Ellis Gimbel Dies Leader Of Gimbel Stores At 44
Ellis Gimbel head of the Gimbel store system died at his home after a four day illness. He was 44 and survived by his son Zilla A. Jr and two daughters. He helped found a Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh Chicago and other branches and was known for pioneering store escalators and delivery innovations. A noted philanthropist for the blind and underprivileged, he sponsored Thanksgiving parades and contributed to countless charitable efforts in Philadelphia. Born November 9 1865 in Vincennes Indiana he helped build the Gimbel Brothers chain with his brothers and father Adam Gimbel.
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Pailadelphia
Ellis A. Gimba
Zilla A. Jr
Fridolyn Graham
Richard Gimbel
Giendal
Elia Gimbel
Philadelphia
New Yor
Pittsburg
Chicago
de- Lee
Beverly Hills
Cal
Miami
Gimbel
Vincennes
Ind
Hlaether
Adam Gimbel
U.S
Baveria
Young Elis
Milwaukee
Big Gimbel
New York City
Money Panic Grips East German Zone
The East mark plunged as fears of currency reform swept the Soviet zone. Exchanges in West Berlin showed East marks trading as low as 8.73 to one West mark, while officials denied any reform plans. Banks blamed Western changers for the panic, and exporters rushed to convert East marks to Western cash amid a near 50 percent decline since January.
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Berlin
Germany
West Berlin
of Emisalon
ADN
Western Germany
Auacia
IMA
Reichemark
Nursing Group Convenes in Albany at College of Pharmacy
The Hudson Valley League of Nursing Educating will host a Tuesday meeting at 2:50 am at Albany College of Pharmacy New Scotland Avenue Albany. Speaker Mary XL Rogan of Stracer University School of Nursing and Mrs Beatrice Kinsey Brecden of the league will preside. The agenda covers committee duties and guidance within nursing education.
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Hudson Valiey Learue
Will
Ate
Albany College of Pharmacy
New Scotland Avenue
Albany
Mary XL Rogan
Stracer Universitey School of
Nursng
Beatrice Kinsey Brecden
League
Dheroreinn
Dn Rharze
Merourenent
Iran
Automotive Engineers of Arca Meet Key SAE Groups
Automotive Engineers of Arca will meet with Carl F. Bache vice president to discuss shares of research with Cratt penta Aviation and Ereiesng Corp in Detroit Michigan. The meeting features the Ma hawk Hudson Group and the RE Student Group of the Society of Automotive Engineers this month.
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Carl F. Bache
Crattpenta Aviation
Ereiesng Corp
Detroit
Mich
Mahawk-Hudson
Society of Automotive Engineers
Retired Banker Dick Utica Dies at Home After Long Career
Obituary notes the passing of Dick Utica OP Mantes FG, former president of the Savings Bank of Utica. He died at his home after a life linked to finance and civic service. He studied at Chiviton College and had connections to Utica and area institutions.
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Utica
Savings Bank of
Arniiton
Chiviton
Stephentown Couple Marks 6th Wedding Anniversary
Approximately 200 relatives and neighbors gathered at Taconic Valley Grange to honor Mr and Mrs Jessy Snow of Stephentown on their golden anniversary. The event featured a surprise arrangement by Mrs Zillah Snow Herrington of Johnsonville, a program with solos and a history of the Snows life, gifts including a television set, and visitors from nearby towns and states.
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Taconic Valley Grange
Jessy Snow
Weet Stephentown
Zillah Snow Herrington
Johnsonville
Mra. Herrington
Oscar Arnold
Stephentown Center
Snows
Fred Jones
Grange
Mra
Snow
Schaghtleoka Fale Association
View
Roy
Robert Snow
Norwalk
Conn
Pitts Fed
Dalton
Mars
Hancock
Mass
Two Hurt In Saratoga Springs Spa Collision
Two people were severely injured in a two car crash at Washington and Walnut Streets in Saratoga Springs yesterday afternoon. Vernon J. Vinehout, 58, and Miss Tina Kondo nar, of Washington Street, were hospitalized in serious condition. They were in a car driven by Vinehout when it hit a vehicle driven by Mrs Grace Clifford of York Avenue. The Clifford family of five were not injured. Vinehout and Mrs Clifford were treated for shock and internal injuries. Kondenar suffered a fractured skull and facial lacerations.
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Saratoga Springs
Saratoga
Vinehout
Ton
Clifford
Carrera
Frederick J. Clifford
Amale
Conference panel approves tent control funds in Senate bill
A House Senate conference committee backed a 4 million dollar item for rent control contingencies. The Senate earmarked 1.4 million for operating expenses to June 30 and 2.6 million to pay employees and wind down work unless controls are extended. The package, part of an 857 million dollar appropriation to boost agency funds through June 30, trims 20.075 million from the Senate increases. Approval awaits ratification by both chambers.
