Bandit Fails To Seize Loot At State Store
A bandit attempted to rob the State Liquor Store on Produce street at three o clock on a Wednesday afternoon. He entered with an automatic revolver and forced clerks into a rear room. The safe and cash register were locked, and he fled after refusing Manager Frank De Mauro s offer to unlock them. Police were alerted but the bandit escaped.
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Produce Street
Frank de Mauro
de Mauro
de Maur
Viola de Mauro
Laura Purdy
Weather and road work update across Ellwood City area
Workmen of the Highway Department repair the steel mesh on the West Washington Street bridge to curb rattling as traffic slows but continues. Ellwood City sees progress on Ewing Park road bed ready for stone, Chewton district similar work, and county roads to gain white line markings. A boy reminds pet owners to provide water for dogs during hot days and birds in winter. A 1936 coupe travels 1900 miles to Alabama with a broken leaf spring and a flat tire. New Castle reports mild showers compared with Western Pennsylvania deluges. Meadville records four inches of rain in one hour. Bicycle inspections are set for Fourth Ward at Ray Street Fire Department Friday, with no inspections Saturday.
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Highway Department
West Washington Street
Ewing Park
Ellwood City
Chewton
Pa Nene
R. A. Weils
Jimmy
Fairfield Avenue
Alabama
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Meadville
Fourth Ward
Ray Street Fire Department
Jack Llewellyn
Weather Forecast and Records for Today
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday. Continued warm with highs Friday in the middle to upper 80s. The 24 hour period ending 9 am shows a max 88, min 67, 0.50 inches of precipitation, river stage 5.8 feet. Year ago max 89 with no precipitation.
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United States
Blair House Plan reshuffled over atomic cooperation
Washington July 21 The Blair House Plan for broader atomic weapon cooperation with Britain and Canada faces a reshuffle as the administration seeks congressional sanction before an Europe arms program. Senate House Atomic Committee resistance grows as a secret proposal encounters opposition and potential watering down to avoid McMahon Act conflicts.
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Washington
Britain
Canada
Congress
Senate House Atomic Committee
Blair House
Truman Downplays Blair House Secret Meeting
President Truman said the Blair House gathering on atomic matters concerned relatively unimportant issues. He dismissed stories as speculation and rumor and reproached an unnamed attendee for leaking information about the conference.
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Truman
Blair House
Mr. Truman
White House
Probers May Call Vaughan in Senate Five Percenter Probe
Senate staff weigh calling Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan, White House military aide, as hearings on a five percenter contracting racket near. Sen. Hoey notes decision depends on forthcoming staff findings. Sen. Mundt urges inviting Vaughan to name others involved. The White House aims for thorough disclosure.
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White House
Senate
Washington
INS
Harry Vaughan
Sen
Hoey
Vaughan
Subcommittee
Sen. Mundt
Mundt
Nationalization of Britain's Steel Industry Debated in Lords
The House of Lords sent back a heavily amended labor government bill to nationalize Britain's iron and steel industry. It revises 13 points and delays the effective date beyond the next general election. Lord Woolton warned of economic disaster and harm to the trade union movement. The Commons will likely overturn most amendments, with possible force on May 1, 1950.
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London
INS
House of Lords
House of Commons
Britain
Lord Woolton
Commons
Barbara Hutton Troubetzkoy refuses invalid claim
Princess Barbara Hutton Troubetzkoy, Woolworth heiress, denied being semi invalid and said she is merely convalescing from a recent illness. Guarded at the Grand hotel on the Lido with Prince Igor Troubetzkoy and her 13 year old son Lance, she declined to see reporters.
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Paris
France
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton Troubetzker
Cary Grant
Vince
INS
Barbara Hutton Troubetzkoy
Grand Hotel
Lido
Prince Igor Troubetzkoy
Lance
Barbara
Dredging Of Neshannock Creek To Start By Aug 4
Mayor John F. Haven announced dredging of Neshannock Creek between South Jefferson and South Mill bridges will begin by August 4. State Water Power Resources Board engineer Brown and foreman Dilley discussed the project. city funds of about 22 000 cover hauling dredged material to city property. About four feet of the stream bed will be removed.
