Allies Agree To Three Month Evacuation Of Troops
In Paris on June 20 the western powers and the Soviet Union reached a 90 day timetable to withdraw troops from Italy and Bulgaria after peace treaty effectiveness. A diplomatic commission will replace the allied control body in Italy and oversee treaty implementation. Action on the Franco Italian frontier was delayed to study the hydro electric report.
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Paris
INS
Soviet Union
Italy
Bulgaria
Council of Foreign Ministers
Luxembourg Palace
V. M. Molotov
U. S
James Burns
Ernest Bevin
Allied Control Commission
Rome
Molotov
Tende
Briga
Bevin
Weather Bureau Head Explains Present Bad Weather
Pittsburgh June 20 The Weather Bureau chief John J. Murphy says unsettled conditions stem from a battle between two huge air masses one from the tropics and one from polar regions causing storms floods and high winds across the country. He adds that sunny days are just lulls in this atmospheric struggle.
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Pittsburgh
INS
John J. Murphy
Pittsburgh Weather Bureau
Murphy
Army
Pacific Ocean
Nature
Weather Department
Pa Newc Observes Fog and Lawn Work Amid City Scenes
A Pennsylvania town endures pea-soup fog as residents head to work. Fireplace smoke from cooler weather billows from chimneys while lawn care activity spikes. Bus drivers avert accidents and children recreate World War II scenes near the Navy Club exhibit on Washington Street.
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Bessemer-Mt. Jackson
Pa Newc
Navy Club
Washington Street
Marineymn
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 a m show a maximum of 79 and a minimum of 55 with 17 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 6.7 feet. For the same date last year the maximum was 77, the minimum 53, with no precipitation.
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United States
Teen Age Draft Plan Faces New House Hurdle
Rep. Dewey Short moves to replace absent Rep. Andrews as proxy voting on a compromise to draft 18 and 19 year olds proceeds. Short seeks a new conferee name by Speaker Rayburn if Andrews’ proxy votes against the plan. The House Senate conferees meet today amid the deadlock.
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Washington
INS
Dewey Short
House
Andrews
N. Y
Short
Bikini Atoll
Senate
Rayburn
Andrew
Rep
May
Building Plant to Rise on Old Rubber Site in New Castle
Construction progresses on the Sieberling Rubber site in the Seventh ward. Commercial Tank and Metallizing Co expects to move in within about 60 days, after site transfer from GNCA. Current South Street quarters are too small for volume. new 40 by 240 foot facility will boost output from about one carload per week of septic tanks. The plant is owned by John B. Gruenwald and William F. Thellman.
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Sieberling Rubber Company
Seventh Ward
J. C. Wachtman
Greater New Castle Association
GNCA
Tank Company
South Street
John B. Gruenwald
William F. Thellman
German Girl On Trial For Slaying American Soldier
Erika Krebs a 20 year old German girl stands trial in Nuernberg on charges of murdering Sgt. Robert Flanigan of Peoria Illinois on June 12. She is also charged with possession of a weapon without military permission and stealing Allied property. She says she stole the pistol to commit suicide after learning he would be sent home and shot him after seeing another German girl leave his room.
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Nuernberg
INS
Erika Krebs
Robert Flanigan
Peoria
Ill
Miss Krebs
Missing Army Flier Capt Fink Sought In Air Search
Middleton Pa June 20 An air search from Andrews Field Washington joined the hunt for Capt F M Fink of Philadelphia who disappeared on a routine flight from Middletown air depot He is 28 a WWII RAF veteran who flew 42 combat missions and lives at 5522 Angora Terrace Public Relations office reports.
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Middleton
INSI
Andrews Field
Washington
D. C
F. M. Fink
Philadelphia
Army
Middletown
Angora Terrace
Royal Air Force
U. S Air Force
Public Relations Office
Bowles Warns U S Faces Inflation Crisis
Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles told a June news conference the nation faces the greatest crisis in the inflation fight. He said OPA extension bills contain booby trap amendments likely to blow up later and urged veto by President Truman as conferees near a first test vote on the price control measures. Senator Taft noted a potential initial vote by the 14 member panel.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
House
Senate
Truman
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Glitch Brother In Navy Atomic Test Near Bikini
Donald S. Glitch, electrician’s mate 3-c, was critically injured when a plane propeller struck him after landing at Green Cove Springs Florida on June 9. He is improving and will be sent to Bethesda Maryland for further treatment possibly needing a skull plate. His brother William is in Bikini awaiting atomic bomb tests after re-enlisting in the Navy.
