Truman to send universal training report to Congress
The White House announced that President Truman will transmit the universal training advisory commission report to Congress later this week. The document urges nationwide compulsory military instruction and warns of a possible atomic bombing attack on the United States within four to ten years.
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Washington
INS
White House
Truman
Congress
Universal Training Advisory Commission
United States
Truman to Seek Military Training Plan for Atomic Readiness
President Truman was expected to submit urgent universal training recommendations to Congress urging compulsory military training in preparation for atomic warfare. Congress leaders viewed the timing as too late for action this year, though the executive commission urged immediate consideration.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Congress
Advisory Commission On
Commission
United
Pa Newe Observes May Hospital Birth Record
May 1930 at Jameson Memorial Hospital set a monthly record with 135 births, 69 girls and 66 boys. Residents of Sheridan Avenue install a legible street sign at Highland Avenue. Pa Nene reports a reader note from A. M. McConaghy of Roscoe California describing trout catches in Neshannock creek near Reiber farm and East Brook station.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Sheridan Avenue
Highland Avenue
Pa Nene
A. M. McConaghy
Roscoe
Cal
Doner Sankey
Neshannock Creek
East Brook Station
Reiber Farm
Daily Weather Report for United States
The 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning reports a maximum of 78 and a minimum of 45 with .06 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 9.1 feet. For the previous 24 hours ending Sunday 9, the maximum was 64 and the minimum 39 with no precipitation recorded.
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United States
House Approves Four Billion Tax Cut Plan
The House approved the joint conference report providing four billion dollars in tax reductions for 49 million income tax payers. The measure heads to the Senate for final action and is expected to be adopted quickly and sent to the White House.
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Washington
INS
House
Joint Conference
Senate
White House
Seniors Hear Baccalaureate at Cathedral for New Castle High
The June 1947 New Castle High School senior class heard Rev. Oliver W. Hurst preach on To Have and To Hold urging students to choose God. Rev. Hurst urged doing one thing well as the young people contemplate their future. The ceremony included Miss Marjorie Van and Lois Kerr leading the procession and a four-number organ recital by Miss Van before the choir performed.
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Cathedral
New Castle High School
Oliver W. Hurst
First Baptist Church
Hurst
God
Thomas J. Jones
First Congregational Church
Marjorie Jeanne van
Lois Kerr
William J. Nickum
Mountbatten Sets Plan for Indian Power Transfer
In New Delhi Viscount Mountbatten outlined the British cabinet plan for Indian power transfer to Hindu, Muslim, and Sikh leaders amid fresh communal rioting. He summoned Gandhi for urgent talks after a two hour conference and said discussions in India and England shaped the plan. Talks resume tomorrow with an 7 pm broadcast to the nation and cabinet plan reading to follow.
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New Delhi
INS
Viscount Mountbatten
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
England
Deaths in Grove City and nearby towns dated June 2 1947
The death notices list John MacDonald Graham 71 Grove City Mrs Clarence H Hall 58 Grove City Mrs Edward D Amalong 69 Ellwood City William R Anderson 71 New Wilmington Merle Craven 55 307 Pearson Street Robert Downing 38 1505 Pennsylvania Avenue Clare Roy Kerr 51 Hubbard Ohio Mrs Lilian Cunningham Westlake 92 315 East Street All notices reference recent passings with ages and local residences.
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John MacDonald Graham
Grove City
Clarence H. Hall
Edward D. Amalong
Ellwood City
William R. Anderson
New Wilmington
Merle Craven
Pearson Street
Robert Downing
Pennsylvania Avenue
Clare Roy Kerr
Hubbard
Lilian Cunningham Westlake
East Street
Tornadoes Strike Union and Leedey Killing Dozens
Two devastating tornadoes struck Union Arkansas and Leedey Oklahoma causing at least 38 deaths and over 300 injuries. The villages suffered near total destruction with Union nearly razed as residents faced heavy casualties and extensive damage. Red Cross State National Guard and U.S. Army authorities mobilized to aid relief efforts.
