Lawrence County Bar Honors Nine Late Members in Memorial Service
Lawrence County Bar Association members gathered in the courthouse to honor nine former colleagues who died recently. Judges Walter Braham and John G. Lamoree presided as memorial papers were read detailing the lives and careers of each lawyer, including Thomas W. Dickey Richard F. Dana and Edward M. Underwood.
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Lawrence County Bar Association
Court House
Walter Braham
John G. Lamoree
Charles Mathews
Thomas W. Dickey
University of Pennsylvania
James A. Chambers
Richard F. Dana
Robert White
Pittsburgh
New Castle
Summer Debuts With June 21 Event At 7 45 P M
Al Miller of Highland Heights shows a dozen or more green tomatoes on his vines with several as large as eggs. Pa Newc notes the summer debut is set for 7 45 p m on June 21 as editors tease warmer weather.
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al Miller
Highland Heights
Pa Newe
State Police remind cyclists and riders of safety laws
Commissioner C. M. Wilhelm warned that cyclists, motorized bicycles, and motorcycle operators are subject to the same highway rules as automobiles, noting too few remember their regulatory obligations.
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C. M. Wilhelm
Wilhelm
Daily Weather Report and River Stage Summary
Daily weather for the 24 hours ending 9 am shows a high of 77 and low of 59 with 0.5 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 6.2 feet. A year ago the high was 65 and the low 36 with no precipitation.
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United States
Coal Production Nearing Normal in Western Pennsylvania
The Solid Fuels Administration reports western Pennsylvania soft coal near normal production. About 85 percent of U S Steel Fayette county captive mines are operating and 14 of the firm's 27 blast furnaces have been refired as of today.
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Pittsburgh
Solid Fuels Administration Today
Pennsylvania
U. S. Steel Corporation
Fayette County
Administration OPA Program Facing Defeat
Washington reports momentum against the OPA price control program as Senate movers prepare to consider a bank and currency committee bill. Senator Pepper warns of inflation and market turmoil if the administration loses control, while Senate leaders seek a conference committee path to a revised extension.
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Washington
Iins
OPA
Senate
Banking Ana Currency Committee
Sen
Pepper
Fila
Acclarea
UPA
Barkley
Senate House
Begin Truce In China War
Nanking June 7. China enters a critical truce period as Communist negotiator Chou En-Lai leaves for Yenan to seek party concessions and peace plan decisions. Marshall's aides work on reorganization details for Nationalist and Communist armies at his residence.
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Nanking
China
Chou En-Lai
Yenan
George C. Marshall
Communist Party
Chou
Gen Marshall
Marshall
Russia Moves to Forge Argentina Ties
Washington observers say the Soviet Union and Argentina established diplomatic relations in a move seen as Moscow’s long planned political posture in the Western Hemisphere. Analysts note limited economic incentive for both, with Russia lacking offer to Argentina and vice versa, aside from symbolic geographic distance.
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Washington
INS
Argentina
Soviet Union
Moscow
Western Hemisphere
Russia
Bill Streamlining Congress Delayed
Washington June 7 The bill to streamline congress with more help and pay but less patronage ran into opposition from senior senators. Sen George Ga chairman of the senate finance committee led in serving notice that the legislation would have to be watered down before moving to the house. The stand dealt a blow to hopes of backers that the bill might pass this week.
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Washington
Congress
Sen
George (L) Ga
Senate Finance Committee
House
George
Hotel Walton to Close in Philadelphia After Repair Orders
The Hotel Walton, among Philadelphia’s oldest hostels, will close at week’s end after failing to meet city safety repair orders. Mayor Bernard Samuel confirmed the voluntary closure, noting no formal city closing order. The move follows authorities’ push to avert a disaster like Chicago’s LaSalle fire, with officials saying everything is being done to prevent a similar incident.
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Philadelphia
Walton
Bernard Samuel
LaSalle
Chicago
U N Showdown On Franco Spain Postponed to Next Tuesday
In New York on June 7 the United Nations postponed the full-dress debate on Franco Spain to next Tuesday. The delay followed a request by the United States and United Kingdom for more time to study a sub-committee report urging diplomatic isolation of Franco’s regime.
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New York
INS
United Nations
Spain
U.S
United Kingdom
Council
Herbert V. Evatt
Five Children See Dual Crime in Superior Shooting S
Five children witnessed the shotgun slaying of their mother near Superior Wisconsin. Police say William Helbacka shot Marie Helbacka during a roadside argument and then killed himself. The children, aged 7 to 14, were traveling from Hubbel Michigan to Duluth Minnesota and reported they were hungry and moneyless.