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Washington LP
House-Senate
Senate
Congress
House
Conference
Navy dredging bills detail Missouri afloat costs in 1947 effort
Navy paid 130500 to float the Missouri out of Chesapeake mud after extensive salvage work. Army dredge usage cost 53400, plus 16400 for private towing, 730 in overtime to pilots and mates. Additional items covered beach gear salvage gear explosives and aqua peacetime repairs. Total amount not fully shown.
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Washington
Navy
Chesapeake
Army
Admr
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
House
FINO
Fort Edward Woman's Will Probated
The will of Mrs Ella M Potter of Fort Edward is probated by Surrogate John H Dewald. Emily G Morrison niece receives a large share including the home at 116 Broadway Fort Edward furniture and a car. Other heirs receive varying sums from 1 to 10000 with churches libraries and a home for aged women receiving 1000 each. Emily G Morrison named executrix.
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Ella M. Potter
Fort Edward
Largo
John H. Dewald
Greanmich
Washington County
Hudson Falls
Emily G. Morrison
Morrison
Broadway
David Wath
Marjorie
Jan Lochhead
Ian Lochhead
Archinald Pau
Annie Paul
James
Thomas Paul
Grane Potter
Frederick A. Pottar
Mra. Cat
Wallace Labosier
Emma Durkee
Clifford Durkee
Fort Edward Village
Strikes Grow Across Belgium in Regime Crisis
The nation faces a widening strike wave as Liberal ministers consider resigning to shape a parliamentary move against the regency. In Liege and Charleroi 25,000 metal workers and 20,000 miners joined action, with glass mills idle and interurban services halted. Dock workers in Antwerp voted a 24 hour strike to begin Monday, while civil port workers echoed similar action. The Socialist led movement aims to keep Leopold from returning, signaling a major political confrontation led by former premier Paul Henri Spaak.
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Leos
Jold
Social Christian
Byskens
Liege
Krom Charleroi
Mons
Namur
Antwerp
General Federation of Labor
National Christian Union Federation
Socialist Party
Leopold
Paul Henri Spank
Iranian Princess Home Robbed Of Jewels And Furs
The luxurious midtown apartment of Princess Ghodsee Kia of Iran was robbed of about 90000 dollars in jewels and furs. Detectives report a two year series of society robberies nearing three million dollars. investigation continues with few leads. The princess, wife of an Iranian diplomat, found a bureau drawer ransacked upon returning from a luncheon. Jewelry missing includes a diamond brooch from Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, emerald and diamond rings, three necklaces, a diamond wristwatch, earrings and bracelets.
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York
Princess Ghodsee Kia
Iran
John Enright
Far
Princera
Losa
Kia
Shan Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Anife
Emad Kia
New York
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
King George VI honors Irish Guards with shamrocks
The King presented shamrocks to the Irish Guards during a ceremonial parade in celebration of Patrick’s Day and the regiment’s anniversary. Queen Elizabeth II and other royals attended as Mrs Josephine Wheele of Cork watched from the crowd. The tradition traces to Queen Victoria who ordered the guards be founded to honor bravery in the Boer War.
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Landon
George VI
Patrick's
Chivers
Darrecke
Ettzateth
Trincesa
Pitanheth
Viscount Airaander
Jreephine Wheele
Arwecarbers
County Cork
Ireland
Bown
Gueen Victoria
Stack Driscoll Confer On Housing Project
Stack and Driscoll met with federal housing officials in New York City to discuss the authority's redevelopment and clearance plans for a housing project. Justin E. Draxcoll, executive director of the Troy Housing Authority, attended as a senior official.
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Stack
Driscoll
Martian BR. Stack
Justin E. Draxcoll
Troy Housing Authority
New York
Cit
Christian Endeavor Alumni Plan Dinner
The annual Christian Endeavor Alumni Dinner is planned for April 1 at the Church of China. Mission community organizer BR Lodowie, president of the Trow Christian Endeavor Union, will preside as toastmaster, with Robert J. Kelley of the New York State Christian Endeavor Union assisting.
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Alomnd
Union of
Christian Eedeaver
Church of China
Dierpine Rede
Lodowie
Trow Christian Endeavor Union
Robert J. Kelley
New York State Christian Endeavor Union
Obituary Notices From Troy Area Deaths In Local Times
A jumble of obituaries from the Troy area reports the deaths of Mrs. George A. Coyle of 251 Con Lewis Street and several others including Edward J. Morin of 43 hire Teenth Street and Henry Schermerhorn of Grafton. Surviving relatives include daughters, sons, and siblings. services and interment are noted for multiple churches and cemeteries across Troy, Rensselaer and surrounding towns with mourners and church affiliations listed.
