College Male Enrollment at Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana State Teachers College reports record male enrollment exceeding half of any prior semester in the state’s history. About 488 men signed for courses, mainly in Business Education and Secondary Education, with notable, smaller numbers in Music due to capacity. Total enrollment tops 1,250 across departments, plus Saturday in-service classes. Opening assembly featured new faculty by President Uhler. Football slated for a full schedule, starting with St. Vincent College on September 28 at 2:30 PM.
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Indiana State Teachers College
Uhler
St. Vincent College
Conemaugh Teachers Go Out On Strike
In Conemaugh Borough Pa teachers voted 31 of 39 to strike for $300 annual wage increases to align with newer teachers. About 1,350 students faced a holiday as classes were dismissed. Principal Wissinger announced absences while football coach Glurich noted he was striking only as a teacher.
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Johnstown
Conemaugh
Samuel Wissinger
Milan Glurich
Boswell High School
Cambria County
A. M. Ml
Harrisburg
Fatal crash in Kittanning hospitalizes several injured
David Cohen 22 of Detroit died nine teen hours after a Route 422 crash near Washington Hill. His brother Sidney 16 and Paul Bollish 20 of Fort Wayne suffered head and body injuries and arm and shoulder fractures amid the wreck. all were hospitalized. The travelers were hitchhiking to New York City to enter the merchant marine when Bollish picked them up in Ohio.
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Kittanning
David Cohen
Detroit
Mich
Kittanning General Hospital
Washington Hill
Route 422
Sidney Cohen
David
Paul Bollish
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Philipsburg
General Hospital
Cohens
New York City
Merchant Marine
Bollish
Ohio
Siteowners Seek To Free 7 Conscientious Objectors
Two men camped on Justice Department steps prepared to pressure Attorney General Tom Clark to free seven hunger striking conscientious objectors in federal prisons. Roger Axford of Chicago and Ashton Jones of Atlanta said they would stay near Clark’s office to press for unconditional releases for six at Sandstone Minnesota and one at Danbury Connecticut amid prior efforts and a later meeting with Clark.
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Washington
Justice Department
Tom Clark
Clark
Roger Axford
Chicago
Ashton Jones
Atlanta
Sandstone
Minn
Danbury
Conn
Axford
George W. Humphrey
Humphrey
Hunters Set Sunday Hunt For Mississippi Night Beasts
A group of men with guns and dogs will hunt Sunday for alleged cat like wild animals about seven feet long reported near the Mississippi River town. Sheriff George Voorhees and Conservation Officer Roy Hoskins ordered the chase after villagers reported furred prowlers about two feet tall. No human attacks recorded but turkeys and chickens have been stolen.
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Quawka
Fil
Mississippi River
George Voorhees
Roy Hoskins
Hoskins
Arrest of Stepinac Probed by U S Regent Hurley
Rome reports Bishop Joseph P. Hurley will inquire into the arrest of Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac in Belgrade. Stepinac and 18 others, including 12 priests, face charges of collaborating with the Ustachi. Trial delayed seven days to allow prosecutors to prepare an indictment.
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Rome
Joseph P. Hurley
U. S
Belgrade
Tito
Alojzije Stepinac
Ustachi
Hurley
St. Augustine
Fla
Stepinac
Yugoslavia
Modesto Nartincice
Ivan Schalic
Two Yanks to Die For Rape Two Yanks to Die
In Frankfurt on September 20, two U S Air Force soldiers were sentenced to death by hanging for raping two German women. Cpl Asbury L Wells of Walawa re S C and Pfc Gonzalo Salinas of Lincoln New Mexico received the death sentences. Three others received life imprisonment at hard labor and dishonorable discharges.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
Asbury L. Wells
Walaware S.C
Gonzalo Salinas
Lincoln
N. M
Willis L. Daigle
Beaumont
Tex
Edward B. Hayes
Oak, Forest
Pie
Clem R. McKenzie
North Minneapolis
Minn
Ninth Air Force Service Command
War Department
Washington
Mentally Sick Woman Chained to Couch in Pa Home
Mt Joy Pa Sept 20 The family of a 70 year old mentally ill woman has been ordered by District Attorney John L Hamaker to remove her to an institution after disclosures she had been chained to a couch for 18 months Friends said Alice Geib was bound with a four foot cow chain in the living room Police investigated Geib said he kept his wife chained since spring 1945 to prevent her from setting fire or wandering He and his three children were warned to confine her or face prosecution.
