New Contract For Striking Truckers
New contracts were signed by 120 trucking firms, breaking the 11 day strike deadlock. The deals reduce union wage demands to 17.5 cents an hour, with added benefits and insurance. Local 807 members expect about 1,400 drivers to return to work, with up to 2,000 back by Monday.
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New York
Local 807
APL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Joseph Adelizzi
Employers’ Labor Committee
John E. Strong
807
State Sunday School Plans Convention At Williamsport
The sixth annual Pennsylvania Sunday School Convention will be held in Williamsport on October 5 6 and 7. Prominent speakers include Roy A Burkhart Hilda L Ives Norman Vincent Peale Bishop John S Stamm Fred E Christian. Indiana County pledges a quota of twenty five with eight signed up. registration through Miss Hazel Zimmermann or J W Everett. Theme Christ the Center of the Home. Lets go to Williamsport.
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Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Roy
A. Burkhart
Hilda L. Ives
Norman Vincent Peale
John S. Stamm
Fred E. Christian
A. W. Everett
Indiana County
Hazel Zimmerman
Court House
Indiana Pa
J. W. Everett
Evacuation of Filipinos Amid Volcano Eruption
Refugees on Camiguin Island rose from 14 000 to 20 000 requiring more ships. Filipino Red Cross officials and Philippine Naval patrol coordinated evacuations as Hibokhibok unleashed acidic ash and gases. Nightly landslides blocked the crater, threatening a major eruption.
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Weigel
Red Cross
Philippine Naval Patrol
Manila
Alfred Cruz
Camiguin
Hibokhibok
Dewey Campaign Itinerary Across West Coast Stops
The Dewey campaign outlines a multi city itinerary with speeches in Portland Tacoma and Seattle after a Sunday layoff. Herbert Brownell Jr. says timing and broadcast details will be announced later. Vandenberg predicts bi partisan unity against aggression and signals ongoing foreign policy discussions.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Tacoma
Wash
Seattle
Herbert Brownell
Albany
N. Y
Vandenberg
America
Michigan
Three Escaped Convicts Captured in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH September 11 three convicts who slid down a rope from Western Penitentiary were captured early today on the North Side. They wore sweat shirts and blue overalls and offered no resistance when surrounded. Warden Stanley P. Ashe identified James Nemeth 29 Anthony Arenzio 27 and Carl White 40 as the escapees all serving robbery terms from Beaver and Allegheny counties. The men had been painting and repairing the roof of the main cell block when the rope escape occurred. It was the penitentiary’s first break since 1934.
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Pittsburgh
Stanley P. Ashe
James Nemeth
Beaver County
Anthony Arenzio
Carl White
Allegheny County
Ashe
Berlin in crisis as blockades, press clash and trials unfold
Reports from the Russian Zone detail underground activity by Berlin Socialists and a Kremlin backed press attack on city authorities. An American court jailed Count Heinrich Von Tinsiedel for carrying false papers, while railway officials noted limited mail movement from Berlin to the British Zone. Officials warned of officials and fascist elements exploiting the unrest as Soviet and German allies push talks in Moscow amid a widening blockade. The British American airlift resumes at Tempelhof as authorities prepare for continued discussions on Berlin’s status.
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Schumacher
Frankfurt
Heinrich von Tinsiedel
Bismarck
Germany
U. S
Hannover
Berlin
Soasverdt
Dribs
Drabs
Helmstedt
Acgliece Runsehau
Neues Dussehland
Socialist Unity Party
wWe
Moscow
Tempelhof
Allied pilots report few Soviet planes despite Russian maneuvers
The report notes an expected substantial capacity increase and early next week start of operations. It mentions Russia promising extensive air maneuvers in allied corridors, while American pilots observed few Soviet aircraft in sight.
Four power envoys in Berlin crisis seek Kremlin talks
A reliable source says the United States Britain and France are exchanging messages with capitals on next steps in four power Berlin talks. Envoys aim to meet Stalin to settle the Berlin issue and may ask the United Nations to investigate if talks fail.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
London
Stalin
United Nations
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Fay Kohler
Washington
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Smith
Truman Ballot Bid Falters in Louisiana Electors Plan
Louisiana electors unpledged by central committee may sidestep Truman. Leander Perez led a resolution championing Thurmond and Wright bids, while New Orleans poll showed mixed backing. Write in votes face strict Louisiana rules with 64 parish clerks posting complete elector lists. ballot deadline passed August 31.
