Senate Debate May Delay Final Labor Bill Vote
A minority attack in the Senate threatened to delay final passage of the House approved labor bill. Sen. Taft said only four to five hours of debate remained with a possibility of Monday action. Morse urged a sustained veto as a path to a new August 1 adjournment and an eventual major labor reform.
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White House
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House
Morse
Ore
Pa Newe Observes Croton Gardens and Local Works
Pa Newe reports well kept gardens in the Croton district with radishes lettuce onions and beans. The Salvation Army Home on North Jefferson street shows a new coat of paint in seal brown trimmed in tan improving its appearance. State Highway work will resume Saturday in the Volant area and West Pittsburgh district as bituminous material arrives after rail holds.
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Pa Newe
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Jefferson Street
State Highway Department
Alfred Martin
Volant
West Pittsburgh
New Galilee
Daily Weather Report
The 24 hour period ending at 3 am shows a high of 85 and a low of 61 with no precipitation. River stage stands at 10.6 feet. Year ago the high was 69 and the low 43 with trace precipitation.
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United States
Governor Dewey Meets Stassen And Warren
New York reports two key talks shaping the 1948 campaign. Dewey meets former Minnesota governor Harold Stassen at the Roosevelt Hotel and later confers with California governor Earl Warren at the Albany executive mansion. A Dewey-Warren ticket is viewed as formidable based on past bids and current momentum.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Roosevelt Hotel
New York City
Earl Warren
California
Executive Mansion
Albany
Warren
Gospel Tabernacle on Pearson Street Plans Anniversary
Gospel Tabernacle on Pearson Street kicks off its Golden Anniversary services with speakers from the Christian and Missionary Alliance including Dr. H. M. Shuman and Rev. FE. C. Anderson. The 210 Pearson Street church opens Sunday at 10 45 AM with renovation updates and week long Jubilee events ending June 15.
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Christian and Missionary Alliance
New York City
Alliance Gospel Tabernacle
Pearson Street
FE. C. Anderson
Western Pennsylvania
Horse Show Nears Opening At Pleasant Valley Stables
The Wampum Rotary Club prepares for a three session horse show starting tonight at seven EST with forty events across jumpers gaited horses ponies and harness classes. Open Jumping class leads the program as capacity stalls are filled and events continue Saturday with 1 PM and 7 PM showings.
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Wampum Rotary Club
Pleasant Valley
Truman advisers expect veto on tax bill and signature on labor control
Washington reports say President Truman will veto the GOP tax reduction bill but will sign the bipartisan labor control act into law. Other dispatches note nine more letter bombs found in Britain and a purge in Bulgaria as Allies probe the Red coup in Hungary.
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Truman
London
Britain
Scotland Yard
Bulgaria
Sofia
Hungary
Iran modernizes gendarmerie with American surplus gear
Washington reports the official responsible for Iran's state police and national guard stated he sought U S war surplus equipment to complete the modernization of the imperial Iranian gendarmerie.
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Washington
Iran
Southern Coal Producers Head Home From Bargaining
Southern coal producers left for home after a fruitless three day wait for John L. Lewis to attend the wage talks. The UMW did not appear for three mornings and Laurence Tierney Jr. of Eastern Coal Corp. called a recess due to lack of a quorum.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern
UMW
Laurence Tierney, Jr
Bluefield
W. Va
Eastern Coal Corp
Tierney
Confirmation of Griswold Sure
Senate confirmation of former Nebraska Governor Dwight Griswold as administrator of Greek aid was assured today as Senator Vandenberg said the Foreign Relations Committee would facilitate action on President Truman's nominee. Nebraska's two GOP senators will back Griswold despite his bid last year to win Butler's seat, and his internationalism stance.
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INS
Senate
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Capitol Hills
Vandenberg
Truman
Griswold
Sen. Butler
Butler
Vacation Starts For Pupils Of Public Schools
Public schools closed for the 1946-47 term with final reports and promotion cards issued. Students in lower grades brought visiting relatives as classrooms emptied and teachers began three months of rest from now until September 3.
Death Notices for Zeigler and Jasper
Death records note Mrs. John N. Zeigler aged 84 of 509 Whippe Street and Rev. Joseph Jasper aged 45 of 401 West Falls Street. Funeral details are not listed.
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John N. Zeigler
Whippe Street
Joseph Jasper
West Falls Street
Truman Leaves Washington for Missouri to Visit Mother
President Truman flies from Washington in the Flying White House to Missouri for a three day trip. He will visit his 94-year-old mother in Grandview and attend a reunion of his World War I division in Kansas City. He plans to return to Washington Monday night and depart for Canada on goodwill talks.
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Canada
Mexico
Whitehouse
William D. Leahy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cameron Dies in Plant Blast at American Cyanamid Plant
It was established today that Jack A. Cameron aged 26 of 4072 Spruce Street died in the June 2 explosion at the American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp plant. Fingerprint identification confirmed him as a casualty, bringing the death toll to three alongside Merle Craven and Robert Downing. Eight injured have recovered from minor injuries.
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Jack A. Cameron
Spruce Street
American Cyanamid & Chemical Corporation
Paul W. Forcey
Washington, D. C
Washington
Cameron
Merle Craven
Robert Downing
Railway Strike Grips France Parly Eastern Network
Rail workers across France's eastern network walk out halting long distance and suburban services. The strike followed failed talks between the National Federation of Railway Workers and Minister Jules Moch. Gare de l Est in Paris shut after midnight as the station nearly stalls.
