Congress Near Final Action On New O P A Bill
Congress moves toward final action on a new price control bill to extend OPA authority for another year but sharply curtail its reach. House and Senate conferees report a compromise after late night talks as Tuesday votes loom and possible White House action remains uncertain.
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Washington
INS
Congress
House
Capitol
Senate
Barkley
White House
Truman
Speculating On A Bomb Damage In Bikini Blast
Scientists aboard the USS Panamint speculate on potential damage to 77 target ships at Bikini lagoon from the atomic test. Dr. John Yee of the University of Virginia notes the test differs from real battle as ships would not be manned to fight fires.
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Bikini Bound
Bikini Lagoon
John Yee
University of Virginia
Weather and development shapes New Castle and Lawrence county
New Castle and Lawrence county enjoy warm weather aiding crops and budding industries as new structures loom pending go signals. Rose bushes line the Hoyt property wall while elderberries promise a strong harvest in Lawrence county. Route 422 detour between New Castle and the Ohio line is under construction with traffic using the current road until November 15.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
Pennsylvania Highway Department
Ohio State Line
Grounded U S Liberty ship John Trumbull off Copenhagen
Salvage workers tried to remove cargo to refloat the ten thousand ton vessel after it grounded off Copenhagen last night. The John Trumbull was on a run from the Gulf of Mexico to Gdynia Poland and its crew were rescued by craft to Noddanger.
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Copenhagen
INS
U. S
John Trumbull
Noddanger
Gdynia
Gulf of Mexico
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am show a maximum temperature of 87 and a minimum of 55 with no precipitation. River stage recorded at 6.3 feet. Additional statistics for the same day include a maximum of 89 and a minimum of ???
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United States
Roy
Meat Shortage Likely To Last Two More Weeks
Washington dispatch reports both the Agriculture Department and the American Meat Institute warn the current meat shortage will persist for at least two more weeks. They say the scarcity stems from producers withholding cattle prior to a price control decision after June 30 with pipelines of meat running bare. If producers resume marketing after June 30, it will take about a week before extra supplies appear in retail shops.
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Washington
INS
Agriculture Department
American Meat Institute
Charge Of Murder Follows Death Of Woman On Rails
Sheriff Elmo Morrison planned to press murder charges against Daniel S. Clifton after Clifton confessed killing his wife Bertha Clifton at their Centralia home on June 1. The body was found decapitated on railroad tracks four miles from Oparta. authorities suspect death occurred before the train. A coroner and a jury backed the murder charge following testimony from Rosalie Teets that Clifton and he planned to marry.
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Chester
Inll
Elmo Morrison
Randolph County
Daniel S. Clifton
Morrison
Centralia
Bertha Clifton
Oparta
Clifton
Rosalie Teets
State Freshmen To Be Assigned To Many Schools
Pennsylvania State College will distribute its 2725 freshmen among 20 colleges for the upcoming fall term. About 2500 upperclassmen returning from military service will rejoin 4500 other students on campus. Cooperative college transfers are guaranteed to return to State College after first-year completion, with freedom to stay at the original college if they choose.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
Ralph D. Hetzel
Hetzel
Gannon College At
Erie
Keystone Col
President May Head To Northwest For His Vacation
President Truman may take a brief summer vacation by air to the Pacific Northwest Washington state and possibly Alaska depending on congressional recess and labor strike developments. He remains at the White House awaiting Congress to finish its heavy schedule with a target around July 20.
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Washington
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Truman
Pacific Northwest
Washington State
Alaska
White House
Congress
French Physicist Warns Bikini Bomb Threat Could End Earth
Paris reports Robert Esnault-Pelterie warned the Bikini atoll tests threaten planetary existence. He said water could be a nuclear explosive as dangerous as uranium and the blast might trigger an uncontrollable chain reaction, though other physicists dismissed his fears.
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Paris
INS
Bikini Atoll
Robert Esnault- Pelterie
Pelterie
French Academy of Sciences
Bikini
Wolves Club Seeks Aid for Italy Relief Campaign
Angelo Frediani, chairman, reports the Wolves club seeks clothing shoes and money totaling five thousand ninety dollars for Italy’s needy. New Castle residents have donated, with only days left until June 30. contributions of one thousand two hundred dollars have already been given along with clothing and shoes.
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Angelo Frediani
Wolves Club
Italy
New Castle
New Castile
Frediani
Half of New York retail butcher shops closed
New York City reports half of retail butcher shops closed due to lack of merchandise. 1000 kosher delicatessens announce they will sell cold cuts only in sandwiches. Remaining shops offer little beyond poultry and meat dishes on restaurant menus continue despite shortages.
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New York
New York City
Flood Devastates Pyong City As Korean Flood Toll Climbs
News reports say more than 300 people were killed in Pyong near Seoul after a sudden flood caused by a breached irrigation dam. Rescue efforts were delayed as water and mud destroyed homes and cut rail traffic across southern Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
INS
Pyong
South Korea
Body Of Missing Boy Is Located
Mrs William A Cenfer of 110 West Grant street received a call from Capt and Mrs Dick Thompson that their small son’s body was found in a creek near their Mechanicsburg cottage. The flood stage creek hindered searches but receded, enabling recovery after June 15 disappearance. Captain Thompson, stationed at Middletown, had seen his son last in October after 33 months overseas. Continued on Page Two.