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Arkansas
Oklahoma
Union
Ark
Leedey
Okla
Red Cross
State National Guard
U. S. Army
Are We Truly Educated Debated by Local Priest
Rev Fr Francis Paul of St Aga Thas Ellwood City delivered a sermon on true education during Lawrence County graduation services at St Vitus church. He urged humility, religion, tolerance, and charity over wealth and status, calling for self examination and moral growth among about 170 students attending.
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Francis Paul
St. Agatha’s Church
Ellwood City
Lawrence County
St. Vitus Church
Paul
Fr. Paul
Hoover Urges RFC Continuance
Former president Herbert Hoover asked that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation be continued for two or three years beyond its June 30 expiration but with strict limits. He urged returning the RFC to its original purpose focusing on private business loans and self liquidating public works loans, shared with Rep Wolcott of Michigan during House Banking Committee hearings.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Government Corporation
Hoover
Wolcott
R) Mich
House Banking Committee
RFC
U.S. Protest on Trieste Seizures Rejected by Yugoslavia
The State Department said Yugoslavia rejected Washington’s protest over Italian property removals in the Trieste zone. Belgrade claimed the seizures affected fascist property and noted U.S. removals in the same area. A second U.S. protest on shipping seizures remained unanswered.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Yugoslavia
United States
Trieste
Belgrade
Seek Cause of Airlines Disaster at Port Deposit
Civil Aeronautics Board inspectors continued efforts at Port Deposit to determine the collision’s cause after 53 lives were lost on the Newark-Miami CR-4 crash. Eastern Airlines inspectors aided the inquiry as pilots cited suspected structural failure and a propeller loss from an engine, causing catastrophic damage to wings and tail.
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Port Deposit
INS
Civil Aeronautics Board
America
CAB
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
Eastern Airlines
Newark-Miami
Maryland
Hungary's New Premier Denies Communist Shift
Lajos Dinnyes, Hungary's new pro Communist premier, seeks peaceful cooperation with all great powers and emphasizes cooperation especially with the Soviet Union. He pledges calm and order and claims only reactionaries see unrest while noting equal Danubian basin peoples as a policy cornerstone. Removal of Nagy and Gyongyosy fuels doubt about balancing east and west.
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Budapest
INS
Hungary
Lajos Dinnyes
Russia
Dinnyes
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Ferenc Nagy
Nagy
Switzerland
Danubian
Janos Gyongyosy
Moscow
Groom Of 98 Years Wed Bride 46 In Long Beach Honeymoon
Ninety eight year old Moses S Lane and his 46 year old bride Verba Fox honeymooned in his Long Beach apartment. Lane, a retired contractor and wealthy property owner, said life is just beginning. He had employed the bride as nurse and house keeper before the ceremony at First Christian church. The couple left for a wedding reception at his apartment building after the ceremony. It was Lane's fourth marriage, having outlived three previous wives.
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Long Beach
Cal
INS
Moses S. Lane
Verba Fox
Lane
First Christian Church
Governor Duff Signs 36 Bills in Harrisburg
Gov. James H. Duff signed 36 bills including a ban on local government ordinances set in closed meetings. The measure allows third class cities to sell unused park land and buildings. Other acts address highway weight standards for coal, mine pillar maintenance, and spousal property and tax rules. The aviation commission may buy aircraft and lease airports up to five years.
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Harrisburg
INL
James H. Duff
State Aeronautics Commission
Marines Memorial Service Honors Local World War Two Dead
Thirty two young men from Lawrence County were honored in St Marys church in a Marine Corps League memorial service. The annual rite featured a high mass and a Rose Service with red roses placed on white crosses as names were read.
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Lawrence County
St. Mary's Church
Flaming Islands
Pacific
Harry T. Burns
Marine Corps League
Francis M. McCarter
James H. Harvey
Francis P. King
Joseph Pearson
Marine Detachment
D. O. Davies
William Kane
Roger Flamino
John Petro
Fred Berner
Joseph Viale
Ernest Schepp
Daniel Grego
Second Blast Evacuates Crowd At Penn Hotel
About 200 people fled on South Mercer street as a second explosion at American Cyanamid rattled the area near the Penn hotel. Onlookers described a large plate glass window shattered by the first blast and many rushed away fearing further danger.
