Soviet Union demands full force inventories at UN council
In New York the United States and Britain reject Soviet charges of a looming world peace threat. The Soviet Union seeks a complete inventory of Allied forces outside their own countries and accuses Western powers of stationing troops in China Iceland Greece Egypt Iraq and Indonesia as prelude to renewed war. Gromyko chaired a session as president and British and American delegates prepared a formal reply.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Great Britain
United Nations Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
Security Council
Gromyko
China
Iceland
Greece
Egypt
Iraq
Indonesia
Russia
Alexander Cadogan
U. S
Market Slump Being Probed
The SEC launches a formal inquiry into the September 3 stock market slump. NYSE member firms are asked to report sales data by October 7 and the agency will reconstruct trades by quarter hour to identify active stocks and potential irregularities.
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Philadelphia
INS
Securities and Exchange Commission Today
New York Stock Exchange
Commission
New York
SEC
James A. Treanor, Jr
The
Trading and Exchange Division
Treanor
No Barking Sign Sparks Downtown Prank
In downtown Pa Newce observes a misprint on a sign reading No Barking. Nearby dismantling work on the old K. of C. home and an adjoining building wraps up after six to seven weeks, creating a temporary parking lot. Birds migrate south at night despite mid summer heat as Westminster College prepares to open football season at Slippery Rock without usual student support.
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Pa Newce
K. of C
Pa Nene
Westminster College
Slippery Rock
Daily Weather Summary for Today and Past Year
The 24 hour period ends at nine o clock shows a high of 77 and a low of 59. Precipitation is .03 inches and river stage is 48 feet. A year ago the high was 78 and the low 62 with no precipitation.
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United States
Vote To Demilitarize Greek Bulgarian Frontier
The peace conference military commission approved a Greek amendment to demilitarize the Bulgarian Greek frontier by 11 to 7 with 3 abstentions. The decision followed days of wrangling and represented a US victory over the Soviet bloc as discussions extended over two and a half hours beyond the usual session.
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Paris
INS
Military Commission of the
United States
Messer
Cleveland Public Institutions Urgently Need Meat
In Cleveland three public institutions report severe meat shortages with Sunny Acres Sanitarium seeking 2000 pounds weekly from the Office of Price Administration. The board cannot grant a special slaughtering quota, blocking buyings by Cuyahoga County purchasing agent Leslie R. Monroe for immediate butchering.
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Cleveland
INS
Sunny Acres Sanitarium
Office of Price Administration
Cuyahoga County
Leslie R. Monroe
Actor Jon Hall Nursing Broken Toe After Film Set Stampede
Hollywood reports actor Jon Hall suffered a broken right toe when he was knocked down by stamping horses on a film set. The injury occurred during yesterday’s production.
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Hollywood
Jon Hall
Hall
Stalin Declares No Real War Danger At Present Time
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin told reporter Alexander Werth there is no real danger of war now but Western allies may fail to keep a monopoly on the atomic bomb. He spoke in London as a premier comment on the global arms outlook.
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Stalin
London
Joseph Stalin
Alexander Werth
London Sunday Times
Stalin interview dominates London papers on peace message
London evening papers front pages center Stalin's interview with INS reporting Stalin says no war. The Evening Standard proclaims Stalin speaks no war while The Evening Star calls it a well timed contribution to world peace and a cold douche to fevered brows in America fearing preventive war.
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London
INS
Joseph Stalin
The
Evening Standard
Stalin
Evening Star
America
Russia
Kaiser Hearing Delays House Shipyard Probes
West Coast industrialist Henry J Kaiser told the House Merchant Marine Committee it will take many weeks to determine how much his shipbuilding firms invested in plant facilities. He said his staff is examining the questions raised by counsel Marvin Coles and will furnish the information. The session opened with heated clashes as Rep Bland struck the gavel and Kaiser was ordered to be seated, with Kaiser denied permission to read a prepared statement.
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West Coast
Henry J Kaiser
House
Kaiser
House Merchant Marine Committee
Marvin Coles
Bland
di) Va
Coles
Miners Journal Urges Wallace Dismissal Over Peace Policy
The United Mine Workers Journal charges Henry Wallace with a go easy policy toward the Soviet Union risking world dominance by a brutal dictatorship. It urges President Truman, after Wallace's removal as secretary of commerce, to purge government departments of propagandizing ideologues. The piece notes Wallace's 1940 vice presidential selection as a negative Democratic choice.
