Byrnes Heads to Paris for Big Four Talks
Secretary of State James Byrnes prepares to depart for Paris for a major showdown of the big four nations United States France Britain and Russia. Observers see Paris as decisive for future conferences as Byrnes remains pessimistic about outcomes. The talks aim to restore peace treaty making machinery for European satellites and include London work with 21 powers shaping drafts before May 1.
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Washington
INS
James F. Byrnes
Paris
Byrnes
U. S
France
Britain
Russia
Moscow
London
Cape Cod Forest Fire Brought Under Control
Cape Cod's worst forest fire was being brought under control after four days of spreading along a 10 mile front. More than 3,000 firefighters, led by Governor Maurice J. Tobin, battled through the smoke and dark to halt the blaze near Barnstable town line. Timber and property losses climbed into millions as homes were destroyed and about 160 miles of land burned.
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Sandwich
Mass
Cape Cod
Maurice J. Tobin
Barnstable
Weather and rural life notes from PA Newc
Easter Sunday brings fine weather with mild sun. Spring plowing and planting are well advanced on local farms. Auto travel rises with many out of state cars on area highways. A bus rider suggests side destination signs for buses northbound on Jefferson Street. Curious pyramid shaped structures near New Wilmington are pig pens, repurposed from former Meadville ordnance plant lighting standards.
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Jefferson Street
Public Square
New Castle
New Wilmington
Mercer Road
Meadville
Daily Weather Report Summary for 9 A.M. Today
United States weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 72 and a minimum of 34 with 4.7 feet river stage and no precipitation for the 24 hours ending 9 A.M. today. For the prior 24 hours ending 9 A.M. Sunday, highs reached 66 and lows 26 with frost reported and no precipitation.
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United States
Taft Urges Realistic OPA Extension Bill Framing
Sen Taft of Ohio proposed that Economic Stabilizer Bowles and Price Administrator Porter meet with the Senate banking committee to draft a realistic OPA extension bill as opposition lawmakers press for price relief. The banking panel resumed hearings amid woolen and other industry testimony while Bowles and Wilson Wyatt attacked the House measure as inflationary.
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Washington
INS
Taft
Ohio
Bowles
Porter
Senate Banking Committee
Banking Committee
Ideal Easter Day Enjoyed
Easter weather delighted all, with warm bright conditions ideal for displaying new spring outfits. Downtown New Castle hosted a fashion parade after high church attendance and crowded Washington street traffic, as well dressed young women showcased hats gowns and suits throughout the day.
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New Castle
Washington Street
Record Jet Flight Sets New Speed Milestone
Capt Martin L Smith of Kidder Missouri piloted a P-80 Shooting Star from New York to Washington in 29 minutes 15 seconds. He surpassed the 1938 intercity record of 58 minutes 38 seconds, averaging 506 mph unofficially and reaching 503 mph en route before landing at National Airport after leaving LaGuardia at 3 50 p m and arriving at 4 28 15 p m.
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Washington
INS
Martin L. Smith
Kidder, Mo
New York
Army Air Forces
Smith
Alexander P. de Serversky
National Airport
LaGuardia Field
Marshall Asks For Explanation Over Aerial Charges
General George C. Marshall in Chungking pressed for an explanation of Communist charges that two American planes strafed troops in Manchuria. He conferred three hours with Gen. Chou En Lai who pledged a full investigation by Communist authorities. The claim centered on Szepingkai with no official confirmation.
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Chungking
INS
George C. Marshall
Manchuria
Marshall
Chou En-Lai
Chou
Szepingkai
Ueut
Alven C. Giliem
China
Iran Crisis Stays On U N Security Council Agenda
New York April 22 The UN Security Council agenda remains fixed as unrest grows in Iran over the weekend and a council debate is set for tomorrow US and Britain may question Soviet Russia and Iran. A civil war noted in Azerbaijan Iran borders Russia with Russia seeking an autonomous buffer state and Iran doubts Russia can withdraw by May 6.
