Newly Ordered Postal Service Cut Draws Criticism
The newly ordered postal service cut drew criticism as a pressure tactic to boost the post office budget and mail rates. Congressmen and the AFL Letter Carriers Union condemned the move while Cannon of Missouri said the bill’s postal cuts are the maximum the government should appropriate next year. Postmaster General Donaldson gave no formal announcement of the cut back in residential mail delivery parcel post and other items.
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Washington
Congress
Post Office
AFL Letter Carriers Union
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
House
Appropriations Committee
Donaldson
Principals Ordered to Conference Over Dubois Taxi Deaths
Dubois case principals are ordered to appear at a conference in Clearfield County DA Joseph A. Dague's office. Reported aim is unclear but observers expect possible suspension of the investigation. Victims are Mrs Josephine Brobst and Myril L Sones, found in Sones taxi Feb 5. husband Ernest Brobst was injured. Autopsy results pending release.
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INS
Clearfield County
Joseph A. Dague
Dague
Josephine Brobst
Myril L. Sones
Sone
County Farmers Shift to Soil Preparation Amid Dry Spells
With fields drying up countywide, district farmers have worked extra hours to prepare soil for crops. City workers cleared tin cans and debris in the fourth ward on Tuesday, moving waste by city trucks. Rain favored nearby communities but largely missed New Castle and Lawrence counties, while Youngstown saw heavy precipitation. Warmer spell boosts spring blooms as numerous displays appear citywide.
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Fourth Ward
New Castle
Lawrence County
Youngstown
Showers and Unsettled Weather Then Cooler Tomorrow
The forecast calls for showers this afternoon and early tonight followed by cloudy, windy, and colder conditions late tonight and tomorrow. Lows near 40. The 24 hour period ends today at 9 am with a high of 66 and a low of 41, and no precipitation. River stage is 6.7 feet. A year ago the high was 52 and the low 37.
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United States
New President Takes Office At Geneva Thursday
Delegates begin arriving at Geneva College for the inauguration of Dr. Charles Marston Lee as the fourteenth president and the 103rd year kickoff. More than 200 guests from higher education will attend as Dr. Samuel M. Zwemer delivers the main address in Old Main chapel at 10 30 a m. Dr. Robert M. Young leads the investiture, and Dr. Lee speaks in his 32nd year on the Geneva faculty.
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Beaver Falls
Geneva College
Reformed Presbyterian School
Charles Marston Lee
Samuel M. Zwemer
Sor
Princeton Theological Seminary
Robert M. Young
Pittsburgh
Board of Trustees
Lee
J. Burt Willson
Beaver
Wife Stands by Man Who Placed Airliner Time Bomb
Los Angeles April 19 INS: John H. Grant an unemployed airliner engineer blamed debts from a prior affair for his plan to kill his wife and two children. His wife vowed no divorce while a stewardess Betty Suomela said she still loves him and wants to help. Grant admitted a romance led to a 1947 paternity case and owed about 2000 dollars in support and other debts.
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Los Angeles
John H. Grant
Grant
John
Airlines
Betty Suomela
New York
Truman launches White House talks on farm price support plan
President Truman called administration leaders to the White House to craft a farm price support formula acceptable to Congress. Capitol Hill has shown reluctance toward the Brannan plan. Cooley noted efforts to have the program finance itself and to offset losses from support for perishable commodities. Aims to produce a workable program for urgent farm problems.
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Truman
White House
Capitol Hill
Brannan
Agriculture
Cooley
Congress
Annihilation Asserted of 4000 Red Troops at Hainan
Hong Kong April 19 Dispatches from Nationalist headquarters claim 4000 Chinese Communist troops were annihilated after landing on Hainan Island off China's southeast coast. About 1000 were taken prisoner and another 1000 clung to a beachhead near Chengmai Bay. Remaining forces reportedly operated in hill positions 40 miles from Hoshow under pounding by Nationalist air and artillery.
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Hainan
China
Chengmai Bay
Hoshow
Sale of Bantam Car Plant Is Halted
Federal Judge Nelson McVicar in Pittsburgh issued an injunction halting the U S government's plan to sell the American Bantam Car Co plant at Butler Pennsylvania for back taxes. He approved two trustees Robert C Sproul Jr and W W Goldsborough to oversee federal reorganization. Bantam reports assets of 1 122 938 equal to liabilities while the government claims over 337 000 in back taxes.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Nelson McVicar
American Bantam Car Company
Butler, Pa
Robert C. Sproul Jr
W. W. Goldsborough
Bantam
Death notices for Lewis Cucitrone Rosati in Ellwood City area
Death records list Winfield Scott Lewis 53 of Ellwood City Wampum road Carmen Cucitrone 65 of 834 Croton avenue and Querino Rosati 62 of 24 rear Raymond street with April 19 1950 date.
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Winfield Scott Lewis
Ellwood City
Wampum Road
Carmen Cucitrone
Croton Avenue
Querino Rosati
Raymond Street
Real Estate Lobby Probe Is Started
Washington April 18. A House committee will launch an investigation today of the real estate lobby. Representatives of real estate groups were summoned to appear before a public hearing of the special House committee investigating lobbying.
