Dedication of P J Flaherty Field Opens New Stand in Croton
Thursday night June 19 marked the formal dedication of the P J Flaherty Field, the Johnson Bronze Em ployer Association’s baseball park in Croton. After three rain postponements, floodlights lit a level green field as Budd Russler opened the ceremony near home plate between local games. Continued on Page Two.
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Mars
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Flaherty Field
Mayor Curley Ordered to Court for War Fraud Sentence
U S attorney says Boston Mayor James M Curley must appear in Washington federal court next Thursday to begin a six to 18 month sentence for war fraud conspiracy. Lawyers and bondsmen notified to bring Curley, who is reported seriously ill, possibly seeking delay.
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U. S
James M. Curley
Boston
Sidney Sachs
Curley
Court of Appeals
Massachusetts
House Overrides Truman Veto On Taft Hartley Bill
The House, by a four to one margin, overrode President Truman’s veto of the Taft Hartley labor bill with a 331 to 83 vote. The tally exceeded the two thirds needed by 55 votes, as 105 Democrats and 226 Republicans backed the override while 71 Democrats, 11 Republicans, and one American Laborite sustained the veto. Senate action expected to be closer.
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Truman
Senators Vie Over Labor Bill Veto Ahead of Truman Decision
Senators Hartley Hickenlooper Capehart comment on President Truman veto of the labor bill. Hartley predicts the measure will become law despite the veto, arguing the bill is not comprehensive enough. Capehart recalls Truman’s draft proposal and GOP opposition as another form of dictation.
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N. J
Truman
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Sen. Capehart
Ind
Taft-Hartley Labor Bill Vetoed by President Truman
President Truman vetoed the Taft-Hartley labor bill saying it would sow discord and provoke strikes while risking government dictation in labor relations. He urged Congress to craft a moderate, workable measure in this session. A veto override vote in the House and Senate was anticipated with a nationwide radio address planned for 10 p.m. EDT.
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Truman
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Robert Taft
Ohio
Pa Newe Observes West Side School Roof Renewal
The old 53 year roof at the West Side school is being removed for a new roof. Workers wash interior walls to ready for fall use. City engineers plan new street signs and traffic lights in the West Side area. Local churches show rice shortages. bikes require license plates starting August 1. Sidewalks are busy with youths. a Bible from 1777 is presented to The News.
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City Electrician
Daily Weather Report Summary for 24 Hour Period
United States weather statistics show a maximum temperature of 71 and a minimum of 42 with no precipitation. The river wet stage at 8.2 feet is noted and figures for the same date last year include a high of 70 and a low of 955 with precipitation absent.
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United States
Syria Crash Death Toll Rises to Eighteen
Preliminary inquiry into the Pan American Eclipse crash near the Damascus border shows the aircraft capsized and broke in two during a forced desert landing. Of 36 aboard, 15 died instantly and three more succumbed to injuries, as investigators led by James Smith arrive from Istanbul.
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Damascus
James Smith
Pan American
Smith
Syria
Iraq
Turkey
U S Seeks Swift Trieste Governor Naming
The United States and Britain move to prevent the Soviet Union from delaying the Trieste governor appointment. The UN security council meets to consider candidates as it also discusses the 41 article report of the military staff committee.
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Britain
Soviet Union
Trieste
United Nations
Security Council
Big Four Council of Ministers
Labor talks near collapse at Baldwin Locomotive Works
In Eddystone Pennsylvania a strike looming after breakdown of talks between Baldwin executives and CIO United Steelworkers. About 8000 workers are at the plant and a union mass meeting is set for tomorrow to discuss the crisis.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Eddystone
CIO
United Steelworkers
Pan American Clipper America Lands in Karachi
The Clipper America landed at 6 55 a m EDT in Karachi on the fifth leg of its 22 170 mile inaugural globe girdling flight. The next stops include Calcutta with Bangkok and Pacific points ahead. the passenger list features a prominent group of American publishers and editors.
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Karachi
India
Calcutta
Bangkok
Pacific
To Crown Dairy Queen Tonight
Miss Eileen Gwin of North Beaverdale township is named Lawrence County Dairy Queen by the Production Marketing Association. She will be crowned at Cascade Park Community House with Mayor John F. Haven placing the crown and merchants presenting prizes. Seventeen county farm girls form her court of honor, with Gwin later facing nine state finalists. Court members should arrive at 7 30.