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New York
INS
United Nations Security Council
Iran
Azerbaijar
Russia
Flour Saving Program Starts In Washington
Government ordered a 25 percent bread price cut as bakery night shifts begin amid famine emergency. FTC charges wasteful practices include throwing bread into a river and selling it as stock feed and links them to consignment selling. An Emergency Food Collection committee will collect tinned goods or cash May 12 to aid global starvation relief via UNRRA.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Truman
Great Britain
America
Home
Wallace
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Communist forces march to enter Harbin amid Manchurian crisis
Central News Agency reports Chinese government officials fled Harbin aboard planes to Mukden as communists mobilize for entry after the planned Russian evacuation on April 25. Harbin lies 150 miles north of Changchun, with tense suburbs cited and Yangmen in Hopei suffering siege deaths.
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Chungking
INS
Harbin
Mukden
Changchun
Manchuria
Yang
Detroit Express Halt as 900 Quit for Meeting
In Detroit 900 of American Railway Express 1 000 employees walked off their jobs to join a meeting on potential strike action halting operations. In Washington the Senate Judiciary panel began polling its 17 members on the Tidelands Oil bill after nine members voted five to four to recommend passage. Lt General John R. Hodge urged calm in Korea via radio as sniping follows the joint commission’s fifth communique. Senator Aiken forecast three dollar a bushel corn if price controls end and private bidders outbid dairy farmers. The American Hospital Association said federal cooperation with voluntary hospital insurance groups lags amid a push for national health legislation.
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Detroit
American Railway Express Company
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Seoul
Korea
John R. Hodge
Hodge
United States-Soviet Joint Commission
Moscow
Sen
Aiken
Vermont
Exile Toscanini Returns to Italy for La Scala Tour
Ar turo Toscanini, 79, former exile from Italy, travels from New York by plane with his wife and son Waller to conduct six concerts at La Scala Milan. He left Italy in 1938 to protest Fascism and now returns as an American citizen to aid reconstruction costs after air raids damaged the opera house.
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New York
INS
Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini
Italy
Toscanini
Waller
la Scala
Milan
Opera
Hoover arrives in Karachi during world food tour
Former President Herbert Hoover lands in Karachi after flying from Baghdad. He continues his European and Asian tour as special investigator of food conditions for relief and policy work.
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Karachi
India
INS
Herbert Hoover
Baghdad
Iraq
Europe
Asia
President Truman Reviews Navy Maneuvers at Hampton Roads
President Truman arrives at Hampton Roads Virginia aboard the Franklin D Roosevelt to observe the navy's first large postwar exercises. He transfers from the Williamsburg to the carrier and joins a task force off the Virginia capes for the Atlantic maneuvers.
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President Truman
Hampton Roads
Truman
Americas
Great Atlantic Coast Naval Base
Williamsburg
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
Monitor
Merrimac
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Atlantic
Histori
Virginia Capes
Washington
Potomac
Chesapeake
Five Japanese War Criminals Executed in Shanghai Ward Road Jail
Bulletin from Shanghai reports the hhangings of five Japanese war criminals for the 1944 Hankow killings of three American airmen. Major General Masataka Kuburagi led the group followed by Tsutomu Fujii Shozo Masu Masuda and Yasaburo Shirakawa Masu. A Buddhist priest offered solace before death. Continued on page two.
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Shanghai
INS
Shanghais Ward Road
Hankow
Masataka Kuburagi
Excher
34Th Army
Tsutomu Fujii
Shozo Masu
Koichi Masuda
Lance Corp
Yasaburo Shirakawa
Masu
Filipinos Prepare for National Election in Independent Philippines
Manila begins an election day where Filipinos vote for the president and vice president of the soon to be independent nation. A majority of over a million voters will also choose 16 senators at large and 96 members of the House. The presidential race features incumbent Sergio Osmena and Manuel Roxas. results unlikely for a week or ten days.
