Community Chest Sets 1946 Goal at 88800 in Castleton Meeting
At The Castleton hotel the 1946 Community Chest officials set a campaign goal of 88800 with all agencies represented. The drive begins October 14 and division chairmen mapped out procedures Tuesday afternoon, as Paul Dingledy praised cooperation and noted a $15000 final payment to the United War Fund for 1945.
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Community Chest
Chest
Castleton Hotel
Howard B. Richards
Mr. Richards
Paul Dingledy
United War Fund
Dingledy
New traffic light aids South Mill Grove flow
Pa Newc notes the new traffic signal at South Mill and Grove improves east west movement. An influx of gnats disturbed East Side residents at dusk until cooler air reduced the swarm. He also laments fewer horseshoe courts and wonders about prewar floodlight play. churchgoers plan to attend services next Sunday.
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South Mill and
Grove Streets
Pa Newe
East Side
Jimmy the Seal Now in Disgrace
Jimmy the seal quit the Shrine circus mid act in Philadelphia. He bolted to Market Street causing minor taxi collisions before a crowd corralled him. No fur coat outcome reported.
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Philadelphia
Jimmy the Seal
Guily
Jimmy
Shrine Circus
Market Street
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States Weather Bureau statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 9 am report a maximum of 76 and minimum of 46 with no precipitation. river stage is 48 feet. Figures for the same date last year show a high of 85, a low of 65 and trace precipitation.
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United States Weather Bureau
Washington Studies Stalin's Statements
Officials withheld comment on Stalin's new foreign policy pronouncement pending study. Observers saw potential implications for world peace and noted links to domestic political flurry sparked by Henry Wallace's Madison Square Garden speech.
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Washington
Joseph Stalin
Russia
United States
Madison Square Garden
Daylight Time Ends Later Here Amid City Decision
Mayor John F. Haven announced New Castle will stay on fast time until midnight Sunday despite the nationwide change at two a m. Finance Director Albert A. Hoyland supported the plan after a morning conference. Fast time began April 28 and will remain to accommodate church schedules.
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New Castle
John F. Haven
Haven
Albert A. Hoyland
Meat shortages spark warning to President Truman
Massachusetts hospital authorities warned President Truman that urgent meat shipments are needed to Boston and New England as a meat famine drives 200 hospitals of the Massachusetts Hospital Association to feed patients and staff with horse meat. Dr. Charles H. Willinsky and Frank Wing spoke at Beth Israel before delivering the message.
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Boston
Massachusetts Hospital
Truman
New England Area
Massachusetts Hospital Association
Beth Israel Hospital
Charles H. Willinsky
Frank Wing
Boston Dispensary
Flying Post Office Service is Opened
Washington September 25 America s first flying post office service was launched with a forecast that mail could reach worldwide in 40 hours within five years Postmaster General Robert E Hannegan announced as a C 54 Skymaster carried over a ton of mail from Washington National to Chicago to mark five cent air mail rates set to take effect nationwide October 1 He hoped mail by air could be further reduced in cost as volume grows.
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Washington
INS
America
Robert E. Hannegan
Washington National
Chicago
United States
Hannegan
Traffic Officer Welsh Injured by Bus at Mill and Washington
Police report that Traffic Officer Clarence Welsh was injured about the abdomen at 2 40 p m Tuesday at the Mill and Washington Street corner. He jumped from the bus path and struck a drinking fountain before being taken to a physician and sent home for rest with a follow up examination scheduled.
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Clarence Welsh
Mill and
Washington Street
Shenango Valley
Welsh
Fire damages Wilson Co beef plant at Chicago stockyards
Fire damaged the three top floors of the Wilson and Co beef slaughtering plant at the Chicago stockyards. Estimated losses reached 15000 dollars with no meat in the damaged area. Extra alarms were sounded and a large fire crew prevented spread despite high winds.
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Chicago
Wilson & Co
Schweinsberg Is New Legion Head
E Gene Schweinsberg a World War II veteran and North Africa casualty was elected commander of Perry S Gaston post 343 American Legion at the annual meeting held in the post social rooms on Neshannock Avenue Tuesday evening. He will be installed October 8 with Paul Faux of Butler district commander present as installing officer. Other officers elected include senior vice commander Joseph Solomon junior vice commander Merle Hildebrand finance officer John Hodge chaplain William Brooks historian Ralph Hayes sergeant at arms Charles Shepp Jr trustees Leon Drum house committee Clyde Badger James Mead J Nick Speed Lewis Cartwright. Solomon announced plans for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs stage production October 19 to aid equipment for the Gaston post band with tickets handled by George and Robert Winter as co chairs.
