Dewey and Warren Campaign On Congress Record
The GOP ticket of Dewey and Warren launched a White House bid built on endorsing Congress actions. Dewey proposed Warren be relieved of Senate duties to focus on executive matters, a plan tied to Warren’s demand for a working vice presidency. Delegates welcomed the ticket, though congressional leaders regretted the lack of incumbents.
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Dewey
Warren
Congress
Senate
William K. Hutchinson
I. N.S
Philadelphia
GOP
White House
Republican Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
Truman
Gov. Warren
Pa Newe Observes City Amid Holiday Prep
A Pa Newe column notes dressed buildings and a city tour revealing church gatherings, weddings, and vacation Bible school closing events. It mentions the Fourth of July on Monday July 5 and Labor Day weekend in September, plus twin births at Jameson Memorial Hospital and a reader letter about sunflowers tomatoes and fishing.
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Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at 9 a m report a maximum 84 and minimum 6 with .02 inches of precipitation and a river stage of 5.8 feet. The same date a year ago recorded a maximum 79 and minimum 59 with .23 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Miners Push Start Of 100 Dollar Pension Payments
John L. Lewis moves to begin immediate 100 dollar monthly old age pensions for miners under the 1948 wage settlement with soft coal operators. Operators’ trustee Ezra Van Horn orders release of 41 million dollars from the welfare fund and covers 20 million in distress benefits from an exhausted 1946 fund. The 1948 contract lifts fund contributions to 20 cents a ton and adds a one dollar daily raise for 400,000 bituminous miners.
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Phillips J. Peck
U.S
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Sen. Bridges
N.H
Miners Welfare Fund
Ezra van Horn
United Mine Workers
Welfare Fund
van Horn
Steel Company
Britain vows to stay in Berlin despite Soviet push
London announces we intend to stay in Berlin after Bevin consults with US Ambassador Douglas. Foreign Office condemns Soviet plan to siege Berlin and starve civilians, denying withdrawal as reported by Taeglische Rundschau. Two million people in affected western sectors rely on allied access.
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London
Berlin
Ernest Bevin
United States
Lewis Douglas
Foreign Office
West
Bevin
Taeglische Runschau
Great Britain
Million Dollar Load of Narcotics Found in Garbage Barge
New York police and narcotics agents scour 20 tons of garbage on a scow to recover a one million dollar stash of heroin and cocaine. Manuel Gomez tipped off that the shipment aboard the Marine Perch from Italy was due last Saturday, revealing a detective story of irony and intrigue in transit.
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New York
INS
Manuel Gomez
Gomez
Marine Perch
Italy
Bequest To Almira Home Is Set Aside
Judge George H. Rowley of Mercer County Court voids a bequest from John C. Koehler of Cleveland to the Almira Home for Aged Women in New Castle. The will was made 27 days before Koehler’s death, violating Pennsylvania law requiring a 30 day interval. We read that Koehler died 27 days after the will, triggering the ruling.
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Mercer
INS
George H. Rowley
Mercer County Court
Sharon Real Estate
Almira Home For
New Castle
John C. Koehler
Cleveland
Rowley
Koehler
Lillian Anderson
Grace Nutwood
Fred Waldeck
Warren, O
Hunt Stolen Pigs Reported In Toledo
Lucas county sheriff deputies hunted for 223 choice pigs missing from the Culp and Ryan company in Crissey. Cecil Culp valued the livestock at 12000 dollars used to produce cholera serum. Sheriff Capt. Alfred Bartkowiak said the thieves likely used a large double deck truck.
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Toledo
INS
Lucas County
Sheriff's Deputies
Alfred Bartkowiak
Sheriff's Office
Culp and Ryan Company
Crissey
Cecil Culp
Churchill Warns Berlin Crisis Echoes Munich 1938
Former prime minister Churchill told a Conservative rally in Bedfordshire that Soviet pressure to drive Americans and Brits from Berlin poses grave issues comparable to Munich 1938. He warned there is no safety in yielding to dictators, Nazi or Communist.
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London
INS
Churchill
Berlin
Munich
Bedfordshire
September Call In Draft Will Not Be Heavy
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service Records, said it is unlikely many men would be drafted in September. He added that once inductees begin reporting, a definite monthly number would be called to duty, though the initial pace would be light.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Washington
INS
Selective Service Records
Hershey
Refrigerator Fumes Endanger Family
P. H. Bridenbaugh a high school grid coach of 108 Edison avenue and his family escaped serious harm after refrigerator fumes leaked. Assistant Fire Chief William Bowen and J. H. Oberleitner of Central station with Second ward firemen arrived at 2 10 a m and removed the unit before giving oxygen to the affected family members.
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P. H. Bridenbaugh
Edison Avenue
William Bowen
J. H. Oberleitner
Central Station
Second Ward
Demand Soviet Restore Berlin Traffic Routes
British officials urged the Soviet Union to restore normal traffic to Berlin. Gen Robertson warned the Soviets they will be held responsible for German suffering while Gen Clay said he agrees with the action. The Western sectors face continued blockade with currency reform moving forward.
