Mayor To Begin Second Term On Monday Morning
City officials prepare for a 1948 49 start as Mayor John F Haven will be sworn in by Judge John G Lamoree at city hall Monday morning Richard J Davies succeeds Safety Director D O Davies Albert A Hoyland and Bernard N Hanlon win reelection with four year and two year terms respectively The new administration plans public affairs property and parks street and public improvements and finance assignments New York CIO reports 300 delegates to meet Monday to set contract proposals for Westinghouse General Motors Electrical Division and Sylvania Electric Products Inc.
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City Hall
John G. Lamoree
John F. Haven
Richard J. Davies
D. O. Davies
Albert A. Hoyland
Bernard N. Hanlon
Jack Fritz
Mayor Haven
Joseph D. Alexander
James Gibson
Richard I. Davis
New York
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United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
CIO
Westinghouse
General Motor
Electrical Division
Sylvania Electric Products, Inc
Pa Newe Notes Seasonal Downtown Traffic and Local News
Pa Newe reports Friday downtown traffic mirrors a weekend pattern as New Year’s Day closures kept motorists downtown. Evergreen decorations were removed, the World War I honor roll site became a dumping ground, and cans clutter the Pearson and East Washington plot. A new windbreak barricade on North Jefferson aids Cascade Park riders. Sunday school attendance records are being chased with one citizen claiming 23 years of perfect attendance. Sir Stork logged 53 hospital visits in December with 29 boys and 24 girls born, down slightly from November.
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Pearson
East Washington Streets
Jefferson Street
Wallace Block
Cascade Park
Pa Newe
Sir Stork
New Castle Hospital
Daily Weather Report Summary
Daily weather report for the United States notes a maximum temperature of 42 and minimum 29 with trace snow. River stage is 8.3 feet. Year ago, highs reached 46 and lows 32 with 0.73 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Sesqui Centennial Plans Developing in New Castle
New Castle enters its sesqui centennial year as plans move from form to action. Perry S Gaston Post No 343 of the American Legion has pledged 5000 dollars to fund the celebration. Worrall Jones heads the effort and calls a public meeting in city hall on Wednesday January 14 at 2 PM to begin concrete planning with broad city wide participation.
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New Castle
Perry S. Gaston
American Legion
Post
Worral Jones
Jones
City Council Chamber
Legion
Purse Found by Mailman Returns $1475 Bequest
Chester Dudley a 38 year old Pittsburgh mail carrier was praised by Postmaster James C Smith for returning a purse containing 1475 dollars found while on duty The purse held an insurance claim on the death of Mrs Mary Seybold 75 and was returned to her on the way to the bank Mrs Seybold grateful to Dudley for his honesty
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Chester Dudley
James C. Smith
Mary Seybold
Dudley
Seybold
Greek Rebels Prepare Attack West of Konitsa
Greek guerrilla artillery pounded government positions west of the Aoos river as government troops braced for a possible rebel counter-attack. Rebels hold the eastern river bank facing gov ernment forces across the wrecked Borazani bridge and have blocked the main relief column 11 miles east of Konitsa in Pogoni area.
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Woman with Brittle Bones Flies to Boston for Diagnosis
Mary Christensen a 41 year old Racine Wisconsin woman with a rare bone disease suffers fractures from minor shocks. She was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital Boston for a complete diagnosis as doctors evaluate further operations to treat her brittle bones linked to overactive parathyroid gland.
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Boston
Jan
Wis
Logan International Airport
Mary Christensen
Massachusetts General Hospital
Communications Strike Continues Despite Walkout
A 4000 member strike against Western Union Mackay Radio Commercial Cables and All American Cables continued with no settlement in sight. Officials say international communications remain unaffected as the union seeks a 30 cent per hour wage increase.
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New York
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Western Union
Mackay Radio
Commercial Cables
All American Cables
Petrillo Case Ruling Due January 14 in Chicago
Federal Judge Walter J. Labay will decide on January 14 whether James C. Petrillo violated the Lea Act by calling a strike at WAAF Chicago to force hiring of three extra musicians. Petrillo faces up to one year in prison and a $1000 fine if convicted.
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James C. Petrillo
Walter J. Labay
Alil Federation of Musicians
Labuy
Petrillo
U. S. Supreme Court
Congress
WAAF
Hunting Clues in Cleveland Child Murder
Cleveland police continue a hunt for clues in the east side neighborhood where eight year old Sheila Ann Tuley was found stabbed to death. Nine juveniles were questioned and released. no suspects or motives yet. Neighbors saw a car leave the Endicott home where the body was found with blood on the windows.
