Freak Wave Submerges Beach Party on Lake Erie Shore
A huge freak wave struck the Lake Erie coast from Cleveland to Lorain, submerging a beach party of Western Reserve University students and causing at least five people to go missing. Coast Guardsmen reported missing yacht occupants and fishermen, while several boats were swept away and rescues were incomplete.
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Cleveland
Lorain
Leveland
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Coast Guard
Western Reserve University
Pa Newe Observes Summer Road Safety Notes
Local column notes sprinkling lawns, chalk messages on Grant and Jefferson streets and calls for summer highway safety. It cites National Safety Council on speed as a major factor in traffic fatalities and urges heed to speedometer and thermometer during hot weather.
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Grant and
Jefferson Street
National Safety Council
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics show a current 24 hour period ending 9 a m with a maximum of 86 and a minimum of 60 degrees, 04 inches of precipitation, and a river stage of 5.1 feet. The same date last year recorded a maximum of 75, a minimum of 50, and no precipitation.
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United States
Foreign Aid Funds Face Senate Restoration Fight
Washington June 5 The administration expects Senate action to restore cuts in foreign aid funds including the European Recovery Program Senator Connally Texas predicts increased funding as the six billion dollar appropriation bill for seven relief projects is sent to the Senate after an 11 hour House session The House rejected a 10 million ECA allotment allowing American media firms to obtain dollars for foreign currencies in the currency conversion debate The main clash centered on the currency provisions and aid allocations.
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Raymond Wilcowe
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Asia
Injured Pittsburgh Man in Critical Condition After Accident
Badly injured 53 year old Joseph Stader of 752 Johnson avenue Pittsburgh Pa is in Jameson Memorial hospital in critical condition after an accident at New Castle Junction late Friday evening. He was admitted at 1 pm with possible fracture of the spinal column in the sacroiliac area and concussions and abrasions to the left shoulder and hip.
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Joseph Stader
Johnson Avenue
Pittsburgh
Jameson Memorial Hospital
New Castle Junction
Stader
Child Injured From Fire Escape Fall on East Washington
Freddie Chestney aged 3 of 33942 Produce Street was injured Thursday afternoon after falling from a second story fire escape in the rear of East Washington Street. He suffered multiple rib fractures chest contusions a chin laceration and facial abrasions. He is hospitalized in Jameson Mall hospital in serious condition.
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Freddie Chestney
Produce Street
Jameson Mal Hospital
East Washington Street
Comic and Society Notes Highlight Local Scenes
A compact roundup covers updated society notes, comic strips, and local events. It lists community happenings, brief theater and stock mentions, and snapshots from daily life in a small-town newspaper style.
New Castle Sesquicentennial Pageant Under Way
With one month until the Sesquicentennial, New Castle prepares Castle-Cade a episodic pageant tracing 1798 to now. Director Rene oversees committees led by Mrs. John E. Elliott and Mrs. Lester McClelland as rehearsals continue for nightly performances July 5 to 10 at Taggart Stadium.
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New Castle
Rene
John E. Elliott
Lester McClelland
Cochairman
Castle-Cade
John Carlysle Stewart
Taggart Stadium
Truman campaigns in Omaha on continental tour
President Truman arrives in Omaha for the second leg of his 38 state cross country tour to campaign for the Democratic nomination. He meets his sister Miss Mary Truman and continues toward the agricultural heartland amid renewed national attention to his bid.
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Omaha
INS
Truman
Chicago
Mary. Truman
Prince Bertil
Sweden
Chicago Stadium
United States
Strike at United Plant Continues With Pickets
The United Engineering and Foundry plant remains idle as picket lines persist at three posts with occasional new strikers. Telegrams show orders canceled by the company for materials due to the ongoing strike.
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United Engineering and Foundry Company
United Company
Bally Fire Engine Parade Plans In Berks County
Berks County firemen stage a parade to celebrate a new 4100 dollar fire engine bought by Bally fire department. The vehicle was destroyed in transit after being reported wrecked en route from Waterloo Indiana.
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Reading
Jewish Forces Battle To Crush Egyptian Troops
Israeli troops press in the south below Tel Aviv to encircle Egyptian units and ease the Arab threat to Israel's provisional capital. Heavy actions also hit the Nablus Jenin Tulkarm triangle while a naval task force clash near Tel Aviv boosts morale. UN mediator Count Bernadotte pursues a four week cease fire, saying immigration of Jews of fighting age delays truce talks.
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Tel Aviv
INS
Israel
Nablus- Jenin-Tulkarm
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
United Nations
Holy Land
Cairo
Farmer Suffers Fracture of Leg in Hay Wagon Crash
Frank Kaufman, 49, of A. D. 5, was treated at Jameson Memorial hospital Thursday at 5 45 p m for a fracture of the large bone in the right leg below the knee. He was riding a hay load that overturned, dumping him to the ground.
