Truman and world leaders pledge to UN aims on second anniversary
President Truman and leaders from Britain France and China recorded broadcasts marking the UN charter second anniversary. Stalin declined participation but Soviet delegate Gromyko contributed a two minute recording. Truman called the UN the hope of lasting peace and urged members to meet obligations amid postwar economic and social challenges.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
Truman
United Nations
U. N
Pa Newe Reports City Happenings In Brief
Pa Newe notes a busy day with a dog catcher drive on County Line street causing kids and parents to crowd. Pets were leashed or sequestered in basements as picnics resume amid rains. Court House Clock to run again. thermometers show wide daylight differences. Resurfacing on Harbor to Route 224 road blocks traffic yesterday and police cooperate with Vacation Bible Schools underway.
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County Line Street
Edenpurg
Pa Nene
Daily Weather Report Summary
The 24 hour period ending at 4 m shows a high of 79 and a low of 59 with 0.23 inches of precipitation. The river stage reached 5.8 feet. A year ago the high was 88 and the low 61 with no precipitation.
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United States
Attorneys And Judges Committee Debates Community Property Bill
Harrisburg June 26. A special 24 member advisory panel urged Gov Duff to veto the Lord bill intended to divide property equally for tax reporting by married couples. The committee said it would advise the governor on whether to approve the measure designed to cut federal income taxes. Continued on Page Two.
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Harrisburg
INS
James H. Duff
Joint State Government Commission
John W. Lord, Jr
R' Phila
Lord
Yacht murder defendants visibly moved by gruesome image
Louise Overell and George Gollum showed visible emotion as a large photograph of Walter and Louise Overell’s slain faces was entered in evidence in the yacht blast murder trial. The exhibit intensified the proceedings near the end of the fifth week.
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Santa Ana
Cal
INS
Louise Overell
George Gollum
Walter E. Overell
Shawn
President Truman vetoes wool tariff bill
President Truman sent his third veto to Congress declining to approve the wool tariff bill. He said the measure would raise tariff barriers against U.N. cooperation to reduce trade restrictions and called its approval a tragic mistake in a special message to the Senate.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Congress
United Nations
Senate
No Immediate Threat Of War Declares Baruch
Presidential adviser Bernard Baruch told graduates of the industrial college of the armed forces that no war with Russia is an immediate threat. He warned of a cold war but said the United States should not fear explosions while Russia aims to cause unrest.
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Washington
INS
Bernard M. Baruch
Russia
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Baruch
United States
Woman Found Dead in Kansas City Dump
The body of 27 year old Polly Kohler Eubanks was found beaten to death in an abandoned city dump yard in Kansas City. Police said her skull was fractured and that she had recently separated from her husband in California. Clarence Balis living nearby summoned officers to the scene.
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Kansas City
INS
Polly Kohler Eubanks
Eubanks
California
Clarence Balis
Six Die in Ohio Train Wreck Near Shelby
Six people dead after a Big Four passenger train derailed near Shir loh, Ohio, when an open switch caused a collision. Engineers and firemen from Cleveland died, two section workers were buried in wreckage, three passengers injured, with the wreck blocking westbound tracks.
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Shelby
Ohio
Shelby, O
Shirloh
C. F. Higgins
Cleveland
L. J. McCord
Elmer R. Wanke
J. D. Kennedy, Jr
Edward Ganderson
Shiloh
James Brockwell
Greenwich
State Highway Patrol
St. Louis
Volant College Reunion Draws About 200 Attendees
Former Volant College students and families gathered at Volant Presbyterian Church on Wednesday for a large reunion. About 200 people attended with greetings, a noon dinner by church ladies, and a 2 pm program featuring Joseph Thompson and Miss Shaffer. The event included an invocation by Rev. Weisz and a memorial by Judge J A Chambers of New Castle.
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Volant College
Volant Presbyterian Church
Miss Shaffer
Rev. Weisz
Mr. Thompson
J. A. Chambers
New Castle
Representative Shafer Urges Halting Oil Exports
Rep. Shafer of Michigan urged President Truman to stop all gasoline and oil exports immediately. He planned to seek unanimous consent to bring up his resolution in the House this afternoon.
