Acheson to Brief Congress in Closed London Report
Secretary of State Acheson will give a full report in a closed joint session of Congress on May 31 about the London meeting of the Big Three foreign ministers. Senate leaders announced after a White House meeting with President Truman and Democratic chiefs. Acheson will also privately report to the President.
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Congress
Washington
INS
Acheson
London
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
White House
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Texas
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Atlantic Pact
Senate Committee
Giant clock installation starts above West Side substation
Work on the installation of the giant clock above the West Side substation of the Power Company has begun with workers climbing the steel structure. Sidewalk foremen watch the scene as the town notes the event. The piece continues with reports of diploma ceremonies at Lincoln Ellwood City Union and Harlansburg high schools and reflections on aging cars reappearing on city streets.
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West Side
Power Company
Lincoln High School
Ellwood City
Union High School
Harlansburg High
Daily Weather Report Partly Cloudy with Showers
Partly cloudy with scattered showers this evening and a low around 55 degrees. Tomorrow will be fair and warmer. The 24 hour period ended 9 am today shows a max 78 and min 54 with 0.50 inches of precipitation. River stage at 5.9 feet. A year ago on the same date the max was 75 and min 56 with 0.65 inches of rainfall.
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United States
Five Generations Featured In Local Family Portraits
Mrs. Blanche Lewis of 5 North Front Street hosts two five generation pictures totaling 209 years in the top group and 209 years nine months in the bottom. The circle includes Robert Locke 22, Raymond Locke 43, Walter Street 13, Larry Locke 2, great grandmother Blanche Lewis 81, grandmother Bess Lewis Spath 61, and Dale Locke 23, Edward Locke, daughter Eileen nine months, with Blanche Lewis and Bess Spath also shown as generations.
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Blanche Lewis
North Front Street
Lewis
Robert Locke
Edenburg
Raymond Locke
Walter Street
Bob
Larry Locke
Bess Lewis Spath
Tempelena Avenue
Dale Locke
Frew Mill Road
Edward Locke
Dale
Eileen
Hope For Early Solution Of U N Chinese Impasse
Lake Success reports brighten hopes for an early resolution of the U N Chinese issue as President Truman reaffirms faith in the organization. Lie plans talks with Truman and Acheson, while pressing for peace negotiations and Moscow’s withdrawal of Nanking from U N ranks.
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U.N
Lake Success
N. J
Truman
United Nations
Congress
U. N
Trygve Lie
Mr. Truman
Acheson
Former Lustron Head Cannot Repay Personal Loans
Carl G. Strandlund former Lustron president says he cannot pay about 15.5 million in RFC personal loans. He filed an answer in U S district court as Lustron faces foreclosure for 37.5 million. The plant is in receivership and to be auctioned June 6 after Strandlund was fired from a 50 thousand a year post.
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Columbus
INS
Carl G. Strandlund
Lustron Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Strandlund
U. S. District Court
RFC
Lustron
Dewey Denies Bid for Third Term Rumors
Governor Dewey's office in Albany denied reports that he told National Republican leaders he will run for a third term. The denial comes as speculation swirls around the 1948 campaign and party leadership weighs next moves.
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Albany
N. Y
INS
Dewey
Explosion at South Amboy Dock Kills 31. Coast Guard Probes Origin
New York May 23 The cause of the South Amboy blast remained undetermined after a second day of coast guard hearings in New York. Four witnesses testified while rail experts Harry A. Campbell and J. J. McDermott offered a guess that a dropped case of anti personnel mines might have triggered the explosion, though McDermott cautioned it was only a guess and ruled out a fire as the initiator.
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New York
INS
South Amboy
New Jersey City
Coast Guard
American Association of Railroads
Harry A. Campbell
J. J. McDermott
McDermott
Congress Aims to Adjourn by August First
Congressional leaders set August 1 as a target date for adjournment. Acting House Majority Leader Priest says there is an unofficial understanding to finish by the end of July, but no definite date or certainty that both chambers will clear their decks in time.
