Marshall Met by President at Washington Airport
Secretary of State Marshall returns from Paris for talks with President Truman on China and Europe. The two leaders greet at the airport as Marshall declines to discuss UN Security Council matters or the Berlin blockade, citing ongoing discussions.
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Washington
Marshall
Paris
Air
Truman
Robert G. Nixon
State
Mr. Truman
Key West
Fla
China
Europe
United Nations Security Council
Berlin
Robert Lovett
E. Marshall
United Nations
Charles E. Bohlen
State Department
Bohlen
Adm
William E. Leahy
Pa Newe Observes and Sights in Town
A Sunday walk reveals flying insects in warm air and a report of a worm killer. A westward procession with a large group moves through the city on Saturday afternoon as Christmas tree sales loom district wide. Building activity in Lawrence county shows many new homes under construction this season following strong past years.
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Pa Newe
Lawrence County
Daily Weather Report for 24 Hour Periods
United States weather statistics show for the period ending 9 a.m. today a maximum of 56 and a minimum of 39 with no precipitation. For the prior 24 hours ending Sunday 9 a.m. the high was 62 and low 31 with 0.18 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Fire destroys Miller home after explosion in utility room
A blast from an exploding stove in the Miller family's utility room near New Castle sparked a fire that gutted their one and a half story home on the New Castle Ellwood road. Damages exceed $8,000 as eight people, including six children, fled with only the clothes on their backs. Firefighters from Shenango Township East New Castle Castlewood and Slippery Rock Township battled the blaze amid water shortages.
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Orville Miller
R.D. 1
New Castle
New Castle-Ellwood Road
Miller
Shenango Township
East New Castle
Castlewood
Slippery Rock Township
Geneva College President Dr. M. M. Pearce Dies
Dr. M. M. Pearce, 1874 1923 Geneva College president, died at 7 am in Providence General Hospital Beaver Falls after a heart attack on November 20. Survived by wife Carrie McKaig Pearce, two sons Robert Melville and John McKaig, daughter Mrs Kenneth Saxton, and three grandchildren. body to Geneva College campus for wake.
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M. M. Pearce
Geneva College
Providence General Hospital
Beaver Falls
Bellvue
Pearce
Reformed Presbyterian Seminary
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Geneva
Carrie McKaig Pearce
Robert Melville Pearce
Chicago
John McKaig Pearce
Kenneth Saxton
Beaver Waldress
Miners Return to Work Restores Pittsburgh Coal Mines
About 1,100 miners at Montour No 10 Library and Westland near Canonsburg resumed work restoring operations at Pittsburgh Coal Co mines. In sympathy with a November 9 walkout over an extra helper issue, roughly 4,000 miners were out, with 2,900 returning by Friday.
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Pittsburgh
Montour No. 10
Library
Westland
Canonsburg
Pittsburgh Coal Co
Somers
Belle Vernon
Father fatally shot by son in hunting mishap
Jersey Shore Pa. Nov. 22 In an accidental shooting the Lycoming County coroner said Harry F. Fulkrod headshot occurred when his son Philip 16 crossed into his line of fire during a rabbit hunt.
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Jersey Shore
INS
Lycoming Ae
Clarence L. Mar- Martin
Harry F. Fulkrod
Philip
Falkrod
First Draftees Leave For Camp This Morning
The first draftees under the Selective Service Act depart this morning by Pennsylvania Railroad to Pittsburgh to be sworn in and sent to training camps. From City Board 87 are Thomas Allen Batten Robert Aker Allshouse Sam Anlo Esposito and Donald Richard Gardner. County Board 86 lists James Andrew Elliott Frank Rendas Michael Pistachio Garland Houk Robert Lowry Jr Stephen Lawer Jr. Officials note no further calls are expected soon and some men were examined at the main recruiting station this month.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Citizens Committee
Thomas Allen Batten
Robert Aker Allshouse
Sam Anlo Esposito
Donald Richard Ardner
County Board
James Andrew Elliott
Frank Rendas
Michael Carl Pistachio
Garland Lyle Houk
Robert F. Lowry, Jr
Stephen J. Lawer, Jr
New Castle
Possibility Of Break In Dock Strike Is Seen
Federal officials renewed negotiations in a new spirit of optimism as a possible break in the eastern seaboard dock strike loomed within 48 hours. The New York Shipping Association held a standby meeting awaiting a call for a joint session with the AFL International Longshoremen's Union led by Joseph P. Ryan. A 125-man union negotiating team was in New York, while a truckers strike crippled railway freight deliveries and prompted the Pennsylvania Railroad to embargo New York bound less than carload shipments.
