Parley Aims to Avert Million Man Steel Strike
Federal mediators led by Cyrus S. Ching meet CIO steel workers and industry leaders to avert a steel strike set for midnight next Saturday amid the coal mine welfare fund protest. President Truman may intervene if talks fail.
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Bulletin
Washington
INS
Cyrus S. Ching
CIO Steel Workers
Cyrus Ching
Steel Union
Truman
Ching
John L. Lewis
United Mines Workers Welfare Fund
Walnut trees plentiful in the county this fall
Walnut trees are plentiful in the county with a good crop of nuts this fall. Ponds around the county are low from light rainfall in recent weeks. Leaves are starting to fall heavily in the city and on West Pittsburgh road. Pheasants are numerous this fall observed across highways near the city and county. State Highway plans deslicking that road between the city and New Wilmington starting Tuesday, with heavy tones to reduce slipping. work to take about one day. Several Lawrence county road projects ready for surface coverings per Alfred Martin, county highway superintendent.
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Highland Heights
New Wilmington
State Highway Department
Lawrence County
Alfred Martin
Daily Weather Report Forecast For Cooler Temperatures
Fair and cooler tonight and tomorrow with sunny intervals and cooler highs in the 68 to 74 degree range. US 24 hour stats show max 81 min 54 precip 0.17 inches river 5.6 feet. Sunday period records list max 80 min 60 precip 0.02 inches.
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United States
Trains Derail Near Newton Traps Two in Wreck
A Southern Railway westbound train No. 15 derailed on a curve near Newton North Carolina. Fifty three people were injured and two others trapped in the wreckage as rescue workers rushed to the scene.
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Newton
N. C
Southern Railway
United Nations Opens With Global Tension Foreseen
Opening of the fourth United Nations general assembly draws top diplomats to New York. Dean Acheson will launch policy debates with Bevin Schuman Vishinsky set to outline Soviet aims. Three dozen items on the agenda include potential clashes over the Atlantic pact and China’s Communist advance.
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Pierre J. Huss
N.S
Fishing Meadows
N. Y
New York
General Assembly
United Nations
U. S
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Britain
France
Robert Schuman
Andrei Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Soviet Bloc
China
Frank Morgan Dies at 59 in Beverly Hills
Hollywood mourns comedian Frank Morgan age 59 found dead in his Beverly Hills home. Alma Morgan reported he stopped breathing between 10 30 a m and 1 p m. Funeral plans pending at Pierce Bros mortuary. he had just completed Key To The City with Clark Gable.
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Hollywood
INS
Frank Morgan
Beverly Hills
Alma
Pierce Bros
Clark Gable
Death Record Jennie Keck 79 of 910 West Washington
Mrs. Jennie Florence Keck aged 79 of 910 West Washington street is listed in the death records on Monday September 19 1949. The notice provides the name age and residence as the available details.
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Jennie Florence Keck
West
Washington Street
Nations Slash Currency Values After Pound Devaluation
Britain cuts pound to 2.80 dollars triggering rapid devaluations across ten nations. Finland plans a date to devalue the mark. Israel shifts its pound to 2.80 dollars. Hungary raises forint value while others like Canada, Germany, France and Italy review rates amid global market jitters. World trading adjusts to the historic currency readjustment.
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London
Britain
Bank of Finland
Woman Killed In Auto Crash Near Enon Valley
Mrs Eva Janceski 45 of Youngstown Ohio was killed in an auto accident on route 551 near Enon Valley Pennsylvania. Her sister Mrs Clara Bernard of Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania sustained minor injuries and was treated at Providence hospital Beaver Falls. Janceski was a secretary for a Youngstown law firm and was driving when the car skidded and left the road.
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Beaver Falls
Eva Janceski
Youngstown
Enon Valley
Clara Bernard
Wilkinsburg
Providence Hospital
Janceski
Truck Plunges Into River Drowns Six Workers
A truck carrying 19 onion pickers, all described as Negro workers, plunged from an old bridge into the Muskegon River near Newaygo Michigan. Six men drowned while en route from Baldwin to onion fields in Grant. Police say brake failure caused the plunge, tearing through 100 feet of guard railing.
