Diplomats? No Four Hundred Fifty New Castle Graduates
Four hundred fifty New Castle senior high school graduates received their diplomas at a full Cathedral commencement service. Dr. Paul R. Stewart of Waynesburg College delivered the address on "Atomic Bombs in the Heavens" and contrasted man made bombs with those under divine control, ending with a noted illustration.
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New Castle High
Cathedral Auditorium
New Castle
Paul R. Stewart
Waynesburg College
Stewart
Pa Newe Observes Downtown Freshening and Notable Sightings
Downtown streets saw fresh paint on curbs with no parking markings while pedestrians walked on wet lines. A traffic guard autographing a graduate’s ribbon drew smiles at Oak and Bay. A large cabin cruiser labeled Lazy Lady IV drew comments as it rested on a trailer in a Butler avenue lot. A doe appeared on New Castle Ellwood road as Mr and Mrs Harry Barton and son T/5 William Barton observed it. Almira avenue residents welcomed street improvements by a city scraper easing winter holes. No parking signs appeared on County Line street from Pine to Ray with bus service continuing for locals.
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Pa Nene
Oak and
Bay Streets
Oak Street School
Butler Avenue
New Castle
Harry Barton
Castlewood
William Barton
Fort Belveir
William Houk
New Castle-Ellwood
County Line
Pine
Ray Street
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 this morning show a maximum 66 and minimum 47 with .01 rainfall. River stage reads 12.3 feet. For the same date last year the maximum was 67 and minimum 38 with no precipitation.
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United States
Sinatra pays $9,000 and apology to writer at Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills reports Frank Sinatra paid $9,000 and offered a public apology to Lee Mortimer after a April 6 incident at Ciro's. Sinatra's attorney said the dispute began from overheard remarks blamed on Mortimer, which were later found unfounded. Mortimer accepted the apology and moved to dismiss the battery charge in Beverly Hills court with Sinatra present. Judge Cecil D. Holland dismissed the case.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Lee Mortimer
New York Daily Mirror
Today
Frank Sinatra
Ciro
Sinatra
Isaac Pacht
Mortimer
Pacht
S. S. van
Beverly Hills Justice Court
Cecil D. Holland
Holland
Soft coal wage talks near collapse as miners boycott
Negotiations between John L. Lewis and southern coal producers collapsed after miners refused to attend a session. Operators offered about 10 cents an hour with no portal to portal pay, while the UMW rejected the plan. Earlier talks with northern and western operators had failed with a 15 cent offer and Lewis seeking 35 cents.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern
United Mine Workers
Jonn L Lewis
Lewis
UMW
Upstate New York Faces Severe Flood Threat
Torrential rains flooded upstate New York as the Gould Paper dam at McKeever broke releasing waters toward Lyons Falls. The flood stretch from the Gould dam to Lyons Falls is sparsely settled with hundreds evacuated. Isolated areas in Oneida used boats to reach higher ground as fair weather was forecast.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Black
New York
Gould Paper Company
McKeever
Lyons Falls
Gould Company
Adirondacks
Mohawk River Valley
Finger Lakes
Pennsylvania
Oneida
Land Mines Blow Up Freight Trains in Palestine
Explosions from land mines destroyed two freight trains on separate Palestine lines. One blast between Lydda and Tel Aviv derailed most cars and injured the fireman. another near Ben Yamaina south of Haifa derailed four cars and the engine.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Lydda
Tel Aviv
Ben Yamaina
Haifa
President Truman to Meet Cabinet Thursday Afternoon
President Truman will convene his cabinet Thursday afternoon in Washington. He will skip the regular Friday morning meeting as he departs at 8 30 a m for Kansas City to address a 35th Division reunion. A news conference is planned for tomorrow morning. No action on the tax reduction bill will be taken before the trip.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Kansas City
White House
Charles G. Ross
House Near Vote On Compromise Labor Measure
The House plans a 3 p.m. vote on a conference compromise labor bill aimed at securing a presidential veto. Rep. Lesinski and a growing Democrat delegation prepare to press President Truman tomorrow to veto the measure despite reduced toughness.
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House
White House
Lesinski
Mich
House Labor Committee
Truman
Capitol Hill
Madden
Kennedy
Klein
N. Y
Powell
General Rail Strike Threat Faces France
Fifteen hundred railway supply workers and maintenance men who struck yesterday stayed off work as France faced a threatened general rail strike. Paris area passenger schedules were only slightly affected as Lyon station bore the heaviest impact. Strikers planned talks with Minister Jules Moch on wage demands and would then report to a Southeastern France rail workers committee.
