District Committee Scout Meeting Planned in Homer City
BR Davis chairs Southeast District Boy Scouts of America meeting at Commercial Hotel Homer City on September 12. Reports from six district committees cover 1647 budget of 26000, troop registration and charter reviews, summer camp plans, advancement boards, health and safety inspections, and a Scouter Roundtable at American Legion Hall for next month planning.
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BR. Davis
Hsoutheast
William Penny Gouneil
Boy Scouts of America
Homer City
Lester Tuck
Rusgell Dickie
George Allison
Bic
Thomas Blue
Advancement Committee
YeView
Courts ‘of Honor
Health and Safety Committee
American Legion Hall
Not Angry Man Shot After Party in Jersey City
James Donahue, 38, recovering after being shot at the Kane home following a harassment lapse over kissing Cecelia Kane. Kane, 38, charged with assault with intent to kill. Donahue refused to press charges. Mrs Kane and Donahue named as witnesses. Kane held without bail for Sept. 21 hearing.
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Jersey City
N. J
James Donahue
James J. McNamara
Baying
Donohue
Ory
James Kane
Kane
Donoue
Dogohu
Calle Mul F
Police
Donnue
McNiendra
Plea to Truman Over Death Sentence for Soldier Son
Elizabeth Wallrath, mother of Pvt rank R. Wallrath, says she will personally plead to President Truman for clemency after the death sentence for desertion in combat and two escapes was confirmed by Maj. Joseph Swing in Sapporo, Japan. She appeals despite accepting punishment, planning to press through to the White House.
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New York
Lizabeth Wallrath
Pvtrank
R. Wallrath
Truman
Juzon
1Maj
Joseph M. Swing
11Th Airborne Division
Sapporo
Japan
Truan
Wallrath
Wars Department
Fear of one power control of Japan
New Zealand adviser James M. Bertram warned in Auckland that Allied occupation could become a one power control with Japan becoming a pawn in US Russian strategic standoff. He urged Britain to strengthen forces in Japan and push for closer Russia US cooperation in the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
N. Z
James M. Bertram
New
Bertram
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Russia
America
Far East
Expected To Back Ukraine On Greece Threat Charges
Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko pressed for support in the UN Security Council for Ukrainian charges that the Greek government threatens Balkan peace. A Brazilian motion to table the Greek case faced unlikely approval as Gromyko spoke again. The session also eyed Russia’s demand for troop disclosures, risking Britain and U.S. reports, while the Economic and Social Council opened with talks on refugees and an interim commission proposal to run refugee aid if a new organization is not ready.
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Max Harrelson
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Greege
Balkans
Gromyko
Council
Russia
United Nations
T the
Great Britain
Greece
Iraq
United States
China
Economic and Social Council
UNRRA
Trygve Lie
Interm Commission
FEPC Backing Sought by Gov Martin In Pennsylvania
Governor Martin said FEPC legislation will receive support if it omits criminal penalties. He favored a 1945 bill with no penalties and proposed a education plan run by a government employment commission. Martin defended actions against the Ku Klux Klan and criticized covert activity by the Klan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Martin
Homer Brown
Allegheny
Brown
FEPC
A. Evans Kephart
R-Phila
State Labor Relations Board
Cowboys and nylon ropes move into cattle work
Alliance Nebraska report notes cowboys and steers adopting nylon ropes in corrals. Nylon ropes, lighter and tougher than Manila hemp, gain popularity among ranch hands, with early manufacturers and a pioneer user highlighted. Oil City Derrick marks 74th anniversary with commemorative edition and local history.
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Alliance
Cecil Wilson
Nebraska
Aue Aeaeaea
Wigan
Patrick O. O'Boyle
John O'Donnell
Pittsburgh
Uniontown
Yick
Gacinas
Manila
City
Oil City Derrick Today
Oi City
Laytonia
Venango
Oil City
Oil City Trust Co
Tha Davviale Beatin Ac
Old Crime Unearthed by Bulldozer Near New Kensington
In New Kensington authorities probe a ten year old murder after a bulldozer- dug grave yields a bullet riddled skeleton. The skull shows three bullets. belt buckle initial M, crucifix, key, spectacles frame and clothing bits are clues. Body likely buried five years ago. police plan review of old disappearance cases.