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Neshannock Creek
Jefferson Street
Pope Pius XII to broadcast message to Catholic women
The Vatican will air an important message to Catholic women worldwide. Pope Pius XII will address 10,000 Italian Catholic women in an open air audience in Rome as a windup to the Union of Catholic Women congress. The broadcast is scheduled for 5 30 p m local time 12 30 p m EDT.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Congress of the Union of Catholic Women
Rome
Five Die When Trailer-T Truck Topples On Auto In Rahway
Five people were crushed and burned to death when a steel laden trailer toppled onto a private car on Highway 25 in Rahway New Jersey. A sixth occupant was critically injured. The car occupants were identified as Gilbert Brown Edna Parks Otis Pearl William Bellinger and Willie Lee Baskerville all of Rahway. The sole survivor was Lawrence Bellinger. The truck driver Reuben Chilofsky of Baltimore was unharmed and held for questioning. The truck belonged to W T Cowan Transportation Co of Baltimore.
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Rahway
N.J
INS
Highway 25
Gilbert Brown
Edna Parks
Otis Pearl
William Bellinger
Willie Lee Baskerville
Lawrence Bellinger
Reuben Chilofsky
Baltimore
W. T. Cowan Transportation Co
Soviets Aim to Dominate World, McClyo Says
Berlin dispatch reports U S Military Governor John J McClyo asserts Soviet Union seeks world domination and expanding influence in Germany In a night interview with International News Service West Berlin protests a Soviet controlled rail directorate violating the recent Western Berlin rail strike settlement The directorate is accused of defaulting on 60 percent wage payments in West marks Rail unions threaten another strike if due money is not paid expected later
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Berlin
INS
U. S
John J. McCly
Germany
Break Appears In Ranks Of Strikers On London Docks
London dispatch reports 1 000 West India docks workers vote to return, three dissenting, with mass meeting tomorrow to ratify. Additional troops bring total unloading personnel to 11 100 as 15 644 men idle 25 ships. Mil an item notes Yugoslavia unrest and Tito readiness to flee to Mexico.
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Break
London Docks
London
INS
West India Docks
Millwall
Dock Labor Board
Death Record for Pvt Robert Straitwell and William Shovlin
The brief notice lists Pvt Robert R Straitwell age 19 of Lowellville Ohio R D 2 and William Shovlin age 42 of New Castle Junction as deceased on Thursday July 21 1949.
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Robert R. Straitwell
Lowellville, O., R. D
William Shovlin
New Castle Junction
Short Disruption Of Trolley Service on Pittsburgh Line
Pittsburgh workers walkout halts trolley service for about thirty minutes. About 140 operators from the Highland barns stopped work at 9 p.m. over a dispute about supervision of employees. Service resumed at 9:30 p.m. and the grievance is to be reviewed by the company.
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Pittsburgh Line
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Highland Barns
Pvt Straitwell Drowns in Japan at Lake Briva
Pvt Robert R Straitwell 19 drowned accidentally in Lake Briva near Kyoto Japan on July 18. He enlisted June 28 1948 and served in the quartermaster corps. Born Sewickley April 8 1930 he was a Union High School graduate and survived by his parents two sisters four brothers and grandparents. Body to be returned to Lowellville for burial.
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Lake Briva
Kyoto
Japan
War Department
Harold L. Straitwell
Lowellville
Straitwell
Quartermaster Corps
U. S. Army
Union
Sewickley
Harold L
Hazel Brown Straitwell
Union High School
Mahoning U. P. Church
Lois
Betty Straitwell
Donald D. Straitwell
Houston
Tex
Billy
Jimmy
Chiang Kai-Shek Returns To Formosa From Canton
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek departed Canton for Taipei to resume leadership in Formosa after a rapid tour of conferences aimed at reviving Nationalist China against communism. Reports from Canton noted Communist gains in the early southern offensive as Chiang announced the creation of a supreme Kuomintang policy making council and a supreme war council.