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Manila
Wll
Philippines
House of Representatives
Sergio Osmena
Manuel Roxas
Philippine Senate
Renew Efforts For Resumption of Coal Parley
Washington April 22 federal labor officials planned to renew wage contract talks in the 22 day long soft coal miners strike involving 400000 workers. Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach to consult with Ezra Van Horn head of the bituminous operators committee while John L Lewis attends a Hazleton Pa union meeting to set new demands for 72000 anthracite miners.
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Washington
INS
Schwellenbach
Ezra van Horn
Ee Schwellenbach
White House
John L Lewis
van Horn
Labor
Lewis
Hazleton
Entire Cabinet Quits In Japan
Premier Baron Kijuro Shidehara and the entire Japanese Cabinet resigned en masse after an emergency meeting. The move aims to stabilize politics as Emperor Hirohito awaits imperial orders following consultations with general MacArthur.
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Tokyo
INS
Baron Kijuro Shidehara
Shirehar
Hirohito
Shigeru Yoshida
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Greenville Man Is Suffocated in House Fire
Fire destroyed a Greenville home killing 56 year old Peter Millich. Authorities say an overheated oil stove likely started the blaze and firemen recovered Millich's body. The incident occurred in Greenville on April 22.
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Greenville
INS
Peter Millich
RAF declares search for missing British aviator Mollison
The Royal Air Force opened a search for James Mollison, famed British aviator, who disappeared while flying from Cairo to Karachi. Mollison, noted for solo North Atlantic flight in 1932, had completed record trips England to Australia, England to Cape Town, and England to South America.
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London
RAF
James Mollison
Cairo
Karachi
Phdin Mollison
North Atlantic
Europe
United States
England
Australia
Cape Town
South America
Death Notices and Ages from April 72 1946 Record
Obituaries list multiple individuals with ages and addresses: Larry Hogarry 54 of 419 Neshan nock avenue Samuel Magee 77 Worth township Slippery Rock Ko pb 4 Chorge Dunsieth Sr 80 Elwood Mrs Joseph S Bowater 50 Bil wood City Mrs Sadie Holmes Thompson 17 Philadelphia William Conley 58 938 Marshall avenue Mrs Carolina Kaguso 406 Waldo street.
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Larry Hogarry
Neshannock Avenue
Worth Township
Slippery Rock
Chorge Dunsieth
Elwood
Joseph S. Bowater
Bilwood City
Sadie Holmes Thompson
Philadelphia
William Conley
Marshall
Mystery Shootings Stun Chicago Suburbs
A weekend wave of at least 15 unexplained shootings hit six Chicago area suburbs. Bullets struck 12 homes and one store, narrowly missing occupants. Police ordered officers to arrest on sight anyone with a rifle after a girl was killed and a boy wounded in a Des Plaines forest preserve incident.
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Chicago
INS
Ooley
Forest Preserve
Des Plaines
Ellwood Man Sentenced for First Degree Murder
Irvin C. Herge, 41, of Ellwood, was sentenced to life in the western penitentiary for murder of his 20 year old illicit sweetheart Jean Fatur of Wartemberg Heights. Judge W. Walter Braham found him guilty after a trial. Fatur was killed October 17 in Eliwood City and her body was moved for ten days before being dumped into the Maumee River from Damascus bridge near Eliwood.
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Irvin C. Herge
Ellwood
Jean Fatur
Wurtemburg Heights
W. Walter Braham
Herge
Hergen
Eliwood City
Maumee River
Damascus Bridge
Detroit Rejects Daylight Saving Time Decision
Detroit Common Council voted five to two to not shift clocks to daylight saving time. The move keeps Detroit on standard time alongside Cleveland Toledo and Washington for the summer. The debate lasted about ten minutes.
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Detroit
Easter Parade Emerges In Bright Spring Weather
The piece describes a sunny Easter day with lively crowds in festive attire. Women and men stroll the streets in fine gowns and hats as vivid spring fashion fills the scene. The forecast notes clear skies and a high of 74, while prices or bills loom ahead.
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Wilson Wyatt
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Bulletin
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Buletin
Carolina Kaguso
Waldo Street
Braham
Irvin C Herge
Napoleon
Jean Fpatur
Toledo
Arthur Mometer
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