Carnegie Endowment Sees Progress In War Fight
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, led by Dr James T Shotwell, states progress toward organized peace through postwar conferences and UN strengthening. It cites lessons from the League and World Wars, advocates UN education, and notes ongoing work to improve UN rules and budget efficiency. Trustees include John Foster Dulles Dwight Eisenhower and David Rockefeller.
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Graying
James T. Shotwell
Endowment
League
United Allons
Browning
Longfellow
Dr. Shotwell
United Nations
Washington
Paris
U. S
Shotwell
Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Elihu Root
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
John Foster Dulles
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Philip C. Jessup
David Rockefeller
Thomas J. Watson
International Business Machines
Philip D. Reed
Man Once Under Death Sentence Gains Citizenship
Anthony Sperduti of Sayre Pennsylvania, once condemned to death for first degree murder in 1923, took the oath of United States citizenship before Judge Albert Watson. His sentence was commuted to life, then pardoned in 1947, and his naturalization was granted last month despite an Immigration Service objection. Sperduti, born in Italy, arrived in 1908 and his family watched as he affirmed the oath.
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Scranton
United States
Albert Watson
Anthony Sperduti
Sayre
Sperduti
Gifford Pinchot
James H. Duff
Watson
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Italy
Commerce Leaders meet with corporate and university heads
Four corporation lawyers and three university presidents joined representatives from the Department of Commerce in a high level meeting to discuss policy, innovation funding, and potential collaborations across industry and higher education sectors.
Miners Stage Sitdown Strike in Gallitzin Pa
Thirty soft coal miners refused to leave the Argyle Coal mine after a sitdown began yesterday with sixty miners. Thomas Knee of United Mine Workers Local No. 1056 said thirty surfaced last night while the rest planned to stay until the dispute over a turnabout work schedule and equitable distribution of work is settled. In other items, only 5.9 percent of US farm operators in 1947 were veterans. bids are invited for a tractor and trailer for Springboro Village Street Department with a $50 bid bond and contract safeguards.
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Gallitzen
Thomas Knee
United Mine Workers
Eee
Springboro
Carl C. Barnhart
Ted
Marriage Law Considered to Bar Licenses for Aiding Spouses
Harrisburg PA AP two Republican state representatives Albert E Hadigan Bradford and Edward W Tomkins Cameron County yesterday sponsored legislation to prevent issuing a marriage license to a man on the state public assistance rolls. Any fellow who wants to get married ought to be able to support himself before taking on the responsibility of supporting a wife.
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Albert E. Hadigan
Bradford
Edward W. Tompkins
Cameron County
Madigan
Plague Germ Colony Kept Alive 25 Years Claim
Washington AP reports retired government scientist Dr Edward Francis claims a 25 year longevity record for a pasteurella pestis colony kept in test tubes at near freezing humidity. He says the culture, produced in 1923 from a California ground squirrel, remains in its original state and still can kill guinea pigs, stored safely in the NIH lab cold room.
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Washington
Edward Francis
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Health
Francis
VA. 8
Public Health Service
California
Prairie State Paper Interests Sold and Name Change
The Prairie State Paper Mills at 427 Vanderveer St. will become The American Coating Mills Company, mill manager W A Crawford announced. H J Finder sold his interests to Owens Illinois Glass Company, which already part owned the firm, while Finder retains another Joliet plant. Owens Illinois operates a paper plant in Elkhart Indiana. local changes target high grade box board production and the mill will reopen after changeovers.
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American Coating Mills Company
Prairie State Paper Mills
Vanderveer St
W. A. Crawford
Crawford
H. J. Finder
Prairie State
Owens Illinois Glass Company
Finder
Joliet, Ill
Owens Organization
Chicago
Elkhardt
Ind
Vet Activity Rises At Middletown Veterans Service Center
Ed A. Lampe reports increased relief and assistance applications at Middletown Veterans Service Center as veterans contest irregular claims and residency issues. Regulation 22 prompts reviews of compensation decisions with 60 day windows and potential formal hearings within 14 days of redetermination. Lampe says many veterans miss these review opportunities while officials seek to extend action periods.
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Middletown
Veterans’ Service Center
Ed A. Lampe
Lampe
Ohio
Sterling silver composition in United States and Britain
The composition is 92.5 percent silver and 7.5 percent copper. This ratio mirrors that used in British coinage and defines standard sterling silver in the United States.
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United States
Deflation Seen as Next U S Problem by Globe Speakers
A Detroit department store executive Jay D. Runkle told a Columbus audience deflation is the next major American issue. Speaking at a national marketing conference, he warned inflation must not be followed by dangerous deflation and noted supply has caught up with demand worldwide. W E Long urged wholesalers to aid retailers in preserving sales volumes while Francisco touted mass distribution as a tool against recession.
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Detroit
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Jay D. Runkle
Runkle
Crowley, Milner and Company
W. E. Long
Neal and Hyde
Incorporation
Syracuse
N. Y
Don Grancisco
J. Walter Thompson Company
New York
Francisco
Honor Sought For Tronton
Rep Paul Siple asked the Ohio House to honor Ironton, the 100 year old city founded in 1849 at a railroad terminus. The resolution notes Ironton as Lawrence County seat, origin of a hot blast pig iron furnace, and a source of iron for Civil War guns including the Swamp Angel that fired a 100 pound shell five and a half miles. It asks the clerk to send a copy to Ironton’s mayor.
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Paul B. Siple
Lawrence
Ohio House
Ironton
Ohio City
Lawrence County
America
Monitor
Charleston
S.C
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