Big Four Parley On Peace Treaties Resumed In Paris
The Big Four foreign ministers meet at Luxembourg Palace for a fourth attempt to finalize peace treaties for Axis satellites. Russia’s stance blocks progress, but Moscow hints at concessions on Danubian frontiers, proposing Romania’s 1940 border with the USSR. Byrnes Bevin and Bidault note success hinges on Soviet attitude.
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Big Four
Avan
Paris
Luxembourg Palace
Russia
Moscow
London
U. S
Byrnes
Britain
France
Romania
Ussr
Romanian
Dobruja
Soviet
Bessarabia
Bevin
Bidault
Press Commentary On Baruch Bomb Proposal Across Papers
Editorial excerpts from major papers discuss Bernard Baruch's UN proposal to regulate the atom bomb. The New York Times lauds its openness, the Herald Tribune notes the need to begin global limits, the Inquirer questions UN readiness and Soviet cooperation, and the Philadelphia Record signals continuation on page two.
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Bernard Baruch
United Nations
New York Times
New York Herald
Philadelphia
Inquirer
United Nations Organization
Soviet Union
Name Crew To Drop Atomic Bomb In Test
A dark horse B 29 crew led by Maj Woodrow Swancutt was selected to man the Bikini atomic bomb mission. Maj Harold Wood will drop the bomb with navigator Maj William Adams and other crew members named. Brig Gen Roger Ramey announced the choice after a week of accuracy tests.
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Bikiningoon
Harold Wood
Bordentown, NJ
Swancutt-Wood
Paul Tibbetts
Orlando
Fia
Jack Catton
Los Angeles
Bikini
Maj
William
Adams
San Bernardino
Cal
Pau. Chenchar
West Rock Springs
Wyo
Robert Glenn
Shipping Strike Troop Is Averted At Deadline Hour
Washington June 15 A government settlement averted a 200000 maritime workers strike, keeping the nation’s merchant fleet sailing. Ship operators and a seven union coalition agreed just as walkouts were to begin in major east coast ports. The agreement sets a 40 hour week ashore, 48 at sea, $1 an hour overtime for eight hours, and a $17.50 monthly wage rise with radio operators receiving the same terms plus arbitration.
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Washington
INS
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Labor Department
Wir Shipping Administration
Mercer Sanitarium Employee Drowns
Sharon Pennsylvania June 15 Firemen recovered the body of Frances Barr 28 a Mercer sanitarium employee who drowned last night while swimming in Spring Creek near Mercer Two other sanitarium employees Ray Woods 18 and John Eather 16 failed to save her police said
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Sharon
INS
Frances Barr
Mercer Sanitarium
Spring Creek
Mercer
Ray Woods
John Eather
Father’s Day observance and county home building report
On the Court House grounds red roses bloom atop the knoll facing County Line street as Pa Newé notes Mark Must grows corn planted April 25 knee high and vines from seeds. Special programs mark Father’s Day observances while county home building expands with cellar walls rising along highways.
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Court House
County Line Street
Pa Newé
Mark Must
Thorpe Street
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending 9 a m show a maximum of 78 and a low of 56 with traces of precipitation and a river stage of 5.6 feet. For the same date last year the high was 72 and the low 67 with 0.03 inches of precipitation.
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United State
OPA Bill In Congress Could Satisfy Truman
Washington June 15 In administration circles hopes rose that a bill reworking the Office of Price Administration law could win approval in a conference. President Truman would veto any measure that weakens rice control or rent control, and his veto would likely be sustained. Democratic leaders Wagner Barkley and Spence pressed for a favorable conference outcome as Rep Walcott warned on minority concerns.
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Truman
Congress
Senate
Sen
Wagner
N. Y
Barkley
Rep
Spence
Walcott
R' Mich
House
Aerial Elopement Upsets Fashionable Colorado Wedding
Grand Junction report of June 15 describes Fancy Briggs Kurtz eloping with Ralph Antonides in a chartered plane to Las Vegas just before her planned ceremony with Joseph Blackburn. Gertrude Fawcett and a brother accompanied them. Blackburn offered little comment. The bachelor party included Antonides.
