Big Three Meet To Air Views On Marshall Plan
British Foreign Secretary Bevin French Foreign Secretary Bidault and Soviet Molotov led a Paris meeting of foreign ministers to discuss Secretary Marshall s self aid plan for European recovery. The talks aimed to map steps for economic relief and postwar rebuilding.
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Paris
INS
Europe
Great Britain
Soviet
Russia
France
Marshall
Bevin
Bidault
Molotov
Sein
Pa Newe Observes July Fourth Preparations
Citizens note the approach of July Fourth as residents report dogs running at large in several city areas. Rain on Shenango river raised levels to 7.9 feet before settling, while highway crews prepare dust layer removal and Old Plank Road reopens tonight. Street sign installations progress under Cecil Saber. local youths resume penny diving near East Washington street bridge, offering a glimpse of small-town summer life.
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Shenango
Alfred Martin
East Washington Street
Cecil Saber
Fry
New Castle
East Washington Street Bridge
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hour period ending at nine a m show a maximum temperature of 81 and a minimum of 57 with traces of precipitation. River stage is 6.9 feet. For the same date a year ago the maximum reached 91 with a minimum of 66 and no precipitation.
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United States
Governor Duff Studies Community Property Bill in veto review
Governor James H. Duff weighed a recommendation from state legal experts to veto the community property bill aimed at reducing taxes for married couples. The lawyers argued it would conflict with existing property-right statutes and harm Pennsylvania residents, despite lawmakers estimating a $100 million annual saving.
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Duff
Harrisburg
INS
James H. Duff
Committee of Lawyers and Judges
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Testify Pair Dead Before Yacht Blast
Jurors heard medical testimony that financier Walter Overell and his wife were beaten to death before their yacht was dynamited in Newport Bay on March 15. Doctors testified their skull fractures predated the explosion and a funeral-ready timeline placed deaths between 3:30 and 10:30 p.m. the same day.
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Santa Ana
Calif
INS
Overell
Walter E. Overell
Beulah Louise
George R Gollum
Mary E
Newport Bay
Lawrence Mathes
Orange County
John J. Montanus
C. Louis Baltz
Newport Beach
Gollum
Eugene D. Williams
Tokyo
Overells
U. S. Eyes Austria to curb Soviet expansion in Europe
The United States plans intensified efforts to halt Soviet expansionism in Austria. Vienna reports a potential Soviet peace treaty with Austria if the current regime remains, while Vienna is occupied by Russian troops and Western powers back the regime amid relief programs.
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Washington
United States
Austria
Europe
Vienna
Soviet Union
Hungary
State Department
Pittsburgh Driver of the Month honored for safety record
Elmer G. Raeder of Pittsburgh named Driver of the Month by the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association. The 56 year old first took the wheel 21 years ago and logged over 340000 miles without an accident, according to PMTA.
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Harrisburg
INS
Elmer G. Raeder
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association
PMTA
Warren County's only woman justice resigns in August
Warren County's sole female justice of the peace, Mrs. Virginia Lake, a schoolteacher, resigns effective in August and plans to move to Sharon.
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Youngsville
Warren County
Virginia Lake
Sharon
Hershey Girl Crowned Pennsylvania Dairy Queen
Charlotte Stine a 16 year old Hershey girl won the Pennsylvania Dairy Queen title with 636 of 1100 points. District 9 runner up Anna Haas and others from Albion Milton Claysville Waverly Berlin Mansfield Carlisle were noted participants. The Dairy League of Pennsylvania and the U S Department of Agriculture sponsored the contest with Clinton Anderson expected at the banquet and dance.
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Erif
Charlotte Stine
Hershey
Anna Haas
Headsville
Veronica Nakich
Albion
Mary Jane Fairchild
Milton
Eileen Gwin
Lawrence County
Phyllis Hutchison
Claysville
Janice Reynolds
Waverly
Lois Jane Glessner
Berlin
Phyllis Davey
Mansfield
Arlene Mack
Carlisle
Dairyman’s League of Pennsylvania
United State Department of Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
U. S. Agriculture
Carroll D. Kearns
Farrell
U. S
Francis J. Myers
Homer Martz
KDKA
Shipyard Strike Expands as 70,000 More Workers Called
On June 27 the CIO Industrial Union of Marine Shipbuilding Workers of America planned a broadening strike. A total of 41,500 workers had quit yesterday at 10 East Coast plants, with 80 ships halted in reconversion or construction. Nine Bethlehem Shipyards and Atlantic Basin Iron Works in Brooklyn affected. 1,500 men left to reconvert ships including the American Luxury Liner Brazil.
