Pravda Attacks U S and Britain Over German Peace Talks
Pravda accuses Washington and London of trying to force their will on smaller nations at the Moscow conference. The article ties the charge to the ongoing debate among Big Four foreign ministers and German peace deputies over participation by Allied states in drafting the treaty.
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Moscow
Mar
Germany
Pravda
United States
Britain
Washington
London
Spring building activity and new license plates noted in county
Local notes report spring construction stirring in parts of the county while weather remains cold and snowy. Two license plates now required on cars with 1947 plates and must be attached by April 1. State highway crews battled minor flareups and slippery patches after weekend snow squalls.
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Pa News
State Highway Department
Daily Weather Report for 24-Hour Period Ended 9 A.M.
The report records a maximum temperature of 32 and minimum 20 with 0.02 inches of precipitation and snow. River stage stands at 79 feet. For the prior 24 hours ending Sunday morning the maximum was 28 with traces of snow.
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Nited
Labor Bill Hears Ends with Compromise Hope
The House labor committee nears a compromise allowing voluntary closed shops instead of an outright ban. A plan for industrywide bargaining is under review as seven weeks of hearings close. The proposal would permit voluntary closed shop pacts but deem strikes to win a closed shop an unfair labor practice.
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Washington
INS
House Labor Committee
House
Rep. Gwinh
N. Y
Westminster College to Erect Three Surplus Buildings
Westminster college plans three surplus buildings for campus use including a recreation building infirmary and classroom block to be located on South Market avenue near the Conservatory of Music. Blueprints are ready and plans will be discussed with campus leaders before construction starts.
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New Wilmington
Mar
Westminster College
H. Lloyd Cleland
South Market Avenue
Conservatory of Music
Cleland
Britain May Transfer Basic Economy Report
A congressional source says Britain is studying a long-range move of its basic economy from the British Isles to Southern Africa following its March 31 withdrawal from Greece. A British embassy spokesman denies current Labour plans, but the report notes a possible future transfer of the seat of government to a southern African city.
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Africa
Washington
Mar
INS
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British Isles
Britain
Greece
London
Southern
Guerrilla Leader In Greece Fails To Meet UN Men
Salonika dispatch reports seven UN commission members assigned to Greece failed to interview rebel leader General Markos Vifiades. Western delegates left after 46 hours without rendezvous while Soviet and Polish representatives remained in Kastanefiton in the snow to await the elusive leader.
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Salonika
INS
United Nations Commission
Markos Vifiades
Kastanefiton
Pindus Mountains
Good Weather For March 17 Parade
Fine, pleasant weather greeted the Irish as about 80,000 people, including men, women and children, lined up for the St. Patrick's Day march up Fifth Avenue in New York. The parade was scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Bids Open For City Hall Basement Project
City council opened eight bids for the boiler room and basement of the new City Hall building at North Jefferson and Grant. The low bid was 37,500 from Montgomery Construction Co of Grove City. second 42,127 from Heller-Murray Co of Youngstown. third 42,890 from Matthew Leivo Sons Co of this city.
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City Hall
North Jefferson
Grant Streets
Montgomery Construction Company
Grove City
Heller-Murray Company
Youngstown
Matthew Leivo Sons Company
L. A. Haug
Mountaineer Engineering Company
Andy Pihales
Owen Treharne
E. F. Scanlon
Dan Woolcock
Hurricane Winds Disrupt Transport Across Britain
London reports hurricane winds across the British Isles with speeds up to 100 miles per hour. Nine people were killed and many injured as storms toppled houses, trees, and telegraph poles. Flooding from swollen rivers and snowmelt left families homeless and contaminated watersheds posed health risks.
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London
INS
Britain
British Isles
Man Injured In Auto Collision Near City
Dallas Thompson, 39, of R D 5, was injured in an auto wreck at 6 45 p m Saturday on Highland Heights road. His car collided with James W Simpson of Ellwood City as both cars faced opposite directions. Thompson sustained facial lacerations, scalp wounds, a cerebral concussion and shock. he is hospitalized at Jameson Memorial.