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MT. Joy
John L. Hamaker
Samuel Geib
Geib
Alice
Hamaker
Veterans doctors meet at Sunnehanna Country Club
Sixty World War I service physicians form Southwestern Pennsylvania Veteran Medical Officers Association held its second meeting as a dinner at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown Pa The group spans Cambria Blair Somerset Indiana and Clearfield Counties with evening sessions at 7:30 EST Speakers include Dr Harry Foley former head of the Allegheny County association The public is invited to attend.
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Johnstown
Southwestern Pennsylvania
Veteran Medical Officers’ Association
Sunnehanna Country Club
Paswrauaseg Y
Harry Foley
Being
Associa
Allegheny County
Cherry Tree Holds Methodist Revival
Revival services in Cherry Tree will be held at the Methodist Church starting Monday, embracing Indiana, Clearfield and Cambria Counties. The event invites community members to attend the revival program at thelocal church doors.
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Cherry Tree
Indiana
Clearfield
Cambria
Methodist Church
Churchill ill's Europe plan mocked by Night Express
The Russian controlled paper Night Express called Winston Churchill's proposed United States of Europe merely another bloc building bid and a bid to strengthen his front for a third world war. It cited British and American sources backing Henry A. Wallace's foreign policy and reported growing opposition to Byrnes.
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Berlin
Night Express
Winston Churchill
United States of Europe
World Press
Wallace
Britain
America
Henry A. Wallace
Ship Coal By Air From Teterboro In First Air Shipment
A C-54 transport will depart from Teterboro Airport with 7,000 pounds of compressed coal and coke in what is described as the first coal by air shipment. Willis Air Service will deliver the fuel to Francisco Sugar Company in Camaguey Cuba, threatened by a shutdown due to a maritime strike, per the Independent Airfreight Association Inc. of New York.
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Teterboro
N. J
Willis Air Service, Inc
Francisco Sugar Company
Camaguey
Cuba
Independent Airfreight Association Inc
New York
No Change In US Foreign Policy Statement
President asserts no shift in United States foreign policy, noting a divergence between his views and the administration’s, which most citizens share. He regrets ending a long official association with Mr. Wallace and welcomes his private citizen role, citing a cordial phone talk with Wallace.
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Eec
Wallace
Tam
Mr. Wallace
Atteck
Vote On Light Tieup With Pittsburgh District
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Labor and executives of Pittsburgh Light Company in dispute over contract. Officials say no public statements will be made without Department of State clearance. Arbitration and foreign policy framing cited as context as vote on settlement approaches.
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Congress
Pittsburgh
Quesne Light Company
Foreign Independent Union
Department of State
Arab states reject plan for Palestine federation
Seven Arab League nations refused to reconsider the British-American experts plan for federalizing Palestine and urged Britain to stop all Jewish immigration into the Holy Land at once. They sent a lengthy communication to Foreign Secretary Bevin for the curzo conference on Palestine’s future.
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London
Palestine
Britain
Holy Land
Ernest Bevin
Blast Rocks Haifa Eastern railway shops
In Haifa, a drum of explosives was used to blast the eastern railway shops near the city entrance, causing widespread property damage but no loss of life. Investigators cleared nearby buildings and suspected underground resistance group Ir gun Zvai Leumi, with a Jewish driver abducted and the truck stolen hours earlier.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Haifa
Kusaba
Pee
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Effe
Sabtive
Mount
Carmer
Haifa Harbor
Archbishops ride at speed behind police escort
The Archbishop of Canters bury says a ride with a police escort reached 80 miles an hour. He disclosed the detail during an address and praised the thrill of the police effort as he noted the ride occurred in an American city. He did not reveal the city.
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Washington
Cantersbury
Mont Rey
Geoffrey -Francois Fisher
Polles
Red Witness Dies in War Crimes Trial Room
Lt Gen Tatsumi Kusaba, once commander of Japan's Kwantung Army, died early today in a downtown room under armed guard during the international war crimes trial in Tokyo. Russian officers and American investigators said he poisoned himself, noting he vomited and left a notebook citing failures in Manchuria as the motive for suicide.
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Duane Hennessy
Tokyo
Tatsumi Kusaba
Russia
Kusaba
Mike Frisch
Ithaca
N. Y
Japan
Kwantung Army
Bilbo Mouth Bigger Says Bilbo Mouth Bigger Says
New Orleans reports Senator Theodore Bilbo says his mouth operation will not aid opponents. He jokes about having more mouth, defends petitions asking not to seat him, and says protesters seek publicity for his racial equality book.