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New York
INS
CIO Industrial Union of Marine Shipbuilding Workers of America
Atlantic
Gulf
Bethlehem Steel Company
Atlantic Basin Iron Works
Brooklyn
Brazil
Young Mother Dies From Bullet Wound
McKeesport Pennsylvania June 27 Mrs Bobby Queen 18 year old mother died from a self inflicted bullet wound in the chest police said after an argument with her husband Melvin 24 The couple parent an 18 month old son and he left for work before she fired a .45 caliber pistol into her chest
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Mckeesport
INS
Bobby Queen
Melvin
Carnegie-Illinois Steel trims capacity in Pittsburgh area
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp announced an immediate 59 percent reduction of rated steel production capacity in the Pittsburgh Youngstown district due to a coal shortage. The cut reflects the impact of limited coal supplies on the steel industry.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Pittsburgh- Youngstown, D
Ambassador To Be Convention Guest In City
New Castle will host the Sons of Italy state convention from July 2 to July 6 with notable guests including Italian ambassador to the United States H E Albert Tarchiani and Judge Felix Forte of Massachusetts. State venerables from Pennsylvania Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey will attend and Judge Allessandroni will lead sessions in the Cathedral.
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New Castle
Sons of Italy
B. J. Biondi
H. E. Albert Tarchiani
United States
Felix Forte
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Eugene Allessandroni
Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Luigi Scala
Connecticut
Anthony Tapogna
New Jersey
Frank Palleria
Allessandroni
Elk To Attend Portland Meet
Sixteen members of the New Castle Elks lodge No. 69 will attend the national convention in Portland Oregon opening July 14. Exalted Ruler Fred D. Moser heads the delegation with John F. Davis and Edward Raney. A mammoth street parade is planned with most of the estimated 55 000 in attendance. Afterward the group will tour California Yellowstone Park Grand Canyon Salt Lake City and other points of interest. Plans for the lodge 60th anniversary celebration in the fall are underway.
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New Castle Elks Lodge No. 69
The
Order
Portland
Ore
Fred D. Moser
Mr. Moser
John F. Davis
Edward Raney
California
Yellowstone Park
Grand Canyon
Salt Lake City
Boy Injured By Exploding Bullets In Bonfire Test
Six year old Richard Carr of Pittsburgh suffered two bullet wounds to his face and arm after tossing two .22 caliber rounds into a bonfire. He was treated at a Pittsburgh hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Richard Carr
Zinc plant to close could end Langeoth town
The American Zinc and Chemical Co. plans to abandon its LangeLoath plant, the town’s sole industry. With 900 workers affected, president R H Zimmer cites economic unviability as the process for non ferrous metals becomes obsolete. Severance pay offered to soften the impact.
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Langeloth
Pennsylvania
American Zinc and Chemical Co
R. H. Zimmer
PAY DAY FOR MINERS
Payday in coal mines as 400000 miners split about 80 million dollars. Each miner got 100 dollars vacation pay under the government contract with the United Mine Workers and pay for the first two weeks of June. Some planned trips others fished or stayed home. All planned to hold onto their money.
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Pittsburgh
INS
United Mine Workers
MacArthur sees possible Japan treaty within a year
General Douglas MacArthur stated in Tokyo that a peace treaty with Japan could be concluded in one year to year and a half. He added the terms were largely settled at Potsdam and that Japan would be restricted to its four main islands.
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Tokyo
INS
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
United States
State Department
Potsdam
Floods Forcing New Evacuations
Evacuation warnings issued across the Missouri River basin from Sioux City Iowa to Rule Nebraska as floodwaters rise. More than 40,000 people homeless across Nebraska Iowa Illinois and Missouri. Des Moines sees 1 800 homeless after Riverside Park levee breach while Blair and Omaha brace for crest levels. Floyd river flow adds pressure at Sioux City with spillover minor damage. Elkhorn river crest reaches Stanton and Beemer braces for flooding as West Point awaits crest.
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Omaha
Neb
Sioux City
Missouri River
Red Cross
Nebraska
Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri
Des Moines
Riverside Park
Ottumwa
Red Rock
Keosauqua
Rule
Blair
Stanton
Norfolk
Beemer
West Point
Boston Mayor Begins Six to Eighteen Month Fraud Sentence
Boston Mayor James M Curley, 72, started serving a six to 18 month federal sentence for mail fraud at Danbury Federal Prison. He was placed in the prison hospital for a medical exam after arriving by train from Washington and reported numbness in his left leg. He was escorted by two federal guards during the trip and had insulin and eye-drops handed to him before the auto ride to the prison.
