Teachers Salary Rates For Next Year Agreed Upon
A New Castle School Board committee and a teachers committee approved a 1947 48 salary schedule with a single standard scale from 1690 to 2500 plus 200 for master’s degree holders. The levy remains twenty mills with a 1 752 068 budget. All teachers receive a 300 cost of living raise, bringing beginners to 1900 and those with eight years and a master’s to 3000. non masters top at 2700. Substitutes at 9 per day. clerks and janitors get a 25 monthly raise.
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New Castle
Early Spring Snow Surprises PA NEWC Observes
A spring snowfall surprises PA NEWC observers as street work by the State Highway Department proceeds at Fast Washington Street and Croton Avenue. Reports note one plate per vehicle in several states, robins and geese noted in cold weather, and local teens causing street trouble in various city cartways.
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State Highway Department
Scott Township
Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report Summary for Current 24-Hour Period
The report records a 24 hour period ending at 9 am with a high of 45 and a low of 28 degrees. Precipitation totals 0.02 inches with snow, river stage at 6.4 feet. A year ago the high was 66 and the low 27 with no precipitation.
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United States
New Industries Accelerate Growth in West Pittsburg
Springtime prosperity returns to West Pittsburg as industrial buildings fill and demand rises. Shaw-Perkins company lifts radiator output with orders stacking up, signaling a solid run ahead. Next door, West Penn Mirror polishes its prospects in a town rebooting its industrial base.
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West Pittsburg
Shaw-Perkins
Shaw-Perkins Company
The
West Penn Mirror
Robbery Ring Probed as 11 New Castle Men Questioned
Eleven young men from New Castle are detained in several jails being questioned about robberies over recent months. A trio confessed to robbing the Strauss-Hirshberg safe of 3978.94 on January 15, with burglary charges filed by Police Chief Robert D. Hanna. Police seek the Rick Motor Car Company burglary of January 23, involving 3360 and 6250 in war bonds. authorities keep details tight as one of the most quiet, cooperative investigations unfolds.
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New Castle
Strauss-Hirshberg
Robert D. Hanna
Stutz Davis
George Albert
Samuel Sams
Rick Motor Car Company
Conference Opens on Disarmament Plan at Lake Success
The United Nations prepares for the first post Geneva conference on disarmament with an 11 nation commission meeting at Lake Success starting Monday. The security council split tasks into atomic and conventional arms work, with Canada joining the atomic group. Chairman Dr. Oswaldo Aranha sets the Monday session for 3 p.m.
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Lake Success
N. Y
INS
United Nations
Geneva
Security Council
Atomic Energy Commission
Disarmament Commission
Canada
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
Prank Valenti Posts $10,000 Bond in Draft Dodging Case
Pittsburgh restaurateur Prank Sphinx Valenti, 37, appeared at the U S Marshal's office to post a $10,000 bond on federal draft dodging indictment issued after a grand jury in Erie. He also faces state charges as an accessory before the fact in the racket murder of Frank Evans and Pred Garrow on May 17.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Valenti
U. S. Marshal's Office
Wallace S. Gourley
Erie
Frank Evans
Pred Garrow
Engineman Killed In R R Yard Wreck
In Pittsburgh on March 21 an engineman was killed when a freight train collided with a switch engine in the yards. James S. Lucas, of Pittsburgh, was scalded to death and pinned in the wreckage. Conductor Louise Parce aged 42 and fireman Francis J Reilly aged 23, aboard the switch engine, were hospitalized with burns.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Pennsylvania Railroad
James S. Lucas
Louise Parce
Francis J. Reilly
House Cuts Salaries at U S Conciliation Service
The House Appropriations Committee voted to terminate the salaries of 100 conciliation service officials including director Edgar L. Warren and push their dismissal. It cites unfitness and alleged Communist ties along with exposing staff overstaffing and excessive book work. The measure accompanies a $1,685,585,780 Labor Department and Federal Security Agency budget bill for the 1948 fiscal year starting July 1.
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Washington
Mar
INS
House Appropriations Committee
U. S
Department of Labor
Federal Security Agency
Three Held After Kane Hotel Robbery Conspiracy
Kane police and state and county officers held Patsy Tornatella Albert Ferri and Robert Knapp all of Kane on charges of slugging and robbing Linus Nelson of nearly 1000 dollars. Knapp a bartender said he conspired with Tornatella and Ferri by guiding Nelson out the back door after closing while the others waited in the alley. About 775 dollars was recovered.
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Kane
Kane Poliel
Linus Nelson
Patsy Tornatella
Albert Ferri
Robert Knapp
Knapp
Tornatella
Ferri
Nelson
Students Seized By Soviets In Berlin
Berlin dispatch reports Russian plainclothes agents are seizing and removing many university students in the Soviet held zone. The disappearances alarm American British and French officials in Germany, signaling growing unease amid occupation tensions.