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New York
INS
Eastern Seaboard
New York Shipping Association
William N. Margolis
U. S. Conciliation and Mediation Service
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL International Longshoremen’s Union
Pennsylvania Railroad
President Truman Faces Morning House Move Trouble
President Truman's staff moved his possessions from the White House to Blair House while renovations continue. Amid the shift he misplaced his toothbrush in the rain, then found it after a quick search. He walked to work in the rain with Secret Service escorts.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Pennsylvania Ave
White House
Blair House
Secret Service
Battle for Suchow Resumes as Communist Ring Near Nanking Tightens
Nanking reports renewed fighting around Suchow as six Communist columns under Gen. Chen Yi renew the attack. Within a day the reds are said to have enclosed a powerful ring about Nanking, trapping two Nationalist army groups in the expanding siege. A Communist warning to the United States to cease aid to Chiang Kai-shek’s government accompanies the fighting.
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Seymour Topping
1. N.S
Nanking
Suchow
China
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Chen Yi
Red
Israeli charges Egypt violates Palestine truce
Tel Aviv reports Egyptian forces violated the Palestine truce by shelling Rafah and attacking Negev positions. Israel protested to United Nations officials over a 15 mile eastward advance toward Beersheba from the frontier base and overran outposts near several Jewish settlements. Observers speculated the move could aim to expel Israeli troops from Beersheba.
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Tel Aviv
Egypt
Palestine
Negev
United Nations
U. N
Beersheba
Rafah
Biblical City
Jerusalem
Car Crash Kills 20YearOld Passenger in Ramey Area
In Philipsburg Pennsylvania a 20 year old man Donald Webster of Osceola Mills died when his car collided with a freight train near Ramey. The driver Donald McGarry 21 of New Millport was critically injured, authorities said.
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Philipsburg
INS
Ramey
Donald Webster
Osceola Mills
Donald McGarry
New Millport
Russia's Not Very Favorable Reply To Berlin Peace Feelers
Paris dispatch reports Russia described its reply to Berlin peace feelers as not very favorable. The response was handed to Bramuglia by Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky, with the U S France and Britain expected to send parallel replies that night. Bramuglia plans to present the Big Four statements to the neutrals of the Security Council after daily meetings.
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Russia
Berlin
SN S
Paris
Security Council
Juan A. Bramuglia
Vishiinsky
U. S
France
Britain
Bramuglia
Hillsville Woman Found Drowned in Mine Works
Mrs. Dominico Grilli, 65, was found in about two feet of water at the Pittsburgh Limestone Company workings in Hillsville at 10:45 a.m. by her husband. She died of drowning around 11:45 a.m. Fire Chief Steinbrink and Assistant Chief Bowen, aided by Officer Trevor Williams and Lowellville police, attempted revival. Seen earlier around 9 o'clock by her daughter-in-law and another woman.
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Dominico Grilli
Pittsburgh
Hillsville
Lowellville
Grilli
Anna Grilli
Lucy Natareschi
Soviet delegate blames U S and Britain for Palestine unrest
In Paris, Soviet Delegate Semen Tsarapkin accused the United States and Britain of causing unsettled conditions in Palestine. He portrayed Count Folke Bernadotte as a tool of Anglo American interests and criticized plans to grant Negev to Trans-Jordan. He urged adherence to the original 1947 partition and noted ongoing British subsidies to Trans-Jordan while Britain and the U S discuss amendments.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Britain
Palestine
Semen Tsarapkin
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Kingdom
Tsayapkin A
Canada
U. S
Israel
U. N
Tsarapkin
British woman flier crashes near Fairbanks during world flight
A 24-year-old Britishwoman pilot Mrs Richard Morrow Tait and her navigator Michael Townsend crash landed east of Fairbanks after the engine failed on their round the world flight. They escaped injury and were taken to Tana Crossing. they planned to reach Montreal for Mrs Morrow Tait’s birthday on November 25. Only a wing tip and landing gear were damaged as a B 17 followed the flight in 30 below conditions.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
INS
Richard Morrow-Tait
Michael Townsend
Alcan
Tana Crossing
Alaska Highway Patrol
Montreal
Four Prisoners Escape From Blair County Jail
Four inmates escaped from Blair county jail in Hollidaysburg after overpowering turn key Earl Dickson Saturday night. Police believe outside help aided the quartet, who wore Blair county prison blue uniforms. The escapees are Elwood C. Burger aged 20 of Altoona Sewell Rouzer 39 of Bedford county Robert E Maloney 24 of Tioga county and Robert E Lott 24 of Altoona.