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William Glitch
James
East Falls Street
Jacksonville
Fla
Donald S. Glitch
Green Cove Springs
Glitch
U. S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
William
Navy
Bikini
Emperor Urges Japs Renounce All War Aims
Tokyo June 20 Emperor Hirohito urged the newly convened Diet to renounce war and support a democratic constitution. He called for respecting fundamental rights and liberty, with the aim of lasting peace and national reconstruction through a freely expressed will of the people. The rescript was read in the Diet chamber before the gold chair in the House of Peers.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
MacArthur
Japan
House of Peers
Vinson Expected to Be Named Chief Justice by Senate
Fred M. Vinson, born near a Kentucky village jail, faces senate confirmation for chief justice of the United States. He would bring extensive federal service including congressman from Kentucky, circuit court of appeals judge, economic stabilization director, Reconstruction Finance Corp. chairman, war mobilization director and secretary of the treasury.
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Washington
INS
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky
Senate
United States
Vinson
Circuit Court of Appeals
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Secretary of the Treasury
United States invites Dr Lie to Bikini Atoll tests
The U S invited Dr Trygve Lie secretary general of the United Nations to witness the atom bomb tests at Bikini Atoll next month. The invitation was in a letter from Herschel V Johnson acting U S delegate to the UN Security Council to Lie.
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New York
The
United States Today
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Bikini Atoll
Herschel V. Johnson
U. S
UN Security Council
Dr. Lie
Back Your Future President
Americans who invest surplus cash in United States Savings Bonds are helping the country and themselves. With too much money chasing too few goods, production must catch up, or inflationary pressures could disrupt the economy. Buying bonds reduces demand pressures and offers a safe, profitable investment.
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Washington
INS
United States
Seevers Seeks Commutation On Fourth Bid For Freedom
In Harrisburg on June 20, John D. Seevers 54 of Cleveland Ohio asked the state pardons board for clemency from a life sentence for the fatal shootings of his common law wife Estelle and her friend Katherine Rogers near New Castle. Edwin K Logan argued Seevers was intoxicated at the time. Lawrence County DA Leroy K Donaldson opposed clemency in Seevers fourth bid for freedom.
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Harrisburg
INS
John D. Seevers
Cleveland
State
Edwin K. Logan
New Castle
Seevers
Estelle
Katherine Rogers
New Kensington
Logan
Lawrence County
Leroy K. Donaldson
British Hunt For Hostages Is Continued
A Reuters dispatch from Jerusalem reports the Jewish resistance movement has urged the captors of six British officers to free them immediately. Six officers were seized in Tel Aviv Tuesday as paratroop units and armed patrols spread through Palestine to locate the hostages and the missing nursing sister.
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London
Ensa Reuters
Jerusalem
Jewish Resistance Movement
Tel Aviv
INS
Palestine
Sundar
Hoover Reports To President On South American Food Mission
Herbert Hoover presented a half hour briefing to President Truman on the South American famine relief mission and received high praise. White House secretary Charles G. Ross said the President was very happy with Hoover's work and noted a larger tonnage of food released than anticipated. Hoover declined to discuss details of the conversation.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Hoover
Ross
South America
Mr. Truman
Italian Train Crash Kills 19 in Southern Italy
A passenger train from Reggio Calabria collided with a stalled freight at Ponte Cagnano near Naples killing 19 and injuring 110. Fifty four of the injured are in serious condition. Authorities blame the Ponte Cagnano stationmaster for routing the passenger train onto the idle freight track.
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Naples
Reggio di Calabria
Ponte Cagnano
Italy
New Castle Man Named Trustee Of Slippery Rock
W. W. Irwin of 806 Young Street has been named to the board of trustees of Slippery Rock State Teachers College succeeding the late Dr C. Green. Governor Edward Martin announced the appointment. Irwin is a 1896 graduate who retired as Farrell public schools superintendent over four years ago and has lived in New Castle since.
