Beret Criticism Sparks House of Commons Debate
Colonel Gomme-Duncan, a veteran Scots officer, lambasts the British Army beret as a sloppy symbol of decline. He urges restricting beret use to Royal Armored Corps and warns it harms discipline and morale among soldiers.
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London
INS
Alan Gomme-Duncan
Perth
Scotland
Gomme-Duncan
Scots Black Watch
Viscount Montgomery
House of Commons
Gomme- Duncan
Monty
Emanuel Shinwell
DeCarbo to Attend National Convention in Houston
New Castle war veterans post 741 elected Commander Edward DeCarbo to attend the national convention in Houston Texas June 15 to 19 and cast all votes for the post He will depart next Tuesday for Texas recognition and trophies for national accomplishments await Post 741.
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New Castle
Edward DeCarbo
Houston
Texas
DeCarbo
Mine Shutdown Ordered By Lewis To Start Monday
UMW leader Lewis orders a coal mine work stoppage beginning Monday to pressure contract talks. Federal studies consider invoking Taft-Hartley emergency provisions to force a return to work. Officials note uneven coal stocks and potential economic impact, with Truman expected to comment.
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Lewis
Congress
Senate
UMW
Federal Mediation Service
Truman
Bluefield
W. Va
Southern
United Mine Workers
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Card Of Thanks And In Memoriam Notice
Card of thanks thanks those who extended sympathy in bereavement. In Memoriam recalls husband Carl Porath who died June 9, 1947 two years ago, remembered by wife and family with loving remembrance.
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James Fair
Carl Porath
Pa Newe Observes Local Commencements And Road Work
Local area notes report outdoor commencement services for area colleges, with graduates being commended. Fairfield avenue resurfacing is finished, a blacktop surface added as part of the city improvement program. Traffic counts underway on the New Castle to Wampum road. Aluminum paint brightens central fire station lights. Flag Day approaches with recommended clean and display worthy flags. State Highway crews resume resurfacing in North Beaver Township on Mt. Jackson roads, with curtailment of traffic. Frosts minor with 36 degrees, but no damage expected. warmer weather ahead.
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Fairfield Avenue
New Castle
Wampum
State Highway Department
Beaver Township
Mt. Jackson-Bessemer
Mt. Jackson-Edenburg
Seniors Celebrate Cathedral Dinner-Dance and Class Farewell
Forty Niners wrapped up 12 years of schooling with a Cathedral dinner-dance led by Rev. James A. Gaiser and toastmaster Gilbert Dissen. Principal C. B. Book and others spoke as gifts were presented, floor shows performed, and a breakfast finale followed by autographs and dancing.
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James A. Gaiser
America
Gilbert Dissen
C. B. Book
Frank L. Burton
Howard Reynolds
Vincent Lamorella
Dave Horchler
Ed Terreri
James Peacock
James Thompson
Richard Marquis
John Brinton
Robert Patton
Mark Slovensky
James Cavill
Mitchell Brothers
Virginia Sokovitz
Ben Haines
Lynn Frye
Maxine Sloven
Myron Frank
Esther Lindstrom
Jane Lockley
Anita Hensley
Robert Dale Brown
Darrell Shoaf
Mary Lou Davies
Shirley Sarber
Carole Gilmore
Jane Lockey
Frances Haydon
Pettitt Family Acknowledges Kindness After Bereavement
The Pettitt family thanks friends neighbors and relatives for kindness sympathy flowers and car gifts during their recent bereavement.
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Jess D. Pettitt
Sings Her Rebuttal Amid Berle Kirsten TV Feud
Catherine Mastice expands the Milton Berle Dorothy Kirsten dispute claiming center role in controversy. Kirsten threatens to sue Berle for unflattering impersonation and Mastice counters with possible suit over Kirsten remarks about her performance on the program.
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Milton Berle
Dorothy Kirsten
Catherine Mastice
Miss Kirsten
Berle
Miss Mastice
Knights of Columbus Elect Officers for 1949 50
The K O C council elected officers at the regular meeting on East Washington Street. New officers include Grand Knight James T Carey and Deputy Grand Knight Sam D Ambrosio with a slate of chancellors secretaries and wardens. A special meeting was announced for June 16 due to extensive business.
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Knights of Columbus
East Washington Street
James T. Carey
Sam D’ambrosio
James S. Fleckenstein
John T. Griffith
Francis J. Augustine
James L. Agan
John Cartwright
Louis Colella
Joseph Hannon
Joseph Martin
William Snyder
D. E. Cioffi
Cletus Martin
William Elder
Anthony Snyder
Organiss
Albert F. Inteso
William J. Howley
Ambrose J. Ryan
Daniel J. Hannon
Central Church Plans Move Ahead in Brick Structure
A committee viewed photographs of Georgian style proposals for the Central congregation. The brick two story church will seat about 475 with a basement dining room and a wing housing a Sunday school for 400 to 500. Plans allow future expansion and include ample parking and extensive landscaping.
