Phone Strike Postponed In Eleventh Hour
Federal mediator met with Western Electric and 10 000 striking telephone installation men to avert a general walkout. Division Six CIO Communications Workers of America leader Ernest Weaver said his men would not picket, easing fears of a nationwide shutdown affecting 240 000 workers. A postponement was announced as talks shifted to the Long Lines Department in New York and a nationwide formula was being prepared for broader bargaining. Continued on Page Two.
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New York
INS
Western Electric Company
Thomas Steutel
CIO Communications Workers of America
Ernest Weaver
American Telephone and Telegraph System
Long Lines Department
Long Lines
Robert Crease
Division 10
President Szakasits resigns Hungary top post
President Arpad Szakasits resigns due to ill health. Sandor Ronai, foreign trade minister, elected president of the presidium of the People’s Front, the new title for the figurehead head of state after the republic’s presidency was abolished.
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Budapest
INS
Arpad Szakasits
Sandor Ronai
People’s Front
Szakasiis
Ronai
Route 108 Widening And Relocation Work Near Harlansburg
Workmen began operations on Route 108 near Harlansburg as part of widening and resurfacing. Relocation is under way at the hill on New Castle road before entering Harlansburg. Heavy rains raised local streams with over an inch in 24 hours.
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Harlansburg
New Castle Road
Fair and cooler with scattered frost tonight
Fair and cooler with scattered frost tonight. Lowest temperatures 30 to 35. Tomorrow some cloudiness and cool. Maximum temperature 67, minimum 40. Precipitation 1.01 inches. River stage 12.7 feet. Year ago: max 65, min 43, precipitation none.
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United States
Daylight Saving Time To Begin In New Castle Area
The Greater New Castle Association reports DST starts Sunday April 30 and runs until late September. Most places will move clocks ahead one hour Saturday night, though public buildings like the courthouse and post office will not change clocks. Church and business schedules will adjust to Eastern Standard Time.
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GNCA
Jacob C. Wachtman
Greater New Castle Association
Court House
Missing former FBI agent reported safe
The missing witness in the Senate loyalty inquiry, John J. Huber, told his wife he had blacked out but was safe in New York. His colleague LarryKerley said he received a call from Huber from a restaurant at 48th Street and Broadway in New York.
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Washington
INS
Senate
FBI
John J. Huber
New York
Huber
48Th Street
Broadway
Kerley
Britain’s Labor Government Victor Today
London April 26 The Labor government survived two confidence votes by five votes in the House of Commons. The votes tested provisions of the 1950 51 budget pushed by Chancellor Sir Stafford Cripps including a gasoline tax increase.
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London
Great Britain
Stafford Cripps
Seattle Blast Injures Twelve
An explosion at the Linnea apartment building in Capitol Hill Seattle injures twelve, with ten taken to Harborview Hospital and others to Virginia Mason and Group Health. Firefighters rescue occupants as police evacuate the damaged U shaped structure after gas odor prompts fear of a second blast.
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Seattle
INS
Linnea
Capitol Hill
Harborview Hospital
Virginia Mason
Group Health Hospital
Richard Mahoney
City to Erect I Beams Bridge Over Neshannock Creek
New Castle Dantile Company won the contract to build an I beam bridge 218 feet long over Neshannock creek in New Castle. The project, funded by the State Highway Department, covers 492 feet of concrete base and a 42 foot width to serve spur route 422 downtown, with heavy traffic detours planned.
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Harrisburg
INS
New Castle
Dantile Company
Neshannock Creek
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Jefferson Street
South Croton Avenue
Duntile Company
Castle News
Jefferson
Mill Streets
Grove Street
Hanter Laundry
Central Fire Station
New Bridge
Mill Street
Washington Street
George “Bud” Horchler
Wilson Aviation
Heavy April Snow Rages Through London and Southeast
The worst April snowstorm in 31 years dumped more than six inches on London and southeast England. Snow collapsed overhead wires and disrupted communications as rail tracks were buried and services halted.
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London
England
Maragon Found Guilty of Lying to Senate Investigators
Federal court jury convicts John Maragon on two counts for lying to Senate five percenter investigators. The verdict after 1 hour 36 minutes of deliberation exposes a former White House intimate facing 8 months to 20 years in prison.
