Pact Row at UN: U S to Put North Atlantic Pact to General Assembly
U S Representative Warren R. Austin announced at Flushing Meadows that Congress will ratify the North Atlantic Pact and then present it to the United Nations. He denied Soviet claims that the pact is anti Soviet and challenged Moscow to join the peaceful family of nations to end East West deadlock.
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Pierre J. Huss
Flushing Meadows
N. Y
U. S
Warren R. Austin
United States
United Nations
Congress
U.N
General Assembly
Austin
Soviet Union
Cardinal Mindszenty
Russia
Britain
Hector McNeil
House Members On Ten Day Vacation With Easter Break
House members began a 19 day Easter recess as the Senate recessed. The House breather ends April 25 when lawmakers resume to tackle repeal of the Taft Hartley Act amid an anticipated clash. The Senate will work on the housing bill Monday but open the season with a shortened session.
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Washington
INS
House
Senate
Blooming Magnolia Scenes Reported Citywide
Magnolia trees around the city and county are in full bloom creating a colorful spring display. An Old Timer notes an additional historic circus site on Center street behind the Engineering Works. Cathedral Foundation plants hillside shrubs along Highland avenue but vandals have pulled them out. Trout fishermen flocked to streams for opening day despite less than ideal weather, with stocking noted and expectations of good catches.
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Pa Nene
Center Street
Highland Avenue
Cathedral Foundation
Daily Weather Report Rain turns to snow flurries and colder
A weather bulletin notes rain turning to snow flurries this evening with wind and a cooler night. Saturday remains windy and cold with additional light snow flurries. 24 hour figures show a high of 75 and a low of 52 with 0.02 inch precipitation and a 5.7 foot river stage. A year ago the day recorded 51 high, 39 low and 0.07 inch precipitation.
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United States
Car Flips on Route 422 West of New Castle
A left front tire blew out on a convertible driving east on Route 422 near Pulaski Edenburg road. The car struck guard rails, overturned onto its side, and four occupants crawled out uninjured. Driver Wilbur A. Brown of Miami with Mary Lou Mack Katherine Bevan and James Vallely were aboard. Traffic halted briefly until state police arrived.
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New Castle
Pulaski-Edenburg
Youngstown
Wilbur A. Brown
Miami
Fla
Katherine Bevan
East
Washington Street
City
Mary Lou Mack
Montgomery Avenue
James Vallely
NAS
Jacksonville
New Castle News
Wilbur Mack
Edenburg- Pulaski Road
Damage estimates rise from Pacific quake toll
Pacific northwest damage nears 19 million dollars with Washington city losses put at 15 to 19 million as surveys continue. A Tacoma school roof collapsed, killing an 11 year old, and 64 people were seriously injured. Washington public instruction chief Wanamaker said 30 schools with 10 000 students were damaged and half may be repaired. A lighter aftershock followed.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Charles W. Bryant
Civil Defense
Washington
Bryant
Tacoma
Red Cross
Pearl A. Wanamaker
Reports Soviet Is Planning To Lift Blockade Doubted
U S officials in Washington doubt Soviet signals about lifting the Berlin blockade. No early signs of Moscow readiness. Truman and Acheson say a general settlement could be pursued but have no information indicating a readiness to change the cold war posture. Moscow has reacted hostile to positive Western moves.
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Washington
INS
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin
Moscow
Truman
Dean Acheson
Soviets Intensify Split of Berlin
Gen. Lucius D. Clay reports the Soviet sector tightens control in Berlin by creating their own courts staffed by untrained judges and setting up semi permanent road blocks on most streets to separate east from west Berlin.
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Berlin
INS
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
East Berlin
World’s Endurance Flight Record Is Shattered Again
Fullerton California April 15 two pilots Bill Barris and Dick Riedel both of Fullerton shattered the world endurance flight record of 726 hours flying the Sunkist Lady toward a goal of at least six weeks aloft They have logged more than sixty thousand miles since the March 15 takeoff and expect to return in a few weeks their wives among the cheering crowd at Fullerton airport nearby.
