Demand Free State Status For Trieste
Senator from Connecticut urged that Trieste be established as a free, independent state not a satellite of Yugoslavia or Italy. He called for a real state with its own character and dignity, respecting agreements reached by the Foreign Ministers Council. He warned both nations against mental reservations and stressed world peace over territorial pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jioseph Dynan
Barts
Connally
M. Molofily
Gay
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Italy
Foreler Ministers Council
Texas
U. S. Senate
Commerce Wallace
Molotov
Edward Kardelj
Kardelj
Mediterranean Sea
Europe
Divorce Peak Surpassed Up 25 Percent
Washington reports the divorce rate rose 26.5 percent in 1945, with 602,000 marriages ending in divorce courts and 1,618,331 couples forming new families. The study links rates to prosperity and mood, noting the ratio reached 31 divorces per 100 marriages as postwar redeployment and veterans returning boosted marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Security Agency
FSA
Weekend of Tragedy Claims Three Lives
A weekend spate of fatalities includes James Reed, 60, thrown from a horse at New Castle. Ruth Elizabeth Flammer, seven, burned in a Berlin bonfire. William F. Jones, 40, drowned at Yimatuning Dam after apparently dozing off. plus Mary E. Jones, 69, killed when struck by a car near Bragg’s, Greene County. A suspect was later arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bop
New Castle
James Reed
Berlin
Ruth Elizabeth
William F. Jones
Aliquippa
Yimatuning
H. H. Walker
Jones
Auditor General cites cost of military ballots in May primary
A report from Auditor General Harold Wagner notes 42 counties spent 22 893.11 to prepare 5 794 military ballots for the May primary. Indiana County’s total cost was listed and will be reimbursed by the State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wagner
Indiana
Prospect For Ending Truck Strike Brightens In New York
New York, Sept. 16 AP Prospects for ending the trucking strike that halted industries and food stores in the city appeared brighter after a breakdown in talks between the union and four employers committees The employers offered a weekly 7.40 pay raise and reduced hours and union leaders agreed to refer the proposal to their members at a meeting The offer came from the H C Bohack Company Daniels Kennedy and the Master Truckmen of America One employer group sought to work separately with the union and city officials hoped the local B07 membership would approve a split approach while the other locals had authorized their committees to sign agreements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
William O'Dwyer
H. C. Bohack Company,Inc
Daniels
Kennedy
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
APL
Trushman
Affierica
City Hall
Two Teenagers Face Charges In Double Murder
Barstow California reports two youths, Billy Anderson 16 and Nathan Edwards James 15, charged with slaying Billy's father W. H. Anderson and stepmother Donnie Marie Anderson in Yuba City. Marilyn Hodge, 12, was detained as a witness. The DA Lloyd Hewitt said both boys confessed and described the shootings with a 12 gauge shotgun and a .22 rifle amid a quiet jail reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Calif
California
Slim Billy Anderson
Nathan Edwards James
Lloyd Hewitt
Sutter County
Yuba
W. H. Anderson
Donnie Marie Anderson
Billy
Marilyn Hodge
Hewitt
G. W. Carpenter
Yuba City
San Bernardino
Nathan
Topock
Aziz
Kingman
Eily
Anderson
James
Truman Rejects Wallace Speech Alignment With Byrnes Policy
President Truman addressed reporters noting no shift in American foreign policy despite Wallace remarks. He stated four points: he approved Wallace’s right to speak but not his content, there was no endorsement of the speech, no policy change was made, and any significant change would require Byrnes and Congressional consultation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Byrnes
Wallace
State Department
Truman
Byrnes
Noon Stocks Air Reduction
A compressed list of stock percentages shows notable readings for numerous corporations across industries. Key names include General Electric, General Motors, American Tel and Tel, IBM variants, United Aircraft, Pennsylvania RR, Boeing, Chrysler, Chrysler, Eastman Kodak, Exxon, and Woolworth among others, reflecting mixed market activity with several double and triple digit gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smelt & R
T&asf
Atl Refining
Bald Loco
Balt & Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs Mig
Budd Co
Case (Ji
Cher & Ohio
Int
Tel & Tél
Johns-Manville
Kennecott Cop
Kresge (Ss
Lehigh Port C
Lehigh Val Coal
