Churchill Warns Britain Hour Is Grave Over Mismanagement
Winston Churchill told Parliament the hour is grave and urged voters to oust the Labour government over four years of mismanagement. He called pound devaluation a disaster and moved a censure that could topple the government, criticizing Cripps and urging pound to find its natural level within a stronger sterling area.
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Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Europe
Sterling
Stafford Cripps
Local Roads Openings And Ice Skating Prospects In Area
Traffic lights out at Wallace and Highland caused confusion with police directing motorists during peak times. Peanuts and Brooklyn on Route 224 near Hillsville gain street lights tonight as installation nears completion. Neshannock Creek between Mill Street Bridge and South Jefferson Street may offer skating if cold weather lasts and debris-free dredging improves the channel. Park Gate Road at Ellwood City ready to open Friday night. Wurt... road to Beaver County line opens Thursday after summer closure. Butler Road work paused due to weather. Jack Kauffman reports a strange fishing incident on Slippery Rock Creek when a bass hooked his line and was reeled in, leaving the owner with the three-pound catch.
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Ellwood City
Wurtemburg
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Butler Road
Jack Kauffman
Slippery Rock Creek
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Daily Weather Report Forecast and Stats
Considerable cloudiness and cooler today with mostly cloudy night. Thursday appears fair and cool. 24 hour period ending today shows high 75 and low 57 with 0.52 inches precipitation and river stage 5.4 feet. Year ago same date records were high 78 and low 40 with no precipitation.
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United States
Marquess to Wed American Divorcee
King George VI approved the engagement of the Marquess of Milford Haven to American divorcee Romaine Dahlgren Pierce Simpson. The couple, announced last night, said they expect no wedding date yet and plan to leave for Washington October 14.
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Pennsylvania Week in Lawrence County Highlights Ox Roast and Visit
October 20 marks Pennsylvania Week events in Lawrence County with a county wide ox roast at New Castle airport. Louise Treadwell Tracy receives the Pennsylvania Ambassador Award as Governor James H. Duff and officials arrive on the Pennsylvania train. Tickets cost one dollar and are distributed county wide with designations to follow. Open House Day invites visitors to New Castle industries from ten to three.
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Lawrence County
New Castle
Louise Treadwell Tracy
James H. Duff
Oklahoma Repeal Effort Fails in Dry Oklahoma
Oklahoma's sixth attempt to repeal prohibition leaves the state dry. Early counts from 3,411 of 3,720 precincts show wet forces defeated by about 56,000 votes as Oklahoma remains in its long standing dry column.
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Head Of State Synod To Speak At Central Church Campaign
Rev Edward H Jones moderator of the Presbyterian Synod of Pennsylvania will speak Thursday at 8 PM in connection with Central Presbyterian church Building Fund Campaign at First Presbyterian church. John F Love is general chairman and Mrs Sara Sankey McCune is co-general chairman. After the service campaign personnel retire to the general report room for the first fund campaign report meeting. Reports will be made by the oral gifts committee and the 70 members of the V I C T O R Y teams.
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Sara Sankey McCune
First Bids On West Turnpike Will Be Taken
Harrisburg September 28 The first two projects of the 67 mile western extension of the Pennsylvania turnpike went on the block for bids as a banking syndicate offered a 77 5 million bond issue Bids open October 18 in Harrisburg Projects cover Brush Creek viaduct substructure and 3 32 miles of grading drainage and paving The syndicate led by Drexel Co B J Vaningen Co Blyth Co and First Boston Corp bought the western turnpike system revenue bonds yesterday
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Welfare Secretary Named in Duff Administration
Gov James H Duff appoints William C Brown of Walnut Glen Farms Chester county as new Secretary of Welfare with a 15000 salary Brown succeeds Charles R Barber who was inaugurated as State Treasurer last May Brown is president of William C Brown Leather Co Philadelphia and active in civic and philanthropic work
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James H. Duff
William C. Brown
Walnut Glen Farms
Chester County
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Charles R. Barber
William C. Brown Leather Co
Philadelphia
Coal strike talks resume as oil gas impact grows
Soft coal operators say oil and natural gas encroachment drives the no increase stance as wage talks restart with John L. Lewis. Nonunion mines reopen under armed state protection near Pittsburgh while UMW pickets monitor the countryside. Northern and southern talks continue with little chance of a break.
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Clearfield
Southern
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Bluefield
W. Va
White Sulphur Springs
George Love
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Lewis
UMW
State Police Patrol In Five County Area
State police guard non union coal mines around Pittsburgh as reopenings trigger clashes with independent miners. Patrols cover Clearfield Elk and Clarion counties with 20 pickets arrested statewide. In Clarion 17 pickets jailed for stoning trucks. Armstrong arrest three. Clearfield reports 30 mines reopened by 14 operators.