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Washington
INS
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Journal
Henry Wallace
Russia
Soviet Union
Wallace
UMW Journal
Truman
Democratic Party
Death Records for Edna Waddington and Others
A list of deceased individuals includes Edna Mae Waddington aged 42 of East Brook R D5, Cleve Sams aged 61 of Willow Grove R D7, Walter Koziol aged 27 of 24 Cliff Street, William Charles Hess aged 99 of RR D5 Wilmington Road, all reported as of Tuesday September 24, 1916.
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Edna Mae Waddington
East Brook R
Cleve Sams
Willow Grove R. D
Walter Koziol
Cliff Street
William Charles Hess
Wilmington Road
Burial Rites For Plane Disaster Victims In Newfoundland
In Gander Newfoundland burial rites were set for 26 people killed in a Belgium trans Atlantic airliner crash. Six identified victims will have separate graves marked by crosses. 20 unidentified victims go to a common grave marked with crosses and a star of David. Aerial committal ritual will be read by a senior local official. Eighteen crash survivors are hospitalized in Gander Hospital, three in critical condition.
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Gander
Newfoundland
INS
Wilderness Graveyard
Gander Hospital
General Clark Delayed Visit to Conneautville
Gen Mark W Clark postpones planned stop in Conneautville Pennsylvania where locals hoped for a celebratory arrival. Their cousin Art Frazier says the general hopes to arrive later in the week, delaying town festivities and a day off for students.
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Clark
Conneautville
Mark W. Clark
Pittsburgh
Gen
Crawford County
Sarah Doty
Wayne
Artdres Frazier
Erie
Mrs. Doty
Banquet Honoring Gen. Mark Clark Goes As Scheduled
Pittsburgh residents of Italian origin will host a banquet in a city hotel honoring General Mark W. Clark. The event will proceed tonight as planned with kerosene lamps and candles. Commando Kelly, known as Pittsburgh's "one-man army," will introduce the guest of honor, the famed commander of the Fifth Army in Italy.
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Pittsburgh
Mark W. Clark
Commaundo Kelly
Con. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Burglars in Moscow Executed for Armed Raid
In Moscow City Court today three burglars were sentenced to be shot to death for leading an armed gang that raided private apartments, netting 800000 roubles. Four other gang members received ten years in prison at hard labor.
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Moscow
Russia
Inquest Held Over Woman’s Death in Pennsylvania
A joint coroner inquest and hearing before Dr. T F Nugent and Alderman James C Brice reviewed the death of Mrs Aletha B Davis of Prospect on September 10 1946. The jury found the fatal collision caused by driver Calvin W Gibb failing to stop at Routes 19 and 108 in Harlansburg. Brice reserved judgment on involuntary manslaughter charges until a later date. J Raymond Davis testified that he and his wife traveled toward Northeast to see a foot man about arch supports when they approached the 108 intersection and could not see traffic from the east due to a filling sta Continued on Page Two
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T. F. Nugent
James C. Brice
Aletha B. Davis
Prospect
Harlansburg
Brice
William C. O’brien
Husband
J. Raymond Davis
Aretha B. Davis
Truman seeks new ambassador to Britain in diplomatic search
President Truman reviews candidates for the post in London to replace W Averell Harriman as ambassador. Qualifications include a clean record on Britain and Russia and sufficient income to support duties amid Cold War tensions.
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Washington
Truman
Court of St. James
W. Averell Hartman
Secretary of Commerce
Kaiser Reports Company Had Large Net Loss
Shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser told a House committee that Kaiser Co Inc has paid no income taxes since a net loss each year. He cited an overall 18 million dollar loss from Fontana steel and said Kaiser managed most government owned shipyards with own forces at no fee. He argued profits from construction were not excessive since no fees were paid.
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Washington
INS
Henry J. Kaiser
House Committee
Kaiser Co., Inc
House Merchant Marine Committee
Kaiser Co
Fontana
Kaiser
Kaiser Co. Permanente Mediais Corpu
Oregon Shipbuilding
Kaiser Enterprises
New Kensington Schools Closed By Polio Deaths
New Kensington Pa Sept 24 Three polio deaths in a month led to the closure of Ken High, a junior high, eight elementary schools and a trade school affecting about 2900 students. Superintendent E T Chapman said the board acted at a special meeting to pause classes until October 1.