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Newaygo
Mich
INS
Muskegon River
Baldwin
Grant
Formal probes open into Toronto ship disaster
Two official investigations began as divers searched the wreck of the Great Lakes excursion steamer for victims. The death toll reached 121 with 85 missing, many of them possibly returned home without notifying authorities.
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Toronto
Great Lakes
United States
Department of Transport
Police Department
Red Cross Disaster
Cornerstone Laid At Second U P Church Annex
The Second U P Church marked its sixty fifth anniversary with the cornerstone ceremony for a memorial annex east of the building on County Line Street. About 200 attendees gathered at 3 30 p m as Rev J Calvin Rose led singing of the Doxology and Dr A J Randles offered the invocation. Dr C K McGeorge spoke about the lots on which the annex stands.
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U. P
County Line Street
J. Calvin Rose
George Wy
A. J. Randles
C. K. McGeorge
Gastic News
S. C. Gamble
2Nd U. P. Church
J. Calvim Rose
Russia Plans Peace With Eastern Germany
East German sources claim Russia intends to sign a separate peace with Soviet occupied Germany and establish a satellite government. SED officials say the Kremlin would withdraw troops after the pact and the Soviets may push propaganda for German unification at the next Big Four Foreign Ministers meeting.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Two Pilots Die In Plane Crash Near Bloomsburg
State police investigated a crash near Elysburg in a thunderstorm that killed two Milton men, Allen A. Specht and Nelson Moser, returning from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots association convention in Rehoboth Beach Delaware.
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Bloomsburg
INSI
Allan A. Specht
Nelson Moser
Milton
Elysburg
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Three Youngstown Known Dead In Steamer Disaster
Six persons from Pittsburgh Tri-State districts are confirmed dead from the Norc nic steamer fire in Toronto. The victims include Mrs Beatrice Heyl, Pittsburgh George B Clapperton Chester W Va Miss Lillian Hart Pittsburgh Mrs Rose Celli Youngstown Ohio Mrs Myrtle Harper Youngstown Ohio and Blanche Farragher Youngstown Ohio. Seven others are presumed dead, including three Pittsburghers and four Youngstown residents.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Tri-State
Noronic
Toronto
Beatrice Heyl
George B. Clapperton
Chester
W. Va
Lillian Hart
Rose Celli
Youngstown
Myrtle Harper
Blanche Farragher
Armistice Day Plans Discussed At Local Post Meeting
A meeting at Harry L. McBride Post No. 522 on West Grant street will discuss observance plans for Armistice Day. Tentative plans include an evening parade with participation from veteran and patriotic orders.
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Harry L. McBride
No. 522
West Grant Street
Last Chance To Write Austrian Peace Treaty
Vienna reports Foreign Minister Karl Gruber says the big four still have a last chance to craft an Austrian peace treaty before Vienna declares independence and orders occupation troops out. He notes this depends on Washington talks and the outcome of ongoing discussions, with no further comment until decisions are clearer.
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Vienna
Karl Gruber
Austria
Gruber
Washington
Miners Fail To Report For Work In Mines Today
Nearly all of the nations 485 000 coal miners stayed away from work as an unofficial strike spreads over welfare fund suspensions. State by state turnout shows large absences with stockpiles at 60 million tons plus. The action shifts leverage toward wage talks, with no immediate industry hardship expected.
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Pittsburgh
Welfare and Pension Fund
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Welfare Fund
UMW
Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Indiana
Tennessee
Wyoming
Utah
Robena
U. S. Steel Corp
Jones S
Laughlin Steel Corp
Isabella
Weirton Steel Corp
Cambria Counery
Probable Devaluation Effects In United States
The pound devaluation from 4.03 to 2.80 dollars shocks American business by boosting foreign competition and risking overseas trade. Economists see limited direct harm to the U S economy while officials say it aids Britain's dollar crisis and Marshall plan stability, with similar logic for Denmark Norway India South Africa Australia Egypt Israel Ireland and others. American consumers would gain. buying British goods becomes cheaper.
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Washington
Britain
U. S
Denmark
Norway
India
South Africa
Australia
Egypt
Israel
Ireland
Autumn Arrives as Summer Fades with Seventy Seven Today
The calendar marks the last day of summer as autumn arrives with a colorful, cheery mood. Leaves turn and football cheers echo, while the day holds a high of seventy seven, signaling seasonal change.
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Autumn
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