U.S. and Soviet Clash Over Atomic Control Plan
U.S. and Soviet delegates clash at the United Nations over disarmament and atomic control. Lilienthal asserts U.S. aim to maintain lead in atomic weapons and rejects weaker international schemes. He cautions six to ten years before wide reactor power, noting private industry could distribute electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre J. Huss
I. N.S
Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Soviet Russia
United Nations
David E. Lilienthal
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei Gromyko
America
Lilienthal
U. N. Atomic Working Group
U. S
Conventional Armaments Commission
Gromyko
Congress
U. S. Atomic Group
Afro-Americans Rising Star Club Meeting Highlights
The Afro-Americans Rising Star club gathered at Mrs. Blanche Dillard’s Elm Street home to honor her birthday with gifts after the business session. President Mrs. Jerome Cooper led group singing. A future meeting at Mrs. Willie Hawkins’s home was postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rising Star Club
Blanche Dillard
Elm Street
Jerome Cooper
Willie Hawkins
Mahoning Avenue
Second Baptist Church
Lulu Spain
West Point Cadets Commissioned Amid War Reflects Peace Goals
Eisenhower urged cadets to lead with skill and heart as 310 cadets were commissioned as second lieutenants. He linked service to peace and national security, stressing breadth of national duty beyond militarism. The class was the smallest since 1938 due to a wartime acceleration split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
West Point
Deaths Of The Day A trio of local obituaries
Wendell H Barbour aged 64 died at 3 55 PM Monday after a two year illness at his home 1315 Huron Avenue New Castle He was born June 2 1883 in Clymer Indiana County Pa and was a shoemaker In New Castle for three years He survived by his wife Nellie Mae Motter Barbour five children two sisters one brother and eight grandchildren Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 AM EST from Howard L Reynolds funeral home Taylorville near Clymer Interment East Union Presbyterian Cemetery Taylorsville Friends may call today and Wednesday. John E Milsom 77 of A D 2 died today at Jameson Memorial Hospital after four days illness He was born January 21 1870 in Brookfield Ohio and resided here 24 years He married Catherine Edwards Milsom who died two years ago He was a member of Brookfield Methodist Church Surviving children and relatives listed Funeral services Thursday 2 30 PM from Hodge Funeral Home Wallace Avenue with Rev Thomas Jones officiating Interment Castle View Burial Park Friends may call tonight 7 9 and Wednesday 2 4 and 7 9 PM. Craven family note Sadie Kephart Craven listed among relatives of the Craven family noted with connections to Emporium and Eric Pa Leroy N Y Kenvil N J and other kinship details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Holmes Barbadour
Huron Avenue
Clymer
Indiana County
Otto Vincient
Cordilla Steffy Barbour
Barbour
New Castle
U. P
Nellie Mae Motter Barbour
Evelyn Barbour Siggelow
Ruth Barbour
Wayne Barbour
Johnstown
Geneva Johnson
Akron
Curtis E. Barbour
U. S. Army
Luzon
John E. Milsom
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Mr. Milsom
Brookfield
John
Elizabeth Jones Milsom
Catherine Edwards Milsom
John C. Milsom
New Kensington
Henry Broad
William Milsom
Leon Christy
Crafton
Joseph Knapper
Charles H
Phillipsburg
Phoebe Bowser
Lock Haven
Thomas Gatehouse
New Florence
Charles Neff
Houtzdale Pa
Edward J. Milsom
Hodge
Wallace Avenue
Thomas Jones
Castle View Burial Park
Porium
Joseph Craven
Elffie Lewis Craven
Emporium
Methods Church
Sadie Kephart Craven
Merrill Craven
Goldie Heck
Alma Davis
Leroy
N. Y
Martha Narby
Kenvil
N. J
Fred McCaslin
Eric
Jack Cameron Missing After Plant Explosion
Explosion at a gelatin mixing house leaves Jack Cameron missing. Officials offer uncertain causes from mechanical defect to human error. Obituaries note Merle Craven and Robert Downing, both dead, with several others treated for injuries at local hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Cameron
Five Injured in Erie Derailment
Five railroad workers were hurt when a derailment in Erie sent them to Spencer Hospital in Meadville in good condition. Names include Robert Johnson of Brooklyn and Daniel Whealon of Hornell. Heavy rains caused floods in Conneautville and Kerrtown with eight inches of water. The Weather Bureau logged about 1.25 inches of rain in 13 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Johnson
Diamont Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y
Daniel Whealon
Hornell
N. Y
Johnson
Wheelon
Meandville
Spencer Hospital
Pennsylvania
Conneaut Creek
Conneautville
Kerrtown