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New Orleans
Theodore G. Bilbo
Dwiss
Bilbo
Mississippian
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Senate
Acquit Andolino In Dyne Slaying
Somerset Pennsylvania September 20 A court directed verdict of acquittal ended the murder trial of Mike Andolino a 42 year old Johns town grocer charged with stabbing Frank Dyne a 67 year old Johnstown guitar teacher The judge ruled the Commonwealth offered only circumstantial evidence linking Andolino to the Aug 11 crime The jur yist said the jury could not guess his guilt and noted the stabbing occurred four miles from Hooverville where state police said the argument preceded the crime
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Somerset
Mike Andolino
Johnstown
Frank
Dyne
Norman T. Boosé
Commonwealth
Andolino
Hooversville
Half Hitch Runs Aground Off El Salvador Coast
The freighter Half Hitch with 35 crew, 3,805 tons, ran aground on a Pacific reef 20 miles off El Salvador, in immediate danger of loss. Sailing from Cristobal Aug 28, bound for Central American ports, the Grace Line vessel reports only nearby Army survey ship in the area. Captain R. Eng- is listed as skipper.
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New York
Pacific
el Salvador
Coast Guard
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Grace Line
R. Eng
Aged Comic Carr Dies at 68 in Hollywood
Alexander Carr, 68, famed for Potash and Perlmutter, died Thursday in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital Hollywood. The veteran stage and screen actor was best known for the garrulous Mawruss Perlmutter role in the Potash and Perlmutter team. Read the Gazette Classified Ada.
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Hollywood
Alexander Carr
Mawruss Perlmutter
Potash and
Perlmutter
Cedars of Lebanon
Jesuits name Janssens as 27th Black Pope leader
The post of Superior General of the Jesuits, vacant since Iyleapes, has been filled by Janssens, aged 56, who will become the 27th leader since the order was founded by St Ignatius of Loyola in 1539.
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The
Order of Jesuits
Ot da Petist Janssens
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Graceton Man Found Dead in Reservoir After Slaying
The Graceton man Repka is found dead in a reservoir with gunshot wounds. Questions arise over whether the body floated downstream, as state police claimed, or sank first per medical opinion. He leaves a wife Mary J Repka and six daughters plus three sons. Funeral scheduled at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at St Francis Church Cemetery Graceton. Father Yanosak to officiate.
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Lebanon
Clarksburg
Harbison
Fleming
Harbisgh
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
Department of Post Mortems
Repka
Frank E
New Jersey
John P
Denver
Colo
Joseph M
Marie
Jean Johnson
Gertrude
New York
Carol
Washington
D.C
Florence
Betty Runco
Ohio
Robert Johnson
Patrica Bedard
St. Francis Church
Graceton
Matthew Yan
Osek
No One Naked Says Clothier No One Naked Says Clothier
Chicago September 20 AP There will be enough men's clothes this winter so that no consumer will have to go naked, says Morris R Myers president of the National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers The supply of suits topcoats and overcoats will improve in six to nine months Until then demand will keep stores from building up reserves Shortages of shirts handkerchiefs socks and underwear can be relieved sooner due to simpler manufacturing Labor in needle treadles is the main bottleneck in clothing production
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Chicago
National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
Morris R. Myers
Myers
Garage Men Meet Speed Relief Here On Tuesday To Islanders
A meeting of garage and independent repair shop owners is set for Indiana Motor Company on Tuesday evening September 24 at 7 30. Owners of garages and shops only are asked to attend. Meanwhile relief ships reached Ninafoou Island as eruptions from a volcanic crater continued spreading lava, blocking parts of the settlement.
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Indiana Motor Company
Russian divisions around Ljubljana reported
A Trieste dispatch said two Russian divisions positioned near Ljubljana in Yugoslavia, about 45 miles northeast of Trieste. The report had no authoritative source or confirmation. Separately, Swiss railways adapted gas turbine engines, similar to those used in jet aircraft, for locomotive use.
