Pa Newe Observes Road Work and Local Happenings
Widening and resurfacing of the Sharon to Mercer highway progresses amid recent rains and dusty streets in the district. A 25 year old dove owned by Jack Fulkerson is noted as possibly the oldest of its kind in the county. A sedan with a rear truck plate and a station wagon with an upside down plate were seen downtown. War memorials are being removed for intersection work at Sampson and Grant. Azalea bushes at 1306 Delaware avenue are described as unusually tall and bloom-rich. Temperature swung from 72 to 26 degrees overnight. Mrs. Sarah Booher killed a live snake after her cat brought it into her daughter's yard. Local business owners advance a renovation spree including refacing a building on East Washington street and new street line painting. A rabbit nest appears in W J Kinnard’s yard.
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Sampson and
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Patence
Sarah Booker
Savannah Road
Warren Leiccht
East Washington Street
Court Street
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics show a 24 hour period ending 9 am with a maximum 72 and minimum 36 temperatures, 0.07 inches precipitation, and a river stage of 6.3 feet. For the previous 24 hours ending Sunday 9 am the high was 68 and the low 49 with no precipitation.
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United States
House Debates Inducting 18-Year-Olds For One Year Service
Washington May 24. A House battle over inducting 18-year-olds for one year of military service looms as Rule Committee prepares a draft measure for mid week. The Senate backs 19 to 25 year olds for two years and plans voluntary enlistment with a 161000 quota. Rep. Kilday predicts spirited debate on the proposal.
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INS
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Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Kilday
Tex
First Woman Nominated to FCC Frieda Hennock
President Truman nominated Frieda B. Hennock of New York as a member of the Federal Communications Commission for a seven year term starting July 1. Hennock, an attorney, succeeds Clifford Durr and becomes the FCC’s first woman appointee.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Frieda B. Hennock
New York
Federal Communications Commission
Miss Hennock
Clifford Durr
FCC
Hadassah Hospital Destroyed in Jerusalem War
Arab Legion forces devastated Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital built by American Zionist women. The assault, part of ongoing violence, killed Dr Haim Yasski and other staff in April, with 15 hours of shelling last week reducing X ray, operating theatres, and radium institute to rubble.
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Jerusalem
INS
Hadassah Hospital
Abdullah
Haim Yasski
Mount Scopus
Hadassah
Arab Legion
Eli Davis
International News Service
Packing House Workers Return to Jobs After Long Strike
About 99 000 workers resume duties at Armour Cudahy and Swift with no immediate meat price drop. Wilson & Co continues 70th day pickets as violence fears prompt police guard. Livestock flow at Chicago Union Stockyards nears normal amid a tight supply period after the long strike. Minor vehicle fire incident reported on Jefferson street.
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INS
Wilson & Co
Wilson
Armour
Cudahy
Swift
George Dressler
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
Death notices listed for Dorothy Leonhardt Temenski Pizor Urbanic
Death records show Dorothy Louise Leonhardt age nine months of Volant R D 3. Victor Temenski age 61 of 413 Carl Street. Oran G Pizor age 80 of Butler. Peter Urbanic age 75 of R D 7.
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R. D
Volant
Victor Temenski
Carl Street
Oran G. Pizor
Butler
Peter Urbanic
Explosions Hit Jewish Quarters as Arab Legion Advances
Reuters dispatch from Jerusalem on May 24 reports Arab dynamite squads demolishing Jewish buildings and advancing house by house while Hagannah and Irgun fighters defend the Notre Dame Hospice. The battle trenches extend into tunnels as artillery shells crater walls and armored cars patrol the streets.
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Irgun
Holy City
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Notre Dame
Old City
Truman Plans Five Speeches During West Coast Tour
The White House announced President Truman will travel by train in early June to deliver five major speeches. The sequence includes Chicago on June 4 addressing displaced persons, Omaha on June 5 with a undecided topic, Seattle on June 10 covering hydro electric development and reclamation, Berkeley on June 12 discussing foreign policy, and Los Angeles on June 14 before the Greater Los Angeles Press Club with the topic still undecided.
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Omaha
Seattle
University of California At Berkeley
Greater
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Chrysler wages talks resume after 13 day strike
Governor Kim Sigler said Chrysler Corp and United Automotive Workers CIO officials will meet next Wednesday in Detroit to resume negotiations in a private, neutral setting after a 13 day strike. He announced the move in Lansing.