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W. W. Irwin
Young Street
Slippery Rock State Teachers College
C. Green
Edward Martin
Irwin
Farrell Public Schools
New Castle
Wife Charges Husband For Kisses In Divorce Trial
Songwriter actress Darlene Welch admits she obtained 50 dollars by charging her husband five dollars per kiss but says she extended him credit when he was out of cash. Sidney Basking, bakery heir, testified their marriage lasted only two months.
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Los Angeles
UINS
Darlene Welch
Sidney Basking
Japanese Bomber to Fly Over Continental U S
The lone Japanese four motor bomber captured in the war will depart Newark airport for Wright Field tomorrow for evaluation tests. A three man crew will be handed over to H E Atson, chief of the air technical intelligence collection division.
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Newark
INS
United States
Wright Field
Ohio Field
H E. Atson
Air Technical Intelligence
Parochial Schools Close For Summer
Parochial schools in the city close for the summer with about 900 students on vacation. In fall many new first graders and several junior high students will begin their senior year as school resumes on Tuesday, September 3.
Probing Reports Argentina Gets U S Lend Lease
The State Department opened inquiries into reports that Soviet shipments of American lend-lease goods reached Argentina under the latest trade pact. Officials cautioned no substantiating evidence had emerged despite earlier similar claims linked to Azerbaijan.
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Argentina
U.S
Soviet Union
Washington
INS
State Department
Azerbaijan
U. S
Man Found Dead in Cascade Park
Frank Smith, park watchman, found a man hanging from a rafter near the merry-go-round building in Cascade Park. Police and County Coroner T F Nugent removed the body, later identified as George C Reno, 58, a roomer at 321 Quest Street New Castle. Coroner’s inquest continued.
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Cascade Park
Frank Smith
Old Gorge
T. F Nugent
George C. Reno
Quest Street
New Castle
Pool Thirty Tons of Wool by Lawrence County Growers
About thirty tons of wool were pooled by the Lawrence County Wool Growers Association during a three day gathering this week. R P Peebles announced the wool, graded and weighed in at the B and O freight station, will be shipped to Boston for Commodity Credit Corporation delivery. The year’s total matches last year’s 62 000 pounds. Checks will be mailed after CCC acceptance.
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Lawrence County
Wool Growers Association
R. P Peebles
Associalion
Lawrence
Beaver Counties
Boston Mass
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Kenneth W. Marriner Company
Boston
Death Record for George C. Reno
Death notice for George Clarence Reno lists address 3882 Quest Street with June 20 19446 as the date. Stored details are incomplete but indicate a local record of a death in the community.
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George Clarence Reno
Quest Street
Soviet push to extend veto powers beyond Security Council
New York report notes the Soviet Union pressing behind closed doors for immediate extension of veto powers in the United Nations. A committee of experts on procedure met in executive session with no compromise on the months old demand for Soviet veto over procedural questions in the Security Council. Behind the scenes the drive extends to include the Atomic Energy Commission.
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New York
Soviet Union
United Nations
Committee of Experts
Security Council
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet and American Plans Seen Within Reach on Atomic Control
Unofficial observers believe Russia's proposals for atomic bomb control pose no insurmountable obstacle to agreement. They note ongoing dispute over Big Five veto powers remains a chief clash as Andrei Gromyko presents the Russian plan to the UN. Bernard Baruch waits for official translation before comment.
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New York
INS
Russia
Bernard Baruch
Andrei Gromyko
Tomic Commissionruch
Titans To Have New Grid Field
Westminster College in New Wilmington plans to purchase four acres east of the current athletic field from Fred Ruby to build a new football field aligned north and south to avoid afternoon glare. A knoll between fields will be removed and the site will host intra mural sports, with completion expected for the upcoming season.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Fred Ruby
Louis Wins The Fight Amid Echoes Of Bravado
The narrator recalls a boxing match where Louis defeats Conn by a wide margin. The piece credits the bigger fighter’s advantage and notes the crowd’s noisy reactions as the bout unfolds with dramatic exchanges and a decisive push.
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Daily Weather Report
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By Eric Johnston
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Ulleti
Slippery Rock
Watchman
Merry-Go-Round
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