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France
National Federation of Railway Workers
Jules Moch
Gare de L’est
Third Anniversary of D-Day Invasion Quietly Observed
Paris observes the third anniversary of the Normandy invasion with no special ceremonies. Milestones marking the inland advance from the French coast to the Rhine are being placed along routes used by American British and other United Nations troops.
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Normandy
France
Germany
United Nations
Rhine
Death Of Purdue Co ed Is Mystery
Indiana police investigate the death of 21 year old Purdue co ed Anna Catherine Fox as a possible self inflicted mystery. Her body was found near a gravel pit with a light twine looped between her wrists under a cherry tree. No signs of violence or theft. coroner to send organs to Indianapolis for testing.
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Lafayette
Ind
INS
Indiana
Purdue University
Anna Catherine Fox
Robert N. Bush
Wayne T. Cox
Indianapolis
Angler Paradise To Close July 19
Harrisburg June 6 Commissioner C A French announces that the Fisherman’s Paradise at Spring Creek near Bellefonte Centre county will stay open until Saturday July 19 It opened May 23 fishing starts 8 a m ends 8 p m EST Sundays prohibited No special charge regular fishing license admits five days Only artificial flies with barbless hooks allowed no spinners spoons or similar gear allowed
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Commissioner of Fisheries
C. A. French
State Fish Commission
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Bellefonte
Centre County
Pennsylvania
Churchill to Undergo Minor Operation
London reports that Winston Churchill, 74, will soon have an internal operation not considered serious. The procedure is expected to incapacitate him for about a month.
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London
London Evening News
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Return to Germany Seeks Nazi Guard Who Shot Down Pal
Staff Sgt. Howard L. Rees of Bronxville New York returns with The Fighting 97th bomb group to Germany to hunt a POW camp guard known as The Emden Kid who shot down an American prisoner. Rees vows to turn the guard over to the War Crimes commission if found.
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Giebelstadt
Howard L. Rees
Bronxville
N. Y
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Austria
Emden
15Th Airforce
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Strategic Air Force
Andrews Field
Maryland
Pacific
India
China
Burma
Bataan Death March Survivor Visits Doctor in New Castle
Abie Abraham of Butler, a Bataan Death March survivor, visits Dr. Ginsberg in New Castle. He returned to the United States for the first time since 1938 and, after suffering disease and near starvation on the march, now seeks to locate graves of fallen Americans and Filipinos from the march.
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United States
Abie Abraham
Butler
Bataan
Abraham
New Castle
Islands
Pearl Harbor
Wilma G Duff Wins State Scholarship at Penn State
Superintendent Francis B Haas announced that Wilma G Duff of 1001 Logan Street won a state scholarship to Pennsylvania State College. She was the top contestant in the statewide scholarship examination held May 2 under County Superintendent John C Syling at George Washington Junior High School.
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Francis B. Haas
Wilma G. Duff
Logan Street
William J. Duff
Pennsylvania State College
John C. Syling
Miss Duff
Syling
George Washington Junior High
Falls To Death From New York Hotel
John F. Groff, 45, an executive from Chicago, jumped or fell from a 24th floor window at the Hotel Warwick in Manhattan. His body landed on a third story extension at the rear. He was registered with his wife from Winnetka, Illinois.
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INS
John F. Groff
Chicago
Warwick
Manhattan
Groff
Linden St
Winnetka
Ill
May Day Event In New Wilmington Saturday Feature
New Wilmington Pennsylvania the home of Westminster College hosts a three day May Day celebration beginning Saturday. Alumni and parents arrive for a luncheon at noon with the Class of 1902 planning a dinner Friday. Saturday features a full program following the alumni luncheon.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Japanese Will Have To Wait To See The Mikado
Tokyo reports that a Japanese language production of The Mikado was canceled by Japan's new government for lacking production rights. If approved, it would have marked the first general audience performance by Japanese actors and singers.
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Tokyo
INS
Japan
United States Seeks UN Action Over Hungarian Coup
The United States prepared to demand UN action on the Hungarian communist seizure of power. Hungarian minister Aladar Szegedy Maszak urged the Red coup be a UN test case. A state department note threatened a joint U N inquiry if Soviet authorities in Budapest refuse to cooperate.
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INS
United States
United Nations
Hungary
Aladar Szegedy-Maszak
World Organization
State Department
Allied Council
Budapest
U. S
Probe Fatal Plane Crash In Pittsburgh
Civil Aeronautics Board investigators traveled to Pittsburgh to open a probe into a private seaplane crash that killed three people in a row of three houses. Victims were William Check 24 Naomi Check 20 and Jack Kubancek 27 all of Pittsburgh. The seaplane based at Conestoga Lake had taken off from the Ohio River on a trip to the vacation site when it stalled near a water tower and plunged into the homes causing over $10 000 in damage. No residents were harmed.
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INS
Civil Aeronautics Board
William Check
Army Air Forces
Naomi
Jack Kubancek
Conesut Lake
Ohio River
Motor Truckers Cancel State Convention Plan
The Pennsylvania Motor Truck association cancels its June 13 and 14 convention in Harrisburg due to the ongoing General Assembly session. J. Fred Clarke of Lawrence County says the Harrisburg office informed him the cancellation was decided because hotel space would be unavailable while the legislature sits.
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Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association
Harrisburg
J. Fred Clarke
Lawrence County
Teacher Exits Classrooms For Holidays
Arthur Mometer describes a weary teacher who smiles despite leaving her classroom burden behind. She longs for fall when she must return to endless complaints and bells. The mood shifts to relief and anticipation of freedom before the new term.
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