British Extend Palestine Search For Missing Pair
British authorities widen a house to house search in Palestine for two Britons missing after a Tel Aviv kidnapping. Martial law threats loom as leaders urge swift release of banker H I Collins and Judge Ralph Windham amid curfews and growing tensions in Jerusalem and Petah Tikva.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Petah Tigvah
Ralph Windham
Liis
H. A. S. Col- Jerusalem
Frompt
Rokach
Adares
Pace Two
Flowers and cars amid warm weather on Highland avenue
A reader notes a basket of flowers placed on the Highland avenue honor roll and a pansy in 415 Martin street yard. The unseasonal warmth draws camera fans and mothers attempting to pose children. Temporary license plates appear as new cars reach motorists. Valentine shopping entertains shoppers as Valentine Day nears. New auto inspections and licenses due Saturday. old tags expire Friday. Births at Jameson Memorial hospital rise but January may not beat December. (Continued on Page Two).
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Highland Avenue
Pa Newe
Pa Nene
East Side
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Daily Weather Report Summary from United States
Daily weather report notes a maximum of 55 and a minimum of 34 with no precipitation for the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Current river stage is 8.9 feet. For the same date last year the high was 24 and the low 8 with no precipitation.
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United States
Police Get More Letters In Mutilation Murder
The killer of Elizabeth Short known as the Black Dahlia sent at least one and possibly two letters taunting police. The initial note lacked identifying fingerprints, the second had none. Forgeries and clipped wording, a Pasadena note to the Herald-Express, and a juvenile handwriting page marked the communications.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Short
Pasadena
Los Angeles Herald-Express
Los Angeles Examiner
Herald Note
Miss Short
Believe Locked Rudder Caused Plane Disaster
A Copenhagen mechanic admitted he does not recall removing rudder locks from the Dutch airliner that crashed after takeoff, fueling belief that a locked rudder caused the disaster that killed Grace Moore Swedish Prince Gustav Adolf and 20 others. Officials in Denmark and the Netherlands continued the investigation.
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Copenhagen
Grace Moore
Gustav Adolf
Veterans Seek Bonus Plan in Pennsylvania
Seven Pennsylvania veterans organizations backed a World War II bonus proposal for up to 500 dollars per veteran. The plan, costing at least 300 million, calls for a bond issue financed program with lump sums and monthly credits of ten dollars US service and fifteen dollars overseas. Eligibility includes 60 days service and PA residence. period December 7, 1941 to March 2, 1946. Surviving spouses and heirs may receive payments.
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Harrisburg
INS
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of the American Legion
Edward Linsky
Legion
James H. Duff
United States
Pennsylania
Japan
Paris skeptical on duel program between Groussard and Garcon
Paris observers question the likelihood of a duel as Col Henri Groussard and Maurice Garcon pursue arrangements after a challenge and successive conferences. Weather in Paris is noted as a factor, with Garcon defending Rene Hardy in a prior case involving the Gestapo.
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Paris
INS
Col
Henri Groussard
Maurice Garcon
Academy
Groussard
Garcon
Rene Hardy
Gestapo
Bad Weather Is Encountered By Byrd Expedition
Little America notes foul weather forcing the central command group to suspend operations. Poor flying conditions delay a scheduled takeoff from the Philippine Sea. A supply flotilla under Rear Admiral Richard Cruzen anchors offshore awaiting a break. A 25 knot gale and blizzard drive the ships from anchorage, with navigation hindered by low visibility in the Bay of Whales. An eastern command group reports the discovery of at least 35 new mountains below the Walgreen range and Roosevelt sea, heights 2500 to 6000 feet.
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Little America
Central Command
Philippine Sea
Antarctic
Richard Cruzen
Great Barrier Shelf
Bay of Whales
Walgreen Range
Roosevelt Sea
More Men Eye Beauty Parlors in Massachusetts
Boston Jan 28 A Massachusetts cosmetologists meeting surprised attendees with rising male interest in beauty parlors over barber shops. James Gray of New York cited personalized attention and longer visits as reasons, noting many men especially war veterans dye their hair back to natural color as gray appears.
