Oldest Kansas groom recalls first county license issued
Edward West Hayes of Berryton Kansas, age 87, was the groom in the first marriage license issued in the county on October 5 1885 to Miss Bill ie Jean Allen of Wampum Pa. The article notes his memories of the historic license No. 1 and his later life after his wife’s death in 1921. The story connects the 50 000th license to Miss Erma Jean Allen and Gomer Lewis and recalls family pride from Ellwood City to Millvale Pa.
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Erma Jean Allen
Gomer Lewis
Berryton
Kan
Edward West Hayes
Billie Jean Allen
Allegheny
Wampum, Ap
D. J. Campbell
Hayes
Kaw
John A. Edgar
Josephine Hartzell
Ellwood City
and Hayes
Ellie
Miss Allen
Wampum
Allegheny County
Millvale
Kansas
Court House
Three Way Merger In German Zones Urged By Marshall
Secretary of State Marshall urged France to join a three way economic merger with the United States and Britain in western Germany if Russia blocks a broader unification. French officials reported the offer came at Moscow during the Big Four foreign ministers talks amid cautious replies from Paris.
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Moscow
France
George C. Marshall
United States
Britain
Germany
Russia
Reich
Marshall
Georges Bidault
Bidault
U. S
Europe
Paris
West
East
Spring Rumors Circulate as Park Avenue Resident Sees Signs
A Park Avenue resident asserts spring is near while a robin greets him Tuesday. State Highway Department crews await spring work and begun surface treating stone for Pinchot district roads. Cinders stored for late storms. A Cleveland weather item cites 92 as the unofficial last cold day, signaling winter’s end.
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Park Avenue
State Highway Department
Daily Weather Report for United States
Weather statistics for the 24 hours ending 9 am show a high of 45 and a low of 18 with heavy frost. River stage is 5.9 feet. The same date last year recorded a max 45, min 29, and no precipitation.
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United State
Beach Assault Shuts Jerusalem District as Immigrant Ship Beaches
In Jerusalem a dusk to dawn curfew was ordered after a raid by underground fighters at a military camp and an illegal immigrant ship named Susannah ran ashore south of Tel Aviv. Reports say hundreds of refugees may be involved and dozens may be missing as British troops respond.
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Jerusalem
Susannah
Tel Aviv
Israe
Findlay Fire Destroys Half A Block In Ohio
A general alarm fire in Findlay Ohio destroyed about half a business block. Fire crews from Findlay aided by a Fos toria company battled the blaze after it rekindled. Estimated damage topped two hundred thousand dollars. The fire started behind Muirs drug store and spread to Kessels, Cut-Price Shoes, and Gallahers drug store.
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Findlay, O
INS
Findlay
Fostoria
Woodrow Ziegler
Ted Longworth
Findley
Muirs Drug Store
Kessel
Gallaher
Fire Damages Sharon Ice Plant in Welding Torch Blaze
Police blamed sparks from a welding torch for a fire at an empty ice storage plant of Sharon Coal & Ice company causing about $2,000 in damage.
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Sharon
Sharon Coal & Ice Company
Award Contract For Wilmington Road Project
State Highway Department officials in Harrisburg announced Dun tile Co of Moravia street has won the contract to reconstruct and partially relocate 3.65 miles of Route 18 the New Castle to Wilmington road for 478733.91 dollars. Work starts after weather allows and will create a three lane highway from Walmo to near Castleview cemetery then connect with a four lane road near the top of the hill and resume along the old bed to the Sharon West Middlesex road.
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New Castle Duntile Co
Moravia Street
New Castle
New Wilmington
Harrisburg
Walmo
Middlesex-Sharon
Duntile Compny
Castleview Cemetery
New Castle Field Club
Sharon-West Middlesex
Botl, Ne
Rescuers Seek To Reach Man Buried Alive In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Ohio rescuers battled debris in a six story building collapse. They had already removed Delmar Rudd 18 from the wreckage and recovered Albert Rudd 45. Wallie Peskin 45 remains trapped and shouting for help while Fred Elsaesser 76 is missing and feared dead.
