U S and Britain Reject Stalin Peace Offer
The United States and Britain agreed to ignore Stalin’s peace bid unless in official form. British envoy Sir Olive Franks and Charles E Bohlen outlined responses to Stalin’s questionnaire from Kingsbury Smith. Stalin also expressed willingness to meet President Truman and propose a non aggression pact and Berlin blockade plan.
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Washington
INS
United States
Britain
Josef Stalin
Olive Franks
Charles E. Bohlen
State Department
Franks
Ernest Bevin
Stalin
Kingsbury Smith
International News Service
Truman
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
Norway
Enon Valley Bridge Nears Reopening After Snow Cleared
Progress on Enon Valley bridge repairs noted with opening expected in days to eliminate a long detour via New Galilee. County roads remain navigable with some icy spots, main roads well cindered, snow plows active, and about 3.5 inches of snow measured. Births at Jameson Memorial Hospital rise with 57 boys and 57 girls born last month including one set of triplets.
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Enon Valley
New Galilee
State Highway Department
Alfred Martin
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Supt
J. F. Friedheim
Death Record Notices for Fo cr and Brickner
Sherry Ann Fo cr, tee months, 312 East Meyer avenue. Charles Frederick Brickner, 63, 1231 West State street.
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Sherry Ann Fo Cr
Tee Months
East Meyer Avenue
Charles Frederick Brickner
West State Street
Frigid Weather Hits Gulf States and Texas Citrus
Frigid weather extends to the gulf states threatening the Texas citrus crop. Subzero readings reach 22 below at Big Piney Wyoming and 16 below at Williston and Minot North Dakota while Waco Texas records 12 degrees. Snow flurries reported in the Rockies Great Lakes and Maine as Chicago forecasts clearing skies.
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Gulf States
Texas
Rockies
Great Lakes
Maine
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Big Piney
Wyo
Williston
Minot
North Dakota
Winslow, Ariz
Waco. Tex
Funds Sought by Governor Duff to Aid Housing Program
Harrisburg Feb 1 Gov Duff proposed a 15 million appropriation to cover up to 35 percent of low rental housing costs. He said the move would attract 35 million from private builders over two years beginning June 1 and could double if the federal government matches.
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Harrisburg
James H. Duff
Duff
McKeesport Enacts Three New City Taxes and Pay Raise
McKeesport Pa February 1 A city council budget vote seeds a $240 yearly raise for all regular employees and introduces three new taxes an amusement tax 10 percent a personal property levy four mills and a real estate transfer tax two mills A revised mercantile tax lowers the 1948 levy from 2 percent to 1.25 mills with the wholesale rate dropping from 1.25 mills to .75 mills.
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Mckeesport
New England Blizzard Claims Dozens in Deep Freeze
A blizzard buried parts of New England under 16 inches of snow and brought frigid blasts to the South. At least 14 people died as authorities faced a historic winter with extreme cold and heavy snowfall across the region.
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New England
International News Service
New England States
Southland
Governor Seeks Cent-A-Gallon Gas Tax Increase
Gov James H Duff asked the General Assembly for a cent per gallon gas tax rise to fund a 100 million dollar a year road program for 1949-51. He proposed companion legislation allowing bond-financed funding via a state highway authority. Duff noted the levy now stands at four cents a gallon and would be supplemented by federal aid.
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Harrisburg
James H. Duff
General Assembly
State Highway Department
Duff
January 1949 Coldest Month on Record for California
Los Angeles officials report January 1949 as the coldest month in the weather bureau record. The 31 day period saw a high of 71 degrees and a low of 27.9 degrees, marking a historic cold spell for California.
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California
Los Angeles
INS
Civilians Launch Peace Delegation In Nanking
A civilian peace delegation flies from Nanking to Peiping to offer a peace program to the Communists after it is reviewed by Acting President Li Tsung Jen. The group includes scholars from the University of Nanking led by Wu Yu Hou and is welcomed by Communist radio as battles rage near Chenkiang along the Yangtze.
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Peiping
Nanking
INS
Li Tsung-Jen
Communist
Reuters
Chenkiang
Yangtze River
Shanghai
People’s
Peoples Peace Promotion
National Policy Research Association
Wu Yu-Hou
University of Nanking
China National Aviation Corporation
Yeh Chien-Ying
Peoples
Duff seeks re creation of state authority to issue bonds
Gov James H Duff asks the General Assembly to re create a general state authority with power to issue bonds for permanent improvements. He proposes a constitutional amendment to raise the state's debt limit, enabling borrowing to fund the authority and retire it with long term bonds at lower interest.
