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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1947
Page
1
The CIO United Steelworkers and five U S Steel subsidiaries adjourned after submitting wage and other demands. Talks resume Monday with USW President Murray seeking a substantial increase though no figures were named.
Former Rep. Andrew J. May and co defendants Henry M. Garsson Murray W. Garsson and Joseph F. Freeman pleaded not guilty to federal conspiracy charges tied to defrauding the government. Bail set at 2000 dollars each, trial scheduled for March 19 with denial of delay requests.
Pa Newc reports on ice skating melting at Mahoning avenue due to warmer temps and notes two more stone pillars felled by cars in the Public Square. He mentions damaged east end post repairs, thumbs carving on East Washington and Butler signs, a lone hiker in cold, car license plates loose, and a robin seen in North Hill as a sign of early spring.
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. report a maximum 43 and minimum 18 with no precipitation and a river stage of 7.7 feet. The same date last year showed a maximum 32 and minimum 15.
Georgia government faces a standstill as highway and revenue funds are frozen amid a battle between the governor and lawmakers. State Treasurer George Hamilton refuses fund requests until department heads appointed by Heman Talmadge are legally recognized or vindicated, crippling operations as the General Assembly adjourns for a long weekend. Rumors of a citizen’s filibuster and petitions threaten to delay any business until court decisions resolve the dispute.
The Ferguson Smith bill to create a national system of eleven labor courts will be introduced in the Senate next week. Each court would have three judges two law experts and one lay member, to interpret contracts and settle justifiable labor disputes. Senator Smith of New Jersey said he backs the plan and hearings resume Tuesday with Labor Secretary Schwellenbach as first witness.
Britain planned to press its complaint on the Corfu channel minings before the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday. Soviet Russia reportedly would seek further postponement as the eleven-nation body met at Lake Success with Australian chairman Norman J. O. Makin presiding.
Four youths from Chicago are held in Kalamazoo in connection with the kidnapping and robbery of Benton Harbor gas station attendant Richard Hillhouse. Hillhouse was wounded when stabbed and his throat cut, then dumped from a car six miles from the scene. The suspects are McKinley Allen 23 Eldridge Brown 24 Stonewall Brown 24 and Ben Brown 22.
President Miguel Aleman accepted an invitation to visit Washington as guest of President Truman. No definite date was given for the trip.
Harrisburg Jan 24 The four day 1947 state American Legion convention was tentatively set to begin August 6 in Pittsburgh Deputy Adjutant Daniel Shaub said the planning committee has started work on the annual gathering.
Death notices list two women aged 70 and 54 with addresses 211 North Mill street and 805 Highland avenue respectively. The records record their names ages and residences in the Friday January 24 1917 edition.
Attorney Joseph Solomon announced the USO committee and executive board for Lawrence County. The drive runs January 26 for a $15,000 county quota, with 2,600 soldiers in service and checks payable to United Service Organizations.
President Truman urged Congress to retain rent controls beyond June 30 and avoid a spike in costs and evictions. Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, director of the Office of Temporary Controls, cited liberalizing ceilings for hardship cases while keeping overall rents steady and aligned with surrounding properties.
Pittsburgh police sought the slayer of Alfred H. Kemper 55 operator of a small grocery store. Detectives said Kemper was shot last night by a lone robber who fired when he resisted or did not comply and died before questioning.
Radio host Fulton Lewis Jr. spoke to two large audiences in New Castle on Thursday. A noon luncheon at the Field Club featured Lawrence Savings and Trust Company sponsor Charles H. Johnson Jr. The 600 dinner guests heard the Mutual network broadcast from a Cathedral booth with Rotary officers and local officials present.
San Joaquin county authorities aided by police across the state pursue important new evidence in the Alice Devine kidnapping case. District Attorney Chester W. Watson has assumed investigation authority as new leads emerge after Devine, 17, traced her route from Lodi to Sacramento. No suspects are sighted yet.
Allied prosecutors closed the case against Hideki Tojo and 25 other Japanese leaders in a war crimes trial. The British and American teams presented documents charging planning crimes against mankind. The tribunal has received 2,282 documents and heard 103 witnesses over 160 days.
Announcement by John R. Hodge states the March of Dimes Tag Day planned for Saturday is called off. Funds support the fight against Infantile Paralysis.