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Paris
France
Lyon
Jules Moch
Paul Ramadier
Millsop Elected Mayor of Newly Incorporated Weirton
Thomas E. Millsop, president of Weirton Steel Co., was elected mayor of the newly incorporated city of Weirton. In the first municipal election, Millsop defeated Steven F. Barron by 5053 to 1149 votes and will assume office July 1 as the city becomes officially incorporated.
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Weirton
W. Va
Thomas E. Millsop
Weirton Steel Co
Millsop
Steven F. Barron
Britain drafts India dominion status act in swift move
London reports British officials began drafting a government of India act granting dominion status to Hindu and Muslim states. The plan aims for law before August adjournment and foresees power transfer this year with troop withdrawal by 1948 unless requested for defense.
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London
M. P
New Delhi
Britain
India
Urge Truman To Delay Tax Bill Veto
Democratic Senators urged President Truman to delay vetoing the GOP four billion dollar tax relief bill until June 10 to align with the minority position. Administration aides expected a veto and sustained opposition in the Senate, with delay likely to provide more fiscal information.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
White House
House
Martin ‘R) Mass
Vandenberg
Mich
Congress
Truman Proposes War Powers Extensions To Congress
President Truman conferred with the Congressional Big Six and urged swift action to extend federal authority over specific exports and imports. He also pressed Congress to extend the Maritime Commission power to charter oil tankers and to continue priority controls on hundreds of food and other material items.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Congressional
Congress
Maritime Commission
Cameron Still Missing After Plant Explosion
Cameron is still reported missing after the Edenburg plant explosion. Jack Cameron, 26, of American Cyanamid and Chemical Corp, is the sole employee unaccounted for. Merle Craven and Robert Downing were killed. eight others wounded, with injuries improving.
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Jack Cameron
American Cyanamid and Chemical Corporation
Edenburg
Paul W. Forcey
Cameron
Merle Craven
Robert Downing
Plan To Admit 400000 Is Given Strong Support
Washington June 4 The administration backs emergency legislation to admit 400 000 European war refugees into the United States over the next four years John H Hilldring assistant secretary of state for occupied areas testified before a house immigration subcommittee saying the displaced seek haven not from communism but from Soviet dominated territories He argued they fear returning to areas ruled by communist governments and oppose that system.
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Washington
INS
United States
John H. Hilldring
Congress
America
Hilldring
House
Pleads Guilty To Murdering Daughter in Pittsburgh
Salvatore Vitale, 72, of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to murdering his 4 year old daughter Philomena at their home on March 21. Judge Frank P. Patterson deferred sentence until testimony is taken after Vitale admitted firing the shot intended for his wife Madeline.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Salvatore Vitale
Frank P. Patterson
Philomena
Madeline
Teachers Demand Uniform Salary Schedule in Harrisburg Meeting
City and County teachers from New Castle and Lawrence County condemn the Homsher-Berger salary bill and press for the Sollenberger-Stuart No. 417 plan. They approve a seven point program seeking uniform pay, service increments, higher maximum salaries, and tax equalization measures.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Harrisburg
J. H. Earl McKenzie
Union Township High School
J. Arthur Turek
Stuart-Sollenberger
Dam Break Near Rutland Traps Residents In Flood
Heavy rains toppled an old wooden dam at East Pittsford five miles north of Rutland Vermont. Police and National Guardsmen assisted evacuations as floodwaters 15 feet deep surged into northern Rutland but receded with no fatalities. New Hampshire also endured heavy rain washing out highways and tracks.
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Rutland
INS
East Pittsford
New Hampshire
Erie Child Killed By Young Driver
Erie county coroner reports a 14 year old Erie girl driving an automobile struck two children playing in the street near their home. Eight year old Joseph Tullio died and his four year old brother David was injured.
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Erie
Erie County Coroner's Office Today
Joseph Tullio
David
Hungarian Refugees Describe Suppression and Abductions
Hungarian refugees arriving in Vienna report brutal suppression of non Communists in Hungary and abroad by political police under Matyas Rakosi. They accuse a foreign guard of Communist trained police patrolling Europe and targeting Hungarians abroad for alleged reactionary activities led by ex tailor Peter Gaber. A Hungarian delegate Laszlo Laki was reportedly kidnapped by Vienna police under a Soviet major.