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Midh
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Kim Sigler
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
Uvaw-Cio
Detroit
Navy Man Dies of Wounds in Jerusalem
United States officials in Jerusalem sought to determine the nationalities of those responsible for the deaths of two Americans in the Arab Jewish conflict. Navy Chief Engineman Herbert M. Walker of Dallas died from machine gun fire after Consul General Thomas C. Wasson was killed by a sniper in Jerusalem. Consular guard Thomas Gannon was reported out of danger. The killer’s identity remained unknown with Ganonn among the wounded. Ha galah claims Wasson was killed by an Arab.
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INS
United States
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Navy
Herbert M. Walker
Dallas
Tex
Walker
U. S
Thomas C. Wasson
Thomas Gannon
State Department
Wasson
Haganah
Jewish Fighting Agency
Creek Dredging Plan Approved by City Council
Council met at city hall with Solicitor Robert White noting receipt of approval from the State Power and Resources board for changes in Noshnanock creek channel. An ordinance authorizing the changes was adopted and engineering plans for dredging the creek between South Jefferson and South Mill street bridges will be drafted and sent to the state board for approval.
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State Power and Resources Board
Noshannock Creek
James Gibson
South Jefferson
South Mill Street
State Board
State Highway Department
Grove Street
South Jefferson Street
Gibson
Service Stations In Seventh Ward Reported Robbed
Two seventh ward service stations were broken into Saturday night. Cigarettes and a flashlight were stolen from the Grace station at Madison avenue and Liberty street. Fifteen dollars cash was taken from the Lapore station on Madison avenue. A dog barked at four a.m., police believe that marked the burglary.
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Body found in woods. coroner cites natural causes
Pittsburgh reports that John F. Gilchrist, 57, of East McKeesport, was found dead in the woods by boys. The coroner said death resulted from natural causes. Gilchrist had been missing since Tuesday.
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Pittsburgh
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East McKeesport
Sabath urges curb on British use of U.S. aid in Palestine crisis
Rep. Sabath of Illinois asks Rep. Taber to insert a ban on diverted American foreign aid funds to support Trans-Jordan and other Arab states in the Palestine conflict. He notes the American people did not intend aid to back Arab armies and calls for safeguards in the foreign aid bill amid European recovery programs.
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Sabath
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Taber
N. Y
House Appropriations Committee
House
Middle East
Dayton man kills wife and two sons then dies in fire
Preliminary investigation reports William O. Stump 37 beat his wife 38 and sons Harry 12 Dale 10 to death with a baseball bat then set fire to their home and killed himself with a shotgun. Coroner says autopsy pending. A psychiatrist says Stump was a dangerous paranoiac but Mrs Stump refused commitment papers.
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Harry
Dale
Otis Crane
Stump
A. P. McDonald
Crane
McDonald
James Rust
Dayton News
Howard Campbell
Dayton
Ohio
Man And Wife Plunge To Death In Chicago Hotel
A north side Chicago hotel ninth floor room saw a man and a woman, identified as Harry and Laurena Grundy of Taylorville Illinois, plunge to their deaths after crashing through an unopened window. A passerby found the bodies on the sidewalk. police noted no struggle and that Grundy, an attorney, was in pajamas while his wife wore a house coat. The couple had checked in the previous night.
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Chicago
INS
North Side
Harry
Laurena Grundy
Taylorville
Fromers
Grundy
Bethel Baby Counts Grandparents in Extended Family
Constance Goodrich, a one month old baby in Bethel Vermont, is noted as having 11 grandparents, among them her great-grandmother Mrs. Nellie Robinson, in a brief family notice.
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Bethel
Constance Goodrich
Nellie Robinson
Baccalaureates Held Across Lawrence County High Schools
A total of 527 seniors from ten Lawrence County high schools attended Sunday evening baccalaureate services in their respective school buildings. The events featured sermons by local pastors with district ministers assisting. two schools, New Castle Senior and Shenango, plan next Sunday's ceremonies. Ellwood City and Bessemer both held services with their classes, Ellwood City hosting Rev. H A Haskins and Bessemer with Rev. Harry L. Johnston.