Leh Val RR
Libby McN & L
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Prod
Nat Distillers
Nat Pow & St Am NY Central RR
North Ameria
Northern Pac
Packard Motor
Param Pict
Penney (Jc
Penn RR
Syc NJ
Pullman
Pure Oil
Radio Corp
Reading Co
Repub Steel
Reynolds ‘Tob
Sears Roebuck I
Socony-Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Stand Brands
Steg & E Py
Stand Oil Cal
Stand
Ofl Ind
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Gas Imp
US Smeltr&m
U 5 Steel
Warner Bros Pict
West UN Tel A
Woolworth
Young Sh & T
Gypsy Queen Maria Evans Lying Ill in Philadelphia Hospital
Gypsy gangs from Chicago Detroit Kansas City and Cleveland rushed to Philadelphia to visit Queen Maria Evans of Harrisburg as she lay seriously ill at University of Pennsylvania Hospital. About 400 members were already present with hundreds more expected as King George Evans led the nomadic group in paying respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
Cleveland
Maria Evans
Harrisburg
George Evans
Rites For Soldier Killed In Germany At New Kensington
Funeral services for Pvt. Dorrce B. McLaughlin, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. McLaughlin, will be held at the family home in New Kensington on September 17. He was killed in a fall in Southern Germany on August 3. He leaves a sister Shirley at home, his parents, and his grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Dorrce B. McLaughlin
S. B. McLaughlin
South 4Th Street
Indiana
New Kensington
McLaughlin
Germany
Shirley
George O. Richardson
D. K. Rishell
Selinsgrove
George C. Ri Richardson
Joyce Williams
Cresson
Floyd Rishell
Clark
John
George Doty
Rochester
Mills
Thomas Snedden
Roy Vath
North Platte
Nebraska
Jennie Doty
John and
Ruth
Stanley) Doty
George Richardson
Rockbridge Presbyterian Church
Rochester Mills
John L. Harris
Ernest
Indiana Hospital
Aiken
S. C
William
Hattie Harris
Harris
Colliers
W. Va
Vandergrift
Brenizer
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Beulah Baptist Church
Chevy Chase
R. D
Elizabeth (Tillman) Harris
Edward J. Harris
C. J. Robinson
Oakland Cemetery
Robinson Funeral Home
Bulgaria Proclaims Republic After King Abdication
Bulgaria formally established itself as a republic a week after voters rejected retaining nine year old Simeon II on the throne. Provisional President Vasili Kolarov read the proclamation as guns fired salutes and bands played outside the parliament. Thousands cheered and cried long live the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Simeon II
Vasili Kolarov
DuBois Junior High Closes Two Weeks After Pupil's Death
DuBois Pa. Sept 16 AP The DuBois Junior High School shut for two weeks following the death of a 12 year old pupil from spinal meningitis prompting a special school board meeting. About 425 pupils attended the school. The girl died en route to Pittsburgh Children's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubois
Josephine Parulski
Pittsburgh Children's Hospital
Soldiers Discharged at Fort Meade This Week
The U S Army at Fort George G Meade discharged soldiers during the week of September 9. T5 George F Marshall from New Florence RD D2 Pvt Fred Deyarmin Cherry Tree RD D4 T6 James J Henry Homer City T4 John L Shank Indiana RD D Pvt Jacob W Montgomery Indiana RD D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Fort George G. Meade
George F. Marshall
New Florence
Fred
Deyarmin
Cherry Tree
James J. Henry
Homer City
John L. Shank
Indiana
Jacob W. Montgomery
New Head Named for Indiana County Tuberculosis Society
Mrs Walter Whitmyre appointed by the board to succeed Mrs Ralph Forrester as executive secretary of the Indiana County Tuberculosis Society effective January 1 1947. Forrester served eleven years directing health education programs in schools clubs and local communities including tuberculin surveys chest X rays in high schools two industries and among food handlers as part of eradication efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Whitmyre
Indiana County Tuberculosis Society
Ralph Forrester
Forrester
Indiana County
Kill Bandits In Greek Fuss
The Ministry of Public Order reports 12 bandits killed in skirmishes as bridges between Kalabaka and Ioannina are destroyed and 27 telegraph poles cut to disrupt northern Greece. Seven slain on Kephallenia, five north of Larisa. Twenty gendarmes and soldiers freed after being seized at Divadi. A communist escorting two women was killed in Kaissailant Athens. A hand grenade injured no one in Colonaki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ministry of Public Order Today
Kalybaka
Ioannina
Greece
Kephallenia
Larisa
Divadi
Kaissailant
Colonaki
Rev Rodley To Lead Weeklong Services At Methodist Fenn Run