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Boston
INS
Massachusetts Cosmetologists Association
James Gray
New York
Repair Work Underway at Pennsy Freight Building
Workmen repair the interior of the Pennsylvania Railroad freight building on West Washington Street after a recent fire. Woodwork is being replaced and rooms repainted while the north end bears the damage. Fire was contained before reaching the freight terminal at the building’s far end.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
West Washington Street
Duff Accelerates State Plans For Mental Hospitals
Gov. James H. Duff announced speeding the mental hospital program while sidelining security prison plans worth about 8 million dollars. He said 1945 assembly funds would fund hospital work including a Philadelphia State Hospital 200 bed unit near 3 million, a 250 bed wing at Woodville State Hospital in Allegheny County with 548 725 allocated. He described the Philly unit as a medical therapy building for admissions and shock treatment, and noted the big 160 million mental health proposal would await a Welfare Department appraisal.
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Harrisburg
INS
James H. Duff
Commonwealth
General Assembly
Duff
Philadelphia State Hospital
Woodville State Hospital
Allegheny County
Philadelphia
Welfare
Foreign Airlines Most Dangerous Expert Testifies
Washington January 28 A government expert told Congress foreign airlines operating outside the United States are three to twenty times as dangerous as regularly scheduled American carriers. Lieut Gen Ka Eaker deputy commander of the Army Air Forces said about seventy percent of military aviation accidents are due to pilot error. William A M Burden testified before the House committee investigating recent crashes.
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Washington
TNS
Congress
United States
Ka Eaker
Army Air Forces
Senate
William A. M. Burden
Air
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
One Man Army Seeks To Re Enlist
Maj. Arthur W. Wermuth, famed for single handedly killing 116 Japanese on Bataan, seeks an Army exception to re enlist as a master sergeant. Regulations require enlistment within 20 days of terminal leave to gain rank. he has been out since last August. Lt. Col. Maynard B. Weaver urged Washington to grant special permission.
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Denver
INS
Arthur W. Wermuth
Bataan
Wermuth
Maynard B. Weaver
Washington
Firelight at Lil Lian’s Beauty Mart Causes Small Blaze
City firefighters responded to Lil Lian’s Beauty Mart at 901 Moravia Street at 12 30 this afternoon finding a couch seat on fire. Assistant Chief George W Harper said the incident likely stemmed from a cigarette. estimated damage is about 15 dollars.
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Lillian’s
Beauty Mart
Jillian McClinton
Moravia Street
Gene
Greorge W. Harper
Four Die In Pennsylvania Rail Wreck at Walton
Loganport Ind Jan 28 Authorities tally four dead after a Pennsylvania passenger train derailed near Walton by a large wire fencing bundle. About 23 others injured, many in Kokomo and Transport. engineer attempted braking, train ran 2000 feet before overturning. Fireman Wisler of Richmond died beneath the locomotive.
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Logansport
Ind
INS
Pennsylvania
Walton
Co. A. Wisler
Richmond
Kathryn Marie Kingery
Walter Pischke
Kokomo
Harry Berkinson
Anderson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Transport
Wisler
Hall
Indiana
Thomas Heckman
Cincinnati
Willis Dishner
Brookville
Andre Kerinuk
Newport
Transport Plane Missing Over China Near Hankow
A China National Airways transport plane with 26 aboard including two American crew members is missing between Hankow and Chunking. The Shanghai Reuters dispatch says the craft, carrying 24 passengers and nine foreign missionaries, vanished in the area.
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London
Shanghai
Reuters
Hankow
Chunking
China National Airways
Love Warns Tariff Cuts Endanger Vitrified China Industry
James K. Love vice president of Shenango Pottery Co of New Castle Pennsylvania tells the reciprocity committee that any tariff reduction on vitrified china tableware would devastate the U S industry. He warns of two outcomes lower potter wages or shut down factories as foreign competition with low wages and child labor increases. He testifies during hearings on reciprocal trade agreements with 18 nations including Great Britain.