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Fullerton
Cal
INS
California
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Fullerton Airport
Wes Carrolls
Clyde Schlieper
Long Beach
Calif
Actress Lila Leeds In Auto Accident
Hollywood April 15 actress Lila Leeds fresh from jail faces questioning on possible hit and run charges after a borrowed 1949 Cadillac rammed another car on Sunset Strip. Elizabeth Mueller 29 suffered injuries as Leeds and companion Marie Allison were treated for injuries at Hollywood Leland Hospital.
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Hollywood
Lila Leeds
Robert Mitchum Mariuana
Sunset Strip
Elizabeth Mueller
Marvin Mueller
Miss Leeds
Hollywood-Leland Hospital
Marie Allison
Pennsy Orders 960 Container Cars for Steel Trade
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced 960 bulk containers ordered to speed material transport for rising steel production. Each eight-ton capacity container will carry lime dolomite ferro manganese and other steel constituents. The railroad also ordered 200 all steel cabin cars for fast through freight service, to be built at Altoona Works increasing container count to 3766. The cabin cars will also be built at Altoona.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
New Bus Lines Set to Open Next Week for Shenango Valley
President Samuel L. Friedman of Shenango Valley Transportation said the routes and extensions for the new bus lines are announced, with the Sampson street turning point to be settled on Saturday or Monday. The three new runs are expected to begin operation next week.
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Samuel L. Friedman
Shenango Valley Transportation Company
Sampson Street
Arrest Of Miss Vraz Protest By U S Embassy
The American embassy in Prague protested the arrest and detention of Miss Vlasta Adele Vraz a Chicago woman head of American relief in Czechoslovakia since 1945 The note charged authorities with arbitrary methods and incommunicado detention four hours after arrest and seizure of her car three days later authorities promised release with details and charges unclear
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Prague
INS
United States
Vlasta Adele Vraz
Chicago
Miss Vraz
American Relief
Czechoslovakia
Navy Destroyer Hollister Blast Kills Man
U S navy authorities investigate an explosion on the destroyer Hollister at Pearl Harbor that killed one man and injured twelve others. Ten of the injured were listed in critical condition at the Area Naval Hospital.
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Ptarl Harbor
INS
U. S. Navy
Hollister
Navy
Naval Hosiital
Two Children Die In Michigan Fire
In Willow Village Michigan a fire killed Lily Mae Thomas six and Louise four in a four family unit. The parents escaped with a 14 month old baby and an older brother. The girls were daughters of Mr and Mrs William E Thomas.
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Willow Village
Mich
INSI
Willow Run
Lily Mae Thomas
Louise
William E .Thomas
Bank Robbery Suspect Held in Morgantown Capture
Pittsburgh report says Roy Mann, 27, taken into custody in Morgantown by FBI and West Virginia officers in the $5,400 Folllansbee, West Virginia bank robbery. Two other suspects, James Bennett and Carl Close, flee toward Florida in blue and gray Buicks. Weirton and Morgantown view the suspect as officials probe possible ties to other kidnap cases. A 17-year-old soldier in Greensburg faces auto theft charges, with no confirmed link to the gang.
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Pittsburgh
Albert J. Hadock
Pennsylvania State Police
Greensburg
Follansbee
W. Va
Hudock
Roy Mann
Morgantown
FBI
Carl Harris
West Virginia
Mann
James Bennett
James Davis
Latrobe
Carl Close
Florida
Bennett
Close
Weirton
Hanoverton
Follawsbee Bank
Hadock
March E Bond Sale Reported For State
E. A. Roberts announced that Pennsylvanians bought 31,984,883.75 in Serie E savings bonds in March. Sales rose 16 percent from February and 14 percent from March 1948, reflecting stronger state participation.
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Philadelphia
E. A. Roberts
U .S. Savings Bonds Division
New Bedford Teacher Wins State Summer Scholarship
Clair Brown of New Bedford is marked an Outstanding Teacher of Lawrence county. He will attend Pennsylvania State College this summer for six weeks on a News State Fellowship funded by The News and Penn State. The selection was announced today, noting his hard earned education.
