Arabs Reject Area Plan For Holy Land
London report says Arab delegates at the Palestine conference rejected the British American experts plan for federalizing Palestine into four zones Arab leaders urged immediate independence while skeptical voices warned the plan was economically unworkable and would delay self rule Attlee had called the proposal a mere agenda item as Bevin presided over the session Jewish representatives were said to be probing for further talks via the Jewish Agency and resumption of conversations.
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Arthur Gavshon
London
Holy Land
the Holy Land
Ernest Bevin
Palsestine
Attlee
Britain
Palestine
Challenge To Austria In Red Sentence
Vienna reports the Soviet Union sentenced 70 year old D Karl Wilhelm to two years in Siberia for disobeying a dissolution order aimed at Austrian settlement administration he headed The move signals wider Soviet reach as Austrians resist unilateral Soviet actions in a disputed zone The case concerns Austrian seized properties later to be allotted or returned amid German tenancy claims The note ends with a separate line about the U S Internal Revenue Bureau collecting 7556200 in 1945 slot machine taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
D. Karl Wilhelm
Siberia
Wilhelm
Allied Council
Austrian Settlement Association
Fea
Wny
Martin Tells of War Experiences At Kiwanis Meet
Dr. George Martin spoke to the Kiwanis Club about his war service with the Fifth Auxiliary Corps in Europe and the Pacific. He noted medical service front lines reduced mortality and presented a map outlining army locations, tactics, and hospital unit movements during combat times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Kiwanis
George Martin
Kiwanis Club
Fifth ‘Auxiliary Corps
Teenagers from Iceland Stop at Paris Airfield
Nine teenagers, all from Iceland, arrived on 10 day passes and were halted at Orly Airport customs. They admitted plans to sell cigarettes in the French black market and were relieved of 66% of their cartons. At current prices the cigarettes were worth more than $8.00, according to an officer and Gazette classified ads.
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Paris
Sota
Iceland
Orly
Burgess Proclaims Pennsylvania Week in Indiana Borough
J R Maloney burgess of Indiana Borough signed a proclamation at the governor's request declaring September 17 through 22 as Pennsylvania Week. The notice urges Know Your State programs in schools and civic groups to promote Pennsylvania's history, growth, and future opportunities.
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Burgess
Pennsylvania
Boroughs
J. R. Maloney
Indiana
Martin
Edward Martin
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
J. R. Maloney, Burgess
Indiana, Pa
Vishinsky Remarks On Italian Soldier Courage Questioned
Paris dispatch reports that Andrei Vishinsky’s comments on Italian generals and soldiers were edited in translation for the peace conference. Tass notes bracketed passages were omitted and the official English version relied on different wording for who was described as lacking fighting ability.
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Paris
Andret Y. Vishinsky
Tass
Auth- Paris
Italy
Vishinsky
Grabiani
Messe
Moscow
Negro GIs Held After Railway Station Clash
Florence police report 185 African American soldiers, mostly back from overseas, jailed on charges of disorderly conduct resisting arrest and interfering with an officer after a melee with military police at the station. The troops moved from a train to two jails, aided by railway police, as riot guns were readied but not used.
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Florence
D. C
J. A. Price
M. P's
Gerup
Price
M. Ps
Army lists 165 Nazis for questioning across Europe
Berlin dispatch reports US Army headquarters released a list of 165 Nazis, SS elite guards, spies, scientists and former German officials for special questioning or arrest. The list, circulated Europe wide, details each subject with immediate arrests possible for the most dangerous. Notable names include Philip Boubler, allied with Hermann Goering, suspected across the border into Austria, plus Hans Fischboeck and General Rohr among others marked urgent.
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Berlin
Army
Europe
Philip Boubler
Austria
Hans Fischboeck
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Holland
Rohr
Warsaw
Freidrich Werner
Church Council
Italians press for armament increase and territory swap
The Italian delegation urged the military commission to approve a 12 500 increase for defensive armaments and convert shipping demands into scrap iron. They sought to keep artillery near borders, add a postwar air force with defensive fighters, and deploy self propelled missiles. Yugoslav envoy Bebler pressed Monfalcone for cession to Yugoslavia arguing population shifts.
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Military Commission
Italy
Ales Bebler
Yugoslavia
Monfarcone
Les
Trieste
Gorizia
Siebler
Trzic
Punxsutawney Chamber Supports Rail Workers Over Rights Deal
Punxsutawney Chamber of Commerce resolves to back B&O railroad employees in Indiana County amid plans for Pennsylvania Railroad to gain trackage rights. Officials claim no job cuts and possible increased business. Chamber also urges spring highway reconstruction between Johnsonburg and Rossiter and approves C of C funding for Rossiter building rehabilitation housing Loree Footwear Co.