A blaze at the old Pennsylvania Railroad freight office on West Washington Street caused about 10000 in damage. The fire, likely started by a defective chimney, confined mainly to the second floor. hydrants were frozen and initial water supply was limited. Damage assessed by Marion Strett, Erie and Ashtabula Division superintendent, as insurance covered by the railroad.
Franz Von Papen former Nazi diplomat and ex Nuernberg acquitted of war crimes faces a denazification trial in Hamburg. The indictment accuses him of political support and propaganda for Hitler with prosecutors seeking designation as chief culprit after his custody following the four power tribunal ruling.
An extensive search was pressed for a twin engined Avianca transport plane missing for two days with 15 people on a Bogota to Barranquilla flight. The carrier had won a safety award last month for five years of operation without an accident.
Washington reports raise doubts over whether Secretary of State George C. Marshall will attend the Moscow meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers in March. Officials note Marshall would skip only if no progress is seen on Germany and Austria treaty drafts. President Truman says the issue did not arise in their talks.
Paris reports an elaborate French program for Germany’s future government proposing a federal union and central economic controls. The plan was submitted to Washington London and Moscow and aims to settle German treaty issues at the Moscow foreign ministers meeting. It envisages provisional organization under Allied occupation and a permanent constitutional government with Germany as an economic political whole.
Four former Nazi spies and saboteurs were sentenced to 20 to 25 years by a Rio de Janeiro military tribunal. The defendants Karl Otto Gohn Hans Meyer Albert Thiel and Walter Gustav Augustin were found guilty of attempts to dynamite the Sao Paulo electric works the British liner Tonic Star and the cruiser Ajax as well as sinking the Monte Serrat and Lenpizig near Buenos Aires and maintaining contact with the German high command.
Charles Grodis age 52 a baggage man on the P and L E railroad was injured in a fall from a baggage car at the local station. He was taken to Jameson Memorial hospital at 1 10 am for treatment. Doctors planned X ray of his right knee to check for a fracture after the door gave way while he tried to open it.
The House Administration committee will take suitable action on an election contest against Rep. Marcantonio of New York. Rep. LeCompte of Iowa, head of the committee, said a petition to invalidate the reelection of the lone Independent party member in Congress will be referred promptly to an elections subcommittee.
Espectador reports a two engine transport plane missing for two days was seen by an airline pilot near Barranca Mermeja. The pilot Marquez Silva said the sighting involved the missing aircraft with 15 people aboard. Avianca declined to confirm survivors sighting.
Mayor John F Haven and Police Chief Robert D Hanna outlined plans to curb a surge of burglaries after more than 10000 dollars was stolen. Police will carry full anti bandit gear in cruisers and conduct late night checks to identify occupants while ensuring politeness remains firm. The mayor said he may ask city council to authorize additional officers if needed.
Los Angeles police identified a domineering blond as a new suspect in the murder of 22 year old Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia. Jiroudek and taxicab driver Beckham corroborated sightings with details of a jealous confrontation and hotel drops in Hollywood on January 13.
Four armed bandits robbed the Abbott Worsted company mills in Westford Massachusetts and escaped with the weekly payroll totaling 36000 dollars. The heist disrupted operations as authorities launched an search for the suspects.
A woman's skeleton was discovered in a shallow desert grave 15 miles south of Victoryville, unearthed by coyotes. The sheriff's office investigates the case, with the body wrapped in a blanket and bound by sash cord.
Lincoln Nebraska police report William Moore age 47, a fugitive from London Ohio prison farm, arrested last night after escaping last September. He signed a waiver of extradition and will be turned over to Ohio authorities tomorrow.
London reports growing anxiety over how Britain manages economic and food affairs. The London Daily Graphic cites a disquieting industrial picture from a white paper and ongoing food supply restrictions. It says conservatives plan a three day debate when the white paper on the economy is discussed.
London officials and Parliament members approved funds for a FDR memorial in London to honor the late U S president and celebrate wartime Anglo American cooperation. Eleanor Roosevelt accepted a British invitation to unveil the memorial in April 1948.
A fragmented verse notes youngsters wanting snow for skating and sledding while an elder laments milder weather. The speaker reflects that ideas about winter shift with time as the season remains delayed and temperatures linger around fifty three.
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