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United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginna
Frank Garnow
Clearfield
Elk
Clarion
Clarion County
Wingert
Armstrong County
Kittanning
Clearfield County
Special Train To Visit 28 Pennsylvania Cities
The 1949 Pennsylvania Week Special, an 11 car train, will tour 28 Pennsylvania cities during Pennsylvania Week starting October 17. Cars were built or modernized by Pennsylvania railroads and car builders. One decorated flat car will host entertainment by nationally known artists born in Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
U S Considers Stockpiling A Bombs in Britain
Washington report says the United States weighed placing atomic bombs on the British Isles amid fears after Russia’s test. Posture would include heavy guard and on hand scientists to act quickly. France base proposals rejected due to French physicist ties to communists. aim to centralized U S production.
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United States Weighs Pooling Atomic Resources With Britain
Acting Secretary of State Webb said at a news conference the United States, Canada, and Britain should pool atomic energy resources and techniques after the Russian atomic explosion. He stressed rational, economic use of materials, techniques, and knowledge among the three allies.
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Greenville Girl Committed After Sanity Probe
Ethel Mildren Dunnavant, 24, of Greenville, Pa., was found mentally ill by a sanity board named by Judge George H. Rowley and committed to Warren State Hospital after strangling her two year old niece. She said God told her to commit the act.
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Mercer
Lawrence County Rural Teachers Institute Sets October Program
Lawrence county educators gather for the annual county institute October 5 and 6 at Union High School. County Superintendent John C. Syling announced a program mixing entertainment and education. The event precedes the Mid Western conference of the P.S.E.A. on October 7.
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Union High School
John C. Syling
P.S.E.A
Aluminum Covered Hospital Planned in Bradford
Bradford, Pa Sep 28 The Northwestern Medical Center plans the world s first all aluminum exterior hospital. Five story exterior will use cast thin wall aluminum panels at about 1 800 000 with walls weighing 40 pounds per sq ft versus masonry 120. Aluminum window frames will have sun shade protection. Exterior expected maintenance free after completion in early 1950 with 200 bed capacity.
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Aluminum Company of America
Davenport
Iowa
Iron Ore Miners Strike Called Off
In Duluth Minnesota on September 28 the CIO United Steel Workers union advised miners in Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan ranges to call off a Friday midnight strike. District director Henry A Burkhammer said prospects for a settlement look brighter and 19000 union miners will stay on the job until further notice. Washington announced a federal mediation statement later today by Cyrus Ching.
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Labor Department
No Tokyo Rose Verdict Yet
A deadlocked 12 jurors continued deliberations in the Tokyo Rose treason trial of Iva Toguri D Aquino on the third day. Judge Roche urged the jurors to resume work after a failed unanimous verdict at the close of the second day.
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Tokyo Rose
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Radio Tokyo
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Tito Expels Hungarian Diplomats in Belgrade Retaliation
Belgrade reports Marshal Tito denounces Soviet pressure and ousts nine Hungarian diplomats in reprisal for Hungary removing ten Yugoslav diplomats two days earlier. The move underscores Tito’s defiance of pro Russian influence as Yugoslavia and Hungary exchange diplomatic expulsions.
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Death Notices for Ottie Seal Vallely Wesner
Ottie K. Seal age 86 of 126 Richelieu Avenue died recently. Mary T. Vallely of 108 East Clayton Street is listed deceased. Catherine Wesner of Canonsburg Pennsylvania is also noted as deceased.
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Richelieu Avenue
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Clayton Street
Catherine Wesner
Canonsburg
Steel strike looming as talks stall in Pittsburgh
Federal Mediation Director Cyrus Ching planned a 4 p.m. statement on the strike threat in the steel dispute. In Pittsburgh, U S Steel and CIO USW met for a third day with a rumor of a pensions wage offer. A strike remains set for 12:01 a m Saturday unless an accord is reached.
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Seek To Avert Ford Co. Strike
Detroit report says Ford Motor Co and UAW-CIO negotiators extended talks into a 17th hour in a bid to avert a midnight strike. The pension plan and non economic issues dominated discussions as 106,000 hourly workers could be idled if no agreement is reached.
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Inside Today's Classified News Page
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Reading Baseball Bets Amid Wide World News
The writer notes heavy baseball talk with Yankees Bums Red Sox and St Louis Cards amid world news. Opinions vary on who will win with bets and banter while mentioning damp 53 degree weather.
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