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Washington
INS
John Maragon
Senate
White House
Maragon
Penn State Wins One of 12 Physics Research Contracts
The Atomic Energy Commission announced that Pennsylvania State College has been awarded one of twelve new contracts for physical research.
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Penn State
Washington
INSI
The
Atomic Energy Cmmission
Pennsylvania State College
Flaherty Elected New Castle Hospital Board President
J Preston Flaherty was elected president of the New Castle hospital Board of Directors Tuesday evening at the annual officers election held at the hospital. Other officers include John W Miller first vice president John Watert second vice president John J Maher executive secretary Sister Mary John treasurer Sister Mary De Carmel recording secretary. Terms are for one year. The annual hospital report and building program were discussed and a vote of thanks was given to past officers led by Ivor Davis.
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J. Preston Flaherty
New Castle Hospital
John W. Miller
John Watert
John J. Maher
Mary John
Sister Mary DeCarmel
Ivor Davis
Grenade Hurler Executed in First Postwar Philippine Electrocution
Philip pine prison officials executed Julio Guillen a 40 year old Manila barber who attempted to assassinate Manuel Roxas the first president after the war. The electric chair carried out the sentence marking the Philippines first postwar execution.
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Muntinlupa
Philippines
INS
Julio Guillen
Manila
Philippine Republic
Manuel Roxas
Death notices for several residents listed
Death records from Hillsville and Dayton report Carmen R Robb 46, Hillsville. George Henry Speed 90 of 319 Sampson Street. William J Houston 59 of 60942 Superior Street. Infant Daughter Wilson of Dayton. Mrs David Taylor 63 of 816 North View Avenue.
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Carmen R. Robb
Hillsville
George Henry Speed
Sampson Street
William J. Houston
Superior Street
Wilson, Dayton
Moscow May Be Asked To Halt Berlin Youth March
Washington reports that the United States may appeal to Moscow to halt the May 28 march of Communist youths in the western zone of Berlin. A public note to Stalin or Vishinsky is suggested to deflect blame and avert bloodshed. Some advisors oppose, fearing it could inflame tensions and charge Western powers with provocation. The event, planned for Sportpalast, could draw thousands and become a Cold War flashpoint.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Berlin
Truman
State Acheson
Josef Stalin
Andrei Vishinsky
U. S
Britain
France
West Berlin
East Berlin
New York Faces Another Strike
Eighteen thousand employees in two thousand Manhattan apartment houses plan a 24 hour strike tonight. The walkout, pledged by the AL building service union to Arthur S. Meyer, head of the state mediation board, will idle supers, janitors, elevator operators and porters and affect about 70,000 tenants.
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New York
INS
Manhattan
AL Building Service Union
Arthur S. Meyer
New York State Mediation Board
Wheel and gear from missing U S Navy plane found in Baltic
Swedish fishermen recovered a wheel and landing gear assembly believed from the missing American naval plane lost April 8 after Russian fighters attacked it. The gear, apparently bullet pierced, will be sent to U S Navy officials. Danish radio reports fishermen also found a rolled yellow rubberized suit off Langeland Island.
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Stockholm
Baltic
United States Navy
Langeland Island
Denmark
Flooded Route 422 Near New Castle Delays Traffic
Route 422 east of New Castle was flooded by 14 inches of water overnight as a small stream west of Rose Point overflowed its banks. State highway officials slowed traffic. contractor equipment was threatened but no highway damage occurred. AWARDED FIRST PRIZE Boston student Evan Hill won 500 dollars and a gold medal in a national essay contest.
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New Castle
Rose Point
State Highway Department
A. A. Martin
Holderman Company
New York
INS
Evan Hill
Boston University
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Columbia University
Jack Bilyew
David C. Finley
Hill
United States
Tomato Seeds Planted and Waiting for the Crop
The speaker notes tomato seeds are planted in black earth and will grow into future meals. They mention red and yellow tomatoes in a box and hopes for fried tomatoes stewed with corn and juice. The year is conveyed as 62 today, signaling time passing.
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J. P. Flaherty
David Taylor
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