Arabs And Jews Agree To Short Peace Cease Fire
The United Nations announced a four week armistice starting at 1 am Friday after Arabs and Jews unconditionally accepted a cease-fire. Trygve Lie said a U N mediation HQ would be set on Rhodes with Folke Bernadotte directing efforts. The UN asked the US France Belgium for six coastal patrol vessels and 63 troops to monitor the truce.
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Larry Hauck Lake
United Nations
United States
Frince
Belgium
Trygve Lie
Lie
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Rhodes
Bernadette
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Philadelphia Tax Office losses spark call to dismiss Grakelow
The Committee of Fifteen said Philadelphia lost 4 million through mismanagement in Receiver of Taxes W Frank Marshall’s office. It urged Mayor Bernard Samuel to dismiss Charles H. Grakelow and hire an able administrator as a first step in reform. The grand jury probe also exposed wage tax slip neglect and possible embezzlement in Grakelow’s department.
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Philadelphia
Frank Marshall
Bernard Samuel
Charles HH. Grakelow
Department of Supplies
Grakelow
Marshall and Groke
Marshall
Richardson Dilworth
James W. Tracey, Jr
Dilworth
Grand Jury
Jilworth
Department of
W. Frank Marsall
Committee of Fifteen
Samuel
Farrell Jewelry Robbed of 4100 in Ohio Heist
A Farrell jewelry store lost 4100 in rings watches and cash. Four Ohio men were arrested after a four hour crime spree ending in Campbell. Abe Estulin reported the safe opened under threat and was bound. Police found the loot in a suspect's home trunk.
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Farrell
Ohio
Campbell, O
John Putko
Farrell Police
Abe Estulin
Easton
Estulin
Putko
Senate Votes to Finalize Draft Bill at 2 PM Tomorrow
Washington bulletin reports the Senate voted to finalize a draft bill scheduling a 2 p.m. est vote tomorrow. The chamber rejected four amendments including a segregation-by-race draft option and universal military training. The Capehart plan was defeated 57 to 24 with Taft and Wherry in support and Tydings opposing. The court martial overhaul was approved 44 to 39, while concerns remained over separate judge advocate general corps and service-wide unification.
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Jack Rutledge
Washington
Senate
Army
Air Force
Capehart CR
Ind
Truman
Morse
R-Ore
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
Tydings
Congress
UMT
UMIT
Malone
R-Ney
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Baldwin
R-Conn
House
House Armed Services Committee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Kem
R-Mo
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Russell
Maybank
United States Accepts Western Germany Proposals
Secretary of State Marshall announced Washington accepts London conference proposals for unifying western Germany. The plan calls for a separate western German government, international Ruhr control, and continued occupation until Europe’s peace is secured, with safeguards for French concerns and balance between rebuilding Europe and German revival risks.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Germany
Marshall
Ruhr
Europe
Congress
Senate
Foreign Affairs Committee
Assembly
London
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Benes Ill From Degression Due To Red Regime
Dr. Oscar Klinger, Benes long-time physician, says the Czech president retired due to deep low mood over the Communist seizure of power. Benes, age 64, had been in seclusion near Prague under guard and had previously considered resigning in protest against the regime.
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New York
Eduard Benes
Benes
Oscar Klinger
Europe
Klinger
Czech Republic
Sezimova Usti
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Jan Masaryk
Moscow
Campbell Held For Court In Desertion Case
Harry C. Campbell of Confluence was ordered held for court after a morning hearing before Squire C. J. Harrison Jr. He faced desertion and non support charges and was committed to the county jail in default of bond.
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Campbell
Harry C. Campbell
Confluence
Squire C. J. Harrison, Jr
Chicken and Country Ham Dinner at Mt Dale Farm
Carrie Hostetler Ferguson announces a Sunday dinner event at Mt Dale Farm on June 13 at 1 30 with price of 1.75 dollars. Dinners include rooms and meals for week and weekend guests. The farm is one mile east of Seven Springs entrance in Champion Pennsylvania.
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MT. Dale Farm
Seven Springs
Carrie Hostetler Ferguson
Champion
Biggest auction sale in Somerset county draws crowds and mud
The Meyersdale fairgrounds hosted the largest auction ever held in Somerset county with proceeds destined for overseas relief. Volunteers and Boy Scouts directed traffic as thousands attended a daylong sale of donated items ranging from goats to pianos. A goat sold for 76 dollars after repeated bidding and a goat buyer joked about selling it again.
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Paul E. Trimpey
Somerset County
Meyersdale Fairgrounds
Somerset
Meyersdale
Fair Grounds
Tom Platter
Truman Faults Congress in Spokane Campaign Stop
President Truman assailed the current Congress as the worst in history during a Spokane stop and urged Washington voters to defeat it in 1948. He also criticized Taft Hartley law at a union event and contrasted it with Civil War era politics.