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London
INS
Berlin
London Daily Telegraph
Germany
Coal operator dies after pulley accident in Pennsylvania
Lawrence H. Alber 42 Morrisdale coal operator and contractor died in a Kane hospital from head injuries after a heavy pulley fell from a derrick during test drilling near Smethport. He did not regain consciousness and his body lies at a Phillipsburg funeral home awaiting burial.
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Kane
INS
Lawrence H. Alber
Morrisdale
Smethport
Alber
Phillipsburg
Seek To Trace Dynamite In Yacht Blast Mystery
Orange County investigators focus on 31 sticks of dynamite as the key to unraveling the Mary E. yacht blast deaths of Walter E. Overell and Beulah Overell. They pursue murder theories while holding Beulah Louise Overell and George R. Gollum as suspects with no formal charges.
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Santa Ana
Cal
INS
Orange County
Walter E. Overell
Beulah
Overell
Mary E
Newport Harbor
Overells
Beulah Louise
George R. Gollum
Los Angeles City College
Kieler Receives Unanimous Commander's Post Honor
Walter A Kieler World War II Navy veteran was unanimously chosen by Neshannock Post No 315 VFW as commander at the election meeting on East Washington Street. Officers named include Albert Haid senior vice commander Trevor Williams junior vice commander Joseph Lane chaplain George D Christoph Sr post advocate Charles M Marshall post surgeon James A Bell and delegates Henry Jordan Albert Haid John Day for two years Ted Galinski for one year. Alternates are Byron Hoon Frank Calabrese Trevor Williams and J Roy Jones. Installation planned soon.
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Walter A. Kieler
U. S. Navy
Neshannock Post No. 315
East Washington Street
Albert Haid
Trevor Williams
Red Cross drive final report meeting set for 4:30
Division chairmen will meet with S Glenn McCracken at the chapter house on North Beaver street this afternoon at 4 30 to submit their final Red Cross campaign report. General Chairman McCracken says indications point to an outstanding success with all divisions reporting gains in the final week. Ellwood City also reports progress and a likely strong final tally.
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S. Glenn McCracken
North
Beaver Street
Red Cross
McCracken
Ellwood City
Bevin Proposes Republican Plan For Germany
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin proposed a central republican type administration plan for Germany. Reuters dispatch from Moscow said Bevin urged a president bicameral legislature and a supreme court for postwar Germany.
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London
INS
Ernest Bevin
Germany
Reuters
Moscow
Bevin
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Dont Look Now But Springs Here
New York reports it is spring as the Sun crosses the equator at 6 13 a m EST marking the seasonal change. The Weather Bureau warned of cloudy conditions with occasional rain in New York despite the date.
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New York
Mar
INS
Weather Bureau
Almanac
New Organ To Be Dedicated At East Reynolds Street Church
The First Congregational Church on East Reynolds Street plans a March 30 dedication of a new Moller pipe organ. Rev. Thomas J. Jones leads a day of morning and evening services with guests including Dr. Wilson P. Wiston and city officials. Soloist David Harris and Mrs. John M. Evans will participate, while William J. Davis initiated the organ fund over a year ago.
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First Congregational Church
East Reynolds Street
Moller
Thomas J. Jones
Jones
Wilson P. Wiston
Congregational Churches of Pennsylvania
David Harris
Canton O
John M. Evans
D. O. Davies
Griffith Thomas
William J. Davis
Lakeland, Fla
Greece Faces Collapse Without Aid Says Acheson
Acting Secretary of State Acheson warned Congress that rejecting Truman's Greco Turkish aid plan could cause the Greek government to collapse "tomorrow" and allow a commissar to seize control in Athens. He urged swift aid to prevent a Soviet influenced outcome and aligned with Rep Judd on the stakes for US security in the region.
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Washington
Acheson
Congress
Truman
Athens
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep
Judd
Greece
Mundt
S. D
Turkey
Soviet Russia
Dardanelles
Steel mills pledge to build 10000 freight cars monthly
Director J Monroe Johnson told President Truman that U S steel mills have voluntarily agreed to supply steel for new freight cars at a rate of 10,000 per month. The program is voluntary and aims to ease the severe freight car shortage nationwide.
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Washington
Mar
J. Monroe Johnson
Truman
Johnson
Tax Reduction Bill Advances Through House Committee
The House Ways and Means committee approved a tax cut plan proposing a 30 percent income tax slash for about 20 million low income taxpayers and a 20 percent cut for an additional 28 million. The measure would cost the government roughly 3.886 billion dollars in revenue and moves to the House for passage.