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Washington, D. C
James K. Love
Shenango Pottery Company
New Castle
Committee For
United States
Love
Great Britain
Secretary Schwellenbach opposes revised Case bill
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach urged the Senate Labor Committee to back the Murray bill and a Truman plan for a commission to study labor unrest. He warned that outlawing the closed shop and industry wide bargaining would trigger industrial chaos and urged thorough study before changes to the Wagner Act. He reaffirmed opposition to the Ball Taft Smith revision and continued to oppose the closed shop.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
GOP
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Senate
Ball-Taft- Smith
Sen. Ball ‘R. Minn
United States
Marshall to Discuss Foreign Policy With Congress
Secretary of State George C Marshall plans to appear before joint sessions of the Senate and House Armed Services committees for a discussion of U S foreign policy. Representative Walter Andrews said Marshall also wants to meet with the House Foreign Affairs and House appropriations groups as soon as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
George C Marshall
Senate
House Armed Service Committee
United States
Walter Andrews
N. Y
House Committee
Marshall
House
Andrews
State Byrnes
House Armed Service Committees
Warren R. Austin
Sugar rationing ruled invalid by Federal judge
District Judge F Dickinson Letts ruled the industrial sugar rationing program illegal under the war mobilization act. He refused a stay, allowing the decision to take effect while appeals proceed. The ruling came in a suit by Moberly Milk Products Co. against sugar ration officials claiming under allocation.
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Washington
INS
F. Dickinson Letts
May Ask Marshall To Give His Views On Foreign Policy
INS Secretary of State George C. Marshall may be asked to expound his views on foreign policy before a joint meeting of the Senate and House Foreign Affairs committees. House members want his input before the March foreign ministers conference in Moscow and a closed Senate session is possible before his Moscow trip.
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Marshall
Washington
INS
George C. Marshall
Senate
House
House Foreign Committee
Moscow
Senate House
House Committee
Senate Committee
Third U. P. Pastor To Be Installed Thursday Evening
Dr J Paul Graham new pastor of the Third U P church will be installed Thursday night January 30 at 7 30 in the church auditorium East Washington at Adams Street Rev W E Minteer will preside and pronounce the constitution Dr Fergton Highland U P church will deliver the installation sermon Rev J Calvin Rose Second U F church will address the congregation and Dr Thomas F Graham Ambridge Pa will charge the pastor. The Graham family has arrived and moved into the parsonage at 1308 East Washington Street.
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J. Paul Graham
U. P
East Washington
Adams Street
W. E. Minteer
Ellwood City
Fergton
Highland U. P
J. Calvin Rose
U. F
Thomas F. Graham
Ambridge
Graham
Third
Greater
Cleveland
East Washington Street
Death Record for Emma Kanagy and Anthony Sinjur
Death notices list Emma Kanagy 76 of Fayette and Volant R Mn and Anthony Sinjur 57 of New Middletown Ohio with dates shown Tuesday January 28 1917. The brief item records two individuals and their ages and places of residence.
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Emma Kanagy
Fayette, Volant R. Mn
Anthony Sinjur
New Middletown
Big Steel Rebuffs USW Demand in Pittsburgh Talks
Negotiators for United States Steel Corp and five subsidiaries gird for stormy bargaining after rejecting the CIO United Steel Workers push for a union shop. US Steel served notice to Philip Murray that it will resist the demand while seeking to preserve management control, no-strike pledges, and a fair day's work clause.
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Pittsburgh
United Steel Workers
U. S. Steel
Philip Murray
USW
CIO
Murray
Big Steel
John A. Stephens
Stephen
Mandamus Suits In Georgia Battle Governing Row
In Atlanta January 28 the Georgia house opens debate on the Herman Talmadge white primary bill amid gubernatorial contest tensions. Two mandamus petitions seek to force state officials to act in the dispute. Fulton County suits seek funds from Redwine and bond approval by Eugene Cook.
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Atlanta
INS
House of Representatives
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Fulton ‘Atlanta
George B. Hamilton
Charles B. Redwine
Talmadze
Laurens County
Eugene Cook
Redwine
Youth basketball court scene with bold outfits
A vivid period scene portrays a young player named Arthur Mometer moving swiftly on the basketball floor in knee-length white athletic wear. The description emphasizes the season, the daring nature of the sport, and the bright day as forty-four degrees.
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Bulletin
Reuter
H. I. Collins
Jewish Agency
Collins
Reginald Seigel
PA Newc
O. J. Davies
Martin Street
Bud
Daily Weather Report
John E. Peurifoy
Walterboro
S. C
Wcheeve
Dean Acheson
By Verner Forchham Mer
IS. Statft
Plan
Lee van Atta
U.S
Ene
Pennsy
Charles R. Barber
Erie
Foreign Airlines
Gene Anderson
Poland
Maurice le Claire
Auburn
China
Arthur C. Wimer
the News
Mr. Love
William Theis
I. N.S
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Stimson
Harper's Magazine
Norman Agathon
1.N
Mandamus
Arthur Mometer
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