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South Mercer Street
New Penn Hotel
Supreme Court Upholds Boston Mayor’s Conviction
The Supreme Court refused to hear Mayor James M. Curley of Boston on a war fraud conspiracy conviction. The DC appeals court affirmed a federal finding that he used the mails to defraud, with a six to eighteen month sentence and a ten thousand dollar fine.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court Today
James M. Curley
Boston
High Court
Curley
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Caley
Coal Negotiations Breakoff Boosts Labor Reform Odds
Senate Democrats predict the coal talks breakoff increases the likelihood of President Truman signing or Congress overriding a veto on the compromise labor reform bill. Sen. Ellender says the suspension of negotiations raises the bill's chances, while Sen. Hill expects a veto but notes the breakoff aids labor legislation. House-Senate conference panel recommendations go to a vote Wednesday. Truman to receive the bill later this week.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Sen
Ellender
UMW
John L. Lewis
Truman
Congress
Sen. Hill
Alan
Senate Labor Committee
House-Senate
House
AFL Drivers Strike Hits Pittsburgh Freight
In Pittsburgh on June 2 a strike by about 2500 AFL Teamsters Local 249 halted long haul freight. The walkout targets Western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Association after failed talks led by Mayor Lawrence. Drivers demanded 35 cents more per hour, later adjusting from 75 cents to 35 cents, with railroads warning of warehouse jams and limited emergency shipments.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Teamster
Western Pennsylvania Motor Carriers Association
David L. Lawrence
Bernard Mazon
Teamsters
Tifereth Israel Confirms Graduates at Service
Impressive confirmation services were held at Tifereth Israel synagogue Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock with Rabbi Paul Katz in charge. The confirmants wore white caps and gowns and a reception followed hosted by the students' parents. Included were Geraldine Ginsburg Adele Struton Jack Haimes Joe Cohen Philip Alpern and Donald Kulkin.
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Tifereth Israel
Paul Katz
Geraldine Ginsburg
P. Ginsburg
Adele Struton
Dave Struton
Jack Haimes
Edward Haimes
Joe Cohen
Simon Cohen
Philip Alpern
P. Alpern
Donald Kulkin
Louis Kulkin
Two Explosions Kill Two at Cyanamid Plant Near Edenburg
At 8:35 a.m. two explosions wrecked gelatin mixing houses at the American Cyanamid plant near Edenburg. Two men died, seven and a woman injured. Jack Cameron, 26, missing after 2:30 p.m. as search continues. Names of the injured and treated listed, with addresses in New Castle and nearby areas. The dead are Robert Downing, 37, and another unnamed man. Hospitalized victims include Oscar Fulkerson, Ione Mayberry, Leo Delfosse, Theodore Galanski, Adrian Watt, Harold Floyd, John Cluse, Albert Sheets, with various injuries reported. The first explosion destroyed the gelatin mixing house.
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Jack Cameron
Spruce Street
American Cyanamid and Chemical Company
American Cyanamid and Chemical Corporation
Edenburg
Oscar Fulkerson
Cecil Avenue
R. D
New Castle
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Ione Mayberry
Robinson Street
Leo Delfosse
New Castle Hospital
Theodore Galanski
Adrian C. Watt
Eddy Street
Harold Floyd
Oakwood Avenue
John R. Cluse
East Leasure Avenue
Albert Sheets
RD. 1
Middletown Vet Kills Wife Son Neighbor Then Ends Life
A 32-year-old veteran, Arthur W. Watson, shot his wife Dorothy 32 and his son Arthur Jr. in their Middletown apartment. He then fired eight rounds at neighbor William McKenzie 44, who died at a hospital, before killing himself. Witnesses linked the tragedy to an all-day drinking bout and a domestic dispute.
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Middletown
Arthur W. Watson
Dorothy
Arthur Jr
Watson
William McKenzie
McKenzie
Watsons
McKenzies
Weather Report Delays Planting Due to Rain
Arthur Memeter notes sun and dry air earlier with hope to harrow, but renewed rain soaked ground. Planting chances fade for now though the weather sits at sixty eight, prompting frustration over delayed season.
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Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report
Senior High
C. W. Hurst
Robert A. Duff
International News Service
Catholic Services
F. Paul
Duff
New Castle News
Supreme Court
A.F.L
Motor Carriers Association
Arthur Memeter
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