Strike Order From Lewis Weighs On Labor Talks
Washington September 16 soft coal operators expect a strike order from John L. Lewis and possibly the resignation of Senator Bridges as welfare fund trustee. The United Mine Workers chief returns to Washington after a White Sulphur Springs trip as talks with Northern operators press for a seven hour day and welfare payments due next Tuesday. Negotiations are slated to resume September 21.
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United Mine Workers Head
Phillip J. Peck
Washington
John L. Lewis
Sen. Bridges
NHL
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Welfare Fund Trustees
White Sulphur Springs
Welfare
UMW
New Fire Call Numbers Issued by East Brook Department
Hickory Township Volunteer Fire Department chief Tom West announced several new fire call numbers for the district. He listed 8115J-4 at his residence 9032-R for West store 9032-J for the garage and 425-M, noting 8114J-12 has no response. Citizens should post the numbers near the telephone.
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Tom West
Hickory Township
Camp Hill Names New School Herbert Hoover Elementary
The Camp Hill school board named the boroughs new school Herbert Hoover Elementary in honor of the former President and elder statesman. The school is slated for completion on December 1.
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Harrisburg
Camp Hill
Herbert Hoover
Apple tree in full bloom observed at Newport church
Mrs. Delma Brest of Wampum reports seeing an apple tree in full bloom this morning at the Newport church. The tree has already borne a large crop of apples which have been gathered.
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Delma Brest
Wampum
Newport
Daily Weather Report and Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy with a high near 70 today. Saturday will be cloudier and warmer. 24 hour period ends at 9 am shows max 72 min 45 precip 0.16 inches river 5.2 feet.
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United States
Republican Senators Denounce Wheat Move
U S Senators denounce as betrayal action allowing Britain to spend 175 million Marshall Plan dollars to buy Canadian wheat. Senator Young says it robs American farmers of a market amid surpluses and warns of political repercussions. Democrats defend the decision as stabilizing Britain’s economy. Senator Pepper calls it the price to keep Britain as a customer with dollars returning through Canadian trade.
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Washington
INS
Great Britain
Sen
Pepper
Fla
Chapin Denies Charges Made
Selden Chapin former U S Minister to Hungary denies conspiring with Laszlo Rajk the Budapest former foreign minister Rajk on trial for treason claimed a secret link with Chapin in 1947 Chapin says he never discussed with Rajk when he was interior minister and only met him to protest a violation of American rights He found Rajk severe and uncooperative.
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Budapest
INS
Laszlo Rajk
Hungary
United States
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Washington
Selden Chapin
U. S.S
Rajk
Chapin
Swing Lobby Moves Between City Building and Park
Swing Lobby will be held at the city building this evening from 8 to 12. During the summer months it was held at Cascade park.
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Cascade Park
West Side Bridge To Get New Walks
Workmen from the State Highway department replace worn wooden walks on the West side bridge for pedestrian safety. The south side walk is roped off and the plank surface will be rebuilt. Crews will also reinforce the metal decking to stop rattling and secure the bridge webbing.
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State Highway Department
Alfred Martin
Girl Hitch-Hikers On Robbery Charge
Two Lynn Massachusetts hitch-hikers Lennie Harkness 26 and Jean Muldoon 21 were held for trial in Schuylkill county court after pleading not guilty to robbing and shooting autoist Charles Klevis of Frackville on June 26. The judge ordered pleas change from guilty to not guilty amid assault and battery with intent to kill charges. Klevis, hospitalized with a bullet lodged near his spine, said he was shot after parking with the women on a lonely road.