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Frank Kaufman
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Westminster College to Graduate 171 in 1947-48
Westminster college will award 171 degrees at its June commencement, the largest class in the school’s history. Five district teachers earning masters diplomas and five honorary degrees will be conferred. Dr Scott Withrow of Akron will deliver the address. Summa Cum Laude honors go to W Ralph Lufkin and Miss Loig Elaine Jack. Magna Cum Laude graduates include Rosamond Smith and Betty Holt among others.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Scott Withrow
Oak Hill United Presbyterian Church
Akron
William Reed Veazey
Dow Chemical Co
Midland
Mich
John E. Nelson
Gulf Oil
Pittsburgh
Frank C. Black
Omaha
Neb
Harry D. Rose
Raymond F. Brittain
University of Pittsburgh
W. Ralph Lufkin
Cambridge
N. Y
Loig Elaine Jack
R. D
Bridgeville
Rosamond Ann Smith
Martinsburg
Betty
Almeida Faces Death for Slaying of Philadelphia Officer
David Almeida, described as a convicted New Orleans bank robber, was found guilty of first degree murder for fatally shooting Patrolman Cecil Incling during a January 30 1947 supermarket holdup in North Philadelphia. A nine women and three men jury recommended the death penalty.
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Philadelphia
INS
David Almeida
New Orleans
Almeida
Cecil Incling
Body of Butler Young Man Found in Youghiogheny River
The body of Melvin G. Alwine, 25, of Butler, who drowned on Memorial Day, was recovered near the Fifteenth street bridge in McKeesport. The coroner’s office confirmed the find occurred Friday.
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Mckeesport
Melvin G. Alwine
Butler
Yougiogheny
Allegheny County
Fifteenth Street Bridge
Death Notices from June 5 1948 Listing Local Residents
Death notices list six residents with ages and addresses: Mrs John Golis Sr 40 of 1706 Morris street Mrs Sarah B Snyder 66 of 445 Court street Mrs James Woodling 73 of Albion Mrs James E McCarron 82 of Wampum William Clinton Caste Sr 74 of North Beaver township Mrs Beasie A Clark 58 of 105 North Mercer street.
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John Golis, Sr
Morris Street
Sarah B. Snyder
Court Street
James Woodling
Albion
James E. McCarron
Wampum
William Clinton Caste, Sr
North Beaver Township
Beasie A. Clark
North
Mercer Street
Fire Destroys Duluth Blocks Amid High Winds
A million dollar fire in downtown Duluth Michigan struck two and a half hours. Firefighter George Ledingham was injured by falling glass. The Rudolph furniture building and the six story board of trade building were damaged as the blaze jumped the street. The six story Columbia building and Daugherty Hardware suffered heavy losses as winds fanned the flames.
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Duluth
Minn
INS
George Ledingham
Ray King
Rudolph Furniture
Board of Trade
Columbia
Daugherty Hardware Company
Flood Threat Deepens as Oregon Death Toll Rises
New flood waters from the Columbia River upper reaches threaten the Pacific Northwest as recovery teams race to identify Vanport city victims. Officials fear the death toll could climb with renewed flood danger sweeping toward the sea.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Pacific Northwest
Vanport
Israel talks on land swap and peace with Transjordan
Tel Aviv reports an official Israeli source stating a peace accord with King Abdullah of Transjordan aimed at ending the New Land war. Negotiations could start after the UN four week truce and may include territorial concessions in the Negev for Western Galilee and recognition of a Jewish state.
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Tel Aviv
INS
Israel
Alah
Transjordan
United Nations
Negev
Palestine
Galilee
Jewish Agency
Abdullah
Abdulla
Boak Is Renamed to State College Trustees’ Board
Frederick E. Bittembender of Shickshinny was elected by 249 delegates to join Pennsylvania State College trustees, filling the vacancy from M. J. Grimes’s death. Re-elected were K. S. Bagshaw of Hollidaysburg, J. A. Boak of New Castle R. D. 4, and J. N. Yorker of Pittsburgh.
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State College
Frederick E. Bittembender
Shickshinny
Pennsylvania State College
Philadelphia Shake-Up Precedes Conventions
Philadelphia officials move to reform city hall before the Democratic and Republican national conventions with resignations demanded for Charles H. Grakelow and W. Frank Marshall. A large police department reshuffle follows as 245 sergeants are reassigned and inspectors and captains shift commands amid a wider fire marshal investigation.
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Philadelphia
INS
Bernard Samuel
Charles H. Grakelow
Grakelow
William F. Meade
GOP
W. Frank Marshall
Mar
Shall
Meade
James McColgan
Tax Department
Amusement Tax Division
Negations On Coal Contract To Resume Monday
Washington dispatch reports soft coal operators expect John L. Lewis to skip preliminaries and begin drafting a new 1948 contract by Monday. The aim is to speed talks with the UMW and sign a deal covering 400000 bituminous miners before the current pact ends, amid warnings of continued idle work.
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Phillips
Peck
Washington
John L. Lewis
UMW
T. Alan Goldsborough
Diggs
Lewis
Grants Increase Aid To Dependent Children The Aged And The Blind
Federal grants in aid to states for dependent children the aged and the blind were raised by 184 million dollars as Congress passed a bill approving increases. The aid to dependent children rises to 3.00 per month and to the blind and aged up to 7.50 per month. The measure also broadens the employment definition while retaining the common law definition for pensions.
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Treasury
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