Finland's Reds Demand On Soviet Pact
Finnish Communist leader Hertta Kuusinen served notice on President Paasikivi demanding immediate conclusion of a pact with Russia. Cabinet meeting called as Stalin’s letter prompts Finnish groups to debate the mutual assistance treaty amid opposition from other parties. An underground anti Communist campaign warned Finns of a fate like Estonia’s.
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Ned Nordness
Helsinki
Hertta Kuusinen
Maune Paasikivi
Finland
Russia
A. Salminen
Paasikivi
Stalin
Salminen
Kuusinen
People’s Democratic Union
Britain
Estonia
Pa Newc Observes March Arrival and February Births
Pa Newc notes March arriving neutral in tone. February shows 51 Stork stops at New Castle hospital with 26 female and 25 male births. January had 53 births indicating a small decline. Duane Bruce Weingartner, son of Mr and Mrs Weingartner of Ellwood City, turned four on February 29. A robin with a white breast and black tail feathers visited Catherine street yard. Weekend weather swung from sublime to ridiculous.
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Sir Stork
New Castle Hospital
Duane Bruce Weingartner
Paul Weingartner
East Line Avenue
Ellwood City
Samuel Shaffer
Catherine Street
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather report shows 24 hour period ending 9 am with max 41 and min 16, traces of snow. River stage 7.7 feet. Sunday period records max 42 and min 32 with 0.02 inches precipitation including rain and snow.
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United States
New Export License Control Law Aims to Strengthen U S Cold War
The Commerce Department announces a new export license control authority effective today to tighten US handling of materials previously exported freely. The power, used with State Department policy, may ban heavy machinery and capital goods to Russia and Czechoslovakia, affecting war-related trade.
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Washington
INS
Commerce Department
America
Russia
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Plane Wreckage Found in Brazil Kills Nineteen
Rio de Janeiro dispatch reports Brazilian air force C 47 transport crashed near Anzas in northern Brazil. Wreckage found after missing since Saturday. Survivors total three, including a woman and a child.
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Rio DE Janeiro
INS
Anzas
Brazil
Urge Billion Dollar China Aid Program
A House Foreign Affairs Committee report calls for a one billion dollar aid program to the Far East to support China against Communist forces. It accuses the Soviet Union of arming Chinese Communists and warns the central government could collapse within a year without US military and economic aid. The study by William Montgomery McGovern is based on a trip to Japan.
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Washington
Far East
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Soviet Union
China
United States
William Montgomery McGover
Japan
Quake Rocks Los Angeles Area With Severe Jolt
A severe quake struck parts of the Los Angeles area at 12 13 am PST affecting South Los Angeles Culver City Hollywood Alhambra and North Hollywood with tremors lasting a few seconds. No damage reported as Long Beach and Seal Beach residents felt rumbling and described it as an explosion.
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Los Angeles
Seal Beach
Culver City
Hollywood
Alhambra
North Hollywood
Long Beach
Red Cross Drive Underway As Truman Urges Donations
The 1948 Red Cross drive opens with President Truman appealing for seventy five million dollars to aid humanity. He spoke from Key West and the message was aired to Constitution Hall in Washington where national ceremonies were held with Secretary Marsh and Defense Secretary Forrestal. He said the goal is fixed but results depend on American generosity.
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Washington
INS
Showdown Over Palestine Nears UN Security Council
The United Nations security council edges toward a Palestine showdown as Britain opposes keeping troops in the Holy Land beyond May 15 while recognizing the commission as Palestine's ruler. The U S favors accepting the partition plan, signaling clashes in forthcoming council sessions.
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N.S
Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Britain
Holy Land
U. N. Palestine Commission
United States
U. N
Former Divinity Student Jumps From Plane in Van Nuys
In Van Nuys California March 1 former divinity student Robert Strand 28 leaped to his death from a hired two seat cabin plane. Pilot Wilton Robert recounted Strand urged to “get high” then tried to open the door at 3600 feet. Robert nosed down to keep him aboard and grabbed Strand by the collar before he jumped. Strand’s father Thor I Strand said war nerves caused the act. A note in Strand’s wallet stated Do not hold the pilot responsible This is my own doing.
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van Nuys
Calif
INS
Robert Strand
Wilton Robert
Strand
Robert
San Francisco
Thor I. Strand
Freighter Cecil G. Sellers in SOS fire off Fremantle
The America freighter Cecil G. Sellers sent an SOS reporting a fire 1500 miles off Fremantle on Australia’s west coast. The distress signal came from the vessel during a February incident and prompted all ships in the area to assist as needed.
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Sydney
INS
Cecil G. Sellers
Fremantle
Australia
Reprisal Attacks Kill 39 in Palestine Area
A wave of reprisal attacks in Central Palestine leaves at least 39 dead and 33 injured. Jewish terrorists derail the Cairo Haifa express near Rehovoth, killing 28 British troops and injuring 40. Naganah claims British seizure of 11 Jews later found near the wreck.
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Benn Feller
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Cairo
Naganah
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Six Bandits In Cleveland Get $70,000 In Cash
Six armed bandits robbed bank messenger Louis Filip of 20000 dollars on Cleveland's west side. A truck forced him to the curb, six men jumped out with shotguns and revolvers, seized cash wrapped in brown paper, then fled in a third car leaving the vehicle behind.
