Truman Frames Ultimatum to Stalin in Iran Dispute
President Truman, at a news conference, described an ultimatum to Stalin over Iranian troop withdrawals. The White House clarified the term referred to U S led U N pressure in spring 1946 and a note to the Soviet government on March 6 1946 calling for Iran stability and Soviet withdrawal by May 1946.
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Truman
Stalin
Iran
White House
United Nations
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Russia
Roger Tubby
U.N
Security Council
Prsident
Local Oak Street Church Erected in 1902 and Seasonal Hints
Pa Newe visits Oak Street section and notes the Re formed Presbyterian church at Oak and Pine was built in 1902. Nearby residents begin lawn work as spring arrives and fruit growers welcome cooler days to delay budding. An egg weighing 74 inches by 9 inches was brought to The News office by E W Studebaker from Slippery Rock.
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Oak Street
Pa Newe
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Oak and
Pine Street
W. Studebaker
Slippery Rock
White Rock
Weather Forecast and Daily Statistics
Cloudy and cool with rain to morrow across the south and central portions tonight. Low 40 to 45. For the 24 hours ending 9 am today the maximum temperature was 60, minimum 42, precipitation 0.48 inches, river stage 6.6 feet. A year ago the high was 57, low 42, with no precipitation.
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Start Probe Of Legality Of Steel Plants Seizure
A Senate judiciary subcommittee opens public hearings in Washington on the constitutional and statutory authority for President Truman's seizure of the steel mills. The four Democrats and three Republicans will hear whether the seizure was lawful, not the wage dispute facts, with invitations accepted from sponsors and labor and administration spokesmen.
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Senate Judiciary
Truman
Sen. Smith
N. C
Smith
Steel Firms Seek Court Halt On Wage Increase Plan
Major steel companies asked a federal court to block government plans to grant a wage rise to 650 000 CIO workers and said irreparable damage would follow. U S Steel argued the pay raise could cost the industry about 480 million dollars in 1952 and 1953 as attorneys urged a temporary injunction to stop the operation of seized mills and block Commerce Secretary Sawyer from enforcing the increase.
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Washington
David A. Pine
Commerce
Sawyer
U.S. Steel Corp
Theodore Kiendl
New York
U.S. Steel Counsel
Korean Front Flares With Renewed Fighting Near Panmunjom
Seoul April 24 Korea’s west front sees renewed sharp fighting as allied air and naval blows hit Red communications and supply centers. Big guns and bombs roll as artillery and possible tanks shell villages near Panmunjom where truce negotiators bicker over unsettled issues.
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Korea
Panmunjom
Four Americans Die in Baja Plane Explosion Crash
Ensenada Mexico April 24 Four vacationing Americans were killed when a single engine plane exploded in mid air and crashed into rugged Baja California terrain while returning to Los Angeles from Mazatlan. Three bodies recovered with one hoped to be found. victims identified as Robert Haley San Gabriel George Blind 37 Pasadena Silas Dumke 60 Puente and Marc Williams 32 Arcadia. Police said bad road conditions delayed body removal requiring a helicopter to reach the crash site.
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Baja California
Mexico
Los Angeles
Mazatlan
Robert Haley
San Gabriel
George Blind
Pasadena
Silas Dumke
Puente
Marc Williams
Arcadia
Inquest Ordered Into Woman's Death in Chambersburg
Franklin County Coroner S D Shull ordered an inquest into the death of 75 year old Mrs Cora Funk of Chambersburg. She died on arrival at Chambersburg hospital after being struck by an automobile reportedly driven by Paul B Newcomer Jr. The collision happened on the Lincoln highway just east of Chambersburg.
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Franklin County
S. D. Shull
Cora Funk
Giant egg weighs more than half a pound in Niles henhouse
A white Plymouth Rock hen laid a giant egg weighing over a half pound and eight inches around. The hen was checked during a routine collection in Niles on Saturday and the egg showed a slight crack, removing any chance of offspring. The hen suffered no harm and is doing fine.
