Will Propose Reservations To Atlantic Pact
Western Republican Sen. Watkins will offer two reservations to the North Atlantic Pact aimed at removing any automatic U S war obligation in a European aggression. The move follows debate on ratification at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and signals extended discussion on the pact and allied rearmament plans.
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Washington
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Tex
Sesson
Fourth of July traffic and harvest hints from New Castle area
Drivers face detours on routes 19 and 422 with jams possible at Croton avenue and East Washington street during the holiday. New Castle will skip a city celebration. Volant and Bessemer plan county gatherings. Tomato vines ripened since June 29 and corn reaches four to five feet on Lawrence county farms.
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J. R. Weller
New Castle-Ellwood Road
New Castle
Croton Avenue
East Washington Street
Lawrence County
Daily Weather Report Forecast and figures
Fair tonight. Sunday partly cloudy warm and humid with scattered afternoon thunder showers. 24 hour period ending today nine a m maximum 88 minimum 59 no precipitation river stage 4.9 feet. Same date last year maximum 80 minimum 50.
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United States
Submerging Truman World Program Faces Possible Setback
Washington notes Congress may bury President Truman's new plan to aid backward areas amid other bills. He sent draft proposals to Vice President Barkley and Speaker Rayburn, with an estimated first year cost of 45 million dollars. Proposals include backing private investments via export import bank and creating an institute of technical cooperation in the State Department.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Barkley
House
Rayburn
Congress
U. S
United Nations
Organization of American States
Bulgarian Prime Minister Georgi Dimitrov Dies in Moscow
Georgi Dimitrov aged 66, Bulgaria's prime minister, died today at a sanatorium near Moscow after a prolonged liver illness. The USSR Council of Ministers and the Soviet Communist Party central committee announced the death.
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Moscow
INS
Georgi Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Ussr Council of Ministers
Soviet Communist Party Central Committee
Dimitrov
Bulgarian Premier Dies at 9:35 A.M. in Moscow Sanatorium
The Bulgarian premier, long a leading European Communist figure, died at 9:35 a.m. local time in a sanatorium near Moscow after being reported ill and relieved of duties. The official bulletin states the death occurred early in the day.
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Betes
Bordikha
Moscow
Dimitrov
Alger Hiss Trial Nears Final Week in Perjury Case
The Alger Hiss perjury trial enters what is seen as the final week. Rebuttal and surrebuttal testimony will begin after the July 4 recess, with summations set for two days before the jury deliberates. Judge Kaufman barred Hiss witness Hede Gumperts Massing, former wife of Gerhardt Eisler, after lengthy arguments.
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New York
INS
Alger Hiss
Gerhardt Eisler
Samuel H. Kaufman
Hede Gumperts Massing
Longshoremen Vote Against Hawaii Strike Settlement
In Honolulu on July 2 CIO longshoremen voted ten to one to reject the governor's fact finding board plan to end the water front strike. Union leaders warned violence may follow as final returns were counted.
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Honolulu
INS
CIO
Deaths Listed of Mrs. Robert McKee and Charles McCormick
Two obituaries appear with ages and last known addresses. Mrs. Robert McKee, 82, of 117 East Wallace Avenue, and Charles McCormick, 79, listed as deceased in the death records for July 2, 1949.
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Robert McKee
East Wallace Avenue
Robbers Take About 250 Dollars In Gun Shop Holdup
William Blattman, owner of Rohrer's Gun Store at East Washington and Water streets, was seized and bound by two men who robbed about 50 from the front drawer and 200 from the rear during a 30 minute hold up. Police described the pair as 30 to 40 years old, six feet tall, 175 to 200 pounds.
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William Blattman
Rohrer
East Washington
Water Streets
Carl Wallace
Dan and
Ralph Williams
Blattman
Two Hurt In Motorcycle And Bicycle Crash
At 7 10 p m Friday a collision between a motorcycle and a bicycle injured two people near Parkstown Corners on Route 224. Doane Hartzell 42 Beloit Ohio sustained arm lacerations and Robert Martin 12 R D 2 had a possible skull fracture. A preceding bicycle rider turned left into a driveway prompting the crash.
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Parkstown Corners
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Doane Hartzell
Beloit
Ohio
Robert Martin
Martin
Hartzell
Weekend Weather Forecast From Eastern to Western Pennsylvania
Weekend outlook shows Eastern Pennsylvania and New York with temperatures around normal to two degrees above in the south and two to four above in the north. Heat and humidity rise midweek with fair skies and little precipitation. Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio expect two to four degrees above normal, hot at times, humidity increasing by Sunday, and generally fair weather with minimal precipitation.
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International News Service
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Windshield warning devices ruled illegal in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg July 2 A rush of windshield devices and stickers prompted state police to remind motorists that most are illegal Only stickers authorized by the Revenue Department are lawful and other devices may invite fines or imprisonment said State Police Commissioner C M Wilhelm
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Harrisburg
Revenue Department
C. M. Wilhelm
State police warn heavy traffic and strict weekend patrols
Ten state police officers will patrol all highways to enforce speed limits passes and drunken driving over the weekend. The warning urges motorists to drive sanely avoid taking chances as accidents rise with heavy traffic and weekend travel.