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E. Gene Schweinsberg
Perry S. Gaston
American Legion
Neshannock Avenue
Paul Faux
Butler
Joseph Solomon
Merle H. Hildebrand
John R. Hodge
William V. Brooks
Ralph B. Hayes
Charles A. Shepp, Jr
Leon A. Drum
House
Clyde D. Badger
James R. Mead
J. Nick Speed
Lewis J. Cartwright
Solomon
Gaston Post
George
Robert Winter
Memorial for Crash Victims in Newfoundland
Clergymen of three faiths will conduct memorial services from an Army plane circling the crash site in the Newfoundland wilderness. The Belgian airliner crash last Wednesday left 27 dead, mostly Belgians, with 6 buried individually and 20 in a mass grave. recordings will be sent to Belgium when weather allows.
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Gander
Mld
INS
U. S. Army
Newfoundland
Belgium
Expect British Cabinet Changes
London observers expect Prime Minister Clement Attlee to announce Cabinet changes next week. Ellen Wilkinson may leave or move from education due to ill health, while War Minister J S Lawson also faces replacement. Rumors place A V Alexander possibly moving to defense as Attlee contemplates new duties.
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Londonn
INS
London
Clement Atlee
Ellen Wilkinson
J.S. Lawson
Lord Nathan
War Office
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Defense
Attlee
Child Dies After Stepping Before Car In Carmichaels
Greene County coroner's deputy reports 2 year old Mary Norma Henry died after stepping in front of her father Columbus Henry's car in Carmichaels Pennsylvania last night. The incident occurred as the family was near their home, and authorities are investigating.
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Carmichaels
Greene County
Dy. George Teagarden
Mary Norma Henry
Columbus Henry
Carmichael
End of Meat Famine Rally Gathers Steam in Chicago
Chicago crowds press Congress and the Truman administration to lift meat price controls after Agriculture Secretary Anderson urged price adjustments were behind us. Public petitions and direct appeals to Washington line up nationwide as the drive gains momentum.
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Chicago
INS
Agriculture Department
Truman
Price Ae Control Board
Albuquerque
N. M
Agriculture
Anderson
Washington
National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers
Italian peace treaty divests Italy of former colonies
Paris Sept 25 INS Italy’s political and territorial commission adopted Article 17 of the peace treaty removing Italy from its former colonies. Britain pressed for permanent detachment, while Gladwyn Jebb urged no reconquest. Soviets pressed a Bulgarian frontier demilitarization amendment amid postwar tensions.
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Paris
INS
Italian Political and Territorial Commission
Italy
Britain
Councils of Foreign Ministers
Gladwyn Jebb
Libya
Eritrea
Somaliland
United States
France
Lawrence County Home and Property Owners Foundation to Meet
President Bernard J. Hook announces a Thursday 7 30 PM meeting in the city council chambers. The Lawrence County chapter resumes activities to resist taxation and government regulation affecting homeowners. A brief session outlines plans for a membership drive.
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Bernard J. Hook
Lawrence County
National Home ‘and Property Owners Foundation
Hook
President Asked To Take Action In Meat Supply Tieup
The National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers executive board awaits a reply from President Truman to a telegram asking him to eliminate undesirable features of all controls on meat. The union claims 35,000 workers nationwide face unemployment and hardship under OPA regulations, with meat not readily available or affordable.
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Chicago
INS
National Brotherhood of Packinghouse Workers
Truman
OPA
Shaw Praises Stalin Statement As World Relief
London dispatch reports playwright George Bernard Shaw commenting on Premier Joseph Stalin's statement. Shaw calls it a great relief to the world and asserts that someone who knows what he is talking about has spoken.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Joseph Stalin
Britons Welcome Stalin Peace Statements
London observers and major papers praised Joseph Stalin's statements as a conciliatory step toward easing Western Allied tensions. The Times editorialized that the timing was auspicious and a recall to sanity and moderation in international relations.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Times of London
the Times
Britain
Daily Herald
Harriman Sees Stalin No War Stance Calm Worldwide Tensions
W Averell Harriman, amid retirement as ambassador to England and new commerce secretary designate, believes Stalin's no war claim calmed international relations. He met James Byrnes in Paris at the Hotel Meurice, declined to be quoted, and plans to return to London then Washington to report on his near-future duties.