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John Bellow
Niles
Plymouth Rock
Bellow
County PSEA Group Meets for Notable Dinner
The County PSEA held its annual dinner in the east dining room of the Cathedral. Dr. Francis B. Haas, superintendent of public instruction, and Dr. Maurice Thomas of the University of Pittsburgh spoke as outstanding guest speakers. Eugene V. Hill presided as toastmaster. R. F. Conway gave the invocation.
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Francis B. Haas
R. F. Conway
Leslie
Akron industrialist Poncet Davis indicted for tax evasion
Akron industrialist Poncet Davis has been indicted by a Cleveland Grand Jury on a four year tax evasion charge totaling 738249 dollars. Davis, innertube maker and former associate of Edwin Pauley, faced earlier charges for failing to pay 170000 dollars in 1945 taxes. Assistant U S Attorney Frank Steel outlined 1945 46 47 and 48 figures, noting 1946 was the largest year with 549842 99 dollars due while Davis paid only 53312 63. The 60 000 a year Akron firm president allegedly diverted income to his personal use without reporting it as income or paying tax.
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Akron
Poncet Davis
Edwin Pauley
White House
U. S
Frank Steel
Steel
Davis
Restaurants Must Post Price Charts in OPS District
About 4 000 restaurants and taprooms in the OPS district face a 48 hour deadline to post new price charts. CPR 134 requires filing statements of meal prices charged during Feb 3 to 9 with the price stabilization district office.
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Philadelphia
Insi
Price Stabilization
Deferments For Collegians May Become More Difficult
Washington April 24 In an official briefing the army projected that draft deferments for college students may grow harder next fall as local boards face higher quotas. No changes to deferment rules are planned, but boards likely must meet about 10 000 more deferments monthly. The bulk of deferments rely on academic standing or high test scores and most boards renew such deferments when criteria are met.
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Army
Selective Service System
Five Lawyers Begin Contempt Sentences in NYC Federal Court
Five defense lawyers for 11 Communist leaders convicted in 1949 surrendered in federal court to start contempt terms. Named defendants include Harry Sachers of New Rochelle six months and Louis F. McCabe of Philadelphia 30 days. Proceeding followed Supreme Court denial of review. defendants were fingerprinted and remanded to detention.
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INS
Harry Sachers
New Rochelle
Richard Gladstein
San Francisco
George W. Crockett, Jr
Detroit
Abraham Isserman
Louis F. McCabe
Philadelphia
U. S
James Kilsheimer
U. S. Supreme Court
Federal House of Detention
Five States Name Delegates In Presidential Bloc Draw
Sen Taft predicted a strong showing in week five as Arkansas Arizona Utah Colorado and Illinois name Republican delegates. Taft, leading Eisenhower 235 to 225, will address Arkansas GOP in Little Rock while claiming Pennsylvania delegates are uncommitted despite Eisenhower’s big popular vote showing.
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Taft
Ohio
Arkansas
Arizona
Utah
Colorado
Illinois
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Pennsylvania
New York
John S. Fine
Ike
Hundreds Of Buried Weapons Found At Jackson Prison
Jackson prison officials disclosed that state troopers and guards uncovered three bushels of deadly weapons hidden in the prison yard using six mine detectors. A subsequent cell block shakedown added four hundred more weapons. Items included knives meat cleavers wrenches pipes baseball bats and a pitch fork no guns were found. Rioters apparently buried the arsenal to use later.
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Congressional Wives Plan Harmony After Mrs Truman Hat
Mrs James C Davis wife of a Georgia congressman urged harmony among lawmakers. She recalled the Congressional wives party for Mrs Bess Truman and said political feuds could ease if husbands and wives copied their cooperative example. The first lady noted there are enough hats to go around.
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Congress
James C. Davis
Georgia
Bess Truman
Davis
Truman
State Leaders Chart Convention Plans for Chicago Delegates
Philadelphia April 24 Democrats and Republicans map routes to Chicago where National Convention delegates will pick presidential nominees in July. Democrats meet May 20 in Harrisburg while Republicans convene May 22 in Philadelphia. Eisenhower supporters push for pledged delegates. Governor Fine seeks an unpledged slate in Chicago.