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Harrisburg
INS
General Assembly
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Icy Highways Reported In Area
Western Pennsylvania roads were glazed with ice as freezing temperatures lingered overnight. The weather bureau forecasts partly cloudy and cold with snow flurries near Lake Erie and a high around 30. Snow totals ranged from two to eight inches, Blairsville reporting the maximum, with Northwestern Pennsylvania receiving one to three additional inches Monday night.
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Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Lake Erie
Blairsville
First Legal Test Of City Wage Tax In Court
Nineteen employees of the National Radiator company filed an equity suit in Lawrence County court challenging the city of New Castle and tax receiver L W McClung over the ten mill wage tax. The plaintiffs seek to stop withholding from wages to remit to the city arguing no legitimate authority exists under state statutes or New Castle ordinances for the one percent levy. Residents include New Castle and Shenango Township workers. The suit names National Radiator company and the city as defendants.
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Lawrence County Court House
National Radiator Company
City of
New Castle
L. W. McClung
Shenango
State of
Pennsylvania
National Radiator
Judge Medina Orders Witness To Be Briefer
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina urged conciseness from a defense witness amid the trial of eleven U S Communist leaders. The rebuke came as Prof Doxey Wilkerson resumed his third day on the stand presenting statistical evidence alleging the jury system in New York district harms Negroes Jews the poor and manual laborers.
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New York
INS
Harold R. Medina
Doxey Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Last Draftees From Five-County Area Head To Fort Knox
The final draftees from the five-county area served by the local Army and Air Force recruiting station were inducted Monday and sent to Fort Knox Kentucky for training. Fifteen men were processed and departed by Pennsylvania Railroad with Catholic War Veterans presenting gifts to each recruit. Names include Philip A. Bove William S Workman Robert W Costa Fred D Gilmore George S Hintz Frank M Wrathey Donald R Gardner Domenick R Castrucci Harold A Shotzbarger William E E Strodecker.
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U. S. Army
Air Force
Fort Knox
Pennsylvania Railroad
Catholic War Veterans Post
New Castle
Philip A. Bove
North Cedar Street
Full US Recognition for Israel and Trans-Jordan
Washington reports President Truman will grant full diplomatic recognition to Israel and Trans-Jordan aiming to ease tensions in the Holy Land. The move follows Trans-Jordan joining Rhodes Conference talks on Palestine peace prospects and prompts expected Senate diplomatic envoy nominations for both states.
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Washington
INS
United States
Truman
Israel
Trans-Jordan
Holy Land
Palestine
Egypt
Tel Aviv
Senate
Gas Station Attendant Burns From Gasoline Explosion
Gust Lee, 28, of box 226 A D 2, treated at Jameson Memorial hospital for burns to face and head after gasoline exploded near a car motor at Sloan's station on route 422. Burns not serious.
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Gust Lee
Box
A. D
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Mr. Lee
Sloan's
Route 422
State Budget Near Billion Dollar Mark For 1949 51
Gov. James H. Duff presented the Pennsylvania General Assembly with a 1949 51 biennial budget of 988 196 350 calling for a $15 million subsidized housing program 151 1 million for relief and a state authority to issue long term bonds for public improvements excluding highways He urged a cent a gallon gas tax to generate 40 million for highways plus 40 million more via a highway authority Duff noted the budget would top one billion dollars if the gas tax is approved and highlighted allocations to fish game banking milk control and state farm show funds He outlined support for low cost housing through private builders and funding for a veterans bonus program in the coming biennium
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Harrisburg
INS
James H. Duff
General Assembly
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
Assembly
Duff
Commonwealth
Commerce Department
State Planning Board
Rules for Teacher Fellowship announced by The New Castle News
The New Castle News and Pennsylvania State College announced eligibility and purposes for a Teacher Fellowship. The award sends a Lawrence County teacher with outstanding community education to Penn State’s summer session, not the single best teacher.
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New Castle News
Pennsylvania State College
Penn State
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania
Memory of a School Year and Seasonal Hopes
The writer reflects on how time seems to pass quickly between summer and winter terms. He notes the first semester nearly finished and previews a summer return to the woods, fields, and a cool pond as a 34 degree day continues.
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