British Teachers Urged in Upper Darby Clash
Philadelphia reports a rally by the Patriotic Order Sons of America defending British exchange teachers in the Upper Darby school system. About 150 attended as speakers defended the teachers amid claims public funds should not pay foreign officials. The crowd heard veterans and local leaders urge cooperation to prevent future wars, with one speaker noting his service in the 82nd Airborne and birth in Sudetenland.
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Philadelphia
Pally Allo
Upper Darby
Wudienre
Charles B. Helms
the Patriotic Order Sons of Amats Joh Wid
Dipy
Patriotic Orders Sons of America
Helms
Catherine Baldwin
New York Women's Auxiliary
England
W. E Hole
Donald Solenberger
The
American Veterans Committee
Smith
Sudetenland
82Nd Airborne Division
Germany
Lions Hear Of Driver Education Talk To Indiana Lions
K L Williams of the Pennsylvania State Police Greensburg barracks spoke to the Indiana Lions Club at Rustic Lodge on driver education. He argued rigid enforcement raises deaths and praised engineering while warning about speed on the Turnpike and predicting high highway fatalities. Williams urged Lions Safety Committee to advance a driver education program.
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Pennsylvania
U. S
Corp. Williams
Lions Safety Committee
Stromboli Volcano Erupts With Lava Flows Into Sea
Dispatches from Messina report Stromboli active again as lava streams rush down its 2040 foot peak toward the sea. Ash showers threaten crops and the island’s residents are described as uneasy despite no reported casualties or fires.
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Rome
Messina
Sicily
Stromboli
Lipari
Pope Raps Stalin After War Dismissal Remarks
Vatican paper L Osservatore Romano questions Stalin's claim that war danger had passed calling his statements a morphine injection. It notes world relief mirrored earlier reactions to his AP interview but warns the crisis soon rekindled.
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Vatican Vity
Vatican
L'Osservatore Romano
Stalin
L’osservatore
Associated Press
Commando Kelly Moves From Dems to Republican Politics
Charles E. Kelly, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, shifts from Democratic backing to Republican activism. He leaves his Pittsburgh filling station after ten months and plans a speaking tour for the Young Republicans to reach veterans across Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
Charles E
Commando
Kelly
Italy
Pennsylvania
22 Recruits Inducted At Local Army Office
Captain Huntermister of the U S Army Recruiting Station reports twenty two recruits from Indiana and Jefferson Counties enlisted in the Regular Army in the past two weeks. Many seek GI Bill benefits before the Oct 5 deadline. Names and ages include Merle Long 17 Blairsville, William Metcalfe 18 Indiana, Isaac Donahue 18 Blairsville, Rowley 19 Lane, William Vatter Jr 17 Saltsburg, Norman Alpert 17 Dunmore, Fred Hintermister 17 Scranton, Robert Calhoun 18 Indiana, William Ames 17 Mayport, Clyde Holmberg 18 Brookville, Donald McManigie 18 Brookville, Frank Haslege Rossiter, Clarence Gibson 28 Stafford, Joseph Wyne Sample Run 18, Charles Conrad 19 Indies, Donald Kelly 18 Sigel, Nathan Cronsman Merlenville, James Davis 17 Indiana, Gerald Esposito 22 Punxsutawney, Clarence Cutter 32 Marienville, Harold Paul 24 Commodore reenlisted, George Repine 35 Blairsville reenlisted with Pacific Theater service.
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Huntermister
U. S. Army
Philadelphia Street
Indiana
Jefferson Counties
Reguar Army
Merle C. Long
Blairsville
William A. Metcalfe
Clark St
Isaac C. Donahue
Market St
Rowley
M. Lane
William FE. Vatter, Jr
Saltsburg
Norman R. Alpert
Blakely St
Dunmore
Fred_A. Hintermister
Quincy Ave
Scranton
Robert Calhoun
Grandview Ave
William O. Ames
R. D
Mayport
Clyde L. Holmberg
Valley St. Brookville
Donald E. McManigie
Richards
St. Brookville
Frank Haslege
Rossiter
Clarence B. Gibson
Stafford
Joseph Wyne
Sample Run
Charles A. Conrad
Donald G. Kelly
Sigel
Nathan P. Cronsman
Merlenville
James G. Davis
S. 4Th St
Gerald Esposito
2Nd Ave
Punxsutawney
Army Air Forces
Esposito
Clarence A. Cutter
Cherry St
Marienville
Pacific Theater of Operations
Clutter
Harold H. Paul
George A. Repine
Repine
19Th Bombardment Group
Tutors Still Out Strike Continues at Conemaugh Borough
Conemaugh Borough students resumed a second day without classes as 31 teachers remained on strike demanding a 300 annual raise. A board proposal to return to work was rejected, while counsel for the educators planned talks with the board attorney on settlement proposals.