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New Kensington
Westmoreland County
Richer Barnes
Thomas G. Johnson
Barnes
Nurse Dies After Attack At Hospital In Indianapolis
In Indianapolis September 11 a 20 year old nurse Miss Alberta Green of Carmel Illinois died from a fractured skull after a man broke into Robert W. Long Hospital at 3 30 a m slugging her with a club and injuring another nurse Miss Betty Overdeer 20 in critical condition Miss Ozella Allen 30 a maid said she saw the assailant a negro flee through a screened window and escape from the hospital multiple nurses were threatened but no weapon was found and police investigated the early morning incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Alberta Green
Carmel
Jill
Robert W. Long Hospital
Betty Overdeer
John D. van Nuys
Ozella Allen
Miss Green
Miss Overdeer
van Nuys
Miss Allen
Widow Dies In Whisky Bottle Fight
Baltimore police report 40 year old painter Howard Elmer Clayton killed Sadie Jackson after an argument over a broken bottle of whisky. Jackson, a 30 year old widowed mother of two, suffered deep slash wounds and was found hidden behind a ward robe. Clayton admits the bottle broke during the dispute and was charged with assault in her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Howard Elmer Clayton
Sadie Jackson
William Murphy
Murphy
Clayton
Jackson
Sadie Brown
Bud
Wyoming County
West Va
Memorial planting to honor local Congressional Medal of Honor winner
The State Highways Department announced a memorial planting along U S Route 220 near Blanchard Centre County to honor Foster J Sayers Blanchard’s only Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. The project will use native trees and shrubs and be completed in fall. The Bellefonte Legion Post will set a marker with a bronze plaque. The landscaped section extends south from Blanchard for two and a half miles on a reconstructed highway completed shortly before the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Highways Department
Blanchard
Centre County
Ffc
Foster J. Sayers
Bellefonte Legion Post
Japanese war criminal spared hanging for testimony
Singapore dispatch reports Lt Nagataro Kokubo and 14 other condemned Japanese war criminals received a temporary reprieve from hanging as a new trial opens Monday. Kokubo, who commanded a prison camp on the Siamese death railway, will be hanged after he testifies.
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Singapore
Nagataro Kokubo
Kokubo
Airmen Return Home After Remains Repatriation Flight
Five flat coffins carrying American airmen shot down by Yugoslav fighters on August 19 left Claupino Airfield aboard Crescent Caravan en route to Washington. The flight refuels in Paris New Foundland and Westover Field MA. Maj. Gen. Lawrence Jaynes led a delegation of American British and French officers who paid final honors at the field.
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United States
Tranaport
Commanda- Tone
Plate
Claupino Airfield
Redge
Washington
Tomors Row
Paris
New Foundland
Westover Field
Maas
Lawrence ©. Jaynes
Amelia Forces
Mediterranean
Atietican
Jinnah Warns Of Civil War Threat In India
Moslem League leader Mahaed Ali Jinnah warns India faces ruinous civil war unless prompt diplomacy averts bloodshed after Calcutta and Bombay riots. He criticizes previous talks with the cabinet mission and viceroy, urging talks with top British authorities for a fresh settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Milton Kelly
Bombay
Mahaed Ali Jinnah
India
Calcutta
Jinnah
League
Less Birds At Thanksgiving
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvan ia farmers will raise about 85 000 fewer turkeys this year due to high feed costs and scarce quality feed Many growers say this may be their last year in the turkey business A federal state survey shows production near 1 586 000 birds a five percent drop but still 300 000 above 1944 Agriculture Secretary Miles Horst notes average farm net income rose seven percent to 1578 in 1945 while overall production costs remain the highest ever for the state demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Miles Horst
Horst
Glow of cigarette aids capture of WV slayer
Mark McCauley, 30, fled after two West Virginia police officers were killed during a theft arrest. A red glow from his cigarette in a ravine tipped off a 200 man posse near Emoryville, leading to his surrender at a Keyser area jail. Officers Horne and Hovatter died from a .38 caliber volley in a Davis, WV, house. sheriff’s son was wounded by shotgun shot.
