment Drops to 25-Year Low
Public schools in DuBois report total enrollment of 1683 students this year, the lowest since the mid 1900s, according to Superintendent K. M. Brewer. The decline reflects broader demographic and funding pressures facing the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DuBois
K. M. Brewer
Begins Prison Term for Triple Murder
JOLIET IL Sept 7 William Heirens the 17 year old who eight months ago kidnapped strangled and dismembered Suzanne Degran began his first day in the Illinois State Penitentiary He is to be confined at least 61 years Heirens was brought to the prison a day late after being sentenced to three consecutive life terms for three murders and concurrent sentences of one year to life for lesser crimes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
William Heirens
Suzanne Degran
Illinois State Penitentiary
Crimac
Admiral Mitscher Has Appendectomy
The former University of Chicago admiral Marc A. Mitscher underwent an appendectomy yesterday at Malta's Bight Naval Hospital. He was later rested and photographed, with prison authorities noting a haircut change as he awaits observation for 30 days in detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arate Valetta
Malta
University of Chicago
Marc A. Mitscher
Cook County
Bight Naval Hospital
Chicago
Iber
Joseph E. Ragen
Truck Strike Widespread Hits New York Industries
The New York trucking strike halted raw material flow and deliveries across many sectors. About 5000 employees in 114 book manufacturers faced layoffs as paper and cloth ran short. The cotton textile trade warned the garment industry would exhaust materials early next week, triggering broad shutdowns. The 430000 Teamsters walkout spread to New Jersey, Maryland and beyond, with orders pouring in by telegraph and shipments diverted, causing store shortages of butter eggs milk and cigarettes in the metropolitan area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
AFL
Emenuel Burr
Edition Bookbinders of
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
New Jersey
Trenton
Seaboard
Richmond
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Portland
Philadelphia
Italians Take Offense At Red Remark
At the Paris Peace conference Italian papers condemn Andrei Vishinsky for calling Italian soldiers better runners than fighters. Avanti and Unita decry the remark as offensive to workers and peasants. The talk shifts to human rights court and Atlantic Charter proposals, with Whitlam urging enforcement of universal principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Andrei Y.vishinsky
Paris
Unita
Vishinsky
Avanti
Soviet Union
Italy
Risorgimento Liberals
Human Rights Court
H. ¥. Whitlam
Auatra
Huynan
Ban
Theling Commission
Posal
Whitlam
Baylis Falls festival picks local star as world’s heaviest man
Big Boy Baylis II announces Robert Earl Hughes, 20, as feature attraction for the Baylis Falls festival next week. Hughes is billed as the new heaviest man in the world, reportedly six feet tall, 710 pounds, and 102 inches around the chest. Organizers note it takes five yards of fabric for his shirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baylis
Olstidala
Baylis Falls
Robert Earl Hughes
Hughes
Reds Seek Stay On Final UN Atom Report
U S Soviet delegation at the United Nations urged a postponement of final action on an Atomic Energy Commission scientific report and on the council's draft report to the General Assembly. Andrei Gromyko said he had not yet studied the digest, with amendments invited in days ahead. The assembly was slated for Sept 23 in New York, but Moscow pressed for a postponement to Nov 11. Secretary Byrnes was due back from the peace conference on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Nations Securty Council
Atomic Energy Commission l
Council
General Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
Ukraine
Greece
Scientific and Technical Committee
The
Atomic Energy Commission
U. N. Lake Success
P. Alexandrov
Moscow
U. N. Secretariat
Estonians Prepare Appeal Over Miami Entry Ban
Two Miami attorneys filed an appeal for 18 stranded Estonians denied entry by a special immigration board. The group arrived from Sweden after a 6000 mile sea voyage in a 38 foot sloop and face immigrant visa issues. They are housed in a Miami City warehouse while briefs are prepared for the Philadelphia Board of Immigration and Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Special Immigration and Naturalization Board of
Sweden
Monroe Gelb
Philadelphia Board of Immigration and Appeals
Miami City
Gelb
United States
Mitscher Seized During High Level Naval Conference
59 year old acting commander in chief of the U S Atlantic Fleet Mitscher was seized yesterday while conferring with Admiral Sir Algernon Willis British Mediterranean naval commander in chief. He and Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman deputy chief of U S naval operations had arrived earlier from Naples for consultations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitscher
Atlantic
Sir Algernon Willis
Mediterranee
Forrest P. Sherman
U. S. Naval Operations
Naples
Parks College Joins Saint Louis University
Robert Hale Hess son of Amos and Hess of 1226 Waterstreet Indiana attends Parks College of Aeronautical Technology now part of Saint Louis University oldest university west of the Mississippi River founded in 1818 ground squirrels are said to be potent carriers of deadly plague germs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks College of Aeronautical Technology
Robert Hale Hess
Amos Hess
Waterstreet
Indiana
Saint Louis University
Mississippi River
Disgusted Mother Saves Baby Food Problem To VA
Obituaries detail multiple deaths including PETER SIRKO of Kent and MARGARET ESTELLA BELL PATTON of Indiana. Sirko, born 1888 in Bres Hungary, worked at R. and P. Coal Co. and belonged to several unions and churches. survivors include Mary Sirko and children Margaret and Elizabeth. Services at Robinson Funeral Home and St Bernard’s, with burial at St Bernard’s cemetery. Bell Patton, 876 Agronsburg Pa native, widow of Frank Blair Patton, survived by brother C Earl Bell and nieces. services in Robinson Funeral Home and Zion Lutheran Church with interment at Fairview Cemetery. Rachael States, widow of Homer States of Clymer R. D., died in Indiana Hospital. several children and relatives listed. services at late home with Rev. Leslie Dickey, burial at Bower Cemetery. Violet Lamar Chnuko of Cockport, 37, died. survived by husband Joseph and children Joseph, John, and Margaret. VA notes mention disability benefits and milk/oasis payments for disabled veterans and dependents. ongoing inquiries into pension and aid for families.
