CIO Officials Refuse to Answer Communist Ties
Washington sept 29 AP two CIO United Electrical Workers leaders Julius Emspak and Russell A Nixon refused to state whether they are or have been Communist Party members. They argued constitutional rights and were halted when Nixon attempted to speak. The hearing seeks Communist influence in labor unions as Emspak and others face non Communist affidavits at atomic plants.
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Washington
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Congressional Committee
Communist Party
Julius Emspak
Russel A. Nixon
Nixon
House Labor
Emspak
U. E
U. K
House Group
Rep. Kersten
R-Wis
James J. Conroy
Juniper
Conroy
James Matles
David Scribner
U S Acts To Bar Red Employes From Unions
The government barred its atomic plant unions from recognition if officers refuse to disavow communism. The policy targets CIO United Electrical Workers and CIO United Public Workers, with NLRB certification conditioned on non Communist oaths. Congress scrutinized the unions amid wartime espionage charges and a large government workforce union.
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Washington
NLRB
CIO
United Electrical Workers
United Public Workers
Congressional
U. E
United States
Public Workers Union
Congress
Commission
Lions Club Dinner Meeting in Elderton
The Elderton Lions Club held a dinner at the United Presbyterian Church basement. Lion Woods led the meeting and Lion Shull, Program Chair, introduced Hugh M. Bell, Circulation Manager of the Indiana Evening Gazette, who spoke on newspaper circulation and the role of newspaper carriers. Bell noted National Newspaper Boy Day on Saturday October 2.
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Lions Club of
Elderton
United Presbyterian Church
Lion
Woods
Lion Shull
Hugh M. Bell
Indiana Evening Gazette
Lions
Bell
Community Chest Names Initial Gifts Committee Members
David H. Abrams announced the initial gifts committee for the Indiana Community Chest and released the list of members John Davis Russell Guard A E Long Dr James K Leitch and Paul Woodring. The committee will meet Thursday evening at the Community Chest office in the Mack Building.
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David H. Abrams
Indiana Community Chest
John Davis
Russell Guard
A. E. Long
James K. Leitch
Paul Woodring
Chest Office
Mack Building
Detour on Route 80 Between Clymer and Purchase Line
Route 80 was closed to thru traffic yesterday as work on a new road began between Clymer and Purchase Line. A detour runs from Clymer to Dixonville and from Dixonville to Purchase Line with detour signs posted in Clymer and Purchase Line.
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Clymer
Purchase Line
Dixonville
Homer City Supports Pennsylvania Week Displays
Homer City merchants and businessmen back the Pennsylvania Week program by showcasing state products in shop windows. Harold E. Nesbit, chairman, reports displays include Pennsylvania goods in general stores, lumber companies, hardware with Syntron bradluets, clothing and drug stores, with posters supplied by Harm er City Bank.
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Homer City
Harold E. Nesbit
Homer
Pennsylvania
Syntron
Hamer City Bank
Clymer to Activate Parking Meters on Oct 1
Borough Burgess John W Pomroy announced that parking meters installed in Clymer will go into operation on October 1. The new meters are expected to markedly boost town revenue after the old meters proved inefficient.
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Clymer
John W. Pomroy
Soviet fighters harass U S supply planes to Berlin
Nine Soviet fighter planes buzzed two American C 54s in the Hamburg Berlin air corridor. U S authorities protested to the Russians, citing violations of air safety rules and four power accords. Captain Vincent H. Gookin said pilots reported Yak dives within 100 feet of the transports en route to Berlin.
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Berlin
U.S
Vincent H. Gookin
Quincy
Mass
U. S
Hamburg-Berlin
Fassburg
Gookin
Dena
Pomona Grange to Hear Economist This Thursday
Pomona Grange will host economist Dr Kenneth Hood head of Penn State Agricultural Economics Extension at a county meeting in Deckers Point Methodist Church on Thursday evening. County Agent W C Cochrane announced the event inviting the general public and hoping for a large turnout given Dr Hood's engaging talks.
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Kenneth Hood
Agricultural Economics
Penn State
Pomona Grange
Deckers Point
W. ©. Cochrane
Hood
Indiana County
Pernuma Grange
Dr. Hood
James Stewart to be Pennsylvanian goodwill ambassador in Indiana
James Moore announces Friday hourlong Pennsylvania Week ceremony in Indiana with James Stewart and Governor Duff. Brigadier General Brenton Wallace, Orus Matthews, Mrs. James Duff, and Mrs. Matthews attend. Pittsburghers Quartet, 2023 Midwest champs, also present at 7 PM in front of Indiana County Court House.
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Indiana
James Stewart
James Li. Duff
James Moore
Jimmy
Duff
Orus Matthews
Brenton Wallace
28Th Infantry Division
James H. Duff
Pittsburghers
Midwest
James McCollum
Jimmy” Stewart
Pennsylvania
Indiana County Court House
Halloween Warning to Indiana Schools From Police Chief
Indiana Chief of Police John F. Mara warns schools about Halloween pranks and urges principals to pass along the caution to students. Separately, Parke brothers begin a two day farm demonstration at Parke brothers farm in Westmoreland County with 400 workers and 100 machines to transform the 219 acre property into a model Western Pennsylvania farm for 10 days.