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New Kensington
E. T. Chapman
Chapman
Double Slaying Termed Homicide In Meadville Pa
Meadville local coroner ruled a double homicide after Luigi Dividio 52 and Rose 40 were shot by Dividio who then killed himself. investigators note ill health and possible jealousy as factors while the eight children are left fatherless. In Elizabeth New Jersey a judge denied a temporary injunction to silence a rooster whose crowing disturbed neighboring residents.
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Meadville
Crawford County
Luther J. King
Luigi Dividio
Rose
King
Dividio
Ec, Gibson
Flying Post Office Takes To Air On Five Cent Mail
America's first flying post office will depart for Chicago to mark five cent air mail and a 25 year air mail anniversary. The craft will stop in Dayton Pittsburgh and New York en route. Gaetl Sullivan and post office officials will distribute official mail to greeting parties and five cent air mail stamps go on sale in Washington tomorrow.
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Washington
America
United States
Wings
Chicago
Dayton
Ohio
Pittsburgh
New York City
Gaetl Sullivan
Post Office
Matl
Sullivan
TWA
Big Four Opens New Conference in Paris
Foreign ministers of the Big Four began a session in Georges Bidault’s private office at the Quai D'Orsay in Paris at 4 04 p m local time. The talks mark a new conference phase with high level diplomats coordinating postwar policy.
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Big Four
Paris
INS
Georges Bidault
Quai D’orsay
Pittsburgh In State Of Coma
Pittsburgh shut down as electric power failed its transmission system. Over 3,000 large industries halted or reduced operations while steel mills paused sheet rolling. Duquesne Light union members walked out, halting trolley service and leaving most offices closed and streets dark.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Company
Strike Fails To Close Schools In Pittsburgh
Public and parochial schools stayed open despite the power strike. County School Superintendent W W Lantz said schools would remain open until impacts are known, with many absences expected and excused for students unable to reach school.
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Pittsburgh
W W. Lantz
Lantz
Four Pan American Constellation Crews Injured at Shannon
Four crew members were injured when a Pan-American Constellation airliner snapped in two at Shannon airport during taxiing after landing from Gander Newfoundland. The undercarriage collapsed as wheels touched down. all passengers were unhurt and shocked passengers reported. The extent of crew injuries was not immediately known.
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London
Shannon
Gander
Newfoundland
Rail Strike Halts South Korean Railways Over Rice Scarcity
In Seoul today a railroad strike began in the Pusan yards protesting rice scarcity and high black market prices. The walkout threatened to spread to all lines, affecting about 200000 rail workers nationwide.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
Pusan
Volunteers Ready to Operate Lifesaving Machinery in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh on September 24 saw scores of volunteers mobilize to keep three lung patients alive if power fails. Hospitals reported hundreds volunteering to manually operate life support equipment to sustain patients without air supply.
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Pittsburgh
Power strike cripples Pittsburgh as 3500 Duquesne Light workers walk out
Nearly two million residents faced rationed electricity as 3500 Duquesne Light employees walked off the job, forcing scale shutdowns across Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. The strike halted major plants, stores, and services though some power and refrigeration remained briefly available.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Company
Saloon Keeper Shot by Robbers in Pittsburgh Front of Home
Matthew Barone a 41 year old Pittsburgh saloon keeper was shot three times during a gun battle with two holdup men in front of his home. He was taken to St Joseph's Hospital with leg wounds and said he fired five times after the robbers approached in a car. Barone was robbed of 700 dollars in December in front of his home.
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Pittsburgh
Matthew Barone
Barone
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ann
Gleaming Mistress With A Ring Attends The Hour
Arthur Mometer notes a cheerful woman with easy grace and a ring on her left third finger. The description hints at a forthcoming event or meeting as she appears poised and confident, suggesting anticipation and personal significance in the moment.
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James Byrnes
Harriman
Soviet
George Durnos
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
By James FE. Brown
IN. S
Mark Kaiser
Miners’ Journal
Sec. Wallace
Mark Clark
Emily Abernathy
Bryan
Pulaski, Tenn
International
Nugent
Aletha Davis
John S. Reichmann
TNOS
Kaiser Reports Company
Elizabeth N. J
Alfred A Stein
Chester K. Lingnam
Henry F. Wachsmuth
Walter Bunnell
Eno
By Jack Ward
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Power Company
Duquesne Lignt Company
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
American Bridge Company
Ambridge
Carnegie-Illinois
Arthur Mometer
Wright
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