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Dallas Thompson
R. D
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Highland Heights Road
James W. Simpson
Second Street
Ellwood City
Thompson
Simpson
Identification Tentative in Erie Slaying Near Tracks
Coroner W. W. Wood identified the body found near the New York Central tracks in Erie as Frank Hess, 35, of Peculiar, Missouri. Hess’s head was nearly severed by knife wounds. identification came from a Social Security card found on the victim.
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Erie
INS
W. W. Wood
New York Central
Frank Hess
Peculiar
Woods
Jones Named VA Area Supervisor for Western Pa
The Veterans Administration promotes W. M. Jones from officer in charge of the Lawrence and Beaver counties contact office to area supervisor of the vocational rehabilitation division. He oversees education and training for five western Pennsylvania counties including Lawrence Beaver Butler Clarion and Armstrong from the Lawrence Savings and Trust building office. James Gurley is named contact officer in charge of the Lawrence county office. both have already begun their new duties.
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Veterans Administration
W. M. Jones
Lawrence
Beaver
Pennsylvania
Butler
Clarion
Armstrong
James Gurley
Lawrence County
Mr. Jones
Lawrence Savings and Trust Company
Butler Man Is Killed In Crash Near Worthington
State police reported Edward J. Culbertson 28 of Butler was killed and James E. Schwenk of Harrisburg slightly injured when their automobile skidded off a highway near Worthington and crashed into a guard rail. The crash occurred on a recent day, authorities said.
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Worthington
INS
Edward J. Culbertson
Butler
James E. Schwenk
Harrisburg
Smoking in bed blamed for Erie rooming house fire death
Erie police say Joseph Compton of Buffalo, 35, died in a Sunday fire caused by his smoking in bed. The blaze damaged two bedrooms and his body was found in a closet where he sought to escape the flames.
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Erie
INS
Joseph Compton
Buffalo
Compton
Winter Holds On As Snowbound Plague Reappears
Winter lingers with snow flurries and light accumulation forecast through midweek. Forecasters warn of added highway hazards from fresh snow and ongoing icy conditions across western Pennsylvania, according to the Automobile Club.
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Old Man
Weather Bureau
Automobile Clubs
Pennsylvania
New Attempts To Rescue 22 Men On Fort Dearborn
In Honolulu a fresh effort aims to rescue twenty two sailors from the severed stern of the tanker Fort Dearborn. Meanwhile the freighter Broussard struggles 825 miles northwest of Hawaii making two knots in a 65 knot wind as a storm worsens the situation.
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Fort Dearborn
Pacific Ocean
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Hawaiian
Mother Saves Her, Baby Dies On Highway
Chicago report describes a split second rescue as Edward Sokol stopped a mother from falling from a moving car after Mrs Helen Gilman’s infant Terrence Baxten aged 27 months slipped from his seat and plunged to the pavement on a city highway.
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Chicago
Marguerite Baxten
Helen Gilman
Edward Sokol
Chicago Herald- American
Gilman
Porter Ready To Report On Greece Troubles
Paul Porter, head of an American economic mission, arrived at La Guardia en route to Washington to report to President Truman on his findings in Greece. He arrived aboard the TWA Star of Hollywood after a flight from Athens.
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New York
INS
Paul Porter
LaGuardia Field
Washington
Porter
Truman
Greece
TWA
Star of Hollywood
Athens
Margaret Truman Debuts On Radio To Wide Acclaim
Detroit March 17 Margaret Truman the president's 23 year old daughter scored a successful radio debut as a singer before millions. Flowers telegrams and calls flooded her hotel with more than 500 telegrams received by midnight and many more expected. A Columbus concert promoter Horace A Schwartz offered concert engagements.
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Detroit
Margaret Truman
Horace A. Schwartz
Columbus, O
Columbus
President Truman’s Radio Debut of His Daughter
President Truman’s Florida vacation was disrupted by a tropical rain and thunder squall. The downpour forced church services to be attended by car, flooding streets and delaying planned swimming. No other major news emerged from Key West on this day.
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Anny
U. S. Submarine Base
Key West
Fla
Mar
Truman
UN Considered 100 Million Loan to Greece Amid 250 Million Aid
The UN food and agriculture organization urged a 100 million dollar loan to Greece through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to modernize farming, industry, transportation, and water projects. The plan follows President Truman requesting 400 million for Greece and Turkey to counter Soviet pressure. The FAO survey found irrigation could cover all Greek cropland and greatly expand hydroelectric power, comparable to Boulder Dam output.
