Mediation Offer Faces Powers as Berlin Talks Open
Anglo American stance prompts Soviet withdrawal of new traffic rules in Berlin easing tensions. British canal boats released without demanded documents renewing inland water transport in western zones. Gen Sir Brian Robertson arrives by train after checkpoint transit as Western allies seek talks on Soviet regulations.
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Omer Anderson
SN. S
Berlin
INS
Russia
Brian Robertson
Marienborn
Two Meet Death In Plane Crash At Conneautville
In Conneautville Pennsylvania an air instructor Arden E Meredith 26 Meadville and student Francis T Myers 20 Cambridge Springs were killed when a training plane collided with another small plane Sunday. The second plane landed safely after its propeller was torn off. Pilot Fred C Byham reported flying at about 2000 feet when the other craft struck his wing from below.
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Conneautville
INS
Arden E. Meredith
Meadville
Francis T. Myers
Cambridge Springs
Fred C. Byham
Federal aid fuels Pennsylvania school lunch program
Harrisburg reports the federal government has contributed about 11 million pounds of food and over 2 million dollars to Pennsylvania school lunch programs. Around 214,000 children have benefited since the school year began last fall, according to the Production and Marketing Administration.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Production and Marketing Administration
Viking plane clashes with Soviet fighter near Berlin
Fourteen people were killed when a British European Airways Viking crashed near Gatow Airport Berlin after a collision with a Soviet fighter. The Soviet crew also perished. The London Hamburg Berlin flight carried fourteen casualties including four crew members.
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Berlin
INS
British European Airways
Viking
Gatow
London
Hamburg
Daily Weather Report for US period ends nine a m
Weather summary notes the 24 hour period ending nine am today with a maximum of 66 and a minimum of 45 plus no precipitation. River stage is 7.5 feet. A prior 24 hour period ending nine am Sunday reported a maximum of 45 and a minimum of 42 with traces of rain.
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United States
De Valera Sees United And Free Ireland In Time
Eamon De Valera, former premier of Eire, predicted Ireland will be united and free within the present generation. Speaking at a reception in Philadelphia he urged Britain to aid in settling Irish difficulties and to allow all Irishmen to claim equal freedom. He proposed six northern counties keep their powers under an all-Ireland parliament.
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Philadelphia
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Ireland
de Valera
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Army Day speaker Lt Col Versace to address New Castle Lions
Lt Col Humbert J Versace regular Army ground instructor for the 107th and 229th Field Artillery Battalions of the Pennsylvania National Guard will speak at the noon Lions Club luncheon in The Castleton Tuesday Army Day observing programs nationwide. He is a United States Military Academy class of 1933 graduate with field artillery training and has World War Two service in Europe and the Pacific with over three years overseas experience. He is entitled to the American Defense Service Medal and related citations.
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Humbert J. Versace
MacArthur projected landslide in Wisconsin primary
Milwaukee April 5 The Wisconsin presidential primary pits Gen Douglas MacArthur against Gov. Dewey and Harold Stassen. MacArthur backers foresee a large delegate haul possibly 16 to 27 of 27 per slate, with 600000 to 700000 voters expected to participate. The contest hinges on personal appeals by Dewey and Stassen, while MacArthur relies on statements from Tokyo and strategist efforts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
INS
Wisconsin
Douglas MacArthur
Dewey
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
MacArthur
Stassen
Tokyo
Order Re Audit Of War Monies Paid Railroads
Comptroller General Lindsay Warren ordered a complete re audit of six billion dollars paid to railroads for wartime transportation of military supplies. The move, expected to last a year or more, follows findings of possible overpayments of around one hundred million dollars. Rep. Bender of Ohio urged the action, and his subcommittee will meet behind closed doors to consider charges against Warren’s general accounting office.