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Pottsville
INS
Lynn
Mass
Lennie Harkness
Jean Muldoon
Schuylkill
Cyrus M. Palmer
Charles Klevis
Frackville
Klevis
Muldoon
Former Triggerman Cohen Shot To Death In Valley Stream
Valley Stream New York September 16 Philip Cohen known as Little Farrel once an ace triggerman for Notorious Murder Inc was abducted and murdered on a lonely highway. Police say the 46 year old ex convict was a vengeance slaying victim with six bullets found in his body. Three slugs pierced his chest and three more hits his back.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
INS
Philip
Little Farrel) Cohen
Notorious Murder, Inc
Italian Airmen Set for Atlantic Hop to New York
Two Italian aviators John Brondello and Camillo Bartoglio soared from Horta Azores toward New York in a Beechcraft Santa Susanna planning a 20 hour non stop crossing. They aim to raise three million dollars for an Italian boy's town modeled after a Nebraska institution. They previously diverted to the Azores after leaving Lisbon, carrying fuel for 29 hours.
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Azores
United States
Atlantic Ocean
New York
South America
Nebraska Institution
John Brondello
Camillo Bartoglio
Lisbon
Moves To Halt Navy Air Force Public Feuding
Navy Secretary Matthews moved to halt Navy Air Force feuding by requiring all Naval officers to submit controversial views to him before going public. The action follows Rear Admiral Zacharias backing Capt. Crommelin, critics of the Army and Air Force, who lost his Navy post. Matthews urged officers to channel views per article 1245 of Navy regulations.
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Washington
Navy
Matthews
Navy-Air Force
Ellis M. Zacharias
Naval Intelligence
John G. Crommelin
Army
Air Force
East West Romance Ends In Death For Iranian Student
Berkeley police report Freydoon Sanati a 24 year old Iranian student hanged himself after a western romance failed his plans a note from his father in Teheran opposing the match warned against disobedience and disinheritance. The incident follows another recent fatal Iranian romance at the university.
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Calif
INS
University of California
Freydoon Sanati
Sanati
Teheran
Tran
Auto Injuries Fatal To Man
Harry Cobb aged 56 of 404 West Falls street died after a Thursday evening crash when an auto driven by Cliff Atwater of 80342 West State street struck a parked tractor-trailer on West Washington street near O'Brien avenue. Cobb died at Jameson Memorial hospital after sustaining a fractured skull and punctured lung. Atwater was heading west on West Washington when he hit the rear of the trailer parked by Frank K. Trott of 12 O'Brien avenue en route to Aliquippa for a steel load to the Sharon district.
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New Castle News
Harry Cobb
West Falls
Cliff Atwater
West State Street
West Washington Street
West Falls Street
W. State Street
O'Brien Avenue
Cobb
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Charles E. Allen
Atwater
Frank K. Trott
Aliquippa
Sharon
South Africa Wins Partial Victory On Gold Prices
South Africa appears to have won a partial victory in its bid to lift world gold prices. The International Monetary Fund is expected to approve studying allowing a member to sell half of its newly mined output at any price. The vote came at a closed director meeting as the IMF and World Bank wrap up four days of talks with U.S. backing seen as pivotal.
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Washington
INS
South Africa
International Monetary Fund
U.S
How To Be Happy While Single Author Plans to Wed
New York report says red haired Jean Van Evera, author of How to be happy while single, announced she will marry tomorrow in Kansas City. Groom John Markle II, general traffic manager of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania.
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New York
Jean van Evera
Miss van Evera
Kansas City
John Markle II
Bel Telephone Company of
Pennsylvania
Marjorie Hillis
Escapes Soviet Prison Tells of Torture
American soldier John G. Sienkiewicz and three British troops escaped from a Soviet prison in Berlin at midnight and fled to west Berlin. Sienkiewicz, 26, from Baltimore Maryland, described ten months of beatings and torture. he was hospitalized in bad shape, wearing a lice-covered filthy uniform. He said allied prisoners faced numerous tortures after capture in 1948.
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John G. Sienkiewicz
West Berlin
Signkiewicz
South Chapel Street
Baltimore
Western Powers Press Moscow to Accelerate Austrian Peace Treaty
The United States Britain and France urged Russia to begin substantive talks on finalizing a long overdue Austrian peace treaty. In a joint communique after a four power meeting Foreign Secretary Bevin and French Foreign Minister Schuman joined Secretary Acheson in pressing Moscow. The note also addressed Yugoslavia and Balkan developments, with no Far East reference.