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Johnstown
Conemaugh Borough
Quake felt in Ciudad Trujillo at 5 am
A moderate quake was felt by many residents of Ciudad Trujillo Dominican Republic around 5 am. No damage was reported.
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Ciudad
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Quarantine Shifts To Decontaminate Bikini Ships
About 75 ships largely on the West Coast and Pearl Harbor face suspected radioactive contamination from Bikini tests. All dock work halted while radiological experts decontaminate, with a safety school for 100 officers and checks ongoing on vessels from San Diego to Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Joint Army Navy Task Force
Dan Darry
West
San Diego
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Bikini
Orient
Guam
Bikini Lagoon
Burleson
Sant Diego
Court Holds Mueller In Contempt For Defying Injunction
A three judge Allegheny County court held 38 year old George Mueller president of the Independent Association of Duquesne Light Company Employees in contempt for calling a strike in defiance of a Sept. 9 injunction. Mueller admitted the statement and refused to apologize or obey the order to end the strike. The court kept the temporary injunction and ordered the committee of ten to end the strike by 10 am today. Sheriff Monaghan announced arrests for any picketing of Duquesne properties.
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Allegheny County Court
George
Mueller
Independent, Association of Duquesne Light Company
Waller P. Smart
Smert
Harry &, Rowand
William P. McNaugher
Ning
Smart
Committee
Ouf
Lwily
Walter C. Monaghan
Duquesne
Dillon testifies on War Assets orders and Hallicrafters
Washington AP. Edward W. Dillon told a House committee he was ordered by a superior in the War Assets Administration to authorize Hallicrafters of Chicago to allocate surplus war goods. He cited William J. Foss as his boss and said he followed instructions. Foss denied knowledge of a transfer letter to Dwight B. Gustafson. The committee chair criticized the sequence as Dillon faced Foss’s attempt to question him.
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Washington
Edward W. Dillon
House
Aurperior
War Assets Administration
Hallicrafters Company
Chicna
Dillon
William J. Foss
WAA Electronics
Foss
Ditton
Dwight B. Gustafson
Chicago
Slaughter
D-Mo
Gustafson
Hall- Sevafters
Bly
Hallicrafters
Hrlier
Jewish New Year To Be Observed This Week
The Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah begins on Thursday evening and runs through Friday, Sept 26 and 27 marking year 5707. Services at Hebrew Unity Congregation led by Rabbi Samuel J. Zakuto include reflections on self examination, repentance, and reconciliation.
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Palestine
Earth
Hebrew Unity Congregation
Samuel J. Zakuto
Iran to Crush Rebellion Says Prince
Tehran dispatch reports Propaganda Minister Prince Mozaffar Firouz vowed the government would use an iron fist to quell the Qashqai uprising and any future rebellions. He said military commands in Fars Province were ordered to resist rebels to the last man and bullet. Martial law and a curfew were imposed in Shiraz, with citizens urged to surrender arms.
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Tehran
Mozaffar Firouz
Iran
Fars
Firouz
Bushire
Kazeroon
Ahmed Qavam
Flying Post Office Maiden Five Cent Air Mail Flight
The nation’s first five cent air mail stamps are launched as the “flying post office” begins a test flight route to Dayton Chicago Pittsburgh and New York. Postmaster General Handegan says global delivery could be cut to under a day. Flight sorting in aircraft considered but not immediately adopted. Orville Wright and TWA officials attend. Five cent airmail becomes effective Oct 1.
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Washington
Robert £. Handegat
Hannewan
of & Tours
Transconti Mental
Western Air, Inc
Ita
Dayton
Ohio
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
Post Office Department
Hennegen
Jack Frye
TWA
Orville Wright
West Indies quake series keeps rumbling near Puerto Rico
Weston Mass records a continued sequence of about 300 quakes since August near Puerto Rico. Rev Daniel Linehan notes today's tremor lasted 1.12 hours starting 50am EST. He says the August event caused a tidal wave with deaths, while today’s quake was stronger than most recent shocks. Scientists remain puzzled by east and west Indies activity.
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Weston
Mass
Puerto Rico
Weston College
Daniel Linehan
Father Linehart
Adlaust
East
West Indies
Education Conference and Institute to Begin Thursday
A large educational conference and Teachers Institute will open Thursday with leaders from Pennsylvania State Department of Public Instruction and other universities. Friday features a general meeting with Thomas G. Pullen as principal speaker. Saturday includes department meetings led by Central Western convention district and a closing address by Clyde Eagleton of New York University.
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Pennsylvania State Department of Public Instruction
Althea Beery
Cincinnati
Helen K. Mackintosh
United States Office of Education
Maurice L. Hartung
University of Chicago
Eva L. Gordon
Cordell University
S. P.franklin
University of Pittsburgh
Trevor Hatley
Veterans Guidance Center
LaVerné Strong
State Teachers College
Indiana
Miriam B. Booth
Erie Public Schools
Preston Sharp
Pose Vans Department of Welfare
Thomas G. Pullen
Maryland
Hackion
Psumes
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Convention District
Clyde Eagleton
New York University
State Department
Copyboy Slugged During City Hearing Crowd
Copyboy William J. Brezger of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was slugged by a man in a crowd gathered before the City-County Building during a hearing on the power strike injunction. He shouted for help as the assailant fled.