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Hollidaysburg
INS
Blair County
Earl Dickson
Elwood C. Burger
Altoona
Sewell Rouzer
Bedford County
Robert E. Maloney
Tioga County
Robert E. Lott
Skeleton found near Columbia linked to self-inflicted death
Deputy coroner A J Greenleaf said a year-old skeleton found in a wooded area south of Columbia shows a bullet wound in the skull with a .22 rifle across the chest and a discharged cartridge in the chamber, indicating death by own action.
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Columbia
INS
Lancaster County
A. J. Greenleaf
Mountville
Greenleaf
Death notices list multiple residents with ages and addresses
Death records report G. A. Hamilton aged 89 of Volant R D 2 John C Gray 82 of 610 Taylor Street Michael Dulak 65 of 506 East Long Avenue Mrs Paul D Ellen Keister Huffman 32 of Newark Delaware Mrs John Schultz of West Pittbury and Mrs Dominico Grilli 66 of Hills shown in the November 22 1948 column
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G. A. Hamilton
Volant
R. D
John C. Gray
Taylor Street
Michael Dulak
East Long Avenue
Paul D
Ellen Keister) Huffman
Newark
Del
John Schultz
West Pittbury
Dominico Grilli
Hilis
New Castle to Sell Christmas Seals 1948 49
Mayor John Haven proclaims the annual Christmas Seals sale in New Castle Pennsylvania from November 22 1948 to early 1949 urging citizens to support the humane effort to eradicate tuberculosis by purchasing the seals. The proclamation is dated November 19 1948.
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John Haven
New Castle
Pennsylvania
John F. Haven
Aid To Britain Tops One Billion In Marshall Plan
The United States total aid to Great Britain under the Marshall plan exceeded 1.018 billion dollars as ECA records show recovery buying authorizations since the program began eight months ago. The figure covers about one fifth of the five billion five hundred million dollars Congress appropriated for the first year.
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Washington
INS
United States
Great Britain
Economic Cooperation Administration
United Kingdom
Congress
ECA
Germany
Indonesia
China
Sentence Student For Refusing To Register For Draft
James Newton Garver III a 20 year old Swarthmore College student was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for refusing to register for the peace time draft. Judge J Cullen Ganey had deferred sentence to allow him to pursue work benefiting the government but Garver refused any alternative sacrifice. Garver described as a brilliant student by peers and teachers.
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Philadelphia
INS
James Newton Garver
Swarthmore College
J. Cullen Ganey
Garver
Buffalo, N. Y
Truman Sets Series of Foreign Policy Talks
President Truman begins a day of high level discussions on China and Europe policy. He will meet Secretary of State Marshall who arrived from Paris, and will also confer with W Averell Harriman and possibly Forrestal. A full review of foreign policy focusing on China and Soviet attitude is planned.
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Robert G. Nixon
Washington
Truman
United States
China
Europe
Florida
State Marshall
United Nations
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
America
Defense Forrestal
Forrestal
Marshall
Russia
New Castle Hunter Bags 460-Pound Bear
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Masko of Friendship street reported a large black bear shot in Elk County. The hog dressed specimen weighed 460 pounds with a 20 inch neck and 4 feet 10 inch chest. Masko and companions tracked the bear after a wounded first shot and finishing shots in the forest. It is described as one of the largest bears ever brought to New Castle by a local hunter.
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Joseph Masko
Friendship Street
Masko
David McCreary Sr
New Wilmington
Foresta
Elk County
Underdogs Rise As The Score Stays In Limbo
This fragment extols the edge of victory in sport where an underdog can surge late and alter the outcome. It frames late effort as crucial when the clock runs out and champions may be challenged by spirited rivals.
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Olympiana
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