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Cleveland
INS
East Side
Sheila Ann Tuley
Cuyahoga County
Samuel R. Gerber
Elderly Man Injured Falling on Toy at Home
Thomas Davis 74 of 210 Neshannock Avenue New Wilmington was treated at James Memorial Hospital at 1015 pm Friday for fractures of the left foot after stepping on a toy and falling. He returned home after his foot was cast.
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Thomas Davis
Neshannock Avenue
New Wilmington
the James' Memorial Hospital
Davis
Death notices for Mrs. Mary Platko and others
Obituaries record Mary Platko aged 70 of R D 8 Hanna street S Scott Cleland 58 of R D 1 Portersville and Charles Grist Sr 62 of Lowellville R D 2 and David Rhodes 59 of 222 North View Avenue with death notices listed.
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Mary Platko
R.D
Hanna Street
S. Scott Cleland
Portersville
Charles Grist, Sr
Lowellville
David Rhodes
Northview Avenue
County Officials Sworn In Monday Morning In Courts House
County officials elected November 5 will be sworn in Monday January 5 at nine o'clock in the courthouse. Four new faces join the offices including three county commissioners and the treasurer, controller, prothonotary and coroner. Holdovers include one commissioner and several incumbents such as Joseph F Travers and Andrew M Dodds. Don I Neal succeeds Frank W Hill as treasurer and has announced plans for the new term.
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Court House
Don I. Neal
Way Cleared For Action On Tax Reduction
Washington Jan 3 The way for swift House action on a Republican multi billion dollar tax cut bill appears clear with Speaker Martin signaling a January floor vote. Knutson’s plan would cut personal income taxes by five and a half billion dollars annually as leaders expect approval in the Ways and Means Committee and likely passage in the House.
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Washington
House
Martin
Mass
Rep
Knutson
Minn
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate
Capitol Hill
Ways and Means Committee
Freezing Rainstorm Slows Eastern Pennsylvania Recovery
Eastern Pennsylvania endured the fiercest freezing rainstorm in over a decade, disabling electric and telephone lines and halting trolley service in Bethlehem and Northampton counties. Doylestown suffered about 300000 dollars in tree and shrub damage as areas around Philadelphia faced slippery roads and power outages.
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Montgomery
Lehigh
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Norristown
Jenkintown
Ambler
Melrose Park
Knowland Says White House Official Left Washington
Senator Knowland reports a top administration official departed Washington for two weeks after he attempted to question him about grain market dealings tied to Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham, White House physician. The FBI opened an inquiry into Graham’s commodity trading on December 24. Knowland also ordered a subpoena for Graham’s broker records at Bache & Co. New York.
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Frank B. Allen
N.S
Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Wallace Graham
White House
John F. Sonnett
Sonnet
Sonnett
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Graham
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Bache & Co
New York
Ohio Governor Herbert Weds in Indianapolis Church Ceremony
Governor Thomas J. Herbert of Ohio married Mildred Helen Stevenson of Indianapolis in a noon ceremony at the McKee chapel of the Tabernacle Presbyterian church. Only close family and friends attended as Indiana Governor Ralph Gates and other relatives joined the guests.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Mildred Helen Stevenson
McKee
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Indiana
Ralph F. Gates
Indiana Executive Mansion
Oscar Thomas Olson
Epworth-Euclid Methodist Church
Cleveland
Adele Simpson
C. Louis Stevers
Body Found Sought After Man Falls From Houseboat
Pittsburgh river crews searched the Monongahela for a man believed to have fallen from an overturned derelict houseboat. Earl Faudree, 23, said he narrowly missed catching the victim as he rolled into the swift current. He described the man as in his forties.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Monongahela River
Earl Faudree
Faudree
Seventy Three New Homes Built in New Castle Year
New Castle saw 73 new homes started last year at an estimated cost of 542400 dollars. Additionally 101 private garages were erected costing 50520 dollars, according to Neil Williams of the city building bureau.
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New Castle
Neil Williams
Bureau of Usuilding
Sending Marines To Mediterranean Area
The United States plans four Marine detachments from Camp Lejeune to join ships off Italy and Greece. Units will accompany the carrier Midway at Naples and cruisers Little Rock at Piraeus Providence at Leghorn and Portsmouth at Genoa to bolster anti Communist forces. The move signals continued US involvement in the Mediterranean amid rising unrest.