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Washington
Mar
INS
United Nations
Greece
Truman
UN Food and Agriculture
International Bank of Reconstruction and Development
FAO
Congress
Turkey
Four Springfield Family Killed in Train Crash
Four members of a Springfield family died in a railroad crossing collision when a New York Central train struck their car. Charles Callison 63 was the driver, his wife Mary 66, daughter Maxine Kadel 33, and her husband John 38. Witnesses said the car was lifted about 25 feet and rolled 125 feet after impact at an unguarded crossing seven miles west of the city.
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Springfield
New York Central
Charles Callison
Mary
Maxine Kadel
John
Will Be Reflection Of New Attitude
A cooling in Soviet Russia s support for a U S trusteeship in the Pacific is anticipated at the United Nations Security Council meeting in Lake Success. Diplomatic sources cite Moscow s displeasure with Truman s Greece Turkey actions as a possible motive. A head on clash between Warren R Austin and Andrei Gromyko is forecast at the atomic energy commission when the 12 nation group meets.
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United States
Pacific
United Nations Security Council
Moscow
Truman
Greece
Turkey
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Andrei Gromyko
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Austin
Britain
Truman to Leave Florida Wednesday for Washington
President Truman will end his Florida vacation on Wednesday to reach Washington by early evening. Clouds and chill followed yesterday’s heavy rain as the party slept under blankets and the temperature hovered around 60 degrees. Presidential Secretary Charles G Ross said there was no special reason for the midweek return.
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U. S. Submarine Base
Key West
Fla
INS
Truman
South Florida
Washington
Mr. Truman
Charles G Ross
White House
Chickens perished in $2500 fire at Slippery Rock farm
Shenango Township Fire Department responded to a Sunday blaze at Paul Blair's farm near Princeton in a two story brooder house. About 2000 chickens including 150 laying hens were housed. the building and most chickens were destroyed with $1500 and $1000 losses respectively, partially insured.
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Shenango Township
Paul Blair
R. D
Princeton
Brooger
Death Notices Roundup From Pittsburgh Area
A 1947 death list from Pittsburgh region names Mrs Mary Henry of Pittsburgh Mrs Harold Sturges aged 21 of Koppel Pa John Henry Lessey 91 of Ellwood City Mrs William Sullivan 47 of 118 Edison Ave Miss Lena C Lipp 80 of 426 Park Avenue Mrs Retta Young Chatland 84 of 111 South Bay Street David Hardin Richards 49 of 461 Neshannock Ave and Mrs Celestino Domini 12 of Bessemer and Mrs Mary E Stewart 84 of 709 North Mercer Street.
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John Henry Lessey
Ellwood City
William Sullivan
Edison Avenue
Retta Young Chatland
South Bay Street
David Hardin
Richards
Neshannock Avenue
Lena C. Lipp
Park Averiuce
Celestino Domini
Besse
Supreme Court orders Lewis to withdraw wage agreement termination
The Supreme Court ordered John L. Lewis to withdraw by March 25 his notice terminating the miners wage agreement with the government. Lewis must comply within five days after the formal order is issued next Thursday to avert another coal walkout threat.
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Washington
Mar
INS
Suprem Court
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Supreme Court Orders Immediate Mandate On Coal Walkout
The Supreme Court ordered its mandate against the coal walkout issued by March 20 after government appeal. Attorney General Tom Clark warned of a fresh strike by John L. Lewis and 400,000 workers threatening March 31 if the mandate awaited the usual 25 days. Lewis had told miners to stay on the job until midnight March 31. The mandate requires Lewis to act within five days.
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Washington
Mar
INS
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
John L. Lewis
High Tribunal
Lewis
MacArthur urges early action on Japan peace treaty
General Douglas MacArthur urged early negotiations for a Japanese peace treaty and UN non military control after victory. He called for resuming normal private trade and said the UN has a pivotal chance to shape Japan as a peace keeping force under benevolent oversight.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Japan
Emerald Isle Weather and St Patrick Day Hint
The verse notes St Patrick’s color as green for the saintly figure while the weatherman marks cool thirty three. Winter winds howl as snow lingers, suggesting the Emerald Isle influence may be absent from the forecast.
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