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Cincinnati
INS
Wallie Peskin
Bar Supply Company
Delmar Rudd
Albert Rudd
Delmar
Fred Elsaesser
Elsaesser
Twins Weigh Over 17 Pounds At Birth
In Pittsburgh at St Joseph's hospital twin boys set a birth weight record with a combined 17 pounds. One twin weighed nine pounds one and a half ounces, the other eight pounds six and a half ounces. Parents John J. Driscoll Jr and wife said they were surprised, expecting only one baby.
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Pittsburgh
St. Joseph's Hospital
John J. Driscoll, Jr
Death Notices for Nosik Lewinski Bergland
Death records list Mrs. Dennis Nosik of Bessemer aged 66, Shirley Ann Lewinski aged two days, and Axel N. Bergland aged 70 with listed addresses 1101 South Jefferson Street and 329 Laurel Boulevard respectively.
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Dennis Nosik
Bessemer
Shirley Ann Lewinski
South Jefferson Street
Axel N. Bergland
Laurel Boulevard
Congressman Kearns Receives Threat Over Labor Views
Representative Kearns of Pennsylvania reported a phone threat after dining with murdered railroad president George P. McNear Jr. Kearns disclosed this at the House Labor Committee meeting sparking calls for a FBI probe into the pressure tactic.
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Washington
INS
Kearns
George P. McNear, Jr
House Labor Committee
FBI
Kerns
McNear
Wardman Park
Labor Committee
Labor
Owens
Hartley
Ambush Slaying Of Railroad President Probed In Peoria
Six investigation teams including the U S Justice department worked in Peoria to probe the ambush killing of George P McNear Jr president of the Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad. A coroner s inquest was set for 2 PM with six neighbors and law enforcement officers to testify after McNear aged 56 was shot six times while walking near his home amid a long running railroad dispute involving 13 brotherhoods.
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Peoria
Ill
INS
U. S. Justice Department
George P. McNear Jr
McNear
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Americans Held by Chinese To Be Released
Two United States Army officers Maj. Robert E. Riggs of Chicago and Capt. John W Collins of Evanston Ill were en route to Harbin to be released from captivity after being captured by Chinese Communist troops. The information came to an American liaison team in Yenan.
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Peiping
INS
United States Army
Manchuria
Harbin
Yenan
Robert E. Riggs
Chicago
John W Collins
Evanston, Ill
Russia recalls ambassadors to Western powers
London report says Soviet Russia suddenly recalled its ambassadors to Britain and the United States for routine conference consultations. The Soviet envoy to Paris Alexander Bogomoslov was also believed summoned home while G N Zarubin in London was described as suddenly recalled without warning.
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London
Russia
Moscow
Washington
Paris
Alexander Bogomoslov
G. N. Zarubin
Marriage Not Valid In 21 Year Union Says Bride
Mrs. Margaret McCrossan of Philadelphia seeks annulment of her 21 year marriage to Joseph McCrossan claiming the wedding on November 10, 1926 in Media was a jest and that no intent to form a valid union existed. She says she returned home to Philadelphia immediately and never lived with her husband.
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Norristown
Margaret McCrossan
Philadelphia
Joseph McCrossan
Dollar diplomacy becomes global currency trend
U S diplomatic observers report a worldwide shift toward the dollar as the preferred unit of trade. Governments and citizens alike seek dollars through letters of credit bonds and stocks, reducing reliance on the British pound and Dutch guilder and shaping policy in Britain Latin America and China.
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United States
Britain
Latin America
Russia
Graduated tax cut sought as hearings begin
The House leadership pushes for a tax cut bill by month end as Ways and Means prepares two days of hearings on a flat 20 percent cut versus a graduated reduction. GOP leaders, including Allen and Knutson, predict committee action and House approval, with Treasury Secretary Snyder slated to testify.