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Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
Lexus
Arkansas
Georgia
North Dakota
Minnesota
Indiana
Louisiana
Central Committee
Leander Perez
St. Bernard
Plaquemines
Truman
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Thurmond
Wright
J. Howard McGrath
National Democratic Party
Washington
A New Gag For Bob Hope
Hollywood reports Bob Hope hospitalized briefly after choking on a fishbone during rehearsal for his new radio show. A doctor removed the bone and Hope returned to his routine performances with his usual humor intact.
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Bob Hope
Hollywood
Hope
William Penn Council Boy Scouts To Resume Meetings
William Penn Council Boy Scouts announces fall meetings starting September 13 at 8:00 P M in the Grand Jury Room Indiana Courthouse. The agenda covers Advancement Institutes plans, Washington Tour and Twin Echo Camp reports, Scout Leaders Dinner, 1948 49 activity calendar, and Community Chest funding talks.
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Ralph McCreary
William Penn Council
Tolaay
Grand Jury
Indiana Court House
Boy Scouts of America
R. E. Mateer
T. F. McCarthy
Wil
Washington
Twin Echo
Jace Mazza
Community Chest
Indiana
Leechburg approves 10 percent amusement tax ordinance
The Leechburg Borough Council passed a 10 percent amusement tax set to take effect November 1. The 3,000 word ordinance was described as one of the longest in borough history.
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Leechburg
Electron pictures hint polio virus movement in nerves
Toronto reports a potential breakthrough as two MIT researchers presented electron microscope images of tiny dots in a monkey sciatic nerve that may be polio virus moving along nerve tubules. They cautioned dots might be the virus or closely related, offering a new view of how the virus enters and travels in the body.
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Toronto
E. Derobertis
Francis O. Schmitt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Electron Microscope Society of America
Derobertis
B29 Thought Lost After Baltic Sea Drop
FRANKFURT Germany Sept 1 A U S Air Force spokesman said the American B 29 bomber likely dropped into the Baltic Sea after the crew bailed out over the Netherlands The plane itself has not been found A propeller recovered near Hamburg bore the serial number Engine trouble crippled the craft during joint U S and British air maneuvers.
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Frankfurt
Germany
iPr
Netherlands
Baltic Sea
Hamburg
U. S
Clymer Mine Is Inspected for Safety Compliance
A federal coal mine inspector found good safety compliance at Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp’s Clymer No 1 mine in Clymer Pennsylvania. The Indiana County operation employs 163 workers and was reinspected in July by Inspector P J Beatty, who noted permissible cutting machines and plates, a restored distribution box permissibility, and recommended blasting and ventilation precautions on shift.
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Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
Clymer
Bureau of Mines
Indiana County
P. J. Beatty
Beatty
Hit By Golf Ball Damages Suit Filed In Delaware
J Homer Houston of West Grove Pennsylvania sues John B Escott of Lancaster Village Delaware in U S District Court for 5000 dollars claiming injuries from a golf ball on the 18th hole September 21 at Kennett Square Golf and Country Club He says Escott failed to give timely warning and the ball fractured his left leg
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Wilmington
Del
J. Homer Houston
West Grove
U. S
Houston
John B. Escott
Lancaster Village
Kennett Square
Escott
Four Italian Boys Dead in Yugoslav Frontiers Zone
Italian newspapers report four Italian youths killed in Yugoslav territory over the past week. Two were machine-gunned by frontier guards as they tried to cross from Yugoslavia into the occupied zone. The bodies of two others were found in the Yugoslav zone.