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Omer Anderson
Corresp—dient
Berlin
Brian Robertson
Vasily Sokolovsky
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Robertson
Wilhelm Pieck
Socialist Unity Party
Draft Of Peace Plan Reaches United Nations
The Palestine blueprint for peace drafted by Count Folke Bernadotte was received by the United Nations at Lake Success New York on June 26 It will be presented to Arabs and Jews next Monday The plan was sent in code to U N Secretary General Trygve Lie for study by the eleven security council members pending development The mediator said the second stage of four week truce negotiations has begun with actual consideration by the two warring factions of proposals for a permanent settlement in the Holy Land to replace the armistice
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Lake Success
N. Y
INSI
United Nations
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Trygve
Security Council
U.N
Isle of Rhodes
Holy Land
Questioning Young Man About Murder and Missing Girl
Oregon Illinois June 26 Authorities questioned a 27 year old Dixon Alabama man in connection with the murder of a Rockford Illinois telephone lineman and the disappearance of his girl companion Arrested last night was Irving Peterman believed at one time to be engaged to Mary Jane Reed 18 Oregon operator missing The inquiry follows the discovery of Stanley V Skridla 25 bullet riddled body a mile south of Oregon The sheriff fears the missing girl may be found and ties the case to a love triangle The slain man and the missing woman were involved in a lover s lane tryst Skridla s body was found five bullets fired and dragged into a ditch near a road The victim s car was found at a nearby gas station
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Oregon, Ill
INS
Dixon
Rockford, Ill
Irving Peterman
Mary Jane Reed
Oregon
G O P Delegates Confident In Nominated Ticket
Philadelphia dispatch reports delegates and visitors at the Republican convention believe a winning ticket is nominated with Dewey for president and Warren for vice president. Warren, initially reluctant, finally accepted the vice presidential nomination after hours of back and forth while Bricker was proposed but not chosen. Governor Dewey had favored Bricker but the delegates and Warren resisted.
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Bart Richards
Philadelphia
Dewey
Warren
Earl Warren
California
John Bricker
Bricker
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Israel plans punitive action against Egypt amid truce breach
TEL AVIV reports that Israel's army prepared punitive action after United Nations observers cited Egypt for firing on a UN plane and blocking an Israeli food convoy. Col. Paul Bonde said Egypt's convoy obstruction constituted a breach of the truce, authorizing Israeli forces to act against Egyptian forces.
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Tel Aviv
INS
Israel
Egypt
Palestine
United Nations
U. N
Paul Bonde
Chicago Man Acquires Adolf Hitler Mercedes Armored Car
Chicago resident Christopher G. Janus of Winnetka will claim Adolf Hitler’s Mercedes Benz armored car in New York next Monday. The 5 ton 230 horsepower vehicle has windshield glass as thick as a sandwich and will be driven to Chicago after Stockholm delivery. Janus, an importer, bought it from a Swedish owner who received it from Finland's Marshal Mannerheim as a birthday gift.
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Chicago
INS
Adolf Hitler
New York
Christopher G. Janus
Winnetka
Stockholm
Sweden
Janus
Hitler
Finland
Marshal Mannerheim
Mannerheim
Wool Pool Expected Shorter This Year
The Lawrence County Wool Growers Association reports a total pooling around 58 000 pounds from Beaver Butler and Lawrence counties 20 000 pounds under last peak. R P Peebles cites fencing difficulties and other factors as reasons for the decline while 18900 pounds were delivered to the B and O freight station in Butler on Thursday.
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Lawrence County
B. and O
Butler
Thurs
New raffle scam targets Pittsburgh family
Mrs. David Finley told Pittsburgh police a teen girl arrived with news of her husband winning a raffle. She paid 25 dollars plus 5 tax for a truck to haul prizes but the girl, the money, and the truck never returned.
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Pittsburgh
David Finley
Mittens and gloves production hits 324 million pairs
Warm weather notes from Washington report the 1947 mitten and glove output reached 324 million pairs, about the same as 1946. The Commerce Department released the figures as temperatures soared nationwide.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Deaths of Mrs Harold P Shuler Gennaro Moccia John Cooper
Death notices list Mrs Harold P Shuler aged 43 of R D Mrs Gennaro Moccia aged 72 of 610 Fairview Avenue John Cooper aged 31 of 634 Forrest Street and Mrs Jacob A Pizor aged 63 of North Sewickley.
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Gennaro Moccia
Fairview Avenue
John Cooper
Forrest Street
Jacob A. Pizor
North Sewickley
Congress Names Hugh D. Scott Jr. GOP Chair
The Republican National Committee elected Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr. as national chairman with Dewey and Warren approving. Scott, 45, a Philadelphia former naval commander, succeeds Carroll Reece to unite party leaders after the Dewey Warren ticket nomination.
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Philadelphia
INS
Republican National Committee
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
GOP
Scott
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
William K. Hutchinson
Hugh Scott
Believe Dewey Would Not Alter Foreign Policy
Washington diplomats welcomed Thomas E. Dewey's Republican nomination as signaling continuity in United States foreign policy. They noted Dewey's pre election pledge to appoint Vandenberg or Dulles as secretary of state, aligning with allied and Soviet bloc interests.
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Washington
INS
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Soviet Union
Dewey
Arthur H. Vandenberg
John Foster Dulles
Dog named Arthur Mometer enjoys meals and naps
A playful piece describes a dog named Arthur Mometer who loves dog food ham and milk, snacks on meat and shoes between meals, and spends his day eating and sleeping. The narrator notes the dog’s big appetite and constant lolling behavior on a warm 80 degree day.
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Hamburg
Legutha
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