The Rev Rodley of Diamonyille speaks at the Evening Meal meeting in the Fenn Run Methodist Church all week. Services began yesterday at 7 o clock and continue through the week including next Sunday evening. A song service is part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
0. D. Rodley of
Diamonyille
Fenn Run
Burglary Attempt Ends With Surprise at Hughes Home
William Hughes, caretaker at Kika Chth, heard a noise in the night and struck when lights came on, discovering a burglar attempting to escape with $160. Police cautioned about further details as the intruder fled into the darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Rept
William Hughes
Kika Chth
Plata
Hughesifold
Bevin Backing Plan for Holy Land Federalization
London dispatch reports Foreign Secretary Bevin called the Britain American experts plan for four autonomous Holy Land provinces workable and potentially leading to a final solution. He offered no new proposals and diplomats noted Jewish Agency leaders met in Paris while Arab delegates resumed talks at Lancaster House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sign
Ernest Bevin
Palestine Conference
Holy Land
Britain
Bevin
Jewish Agency Executive
Paris
Agency
George Hall
Selig Brodetski
Beryl Locker
Nahum Goldman
Washington
Lancaster House
Newspapers Push Safety Campaign
Harrisburg reports a statewide campaign to reduce traffic deaths as PNPA calls for public education. Stanley Calkins urges motorists and pedestrians to act safely, enforcement of laws, and possible new laws, with four awards for best coverage and safety cartoons and editorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Bent
Pennsylvania
Stanley W. Calkins
Unions
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association
Calkins
PNPA
Wreckage of B-25 Found
A U S Army B 25 bomber crash in Cold Mountain Cove, Brevard, North Carolina, killed none reported but left burned wreckage. Major General Paul Wurtsmith and Lt Cols Trickey and Okerblom, plus several sergeants, aboard were en route from Selfridge Field to Moore Field when the plane collided with native occupants and crashed in rugged mountains. Ground rescue reached the site after battling steep terrain and dense timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brevart
N. C
Paul Wortsmith
Eighth Air Force
Cold Mountain
Cova
Selfridge Field
Detroit
Mocill Field
Tarps
Fla
Wurtsmith
F. L. Trickey
Tampa
P. R. Oker«bloom
Hosey W. Merritt
Geneva
Ala
Hoyt W Crump
Pvt Orr Finishes Training at Fort Sam Houston Tex
Pvt Laird T Orr son of Mr and Mrs Harry F Orr of Greekside completed eight weeks of training as a surgical technician at the Medical Department Enlisted Technicians School Fort Sam Houston Brooke Army Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laird T. Orr
Harry F. Orr
Greekside
The
Medical Department
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Brooke Army Medical Center
Ft. Houston
Army
Indiana Grange Talent Festival At Community Center
Indiana Grange will hold a Talent Festival on Thursday evening September 19 in the Grange room at the Community Center Building. Members will present agricultural education home rural life or related talents, with a vote determining who appears at Pomona Grange on September 26 in Trade City. refreshments to follow. The note adds a line about the French settling in New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Grange
Grange
Community Center
Indiana
Pomona Grange
Trade City
Obituary notices for Elmon Grant Lawton and London squatters case
Obituary notes Elmon Grant Lawton born September 28 1866 in Armstrong township died at Adrians hospital Punxsutawney. Funeral service Tuesday at 2:40 pm at Coral Chapel Cemetery with interment in Coral. Also report on London eight day postponement in Communist conspiracy case affecting five officials and squatters in Covent Garden amid ongoing West End crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmon Grant Lawton
R. D
Adrians
Hospital
PunxsutaWwney
H. L. Henthorne
Methodist Church
Stephen
Margaret (Jamison) Lawton
Coral Chapel
Come
Tery
Coral
Armstrong Township
Hunter Funeral Home
London
Clark Funeral Home
Hiderton
H. A. K. Morgan
Covent Garden
West End
Barbers Strike Ties Up Manhattan Shops in Wage Battle
In New York City union barbers and manicurists strike amid a demand for an 80 percent wage rise from 35 dollars weekly, affecting about 4,500 members and over 500 shops. Borough shops outside Manhattan remain untouched. The report also lists multiple obituaries and notices including Mary Nancy Duncan of Creekside, age 80, and details on Mrs. Mary Louise Heffelfinger Dunmire, plus others from Armstrong County and Indiana, with service times and burial plans.