Second Report in Hospital Drive Urges Subscriptions
A campaign says at least 595000 must be subscribed immediately to fund hospital needs. Officials claim the drive tests civic interest and urges community commitment now. The next general report meeting is set for Thursday June 16 at noon in The Castleton hotel ballroom.
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Castleton Hotel
Deaths Of The Day In Ellwood City Area
Obituaries list Jacob V. Glasser of Wurtemburg aged 76 who died in Ellwood City Hospital after a lingering illness. Retired National Tube Co. worker, survived by a brother James Glasser. Funeral Saturday at J. I. Porter and Sons with burial in Locust Grove cemetery. Also notices Ronald Victor Barbati Arsenio Costa Sarah Edith Magee Blackwood William Chapman and Mrs John Zikeli with service details and burial sites in St. Vitus Oak Park Slippery Rock cemeteries.
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Jacob V. Glasser
Wurtemburg
Ellwood City Hospital
Ellwood City
Lawrence County
Dinnie Glasser
Glasser
National Tube Co
James Glasser
J. I. Porter and Sons
Locust Grove Cemetery
Funeral
Ronald Barbati
Ronald Victor Barbati
South Mulberry Street
Albert M. Inteso
St. Vitus
N. DeMita
Paul Freed
Tony Cavelli
John Deli
Fred Caruthers
Joseph Fulkerson
James Bigley
Arsenio Costa
DeCarbo
St. Vitus Church
Nicholas DeMita
Vincent Bertoline
Mike
Sam
Louis
Sarah Edith Magee Blackwood
Pearson Street
James M. Blackwood D
E. A. Crooks
A. W. Smith
Oak Park Cemetery
Thomas B. Magee
Donald A. Magee
Arthur B. Foster
George A. Carpenter
David W., Rees
Thomas L. Armstrong
Zikeli
John Zikeli
RD. 1
Contrucci-McElwain
F. H. Daubenspeck
Slippery Rock Church
Kingswood School Welcomes Margaret Gilfillan Graduate
Margaret Jane Gilfillan daughter of Mr and Mrs J Clyde Gilfillan of 414 Clen More Boulevard Cranbrook Bloomfield Hills Michigan is a member of the Kingswood School Cranbrook graduating class Graduation exercises are on Saturday June 11 in the afternoon as part of the Mothers Day program Margaret played a piano solo and served as a cheerleader appearing in the chorus of Patience the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.
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Margaret Jane Gilfillan
J. Clyde Gilfillan
Clen More Boulevard
Kingswood School Cranbrook
Bloomfield Hills
Michigan
Margaret
Hospital Group to Meet Friday in Castleton Ballroom
The Women's Division of the New Castle Hospital Building Campaign will meet Friday at 2 30 p m in the Casteton ballroom. New Castle Hospital Auxiliary members are to attend.
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New Castle Hospital Building Campaign
Castleton
New Castle Hospital
Spy Probers Adopt Tougher Tactics in X Case
The spy inquiry shifts to stricter methods after alete secret atomic formula from a Radiation Laboratory scientist to a Russian consul. Rep. Moulder assigns lawyers to the Democratic side amid witness refusals. Subpoenaed witnesses include Dr. David Bohm and Dr. Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz who have balked at questions on Scientist X.
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University of California Radiation Laboratory
Nelson
Rep. Moulder
Radiation Laboratory
X” Case
David Bohm
Princeton University
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz
Fisk University
Nashville, Tenn
Tulip Thief Suspect Caught in Merrymount Park
In Quincy officers nabbed a man on his hands and knees amid tulips in Merrymount Park. He claimed he was not stealing flowers but searching for night crawlers as a fisherman.
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Quincy
Mass
Merrymount Park
Showdown on Berlin Traffic Tie Up Demanded
British and French foreign ministers urged Berlin military reps to push a blockade lifting into effect immediately. Berlin reports note a Soviet run railroad directorate was stormed by striking German transport workers amid East West tensions. The scene follows Acheson’s Russia proposal fueling talks of Western stance at the conference and predicts a possible failure of the Paris talks. In Albany Missouri Mrs Doris Holden celebrates a multi generation birthday with newborn Stephen Gibson Rhodes born May 2 in Jefferson City Missouri.
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Bevin
Schuman
Berlin
Acheson
Russia
Col
Serge Tulpanov
Wilhelm Pieck
Paris
Albany
Doris Holden
Stephen Gibson Rhodes
Jefferson City
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E. DeCarbo
E. Long
Memoriam
Davis Shoe CO
Arch Shoes
Pa Newe
Central Fire Station
South Jefferson Street
Cathedral
K. O. C. Council
Jesse N. Kerr
N. Mill St
Jack Gerson
Jeweler
Washington St
Mrs
Margaret Gilfillan Kingswood
Ioan
EAM Tiny
Gold Star Mothers Convention
Chicago
Ethel Godfrey
Rhode Island
Godfrey
International
Evans
George E. Watters
East Washington
LNA O.n
Junedale Way
Bazley’s Royal Palm
Oleo
Junedale Farm
Bazley
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