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Keyser
W. Va
Mark McCauley
West Virginia
Gowen D. Hughes
Andrew Landis
Davis
Emoryville
McCauley
Harrison County
Clarksburg
Joseph Horne
Tucker County
C. Gay Hovatter
Mineral County
Vernon E. Rankin
Don
Rankin
Allegheny Mountain
Virginia
Maryland
Paper Still Tied Up in Los Angeles Strike
Negotiators for the Los Angeles Herald Express and the CIO Newspaper Guild met for several hours with U S conciliator Harry Calem to settle the strike of editorial employees. They adjourned until Thursday morning with Guild negotiators reporting no progress and newspaper representatives offering no comment. Malcolm refused to indicate any progress.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Herald-Express
CIO
Guild
U. S
Harry Caleom
Ther
Malcom
Eviction raid as squatters seize Duchess of Bedford House
In London a process server entered the Duchess of Bedford House in Kensington and served eviction notices on about 1,000 squatters. The building became a focal point in a wider housing shortage crisis with police and officials facing resistance from sentries and threats. In New York City, about 1.27 million workers may be laid off if maritime and transport strikes persist, crippling power, printing, garment deliveries, coal and fuel oil supplies, with widespread layoffs and reduced newsprint availability.
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London
Itr
Dutchess
Bedford House
West End
Standley Henderson
Labor
Birmingham
Lem Blackwell
Midlands District Communist Party
Kensington
Greater London
England
New York
Commerce and Industry Association of
Obituaries for Winger Hamilton Colgan Bartlebaugh in Indiana County
Obituary notices list Daniel Lester Winger of 10 North 7th Street Indiana died September 8 at 6 20 p m of a heart attack. Elisabeth McHenry Winger is his widow with services at Zion Lutheran Church and Robinson Funeral Home citations. Thomas W Hamilton of 401 South 6th Street Indiana died suddenly at Indianola with services at the home of his sister and interment at Old Madison Cemetery. George W Colgan of Montgomery Township Indiana County Home died at 2 30 a m he was a retired farmer with no survivors and services at Raleigh Funeral Home Hillsdale with burial at East Mahoning Cemetery. Clark Bartlebaugh formerly of Dixonville died at 9 o clock Indiana R D from a heart attack with services at Streams Funeral Home and interment East Mahoning Cemetery.
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Daniel Lester Winger
N. 7Th St
Indiana
Elizabeth McHenry Winger
Robinson
Zion Lutheran Church
Arthur J. Pfohl
Ann Bine
Thomas W. Hamilton
South 6Th St
Indianola
Thomas EB. Edwards
Pittsburgh St
Greensburg
Harold Post
Madison’ Cemetery
Robinson Funeral Home
George W. Colgon
Indiana County
John
Sarah
Blose
Colgan
Montgomery Twp
Indiana Coe
Raleigh
Hillsdale
Rex Brickell
East Mahoning
Clark Bartlebaugh
Dixonville
R. D
John and
Elizabeth
Fuller) Bartlebaugh
Brethern Church
Montgomery Township
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Ollie Pardee Bartlebaugh
Streams Funeral Home
East Mahoning Cemetery
Belgium’s Nazi Purge Progresses
Belgium’s post liberation purge reports 450000 investigations into suspected collaborators. By June 1 only 92 Belgians condemned to death and 102 executed. Justice ministry notes 133693 joined German forces. many were slave laborers with Todt, transport, and other units. Gen. courts dropped 58730 of 75391 military cases. over 16000 await trial.
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Henry van Wyve
AP Newsfeature
Brussels
Belgium
Citiz
Ministry of Justice
Germany
Todt
S. S
Leon Degrelle
Walloon
Gestapo
Feldgedarme
Plebiscite Asked for Venezia Giulia Boundary
Ivanoe Bonomi, head of the Italian delegation, sent a letter to the peace conference committee asking a plebiscite in Venezia Giulia to determine the Yugoslav Italy frontier. The request cites ethnic lines and the will of the people, urging the committee president to seek approval from the foreign ministers council.
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Paris
Venezia Giulia
Yugoslavia
Italy
Ivanoe Bonomi
Bonomi
Council of Foreign Ministers
Monty Pays Tribute to Unknown Dead at Arlington
Field Marshal Montgomery laid a spray of roses at the Arlington tomb marking the unknown American WWI soldier. He was accompanied by British Chief of Staff delegates and Maj. Gen. J Lawton Collins as the solemn ceremony proceeded with silent reverence.