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Canton
INS
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
China
Chiang
Taipei
Kuomintang
Supreme War Council
Ambush Attacks In California Spur Move To Halt Gangsterism
Hollywood report says authorities rushed guards to Queen of Angels hospital after an anonymous call warned of an attack on Mickey Cohen, heir to Bugsy Siegel as Southern California crime kingpin. Police tightened security as agencies join in the effort to stop further violence.
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Hollywood
INS
Queen of Angels
Mickey Cohen
Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel
Mickey
Danaher declines GOP chairmanship amid open race
John A. Danaher of Connecticut refuses the post leaving a wide open race for the Republican national chairmanship. Hugh D. Scott of Pennsylvania may be asked to stay on as head. Scott resignations aimed to help harmony within the party.
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Washington
INS
John A. Danaher
Connecticut
Hugh D. Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Danaher
Lightning claims life of fisherman at Conneaut Lake
MEADVILLE Pa July 21 An Indiana Westinghouse Airbrake Company employee Raymond Parker 39 of Ir win Pa was killed instantly by lightning while fishing in a boat on Conneaut Lake Edward R Strojakovich of Trafford was in the boat and blinded briefly by the flash but unharmed in the incident registered by INS reporters
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Meadville, Pa
Westinghouse Airbrake Co
Irwin
Conneaut Lake
Raymond Parker
Edward R. Strojakovich
Trafford
Strojakovich
Storms Kill Seven In New England
Severe storms across New England killed seven people from Massachusetts Maine and New Hampshire and caused more than one million dollars in crop damage. Drownings lightning deaths and electrocution were among the incidents. Connecticut tobacco belt suffered near million dollar losses as the region endured a heat wave.
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Boston
INS
New England
Massachusetts
Maine
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Trans Atlantic Flights Tied Up By Radio Strike
A strike of 70 radio men from the AFL Flight Communication Officers Association halted all trans Atlantic flights for American overseas airlines. The walkout began at 5 30 a m E D T after Michael McFarlene was fired for bidding issues. The union cites stalled contract talks as the cause. AOA says the union left a meeting and the company requested mediation.
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New York
INS
AFL Flight Communication Officers Association
American Overseas Airlines
Michael McFarlen
McFarlen
AOA
National Mediation Board
Toledo Private Drowns Rescuing Japanese Swimmers
SAPPORO Japan July 21 U S Army authorities report Pvt Robert P Cottrell of Toledo Ohio drowned last Sunday apparently from a cramp while attempting to rescue three Japanese swimmers.
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Sapporo
Japan
INS
Robert P. Cottrell
Toledo
Senate Ratification of Atlantic Pact Sparks Atomic Debate
President Truman told the Senate atomic secrets would not be shared under the North Atlantic Pact and denied fears of fuel for Wherry. Senator Wherry urged a specific ban on sharing atomic weapons while final ratification votes were due after reservations. The clash focused on whether the pact obligates stockpile aid or know‑how to the 11 other signatories.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Senate
United States
GOP
Vandenberg
Michigan
Sen. Wherry
Wherry
Sen
McMahon
Conn
Senate House Atomic Committee
Alliance
Congress
Neb
McCormick Buys Times Herald of Washington DC
The Washington Times Herald, the nation’s first 24 hour newspaper, was announced as sold to Col. Robert R. McCormick president of the Chicago Tribune Co. The executors of Eleanor Patterson’s estate arranged the sale to seven employees after her death last year.
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McCormick Buys Times-Herald of
Washington, D. C
Washington
Washington Times-Herald
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune Co
Eleanor Patterson
Lamps and amps raise voices as 81 shines on the field
Arthur Mometer muses on dangers in many jobs from land to sea. He notes the lamp lighter and the umpire face scrutiny from crowds while claiming optimism about a calmer home life.
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