Funeral Rites For Mrs Deleone And Other Obituaries
Funeral services are held for Mrs Mary French Miller widow of Harry W Miller at King's Chapel with pallbearers named. Merrill Anson Craven of 307 Pearson Street killed in an explosion at the Edenburg plant. services set for Wednesday and Friday with details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Miller
Mary French Miller
Harry W. Miller
Harbor Bridge
Fred C. Wolford
Paul Aley
King’s Chapel
Theodore Lasky
John E. Smith
Joseph
Paul
Charles
Robert French
Funeral services for Robert Downing and Ruth Waddington Bowers
Funeral services for Robert Downing 37 of 1505 Pennsylvania avenue killed in an explosion near Edenburg Thursday at 2 pm from R L Boyd funeral home officiated by Rev James N Rainey. Survivors include widow Alta Mildred Davidson Downing and three children. Also funeral services for Mrs Ruth Waddington Bowers were conducted from A Darrell Burke funeral home with pallbearers named and committal at Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Downing
Pennsylvania Avenue
Edenburg
R. L .Boyd
North
Jefferson Street
James N. Rainey
Central Christian Church
Downing
William M. Downing Oullenbure
Pittsburgh
Ruth Waddington Bowers
A. Darrell Burke
Rev
G. S. Bennett
Walter Slack
Lloyd Harris
Ralph Waddington
Walter Carr
John Slack
Phil Sands
Bennett
Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Lilian Cunningham Westlake
Funeral services will be held at Trinity Episcopal church Wednesday at 2 30 p m Rev Bowman of Sharon to be in charge Interment will follow at Oak Park cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilian Cunningham Westlake
Trinity Episcopal Church
Bowman of Sharon
Oak Park Cemetery
Vandenberg Denounces Hungarian Communist Coup
Sen. Vandenberg denounces the Hungarian Communist coup and calls for a United Nations trial if justified. He says Hungary has become a Soviet satellite and predicts a rigged election under Moscow's nominee as he urges swift action to learn the full facts. The remarks occur during debate on the Italian and Balkan peace treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Sen
Vandenberg
Mich
Hungary
America
United Nations
Senate
Bulgaria
Romania
Moscow
United States
Forger Nabbed For Violation Of Traffic Rule
Detroit police arrested 21 year-old parolee Joseph R. Siegel of Grand Rapids for alleged bad-check activity spanning British Columbia to Mexico. Siegel admitted cashing over $20,000 in checks since last Christmas with accomplice Sugmund Borreman of Victoria, B C, funding a five month spree of leisure and luxury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
British Columbia
Mexico
Joseph R. Siegel
Grand Rapids
Charles O’brien
Siegel
Sugmund Borreman
Victoria
B. C
Speculate on Truman Veto of Tax Bill
Discussion notes that a veto was anticipated and two thirds override votes were uncertain. Democratic senators aimed to resist final approval while Republicans sought firm vote counts before bringing up the conference report. The plan proposed a tax cut schedule with 30 percent relief for incomes up to 1000 dollars and graduated reductions to 10 percent for incomes above 302000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Senate
GOP
Gulf Exploration and Shell Sign Long Term Oil Supply Pact
Gulf Exploration Co of Pittsburgh announces a long term agreement to supply crude oil to Shell Petroleum Co Ltd of London. President J F Drake says increasing annual quantities will be shipped from the Kuwait Field on the Persian Gulf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
INS
Gulf Exploration Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd
London
J. F. Drake
Gulf Exploration
Shell
Kuwait
Persian Gulf
Library Book Return Plan Altered During Repairs
The Free Public Library on North and Mercer streets ends in person book returns during repairs. Overdue books post May 27 are renewed automatically and no fines accrue. Staff sort books for mending rebinding and discarding while branches remain open. Inventory will start at branches this week and at the main library later. The library, closed about a month, will add two steel shelving stacks and a new lighting system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Public Library
Mercer Street
Large Senior High Class to Be Graduated
The large senior class will graduate with music from the school band and orchestra. The 1947 graduates include officers William Joseph Nickum, Philip Edward Richards, Martin Jean Baatz, and Albert R. Tate Jr. Lois B. Kerr is class supervisor. The program features solos, a concerto, a commencement address by Dr Paul R. Stewart of Waynesburg College, diploma awards, and a Knightsbridge March finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Joseph Nickum
