Eastern U S Railroads Seek Rate Hike Across Freight Goods
Eastern United States railroads filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission to raise freight rates by percent on all items except coal. Coal shipments would have a flat 12 cent per net ton increase. If approved, this would be the eighth postwar rate rise, boosting annual railroad revenue by about 141 million dollars and offset rising operating costs including labor fuel and materials.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
British Premier to Confer With Truman on Bomb, Alliances
British Prime Minister plans talks with President Truman focusing on the A bomb use, whether a four power conference should occur, and Europe’s armed status. Officials note concerns in Britain and France about the bomb and potential Soviet moves as Attlee visits Washington.
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U. S
Britain
France
Russia
Europe
West
Moscow
Red Cross Disaster Chairman Calls Flag and Armband Return
Ralph Davis, disaster chairman for the Red Cross, asked all people with Red Cross flags and armbands to surrender them at the chapter house.
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Red Cross Disaster
Ralph Davis
Red Cross
Blood Bank Drive Urges Blood Typing Assistance
Community notice asks residents to help save a life by typing blood at the Red Cross. Call 5084 for details and to participate.
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Red Cross
World Sees Atom Bomb Decision and Peace Risk
Anxious world awaits Washington action on atomic weapons with leaders debating whether deployment could secure peace or trigger a third world war. Attlee says any use must be fully discussed with international partners and prior to Korea police actions. London eyes coordinating UK and US policy and a possible four power summit on global dangers.
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Attlee
U. N
Korea
London
Pa Newe Observes Pa Newe Observes
Kegarise and Mrs Sam Patterson from Walmo attended the practice session bound in warm clothes by tractor daily to reach work. Hoover's restaurant on North and Jefferson streets suffered late night storm damage with gutter, awning and sign knocked down but no one was harmed. Ty. R Altman of Highland Heights bagged a six point buck near the Neshannock township fire building weighing about 150 pounds, with Raymond and Earl Fobes and Jim Fobes present. The Barbary ape remains Europe’s sole monkey species.
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Kegarise
Sam Patterson
Walmo
Ty. R. Altman
Highland Heights
Neshannock Township
Mr. Altman
Raymond Fobes
Earl Fobes
Jim Fobes
Deaths Of The Day Rev Thomas L Patton Sr
Obituaries notice from New Castle area listing the deaths of Rev Thomas Lewis Patton Sr 68 and other local individuals with burial plans, service details, and survivor lists. Multiple church affiliations, towns, and funeral homes noted including Sharp Reynolds Cunningham and Mount Hermon.
All-Out Mobilization Discussed in Fiscal Plan
Liens indicate a fiscal year arms outlay near 45 billion dollars and will be sent to Congress early this afternoon. The White House prepares for a weekend conference on the world crisis between the President and British Prime Minister Clement Attlee.
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Congress
White House
Clement Attlee
Excess Profits Tax Bill Reported in Congress
The House expected to defeat the opposition and pass the committee bill on an excess profits tax plan. The measure imposes 75 percent tax on excess profits and 15 percent on pre war profits, with a choice of earnings base from 1946 to 1949. Republicans push for a 70 or 75 percent tax on excess profits only.
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House
Guards and crowds outline for Truman arrival in city
Elaborate plans to guard Truman as 100000 spectators are set for the stadium event. Visiting brass begins arriving in Philadelphia for the grid battle with West Point and Annapolis. Pennsylvania railroad runs a parade of 37 trains to sidings outside Municipal Stadium. In Dallas, only one percent of goat and kid skins tanned in the United States come from domestic herds.
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Quaker City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Municipal Stadium
Gridiron Warriors
West Point
Annapolis
Philadelphia
Dallas
United States
Attlee Eyes Atom Bomb Voice in As-Yet-Noted Talks
Prime Minister Attlee, briefing advisers before his trip, plans to press for Britain’s say in any use of the atomic bomb and broader Allied defense planning. He aims to avoid a Labour split while seeking closer U S cooperation and a possible combined chiefs of staff.