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Paris
INS
W. Averell Harriman
Josef Stalin
England
James F. Byrnes
Harriman
United States
Byrnes
London
Washington
Hotel
Meurice
Truck Drivers Stoppage Again Hits New York Freight
The Truck Drivers Union halted thousands of trucks entering New York from New Jersey for a second day. Local 807 president John E. Strong said no trucks would roll until operators sign bona fide contracts with the union, after days of temporary agreements labeled as if contracts.
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New York
New Jersey
John E. Strong
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Strong
Cleveland Meat Markets May Close
Cleveland markets pledge to close rather than handle black market meat. Adam Guth of the National Retail Meat Dealers Association says about 90 percent of Cuyahoga markets cannot operate all day. Hospitals report egg use up 60 percent and only 15 percent of normal beef for 16 council hospitals.
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Cleveland
Greater Cleveland
Adam Guth
National Retail Meat Dealers Association
Cuyahoga County
Lloyd S. Rodgers
Cleveland Hospital Council
Miners Protest Lack Of Any Meat In Belleville District
In Belleville Illinois on September 26 nearly 1,000 Progressive Mine Workers of America members protested meat shortages by closing ten coal mines in the district.
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Belleville, Hil
Belleville
Progressive Mine Workers of America
Harriman to Confer With Byrnes in Paris
Averell Harriman new Secretary of Commerce arrives at Orly Field from London and heads to Paris for a conference with Secretary of State James F. Byrnes this afternoon.
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Paris
INS
W. Averell Harriman
America
Orly Field
London
James F. Byrnes
Kiwanis District Two Dinner Honors Don Matthews
Kiwanis representatives from district two gathered at The Castleton for a dinner honoring District Governor Don Matthews of Johnstown Pa during his official visit. Matthews urged clubs to unite with community service groups to improve the local and world setting and spoke on steadfast Kiwanis objectives.
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Kiwanis Clubs
Castleton
Don Matthews
Johnstown
New Castle
Matthews
Kiwanis
Two Men Killed In Tanker Blast
NEW YORK September 25. Two men were killed and three missing after an explosion and fire aboard the 10,000 ton tanker Bennington 200 miles east of Charleston South Carolina. Four others were seriously burned. seaplanes were dispatched from Elizabeth City to assist and a physician may join the ship. The vessel is owned by Keystone Tank Ship Corp of Philadelphia.
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New York
INS
Coast Guard
Bennington
Charleston
S. C
Elizabeth City
N. C
Keystone Tank Ship Corp
Philadelphia
Deaths of Mrs Eichenger Sullivan and Mrs Smith
Obituary notices list three deaths on Wednesday Sept 25 1946 including Mrs Mary Eichenger Sullivan 87 of 118 East Edison Ave Mrs Martha McClymonds Smith 82 of 112 North Walnut St and Eugene MeCommon 25 of Grove City.
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Mary Eichenger Sullivan
Edison Avenue
Martha McClymonds Smith
North
Walnut Street
Eugene MecCommon
Grove City
Power strike in Pittsburgh escalates as meeting urged
A three judge panel ordered the Duquesne Light strike committee to call a general membership meeting at 8 pm and urge members to call off the crippling power strike. Leo T. Crowley of Standard Gas & Electric made a substantial offer to the committee. Sympathies spread as unions walk out in support of George Mueller, jailed for contempt, with a mass meeting set for 2 pm tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Duquesne Light Company
Leo T. Crowley
Standard Gas & Electric Company
George Mueler
Cio-United Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Mueller
Jai
United Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Pennsylvania
USM
David J. Lawrence
Expect Russia To Make Issue Of Council Vote
The Soviet Union was expected to press the issue after the United Nations Security Council rejected a Russian resolution. By a 7 to 2 vote the council refused to put the measure on its agenda, marking the first time it declined to consider a complaint. Dr Oscar Lange called the decision dangerous and said it undermined a member’s fundamental rights.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
United States
Great Britain
Security Council
Oscar Lange
Fisherman Candidate Promises Change in Voting Drive
Arthur Mometer pitches as a fisher of votes using varied bait and smiles to win support. He travels the voting path with promises of organized government and better times, claiming he can steady the state amid political currents today.
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I. N.S
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Warn Truman
Schweinsberg
Legion
Howard Block
May
Block
National Home and Property Owners Foundation
Plan Campaign For Membership
Shaw
James E. Brown
LN. 8
Europe
Kingsbury Smith
U.S
Cleveland Meat Markets
Ladies
Mrs. D. Matthews
Tom Cranney
Opportunity Group
North Street
Kenneth H. Beck
Percy MacNab
Los Angeles
Cal
Tom Paden
Cliff Holland
Beaver Valley Club
Arthur Mometer
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