Rescue Efforts Underway as 13000 Flee Camiguin Island
In Manila on September 10, 13000 Filipinos huddled in two southeastern ports awaiting rescue by ship as Hibokhibok volcano erupts for the tenth day. Coast Guard reports say towns on Camiguin island are deserted except Sagay and Mahnog, with refugees exposed to chlorine gas from eruptions. U S Army transport General Weis el expected to aid evacuations with added naval support from the General Weigel en route from San Francisco.
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Spencer Davis
Manila
Hibokhibok
Camiguin Island
Philippine Coast Guard
Sagay
Mahnog
U.S. Army
General Weisel
General Weigel
San Francisco
U. S. Navy
Last Rites For Benes
Former President Eduard Benes was buried in a garden tomb at Sezimovo Usti after two graveside services. Protestant Bishop Bedar and Catholic Archbishop Beran officiated, with state funeral rites held in Prague earlier. Ambassadors attended. American envoy Stinhart did not. The burial site, chosen by Benes, lies 60 miles south of Prague.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Sezimavo Usti
Franktisek Bedar
Charles University
Josef Beran
Klement Gottwald
Benes
Antonin Zapotocky
Laurence Stinhart
Poland Backs Communists Plan to Socialize Peasant Villages
In Warsaw on Sept 10, all major parties including the Communists and leftwing Socialists aligned behind a plan to socialize peasant villages. The reform broadens support from the Polish peasant, Democratic, Labor, and allied parties urging an end to exploitation by rich peasants and endorsing merger with the Communist workers party.
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Warsaw
Poland
Communist Workers Party
Reds
Wages Alone Will Not Satisfy Workers
The Most Rev John F Dearden told labor and management leaders that wage increases alone won’t satisfy workers. He said workers must also receive something to satisfy their higher aspirations in a Pittsburgh Labor Management Council address.
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Pittsburgh
John F. Dearden
Labor and
Labor Management Council of Pittsburgh
Cupid Strikes Co 89 Times in Indiana County August
A county report shows 89 marriage licenses issued, 389 mortgages and deeds recorded, and 15 wills registered in Indiana County during August. Indiana Borough Council meets at 7:30 tonight at the Community Center, postponed from Tuesday due to Burgess Maloney’s mother's death. Voter registration is open Saturday Sept 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. for the Lesson High School football election, broadcast on WDAD at 8 p.m. Signed by McGill Motors and the County Board of Elections.
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Cupid
Indiana County
County Register and Recorders Office
Borough Council
Indiana Borough Council
Community Center
Maloney
Burgess J. R. Maloney
Court House
LH. S
WDAD
McGill Motors
County Board of
Eighteen Defendants Listed For Criminal Court Trials Indiana County
The September Term criminal court list announced by District Attorney J Murray Buterbaugh shows trials from September 13 to 16 1948. Defendants include Harold E Domb J Garland Adams and Lloyd M Smith with charges ranging from assault and battery to murder and intoxicated driving. Collectively the docket covers motor vehicle offenses larceny fraudulent checks sodomy and related counts.
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Indiana County
J. Murray Butterbaugh
Anthony ‘Koiani
Jareeny
Larry Silver
Harold E. Domb
Harold E Domb
Helen M. Burns
Lwatlee
Walter D. Ruffner
Jj. Monroe
Dob
Indiana Construction ‘Ca
J. Monroe
Idsh
Indiana Construction Co
Arthur Silvis
Garrett Shankel
Edward
K. Fry
Adam Wasicki
James Sleppy
Assaut and Battery
A. MI
Fidnner
Curry K. Brown
A. M
Lloyd M. Smith
Mid-West Beauties Lead Contest in Miss America Eve
In Atlantic City on September 10 1948 Marilyn Robinson of Ogden Utah and Bebe Shopp of Hopkins Minnesota won last night’s Miss America preliminary contests before about 8000 in Convention Hall. Robinson won the talent section with a mother’s hospital scene while Shopp excelled in bathing suit judging.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Mid-west
Marilyn Robinson
Ogden
Utah
Beatrice ‘Bebe’ Shopp
Hopkins
Flying Saucers Sightings Reported in Indiana County
Five observers including William H. Fetterman reported seeing oval objects that appeared as bright lights between 10:30 p.m. and 1:10 a.m. near Ikome Station. The group described the crafts circling and hovering at about 1,500 feet, with others noting sightings near Alverda in a large circular formation.
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William Oh. Fetterman
the Gazette
Ikome
Poamoke Ciyg
Axis Sally Is Indicted for Wartime Propaganda
A federal grand jury indicted Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally for treason. The 34-year-old Portland, Maine native allegedly made wartime broadcasts for Germany over German radio as part of the Nazi propaganda campaign against the United States, with ten alleged broadcasts cited.
