Health Welfare Planning Spurred by War in State
Development of state health and welfare planning bodies was urged by Paul J. Benjamin at the 73rd National Conference of Social Work meeting. He highlighted wartime needs and the role of public charities in Pennsylvania. The address tied social welfare planning to war efforts and future policy needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Buffalo UP
National Conference of Social Work
Paul J. Benjamin
Philadelphia
Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania
Truman
Texarkana waits for phantom killer despite no show
Texarkana residents keep lights on and shades drawn as Ranger patrols sweep the area in search of the feared phantom killer said to strike every three weeks. No sixth murder occurred, leaving the town jittery yet hopeful for safety.
Deaths: Merritt Cramer Mechem Wallace R Lane Louis C Austin
Obituary notices report Merritt Cramer Mechem former New Mexico governor and prominent attorney died in Albuquerque at 75. Wallace R Lane longtime patent law leader died in Chicago at 70. Louis Clifford Austin editor and publisher of the Riverhead News died at 72 in Westhampton Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merritt Cramer Mechem
New Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
Wallace R. Lane
American Patent Law Association
American Bar Association
Chicago
Louis Clifford Austin
Riverhead News
Westhampton Beach
Germans ready for 38 postwar elections in occupied cities
In Frankfurt Munich and other war scarred centers 38 American occupied towns vote for joint city country councils. The polls mark the first free city elections in 13 years and test whether Germans under American rule swing left or right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Communist Party
Munich
MacArthur accuses Tokyo of failing to protect foreign property
General MacArthur accused the Japanese government of failing to protect foreign holdings and ordered immediate correction after a Sibert deputy custodian of civil property report cited serious neglect of foreign oil firms’ property. Also notes Chinese occupation talks, typhoid outbreak, dockers strike, Polish troops sit down, Hagelin executed, hog receipts drop, Ackley appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
L. Col
F. R. Sibert
London
Reuters
Telford
Germany
Poland
Truman Eyes Law to Curb Rail Strike as 18 Unions Accept
President Truman declares it useless for government to mediate further between railroads and two striking unions while 18 other unions accept the settlement. He outlines a plan to seek criminal penalties for strikes against the government and to mobilize troops to operate trains if the strike continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Byrnes
White House
Truman
Whitney
Johnston
Congress
Emergency measures loom as fuel and power tighten across cities
Gov Dewey mobilizes the state and appoints Charles Sells to oversee emergency operations while New York ponders a full emergency and rail strikes prompt unions, industry, and utilities to curtail production. Buffalo Albany and Troy face food shortages as officials urge calm and patriotic cooperation.
Eastern Butter Cut-off Threatens Supplies
The Produc tion and Marketing Administration says continued railroad strike would nearly wipe out butter supplies in major eastern cities. The Agriculture Department division notes 90 percent of eastern receipts arrive by rail, risking shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Producion and Marketing Administration
Agriculture Department
Rall
Stored Bombers Urged for Mail Use
In Long Beach California a proposal by the Association of World War II Pilots and Aviation Specialists urges using 1,500 stored B-17 bombers at Kingman Arizona to fly the mail during a railroad strike. The plan targets rapid airmail delivery and leverages existing war surplus aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Kingman
Ariz
The
Association of
Church Loses Tax Suit Schenectady
Supreme Court jury awards Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes 10000 in a suit against the First Baptist Church of Schenectady. Holmes, a 30 year church member, claimed injuries from a Jan 3 1945 fall into an empty baptismal tank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
Supreme Court
Elizabeth Holmes
First Baptist Church
