V F W District Posts to Meet in Lawrence County
Commander Walter A. Kieler announces the VFW posts of the 25th district in Lawrence Butler and Beaver counties will hold four meetings Sunday June 29 at 1 p m in the post home 126 East Washington street Bernard McGivern district commander from Ambridge will preside A new district leadership slate will be elected and service officers will brief on veterans case work A auxiliaries meeting follows at the Arena Grove street with officers to be elected and luncheon to follow arrangements by Mrs Isabel McKee Mrs Hardin Stebbins and Albert D Haid is general chairman
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Walter A. Kieler
Neshannock
VFW
Lawrence
Butler
Beaver Counties
East
Washington Street
Bernard McGivern
Ambridge
Grove Street
Isabel McKee
Hardin Stebbins
Albert D. Haid
Lie Detector Test Planned For Charley Peyton
Pittsburgh June 28 Charley Peyton 51 to undergo a lie detector test within a day or two in the death of his wife Mary Peyton 36 mother of three who was fatally shot at the roadhouse they operated near Pittsburgh Peyton claimed accidental but Allegheny county detectives chief Joseph M Stack doubts his story and plans to turn Peyton over to the coroner on murder charges The report notes the oxy acetylene flame reaches 6300 degrees Fahrenheit as the hottest open flame known.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Joseph M. Stack
Allegheny County
Charley Peyton
Mary
Peyton
Stack
Executed Three In Gas Chamber In Raleigh
In Raleigh North Carolina on June 28 three convicts were executed in the state gas chamber. Roy Kirksey 25 and Moses Artis 42 died in parallel chairs for murder while Woodrow Bro 26 convicted of raping a 67 year old woman Miss Stella Edwards followed them. Artis had killed his landlord George Houston and Kirksey had killed his estranged wife at Bolton in Columbus county.
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Raleigh
N. C
INS
Raleigh Central Prison
North Carolina
Roy Kirksey
Moses Artis
Woodrow Bro
Stella Edwards
Artis
George Houston
Kirksey
Bolton
Columbus County
Fund Drive Planned to Improve Henry Home
City groups back a drive to raise funds for repairs and improvements at the Margaret L. Henry Home. A benefit baseball game at P. J. Flaherty field and a paper drive led by Captain Thelma Dundon are part of the effort, with Bernard Hanlon serving as treasurer and Mrs. Arthur Reemer making the first contribution.
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Margaret L. Henry Home Board
Johnson Bronze Association
Joe Daugherty
P. J. Flaherty
Cascade Street
Thelma Dundon
Salvation Army
Youngstown
Bernard Hanlon
Hanlon
Arthur Reemer
Germans Flee Occupation Zone in British Sector
Braunschweig Germany June 28 Eight thousand Germans were reliably reported to have fled from the Soviet occupation zone into the British area in the last 24 hours. The exodus of hungry frightened Germans some of them only 15 years old has overwhelmed border patrols.
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Braunschwieg
Germany
INS
Round World Fliers Headed For Guam
The Pan American World Airways Constellation America carrying American editors and publishers took off at 2 a.m. EDT. The next stop listed is Wake Island as the round-the-world flight proceeds toward Guam.
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Guam
INS
Pan American World Airways Constellation America
Wake Island
Watchman Roberts Urges Fishermen on Stream Pollution Alert
W M Roberts of the state board of fish commissioners urged fishermen statewide to report any stream pollution to the board or officers. He noted Slippery Rock Creek as a top stream, bass were stocked in Neshannonk and Slippery Rock creeks, and wall eyes stocked at Pymatuning and Conneaut Lake with limited hope for Slippery Rock. He warned pollution risks from mine water could kill fish but observed proper vigilance would let fish thrive.
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W. M. Roberts
Board of Fish Commissioners
Slippery Rock Creek
Neshannock
Slippery Rock
Roberts
Pymatuning
Conneaut Lake
Secret meeting over wage talks and Taft-Hartley impact
Report outlines Lewis seeking a hard termination clause and protection from hazards under Taft-Hartley. Union leaders fear enforcing discipline and penalties for wildcat stoppages, while miners press for a payroll-related royalty fund and government enforcement of safety codes. Miners on a ten day vacation with contract due June 30 risk idle work if talks fail. Interior Secretary Krug doubts Taft-Hartley will curb a coal strike and plans to test provisions.
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Lewis
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Union-Industry Administration
J. A. Krug
Krug
Warn on May Be Required to Use Force in Balkans
United Nations debates a security council session on possible enforcement actions under Chapter VII as a US envoy warns that force might be needed to halt Balkan aggression. The possibility of a Soviet veto is noted, with observers forecasting the US stance on veto use.
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Balkans
United Nations
Greece
Russia
United States
Austin
Security Council
U. N. 11-Nation Commission
Tilton Gives Up Pay to Cut Taxes at Wilter Manufacturing
E B Tilton president of Wilter Manufacturing, Milwaukee, forfeits $6000 in two months pay and bonus to reduce his tax burden. In a board letter he calls income taxes excessive and fiscally destructive and urges action to slash taxes and spending. The firm makes air conditioning and refrigeration equipment.
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Milwaukee
INS
E. B. Tilton
Wilter Manufacturing Company
Tilton
Basora hospitalized after Detroit boxing bout
Jose Basora, Puerto Rican middleweight, is in Detroit hospital after a ten round loss to Tommy Yarosz. Basora collapsed in Olympia ring and doctors say skull may be fractured. Condition listed as fair. Both fighters cut above the eyes with no knockdowns.