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North Beaver Township
Lawrence County
Production Marketing Association
County Court House
Cascade Park
John F. Haven
Levees Holding Against Flood Along Mississippi
Quincy Illinois reports levees holding against a 24 foot flood crest moving down the Mississippi. Red Grass disaster HQ headquarter chief says no breaks detected on either riverbank. Rain forecasts threaten more corn areas as repairs continue and futures rise slightly on Chicago Board of Trade.
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Ill
Mississippi
Philip Schenkenberg
Red Grass
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Midwest
Chicago Board of Trade
Attend State Synod Sessions in Wil son College
June 20 report from CHAMBERSBURG notes Mr. and Mrs. Everett W. Moore Slip pery Rock Butler Hennon of Wampum and Rev. E Chester Crabb pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Bessemer attended the Synod of Pennsylvania sessions at Wilson College. The meeting began June 16 and concluded today with over 450 Presbyterians from the state in attendance.
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Chambersburg
Everett W. Moore
Slippery Rock
Butler Hennon
Wampum
E. Chester Crabb
First Presbyterian Church
Bessemer
Synod of Pennsylvania
U.S.A
Wilson College
Farm Youth Injured When Barn Side Collapses
Daniel Byler, 16, of A.D. 2 New Wilmington, was admitted to Jameson Memorial hospital after a barn side fell on him while working on his father’s farm. He suffered severe head and right arm lacerations.
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A.D
New Wilmington
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Greek aid program control agreement signed in Athens
An accord for managing President Truman's Greek aid program was signed in Athens by Greek Foreign Minister Constantine Tealdaris and U S Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh. The 12 article pact outlines safeguards under congressional requirements as officials accelerate assistance to Greece. Dwight Griswold, former Nebraska governor, prepared to dispatch key personnel.
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Truman
Athens
United States
Greece
Constantine Tealdaris
U. S
Lincoln MacVeagh
Congress
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Six Japanese Executed on Guam for War Crimes
On Guam six Japanese were executed for war crimes after conviction for involvement in the beheading of nine American POWs from Carlson's Raiders in 1942. The hangings, led by former vice admiral Koso Abe, followed by five others including Shigemetsu Sakaibara and Kikuchi Ito, were performed Wednesday night with rites by Buddhist priest Rikizo Kami brought from Honolulu.
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Carlson's Raiders
Koso Abe
Imperial Navy
Shigemetsu Sakaibara
Kikuchi Ito
Noboro Nakajima
Kiyoshi Takahashi
Koju Shoji
Rikizo Kami
Honolulu
New Air Speed Record Is Made
At MAROC ARMY AIR BASE California on June 20 the United States set a new world air speed record of 623.8 mph. Colonel Albert Boyd piloted a Lockheed P 80A at Wright Field during four runs averaging 623.5 mph with a fastest lap of 632.5 mph. The mark surpasses the British Gloster Meteor by 78 mph and awaits FIA certification. Weather was near perfect.
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Army Air Forces
Col. Alpert Boyd
Air Materiel Command
Wright Field
Dayton
U. S
National Aeronautic Association
Federation Aeronautique International
Paris
France
Col. Boyd
Asheville
N. Co
Joan Crawford Tops 1946 Film Salaries On Studios
Philadelphia June 20 Actress Joan Crawford tops the 1946 film pay list with 400000 from Warner Brothers. Paramount paid Bob Hope 275000 and Bing Crosby 250300 while Ray Milland received 234166 from Paramount.
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Philadelphia
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Joan Crawford
Securities and Exchange Commission
Paramount
Warner Brothers
Miss Crawford
Warner Brother
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Ray Milland
Rent Control Bill Awaits Truman Action
The GOP rent control extension passed the Senate by voice vote and heads to President Truman for a reluctant signature. It extends federal controls to February 29, 1948 with a 15 percent voluntary rent increase allowance. Senator Taft warned a veto could end federal controls on June 30. Administration aides foresee a reluctant Truman approval and a rebuke to Congress.