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Washington
Lindsay Warren
Bender
Ohio
House
Warren
General Accounting Office
Congressional
Pennsylvania Relief Outlay Totals 103 Million in 1947
A year end report from the State Department of Public Assistance shows relief spending reached 103,404,000 with 67,026,000 state funded and 36,378,000 federally financed for old age assistance and aid to dependent children. Relief rolls rose four percent from 1946 while about 300,000 indigents were aided on average. The average monthly payment per person was 25.20 dollars. For the week ending March 27, 1947, 307,829 people depended on state relief, down 440 from the prior week. At year end, 48 percent of recipients were children and their parents.
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Harrisburg
INS
Pennsylvania
State Department of Public Assistance
Department
DPA
Coal miners face court order as strike looms
U S marshals will present John L. Lewis with a federal court order directing him to order 400,000 striking coal miners back to work. Pittsburgh reports little chance of a major back-to-work movement without Lewis's orders. New Republican presidential primary prep runs through Milwaukee as MacArthur Stassen and Dewey vie for votes. Berlin tensions ease after Russian concessions. Palestine talks stall as Lake Success security council weighs atom control. Forty Arabs, mainly Iraqi and Syrian tribesmen led by Fawzi E Kawakji, die in a Megiddo area attack. Senator Johnson predicts a lend-lease request to Congress for Western Europe.
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Washington
U. S
John L. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Douglas MacArthur
Harold E. Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Berlin
United States
Lake Success
Russia
Security Council
New York
Palestine
Jerusalem
Megiddo
Fawzi E Kawakji
Johnson
Colorado
Congress
Rushing Help To Five Countries Beset By Reds
The six billion dollar European Recovery Administration moves into high gear to rush emergency aid to five nations facing Communist threats and dollar shortages. Italy, France, the Netherlands and Austria are named with food fuel and raw materials to be rushed. A formal White House or State Department announcement is expected today detailing the aid shipments intended to arrive before April 18 in Italy.
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George Durno
SN. S
Washington
European Recovery Administration
State Department
Italy
France
Netherlands
Austria
White House
Arab Jewish battles flare across northern Palestine Castel clash near Jerusalem
Arab guerrilla leader Fawzi El Kawakji opened two large offensives against Jewish settlements in northern Palestine. One clash at Yahram ongoing with casualties. A third major battle looms at Castel west of Jerusalem where Abdul Kader Husseini leads Arabs to drive Jewish troops from the hillside village. Tel Aviv says partition is a fact.
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Benn Feller
Jerusalem
INS
Fawzi el- Kawakji
Palestine
Castel
Abdul Kader Husseini
Holy Land
Jewish Agency
Tel Aviv
Fawzi
Nablus
Tulkarm
Jenin
Yahram
Junior Division Tops Y.M.C.A. Drive Quota
Junior divisions in the Y M C A membership drive have exceeded their quota while senior groups show many outstanding cards. S Glenn McCracken says the campaign will likely surpass 1200 members. Card tabulation underway and results, including winners, to be released within two days. Drive Secretary David Garrall notes final reports arrived Saturday and totals await counting.
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Y.M.C.A
S. Glenn McCracken
Drive
David Garrall
Mrs Rockefeller Jr. Dies at 73 in New York Heart Attack
Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr died at 9 15 am today from a heart attack suffered at the Rockefeller apartment at 740 Park Avenue She was 73 The death was announced by Ivy Lee and Ross publicity firm which has long represented the Rockefeller interests.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Park Ave
Ivy Lee and
Ross
Death Record: T F Risher and Others
Death notices listed T F Risher aged 80 of West Middlesex, William Hamilton aged 83 of Slippery in, Mrs Jonathan J Jones aged 53 of Portersville, and Elizabeth E Liewellyn with partial hometowns noted amid the April 5 1948 records.