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Vienna
INS
Hungary
Matyas Rakosis
Lice
Europe
Peter Gaber
Laszlo Laki
Alexander Raffay
End Of Sugar Rationing Near Says Agriculture Chief
Washington June 4 Secretary of Agriculture Anderson told the Senate Banking Committee the end of household sugar rationing is drawing very close. He opposes McCarthy’s bill for instant decontrol fearing a rush of business by industrial buyers and possible price increases next year. He noted rationing runs under an extension to Oct 31 and indicated prices may rise about two and a half cents per pound when controls lift.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Anderson
Senate Banking Committee
Anderson
McCarthy
Agriculture
Congress
Truman Accepts Braden Resignation From State Dept
President Truman accepted the resignation of Assistant Secretary of State Spruille Braden. Braden said he wished to return to private life after more than ten years in government service.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Spruille Braden
Braden
Fire policemen sworn in by Mayor Haven
Mayor John F. Haven swore in eight men as fire policemen, granting them police authority during fires. The sworn officers are H. J. Scott, Arthur A Leslie, Phillip J. Wimner, Saniel Weyrick, Paul L. Dilbert, Lawrence R. Rose, Delbert Jackson, and Robert Jenkins, with more to follow at the mayor’s office.
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John F. Haven
H. J. Scott
Arthur A Leslie
Phillip J. Wimner
Saniel Weyrick
Paul L. Dilbert
Lawrence R. Rose
Delbert Jackson
Robert Jenkins
Truman urges early action on youth training program
President Truman urged rapid congressional action on universal military training in a letter to Senator Vandenberg and Speaker Martin. He cited the advisory commission report as showing training is essential to national security, defend freedoms, and hasten universal disarmament and peace through the United Nations. The commission, led by Karl T. Compton of MIT, conducted a six month study and submitted a strong report.
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Washington
INS
Truman
United States
United Nations
Senate
Vandenberg
House
Martin
Congress
Tuman
French Creek Flood Subsiding in Meadville
Flood waters of Cassawago and French creeks began to recede after ten families in Meadville's Fifth ward were evacuated to a schoolhouse. The rise reached three inches an hour but did not flood homes. residents began cleanup after a second inundation in two months.
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Meadville
French and
Cassawago Creeks
Fifth Ward
Cassawago Creek
French Creek
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg News Chief Charles Morrison Dies of Heart Attack
Charles H. Morrison president and general manager of the Harrisburg Evening News died in his office of a heart attack. He collapsed while talking to Morley W. Jennings of East Orange New Jersey shortly after noon and was pronounced dead by a Harrisburg hospital physician.
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Harrisburg
Charles H. Morrison
Harrisburg Evening News
Morley W. Jennings
East Orange
N. J
Deaths and ages in regional obituaries unfold
Death notices list Benjamin A. Taylor 86 of Jackson Center Edward D. Wagner 80 of Volant IN Mrs Ina Mary Brown 78 of 703 West Washington St Charles A Reinhard of Pittsburgh Mrs Joseph Mach 33 Shenango township George W Means 70 Wilmington Ezra Smith 54 North Beaver June 4 1947 obituary summary Across the region several residents are noted by name age and locality with no further details.
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Benjamin A. Taylor
Jackson Center
Edward D. Wagner
Volant
Ina Mary Brown
West
Washington Street
Charles A. Reinhard
Pittsburgh
Joseph Mach
Shenango Township
George W. Means
Wilmington Township
Ezra Smith
North Beaver Township
Ore Freighter Emperor sinks in Lake Superior tragedy
The ore freighter Emperor struck Canoe Rock near Isle Royale and sank in five minutes. The U S Coast Guard Cutter Kimball rescued 21 crew members, with 12 believed dead and three women among the missing. One body recovered is Edna Schultz of Owen Sound. survivors include Lt. C R Clark's team.
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Fort William
Ont
INS
Lake Superior
U.S. Coast Guard
Kimball
Canadian Steamship Lines
Ft. William
Elden Walkinshaw
Collingwood, Ont
Jack Morey
Emperor
Canoe Rock
Isle Royal
Passage Island
C. R. Clark
Two Harbors
Minn
Edna Schultz
Owen Sound
Stop Work Order On 400 Philadelphia Building Projects
The General Building Contractors Association issued a stop work order affecting 400 Philadelphia area projects valued at 60 million dollars due to halted bargaining by eight building trades units. The measure targets 80 general contractors and 262 building contractors in Philadelphia and four surrounding counties, risking about 20 000 layoffs.
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Philadelphia
INS
General Building Contractors Association
Harold D. Hoffman
Summer dreams fill students with carefree plans
Arthur Mometer recalls how children shift from classroom work to summer freedom as warm weather and the year’s end draw near. The piece reflects on picnics, sports, swimming pools, and outdoor adventures as schools close for three months.
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Pa Newe
Almira Avenue
City
Daily Weather Report
Phillips J. Peck
SN. S
I. N.S
Halleck
By Charles A. Smith
Attlee
Earl of Listowel
William E. Zimmerman
M. S
Mr. Truman
Steamship Company
Jane Buzzie
Mari Zula
Ston
Arthur Mometer
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