50 000 Line Streets Honor Train Victims Return Home
Wilkes-Barre mourns as 33 members of the 109th Field Artillery Battalion are brought home from a Ohio crash near Coshocton. A 50,000-strong crowd fills streets while flags fly at half mast. Funeral honors planned for Private First Class Leonard Ralonis and 27 others across the weekend and into Monday.
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Wilkes-Barre
Wyoming Valley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
109Th Field Artillery
National Guard
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis
Coshocton
Luther M. Kniffen
Wingston Armory
Leonard Ralonis
967Th Field Artillery
Heavy Smoke At Wilkes-Barre Prompts Alarm And Rail Indemnity Talk
A fire at Victor Products in Wilkes-Barre caused heavy black smoke drifting over the city as crews fought piles of discarded tires. Railroad claims agent HK L Shetler discussed compensation with veterans groups and the Wilkes-Barre Bar Association, saying government ownership would not bar indemnities.
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Frederick Streetlin
Martinez
Wilkes-Barre
Mrac
Louella Martinez Ivex
Fox
Vietor Products
Bronx
New York
Tinaz
H K. L. Shetler
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilkes-Barre Bar Association
United States
Victor Products
Wen
Iin
Max Hoover
Hoover
T A
Frederick Street
Tex
Lower
Pic
Bread Used as Bookmarks Sparks Library Finds
Johnson City Georgia reports patrons use bread, combs, scissors, pencils, bobby pins, nail files, powder puffs, baby mittens and letters as bookmarks at the Mayne Williams Library. Many letters bear “please remit” requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Mayne Williams Library
Primary races tighten as Maryland votes loom
As the Maryland primary nears in three days, Governor Lane receives editorial support from the Baltimore Sun while challenger Mahoney trails. Senator Tydings defends his record amid McCarthy era scrutiny, with O’Conor praising Tydings on radio and Republican Butler emerging as a primary rival in Washington County. The piece notes partisan attacks focus on Capitol Hill actions and policy toward postwar aid.
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Annapolis
Baltimore Sun
Lane
The
Sun
Mahoney
Senate
Sen
Tydings
State Department
McCarthy
Maryland
Herbert R. O'Conor
O'Conor
Oconor
Capito Hill
John Marshall Butler
Washington County
GOP Central Committee
Butler
D. John
Markey
Republican Standard
O Conor
Hugh J. Monaghan
Tydinga
Russia
United States
Britain
Monaghan
Korea
Church leader killed in truck collision near Thermopolis
Dr. William Barrow Pugh of Philadelphia, executive secretary of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, was killed this afternoon in a truck automobile collision near Thermopolis Wyoming on September 14.
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Thermopolis
Wyo
William Barrow Pugh
Philadelphia
General Assembly
The
Presby ‘Terian Church
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British Broadcasting Corporation
Ade Sa
Irene Mona Lisa Sarm
Cincinnati
God Please Protect
America
Silver Haired
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Fiery Sear
Whiteset Music Co
Franklin Street
Hagerstown
Chike Squerse
Fleisher
Ature
Miren
Lane and Mahoney
Hudson River
Westport
Westports
Ammetica
Thisker’s Shoe Dept
Churchman
Pratt and Lambert's
Harry C. Garvin
Cor
Franklin & Prospect Sts
Maurice D. Miller
Williamsport
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