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Washington
Mildred Elizabeth Gillats
Sally
Nagi Radio
Portland
Miss Gillars
United States
Atom Chief Called In Spy Probe
Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves wartime head of the Manhattan project testifies behind closed doors as the House Un American Activities Committee widens its probe into atomic espionage. Groves says the bomb project aimed to end the war and save lives and that security was only part of that goal. He is now a Remington Rand executive in Darien, Conn. The committee reports progress and plans public hearings next week amid continuing fractious Hiss Chambers controversy.
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Washington
Leslie R. Groves
Army
House Committee
Un-American Activities Committee
Groves
Luca
Darien Conn
Remington Rand Company
Farlier
J. Parnell Thomas
R-N
Lierse
House Un-American Activities Compiltee
McDowell
ISTC Music Director Named Syracuse University Post
Dr Irving Cheyette, noted composer and music educator, is appointed dual professor of music and education at Syracuse University. He previously directed music education at Indiana State Teachers College and has authored 17 volumes of band orchestral and choral works, with a career spanning teaching, conducting, and lecturing at major institutions.
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Irving Cheyetle
aAcUse University
Lemuel C. Dillenbank
Collene of Fine Arts
Syracuse
Cheyetle
Callegy
Incdiana
Pennsylvania
American Musical Arts Foundation
Wnch
Familry Jor
Chevelle Atended
Ti School of the Theater
Institute of Musical Art
New York City
Columbia University
Boston University
Juillard School of Music
Teachers College
Calumbia
Judith Cheyette
Death Ends Long Career Of Former Mayor McNair
Pittsburgh dispatch reports former Pittsburgh mayor William N. McNair died yesterday in St. Louis after placing his wife on a train to Texas. At 67, the eccentric Democrat rose from relative anonymity to win the mayoralty in 1933, reforming the city before resigning in 1936 amid controversy. He was known for sharp wit, bold criticisms, and a loyalty to Henry George single tax ideas. Survived by his wife and two daughters. Funeral and tribute notices follow.
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Pittsburgh
William N. McNair
St. Louis
S Gle Lax Adavorate
Moustan
Tex
O. St Louis
Wwe
Henry George School of Rural Science
Henry
Pittsbuu Gn
United States
Mayer
Reeonigne
Tas Ote
Fungi Aeruigevents
Tegan Loie
Larceny Charge Against Blaine Blystone in Indiana County Jail
Blaine Blystone of Indiana Route 3 was lodged in Indiana County Jail on a larceny charge per jail records. Blystone was arrested by Charles Hamman, Washington Township constable. details of the charge were not available.
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Blaine Blystone
Indiana
R. D
Bighrowning
Blystone
Charles Hamman
Washington Twp
Local Draft Forms Sent by Indiana County Board
The Indiana County Draft Board No 76 mailed 129 draft questionnaires starting with Sa vatore Vincent LaMantai of Indiana. Forms must be completed and returned within ten days. Registration times are set for afternoon periods only with no morning slots. Local offices list hours for Heilwood Blairsville Salisbury Cherry Tree and Mission Center.
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India
Indiana
Idiana High School
Heilwood
Blairsville
Racing Victim's Condition Improves After Injury
The condition of Wallian Banks of Cleveland, driver of the midget auto races, who was seriously injured last Saturday at the Indiana County Fair, was reported as slightly improved today by hospital attaches.
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Conditton
Wallian Banks
Cleveland
Indiana County Fair
Russians Seek Air Lift Control as Berlin Tensions Rise
Berlin dispatch reports Soviet authorities demand detailed notice on every flight into Berlin, aiming to curb air supply to the blockaded city. American officials reject the restriction while street fighting flares in the lens city as anti-Communist demonstrators topple a Red flag at the Brandenburg Gate and a boy is killed.
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Richard Kasischke
Berlin
Lense
Bradenburg
Anti Reds Stage Huge Protest in Berlin Air Corridor
Senator Gurney visiting Berlin warns against Soviet pressure and praises U S relief efforts in Western Germany. He notes German opposition to the Red ideology and commends the American airlift as evidence of commitment. He cites cooperation limits under four power rules and demands flight information safeguards before Berlin operations.
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Uwnee
Goaney
Guy Oy
Berlin Ct
Gurney
Senate Armed Services
Middle East
Washington
Germany
Wag
U.S Army
European Command
U.S
Russans
Eighteen-month-old cigar smoker shocks Springfield family
In Springfield Massachusetts on September 10, Mrs. Phillips says her eighteen-month-old son Lawrence Phillips is the only cigar smoker in the family. She notes other relatives smoke cigarettes but the child prefers a twelve-cent cigar and began this habit after switching from nipples to cigarettes about a year ago.
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Springfield
Mass
Lawrence Phillips
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