Truman Seeks Compulsory Health Insurance Program
President Truman asked Congress to enact a nationwide compulsory health insurance plan costing about four and a half billion dollars. The plan would be funded 50 50 by employers and employees, expand medical schools, and not force doctors into government employment. He will elaborate in a national radio address as he renews his push for legislation.
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Wee Iam E. Zimmerman
Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Structural steel shipments near Beaver river bridge to strengthen span
Large shipments of structural steel are piled near the Beaver river bridge west of Pittsburg for major strengthening work. The contract was let last year and the project should start within weeks. State traffic counting apparatus at Wallace avenue and North Jefferson street operates, with Harrisburg crews testing roads countywide. Patch work continues in Lawrence County as winter wear eases. Webbing on the West Washington street bridge is broken in two places posing tire damage risk. Several North Jefferson parking meters have been removed.
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Beaver River
West Pittsburg
Wallace Avenue
North
Jefferson Street
State Highway Department
Harrisburg
Alfred Martin
County Highway Department
Lawrence County
West Washington Street
Pa Nene
Daily Weather Report Forecast and statistics
Showers and scattered thunderstorms ending tonight with Saturday partly cloudy and mild. U S weather stats show a 74 degree high and 44 degree low with 0.02 inches of precipitation. River stage reads 5.7 feet. Year ago figures list a 62 high and 29 low with no precipitation.
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United States
Slayer Of Opera Tenor John Garris Sought In Atlanta
Police in Atlanta probe the murder of Metropolitan Opera tenor John Garris. His body was found with a bullet wound in an alley after he made several hotel calls and dined with socialite Mrs Alfred Mayer and Miss Herta Glatz. Investigators seek a lucky break from a mysterious phone call.
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Atlanta
INS
John Garris
Metropolitan Opera
Garris
Alfred Mayer
Herta Glatz
Met
Germany
U. S
Terrific Blast At Inglewood
An explosion at Basin Oil Co storage plant Inglewood California shattered a steam boiler igniting a gas line. The blaze was controlled quickly. No injuries reported though power lines and a smokestack were damaged. Police deployed forty officers as guards after the blast.
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Inglewood
Cal
INS
Basin Oil Co
High school track athlete injures wrist during practice
David Alter aged 14 of 311 E Lincoln Avenue High School sustained a fracture of the right wrist Thursday afternoon after a fall while practicing jumping at George Washington Junior High field. He was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital.
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David Alter
E. Lincoln Avenue
George Washington
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Band Concert to Close Western PA Music Festival
Musicians from seven western Pennsylvania counties finish two days of practice for an 8:15 PM concert at Wampum High School. Guest conductor William A Schaefer of Carnegie Tech directs 149 players from over 30 district high schools in the midwestern district festival. Pennsylvania Music Educators Association sponsors the event with Joseph F Replogle of New Castle High as president.
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Pennsylvania
Wampum High School
William A. Schaefer
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Wampum High
Pennsylvania Music Association
Pennsylvania Music Educators Association
Joseph F. Replogle
New Castle High
Auto crash injures mother and son in New Bedford
Mrs. Alan Bowman and her eight year old son Alan, of New Bedford, were injured when struck by a car driven by Mary Ann Petruzzi of Youngstown at 4 35 p m on Hubbard road in front of Eppinger's mill. The boy is reported seriously hurt and both were taken to North Side Hospital. Police say Petruzzi had no license and the case is under investigation.
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Alan Bowman
Alan
New Bedford
Mary Ann Petruzzi
Garland Avenue
Youngstown
Eppinger’s Mill
Hubbard Road
North Side Hospital
Three Escapees Held In Columbus Prison
Three U S reformatory escapees in Columbus were placed in solitary confinement after escaping from Chillicothe Federal prison on April 12. Marion J. Kirkland of Savannah Georgia Ed Gotwald of Philadelphia Pennsylvania and Delbert Sterling of Delphos Ohio face charges of violating the escape act as they await appearance before U S Deputy Marshal A Albanese.
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Columbus
INS
U. S. Reformatory
Chillicothe
U. S
A. Albanese
Marion J. Kirkland
Savannah
Ed Gotwald
Philadelphia
Delbert Sterling
Delphos
Senate Hearings Open On Token Atlantic Pact Aid
Sen. Smith says the administration plan to ship more than a billion dollars in arms to Atlantic Pact countries is only a token contribution to morale. He argues the U S atomic monopoly remains key to world peace and that the aid amount will not significantly affect the alliance’s strength.
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Smith
Washington
Sen. Smith
N. J
New Jersey
America
State aided housing plan turned down in Harrisburg
Governor Duff faced a major setback as a Republican caucus rejected the 15 million dollar low rental housing program. Senate committees also scuttled fair employment practices and standby rent control bills while delaying labor measures.
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Harrisburg
James M. Duff
General Assembly
House
Senate
Rowland B Mahany
Crawford
John H. Dent
Westmoreland
State Government Committee
Three Held As Suspects In Follansbee Bank Robbery
Nashville police hold three men and a 21 year old woman in the Follanshee West Virginia bank holdup case. FBI says James Bennett 22 from Latrobe Pennsylvania was arrested in Memphis. A joint task force captured Carl Close 31 Pittsburgh and James Moran Pittsburgh near Oally Tennessee. Audrey Lynn 21 of near only questioned in Nashville with $2000 in her possession.
