25 Jul 1949
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1949
Page
1
Three Counties Lawrence Mercy and Beaver face a truckers strike by Teamsters Local 261 starting at 12:01 am. About 325 members walked out amid failed negotiations led by Alfred J. Mascaro. Freight piles at the Pennsylvania railroad station as pickets guard docks and a potential freight embargo looms.
Local traffic in New Castle was unusual as strike action kept many big trucks off the streets this morning. Auto traffic dominated while road projects will require changing mileage signs as newer routes shorten distances between district cities. Route 8 between Slippery Rock and Butler drew holiday levels of traffic on Sunday.
Fair tonight with warmer conditions in the east. Tuesday turns hot and humid with highs near 90 to 95. U.S. 24 hour data show max 90 min 70 with no precipitation. river stage 4.9 feet. Sunday morning period records: max 81 min 54 no precipitation.
Congressional leaders move to block President Truman's proposed sharing of atomic secrets with Britain and Canada. Senators Knowland Hickenlooper and Toddy gs push for action, asserting Congress alone can approve or deny such disclosures under the McMahon act.
Okinawa faced renewed wind threats after a devastating typhoon Gloria swept the island, killing at least one American child and injuring several others. The storm cut a wide path of destruction, with damage expected to be high as it moved toward the China coast south of Shanghai. A second Pacific storm named Hester raged to the east-southwest of the region.
Three coal industry leaders Harry M. Moses George H. Love and John D. Battle will testify before a Senate Banking subcommittee led by Sen. Robertson. They oppose John L. Lewis three day mine work week order issued June 30 as the UMW wage contract expired and miners east of the Mississippi were told to work only Monday to Wednesday.
Paris reports the government pressing for quick parliamentary ratification of the North Atlantic pact as deputies resume debate. A labor dispute over a Social Security holiday bonus granted by Labor Minister Daniel Mayer sparks internal tensions, with CGT backing strikes unless similar payoffs are approved.
Registration in the county reached 43 872 for the primary with 30 283 Republicans and 13 197 Democrats while 392 were registered with other parties. The record high was 46 000 in 1940 and this year’s general election may exceed that figure.
A House Interstate Commerce subcommittee votes on a compromise to move forward the 300 million dollar federal aid to education bill. Cardinal Spellman accused Eleanor Roosevelt of anti Catholic sentiment over funding denominational schools, while Chairman Priest says private and Catholic schools could share in federal health grants.
Government figures released by the Federal Reserve Board show 1948 spending shifting from cash to credit. Cash purchases dropped to 71 cents per dollar while 29 cents used credit, down from wartime highs.
London 15 000 striking dockers returned to work while 450 000 rail workers plan a go slow after the National Railway Conciliation board barred 130 000 shopmen from wage talks. The cabinet meets to discuss the dispute amid a three week tie up tied to a Canadian Seaman's union strike.
A man identified as Edward Trainer about 50 from Doylestown Pa fell to his death from an upper window of the Widener Building in mid city Philadelphia. Police said he jumped from a men’s room window on the 10th or 16th floor. Trainer’s skull was crushed. He died at Hahnemann Hospital.
NEW BRIGHTON Pa July 25 One woman was killed and two men injured when a three vehicle crash on Route 51 in Fallston Beaver county involved a semi trailer truck that caught fire Betty Barnes 29 of Beaver was killed John Ramer 33 Beav er Falls is in Beaver Valley General hospital with back and left hand injuries Parker Benningan 43 Fort Wayne Ind the semi trailer truck driver is in Rochester General hospital with second and third degree burns. The driver of the third vehicle was uninjured.
Los Angeles county grand jury moves toward a full scale probe of gang lord Mickey Cohen after a pre-dawn ambush in Hollywood. The inquiry will cover Cohen background and the Sunset Strip shooting attempt as taxpayers demand answers on possible illegal activity or protection.
Advocates for Chinese aid postpone their bid to secure 100 billion dollars for the nationalist government until the State department releases its white paper on China policy. Sens. McCarran and Knowland set aside plans to add aid for non Communist China to the Marshall plan package and may seek an amendment when the Korean aid bill of 150 million dollars is considered.
Neshannock post No. 315, Veterans of Foreign Wars, marked its 10th anniversary with a dinner program and dance at the club rooms on Washington street. Congressman James E. Van Zandt of Altoona spoke on veterans benefits and the soldier’s bonus issue, outlining his campaign and views.
Chinese Nationalist troops evacuated Changsha, a key base in Hunan province and on the Hankow Canton railroad. Communists pressed a three pronged attack as Gen Pai Chung Hsi regrouped near Hengyang junction 100 miles south.
The Republican national committee weighs electing a GOP chairman from among four leading members Harold E. Mitchell Guy George Gabrielson Ralph F. Gates and Howard V Stephens. The idea of an outsider as organizational director for the 1950 campaign is discussed with A T Bert Howard J Edgar Chenoweth and Hartford MacNider named as possibilities. Two formal proposals to give GOP congressional leaders a formal voice in choosing the chair met frosty receptions on Capitol Hill and within the committee.
President Truman urged Congress to pass a $1.45 billion arms aid program for friendly nations to deter aggression in western Europe. He said the United States will not share atomic secrets under the act and tied the measure to the Atlantic Pact. He warned the Soviet Union and framed the package as necessary to preserve Western Europe until U.S. power can act.
Judge Elwyn Shaw held the entire rent control act unconstitutional due to local option provisions allowing state or local areas to end rent control. The ruling arose from a suit by the Chicago area Rent Office against Shoreline Cooperative Apartments over eviction actions for 16 tenants lacking 65 percent resident owners proof.
Death records list several individuals including Mrs. Charles W. Needler age 72 of Cecil Avenue R D 8 James Murray age 80 of Unity Pennsylvania Mrs Alonzo Campbell age 87 of 726 Chestnut Street and infant Baker of Sharov Pennsylvania with ages and locations noted.
President Truman formally ratified the North Atlantic Pact in a White House ceremony at 11 a.m. with Congress leaders, Cabinet members, and General George C. Marshall present. He called the move a historic step toward world peace and pledged continued strength to support freedom everywhere.
The Third Naval District reported rockets launched from the U S S Norton Sound reached 65 miles above the Pacific, carrying 150 pounds of scientific instruments for cosmic ray studies. Data go to Dr James A Van Allen of Johns Hopkins. Firing occurred in March after earlier German rockets from the Carrier Midway.
Elaine Monesmith, 13, from Dayton Ohio, works with her parents in New York to arrange an expedition to the Belgian Congo for Cape Buffalo hunting, citing Cape Buffalo as more dangerous than lions. She previously gained a reputation as a cool marksman during a prior safari.
A playful verse reflects on the James brothers born too soon to ditch guns for running a summer hotel. It mocks their law trouble and wandering paths, noting warm weather and a tongue in cheek contrast with trains and jail.
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