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Danbury
Conn
INS
Boston
James M. Curley
Federal Correctional Institution
Massachusett
Curley
Washington
Bridgeport
Curlel
Massachusetts
James M. Proctor
Cherry Crop Suffers Frost Losses In Martinsburg Area
In Martinsburg West Virginia growers report killing frosts cut into the cherry crop though yields may still reach near last year's 800 tons. Heaters protect many orchards while some smaller ones may not be picked. Prices suggested at 10 to 12 cents a pound versus 14 to 18 cents in 1946 with other regions showing about a 50 percent yield.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Shenandoah Valley Cherry Growers Association
West Virginia
Rescued Man Dies After Drowning Rescue
Earle Flaherty a 33 year old Pittsburgh man who was saved from drowning by George Kurtz 22 died in a city hospital from pneumonia and a broken neck suffered when he became entangled in wire while in the Allegheny river Kurtz who acted as rescuer remained fully clothed and entered the water to pull Flaherty free and brought him to the surface seven minutes later an inhalator squad revived him but he succumbed to his injuries and illness
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Pittsburgh
INS
Earle Flaherty
Flaherty
Allegheny River
George Kurtz
Teamsters Strike Halts Nonperishable Freight in Altoona
In Altoona Pennsylvania a five day AFL Teamsters strike limited movement to perishables only at railroad freight stations. The dispute demands include a 20 cent hourly raise a two week paid vacation and a 48 hour work week. Spokesmen said no offer had been received.
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Altoona
AFL
Protests Delay in Military Training Action By Congress
Former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts told the House Armed Services Committee that delaying universal military training legislation brings the United States closer to World War II. As chairman of the Citizens Emergency Committee for Universal Military Training he urged Congress not to adjourn until the urgent bill passes.
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Washington
INS
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Congress
United States
Roberts
Citizens Emergency Committee For
House Armed Services Committee
Ford Plans Pension for 110000 Workers in New UAW-CIO Pact
Ford Motor Co. offers the first workers pension in the 1947 UAW-CIO agreement affecting 110,000 production employees in 33 plants. The tentative deal includes a wage rise of over 15 cents, with about half earmarked for pension funding. Negotiators Bugas and Leonard led talks. the pact follows a 30 day strike notice period.
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Detroit
INS
Ford Motor Company
United States
Ford
Joan S. Bugas
Richard T. Leonard
UAW
National Ford
Uawcio
Leonard
Former State Department Employee Sentenced for Communist Ties
Carl A Marzani, ex State Department employee, jailed for one to three years after hiding communist connections on a government job application. Judge Keech denied bond pending appeal, citing the defendant's "outstanding native ability" despite probation reports.
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Washington
INS
Carl Aldo Marzani
State Department
Richmond B. Keech
Office of Strategic Services
Keech
Pleads Guilty To Charges Of Tax Evasion
James Bove former AFL official pleaded guilty in Federal Court to evading 85 000 in income taxes for 1939 41. He was fined 30 000 and jailed five years to run with existing Sing Sing terms. He faces separate 10 to 20 year and 8 ½ to 16 year sentences for theft from Local 60 funds and extortion from contractors on the New York City Aqueduct project.
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New York
INS
James Bove
AFL Unio
Henry W. Goddard
AFL Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union
Bove
Sing Sing
Local 60
Union
New York City Aqueduct
Eisler Sentenced to Year in Prison for Contempt
Federal District Court jurors found Gerhart Eisler guilty of contempt of the House Un American Activities Committee. He received the maximum penalty of one year’s imprisonment and a $1000 fine for contempt of Congress, with the verdict dated June 10.
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Washington
INS
Gerhardt Eisler
United States
Congress
Eisler
House Un-American Activities Committee
Resumption Of Coal Wage Talks Not Arranged
Washington June 27 Ins reports say soft coal operators left for the day without resuming wage talks with John L Lewis as miners begin a 10 day vacation. Labor pushes the battle against Taft Hartley law while Lewis wildcat strikes continue.
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Washington
INS
John L. Lewis
Schwellenbach
Interior Department
Ezra van Horn
Cleeland (O
Lewis
John O'Leary
UMW
Truman
CIO
Philip Murray
Miners Prepare For 10 Day Vacation Amid Labor Turmoil
About 400000 United Mine Workers head into a 10 day break as protests against the Taft-Hartley act sap mining, with widespread shutdowns and high absenteeism. CMA reports 20 mines down in seven counties while coal car shortages hit northern West Virginia. Steel industry also tightens with Wheeling Steel cutting coke by 38 percent and blast furnaces facing possible closures.
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Pittsburgh
INS
United Mine Workers
Coal Mines Administration
West Virginia
CMA
John L. Lewis
Wheeling Steel Corp
Celebrating Weather Memory on Sixty Six Years
Arthur Memeter recalls a warm sunny anniversary with a blue fleece sky and dry air. He notes perfection of the day, sixteen years since a notable event when a preacher finished his work as weather reached eighty eight.
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Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report
By James Padgitt
1.N. S
Hershey Girl
Dairy Queen
Erie
League
Dmytro Warsen
Wawrysehn
Oak Street
Hulbert Ray Robinson
Edenburg
R. D
Albert M. Druschel
Zelienopie
C. I. Steel
New Castle Elks
Oregon
Camerman
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Nter
Ational
Gen. MacArthur
Barry Faris
International News Service
Teamsters
Ford Motor Co
U. S. State Department
Arthur Memeter
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