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Superior
Wis
William Helbacka
Marie Helbacka
Helbacka
Hubbell
Mich
Duluth
Minn
Start Work On New Route 42
The J S Groves Company has started earth removal on the new Route 422 between New Bedford and New Castle. Offices are set up at Mathews School and Harbor School as giant earth movers work. About 650000 cubic yards must be moved along the right of way. The project is expected to take more than 18 months to complete.
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J S. Groves Company
Mathews School
Old Harbor School
New Bedford
New Castle
Ex-Italian King Humbert II to Portugal with family
Lisbon dispatch reports the Portuguese foreign ministry says the deposed Italian king Humbert II plans to move to Portugal with his family. The spokesman did not specify dates or residence details.
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Portugal
Lisbon
INS
Reuters
Humbert II
Severe Caribbean quake logged by Fordham seismograph
A fairly severe earthquake centered in the Caribbean Gulf of Mexico area was recorded today on the Fordham University seismograph. The first shock occurred at 12 20 22 a m EDT and the second at 12 25 08, about 1900 miles southwest of New York City.
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New York
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Fordham University
New York City
Vinson Chosen Chief Justice Widely Acclaimed by Nation
President Truman selected 56 year old Fred M Vinson of Kentucky as Chief Justice. The choice was praised as wise and ablest, though surprising and costly to his treasury secretary. The move aimed to curb factionalism on the Supreme Court and unite camps led by Felix Frankfurter and Hugo Black.
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Washington
Truman
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky
United States
Secretary of Treasury
Supreme Court
Felix Prankfurter
Hugo Black
Hotel Fire Toll Climbs to Sixty in Chicago
Coroner's inquest set in Chicago after LaSalle hotel fire raised death toll to 59 with Miss Opal Swet 19 of Tampa, Fla, reported dead at Passavant hospital. One unidentified body remained at the morgue, a badly charred man aged 25 to 40, about five feet three inches, 135 pounds.
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Chicago
LaSalle
Passavant Hospital
Opal
Tampa
Fla
Government Allocates Seventy Houses to Lawrence County
Under the Federal Housing plan, seventy houses are allocated to Lawrence County to ease the national housing shortage. Democratic County Chairman John B. Shaw was informed by Senator Joseph Guffey. Details on locations and timelines are expected later, with construction by the government and leasing through the Federal Housing Administration.
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Lawrence County
John B. Shaw
Joseph Guffey
Shaw
Federal Housing Administration
Hudson tube strike leaders snub Truman panel
New York figures say they will ignore the afternoon session of President Truman's fact finding board and press a fresh demand on Hudson and Manhattan Railway management. MacArthur reports mass letters from Japanese praising his anti demonstration stance. UNRRA conference opens in Nanking with eight nations. Russia absent. In Los Angeles a children's court conciliator works to mend the marriage rifts of Jennifer Bruce Gould and Jay Gould I.
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New York
Hudson Tube
Truman
Hudson & Manhattan R. R
Los Angeles
Children’s Court
Jennifer Bruce Gould
Nigel Bruce
Jay Gould I
Vinson Named Chief Justice By President
Frederick Moore Vinson, a Kentucky born legislator and jurist, was named by President Truman to be chief justice of the United States. The senate was expected to confirm quickly as Vinson rose from humble beginnings to the nation’s 13th chief justice designate after wartime service and key economic roles.
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Washington
INS
Prederick Moore Vinson
Louisa
Vinson
Truman
United States Supreme Court
Kentucky
Fred
Congress
Senate
Trumean
Yeomat
Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Henry Wallace
Commerce
Jesse Jones
James F. Byrnes
Secretary of the Treasury
Six Nazis Sentenced Over Airmen Killings in Germany
In Salzburg Germany an American military court sentenced four SS troopers to death and two to life hard labor for the murder of five U S airmen during the war. The death penalties went to Maj Serenz Karolyi Col Karolyi Ney Capt Miklas Bakos and Lieut Istvan Czihas. Istvan Eros and Istvan Lengyel received life terms. The six defendants were tried by an American military court.