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Chicago
Harrisburg
GOP
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Fine
Flood Crest Of Missouri Nears Kansas City
The Missouri river flood crest approached Kansas City after rupturing a dike and inundating Sherman Air Force Base. Three and a half million dollar installation at Fort Leavenworth suffered as water rose to three feet over the airfield while volunteers reinforced levees and more than 100,000 residents evacuated in Missouri valley. Authorities expected a crest near 31.5 feet with levees designed for 41 feet.
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Missouri River
Sherman Air Force Base
Fort Leavenworth
Missouri Valley
Eisenhower Returns To Work At Paris Headquarters
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower who had been in bed with a throat infection since Saturday resumes duties at his Paris headquarters. He will lunch with British Air Marshal Lord Tedder today as he returns to work.
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Paris
INS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lord Tedder
ANPA votes on censure of President Truman over steel seizure
New York, April 24. The American Newspaper Publishers Association votes on a resolution censuring President Truman for seizing the steel industry and for implying power to seize the press. Introduced by Maj. Gen. Julius Ochs Adler at the ANPA annual convention in New York. James Akin, a Jackson Prison guard, released after a nervous collapse. Sir Stafford Cripps body cremated in Zurich on his 63rd birthday. Pentagon weighs a formula allowing use of atomic weapons in Europe without congressional approval.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Truman
ANPA
Julius Ochs Adler
New York Times
Jackson, Mich
James Akin
Jackson Prison
Akin
Zurich
Sir Stafford Cripps
Britain
Stafford
Washington
The
Pentagon
Europe
John E. Hull
Army
U.S
Secret new prisoner exchange proposal advances near Panmunjom
War talks near Panmunjom reported a secret prisoner exchange proposal presented amid artillery and possible tank fire near the truce conference site. Allied and Communist negotiators traded accusations of unwillingness on two long standing armistice issues as explosions echoed in the war weary region.
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Masan
Korea
Panmunjom
Kaesong
Leading Figure in New York Police Graft Jailed
James E. Reardon a key figure tied to the Harry Gross gambling ring was indicted for two counts of perjury and jailed overnight as Kings County grand jury probes renewed corruption case actions. Ghosts of the graft case stir with renewed accusations against 17 former plainclothesmen as police seek new lists from Commissioner Monaghan.
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New York
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Tombs
James E. Reardon
Harry Gross
Kings County Grand Jury
George P. Monaghan
Gross
Rikers Island Peniion
Death Notices From Local Area Dated April 24 1952
The list records several deaths with ages and addresses including William H Shaddick at 1004 Highland Avenue Rebecca A Anderson age 98 of R D 2 West Middlesex William E Smith 74 Edenburg Stanley M Polansky 22 of 317 East Wallace Avenue Anthony Ippolito 70 of Wampum and Anna Marshall McHattie age 2 in Little Beaver Township
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William H. Shaddick
Highland Avenue
Rebecca A. Anderson
R.D
West Middlesex
William E. Smith
Edenburg
Stanley M. Polansky
Wallace Avenue
Anthony Ippolito
Wampum
Anna Marshall McHattie
Little Beaver Township
Prison Rioters at Jackson to End Rebellion
Jackson Michigan April 24 in a surrender by Gov. Williams and prison officials ended five days of mutiny at Jackson prison. 168 rebels held eight guards as hostages and agreed to surrender after a final day of demand for glory.
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Jackson
Jackson, Mich
INS
G. Mennen Williams
Jackson Prison
Mich
Michigan
Earl Ward
Julian Frisbee
Ernest Oe Mares
Mennen Aeliams
Ae Il
Brooks
Gov. Williams
Evidence Of Potato Black Market In Philadelphia
The Office of Price Stabilization reports a wide scale potato black market in the Philadelphia area. OPS probes found 53 retailers overcharging up to 80 percent above ceiling prices after surveying 312 outlets. Overcharges reached up to 36 cents per five pound bag, potentially up to $150,000 weekly for local families.
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Philadelphia
INS
Office of Price Stabilization
Greater
John F. O'Neill
OPS
O'Neill
Daylight Saving Time Arrives Soon
The message urges readers to set clocks forward one hour on Saturday night and explains the effect of DST. It notes rising times shift to seven and eight on Sunday, affects gardeners and golfers more than hay workers, and mentions the change being in effect until autumn.
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