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Cleveland
INS
West Side
Louis Filip
Romanian Savings & Loan Company
Cleveland Trust Company
First Baptists Move Services to Cathedral and East Lodge
Sunday morning the First Baptist church school met at 9 30 in the Scottish Rite Cathedral because of a heating breakdown at the church. A committee arranged space in the main lobby, Service Division room and East Lodge room. Attendance reached 439 with strong turnout at both the morning East Lodge service and the evening service at the First Christian church on the Diamond.
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First Baptist Church School
East Lodge
First Christian
Nurses Capped In Sunday Ceremony For 1950 Class
Twelve student nurses at New Castle Hospital School of Nursing reached a milestone in their careers with capping ceremonies on Sunday. Mrs Frances Colao played piano, John Maher led the event, and Sister Lawrence Mary, director of nurses, spoke on the cap symbolizing a nurse and the white color's meaning.
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New Castle Hospital School of Nursing
Frances Colao
John Maher
School of Nursing Council
Lawrence Mary
Mary
New Castle News
New Castle Hospital
Virginia Zingaro
Henrietta Maciarello
Donna McConnell
Delores DeCarbo
Ann Luciani
Jeannette Logan
Mary Jane DeGannarro
Janet Talaganis
Evelyn Carlson
Nancy Moore
Anna Lukas
Julia Welanin
Czech Laws To Be Changed To Satisfy Reds
Prague reports dramatic legal reforms to align with a socialist state. Justice Minister Cepicka announced a new constitution and national front action committees with binding power over parties and economic life. purge of anti Communist members of parliament underway.
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Czech
Robert Heckert
SN. 8
Prague
Alexej Cepicka
Brno
Cepicka
National Front
Czech National Socialist and Peoples Parties
Slovak Democrat Party
National Front Action Committees
Death Notices From Grove City and Nearby Areas
Obituaries list multiple residents including Margaret A. Hall 85 of Grove City and George RB Christley 80 of West Middlesex. Other ages and addresses include John Edwards 60 near Reynolds Street, Mrs. Vincent Lubinski 51 Williams Street, Mrs. Matthew Waskin 64 Ashland Avenue, Mrs. Frank Pagley 63 Youngstown Ohio, Ludwig Snyder 43 Dravesburg Pennsylvania.
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Margaret A. Hall
Grove City
John Edwards
Reynolds Street
Vincent Lubinski
Williams Street
Matthew Waskin
Ashland Avenue
Frank Pagley
Youngstown
O. Ludwig Snyder
Dravesburg
Red Cross Campaign For Funds Under Way
Lawrence county launches the 1948 Red Cross drive with a goal of 35000 and Ellwood City to raise 7000. Over 1000 volunteers will canvass homes businesses and industries for two weeks. General chairman Harry Helmick asks courteous treatment of volunteers and community support.
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Lawrence County
American Red Cross
Ellwood City
Harry Helmick
President Seeks Three-Year Extension of Trade Treaties
President Truman asked Congress to extend the reciprocal trade agreements act for three more years until June 12, 1951. In a special message, he called the extension essential for world economic recovery and said it shows the United States will contribute to rebuilding a sound global economy and lasting peace. He urged the act be extended for an additional three years.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Congress
United States
Ranking Woman In Hitler Regime Arrested In Stuttgart Area
Adolf Hitler's top woman leader reportedly captured after two years on the run. Frau Gertrud Scholz Klink Heizmier, 55, and her husband Werner Heizmeier, a former SS general, were seized by American intelligence with French and German police near Beppenhausen outside Stuttgart.
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Stuttgart
INS
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Frau Gertrud Scholz-Klink Heizmier
Werner Heizmeier
Beppenhausen
Bus Drivers Strike Continues In Ellwood City
Ellwood City bus drivers and non crossing mechanics remain on strike with no buses running. About 25 employees affected as schools arrange private transport for Franklin and North Sewickley townships. The workers seek 20 cent and 30 cent hourly raises plus overtime pay for long shifts.
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Ellwood City
Ellwood City Motor Coach Company
Franklin
North Sewickley
Taft forecasts 10 percent GOP swing in November
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio returns to Washington after predicting a ten percent cut in the Democratic vote in November. The Republican presidential hopeful told three Cleveland audiences that Henry A Wallace's third party movement could trim the Democratic tally by that margin.
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Sen
Taft
Cleveland
INS
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Vandenberg Urges ERP Approval Against Soviet Threats
Sen. Vandenberg urged approval of the five billion three hundred million dollar European Recovery Program, calling it a plan for peace and freedom. He denounced the Soviet police empire and warned that Kremlin orders threaten European recovery and global liberty.
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Washington
INS
Sen. Vandenberg
Mich
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Senate
Russia
William Theis
Sen
Vandenberg
Kremlin
Truman Says Republicans Politicizing Domestic Foreign Affairs
President Truman accused Republicans of playing politics with vital domestic and foreign issues. He cited Gov. Tuck's Virginia plan as an old-fashioned retaliation and avoided commenting on the Czech and Finnish situations, signaling a cautious, noncommittal stance during a Monday briefing.
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Truman
Tuck
South
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Ellwood J. Turner Dies at 61 in Chester Hospital
Ellwood J. Turner a Delaware County Republican leader died in Chester hospital after a heart attack yesterday. He was 61 and represented his party in the region, with the announcement tracing the illness to the prior day.
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Ellwood J. Turner
Chester
INS
Delaware County
Chester Hospital
Saint Day Verse Echoes Spring Festival Mood
A nostalgic, rhythmic meditation on Saint Day and springtime urges. The speaker riffs on saints and weather, naming Pat and David, hinting at celebrations and seasonal renewal as birds sing and poets rhyme.
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Pat
David
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