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Greece
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Piraeus
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Leghorn
Portsmouth
Genoa
Attack on Arab village near Syria border reported
Heavily armed Jews attacked the Arab village of Sefad in north Palestine killing one man and wounding two. At least three Arab homes were blown up. Across Jerusalem area Arab and Jewish fatalities rose to 11, including three British soldiers. Food trucks for 5 000 Jews were escorted into the city amid a five day blockade as supplies ran low.
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Sefad
Palestine
Old City
Safad
Holy Land
Oppose Placing Marshall Plan Under Secretary
Senator Vandenberg and other GOP leaders oppose the administration plan to place the Marshall Plan under the secretary of state. He argues long term European aid should be run by a independent business background and foreign policy should stay with the secretary. He asks Brookings to conduct an objective survey as Senate Foreign Relations hearings begin next week.
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Sen. Vandenberg
Mich
Senate Foreign Relations
Vandenburg
Brookings Institution
Senate
Vandenberg
Three French Girls Await Decision On Impending Weddings
Three French war brides fiancées rest in a Philadelphia hotel awaiting an immigration board ruling on their eligibility to stay in the United States. Anna Goch and Fernando David of Paris and Martha F. Donas of Montmorency, who arrived via New Castle county Delaware after weather delays, face an entry rule expired Dec 31. They planned to marry Frank Marker of Fall River Massachusetts, Harold Skeggs of San Francisco, and Roy Morrison of Atlanta respectively.
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Tostay
United States
Anna Goch
Fernando David
Paris
Martha F. Donas
Montmorency
New Castle County
Del
Newfoundland
Frank Marker
Fall River
Mass
Harold Skeggs
San Francisco
Roy Morrison
Atlanta, Ga
Appendix Saves Condemned Man From Gallows
Edwin Dacey a 25 year old condemned murderer was scheduled to hang in a Leeds prison when an inflamed appendix led to an emergency operation at St James hospital. His life was saved and his lawyers filed an appeal, delaying the execution indefinitely pending the appeal.
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Leeds
England
Edwin Dacey
Dacey
St. James Hospital
New York Storm Relief Promised As Winds Subside
New York face relief after a week of snow sleet rain and wind with weather forecasters predicting no more snow and rising temperatures. Only 0.3 inches of snow fell and winds of 24 mph threatened lines before dying down. Thousands lack fuel electricity and telephone service while railroads resumed near normal operations.
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New York
Weather Bureau
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Edward Chapman Jr Promoted to Milk Sanitation Chief
Edward C. Chapman Jr of 801 Highland Avenue was promoted to milk sanitation chief in the State Department of Health. The announcement lists a salary of 3390 dollars per year. Chapman has served as a milk investigator in state service.
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Edward C. Chapman, Jr
Highland Avenue
State Department of Health
Chapman
Woman Injured Falling in Home at 919 Hazel Street
Mrs Hazel Lowers of 919 Hazel street suffered a fracture of the right collar bone after a fall down the cellar steps Friday morning. She received treatment at Jameson Memorial hospital and was able to go home after treatment.
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Hazel Lowers
Hazel Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Storms Kill 44. Midwest to New England See New Year Toll
Seventeen more deaths added to the sleet and snow storm sweeping the Midwest into New York State and New England. The toll includes 13 in New England and four in Metropolitan New York, with 44 deaths in the last two days. Tornadoes and windstorms across five southern states add 23 fatalities. Trains slowed, buses curtailed, and President Truman declared disaster aid priority as hundreds become homeless.
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Sedalia
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Swedish Cancer Specialist Heads to Moscow Flight
Stockholm January 3. Professor Elis Berven a renowned Swedish cancer expert will fly to Moscow today in response to a cable seeking his treatment of a serious case. No identity of the patient is disclosed. Russia has previously drafted foreign doctors for high ranking officials.
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Stockholm
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Elis Berven
Moscow
Russia
Warren Man Killed In Butler Accident
Warren, Ohio teenager George Beleny, 21, died when his car skidded on ice and hit a truck in Butler Pennsylvania. His passenger, 18 year old Martin Mertyns, suffered serious injuries while truck driver Arthur W. Bishop, 21, of Chicora escaped unharmed.
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Warren
Butler
Butler, Pa
George Beleny
Warren, O
Martin Mertyns
Arthur W. Bishop
Chicora
Christmas Tie Dazzles Aunt Sophronia In 38th Birthday Plot
Arthur Mometer ponders wearing a loud striped Christmas tie from Aunt Sophronia who arrives with money to brighten his day. He resists tasks, while the gift shines on the tree and begs to be seen.
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Sophronia
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