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Grand Junction
Colo
INS
Social Register
Fancy Briggs Kurtz
Ralph L. Antonides
Denver
Joseph Kulkley Blackburn
Las Vegas
Gertrude Fawcett
Norwalk
Conn
William Antonides
Blackburn
New York City
TWA Airlines
Ty Antonides
Back Your Future By BRIG, GEN. SARNOFF Of RCA
General Sarnoff urges purchase of United States Savings Bonds amid wartime shortages and inflation. He argues saving now helps the nation and individuals, framing bond investment as patriotic duty to support production and economic stability.
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Gen. D. Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Washington
INS
United States
U. S
Pair Held In Jewel Theft Denial From Durants
Col Jack Durant and his wife WAC Capt Kathleen Nash Durant deny any criminal act in the theft of the Hesse Darmstadt crown jewels. They are held in secret Washington area detention quarters and issued the statement through Capt Frank Bosworth who also demanded release unless charges are brought.
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Washington
Jack Durant
WAC
Kathleen Nash Durant
Hesse-Darmstadt
Durants
Frank Bosworth
Bosworth
Military District of
Charges Filed In Attack On Walter Fell
Walter Jenkins was charged with burglary and aggravated assault after a Thursday night attack on window cleaner Herman Fell at 428 Countyline Street. Fell, injured, is recovering at Jameson Memorial hospital. Police say a bloodied shirt found beneath Jenkins’s porch ties him to the incident. a second suspect was released. Mrs Wayne Phillips and her son Ronald visited Park Avenue relatives.
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Walter Jenkins
Cunningham Avenue
Herman Fell
Countyline Street
Robert D. Hanna
J. C. Kennedy
Jenkins
Fell
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Wayne Phillips
Ronald
New Kensington
William Dukes
Park Avenue
Deadlock on War Black List on Axis Firms
Washington reports a temporary deadlock between the United States and Britain over ending the Axis firms blacklist. Britain wants a July 1 termination, while the U S favors delaying the move to use the blacklist as leverage with Axis asset havens. Talks include Sweden and pending negotiations with other neutrals like Spain and Switzerland for asset reparations.
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Washington
United States
Britain
U. S
State Department
Switzerland
Sweden
Spain
State Bankers Elect Officers In Pennsylvania
Edmund W. Thomas of Gettysburg was elected president of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association. George Porter Shotwell of Williamsport National Bank became vice president, Russell J. Hopkins of Titusville Trust Co. was re-elected treasurer, and Charles F. Zimmerman of Huntingdon First National Bank was re-elected secretary for the 26th year.
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Philadelphia
INS
Edmund W. Thomas
First National Bank of Gettysburg
Pennsylvania Bankers Association
George Porter Shotwell
Williamsport National Bank
Russell J. Hopkins
Titusville Trust Co
Charles F. Zimmerman
First National Bank of Huntingdon
Seal Found Wandering Highway Near Merion Pa
Lower Merion police found a live seal along a highway near Gladwin. Investigators transported the animal to the Philadelphia Zoo where it will remain until claimed.
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Merion
INS
Lower Merion
Gladwin
Philadelphia Zoo
Moscow Silent On A-Bomb Plan
Western Europe reacts to Bernard Baruch’s atomic development plan while Moscow Radio stays silent on the issue. British press split, with Daily Worker opposing the plan as a move toward an atomic dictatorship, and News Chronicle calling it bold and practical with hopeful implications for disarmament.
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London
INS
Ued States
Atomic Development Authority
Europe
Soviet Russia
Moscow Radio
Bernard Baruch
New York
Communist Daily Worker
Daily Worker
Atomic Energy Authority
News Chronicle
U S Women Tennis Stars Retain Cup at Wimbledon
The United States retained the Wightman Cup today at Wimbledon. Louise Brough defeated Joan Curry in straight sets 8-6 6-3, giving the Americans the first four of seven matches to keep the trophy in the United States for another year before a large Wimbledon crowd.
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United States
Louise Brough
Joan Curry
Wimbledon Stadium
Harrisburg Chamber Plans Postwar Canada Cruise
Harrisburg businessmen from the Chamber of Commerce embark on a six day tour to Montreal and the Saguenay river aboard a 14 car train. Admiral C W Fox of the Mechanicsburg naval depot leads the party on this first postwar outing.
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Harrisburg
INS
First Night Of Horse Show Attracts Crowd At Wampum
The two day Wampum Rotary Horse Show drew a large crowd and many exhibitors on its opening evening. About 111 entries across 34 classes were entered with horses from Youngstown, Strongsville, Butler, Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pittsburgh, McKeesport, Ambridge, Wexford, and Erie. Local horses from New Castle and nearby towns include Tex Mary Louise Campbell and others as notable entries.