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Hallowe'en
Hallowe’eners
Dhiwa
Parke Brothers
Tuyalhanna Two
Westmoreland County
Indiana County
Salisbury
Pennsylvania Agricultural Conservation Committee
Nlw
Pennsylvania
David
William Parke
Farm Mome Administration
Truman Urges Evidence Over Speeches on Communism
President Truman challenged Republicans to present real evidence of Communist danger rather than speeches. He warned that GOP tactics hurt national security and claimed Communists seek November chaos. Dewey rebutted, pledging to root out Communists in trusted positions and stressing unity with UN efforts.
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Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Russia
Berlin
GOP
Oklahoma City
Republican Party
National Secur
Ferguson
Michigan
America
Dewey
New York
Spokane
Wash
Missoula
Mont
Engineers Check Pier of Dam Near Pittsburgh
U S Army district engineers inspect movement in the Conemaugh Dam pier near Pittsburgh as part of the project. Col F H Falkner and Maj Gen Joseph C Mehaffey review the site while technical staff report cracks on the upper side of the pier.
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Piitsburgh
Army District Engineers
Conemaugh
F. H. Falkner
Castint
Joseph C Mehaffey
Onin River
Exon
Ariny
Ee Office
Federal Security Agency Loyalty Crackdown Reported
Washington reports the government will purge at least 51 FSA employees amid loyalty concerns, with 26 more cases under review. FBI checked 258 FSA staff across offices, including Education, Public Health, and Social Security, as Ewing and Studebaker dispute unfolds.
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Washington
FSA
Oscar R. Ewing
Sante
Ewing
John W. Studebaker
Ewing| Studebaker
FBI
Education Office
Public Health Service
Social Security Administration
Office of Education
Byt
Guarc
Veterans at ISTC see enrollment rise with G I Bill
Indiana State Teachers College reports 446 veterans enrolled under the G I Bill, including 11 ex service members. Enrollment spans Saturday campus classes and extension courses, with 68 other veterans in Lew Wissemstler calculations. Public Law 16 covers 32 veterans, four just beginning, and seven are women across departments such as Art, Business Education, Elementary, Home Economics, Music, and Secondary.
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Indiana State Teachers College
Leroy Sehnall
Lew Wisseemstler
Ingdlann
Dr Clarence Hiskey Denies Atom Bomb Charge
Dr Clarence P F Hiskey, a Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute analytical chemist, denied charges of conspiring to give atomic secrets to Soviet agents. The statements came in a telegram to his hometown Lacrosse Tribune. The House Un-American Activities Committee recently recommended prosecution of Hiskey and his first wife, Marcia Sand Hiskey.
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Lacrosse
Wis
Clarence PF
Hiskey
The
Lacrosse Tribune
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Mouse Un-American Activities Commiitee
Marcia Sand Hiskey
Western powers file UN note on Berlin blockade
The United States Britain and France formally brought the Berlin crisis to the United Nations condemning the Soviet blockade as a threat to world peace. In three identical notes they urged compliance with the UN Charter and said the Soviet actions aimed to force political objectives by coercion. Soviet planes reportedly damaged two U S C 54 supply planes in the corridor as Berlin tensions escalated.
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Associated Press
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
United Nations
U.N
Ferguson Thomas Feud Revived in Senate Attack Claim
Senator Ferguson accuses a political attack after receiving a letter from Senator Thomas. Ferguson says the letter was discarded. Thomas says he wrote it but had no publication role and will seek how it surfaced. The dispute ties to market dealings and open hearings, with committee jurisdiction unclear.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Thomas
D-Okla
Michigan
Senate
Charge Business Alliance
Tulsa
Herguson
William PB. Koxers
Senate Rules Committee
Route 80 Closed One Hour for Bridge Work
Route 80 will be closed for one hour on the morning of September 30 near the railroad underpass a mile and a half north of Saltsburg. The highway office says detours 32015 and 42001 steer traffic around the site while construction of the steel span is completed and one-way traffic is later used during bridge work.
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Saltsburg
Country Highway Office
Lada
Ale
Army Engineers
Mitchum and associates plead innocent to marijuana charges
Los Angeles September 29 Mitchum Gil and three others pleaded not guilty to narcotics charges after attorney Jerry Giesler failed to dismiss the indictment on a legal technicality The group was charged with possessing marijuana at a Laurel Canyon cottage and faces $10 000 bail Each defendant entered a plea or sought time to argue dismissal with hearings set through October and November sentences pending further action
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Los Angeles
Handsune
Robert Mitchum
Jerry Giesler
Mitchum
Toouras L. Anbruse
Laurel Canyon
Hollywood
Ford
Miss Leeds
Miss Evans
iMituhum
Giesler
Gieseler
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Scribner
Kersten
Pearing
Kerrsten
Schenectady
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Company
Moscow
National Labres Relations Board
Oak Ridge
Community Chest Lists Committee
Penna
Afl
Miracle Farm Show
Pari
Oklahoma
ISTC
Dr. Hiskey
UWS
Mitchum, Gil
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