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Washington
INS
House
Truman
Congress
Special House Committee
Barkley Blames Russians for Vast U S Spending
In Pittsburgh on April 19 Vice President Alben W Barkley blamed Russia for the United States vast defense and Marshall Plan expenditures, citing about 31 billion dollars yearly, with 15 billion for economic aid. He warned communism could reach America without such spending and defended continued controls and taxes as Congress lags behind public demand.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Alben W. Barkley
East Liberty Chamber of Commerce
Barkley
Russia
United States
Economic Cooperation Administration
Atlantic
Congress
Bomb blast injures Marine guard at Damascus legation
An American Marine guard was slightly injured when a bomb exploded in the United States legation compound in Damascus. The device, tossed over the wall, caused a six foot crater and damaged windows and doors. Minister James H. Keeley was uninjured. Police found no suspects amid rising anti American and anti British sentiment tied to Arab Israel tensions.
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Damascus
Syria
INS
United States
Legation
U. S
James H. Keeley
Israel
Student mobs dispersed at foreign office and embassy
In Rome on April 19, motorized police used tear gas to disperse university and high school students protesting before the Italian foreign office and the U S Embassy. Thousands shouted demands that America keep its promises and return Trieste to Italy.
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INS
U. S
America
Trieste
Italy
Communist Propaganda Drive Expands Worldwide
A major Communist propaganda offensive, financed and organized by Moscow, gains momentum globally. A timetable highlights May dates, with a peak anticipated in summer. The Stockholm appeal for peace petitions acts as the center of a vast world committee network pushing signatures.
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London
INS
Moscow
World Committee of Supporters of Peace
Stockholm
Taft Defends McCarthy But Says He Didn't Advise Attacks
Senator Taft defended Senator McCarthy in Washington stating he did not advise McCarthy on how to attack the State department. He said McCarthy never publicly accused anyone until compelled by Majority Leader Lucas and the Tydings subcommittee. Tomorrow the loyalty committee will hear Louis Budenz about Owen Lattimore.
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Senate
Taft
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
State Department
Ohio Republican
Majority
Lucas
Tydings
Budenz
Louis Budenz
Owen Lattimore
Congress Renews Demand For Increased Preparedness
In Washington on April 19 the State Department report of a Russian shootdown of an American plane spurred Congress to push a defense boost. Chairman Vinson forecasts House action to add 583 million for planes and 200 million for the Air Force, with 383 million for Navy.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
Vinson
Seek Identity Of Two Dead
State police waited for a New York report to identify two decomposed bodies found slumped in a car southwest of Bedford. The car had New York plates and likely died two to three weeks earlier from carbon monoxide poisoning. A hose led exhaust into the back seat. the man and woman appeared to be in their late thirties from a middle class background.
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Bedford
INS
New York
Transportation Strike Strands Johnstown Area Commuters
About 150000 residents in the Johnstown region lost bus and street car service due to a strike by 305 Johnstown Traction Company workers represented by the AFL AME. The walkout began at 5 a.m. after talks with Mayor Walter E. Rose failed to yield an agreement. The union seeks a 10 cent hourly wage rise, rejecting a four cent offer.
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Johnstown Traction Company
Walter E. Rose
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and
Industry Shakeup Reported In Russia
Moscow radio announced a shake-up in Russia's automobile and tractor industry. S A Akopov was relieved as minister of the industry and replaced by G S Khiamov.
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Russia
London
Moscow Radio
S. A. Akopov
G. S. Khiamov
Miss Muth Named Nursing Head at Jameson Memorial
Miss Margaret Muth of Columbus Ohio is named director of nursing at Jameson Memorial hospital replacing Rachel E Long Colteryahn who resigns to join her husband in Cleveland. Muth will begin duties in August after earning BS from Ohio State in 1931 and an MS from Columbia Teachers College in 1949. She comes from Grace Hospital Detroit where she served as assistant director of nurses. Previous Jameson posts included instructor from 1932 to 1937 under director Hrdina.
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Margaret Muth
Columbus
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Rachel Ellen Long Colteryahn
Cleveland
Muth
Miss Muth
Ohio State University
Teachers College of Columbia University
New York
Grace Hospital
Detroit
Mich
Hrdina
Firemen Overcome by Fumes at Brookland Recreation Center Blaze
Forty Washington firefighters were overcome by poisonous gas while battling a five alarm fire that destroyed a $200000 Brookland recreation center. Nine were hospitalized after nitrous oxide fumes from lacquered bowling alleys. others received first aid as an explosion shook the nearby $2 million Michigan Park Shopping Center.
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Washington
INS
Brookland
Recreation Center
Michigan Park
Firefighters Respond Twice To Grass Fires In City Areas
Firemen were summoned to Cascade street and County Line road at 9 30 p m and to the 1000 block of Croton avenue at 2 40 p m Fire Chief H F Steinbrink reported today.
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Cascade Street
County Line Road
Croton Avenue
H. F. Steinbrink
Observers Say U S Had Proof of Baltic Sea Shoot Down
Diplomatic observers contend the United States possessed ample evidence to charge Soviet airmen with shooting down an unarmed Navy Privateer over the Baltic. They expect Moscow to reject demands for indemnity and note the brief Kremlin reply lacking detailed evidence.
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Washington
United States
Baltic Sea
Moscow
U. S
Russia
State Department
Kremlin
Foreign Ministry
Alan G. Kirk
High Seas
Latvia
President Truman to address policy theme at editors meeting
President Truman will deliver an important speech on foreign policy to the American Society of Newspaper Editors tomorrow. The White House called the address “of some importance” and will discuss aspects of U S foreign policy during a 1 p m luncheon at the editors meeting in Washington.
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Washington
INS
Truman
American Society of Newspaper Editors
White House
St Louis Opens Season With Win Over Pirates
St Louis beat Pittsburgh in the opener as Musial belts a long homer and Schoendienst also drives in runs. The Bucs face another game today with 68 degree rain risk, as St Louis seeks a second win.
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St. Louis
Musial
Schoendinst
Bucs
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