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T. F. Risher
Weat
Middlesex
William Hamilton
Slippery In
Jonathan J. Jones
Portersville
Ee Elizabeth E. Liewellyn
Russia Blocks Further Talks On Atom Control
The United Nations Atomic Energy Commission faces a suspension unless Russia concedes to a compromise. Nine non-Soviet members plan to withhold discussions this morning at Lake Success until the Soviets agree. Also on the agenda, talks on the Palestine issue will be held at the American delegation offices to discuss trusteeship, Jewish-Arab truce prospects, and partition. Soviet delegate Groymko’s attendance remains uncertain amid his opposition to interim trusteeship. The council will consider a sub-committee to probe Czech and Soviet actions around Prague, with witnesses including escaped Czech officials.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
Russia
Council
Atomic Energy Commission
Manhattan
Security Council
U. S
Holy Land
Partition
Andrei Groymko
United States
Chile
Prague
Mayor Declares April Cancer Control Month in New Castle
Mayor John F. Haven urged New Castle residents to back a citywide fund drive in April for the Pennsylvania division of the American Cancer Society and its Lawrence county unit. The proclamation, signed at City Hall with local cancer leaders present, cites 15 000 Pennsylvania deaths last year and says early detection saves lives. Campaign co chairs J Glenn Berry and Mrs Blake H Waldo said funds will support education, service, and research to end cancer deaths.
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New Castle
John F. Haven
Pennsylvania
American Cancer Society
Lawrence County
Haven
J.glenn Berry
Blake H. Waldo
John M. Mcllwraith
Father Ryan Named Seton Hill Proxy President
The Rev. William Granger Ryan, 43, a theology scholar in the Brooklyn diocese, was elected Sunday by Seton Hill College's board as president to fill the vacancy since Rev. Dr. James A. Wallace Reeves died in March 1947. Ryan authored Petrach and co authored Golden Legend and has a record in study teaching and research in humanity.
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Greensburg
INS
William Granger Ryan
Brooklyn
Seton Hill College
Father Ryan
James A. Wallace Reeves
Petrach
Mock Convention At Westminster Opens Tomorrow
NEW WILMINGTON April 5 Westminster college hosts a mock Republican convention in the college gymnasium at 8 o clock Tuesday. The event mirrors the real convention with students debating favorites as campaign managers rush repairs and an air of political energy replaces the town's usual calm.
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Westminster
New Wilmington
Westminster College
Philadelphia City Hall
Fairmount Bark
Benny the Bump
Philadelphia
Thomas V. Mansell
Harry Manley
Department of Political Science
John Kerensky
Youngstown
Lois Kolb
Harry Sample
Sharon
Gavin
Leon H. Gavin
Oil City
John Orr
Ye Manley
Manley
Miners Push Short Work Week and Higher Pay in Pledge
The 400,000 striking bituminous United Mine Workers approved demands for a 35 hour work week including travel time, a wage increase, a 400 percent rise in welfare fund royalties, and double vacation pay as contract talks near June 1. The Pittsburgh area scale convention also backed these aims, aligning with John L. Lewis's likely position.
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Pittsburgh
INS
United Mine
John L. Lewis
New Castle Students Excel in Six First-Place Wins
New Castle students dominated the Pennsylvania music forensic contests with six firsts, led by Mr. Jackson from Union High School earning four firsts and two additional places. Shenango, East Brook, and Westminster College hosted hundreds of Lawrence County students. No point system was used, so no single school claimed overall victory. Winners advance to Edinboro State Teachers College for district honors and potential state competition.
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New Castle
Jackson
Union High School
Shenango
East Brook
New Wilmington
Westminster College
Lawrence County High School
Edinboro State Teachers College
Thomas Smathers
Neshannock Township
Miners refuse to return as injunction served in Pits strike
Pittsburgh dispatch reports John Lewis faced a fresh setback as 400000 soft coal miners across the nation remained out without heed to a federal order. Adolph Pacifico district 6 president warned his 16000 eastern Ohio miners will not be summoned back, signaling possible summer-long stoppage unless direct UMW chief directions arrive.
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Illinois
Alabama
Utah
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Adolph Pacifico
District 6
Ohio
Hig
Lewis
Lajenstion Dasienal 5
U. S
Pay Parley Opens By Big Sie
Pittsburgh will host talks starting with United States Steel Corp and Steelworkers leader Murray and aides. The talks affect about 660,000 workers nationwide, with 225,000 not yet up for negotiation. No strike is looming as the current contract has one year left and talks proceed under year-end terms.
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Pittsburgh
Murray
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