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Washington
INS
Shafer
Mich
Truman
United States
House
Molotov Arrives in Paris For Anglo Soviet Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov lands at Le Bourget to join the Anglo Soviet French discussions on Europe economy opening tomorrow. U S side hints at Italian participation in the Marshall plan to aid continental recovery amidst possible Bulgaria Romania and Hungary questions. French Communist press voices skepticism toward the plan and reparations.
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Europe
Paris
Molotov
Bevin
United States
Italy
le Bourget
Bidault
U. S
William L. Clayton
London
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
UN European Economic Commission
L'Humanite
Des Moines Flood Break Forces 1800 to Seek Higher Ground
Des Moines Iowa on June 26 reports a levee breach along the Des Moines River at Riverview Park sending more than 1800 residents to higher ground. Crews sandbag and fix the break as a crest of 26.2 feet is forecast at the Racoon junction, with no casualties but evacuation planned for hundreds more if needed. The business district faces no immediate danger.
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Des Moines
Riverview Park
North Central
Des Moins
Racoon
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Gwin Ties for Second in National Marble Tourney
Jimmy Gwin of this city tied for second in his division in the national marble tournament as reported by The News from Wildwood New Jersey, costing him a chance to enter the semi finals.
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News Today
Wildwood
N. J
Jimmy Gwin
County Safety Drive Mapped For National Week
At a Lawrence County Agricultural Extension Association meeting plans were laid for a county wide safety program for farms and homes in connection with National Safety Week July 2026. Farm accident deaths are high relative to workers. Wayne M. Walker is general chairman with Mrs M M Ingham as representative.
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Lawrence County Agricultural Extension Association
National Guard Training Camp Set for Indiantown Gap
Brig. Gen. Frank A. Weber announced authorization for field training of the Pennsylvania National Guard at Indiantown Gap from August 9 to 23. About 6,047 officers and men from 149 PNG units will train 15 days under Maj. Gen. Edward J. Stackpole Jr. with 92 hours of field training and 2 1/2 hours at specialist schools.
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Harrisburg
INS
Frank A. Weber
War Department
Pennsylvania National] Guard
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Weber
PNG
Edward J. Stackpole
Stackpole
Wartime Trade Controls May Be Extended By Congress
Rep. Michener predicts continued wartime controls on imports and exports beyond the Monday midnight expiry. The judiciary committee chairman expects House approval this afternoon to extend some government controls until January 31 1948. Senate action expected the same day with a June 30 deadline in view.
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Washington
INS
GOP
Republican Congress
Rep
Michener
Mich
Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
First Lady Hosts White House Garden Party For Government Girls
About three thousand government workers and women in executive government jobs attend a White House garden party hosted by Mrs. Truman. Secretaries to department heads and to members of Congress join the service personnel and awardees in a reception on the White House lawn with wives of cabinet members among the guests.
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Washington
INS
White House
Little Mike Condator
Truman
Four Hillsville Men Hurt in Train Crash
Four Hillsville men were injured when a P L E R R train struck an automobile on a private road near Hillsville at 7 40 p m The car driver Francis Gregg and three passengers Anthony Luscre Frank Squeglia Anthony Annacchina were treated at Youngstown Hospital and discharged The train engineer was Francis Johnson of New Castle The group had been returning from a ball game
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Mahoning State Line
Pennsy Hill
Hillsville
Youngstown
Anthony Luscre
Frank Squeglia
Anthony Annacchina
Francis Gregg
Francis Johnson
New Castle
State Grange To Gather Here In October Meeting
New Castle will host the Pennsylvania State Grange October 28 29 and 30 under State Master W Sharp Fullerton. The Castleton hotel will be headquarters with sessions at the Cathedral building and a large sixth degree demonstration planned for about 1000 candidates. Following the meeting National Grange will convene in Columbus Ohio in November. Executive committee includes M C Stewart Homer City John Light Annville and William Elder Mercer.
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New Castle
Pennsylvania State Grange
W. Sharp Fullerton
State Grange
Pennsylvania
National Grange
Columbus
Mr. Fullerton
M. C. Stewart
Homer City
John Light
Annville
William Elder
Mercer
Mayor Curley Denied Pardon and Jailed for Mail Fraud
Mayor James M. Curley of Boston was ordered to prison for six to 18 months after a federal judge refused a suspended sentence. Doctors had warned imprisonment could threaten his health, but Judge James M. Proctor stated public confidence in justice requires the penalty.