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William A Cenfer
West
Grant Street
Dick Thompson
Mechanicsburg
Thompson
Juty
Williams Grove
Middletown
European Theater of Opera
Best Hot Weather Rule Seems To Be Take It Easy
City health officer Dr William Worner urges precautions on hot days not to shop golf or sunbathe. He says sunburn heat strokes and ivy irritation worsen illness and warns against long sun exposure while noting gradual tanning may be harmless. Stay cool drink water and bathe limbs to prevent heat danger.
German court convicts Frau Krebs in Nazi slave case
Erika Krebs, 21, a German national accused in a slave labor ring, is sentenced to life imprisonment by a Nuremberg court. Robert Flannigan of Peoria, Illinois, described as her U.S. GI sweetheart, is linked to the case.
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Nuremberg
Robert Flannigan
Peoria
Freaulein
Erika Krebs
New Dispute Looms Over UN Atomic Bomb Control Plan
In New York Australia challenged the Soviet dominated framework for controlling atomic science within the U N atomic energy commission. Chairman Evatt will push for a master committee to coordinate an integrated program while allowing other committees under it as the UN considers proposals from France and Poland.
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United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Australia
H. V. Evatt
Andrei Gromyko
Roads Being Oiled This Week Across County
Highway crews oiling blacktop roads this week. The Highland Heights to New Wilmington stretch is finished. Work continues on old Route 44 from East Brook to Perry Highway and on old Route 35 from north of New Bedford to the state line near Youngstown road.
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Highway Department
Fred Martin
Highland Heights
New Wilmington
East Brook
Perry Highway
New Bedford
State Line
Youngstown Road
Brooklyn Rabbi’s Grandmother to Receive High School Diploma
The children and grandchildren of Rabbi Samuel Fo Eiktin of Brooklyn attend evening school graduation to see grandma receive her high school diploma. Leah, 60 on Aug. 15, earned her diploma after eight years of study in German English science social studies history and Hebrew, having come from Lithuania.
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New York
Samuel FO Eiktin
Brooklyn
Grandma
Leah
Lithuania
Loo
Christmas Season 1946 Promises Old Fashioned Festivities
The Greater New Castle Association Merchants Division met and decided that Christmas of 1946 will be old fashioned with decorations a parade and plenty of proper atmosphere. As heat bears down at noon today residents are reminded Christmas will be an old time affair this year.
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Greater New Castle Association
Merchants Division
Association
Trieste Block Hinders Peace Talks Among Big Four
Paris reports stalled progress as Trieste disposition hangs up a general peace conference. Western allies insist Trieste stay Italian, while the Soviet Union seeks Yugoslav control. A secret Byrnes Molotov meeting was suggested amid accusations of hard bargaining tactics.
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Paris
INS
Trieste
Adriatic
France
Britain
U. S
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
State Byrnes
Molotov
Russia
Americas
G I Terminal Leave Pay Bill Heads For Action
Senate sub committee led by Sen Johnson moves to report favorably the House bill granting GI terminal leave pay. The plan lets discharged veterans cash out unused leave up to 120 days with total four months cap and a December 1 1946 termination date to prevent further accumulation after that point.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Cole
G. L's
Death Record Notices From June 5 1946
Death notices list Charles Zichegan 32 of South Jefferson Street Angelo Ragnelli 35 of 1002 Croton Avenue Mrs Jean McKain Swan of Buffalo New York and Mrs Anna Mae Myers 68 of Edenburg.
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Charles Zichegan
South Jefferson Street
Angelo Ragnelli
Croton Avenue
Jean McKain Swan
Buffa
Lo, N.Y
Anna Mae Myers
Edenburg
Spokane Ball Team Bus Crash Kills Seven
A Spokane Washington baseball team's chartered bus crashed on Snoqualmie Pass Highway near Seattle, bursting into flames. Seven players were killed, eight others burned or injured, including the bus driver. Victims identified include Vic Picetti, George Risk, and Frederick Martinez. others remained unidentifed.
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Seattle
Spokane, Wash
Snoqualmie Pass
Washington State Highway Patrol
Vic Picetti
San Francisco
George C Risk
Hillsboro Ore
Frederick T. Martinez
San Diego
Cal
Mel Cole
Wenatchee
Wash
Bob .Kinnaman
Old Capone Remnants Sought After Ragen Shot
Chicago June 25. Police sought five members of remnants of the Capone syndicate in connection with a shotgun attack on James M. Ragen head of the Continental Press. Ragen was wounded in the shoulder and arm as his car stopped for a traffic light. His bodyguards chased the assailants. shots were exchanged before the attackers escaped due to motor trouble. He was taken to Michael Reese hospital in serious but stable condition. Ragen had said the Capone remnants were trying to muscle into his business and had threats in the past.
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Chicago
INS
al Capone
James M. Ragen
Continental Press
Ragen
Michael Reese Hospital
Capone
Weather swell for gardens with hot sun and rainless days
The piece celebrates ideal gardening weather with hot sun and warming days. It notes crops like radishes and potatoes thriving as Mister Sol shines, urging continued warmth for growth. It emphasizes growers’ need for sun and dry periods to nourish rows and roots.
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Sol
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