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Punxautawney
Chamber of Commercce
Indiana
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Punxsuttawney
Punxsutawney
Johnsonburg
Rossiter
Indiana County
Loree Footwear Co
Yugoslavia On Road To Recovery
A UN sub-commission field team reports Yugoslavia is on the road to recovery after an inspection visit. They note UNRRA relief has been vital, with locomotives, trucks, and farm equipment visible and food commodities in shop windows. Prices are moderate and people appear fed though often poorly dressed.
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London
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Greece
UNRRA
William Penn Scout Council Adds District Committee Members
Chairman Harold Keck announced additions to the Central District committee serving Indiana Borough and nearby townships. New appointees include Vice chairman Fred Shaukis organization and extension chairman Joseph Reschini leadership training chairman Dwight B Sollberger health and safety chairman W D Northover finance chairman Ralph McCreary district commissioner Floyd C Rankin and neighborhood commissioners Francis A Nantais Ray Simpson and Bill Simpson. A camping and activities member and an advancement member remain to be appointed. Two more neighborhood commissioners are to be chosen.
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Harold Keck
William Penn Scout Council
Central District
Indiana Borough
Fred Shaukis
Joseph Reschini
Dwightb. Sollberger
W. D. Northover
Ralph McCreary
Floyd C. Rankin
Francis A. Nantais
Ray Simpson
Bill Simpson
Central District Committee
Keck
State Teachers College
Indiana
Joe Resychini
Gq Scouters
Death Ends Career Of Circus Fat Man
John Porter a 721pound circus performer died at Allegheny General Hospital after being moved from a train two weeks earlier following a heart attack. Porter age 54 required eighteen men to transfer him to the hospital. Funeral arrangements in Dauphin County paused as caskets of unusual size must be ordered to fit Porter's body.
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Pittsburgh
John Porter
Allegheny General Hospital
Porter
Chas. C. Baker Funeral Home
Harrisburg
Dauphin
Protest OPA stop buying campaign begins in Ephrata
Southeastern Pennsylvania Slaughters Association launches a stop buying protest in Ephrata to pressure OPA ceiling prices on cattle and livestock. President Charles S. Winters says 325 members voted for the plan at a meeting, with the group operating in Lancaster, Berks and Chester counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
Southeastern Pennsylvania Slaughters Association
OPA
Charles S. Winters
Winters
Lancaster
Berks
Chester
Christian Endeavor Officers To Meet County Leaders
All county Christian Endeavor officers and society leaders are urged to attend a special meeting at the Christian Church in Indiana on September 23 at 8 p m. Rev Lester H Case Field Secretary will preside as plans are laid for a district workshop to train county youth in leadership. Local societies should send representatives. Utah named after the Utes Wisconsin nicknamed the Badger State and Georgia called the Empire State for the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Christian Church
Indiana
Lester H. Case
Utah
Yorktown Visitor Surrenders to Illness, Not Memory
History notes a descendant of Lord Cornwallis visiting Yorktown became indisposed and canceled engagements. A British guest attributed illness to rich food and fatigue rather than history, with no injuries or dramatic events reported.
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Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
Washington
Seven enlist in service at local U S Army station
Seven local men enlisted in the Regular Army at a U S Army Recruiting Station led by T Sgt Simeone. Names listed include Robert Alderdice aged 17 from Oak street with a 3 year term in the Army Air Forces Pacific theater, James H. Kauffman aged 20 from South street for 18 months, Ramon E Hodgson aged 18 from Commodore for 18 months, Martin G Buterbaugh aged 18 from Commodore R D for 18 months, John E Kalic aged 17 from No 9th street for 18 months, Thomas A Vogel aged 18 from Oak, and Edgar Lee Wright Jr aged 18 from Salisbury R D 1 for 18 months.
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Regular Army
T-Sgt. Simeone
United States Army
Phila. Street
Robert Alderdice
Oak Street
Army
Air Forces
James H. Kauffman
South Street
Ramon E. Hodgson
Commodore
Reg. Army
Martin G. Buterbaugh
R. D
John E. Kalic
No. 9Th Street
Thomas A. Vogel
Oak, Street
Edgar Lee Wright Jr
Salisburg
Strong Stock Market Gains Reported Across Industries
The noon stock list shows broad gains with notable percent increases for Air Reduction, Am Can, Anaconda, Boeing, Chrysler, Colum G & El, Edison, Gen Motors, IBM, and others. Rail and utility firms like Erie RR and Penn RR appear, while consumer names such as Sears Roebuck, Westinghouse, and Warner Bros. Pictures show positive indications amid varied sector performance.