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Washington
Montgomery
America
el Alamein
Arlington Tomb
Lor. Wilson
Chiefs of Staff
J. Lawton Collins
Army General Staff
Queen Wilhelmina Named Honorary Belgium Academy Painter
Royal notice from Brussels states Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is made an honorary member of Belgium's Royal Academy for her talent as an amateur painter. official announcement confirms recognition of artistic skill.
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Brussels
Wilhelming
Netherlands
Belgium
Royal Academy
Peace Court Vote Narrowly Fails at Peace Conference
At Paris on September 11 the Peace Conference Legal and Drafting Commission rejected Australia’s plan for a world court of human rights, with only Australia and New Zealand voting for its inclusion in peace treaties. Russia White Russia Poland Ukraine and Greece abstained as Australia vows to press the issue again. Meanwhile Yugoslavia presses for Venezia Giulia and Trieste, with Maly seeking a plebiscite to settle the border dispute. Delegates push to finish work on five peace theatres by October 20 ahead of a possible UN General Assembly session in New York on October 23.
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Paris
The
Peace Conference Legal and Drafting Commission
Augralia
United Nations
Australia
New Zealand
Russia
Poland
Ukraine
Greece
Ales Bebler
Yugoslavia
Italy
Venezia Giulia
Trieste
Maly
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Poultry Raisers Meeting Tonight at Floyd Smith Farm
A poultry culling demonstration will be held at Floyd Smith’s home near Plumville Route 85 tonight at 7 00 p m. William C. Cochrane and Penn State poultry extension specialist Robert C Baker will show culling pullets before housing for fall and culling laying hens. Non producers waste feed and labor. all poultrymen urged to attend for up to date culling practices.
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Floyd Smith
Smith
Plumville
William C. Cochrane
Robert C. Baker
Penn State
Local Army Recruiting Office on Leave in September
Captain F A Hintermister will be on leave from September 9 to 16. T/Sgt Joseph J Simone will manage the office during the captain's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Hintermister
U. S. Army
Joseph J. Simone
Report for Recruit Training in Navy
William Beatty and James A Sexton both of Indiana have reported for recruit training at the Naval Training Center at Bainbridge Md Beatty is the son of Edgar Beatty of Indiana Sexton age 18 is the son of Mrs Charlotte Sexton 258 Church street
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William Beatty
James A. Sexton
Indiana
Naval Training Center
Bainbridge,Md
Ask Greeks Defer Balkan Claims
Athens reports a foreign friendly power suggested Greece defer pressing territorial claims against Bulgaria and Albania. Greece seeks Epirus and southern Albania, while Bulgaria claims parts of Larpte. The Sixteen and Big Four ministers forwarded claims to Paris without recommendation. The report also notes Greek requests for the return of a downed plane and pilot.
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Athens
Greece
Bulgaria
Albaia
Epirus
Albania
Larpte
Isters
Belgrade
Djevdpelija
Miners Die in Separate Incidents in Ebensburg Area
A miner born June 5 1902 son of Joseph and Rose Hopfer of Ebensburg died in a local accident. Survived by wife Elizabeth two sons Richard and Donald and daughter Betty Jane plus five brothers and five sisters. Services set at Immaculate Conception Winona ndale for Sept 13 with burial at Holy Name Cemetery Ebensburg.
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Joseph
Rose Lance Hopfer
Ebensburg
Nicktown
Wintondale
Church of Immaculate Conception
Elizabeth Roger Hopfer
Richard
Donald
Toledo
Betty Jane
Gilbert
William
Youngstown
Edward
Raymond
Washington
D. C
John
Wayne Jones
Joseph Sakerak
Indiana
Charles Michaels
Vintondale
Clayton Rager
George Coleman
Immaculate Conception Church
Winondale
Father Callan
Holy Name
Raps Red Attitude At UN Sessions
Viscount Cecil, vice president of the United Nations Association of Great Britain and Ireland, warns at a regional council meeting that Russian attitude toward world affairs could dislocate UN machinery if not checked. He says nations may reject a dictatorship by any one power and questions Soviet use of UN to advance Russia’s power and prosperity. Oscar Hammerstein I is credited for a line from a song in 2001.
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London
Viscount Cecil
United Nations Association of Great Britain and Ireland
United Nations
Soviet Union
U. N
Russia
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