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Washington
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Kremlin
Austria
United States
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France
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Acheson
Bevin
Schuman
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Far East
Senate predicts Minton confirmation to Supreme Court seat
Majority Leader Lucas expects overwhelming Senate approval for Sherman Minton of Indiana as Associate Justice. Conservatives show little enthusiasm while Sen Jenner declines comment and Sen Capehart indicates support as Justice Rutledge vacancy is filled.
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Washington
Lucas
Senate
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Supreme Court
Minto
Wiley Rutledge
Jenner
Ind
Minton
Judiciary Committee
Sen. Capehart
Death Record for Harry Cobb in Sept 1949
Harry F Cobb aged 56 of 404 West Falls street is listed in the death record. Also noted is Mrs Walter Harlan of 321 East Lincoln avenue with a related notice or address reference.
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Walter
Harlan
East
Lincoln Avenue
Wampum Forms New Board of Trade
Business and professional men of Wampum met to form a board of trade electing A. J. Demark as president Benny Plink as vice president Charles D. Clark as secretary treasurer and R V Aiello as chairman of the board of directors President Demark announced multiple committees after the vote The next meeting is set for Monday September 26 at 3 p m.
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Wampum
Board of Trade
A. J. Demark
Benny Plink
Charles D. Clark
R. V. Aiello
Demark
Soviet Starts New Offensive On Atom Bomb
Former Comintern chairman Dimitri Manuilsky opened a Soviet push against U.S. atomic policy at the Lake Success talks. He told the U N Security Council the United States delegation speaks differently from American officials, signaling a coordinated stance with Vishinsky ahead of the coming assembly.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Dimitri Manuilsky
Comintern
U. S
Manuilsky
U. N. Security Council
United States
Vishinsky
Truck Drivers In Erie District Being Arrested
In Erie Pennsylvania more than 160 truck drivers were fined 25 to 50 dollars each over 60 hours for overloads on three highways. Justice of the Peace S L Uber Harborcreek says he fined 120 truckers in 24 hours and expects no early release of road blocks. Lieutenant James F Maroney notes no sign of lifting blocks and a new weighing detail was assigned to West Springfield today.
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Erie
James F. Maroney
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Justice of the Peace
S. L. Uber
Harborcreek
Uber
Maroney
West Springfield
Steel and Murray Deadlock Seen Receding
United Steelworkers President Philip Murray sent telegrams to about 60 steel and iron ore firms urging acceptance of the fact finding board recommendations to set times and places for resumption of bargaining. United States Steel was excluded from today’s telegrams as a dispute with Murray continues.
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Troy Gordon
U.S
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Murray
Union
U. S. Steel
New York
Federal mediation push aims to avert steel strike
The government planned to invite steel companies and the CIO Steel workers Union to Federal Mediation Conferences to break the deadlock. Director Cyrus Ching would announce at 4 p m EDT with officials not commenting on specifics. The aim is to head off a possible walkout.
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Washington
INS
CIO Steelworkers Union
Federal Mediation Service
Cyrus Ching
Steel Union Averts Lockstep as Telegrams Pour In
Producer Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. leads in receiving telegrams urging a settlement based on the Steel Fact-Finding Board's recommendations. U S Steel and subsidiaries hold firm. most other firms seek renewed bargaining. Murray convokes a 170 member union policy committee in Pittsburgh with a Sept. 25 strike deadline looming. No resolution reached today between the union and U S Steel.
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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Steel
Murray
Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
U. S. Steel Corp
Inside Today's News Page Highlights
Classifieds and features span editorial notes, radio and TV listings, sports, society, and obituaries across the page. The section includes cross words and a theater listing, with stock market and comic notes interspersed throughout.
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Sunday School and Football Nights Split My Week
Arthur Mometer lays out a curt schedule with Sunday school Monday wash Tuesday or Thursday or Saturday night shows. Friday night football dominates fall, keeping him away from canasta tele sets talks and rides. He notes Friday weather at sixty nine and hints at parking near the fifty yard line.
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Fifty Yard Line
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