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Washington
INS
House
Ways and Means
Mar
Rep
Knutson
Bidault May Lose Post If France Government Crisis Deepens
French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault said he may have to leave Moscow in a few days if France’s political crisis worsens over Indochina. A parliamentary vote on military credits is due tomorrow and, if the cabinet falls, Bidault would likely remain foreign minister only if a new government forms. He spoke in a private briefing after a Kremlin meeting with Stalin, being the sole visiting allied diplomat to be received thus far.
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Moscow
INS
Georges Bidault
France
Indochina
Bidault
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Pennsylvanian Engineman Killed by High Tension Wire
S I Little of Tyrone was killed instantly when he touched a high tension wire on a locomotive water tank near Harrisburg. The shock threw him into a locomotive stoker. crew freed him after two hours. Coroner S J Roberts cited instantaneous death with burns and injuries to the right side back feet and left arm.
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Harrisburg
Mar
S. I. Little
Tyrone
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dauphin County
S. J. Roberts
Little
Roberts
McNutt and Roxas Sign Philippine American Defense Pact
President Manuel Roxas and U S Ambassador Paul V McNutt signed a mutual assistance treaty in Manila granting the United States strategic bases in the Philippine Islands. The pact takes effect immediately and aims to integrate Philippine defenses with the U S network in the western Pacific. Reports say as many as 10 000 Filipinos may train in the United States as military pilots for the enlarged Philippine Air Force.
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Manila
INS
Manuel Roxas
U.S
Paul V.mcnutt
Malacanan Palace
United States
Philippine Islands
Western Pacific
Philippine Army Air Corps
Ask Permit For New Bridge At Lowellville
The U S District Engineer office announced Mahoning County Ohio has applied for permission to build a four span highway bridge across the Mahoning river at Third street Lowellville O In this connection the tentative location of locks and dam No 6 of the proposed Lake Erie Ohio River canal has been changed to a location about 1350 feet upstream The Army Engineers office announced
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Pittsburgh
INS
U. S. District Engineer
Mahoning County
Ohio
Mahoning River
Third Street
Lowellville
Army Engineer
Interurban Car Kills 60YearOld Man in Pittsburgh Area
The county coroner reports George Moses, 60, of Mollenauer, was fatally struck by an interurban street car last night. He was trapped beneath the vehicle for about 20 minutes before dying at Mercy hospital.
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Pittsburgh
INS
George Moses
Death notices list Ellwood City residents aged 55 to 85
Obituaries name Mrs. Elmer E. Hazen 85 of 120 Hazel Avenue Ellwood City and others including Harry H. Taylor 66 103 Terrace Avenue Nunziato Giardini 76 723 South Mill Street Jane Ballentine 76 Epworth Street Guiseppe Pauline 69 Shadyside Ignatius Zaremba 55 Elmwood Street Roger Abinader age three 106 East Long Avenue and John Samuel Pierson 81 Wampum.
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Elmer E. Hazen
Hazel Avenue
Ellwood City
Harry H. Taylor
Terrace Avenue
Nunziato Giardini
South Mill Street
Jane McCallion Ballentine
Epworth Street
Guiseppe Pauline
Shadyside
Ignatius Zaremba
Elmwood Street
Roger Abinader
East Long Avenue
John Samuel Pierson
Wampum
French Minister Signals No Torpedoing of Moscow Parley
Moscow reports quote French Foreign Minister Bidault saying he does not intend to wreck the talks with the Big Four while bargaining for France. U S officials reiterate Secretary Marshall’s demand that Germany’s liberties be guaranteed before the treaty takes effect.
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Bidault
Moscow
Georges Bidault
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Germany
France
Body Of Missing Boy Found In Burlington Pine Grove
The body of Edward Flynn Jr., 12, was found in a pine grove in Burlington Mass. He had been missing since Wednesday after leaving a band rehearsal at Burlington grammar school. Police and Detective Crescie say the death appears to be a sex crime.
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Burlington
Mass
Edward Flynn, Jr
Burlington Grammar School
Joseph Crescie
Italy And France Sign New Treaty
France and Italy signed a treaty of friendship. Italy pledges to help reconstruct postwar France by sending 200 thousand laborers this year to aid in repairing war damage.
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Rome
INS
France
Italy
Gentle Spring Arrives With Shimmering White Garb
The article notes Spring changing her mind about attire, swapping the usual green for shimmering white as cooler weather arrives. It describes Winter's imps receding and records a temperature of forty four as Spring at last arrives.
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Daily Weather Report
Plan Conference On Disarmament
R.R. Yard
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Mile
Francoise Foucault
House Committee
Neshannock
Kieler
V. F. W. Post
Bulletin
Hollywood
Jean Pierre Aumont
Maria Montez
Doreen Mulvey
Portland
Ore
Bob Bohannon
International Soundphoto
N.S
Pennsy
Kingsbury Smith
Marshall Adamant
Arthur Mometer
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