Music Troup Off MICHAEL BR. RAGER Dies at Black Lick Home
Obituary notices report the death of Michael B. Rager at his Black Lick home Sunday morning. The piece lists survivors including a wife, a daughter, several sons, grandchildren, and mentions a union dispute that led to a planned walkout by Local 802 musicians before an 11th hour agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael BR. Rager
Black Lick
Black Newe
New York
Abraham Rager
Berta K. (Miller) Rager
Union Musici
Lick
Zora Elderans
Sharpsville
Arthur C
Leslie M
Newport News
Changes
Orris 4
New Castle
Milford G
Grand- American Federation of Musicians
AFL
T Dist
Sportsmen Win Battle in Confluence Park Clash
In Confluence Pennsylvania D H Pore resigns as burgess sparking a four night protest by teens and townsfolk. A new Confluence Athletic Association forms to promote sports while a special meeting is planned to decide on park use clarifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Confluence
D. H. Pore Ag Burgess
Somerset County
Burgess Pore
Confluence Athletic Association
Armstrong Grange Harvest Fair to Celebrate Pennsylvania Week
Armstrong Grange prepares a Harvest Home with displays arranged by Florence Campbell and lists many contributors including Clarence Brown for food and James Patterson for flowers. The event occurs Wednesday September 18 as a Grange Fair in place of the regular program with members urged to bring displays. Alkmaar in the Netherlands is noted as the center of the Edam cheese trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Grange
Pennsylvania
Florence Campbell
Clarence Brown
James Patterson
Harry Couch
S. E. Dible
John Campbell
Nancy Campbell
Agatha Couch
Gertrude George
Walker Wiggins
J. Holstein
Halle Patterson
Grinnell College Welcomes New Students for Fall Term
Roger Quick and new Grinnell College enrollees arrive for New Student days starting September 11 as the entering class, among the largest in the college’s history, prepares for classes on September 18 with enrollment over 300 freshmen and balanced registration of men and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Quick
N. 10Th St
Grinnell College
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Gazelle
Cael
Shoth Yam
Palestine
Haifa
Bulgaria Republic
Hippocrates
T.B. Society
Rodley
Pvt. Orr
Creekside
the Gazette
Weather Report
New England
Edward F. Bramley
London District Communist Party
London County Council
Joyce Mirian Allergant
Westminster
Ernest Stanley Henderson
Hammersmith Communist Party
Morris Israel Rogen
Stepney
Gabriel Carritt
Barbers Strike
Manhattan
Barbers and Beauty Culturists Union
CIU
Mary Nancy Duncan
Creekside Presbyterian Church
James K. Boston
Mary Louise (Heffelfinger) Dunmire
Kittanning Twp
Ford City
Jackson and
Serepta (Hankey) Heffelfinger
Guy Dunmire
Lawrence Cravener
Kittanning R. D
Clifford
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
J. Earle Reed
Church Cemetery
Melda Anna (Wilson) Hamilton
Hore
Hamilton
South Mahoning Township
Joseph and
Rebecca Jane (Neal) Wilson
Washington Township
Lawrence Peterman
Chambersville
Center Presbyterian Church
Women’s Missionary Society
Charles B. Hamilton
Clair Lukehart
Willet
Herbert Wilson
Fairbanks
Alaska
Harry Hoppengardner
Marion Center
John Secrist
Sagamore
Peterman
James K. Hoston
Elderton
Florence Harkless Kaufman
Harry B. Kaufman
Presbyterian Church
Palto Alto
Cal
Kaufman
Greensburg
Mildred Davidson
Jeannette
Willis L. Kaufman
Arthur R. Kaufman
Clairton
Lucille Medeiros
Howard E. Kaufman
Greenaburg
Dorothy Long
Edwin E. Harkless
Westmoreland Co
Armstrong
Alkmaar
Netherlands
Harry Lundeberg
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
John R. Steelman
Rodger Quick
Grinnell
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