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Yrieste
Yugoslavia
Free
Increase in Truck Licenses
Harrisburg reports a sharp rise in Pennsylvania truck registrations in eight months. Two axle 27 000 pound trucks jumped 22.8 percent with 14 123 registered by Aug 31 this year versus 11 498 in 1947.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Revenue Department
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Forecasts for 1948 Harvests Volume and Value Rise
The Agriculture Department projects bumper 1948 harvests valued at about 19.38 billion dollars. Corn leads with 3.53 billion bushels, cotton 15.22 million bales, peanuts 2.30 billion pounds, tobacco 1.79 billion pounds, and wheat 1.28 billion bushels. Prices and production surpass 1947, signaling more meat and feed grain supplies and potential price relief for consumers.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Agriculture Department
Strangles Cell Mate, Gets 10 Years
Boonville Missouri reports 17 year old John D Hicks sentenced to 10 years for strangling his cellmate Rollard Barton 16 at the Missouri State Training School for Boys. Hicks had escaped earlier and was placed in a segregation cell after recapture. Robert Oswalt Gee faced first degree murder charges but was not tried.
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Boonville
iJohn D. Hicks
Missouri State Training School
Hicks
Rollard Barton
Barton
Robert Oswalt Gee
New Rules for Buying Autos By Payments
Federal Reserve Board announces installment purchase rules effective September 20. Down payments for 1938 to 1949 models set at one third of cash price or average retail value in some cases. Balance terms depend on amount, with 15 or 18 month limits. Price guides determine value and regional adjustments, with specific guides listed for various areas. Overdrive or automatic transmission listed as value items. radios and heaters not affected.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Arizona
California
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington—Kelley
Wisconsin
Northwest
National Automobile Dealers Association
Orautomatic Transmissons
Indiana Man At NY Army Air Base
Stewart Field Newburgh New York reports Captain John Warner of Indiana Pa is on two weeks active duty training with the 446th Squadron 321st Bombardment Group L headquartered Mansfield Ohio. He will visit United States Military Academy during his active duty tour and participates in lectures drills simulated missions and on the job training. A mechanical professor robot grades 10 papers a minute with 99 percent accuracy.
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Stewart Field
Newburgh
New York
John Warner
446Th
321St Bombardment Group
Mansfield
Ohio
Johnstown
Penna
Indiana
Steward Field
United States Military Academy
Weather report for Western Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with mild temperatures. Tonight not as cool as expected and Sunday afternoon brings warmer conditions.
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Pennsylvania
Obituaries of Strong Stumps King in Blairsville area
Obituary notices list Oliver Elmer Strong of Burrell Township who died at home after a two year illness born September 2 1807 in Cherryhill Township, survived by wife Stella Davidson Strong and family. services scheduled at Ferguson Funeral Home Blairsville. Also obituary for John Stumps of Blairsville who died September 10 survived by wife Myrtle and step children. funeral Monday at 2 PM with Blairsville Cemetery interment. Additionally PVT Norman Sylvester King Westover World War II veteran killed in Germany born March 29 1906 survived by wife Hulda and several children. services Sunday 2:30 PM at East Ridge Harmony Church with Burnside Cemetery burial. Veterans of Foreign Wars to conduct military rites.
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Oliver Elmer Strong
Burrell Township
Cherryhill Township
Strong
Joseph
Mary Fyock) Strong
Stella Davidson Strong
Charles A
Derry Township
Ferguson Funeral Home
Blairsville
John N. Hempstead
Bureal
Joan
Stumps
North
Liberty Street
Burrel Township
Henry Stumps
Agnes Issenders Stumps
Myrtle Bethel Stumps
Robert C. Borland
Silverton
Ore
Dorothy Machland
Phillip Stumps
Canyon City
Colo
Norman SX
Detroit
Alice Gand
Barnesboro
Lester
Youngstown
Himer
Daniel
Westover
Dennis
Texas
Hebecca Isenhower
Burnside
King
Stifflertown
East Ridge Harmony Church
R. H. White
Burnside Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars For
Democrats Rally for GOP in Congressional Races
Governor James H. Duff urged Republicans to intensify efforts in forthcoming congressional races and claimed a Keystone State GOP delegation would strengthen influence. State Senator M Harvey Taylor doubted poll faith while predicting Dewey and Warren victory. Mason G Quiett defended the 80th Congress amid Democratic attacks, saying criticisms provoked him.
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Congress
James H. Duff
GOP
Keystone State
Commonwealth
M. Harvey Taylor
Dauphin
Prescriet Teader
United States
Dewey
Warren
Mason G. Qwiett
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Baltic
Gazette
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Weather Report
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Minerva
Serdincy
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