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Nashville
Tenn
INS
Follanshee
W. Va
FBI
James Bennett
Latrobe
Memphis
Oaly
Carl Close
Pittsburgh
Knowland Calls for Probe of U S Handling on China Issue
Senator Knowland of California announced support from Republicans and Democrats for a Senate inquiry into the State Department's China policy. He urged a swift investigation to determine whether the United States has given all possible aid to nationalist China and to pressure action on Far Eastern policy amid the Chinese civil war.
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Washington
INS
Knowland
Calif
State Department
China
United States
South China
Senate
Shorter Week Aim of Miners
Pittsburgh April 22. United Mine Workers aim for a shorter work week to improve job distribution as coal demand falls. Thomas Kennedy, UMW vice president, told delegates at the international labor organization that some miners receive four to six days while others get only two to three. He also pressed for welfare fund improvements funded at 20 cents per ton. Kennedy’s remarks echoed in response to George H. Love of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co. calling for wage negotiation restraint.
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Pittsburgh
INS
United Mine
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
International Labor Organization
Kennedy
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Transformer Heads to Michigan From Sharon Plant
The world s most powerful transformer departs Westinghouse in Sharon for Trenton Michigan. Rated at 145000 kilovolt amperes and 195000 horsepower, it will boost Detroit area power output and weighs 121 tons with 63 miles of copper wire.
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Sharon
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Trenton
Mich
Detroit Edison Co
Akron
Detroit
Public Enemy No 1 Shot in Indianapolis Gun Battle
Clyde Milton Johnson known as America's Public Enemy No 1 was wounded in a running gun battle with three FBI agents in Indianapolis. He fled to a taxi then a physician's office where he was captured. two vehicles were damaged and bystanders fled for cover during the shootout. Johnson had ties to a $43,000 Fed case in Florida.
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Indianapolis
INS
America
FBI
Clyde Milton Johnson
G-men
Johnson
Florida
Catholic Mass Time Shift for New Castle Parishes
The New Castle Catholic Priest Forum announced that all Catholic churches except St Lucy's in the seventh ward and St Monica's in Wampum will hold Mass on eastern standard time this Sunday April 24 to avoid confusion. Parishes plan to switch to daylight time for May services.
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New Castle
St. Lucy’s
St. Monica’s
Wampum
St. Monica’s Church
Navy Doctor Aims to Reach Wounded in Yangtze Firefight
Lieut. Commander James W. Packard with two British officers attempt a dangerous rescue of 40 wounded crewmen from the British sloop Amethyst in the Yangtze Valley. A RAF Sunderland plane dropped supplies but could not land amid Communist artillery fire. The Amethyst and other British ships suffer heavy losses as the offensive continues.
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Shanghai
China
London
Rose Island
Nanking
Yangtze River
U.S. Navy
Yangtze Valley
James W. Packard
Royal Air Force
Sunderland
Delay in Naming Royall’s Successor Sparks Speculation
President Truman is expected to name a dark horse successor to Urmy Secretary Kenneth Royall whose resignation, accepted for April 27, is pending. Defense officials note potential delays as Truman signals possible difficulty in selecting an appointee due to demanding duties and low pay.
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Royall
Washington
INS
Truman
Dark Horse
Urmy
Kenneth Royall
Defense Department
Man Injured Falling From Roof During Repairs
George Pollock aged 39 of 108 N Mill Street suffered serious injuries when he fell from a roof on Young Street while repairing it. He was taken to Jameson Memorial Hospital with possible skull fracture, right thigh fracture and chest injuries. Pollock worked for roofing contractor W D Brown.
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George Pollock
N. Mill Street
Young Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
W. D. Brown
Death notices for Harlow Hill and others listed
Death notices list Harlow Dutch Hill age 36 of New Wilmington road R D 3 Lydia Miller 58 R D 3 Volant Mrs Sara McCann Baker Oregon Mrs Andrew P Carlson 85 R D 6 Mrs William Osler 75 915 Adams Street Mrs George W Gook 47 Wampum Missing full details likely from a local obituary column.
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Harlow
Dutch” Hill
New Wilmington Road
R. D
Lydia E. Miller
Volant
Sara McCann
Baker
Oregon
Andrew P. Carlson
William Osler
Adams Street
George W. Gook
Wampum
Million Troops Converging On China Capital
Chinese Communist forces drive toward Nanking forcing government to flee by air. Report claims 18 Nationalist ships sunk on the Yangtze as 300000 troops surge forward. Shanghai placed under martial law as Kiangyin seizes, cutting rail link and threatening the port city.
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Nanking
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Yangtze
Kiangyin
China
Chen Ta Ching
Truck Holiday Movement Shows Limited Uptake Across Town
Little change occurred as owner-operators led a statewide protest over higher truck weights. Tractors and small fleets parked along Butler avenue near Beckford street with flares and flash signals at night, halted by state police around 10:30. The action centers on single and small operators, not large trucking lines, with activity in Beaver Valley noted.
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Butler Avenue
Beckford Street
General Assembly
Beaver Valley
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Woman's mind described as chang ing and suspenseful
The text offers a dated caricature arguing that a woman’s mind is changeable and capable of shifting moods like April showers. It maintains a tone of humor and irony, noting that such perceptions keep men in suspense while referencing the number sixty-two.
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