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Rome
Trieste
Momento
Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Reilwaya
Noon Stock Movers Highlight Diverse Industrials
A broad list of corporations appears in today’s trading snapshot including Al Chem and Dye Am, Am Can, Am For Pow, Am Rad & St, 5 Am Smelt, R Am Tel & Tel, Am Tob B, Anaconda Cop, Atch T& SF Ad, Refining Bald Loco Balt & Ohio, Bendix, Aviat, Beth Steel, Boeing, Borden Co, Briggs Mfg, Budd Co, Ches & Ohio, Chrysler Corp, Colum G & El, Coml Solvents Cons, Edison Cont Can, Curtiss Wright, Del Lack & West, Douglas Aircraft, Du Pont De N Eastman Kodak, El Auto Lite, Erie RR, Gen Elec, Gen Foods, Gen Motors, Greyhound Corp, Hercules Powder, Illinois Central, Int Harvester, Int Tel & Tel, Johns-Manville, Kennecott Cop, Libby McN & L, Loew's Inc, Montgomery Ward, Nat Biscuit, Nat Dairy Prod, Nat Distillers, Nat Pew & Lt, N Y Central RR, North Ameria, Northern Pacific, Packard Motor, Penn RR, Reading Co, Sears Roebuck, Socony-Vacuum, Sperry Corp, Stand Brands Ltd G & BE Pt, Stand Oil Cal, Stand Oil Ind, Texas Co, United Aircraft, United Gas, Warner Bros Plct, West Un Te A, Woolworth Youngst Sh & T.
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al Chem & Dye
Smelt & R
Tel & Tel
T& SF
Ad Refining
Bald Loco
Balt & Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs Mfg
Budd Co
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum G & el
Coml Solvents
Cons Edison
Curtiss Wright del Lack & West
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont de N Eastman Kodak, el Auto Lite
Erie RR
Penn RR Pub Sve
Pullman
Pure Oil Radio Corp
Reading Co
Repab Steel Sears Roebuck Socony-Vacuum Sperry Corp
Stand Brands Ltd
G & BE Pt Stand Oil
Cal Stand Oil Ind Stang Oil NJ Studebaker Corp Sutherland Pap
Swift & So
Texas Co
United Aircraft
United Gas U. 5
Sm UL S. Ste
Warner Bros Plct
West UN Te A Woolworth
Youngst
Sh & T
US Denounces Yugoslav Charges as False
The United States rejects charges about police in Trieste failing to prevent violence against the Yugoslav war booty commission premises. The attack is described as one of many outbreaks provoked by pro-Slav and pro-Italian elements, with investigation challenging the interpretation of events.
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Trieste
Obituary for Mrs Stiteler Lewis of Smicksburg
Mrs Aha Stiteler Imvin Lewis died at 1 20 p m Thursday in Smicksburg after two years illness born January 1 1862 she was the last of thirteen children daughter of Copia Evan Lewis and Catherine Keal Lewis widow of William C Lewis died 1891 survived by five children including D C Stiteler H C Stiteler W M Stiteler and Mrs John Wagner plus 24 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren lifetime Smicksburg church member 65 years funeral 2 30 p m Saturday September 21 1948 at Smicksburg Lutheran Church burial in Smicksburg Cemetery Bowser Funeral Home Plumville in charge
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Aha
Casyrl) Stiteler Imvin
Smicksburg
Copia Evan Lewis
Catherine Keal Lewis
William C. Lewis
Piermont
New York
W. M. Stiteler
Camphill
John Wagner
New Smicksburg
Bowser Funeral Home
Plumville
Goering Aide McBride to Face Trial in Detroit
James M. McBride a Bristol factory worker charged with conspiring with his German born wife to aid the escape of Rudolph Spelch a former Goering bodyguard from a California POW camp will be tried in Detroit. McBride and his wife Joan were arrested after Detroit seized them and will be arraigned for the third time before U S Commissioner Norman Grifin today.
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Philadelphia
James M. McBride
Hermann
Goering
California
Detroit
U.S
Gerald A. Gleeson
McBride
Bristol
U. S
Norman 3. Grifin
Joan
Rudolph Spelch
FBI
Fourteen Year Old Confessed Killer Committed as Psychopathic Delinquent
In Butte County California Albert Jones aged fourteen was ordered committed to Mendocino State Hospital as a psychopathic delinquent after a sanity hearing found him legally sane. A second hearing cited psychiatrists who said he has psychopathic tendencies and the judge ordered hospital reports in ninety days to determine if he will stand trial for murder. Jones confessed to the June killing of Barbara Ann Crandall and the July shooting of Mrs Harold J Nielsen in Chico.
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Oroville
Calif
Albert Jones
Chico
Mendocino State Hospital
Harry Delrup
Butte County
Young Jones
Deirup
Jones
Barbara Ann Crandall
Harold J. Nielsen
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