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Peter Sirko
Kent
Thdlana
Bres
Hungary
Steve
Mary Sirko
R. & P. Coal Co
Denver Col
Wyoming
St. Gertrude's Catholic Church
McIntyre
Verhaway Association of Clune
American Sick Benefit and Life Ins. Assn
Clune
Margaret
Elizabeth Sirko
Alberta
Canada
Pearl Sirko
Steve Sirko
Denver
Colorado
Robinson
St. Bernards Church
Indiana
Father Jacob Shinar
St. Bernards Cemetery
Margaret Estella Bell, Patton
Church St
Agronsburg
Charles Coburn
Kathrine Weaver Bell
Center County
Huntingdon County
Frank Blair Patton
C. Earl Bell
Rachael States
Homer
Clymer
R. D
Indiana Hospital
Big Run
Evangelical Church of
Cloveron
Harvey Rugh
Albert, Frantz
Port McCiinsey
Diamondville
Clay Frantz
Paul
Alvin
Wilda
David
John Rugh
Butler
Clyde Rugh
Norristown
Philadelphia
John Anthony
John Kennedy
Leslie Dickey
Troutville
Bower
Violet Lamar Chunko
Cockport
Joseph
Ohn
Barbara Joan
Betty Ann
Edna Fletcher
Waterman
Rey
Clayton Strong
Matt
Harmony
H. Clark
Penn Run
Cawleys
Byrnes Speech touted as path to German settlement
The Influ ential Times editorially argued Russia may welcome Byrnes proposals from Stuttgart. The Telegraph praised his work, saying he did the world service with talks among the big four and U.S. forces to back agreed policy. Papers varied on German self governance but praised its forthright stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Times
Russia
James F. Byrnes
Stuttfart
The
Byrnes
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
Daily Herald
Nberal News Chronicle
Yorkshire Post
Post
News Chronicle
America
Europe
Daily Mail
the Mail
Death Notice for Benjamin L Somerville in Pittsburgh
Benjamin Lewis Somerville, 46, died at West Penn Hospital Pittsburgh on Friday September 6, 1946 at 7:20 a m after a period of illness. He had been a patient at the hospital for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Lewis Somerville
West Penn Hospital
Pittsburgh
Mayor Asks Power Talks Resumption
Pittsburgh negotiators reopen talks in the threatened power strike involving Duquesne Light Company and a 10 man union strike committee. Union leaders say no strike decision yet but plans are advanced for action. company reiterates willingness to arbitrate or use a fact finding board while urging immediate arbitration terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Duqueste Light Company
Repres&sentatives
George L. Mueller
Mueller
Conciliation Committee
Injections May Save Boy
Dr John Kelly ordered spinal injections of Streptomycin for 14 year old Robert Kane with tubercular meningitis after obtaining parental consent. The drug may be fatal. the next 48 hours will show if he will live. Robert is resting comfortably after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
John Kelly
Robert Kane
Kelly
Robert
Scranton State Hospital
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital
Obituary and community note from Burnside and Hastings
The Daily Mirror reports its lack of newsprint due to a truckmen strike in New York City. Obituary notices detail the death of Louise Milder, 51, of Ernest, with burial planned at Streams Funeral Home and services pending. Also noted are a local obituary for a Somerville family member born 1899 in Hastings and long-time farmer in Clearfield County, with several children and surviving relatives listed. services set for September 0, 1946 at East Ridge Evangelical Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Daily Mirror
New York City
Mirror
John and
Millie (Clark) Somerville
Hastings
Burnside Township
Clearfield County
New York Central Railroad Company
Cherry Tree
Mabel (Cook) Somerville
Zelda Mae
Carl
John
James
Ruth
Vera
Joan
Larry
Richard
Florence Brennan
Westover
Edna Rupe
Nanty-Glo
Olive Adams
Kathleen Lockard
Texas
Helen Yobaggy
Ebensburg
Harry
Louise Midler
Ernest
Toreye Lrance State Hospital
Streams Funeral Home
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Alan Lascelles
London Star
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State Police of
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South 5Th Street
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Gazette
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Big Boy
Reds
Parks College
St. Louis U
Robinson Funeral Home
Arthur J. Pfohl
Zion Lutheran Church
Fairview Cemetery
Altoona
Weather Report Today
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