Philip Edward Richards
Martin Jean Baatz
Albert R. Tate
Lois B. Kerr
Sullivan
J. Paul Graham
U. P. Church
Clare B. Book
Leslie Brindle
Board of Education
Knightsbridge
Costas
Southern Coal Operators Fear Wage Stalemate
Southern coal operators face another deadlock as they withhold the terms proposed by the north. A 15 cent hourly wage rise plus five cents a ton for the welfare fund is rejected by Lewis. Industry expects no easing from the south. The federal mines administration shows no rush to intervene as soft coal mines near June 30 transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Lewis
Federal Coal Mines Administration
Nine B-29s In Flight To Germany On Good Will Mission
Nine Army B 29s head to England for a ten day Royal Air Force hosted visit. The planes will fly goodwill routes over London Belfast Glasgow and other British cities. Many crew members return to combat sites from World War II with veterans from the 8th and 15th Air Forces aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Royal Air Force
United Kingdom
London
Belfast
Glasgow
British Isles
Europe
8Th
15Th Air Forces
Moose lodge initiation honors Leo W. Ryan in Pittsburgh
Residents from Ellwood City and New Castle drill teams assisted 16 men in initiating 3,000 candidates into the Loyal Order of Moose in Syria Mosque Pittsburgh. Mayor David Lawrence welcomed guests. Malcolm Giles spoke for Mooseheart. Eight Lawrence Mercer county residents attended with the drill team. William Eagan led New Castle’s drill team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellwood City
New Castle
Loyal Order of Moose Lodge
Leo W. Ryan
Syria Mosque
Pittsburgh
David Lawrence
Malcom Giles
Moose Home For Children
Mooseheart
Ill
Lawrence
Mercer
Pennsylvania
L. O. O. M. Lodge
William Eagan
Structural iron workers sign wage contract in western Pennsylvan
Pittsburgh June 3 A new wage contract for AFL structural iron workers in western Pennsylvania with the Building Trades Employer Association includes a 25 cent an hour raise. Journeymen will earn 2.25 and foremen rates were set accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
INS
AFL Structural Iron Workers
Western
Pennsylvania
Building Trades Employer Association
Matt Gorman
Wage Scales Set For Workers In Six Month Scale
The notice outlines pay ranges for men 2.50, women 2.50, helpers 2.37, and apprentices at 50 percent of journeymen's rate for six months with a gradual rise afterward.
Riley Family Ends Visit From Arcadia California
Mr and Mrs Paul G Riley of Arcadia California returned home after a visit with his mother Mrs Jessie Riley and grandmother Mrs Ida Gibson of Allen Street Also with brother Charles S Riley and family of Turtle Creek Paul has been California based purchasing agent for Thompson Products West Coast plant This trip marked his first return and his wife’s first trip through the eastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul G. Riley
Arcadia
Calif
Jessie Riley
Ida Gibson
Allen Street
Charles S. Riley
Turtle Creek
Riley
California
Thompson Products, Inc
West Coast
Paul
Fish Stock Report Details 1946 Pennsylvania Releases
The State Fish Commission reported 169 million fish stocked in streams in 1946. Among them were 153,150,000 yellow perch fry, 9,500,000 Cisco fry, 2,639,000 trout fingerlings, and 1,917,122 brook, brown and rainbow trout seven to twenty inches long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
INS
Pennsylvania
State Fish Commission
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U.S. Russia
Wendell H. Barbour
Merle Craven
News Today
Craven
Mr. Downing
Leo del Fosse
Cecil Avenue
Theodore Galanski
New Castle Hospital
Ione Mayberry
Robinson Street
Oscar Fulkerson
R. D
Adrian C. Watt
Eddy Street
Erie
E. North St
Leleone
Michael Deleone
St. Vitus Church
Nicholas DeMita
Francis Boyle
Francis Ginocchi
Rocco Torselio
Domenick Leone
Michael
Philip
Angelo Annarella
Boyle
St. Vitus
Merrill Anson Craven
Pearson Street
R. L. Boyd
North Jefferson Street
First Christian Church
West Fifth Street
American Cyanamid & Chemical Corporation
Zemo
Jurisit
Sucsid’s
Triangle Market
Butler Ave
U.S. No
Maine
Peck
Sen. Vandenberg
Forger
White House
Gulf Corporation
London Shell
ARMY
Germany
Chicago
Vickie Martin
Pittsburgh Lodge
L.o.0.m. Lodge
Thomas A. Batten
Mercer St
Kerr's
Jesse N. Kerr
N. Mill St
M. J. Donnelly
The
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
N. Mercer St
Clavelli
S$. Mill St
Moravia St
Frank P. Andrews & Son
Stered
East Street
Eckelberger
Wyatt R. Campbell
New Castle, Pa
Funeral Home & Business Office
East North Street
Moody
Delaware
Heywood- Wakefield Ashcroft Furniture
Dufford’s
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