Railroad workers slow to answer Truman appeal
President Truman urged strikers to return to work as the Army stood ready, but early returns showed only a trickle of workers reporting. Reading Railroad reported six engineers and several yard crews back. New York Central only a few promised to return. Pennsylvania logged one trainman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President 'Truman
Reading ‘Railroad
Philadelphia
New York Central
Pennsylvania
New York
Washington
Chicago
Truman
Boston & Maine Railroad
Yorkshire Post Urges Quick U S Railway Strike Settlement
The Yorkshire Post editorial calls for a rapid compromise to end the U S railway strike. It warns famine and incalculable deaths in Western Europe and the Far East if swift American grain shipments are delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yorkshire Post
United States
U. S
Europe
Far East
Truman Says Coal Talks Ongoing Despite Strike Action
President Truman described ongoing settlement negotiations between the government and unions as the coal dispute deepened. Vice Admiral Moreell urged miners to report to work and maximize coal output while discussions continued. UMW leaders Krug and Morell discussed the administration stance on the payroll levy for a union welfare fund amid potential funding options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adm
Ben Moreell
U.M.W
Moreell
Lewis
Truman
Mll-in
Krug
Morrell
U.ml
Bnance
10000 Troops Due On Eight Ships
A warship carrying 1,025 service personnel arrives in New York City today. About 8,900 more troops debark from seven vessels at two West Coast ports, with ships including the U S S Victory docking in New York and several others listed with Navy and Marine personnel aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
U.S.S.R. Victory
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Gypsy
Mender
San Francisco
Hermitage
Kershaw
Onita
Kerstin
Belgium Imposes Price Cuts Across Goods
On Saturday June 1 Belgians face a government price act lowering costs by ten percent on most items from railroad tickets to theater and household goods with shoes cut twenty percent. Stores face penalties via padlocked doors if they resist reductions while officials review cases. The plan aims to curb profiteering, keep railways and mines running, and deliver immediate delivery as prices adjust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
Japanese Government Workers Receive Pay Increases
Japanese government workers, previously underpaid, will get pay raises of 30 to 100 percent starting July 1 to bring earnings closer to private industry. Living costs rose 850 percent during Allied occupation. More than 1,500,000 workers affected. approved by Gen. MacArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
Boys Sailing Dream Ends in Spill on Buffalo River
George Filsinger, 16, and his eight year old brother Allen built a 12 foot sailboat over four months. They launched Friday, but the craft lacked a keel and the boys toppled into the Buffalo River during their first voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo UP
George Filsinger
Allan
Buffalo River
Trains and Mail Carry On as Syracuse Strikes
One ticket sold in Syracuse for a westbound Pacemaker with three mail cars five pullmans seven coaches a club car two diners and a baggage car arrived at 10 20 PM. An eastbound Pacemaker reached Syracuse at 5 48 AM carrying mail and passengers to New York City. The New York Central will run five trains to Chicago including Commodore Vanderbilt and North Shore Limited with 325 passengers stranded in New York. Post and air mail operations continue with embargo on air mail except first class. Sixteen marines volunteered for emergency service and business and food supplies face strain if the strike lasts longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Truman
Truman
Pearl Harbor
American Meat Institute
Agriculture Department
Truman Grimly
Paunt Kirchner
Snyder
Gabriel Yodes
James
Syracuse
New York City
New York Central
Chicago
Frst
North Shore Limited
Grand Central Terminal
New York
Commodore Vanderbilt
Myron J. Parkinson
Millard F. Wecker
Marine Corps
Paul M. .Jones
Manufacturers Association of Syracuse
Dewitt Yaris
People’s Ice Company
R. J. Mastin
Ice Company
Lce
Iiie Bird
Boston
Roosevelt High School
Coldwater
Midh
Washington
Doris Hudson
Oscar F. Renshaw
New York Stock Exchange