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INS
Truman
White House
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Administration
Congress
GOP
Gasoline Rationing Debate After Oil Shipments to Russia
U S lawmakers heated over petroleum shipments to Russia amid shortages. Rep E A O Konski said government officials consider gasoline rationing within 30 days. He warned continued oil exports would put the country in crisis as Russia reportedly holds 150 million barrels while the U S ranks fourth in reserves.
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Capitol Hill
Russia
United States
E. A. O’konski
Wis
O’konski
Wisconsin
Wisconsin approves strict labor bill for public utilities
Madison June 20 news state legislature passed a bill outlawing strikes slowdowns and lockouts in public utilities except railroads. The measure calls for compulsory arbitration by the state as a final recourse and imposes a 250 dollar fine or up to one year in jail for violations awaiting the acting governor's signature.
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Madison
Wis
INL
Wisconsin
Oscar Rennebohm
Cross Country Hops Completed by Pilots Travers Brothers
Samuel Travers and Steve Travers brothers of R. D. 2 completed their daylight cross country flights from New Castle Airport to Canton and Erie and back. Attaches of Wilson Aviation reported the feat. A number of local pilots were on night flights Thursday evening.
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Steve Travers
Wilson Aviation
New Castle
Canton
Erie
Stolen D-flat piccolo reported from Senior High
Professor Jos Replogie reports to city police that a D-flat piccolo was stolen from Senior High during May. The incident involves the school and authorities are investigating the theft.
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Jos. Replogie
Slaying of Denver Women Triggers Lundy Manhunt in Pinecliffe
Pred Wright Lundy, 61, is sought in connection with the slayings of Emily Griffith 68 and her sister Florence Griffith 67 at their Pinecliffe mountain home 35 miles northwest of Denver. A suicide note signed by Lundy was found in his car in Coal Creek Canyon. a hat believed to be his was found near his car as authorities search the area.
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Colo
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Denver
Boulder County
Don Moore
Lundy
Coal Creek Canyon
Emily Griffith
Opportunity School
Roscoe
Roy Cummings
P. S. Embaim
Boulder
Fred Lundy
Moore
President Truman Asked To Visit Brazil This Year
President Truman reportedly accepted an invitation from Brazil to pay a state visit this year. President Dutra extended the invitation through Brazilian Ambassador Carlos Martins. The White House later said no firm acceptance had been made.
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Washington
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Truman
Brazil
Dutra
Carolos Martins
Martins
White House
Man Executed for Policeman's Death in Chicago
Charles Crosby, 37, was executed in the electric chair for fatally wounding Police Lt. Herman Ziebell of Forest Park after a gun battle on September 30. Crosby died four minutes after the second shock, as five physicians declared.
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Chicago
INS
Charles Crosby
Crosby
Herman Ziebell
Forest Park
Ziebell
400 Pound Baby Elephant Arrives At Brookfield Zoo
A 400 pound baby elephant from Bangkok arrived by plane and settled in at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. The four year old calf stands 38 inches high and was greeted by three elephants across the moat while Nancy the 30 year old pachyderm offered a motherly welcome.
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Chicago
Bangkok
Brookfields Zoo
Nancy
Pittsburgh Councilman Fred W. Weir Dies After Illness
Fred W. Weir 70 longtime Pittsburgh city councilman since 1936 died after a two month pneumonia illness. A former Etna mills superintendent for Spang Chalfant Company he is survived by his widow and son Frederic a Pittsburgh attorney. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Pittsburgh
Fred W. Weir
Weir
Etna Mills
Spang-Chalfant Company
Frederic
Rumors Hungary President To Quit
Rumors of President Zoltan Tildy resigning under pressure from the Communist regime gain credence as his private secretary Laslo Jekly deserts Hungary. Jekly says he will not return from Bern Switzerland where he had been sent to settle legation affairs.
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Zoltan Tildy
Hungary
Laslo Jekly
Zoltan
Bern
Switzerland
Weather brightens as sun returns and warmth lingers
The piece notes a sunny spell with temperatures around seventy nine degrees. It praises the return of pleasant weather, predicting sunshine will continue and inviting people to enjoy outdoor activities and sunlit days.
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