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Detroit
INS
Jose Basora
Tommy Yarosz
Basora
Olympia
Yarosz
Monaca
Denial of Dutch Troops Ordered Into Action
Batavia dispatch reports the Dutch government denying any orders for Dutch troops to enter action against Indonesians. Officials in Batavia and The Hague call the Antara Agency report entirely untrue and without basis.
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Batavia
INS
Netherlands Indies
Antara
Netherlands
the Hague
Netherlands Overseas Territory Ministry
Deaths Of The Day Principal Lucien Black Dies At 49
Lucien C. Black aged 49 of 221 East Winter avenue and principal of Lincoln-Garfield and Pollock schools died after a prolonged illness at Jam eson Memorial hospital. Surviving are wife Hilda Thomas Black and three children, plus his mother. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm in Leyde mortuary with Dr. R F Galbreath officiating. Also reported are the deaths of Jacob I. Stouffer aged 91 in Volant and Mrs Walter L Landgraf in Wampum after heart attack with services forthcoming.
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Lucien C. Black
East Winter Avenue
Lincoln-Garfield
Pollock
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Mr. Black
New Bedford
David and
Blanche Bailey Black
New Castle High School
Kent State University
University of Pittsburgh
Black
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Benjamin Franklin
New Castle
Thaddeus-Stevens
West Side
Pollock Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
Kiwanis Club
National Education Association
Pennsylvania State
Highland
R. F. Galbreath
Jacob I. Stouffer
R. D. I. Volant
Florence Thompson
Mineral Ridge
Mr. Stouffer
Pranklin County
Prior
Erskine
Isavene Stafford Stouffer
Stouffer
United Brethren Church
Thompson
Fred
Leroy
Edenburg
James
Volant
Charles
Akron
Chauncey
Wampum
Harry
Lowellville
Addie McIntyre
Youngstown
Ella Mathey
Washingtonville
Grace Wilkinson
Funeral services for Dymtro War sen
Funeral services for Dymtro War sen will be conducted Monday at 9 am at the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox church on Rose Avenue with Rev. Stephen Musiy chuk in charge. Interment follows at St. Nicholas Cemetery. The body lies at DeCarbo funeral home East Sutton at Cunningham. friends may call at any time.
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Walter L. Landgraf
Darlington
R.D
Chewton
Dymtro Warsen
Wawrysehn
Holy Trinity Ukraiian Orthodox Church
Rose Avenue
Stephen Musiychuk
St. Nicholas Cemetery
DeCarbo Funeral Home
East Sutton
Cunningham
North County Standings and Sunday Games
North County standings list games: Nashua at Pulaski and Hickory at East Brook. Monday features Harlansburg at Volant. A historical note mentions Moroccan boys shaving heads with a crown lock to lift the faithful to heaven.
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Nashua
Pulaski
Hickory
East Brook
Harlansburg
Volant
Morocco
Pet Nashuasstee
Pulaski Ween Il
New Wilmington
Moscow seeks details on American aid and Europe reconstruction
The broadcast notes Moscow wants specifics on American credits including conditions size and terms. It says Soviet ministers deserve assurance Congress will approve U S measures for Europe recovery. Paris talks are seen as a key chance to bridge East West rifts amid Soviet resistance to Western coordination.
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Congress
United States
Europe
Britain
France
Marshall
Paris
Coal Shortage Idles Industry Across Ohio and Pittsburgh
Coal shortages force idleness in Cleveland and Birmingham with several furnaces banked. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. idles 4,000 workers as mills and plants curtail output. Pittsburgh labor circles fear a prolonged strike could idle up to a million workers in three weeks amid Taft-Hartley protests. The five day stoppage has cut coal production by 5,000,000 tons per the coal mine administration.
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Cleveland
Birmingham
Ala
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Pittsburgh
Coal Mine Administration
Hunt For Body In Mahoning River
State and city police and sheriff deputies watched the Mahoning river at five o'clock yesterday after a telephone call from Struthers claiming a train engineer saw a body floating in the water. The body was not seen here.
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Mahoning River
Struthers
Boxing results from last night across several cities
New York Billy Fox 171 defeated Artie Levine 164 by TKO. New York Ermino Bonetti 145 beat Aponte Torres 145 by decision in Milan. Pittsfield Tommy Hubert 165 won over Sam Boroudi 168 by decision. Utica Pete Virgin 131½ defeated Brooker Hodges 134. Detroit Tommy Yarosz 163 defeated Jose Basora 160 by decision.
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New York
Billy Fox
Philadelphia
Artie Levine
Brooklyn
Ermino Bonetti
Milan
Italy
Aponte Torres
Puerto Rico
Pittsfield
Mass
Tommy Hubert
Washington, D. C
Sam Boroudi
Akron
Utica
N. Y
Pete Virgin
Schenectady
Brooker Hodges
Detroit
Tommy Yarosz
Monaca
Jose Basora
Dry ice composition and temperature noted
The article describes dry ice as carbon dioxide gas cooled under pressure into a solid and states its temperature as 110 degrees below zero.
Republic Steel halts four blast furnaces due to coal strike
In Cleveland the Republic Steel Corporation announced production will be suspended at four blast furnaces because of shortages from the coal strike. Fifteen furnaces will continue producing. Bessemer steelmaking ends at the Youngstown plant with two furnaces banked, while three other Youngstown furnaces for open hearth iron will operate for now.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
Bessemer
Youngstown
Oldest Cultivated Plant Believed to Be Ba Nana Tree
Some authorities believe the ba nana tree may be the oldest cultivated plant, suggesting long human interaction with this species. The claim highlights ongoing debates over plant domestication timelines and regional agricultural history.
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Bernice Bianchini
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