Markets
Eugene G. Schulz
Isolated Lester Hamlet Receives Food Caravan
A food caravan from Lester, a mountain hamlet with 500 residents, emerged today after crossing Seattle's Cedar River watershed. The community near the western ranges relies on the Northern Pacific railway for supplies and is inaccessible by road due to locked gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seatile GP
Lester
Seattle
Cedar River
Northern Pacific Railway
Poland's Anders Army May Be Kept For Use in War
Pravda reports Western powers seek to preserve General Anders's Polish army for possible use. Ya Viktorov cites a New York Times claim that Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee advised the U S War Department to grant refuge to a sizable portion of Anders' troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Moscow
Pavda
United States
Eingland
Wladyslaw Anders
Pravda
Ya Viktorov
New York Times
John C. H. Lee
Mediterranean
U. S. War Department
Rail strike disrupts New York area as thousands laid off
The ongoing rail dispute halted passenger and freight service across the metropolitan area. New Haven resumes limited NYC trains while Pennsylvania Railroad expands skeleton routes. 4,000 PRR workers facing layoffs and 12,800 Railway Express men to be cut as embargo bites. Stock Exchange shortens trading. shops adopt holiday hours amid worsening gridlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Cadium Steel
New York
New Haven Railroad
New Haven
New York City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Howard
Palmer
New Jersey
Railway Express Agency
Greater
Hudson County
N. J
Conductors Ordered Back to Work on New York Central
Grand president H. W. Faser and Local Chairman Edward Keefer issued an order for all conductors with seniority on the New York Central to return to work immediately. The directive states conductors are not on strike and must protect seniority rights, affecting about 1000 men east of Buffalo. Keefer chairs Syracuse Division 155.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
H. W. Faser
Edward K. Keefer
Keefer
Syracuse
Buffalo
Gas Rumor Drives Rush on School Gas Tanks
At one school students cut classes to fill gas tanks amid rumors of fuel shortages. A pupil in study hall left to replenish teachers' car tanks as offices received flood of calls. Gas station operators split time pumping gas and taking inquiries while Syracuse stores claimed fuel would last weeks. President Truman had ended rationing the prior August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Truman
Canadian Seamen Called on Strike
Canadian seamen on all Canada Steamship Lines vessels were called out on strike to back demand for an eight hour day on lake and coastal ships. The 12 hour work day sparked a dockside dispute in Montreal when the freighter City of Montreal sailed with a non union crew and a union delegate was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canada Steamship Lines
Montreal
C.S.S
City of Montreal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jins
Columbia Broadcasting System
C. E. Hooper, Inc
Schroon Lake
Schroon Manor
Joseph R. Frieden
Albany
Dewey
Frank Biack
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Okla
Sapulpa
Collinsville
Gen. Shedd
Salt Lake Chty
William E. Shedd
Ninth Service Command
Fort Douglas
Utah
Richard
Rice
J. I. Rice
Orange
Arizona
Rotterdam
Stanley Przybiski
Senn
Moscow
Mohamad Kamel el-Bendari Pasha
Egypt
Soviet Union
Kamil Abdel Rahim Bey
U.S.S.R
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Bedlam
Transjordan
Abdullah
Paris
Dorothy Smith
Staten Island
Wac
Pierre Henrie
Britanny
France
Nanking
Chu Min-Yi
Lie
London, Ont
A. Vogelsang
St. Thomas and Fast Elgin Medical Society
Bentence
Callewaert
Court of Appeals
Siam
Bangkok
Laxivy
Lat Chien
Japan
MacArthur
Austria
Vienna
Mattershurst
Burgenland
Singapore
Je Shie
Quisling
Oslo
Ackley
Amsterdam
Christopher J. Heffernan
Donald RB. Ackley
Binghamton
John R. Steelman
Labor
Pittsburgh
Paga
Dewey Stoot
State Guard
Charles H. Sells
Howard Cullman
Port of New
Troy
Church
Associated Presse
Rock Island
L. A. Weiss
Southern Pacific
Texas
Louisiana
Pepper
Dfla
Afy Whitney
Striking Brotherhood of Railroad
Charles H. Buford
Army
Othman
OPA
Larsson
Mus Ait
Tioup
Keystone Paints
Genesee Wae
Cal
Leading Airways, Inc
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!