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Washington
House
Priest
Spectators Lose Big Sum At Kentucky Cockfight Pit
In Henderson Kentucky six masked bandits robbed spectators at a cockfight pit Sunday forcing them to surrender trousers and cash between 30 000 and 50 000. About 25 men were held up and a stolen car was later found abandoned nearby. One victim Herschel McClain Evansville Indiana identified bandits took 1500 to 2000 of his money and a diamond ring was threatened.
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Henderson
INSI
Herschel McClain
Evansville
Ind
East German Communists Not To Overrun All Berlin
French sources report United Nations secretary General Trygve Lie was told by Russians they would restrain East German Communists from trying to overrun Western Berlin at Whitsuntide. Lie said Soviet leaders pledged to prevent serious trouble during the May 27 28 weekend as propaganda had claimed 500 000 Communist youths would march on the city.
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Kingsbury Smith
International News Service
Paris
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Berlin
Whitsuntide
Lie
Moscow
Stalin
France
London
Mass Grave Probed in Displaced Persons Camp
U S officials in Stuttgart investigate a mass grave in a displaced persons camp, possibly holding 100 to 300 Russian refugees killed for refusing repatriation. J H Campbell of the D P branch said the probe followed a revived report from Ukrainian camp inmates about a long-rumored 1945 liquidation by the Soviet repatriation mission.
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Stuttgart
INS
U. S
J. H. Campbell
D. P
U. S. High Commission
Russia
Open Talks To Avert Strike Of Switchmen
The government begins peace talks to avert a 6,000 switchmen strike on 10 western and mid western railroads. The National Mediation Board will hold a 10 day postponement of the walkout. Chairman Francis A. O Neill and Thad Scott meet AFL switchmen's union chief Arthur J. Glover and Western carriers chair Daniel Loomis.
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Washington
INS
National Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill
Thad Scott
Arthur J. Glover
AFL
Switchmen’s Union
Daniel P. Loomis
Western Carriers Conference Committee
Girl Taken From Brookville Found In Campbell Ohio
Mrs. Josephine Litch Martz seeks legal advice to press charges after 28 month old Shirley Ann was taken Sat from Brookville and found yesterday at the Bednerik home in Campbell Ohio. Jefferson county DA says charges may be dropped as Pennsylvania law allows parents to reclaim the child.
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Brookville
INS
Josephine Litch Martz
Andrew
Althea Bednerik
Shirley Ann
Bednerik
Campbell
Bedneriks
Brooksville
Martz
Death Notices for Three Local Women
Mrs. Michelina O Kuzo, 74, of 524 East Sutton Street, Mrs. Bruno Attisano, 51, of West Pittsburg, and Mrs. Frank Studnicki, 44, of 660 Boston Avenue are listed in the death record dated May 23, 1950. The notices provide ages and residence details for each deceased.
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Michelina O’kuzo
East
Sutton Street
Bruno Attisano
Pittsburg
Frank Studnicki
Boston Avenue
UN Secretary General Starts Fresh Peace Mission Talks
U N Secretary General Trygve Lie arrives from Paris after visiting Moscow and plans talks with British leaders Bevin Attlee and then President Truman in Washington. Paris agency claims a 20 year peace plan outline was presented. officials deny any formal proposals were made.
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London
INS
U.U. N
Trygve Lie
Paris
Stalin
Moscow
Lie
Bevin
Attlee
Washington
Truman
Fendi
Big Four
Wilder Foot
GM and CIO UAW Reach Pension Agreement for 260000 Workers
Detroit May 23 reports say General Motors Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers have reached a pension plan agreement covering 260000 hourly workers. The deal, announced as a bulletin, outlines retirement and benefit terms for the large workforce.
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Detroit
INS
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Three Guilty Of Bookmaking In Brooklyn Raid
Brooklyn jury convicts Samuel Jacobs Joseph Sacco and Joseph Gross in an early morning tobacco shop raid tied to police gambler links. District Attorney Miles F. McDonald investigators say the three face up to one year on each of several counts. Judge Louis Goldstein calls the verdict a warning to racketeers.