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Saltzburg
Germany
INS
Serenz Karolyi
Col
Karolyi-Ney
Miklas Bakos
Istvan Czihas
Set
Istvan Eros
Istvan Lengyel
State Farmers Supply 56301 Bushels Of Wheat
Harrisburg dispatch reports Pennsylvania shipped 56301 bushels of emergency wheat to famine nations in Europe. The contributions from 18 counties filled 40 freight cars despite being 14000 bushels below expectations. Cylde A. Zehner called it generous and noted the grain came from dwindling 1948 stocks.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Europe
Cylde A. Zehner
U. S. Agriculture
Back Your Future By Fleet Admiral Nimitz
Washington June 7. In a public appeal Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Chester W. Nimitz cautions that savings should stay in United States Savings Bonds as the economy seeks peacetime normalcy and fights inflation. He urges citizens to keep their wartime savings invested in bonds.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Operations
Washington
INSI
United States
Lawrence School to Become Maintenance Shop for District
Lawrence school, an aging building long boarded up, is being converted into a maintenance shop for New Castle public schools. Dr Frank L. Burton, superintendent, said equipment stored at Sutton street vocational school will move to the former building as partitions are removed to create repair rooms and storage for paints lumber tools pipes fittings stage scenery and other materials.
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Lawrence School
New Castle
Frank L. Burton
Sutton Street
Heat Wave Speeds Kansas Wheat Harvest
Heat in Garden City Kansas accelerates the winter wheat harvest as temperatures reach 102 to 108 degrees. Farm experts say the sudden warmth will bring the harvest date closer after drought and cool damp conditions slowed growth, aiding millers facing a national shortage.
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Garden City
Kan
Kansas
Mercury
Former Naval Officer Stabbed In Tourist Cabin
Bath Maine June 7 Sheriff Charles W Messenger said New Mexico authorities informed him Finter T Drummond 31 Bath a former naval officer was stabbed to death in a tourist cabin in Quay County New Mexico. Drummond was robbed of his personal belongings including his automobile en route to La Jolla California to attend his brother Kenneths wedding to Jacqueline Fairbanks on July 6.
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Bath
INS
Charles W. Messenger
New Mexico
Finter T. Drummond
Quay County
N. M
Drummond
la Jolla
Cal
Kenneth
Jacqueline Fairbanks
Illinois Action On World War II Veterans Bonus
Illinois lawmakers moved a World War II veterans bonus bill totaling 888 million dollars. The Senate approved unanimously and sent it to the House for second reading. final passage expected next week with Governor Green likely to sign. The bonus would average about 840 per eligible veteran.
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Springfield
Illinois
State
Senate
House
Dwight Green
Green
American shipping threatened by AFI Seafarers strike vote
The AFI Seafarers Union announced an immediate strike vote among members at Atlantic and Gulf ports. A walkout in the area and planned stop work meetings on the Pacific coast imperil the AFL pledge to assist the government in manning ships during the threatened CIO Maritime strike. A union official said the ballot would be held as soon as machinery could be set up.
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Washington
INS
AFI Seafarers Union
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Pacific Coast
AFL
New York
AFL CIO maritime strike tensions threaten U.S. shipping plan
The AFL pledged to keep American ships at sea but its seafarers union walked out in Atlantic and Pacific ports threatening government aims during the CIO maritime strike. West coast crews remained at work while east coast stevedores loaded ships pending wage talks. Federal conciliators pressed for a solution as bargaining stalls lingered into the evening.
Tornado Strikes Moose Lake Minnesota Area
A tornado with heavy hail hit Moose Lake late last night isolating the town and causing extensive property damage. Initial reports say no deaths, but several were injured by large hail. Dozens of houses and barns were leveled as state troopers reported hail over four inches deep.
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Moose Lake
Minn
State Highway Patrol
Ues
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Fishermen Claim Fishing Is King of Sports Amid Costs
The paragraph argues fishing is costly in gear, clothing, and time yet praised as the king of sports by anglers. It notes mixed views from experts and clubs, while a narrator admits they cannot afford the hobby today.
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Edward M. Underwood
PA Newc
ING
Daily Weather Report
Helen Francotie Savory
Pasadena
Calif
KKK
Don McGelvray
San Marino
Ill
Welty O. Rugh
Valley of New Castle
A.A.S.R
Field Club
John E. Elliott
John E. White
Valley of Youngstown
Valley of Steubenville
David W. Reeshow
Ermel E. Branstette
David W. Rees
Ermel E Branstetter
U.N
Alexandre Parodi
France
Herschel V. Johnson
Edward R. Stettinius
U. S
Alexander Cadogan
Johnson
Simlar
Andrei Gromyko
Robert G. Nixon
TNS
Lowder
Senator Cgutfes
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Old Lawrence School
Ilinois
A.F.L
Seafarers Union
Bulletin
CIO
Seafarers International Union
Pacific Ports
White House
Minnesota
Arthur Mometer
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