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Washington
INS
James M. Curley
Boston
James M. Proctor
Curley
Proctor
Enrico De Nicola Reelected Italian President
Enrico de Nicola was reelected today by the constituent assembly and, despite resigning yesterday, accepted the presidency for a second term.
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Enrico de Nicola
Rome
INS
Sharon Steel to idle furnaces amid coal shortage
The Sharon Steel Co at Sharon Pennsylvania said a blast furnace and five open hearth furnaces have been banked and three other blast furnaces will be shut by July 4 due to coal shortages. Shenango Furnace Co may close two blast furnaces by Sunday.
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Pittsburgh
Sharon Steel Co
Sharon
Shenango Furnace Co
Senator Fulbright Questions Soviet Urgency in Parley
Senator Fulbright of Arkansas voiced suspicion about the Soviet Union joining the Anglo French Conference on Marshall Plan European recovery. He warned Russia may seek delays until Communists govern France and push for broader European unification.
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Washington
INS
Fulbright
Ark
Russia
Marshall
United States of Europe
Europe
France
Johnston Attacks Wallace Speeches in Brussels
Eric Johnston president of the Motion Picture Association of America assailed Henry A. Wallace for damaging world peace and misrepresenting the United States during a Brussels luncheon. He accused Wallace of false preachings that the United States is imperialistic and driving toward a cataclysmic depression while addressing Belgian cabinet members and world film festival delegates.
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Brussels
Eric Johnston
United States
Henry A. Wallace
Europe
Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Wallace
Death Notices and Ages In Local Notices
Deaths listed include Mrs. Louis A. Avery 72 of Los Angeles California Nathan Tyler 57 of 614 West North Street Henry M. Allen 80 of 805 Chestnut and Adam Stromberg 62 from Lawrence County Home.
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Louis A. Avery
Los Angeles
Calif
Nathan Tyler
West North Street
Henry M. Allen
Chestnut Street
Adam Stromberg
Lawrence County
Senate seeks removal of Schwellenbach and aides
Washington bulletin reports Sen Martin of Pennsylvania urged President Truman to dismiss Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach and two assistant secretaries for siding with the Taft Hartley labor act.
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Washington
Sen. Martin
Truman
Ber Schwellenbach
Truman urged to form inquiry board on coal shutdown
Sen Ball and Sen Ives urged President Truman to set up a Taft Hartley inquiry board to probe the nearly complete soft coal shutdown amid a looming summer strike. They envision a court injunction after the board report if needed, as miners begin a ten day vacation with the wage contract expiring July 7.
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Washington
Truman
Sens
Ball
Meral
King
Ives
Hartley
N.J
East Coast shipyards strike as 41500 CIO workers walk out
Ten shipyards on the east coast join a 41 500 member CIO walkout in a test of the Taft Hartley law. Union officials set a 12 01 a m EDT strike time after a 30 day notice expired. Some New York workers acted early, and nine Bethlehem Steel yards in New York Boston Quincy Baltimore Sparrows Point and two other yards in Brooklyn are affected.
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New York
INS
CIO
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Boston
Quincy
Mass
Baltimore
Sparrows Point
Mds
Atlantic Basin Iron Works
Brooklyn
Seven Year Old Killed After Running Into Car
Dauphin County Coroner S JRob erts announced an autopsy to determine the cause of death of Ronald Rhinesmith seven of Hummelstown who died four hours after colliding with a vehicle.
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Harrisburg
INS
Dauphin County
S. J. Roberts
Ronald Rhinesmith
Hummelstown
Corn Field Weather Turns Drier Then Reigns Pour
Arthur Mometer notes a dry spell drying corn and other crops, followed by a gentle rain. The scene describes soil condition, crop needs, and a pleasant seventy seven degrees.
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James L. Kilgallen
I. N.S
Pa Newe
Casade
Court House
East
Brown Henley
Harbor- Edenburg Road
Daily Weather Report
Attorneys and Judges
James Padgitt
U.S
Charles L. Baltz
Corona del Mar Mortician
Louise
Volant
Shaw
Leon Pearson
SN. 8
Gwin
W. W. Walker
Wayne M. Walker
M. M. Ingham
Ae ~ Lot
National Guard
Fullerton
Phillips J. Peck
LN. 8
East Coast Shipbuilding and Repair Yards
Arthur Mometer
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