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Clair Brown
New Bedford
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania State College
Brown
Penn State
News
Plan to Cut Down Truman Spending
Two top Republican senators Wherry of Nebraska and Bridges of New Hampshire launched a bi partisan effort to tightly screen President Truman's budget. They pledged to scrutinize each item, starting with the 5.5 billion dollar European aid bill, and to cut nonessential expenditures.
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Truman
Washington
Senate
Wherry
Neb
Bridges
N. H
Appropriations Committee
Appropriation Committee
U S Troops Prepare Largest European Maneuvers
In Frankfurt on April 15, American forces prepare the largest U S Army maneuvers ever staged in Europe beginning Monday. About 70 000 soldiers will form defense positions in Germany to resist a eastern attack with observers from Atlantic Pact states watching while Russians are excluded. Four air force fighter squadrons and Rhine river patrols join the operation.
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Frankfurt
Europe
U. S
Germany
Air
Potters Union Head Faces Election Challenge
James M. Duffy of East Liverpool seeks another term as president of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters after 23 years in office. Larry A. Finlay also of East Liverpool will run, with about 28,000 pottery workers voting in May elections.
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East Liverpool
INS
James M. Duffy
National Brotherhood of Operative Potteries
Larry A. Finlay
Duffy
London Dock Workers End Strike Vote To Return
Over 3,000 Transport Workers Union dockers voted to return to work tomorrow. Stevedores had ended an unofficial strike that began Monday, which had paralyzed London's docks all week.
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London
Transport Workers Union
Duff Signs School Fund Bill To Allow Extras Funds
Harrisburg April 15 Gov James H Duff approved 24 bills including the Wood Act enabling school districts to use funds from extracurricular activities for outside programs with custodian bonding. The measure clarifies handling of admission and membership fees and allows school premises access to allied organizations.
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Harrisburg
James H. Duff
General Assembly
Lloyd H. Wood
Montgomery
John C. Arnold
Chinese Reds Yield Yangtze Positions
Reuters from Nanking reports Chinese Communists abandoned their attack on Nationalist positions opposite Wuhu on the Yangtze river. The note asked that their dead be buried. Sankiangun again fell to the Communists while the Nationalists claimed retaking the city 60 miles east of Nanking.
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London
INS
Reuters
Nanking
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Sankiangun
Death notices of four residents in Mer cer Castlewood Ellwood City
Death records list Mrs W Blair Anderson aged 58 at Mer cer Mrs Russel Voorhees aged 50 at Castlewood Mrs Oscar T Adams aged 1 at Ellwood City. The notice provides minimal biographical details and locations.
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W. Blair Anderson
Mer
Russel S. Voorhees
Castlewood
Oscar T. Adams
Ellwood City
Clemency Granted to Mrs Ybarbo in Germany Prison
General Lucius D. Clay commuted the five year term of Mrs Wilma Ybarbo of Malden Massachusetts for the bar rackbrawl slaying of her husband Sgt John Ybarbo of Goliad Texas ordering her released and sent to the United States. The verdict stemmed from shooting her husband four times after a drinking party in their billet near Marburg and followed by an appeals court reduction.
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Frankfurt
INS
Lucius D. Clay
Wilma Ybarbo
Malden
Mass
John Ybarbo
Goliad
Tex
U. S
Germany
United States
Ybarbo
Marburg
Ybarbo Trial Sparks Wide Interest and Debate
Mrs Ybarbo faced trial for the shooting of her husband with her lawyers contending self defense amid alleged cruelty. Witnesses testified she had affairs with at least two German women including a maid. Gen Clay ruled that life taking is only in self defense. extenuating circumstances cited but not applicable.
Inside Today's News Pa Page Classified
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Fishermen Hit the Dawn For Wily Trout
In a rural morning scene, anglers of all ages head to countryside streams to fish legally. The speaker, Arthur Mometer, notes the early start and long casting, focusing on the simple pursuit of a fish rather than daily routines.
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