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Pittsburgh
William J. Brezger
Pittsburgh Post-Gallette
Brezger
Harry Matthew Prizeer
Bell Funeral Home
Indiana
C. R. Wick
Homer City Methodist Church
Pizer
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Belt Funeral
Geenwood Cemeter
Amercan Legion Post
Homer City
Mothers of Doughnut Breakfasts Hud War Era Neglect
Mrs. O C Ufford of Denver told the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers that thousands of World War II rejects were sons of the previous war’s flappers. She blamed present mothers for neglecting children by sending them to school on a breakfast of doughnuts and coffee.
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Columbus
O. C. Ufford
Denver
Colo
Ohio Congress
Lana
Ufford
Gazette
National
PTA Congress
Headlee To Hear Verdict In 2nd Degree Murder Case
WAYNESBURG Pa Sept 26 William Headlee 22 a World War II veteran awaits sentence on his second degree murder conviction in the stabbing of Mrs Harriet Walker 78. A four day stay of sentence was requested. Headlee smiled at the verdict as his mother sat with him during the eight day trial. The State previously secured a first degree conviction.
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Waynesburg
William Headlee
Harriet Walker
Headlee
Meat Crisis Move Asked in Connecticut Hospitals
Governor Raymond E Baldwin urged Secretary Clinton P Anderson to set up special slaughtering quotas for state hospitals to relieve a desperate meat shortage. A survey by State Food Administrator Henry B Mosse found general hospitals lacking red meat or with only brief supplies, leading to fish days, poultry substitutions, and increased vegetable fruit and egg use.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Raymond E. Baldwin
U. S
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Institut
Henry B. Mosse
Noon Stocks Air Reduction Al Chem and Dye Am Can
A listing of noon stock quotes across major firms including Am For Pow Am Rad St Ss Am Smelt BR Aim Tel Tel Am Tob B Anaconda Cop Atch T SF Ad Refining Bald Loca Balt Ohio Betiux Aviat Beth Steel Boeing Airplane Borden Briggs Budd Ches Ohio Chrysler Colum G El Com Solvents Edison Cont Can Crucible Curtiss Wright Del Lack West Douglas Aircraft Du Pont Eastman Kodak El Auto-Lite Erie RR Food Fair Strs Gen Foods Gen Motors Gen Refract Greyhound Hath-Walker Hercules Powder Ill central Harvester Int Nick Can Pt Int Tel Tel Johns Manville Kennecott Lehigh Port Lehigh Val Coal Leh Val RR Ligby McN L Loews Ince Montgomery Ward Nat Biscuit Nat Dairy Nat Distillers Nat Paw Nat Central RR North Amer Northern Pac Packard Param Pictures Penney Penn RR Pure Oil Ratio Reading Co Repab Steel Seers Roebuck Socony Vacuum Sperry Stand Brands Stand Oil Ny Studebaker Swift Texas United Aircraft United Gags Imp U S Steel Warner Bros Pict West Un Tel Woolworth Youngst Read the Gazette GCsssslised Ads.
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al Chem
Ss Am Smelt & BR
Aim Tel & Tel
T& SF
Ad Refining
Bald Loca
Balt & Ohio
Betiux Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs Mtg Budd Co
Ches & Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Colum
G & el Com Solvents
Cons Edison
Crucible Steel
Curtiss-Wright del Lack & West
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont del Eastman Kodak
Youngst
Sh & T
Jews Balk On Talks Place New Demand
The Jewish Agency refused to join the London Palestine conference while Jewish leaders remain in detention camps in the Holy Land. After a six hour Zionist Council debate the group voted 16 to 6 against the invitation. Protests included two hours of work stoppages in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv over deportations and Yehiel Schwarz’s death in a clash with a British boarding party aboard the Patmakh.
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Jerusalem
Jewish Agency
London
Yehiel Schwarz
Schwarz
Palestine
Cyprus
Zionist Council
Bert Locker
Alan Cunningham
Palestine High Commissioner
Locker
Red Air Base Strike Fails in Reykjavik
A planned Communist backed general strike protesting a proposed U S air base agreement failed to materialize in Reykjavik as stores and plants operated normally. A mass meeting urged government to seek a national referendum before approving the pact allowing U S bases with limited personnel.
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Reykjavik
Tceland
United States
Danes Protest Detention By Reds
Four Danish fishing cutters returning from the Baltic said they were intercepted off the German coast by Russian naval craft. They were taken ashore to Warnemuende, questioned, and all weapons-like objects seized before release after the Russians fired warning shots.
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Copenhagen
Baltic
Warnemuende
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