July Fourth Hopes For County Observances Across Rural Areas
Enthusiasm for the holiday appears in Lawrence County with old time celebrations in rural districts. Bessemer and Volant plan traditional outings while New Castle expects quiet traffic. A new traffic record looms as Friday afternoon traffic swells into the night. Weather forecasts promise hot conditions, with beaches crowded and picnickers across parks.
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Lawrence County
Bessemer
Volant
New Castle
McCloy Arrives in Berlin to Assume High Commissioner Role
John J. McCloy, the first US civilian high commissioner for Germany, arrived in Berlin vowing the same firm policy toward the Russians and no withdrawal from Berlin. He will take over after West German elections on August 14 and begin with temporary Berlin headquarters before Bonn hosts the new federal government.
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Berlin
John J. “Fec- Cloy
United States
Germany
International Bank
U. S
McCloy
Three Die in Connecticut Weekend Highway Crash
NORTH HAVEN Conn July 2 INS Police report three people killed and a fourth critically injured in an early holiday weekend crash on the Wilbur Cross Parkway. Victims include Harry E Clawson of Washington DC Muriel E Rogers of Arlington Farms Virginia Pearl Werner Healey of Cranston and Henry C Gawie 23 of Dudley Mass critically injured with fractured jaw and possible neck fracture. survivor unable to give full details.
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North Haven
Wilbur Cross Highway
Henry Gawle
Dudley
Mass
St. Ralphael’s Hospital
New Haven
Conn
INS
Connecticut
Wilbur Cross Parkway
Harry E. Clawson
Washington, D. C
Muriel E. Rogers
Arlington Farms
Jane Healey
Cranston, md
Henry C. Gawie
Gates Freed Early To Foil Communist Demonstration
Daily Worker editor John Gates was released from the New York federal house of detention eight hours before schedule to prevent a planned Communist rally outside the facility. Gates, on trial for advocating violent overthrow, had been serving a 30 day sentence for contempt of court. Officially ending shortly after midnight, the move was viewed as preempting the protest.
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New York
INS
Daily Worker
John Gates
Federal House of
Gates
Winds Cause Heavy Damage and Deaths in Galveston
A thunder squall with winds up to 75 mph struck Galveston last night causing heavy property damage. At least two people were killed and others were missing or presumed dead. A boy was reported missing, a woman was seen clinging to a raft, and two men were in the water after a boat capsized.
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Galveston
Tex
INS
Highways Clogged As Independence Day Weekend Begins
Pennsylvania highways faced heavy holiday traffic as Independence Day weekend arrived. State police monitored routes amid predictions of extreme travel and potential heat fatigue risks, noting last year’s toll of 30 fatalities and 856 injuries across 1,268 accidents. The Motor Truck Association urged trucks to run only emergencies to ease congestion.
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Harrisburg
INS
Pennsylvania
C. M. Wilhelm
State Highway Safety Bureau
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association
No News Monday for July Fourth Holiday
There will be no issue of The News on Monday July 4 in observance of the holiday as per the annual program.
Gubitchev To Face July 11 Trial In New York
Prosecutors in Washington step up for Judith Coplon and Russian engineer Valentin Gubitchev readiness for a July 11 trial in New York. Raymond Whearty and John M. Kelley Jr. lead the effort with Pepper Palmer likely to defend Coplon. Gubitchev may press for Russian language proceedings and interpreters amid diplomatic sensitivities.
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Washington
Judith Copion
New York
Valentin Gubitchev
Justice Department
Raymond Whearty
John M. Kelley, Jr
Pepper Archibald Palmer
Miss Coplon
Gubitchev
Kelley
Whearty
Albert L. Reeves
Palmer
Lev Tollinikov
Youth Shoots Gunman Who Tried Robbery
A 19 year old Oklahoma City truck driver Alwyn Ivers told police he wrestled with a masked bandit during a robbery attempt on a Baldwin Hills road near Los Angeles. Ivers was wounded in the mouth but says he disarmed the gunman and the man fell. His fiancée Betty Bowen, 16, was with him and drove to a filling station for help.
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Los Angeles
INS
Alwyn Ivers
Oklahoma City
Los Angeles General Hospital
Ivers
Betty Bowen
Baldwin Hills
Betty
Knave Of Hearts Accused In San Francisco Scam
Irene Grimes identifies Sigmund Engel in Chicago as the man who swindled her of 16000 dollars posing as a Secret Service agent, blaming his twin brother Arthur for the crime. Engel denies the charge and suggests the money went to his non existent brother. Authorities state the twin is a myth.
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Chicago
INS
San Francisco
Sigmund Engel
Secret Service
Knave of
Arthur
Irene Grimes
Engel
Fourth Exodus Across Nation Making Record
The Fourth of July holiday weekend brings a record exodus with millions traveling by road rail and air. Death toll rises nationwide to 20 with 16 traffic deaths and four drownings. Heat waves and heavy traffic hit Chicago Washington New York and other cities as travel peaks overwhelm airports and highways.
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Connecticut
Texas
Chicago
Lake Michiigan
Wisconsin
North Woods
Downstate
Illinois
A Quiet Homebound Holiday Narration
The speaker rejects travel for a stay at home during a sweltering ninety three degree day. He notes packing for a trip with oil gas air bags and lunches but chooses domestic comfort instead, avoiding gasoline fumes and jungle traffic for garden leisure.
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