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Washington, Mar
House
Ways and Means
Knutson
Rep. Allen
Tax Proposals Presented To Legislature In Harrisburg
Harrisburg reports the 1947-49 budget plan aims to raise over 194 million dollars through administration bills. Proposals include a cent tax on soft drinks, a seal ed tax on cigars and tobacco, higher cigarette tax, malt beverage tax, liquor tax and gasoline tax plus changes to corporate tax rules. Expect strong Democratic and Maverick Republican opposition.
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Harrisburg
General Assembly
House
Lambert Cadwallader
Montgomery
James H. Duff
NEA Leader Dr. Donald DuShane Dies Suddenly
Dr. Donald DuShane 61 former NEA president collapsed in his apartment lobby after a radio appearance and died shortly after. He led the NEA in 1940 41 and later served as executive secretary of the NEA national committee for defense of democracy through education.
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Washington
INS
Donald DuShane
National Education Association
DuShane
NEA
National Committee For Defense of Democracy Through Education
June Haver to wed longtime sweetheart in Beverly Hills ceremony
Actress June Haver and James Zito plan a Las Vegas civil marriage blessing on St Patrick's Day in Beverly Hills California. The couple met seven years ago in Rock Island NL when she was 15 and he 16 while he played at a dance hall.
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June Haver
James Zito
Las Vegas
St. Patrick's Day
Beverly Hills
Cal
Rock Island
Senate Battle Over Lilienthal Heads To Floor Fight
President Truman maintains a hands off stance as the Senate readies for a long clash over David E. Lilienthal's renomination as atomic commission chairman. Key figures Sen. Hickenlooper and Sen. Vandenberg prepare to push the case as the chamber opens debate and the administration hopes for confirmation.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Commission
Lilienthal
Sen
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Congressional Atomic Committee
Commission
Carroll L. Wilson
Sen. Vandenberg
Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
Belgian Cabinet Members Resign Under Communist Pressure
In Brussels on March 12, Premier Camille Huysmans submitted the cabinet’s resignation to Prince Regent Charles after four communist ministers quit over a government price fixing plan for coal and steel. The government fell after about four months of crises.
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Brussels
INS
Camille Huysmans
Charles
Huussmans
Britain to Seek Pacific Open Door Policy at UN Session
Britain will push for an open door commercial policy in the Pacific as the United Nations Security Council reconvenes to continue hearings on the U S trusteeship agreement. Sir Alexander Cadogan has prepared two amendments for the afternoon session while indicating he will not block council approval.
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Lake Success
N. Y
INS
Britain
Pacific
United Nations Security Council
United States
U. N
Alexander Cadozan
Council
Truman asks Congress for 400 million Greece Turkey aid
President Truman asked Congress to authorize 400 million dollars in aid to Greece and Turkey to stem Communist forces. He warned that the Greek state’s existence is imperiled and that UN bodies cannot provide sufficient help. He urged economic aid as the main tool and proposed deploying civilian and military personnel to supervise reconstruction and the use of American aid.
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Washington
Mar
Truman
Congress
U. S
Greece
Turkey
West
Turekey
Truman Heads to Key West for Brief Rest
The White House said President Truman will depart after his 20 minute congressional address for a few days rest at Key West Florida. He will fly from Washington to the naval base at Key West and cancel plans for a Caribbean trip including San Juan Puerto Rico and St. Thomas Virgin Islands to observe Atlantic fleet maneuvers.
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Washington
INS
White House
Truman
Congress
Key West
Fla
House
Naval Submarine Base
Florida
Caribbean
San Juan
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Local man weighs dues and duties in a fog of world affairs
Arthur Mometer ignores Greece, Russia, Palestine, and China to focus on a local problem. He wonders what he owes to Uncle Sam and whether his bridge club dues and ham price are due. The scene centers on domestic concerns as weather records forty eight.
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Greece
China
Palestine
Sam
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