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New York
INS
Brooklyn
Helfand
King’s County
Miles F. McDonald
Louis Goldstein
Samuel Jacobs
Joseph Sacco
Joseph Gross
Murder Of Girl In Millville Remains Unsolved
The murder of Lorra ine Hess in Millville New Jersey stays unsolved as police say their eighth suspect Robert John Albert a 31 year old chemist and church choir member was in bed at home the night she was strangled while his alibi remains unshaken after more than 24 hours of questioning.
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Millville
N. J
INS
Pretty Lorraine Hess
Robert John Albert
Presbyterian Assembly Denounces Mercy Killings
The 162nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States voted against legalizing mercy killings or euthanasia. A Chester, Pennsylvania delegation sponsored the resolution arguing such acts violate the commandment thou shalt not kill and would invite dangerous practices.
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Presbyterian Assembly
Cincinnati
INS
162Nd
General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church of the United States of America
Chester
Youth Plunges 22 Stories To Death In Chicago
A 26 year old former Marquette University student leaped from the Lucien Lelong building on Michigan Avenue in full view of shoppers, plunging 22 stories to his death. Police identified him as Joseph Donald Amieuce of Sterling Illinois, an overseas Army veteran and Marquette engineering junior who withdrew March 15.
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Chicago
INS
Marquette University
Michigan Avenue
Joseph Donald Amieuce
Sterling, II
Marquette
Milwaukee
Lucien Lelong
Francis
Joseph
Greek government strikers ordered to return to work
In Athens on May 23, Interior Minister George Papandreou ordered senior government employees to resume duties or face resignation. The cabinet moved to draft striking ground staff for the government airline while bank clerks canceled their planned strike and telecom workers went back to work with overtime pay promises.
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Athens
INS
Greece
George Papandreou
Rotary Fetes Honor Students At New Castle
New Castle high school honors graduates of the class of 1950 were guests of the Rotary club at a noon luncheon at The Castleton. Dr. Robert A. Galbreath urged use of talents for good, praising Merritt W. Reynolds of New Castle and Westminster College who died on Iwo Jima, as an example for the graduates.
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New Castle High School
New Castle
New Castle High
Westminster College
Iwo Jima
Turnpike bids total 4.66 million for western extension
Unofficial bids totaling 4,658,438 were submitted to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for 7.09 miles of western extension. Harrison Construction Co. bids 2,236,367 for 3.15 miles in Allegheny county. Patterson Construction 2,422,071 for 3.94 miles in Allegheny county. Webster and Webster 699,862 to supply fencing. Commission opens three more bids May 31. only two sections remain after this set.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Harrison Construction Co
Pittsburgh
Hampton
West Deer
Indiana Townships
Allegheny County
Patterson Construction Co
Monongahela
Indiana Township
Webster and Webster, Inc
East Hartford
Conn
Note Delivered to Moscow by Three Nations
The United States Britain and France demanded Moscow dissolve the Sovietized German army in its zone in Germany. Ambassador Alan G. Kirk delivered the note with parallel messages from Britain and France. They labeled the force as a militarized unit violating Yalta Potsdam accords and jeopardizing postwar peace assurances.
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Moscow
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Alan G. Kirk
London
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
State Court Upholds Cigarette Tax Law
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld an act of 1935 as amended in 1947, affirming penalties for possessing untaxed cigarettes. A. D. Flickinger of Allentown was penalized in 1948 for 322 cartons lacking tax stamps, arguing the statutes violated interstate commerce laws.
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Harrisburg
INS
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
High Tribunal
A. D. Flickinger
Allentown
Lehigh County
Flickinger
Garden Time Opens in Warm 70 Degree Day
Arthur Memeter urges readers to oil rakes and hoes, plant seeds, and tend tomatoes and squash. He advises grabbing straw hat and worn pants, painting thumbs green, and starting work as fine weather invites garden hobbyists to begin.
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Lieat Lake Success
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Schumann
MRP
Bidault
Kentucky
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C.I.C
Bing
Acme
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Scotland
Bing Crosby
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Crosby
J. K. Wilson
Rotary
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John A. Reichmann
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