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Attlee
Britain
West
America
United Nations
Korea
Labor Party
Washington
County clears Grant Street in snow removal effort
County Commissioner Joe Travers oversaw snow clearing on Grant Street west of North Jefferson. Road closure blocked travel between State Street and North Jefferson, forcing vehicles to use State Street to access the business district.
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Joe Travers
Grant Street
North Jefferson Street
State Street
Soviet Veto Delays U N Action on China and Korea
Western powers suspend action in the United Nations while talks on Formosa and Korea continue. The Soviet Union vetoed a six power resolution that urged Peiping to withdraw troops and condemned Chinese intervention in Korea. Malik of the Soviet Union opposed the measure. India abstained. Britain the United States Yugoslavia Cuba Norway Ecuador France Egypt and Nationalist China supported the resolution.
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Korea
Security Council
Formosa
Peiping
Wu Hsiu- Chan
Waldorf Astoria
Assembly
India
Sir Bengal Rau
Soviet Union
Malik
Jacob Malik
Council
Red China
U.N
Sir Benegal Rau
Britain
U. S
Yugoslavia
Cuba
Norway
Ecuador
France
Egypt
Mrs. Marie Wright Dies In California
Mrs Marie Johnson Wright of 954 South Kingsley Drive Los Angeles California died in California. She was the daughter of the late James and Laura Johnson born in New Castle. Survived by husband Carl Wright three brothers Dick and Walter of Los Angeles and Frank of Beaver Falls and sister Ida Johnson of Los Angeles. Services will be held in Los Angeles Saturday at 339 PM with interment at Forrest Lawn cemetery.
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Ralph S. Cline
Cynthia Black
Hillcrest Avenue
New Castle
James H
Cynthia Plant
Cline
Highland U. P. Church
Baldwin Bible Class
Baird Missionary Society
Harry Davis
Thomas
Avery Black
Youngstown
Ohio
C. O. Robison
Newton Falls
Martin Fobes
Canton
Leo Sewald
Eugene Black
San Francisco
Calif
J. Carwin Rose
Second U. P. Church
R. L
R. L. Boyd Funeral Home
North Jefferson Street
Mt. Hermon Cemetery
Tony George
Alice Solomon
Maryland Avenue
New Castle Hospital
Syria
Mike
Margaret
Buffalo
N. Y
Samuel
Camp Rucker
Ala
James
Meadville
Robert
Pennsylvania State College
Joan Moses
New Kensington
Fred
Phoebe Farris
Joseph
Abraham Solomon
Pittsburgh
Helen Solomon
Joaquin Elias
Brazil
South America
J. Calvin Rose
Howard L. Reynolds
Adams Street
Castle View
Matt Kutish
East
Reynolds Street
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Mr. Kutish
Yugoslavia
Ann Kutish
Anna Treputec
New Brighton
Mary Paulic
This City
Catherine Pachik
SS. Voor and James
W. W. Stancelewski
W. L. Aiken
Guerard
North Mill Street
Marie Johnson Wright
South Kingsley Drive
Los Angeles
Wright
James and
Laura Johnson
Carl Wright
Walter
Frank
Beaver Falls
Ida Johnson
Martin Gantz
Forrest Lawn Cemetery
Not Desperate Situation Opinion by General MacArthur
In a 90 minute news conference General MacArthur said he is not prepared to accept the situation as desperate and urged reporters to mark time in judging its gravity. He noted Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker's Eighth Army in northwest Korea still has four American divisions, which still remain good and intact.
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Manchuria
Walton H. Walker
Eighth
Korea
Willoughby
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Thomas Fisher
Maria Gill Patton
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Patton
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Canfield
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Port Huron
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Oakdale
D. P. West
Holidaysburg
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Sharp Funeral
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Robert F. Galbreath
First Presbyterian Church
Slippery Rock
Sharp Funeral Home
Derwood D. Lesh
Washington Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
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Fred Cochran
Arthur Armstrong
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Guy Eppinger
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Hammond Music Store
TOY
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N. Jefferson
SEARS
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Jesse
N. Kerr
N. Mill St
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Washington St
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Marie Wright
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