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Truman
Washington
Washington State
Congress
Spokane
United States
Yast Grand Coulee
Thadoeus Stevens
Felkner
Spokesman-Review
Chicago Tribune
Ian
Povave
Mr. Truman
Lloyd B. Ferguson
Columbia River
Daniel Webster
White House
Independent Communications Workers of America
Shaffer Injured In 2 Car Crash Near Stoystown
Lewis R. Shaffer Jr. 24 of Stoystown RD was injured when his coupe collided with a truck driven by Floyd Maust near Kimmel Park Route 53. Shaffer was unconscious briefly, treated for concussion and bruises, and released. Maust uninjured. Damages totaled about 900 dollars. Shaffer to face a failure to yield charge.
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Stoystown
Kimmels Park
Pennsylvania State Police
Somerset
Lewis R. Shaffer, Jr
R.D
Floyd R. Maust
Orchard Avenue
Suaffer
Maust
Shaffer
Lad Hit By Car Is Hospital Patient
Bruce Berkebile 7, of Stoystown, was admitted to Somerset Community Hospital at 9 p m after an accident on the highway in which his right leg was fractured. State police had received no report of the crash by midnight, and details were not learned.
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Howard R. Boose
Ernest Statler
John L. Knepper
Knepper
Brothers Valley
Statler
Somerset County
Bruce Berkebile
Somerset Community Hospital
Willard Berkebile
Stoystown
Steelworkers seek court test of Taft-Hartley affidavits
CIO United Steelworkers move to challenge the constitutional validity of the Taft-Hartley Act provision requiring union officers to sign non-Communist affidavits. Philip Murray announces the appeal to the U S circuit court in Chicago after Inland Steel Co pension talks. A July 16 argument date is requested with hopes for a summer ruling and possible Supreme Court review.
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William G. Smock
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Inland Steel Co
NLRB
Murray
Executive Council
Steelworkers
Boston
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Jenner Man Injured In Lorain Steel Plant
Samuel Berger a 26 year old of Jenner was admitted in Memorial hospital Johnstown after a sand slinger toppled a two ton mold as he knelt to patch it at the Johnstown Lorain Works of Carnegie Illinois Steel. His condition was listed as critical. The plant had 13 months without a lost time accident and 1 200 000 man hours worked.
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Spokane
Truman
Grand Coulee
Columbia
Mon Wallgren
Washington
Wallgren
F. A. Banks
Columbia Basin
Columbia River
Mr. Truman
Samuel Berger
Jenner
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Johnstown Lorain Works
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Berger
Sandslinger
Strikers Return At New Castle
About 500 National Radiator Corp foundry workers returned to work after a sympathy walkout in support of 11 discharged colleagues. Union leaders urged the return while a six day walkout of over 1000 at United Engineering and Foundry Co stalled in a wage dispute with the International Association of Machinists.
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New Castle
National Radiator Corp
United Engineering and Foundry Co
Involvin
International Association of the Machinists
Death of Eleanor Marie Pribish
15 month old Eleanor Marie Pribish daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Pribish of Central City died in Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh Tuesday Funeral services set for Saturday 9 am at home then 9 30 am at St Peter and Paul’s Greek Catholic Church Rev Basil Huha officiating Burial in church cemetery
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Eleanor Marie Pribish
Eleanor Marie
Vandenberg Blasts House Aid Bill Cuts
Senator Vandenberg charged House cuts to foreign aid shift policy from recovery to relief and hurt the European recovery program. He urged restoring funds and testified as the appropriations committee opened hearings on lowering the ECA budget and extending the spending period.
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ED Creagh
Washington
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
House
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
ECA
Vandenberg
European Cooperation Administration
Paul G. Hoffman
Marshall
Appropriations
Taber
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Earl Warren
California
Michigan
Warren
FCA
Philadelphia
Bernadotte declares four week Palestine armistice and Rhodes city plan
Cairo June 9 Count Folke Bernadotte announced a four week armistice in Palestine starting at 1 am EST. He will supervise with UN observers and set up a peace conference on Rhodes to address long term Palestine issues. Arabs and Jews accepted UN proposals and a truce commission will monitor immigration and control under Swedish aides. He plans to fly to Amman and Jerusalem then to Rhodes to establish headquarters.
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Cairo
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Bernadotte
United Nations
Holy Land
Mediterranean
Rhodes
Trygve Lie
Lake Success
Jerusalem
Lie
United States
France
Belgium
Trans-Jordan
Bernadette
U.N. Truce Commission
Amman
Trans- Jordan
Holy City
Poris
Maryland and nearby states warm with sun and scattered storms
Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania expect mostly sunny skies with light warmth on Thursday and increasing warmth on Friday amid scattered afternoon thunder showers. Western Pennsylvania remains sunny and warmer Thursday with Thursday night to Friday showers and a hint of cooler air later. West Virginia sees sun and rising temperatures Thursday and Friday with scattered thunder, followed by cooler conditions at night.
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Maryland
Pemnsylvania
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Weather Summary Temps for Wednesday June 9 1948
The U S Weather Bureau listed temperatures for Wednesday June 9 1948 across locations. Readings show expected heat in several cities with nightly lows and daytime highs noted for the period.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Isle of Rhodes
By Max Boyd
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