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Lawrence County
New Castle Senior High
Shenango High
Ellwood City
H. A. Haskins
Free Methodist Church of
Bessemer Bessemer High School
Harry L. Johnston
City Wage Tax Hearing Set For Tuesday
Council schedules a 10 a m hearing Tuesday on an ordinance to allow a city wage tax. If approved, the tax would be levied in October with final adoption planned in November after advertisement and review.
Brannan Named New U S Secretary of Agriculture
Charles Franklin Brannan, assistant secretary of agriculture, is named to succeed Clinton P. Anderson as secretary after Anderson resigns to run for the Democratic Senate seat in New Mexico.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Charles Franklin Brannan
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
New Mexico
Edenburg Woman Wounded in Family Shooting Incident
Alfonso Minutello 36 of Edenburg is jailed after allegedly firing a rifle at his sister-in-law Madeline Deerfield 32, striking her calf and injuring Mrs. Deerfield near her home. Deerfield was hospitalized. gun found at Minutello’s house. investigation by state police.
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Alfonso Minutello
Edenburg
Madeline Deerfield
Minutello
New Castle Hospital
Walter List
Deerfield
Four Fatalities In Mercer County
Mercer County reports four deaths over the weekend including three highway fatalities and one tractor accident. Victims: George Popovitch 59 near Sharon died when his tractor overturned during plowing. Charles Daugherty 24 of West Philadelphia fatally injured when a truck he rode in left the highway. Frank Thompson 74 of Jamestown killed when his car left the road. Frank Aubel 20 of Fredonia died in a two car collision near Fredonia.
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Mercer
INS
Mercer County
George Popovitch
Sharon
Charles Daugherty
West Philadelphia
Frank Thompson
Jamestown
Frank Aubel
Fredonia
Defenders Of Old Walled City Still Hold Out
Jewish fighters inside Jerusalem’s old walled city resist eleven days of Arab Legion assaults. Fuel food and water shortages worsen as casualties mount and morgues fill. Refugees compare the siege to the Warsaw Ghetto with the Wailing Wall spared as it is a Muslim shrine.
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Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Jewish Agency
Abdullah
Holy
Warsaw Ghetto
Dewey May Lead Stassen By 10,000 In Oregon Vote
Observers predicted a final Oregon preferential primary victory for New York Governor Thomas F. Dewey over Harold E. Stassen by about 10 000 votes with only a few upstate precincts left. Early tally gave Dewey 111 657 to Stassen 102 419 and a 9 238 vote edge.
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Portland
Ore
INS
New York
Thomas F. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Oregon
Upstate
Dewey
Stassen
Mayor orders police to clean out gangs on West Washington
Mayor John F. Haven told Police on Sunday to clear out the gangs after reports that they blocked pedestrians and insulted people on West Washington Street between Beaver and Shenango Streets.
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John F. Haven
West Washington Street
Beaver
Shenango Streets
Auto work leads to window damage and theft on city streets
Russell Baldwin reports his car on East North street was left for maintenance on midnight. Three windows were broken and the top damaged along with theft of the horns and ransacking of the vehicle. In a separate incident Milton Ponder’s car at the Spur station on East Washington street had its fender skirts stolen after being parked in the rear. He told police Saturday night.
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Russell Baldwin
East North Street
North Diamond Way
Milton Ponder
Ellwood City
East Washington Street
Arab-Israel cease-fire bid faces renewed fighting in Palestine
Cairo reports signal Britain seeks Arab agreement on truce but urges a reasonable time. Arab aircraft bomb Tel Aviv as Arab states vow to ignore UN cease-fire demand. Israeli orders halt fighting by 8 p.m. local time, while battles rage around Jerusalem and other areas. Dr. Herzog notes scarce water and hundreds of unburied dead in Kfar Etzyon as Arabs threaten Jerusalem approaches.
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Great Britain
Tel Aviv
Israel
Jerusalem
Security Council
Baghdad
Palestine
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Haganah
Kfar Ariya
Arab Legion
Isaac Herzog
Holy
Herzog
Kfar Etzyon
United Nation
United States
Duke’s Pup Arthur Mometer A Dalmatian Tale
A playful note on Arthur Mometer the Duke's young Dalmatian pup. Describes the lively, friendly puppy found at present in a box, with a kennel ready outside as he grows. Mentions the dog’s size, appetite, and home setting on a sixty seven day.
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