08 Nov 1949
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1949
Page
1
Law rence County faces a heavy voter turnout with noon readings of 25 to 30 percent. Weather is favorable and most ballots are expected after 4 p m as workers finish shifts. Polls stay open until eight while precinct boards tally and judges move boxes to the courthouse for final counting.
Youngstown Sheet & Tube company plan exploratory talks with the CIO United Steelworkers in Youngstown aimed at ending a 39 day strike. Manager Herman J. Spoerer and two CIO USW representatives meet at 2 p m EST with no immediate settlement expected. The firm employs about 19 100 workers across nine plants in three states.
It is Election Day with clear skies and mild early morning temps. James Uber reports a large Rhode Island Red egg laid Sunday on A T Jennings farm, describing a seven inch mid circumference and 734 inch end circumference, plus several eggs measuring 5 and 6 inches.
Lewistown Pennsylvania drivers and mechanics walked off the job today after the company moved to cut wages for the second time in five months. The disruption follows a contemporaneous labor action in the region as workers demand restoration of pay.
New York voters decide a high profile U S Senate contest as ex governor Herbert Lehman seeks defeat of Republican John Foster Dulles. Analysts forecast Lehman margin from fifty thousand to two hundred fifty thousand amid cross currents in an off year vote.
Washington reports that Federal Mediation Director Cyrus Ching will meet with a steel company captive mine representative this afternoon as part of a mediation plan. Momentum centers on Illinois producers joining Wednesday talks to end John L. Lewis's bid for separate peace talks with coal operators.
Elections unfold in more than a dozen states a year after Truman victory. Key races include New York Senate, New Jersey and Virginia governorships, and local contests. Campaign leaders Boyle and Gabrielson vote and plan trips with calm anticipation.
Fair skies and mild temperatures greeted early voters in Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia weather forecast called for continuing sunshine with readings between 65 and 70 degrees across most of the commonwealth, with a few chilly spots along the northern border.
Firemen battled flames for 13 hours at the Portsmouth federal penitentiary near Kingston Ontario. Guards cordoned the cell block as investigators cited defective wiring. Convicts remained orderly throughout the blaze and control was established.
Secretary of State Acheson plans to discuss a Japanese peace treaty during talks in Paris with British and French foreign ministers this week. The discussions, seen as a continuation of September Washington talks, may include recognizing the Chinese Communist regime, Yugoslav leader Tito, and renewed European economic integration.
Manila reports describe a bitter presidential election with at least 16 killed and many wounded in shootings ballot box raids kidnappings and terror incidents across about 40 cities as 4 000 000 voters went to the polls. President Quirino seeks re election opposing Jose Laurel and Jose Avelino in a fractured Liberal party race.
Secretary of State Dean Acheson arrives in Paris for a major three power meeting with preliminary talks held at Orly Field. He is joined by 14 State Department aides and will meet U S and allied officials including Bevin and Schuman as formal sessions begin tomorrow.
Election returns will be broadcast tonight from The News office in collaboration with Radio Station WKST starting at 9 o clock. Polls close at 8. Workers should telephone returns to The News as precincts finalize. Ballot boxes will be returned to the courthouse after counting. The News exchange number is 4000.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky is said to have presented a memorandum on the cold war to Secretary of State Acheson in New York. The aide memoire reportedly centers on German unity the Austrian peace treaty and related Cold War issues and may prefigure pressure for early foreign ministers council meeting.
Gold fever grips Castaic as anticipation builds for a Bakersfield laboratory assay. Prospecting behind the Screwball Cafe near Palomas Canyon recalls 1849 activity, with a nugget once valued at $2400 in the 1880s and yellow flakes reportedly found underground.
Infant Audrey Lee Wojtowicz of Moravia Street and Infant Danish of South Bay Street are listed among deceased. John Urban Sr aged 75 of Superior Street and Oscar Lawrence Gettings aged 30 near Frizleburg are also noted in this death record.
Philadelphia voters head to the polls to elect major Row Officers in a crucial general election. Estimates pegged turnout around 800000 of 1038139 eligible voters amid strong Republican registrations and Democratic hopes the tax scandal and city hall criticisms sway independents.
Washington, Nov. 8. The chairman of the House Un American Activities Committee said outside sources are trying to purge him from Congress by backing a candidate to oppose his renomination in the Ninth Georgia district. He noted two or three young men were approached and promised ample financial backing if they ran.
J&L Steel reaches a contract with the CIO United Steelworkers sending 25,000 workers back to their posts, as one third of the nation’s striking steelworkers begin returning to work. Bethlehem Steel and about 45 smaller firms had already announced settlements with the USW. The agreement, effective at 3 p.m. EST, signals broader terms likely in the coming days.
A Secret report from behind the iron curtain and the appointment of a Soviet marshal as Polish army chief signal Moscow aims to unite its satellites into a counter force to the North Atlantic pact. Diplomatic circles view a Russian dominated Eastern European general staff council as the next step in European military planning.
A call to citizens from age eighteen to twenty one urged to participate in the election. The piece stresses filling a polling booth with paper ballots and pencils to choose those who will serve, reinforcing duty to vote and the democratic process.
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