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Rad & St
T& SF
Atl Refining
Balt & Ohio
Bendix-Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs, Mig
Budd Co
Case
Ches & Chioey
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & el
Cons Edison
Curtiss Wright
GM del Lack & West Uy Douglas Aircraft
BOY du Pont de
Gen
Greyhound Corp
Hard Walker
Hercules Powder
Wadis Central
Int Harvester
Fel & Tel
Johns-Manville
Kennecott Cop
Kiesge
Lehigh Port
Lehigh Val Coal
Lelt Val RR
Libby
McN & L
Liggott & Myers
Loews Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Stand Oil Cal
Ind
Oi NJ
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Gas Imp
R& M
US Steel
Warner Bros
West UN Tel A
Woolworth
Youngst Sh & T
Albanian Forces Tighten Grip Near Greek Border
The New York Times, citing Rome sources, says Albania has massed troops including Russian advisers and materiel near the Greek frontier. Reported arrivals of Russian field batteries and fighter aircraft. Saseno may be ceded to Russia. Skirmishes reported with Greece. 200 Albanian wounded last month. Tirana and Belgrade plan to create a joint fortified protective area with Yugoslavia.
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New York
New York Times
Rome
Albania
Times
Tirana
Belgrade
Saseno
Vallona
Russia
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean
Yugoslavia
CAA Officials Die In Crash Near Commerce Georgia
Four Civil Aeronautics Administration officials died when a twin engine agency plane crashed near Commerce Georgia during a rain and wind storm. The bodies were found after the flight from Washington to Atlanta ran 21 hours overdue. Victims: Russell A. Young 56 pilot superintendent of the aeronautical branch. Benjamin L. Weinberg 46 superintendent of air navigation facilities air operations branch. Robert Boring 35 budget and planning officer. Clinton Hawkins 41 superintendent of Air Navigation Facilities communications branch. All residents of Atlanta area. Boring recently transferred from the War Shipping Board in Washington. Young formerly from Nashville Tennessee.
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Commerce
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Atlanta
Here
Washington
CAA
Russell A. Young
Benjamin L. Weinberg
Robert. Boring
Clinton Hawkins
Boring
War Shipping Board
Young
Nashville
Boy falls after bath room race ends in injury
In New York on September 12 a pre school race for the bath room between two siblings led to James Arce, 14, falling three stories from a ledge while trying to enter the bathroom through a window after his sister, 15, beat him to the door and locked it. The incident left him seriously injured. Read the Gazette Classified Ads.
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New York
James Arce
Obituaries from Vintondale to Cherry Tree and Clymer
Obituaries list AUGUSTAIN J Hopfer of Vintondale died Sept 10 from a No 1 Mine accident. Services at Immaculate Conception, Vintondale, with interment Holy Name Cemetery Ebensburg. WILLIAM GEORGE GENTILE, 7, of McIntyre died Sept 10 after being struck by a car. Services at 3:00 DST tomorrow. Oakland Cemetery Indiana. MRS JEANNETTE MAE MAKIN of Cherry Tree died Sept 11 at 9:45 am after a winter fall. Services 2 pm EST Saturday. burial Cherry Tree IOOF Cemetery. JOSEPH PETLOCK of Clymer killed by rock fall at No 1 coal mine. services Friday 8:30 am at Keito home. interment St Bernard Cemetery Indiana. Georgia named for King George. Statue of Liberty weighs 450000 pounds.
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Augustain J. Hopfer
Vintondale
R. D
Elizabeth Roger Hopfer
No. 1
Immacuate Conception Church
Father Callan
Holy Name
Ebensburg
William George Gentile
John
Catherine
Sanith) Gentile
McIntyre
Indiana Hospital
Oakland Cemetery
Indiana
Jeannette Mae Makin
Cherry Tree
Charles Makin
John E
Mary J. (Freeman) Johnson
Burnside Two
Clearfield Co
Makin
William H. Mooney
Cherry Tree I O. O.F
Joseph Petlock
Clymer
New York Central Coal Mining Department
Clymer No. 1
Poland
United States
Joseph Keito
Legion Post
Slovak Independent Political Club
Land
Loyal Order of Moose
AEF
UMWA
Keito
Francis Karabinos
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U. S. Internal Revenue Bureau
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Moorhead
Red
Robert Eunson
US Army
Algpaina
Punxs
Y CC
Circus
Fat Man
Wisconsin
Badger State
Georgia
Empire State
South
William Wedge
Newton
Mass
Wedge
U.S. Army
King George of England
Esca Om S.C
H.S
Apollo
H. S
Indiana High School
Pillsbury’s New
Elmer S Place Er, Pa
Elmer
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