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Wampum Rotary
Pleasant Valley
Youngstown
Strongsville
Butler
Beaver Falls
Beaver
Pittsburgh
McKeesport
Ambridge
Wexford, Pa
Erie
Lawrence County
Mary Louise Campbell
New Castle
Bo Peep
Janice Marshall
Wampum
Watchme
James R. McGeorge
Allen
Alabama
J. Clyde Gilfillan Lumber Company
Wilson Giovanni
Gilfillan Lumber Company
John Murdock
Winnie Bee
Fred Earnshaw
Hillsville
Connie Rex
Daisy Mae
Mr. Earnshaw
Billy Allen
Homer R. Allen
Daisy
Congress Leaders Hope Jackson And Black Quit Court
Washington June 15 Congress leaders hope Justices Jackson and Black would resign before the Supreme Court reconvenes in October to restore peace on the bench. Senators and representatives praised Vinson’s administration but said only new appointees could heal the feud.
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Washington
INS
Congressional
Black
Jackson
Supreme Court
House
Senate
Fred M. Vinson
Colonel Pollock Found Dead In New Jersey Home
Colonel Charles M. Pollock Sr., former chief of the Army Signal Corps at Camp Kilmer, died of gas poisoning on June 15 at his Highland Park home. His wife waited at a New Brunswick beauty parlor for his return. Pollock, 48, had just returned from Le Havre on terminal leave and planned to join Pennsylvania Telephone Co. in Harrisburg.
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Highland Park
N. J
Charles M. Pollock Sr
Army Signal Corps
Camp Kilmer
Sarah
New Brunswick
France
Coil
Pollock
le Havre
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Telephone Cors
Prisoner Battles Against Execution in Alabama Chair
In Montgomery on June 15, 30 year old Joe Mincey, a Negro convict, fought prison officials for two hours at Kirby prison before officers strapped him to the electric chair. He tied bedsheets to his door and struggled as seven guards moved him to the chair, delaying the execution.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Kirby
Joe Mince
Troy
Mincey
Congress Expected to Adjourn by July Fifteenth
Washington officials report administration leaders in Congress believe adjournment by July 15 is likely. A spurt of activity moved the OPA bill to conference after three days of Senate debate and trimmed the Senate calendar, setting up early compromise on the draft extension.
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Washington
Congress
OPA
Senate
Priday
Death Notices and Infant Rites in Local Ledger
Death records list Mrs. Frank L. Porter aged 47 of Wam pum RK D and George Crawford Phillips aged 66 of 321 Quest Street. Infant Paul Womer listed with KR PD and Mer cer Pa.
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Frank L. Porter
Wam
Pum
George Crawford Phillips
Quest Street
Paul Womer
KR. PD
Mercer
Arctic air force plans expand operations toward the Pole
The army air force announced broadened Arctic operations possibly reaching the North Pole as part of the secretive operation measures project. The disclosure follows the Canadian led project and hints at intensified cold region activity.
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Washington
Army Air Force
Arctic
North Pole
AAF
Man Arrested for Mutilating Library Books
The Justice Department announces the arrest of Herbert Richard Cooke Jr., 32, in Cris ter Montana for theft and mutilation of 350 technical books in the Library of Congress. FBI Director Hoover says state that he used a razor to remove whole chapters and plates. latent fingerprint linked him to the building. Items taken were mostly geological data and irreplaceable. crime spanned over a year ending March this year.
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Washington
INS
Justice Department
Crister
Mont
Herbert Richard Cooke, Jr
Library of Congress
FBI
J. Edgar Hover
Cooke
Hoover
Congressional Library
Glamour and dress sense rule in Arthur Mometer’s view
Arthur Mometer praises glamour in women and dismisses overalls, urging ladies to wear dresses in reds or creams instead of blue jeans. He notes the weather is seventy one.
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Kingsbury Smith
Baruch
International News Service
Lee van Atta Nos
Atlanta
Arenette Rubin
Madison Hospital
N. A. Davis
International
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
Colorado
Criswell, Fisher
Reese
Hanna
Wimbledon
Commerce Body OF
ON Canada Tour
Hope Jackson
Charles M. Pollock
Liverpool
New Delhi
India
Congres Party Today
Manila
Manuel Roxas
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
John Poster Duttes
State Byrnes
Mukkden
Edwin W Pauley
Montana
Arthur Mometer
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