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George A. Coyle
Lavwig Street
Con Lewis Street
Mt. Ida Memorial
Troy
George E. Pitcher
Detrecntville
Sherman
Robert Felderman
Center Brunswick
Himes
Arthur H. Landmesser
First Methodist Church of
Edward J. Morin
Edward J. Moun
Hire Teenth Street
Coleman Heel and Wedge Co
Cohoes
Albany Hospital
Montreal
St. Franois de Salex Church
Holy Name Society
James
Joseph
Charles Morin
Charles Honsinger
Lester Brewer
Henry Schermerhorn
Als
Gratton
Wix Brothers
Walter Schermerhorn
Petersburg
William
Orville
George
Milford
Albert Schermerhorn
Grafton
Clarence Weeden
Hazel Tucker
Albany
Grafton Baptist Church
Meadow Lawn Cemetery
Wruck
Rensselaer County Highway Department
Florence Reed
Levi Street
Culver City
Call
Henry Street
West Hoosick
Fiora Haak
Shortsville
Mahar
Hoosick Farm
Everett E. Gardiner
West Hoosick Cemetery
Cottrell
William T. Cottrell
Resi Dence
Fifth Avenue
William X. Burnett
Memorial Methodist Church
Edward Hall
Edward Hoffman
William T
Fred H. Riffelbach
Mount Ida
Burnett
Elder ship disaster leaves 14 missing at sea
Search directors weigh two possibilities for 14 missing men after Elder was abandoned. They may still be aboard and adrift, or have left on rafts while the 26 survivors were rescued. The last Elder contact was March 1 north of Johnston Island, 700 miles from Pearl Harbor, with calm seas and a suspected diesel engine failure.
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Thia
Brewster
Johnston Island
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Miss Clapp Installed Wellesley President
Miss Margaret Clapp was inaugurated yesterday as the eighth president of Wellesley College. An academic procession included educators from 86 colleges and universities and most classes since 1375. Eleven honorary decrees were conferred, including a doctor of letters to Nagamne and Viva Lakshmi Pandit as the first U. S. ambassador from India.
Taxicab Driver Robbed by Two Teen Girls
New York taxi driver Abra cam Feldman was held up Thursday night by two teen-age girls who demanded money. One girl reached through the front window and grabbed the wallet, then both fled down a dark alley. Feldman reported the robbery to the Bronx police, describing the suspects as under five feet tall and about 15 years old.
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New York
Abra Cam Feldman
Fire causes truck engine failure at Third Street scene
Firefighters from Central Fire Station were sent to Third Street near State Street yesterday around 7:31 pm to tackle a blaze in the engine of a truck named AAR, owned by J. Tanert of 122 Second Street, Waterviet. No injuries reported.
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Central Fire Station
Third Street
State Street
J. 8 Tanert
Second Street
Waterviet
Meeting Called By National Retail Association Aims 2300+ Attendees
Goodman of Union-Fern tar and rhaazeman of the board of Diparters of the National Reta Farhiter Association head an organization hosting over 2300 on tall furniture stoges. They will attend a meeting of agency directors in Brook, Miss, Monday and Tuesday.
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4Dulize Goodman
Union-Fern. Tar
Rhaazeman
Diparters
National
Reta
Farhiter+ Assocation
United Btatanill
Wa Agencation ] Directora
Brox
Mies
Taber Pledges Four-Billion Budget Cut Plan
Washington Republican Taber, House economy chief, proposes a four billion dollar cut to President Truman's 24 billion dollar budget. He aims to curb spending as the omnibus bill moves to the floor around March 27, signaling a broader drive to balance the deficit amid foreign aid and anti Communist program funding.
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Taber
Washington
INS
House
G.O.P
New York
Wall Press
Truman
Appropriations Committee
Loyalty Check Plan Opposed By F B I
Washington reports that the Justice Department denounced a House approved amendment to the National Science Foundation bill. It would force the FBI to make loyalty findings on Foundation employees or scholarship recipients. Ford said such changes threaten the bureau's role and U.S. democratic principles. The measure moved through committees and faces possible Senate-House conference adjustments.
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Washington
Justice Department
Congressiona
Federal Bureau
Investigaon
House
Department
FBT
National Science Foundation
Senate
FBI
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Peyton Ford
Bellecta Hoover
Ford
Alau
F.B.I
J. Edgar Hoover
Defense
Johnson
Department Isd
Foundation
FLBL
Bureau
Hoover
United States
Troops Called To Quell Turin Rioting In Spaise
Riot clashes in Turin between Communists and Neo Fascists injure sixteen. Police used tear gas and warning shots to clear demonstrators from streets near government buildings after a Thursday attack by sixty Communists on fifty members of the Tobian Social Movement.
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Rome
UTP
Turin
Tovian Social Movement
Mss
Adea
Ford And UAW Reach Pension Agreement
Detroit reports Ford Motor Co and United Auto Workers officials say they have reached a pension agreement. The company will contribute 8 percent of wages into the pension fund for each hour worked and retain rights to modify benefits after Congress revamps Social Security. The plan funds over a wide period as intended by the company.
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Detroit
Ford Motoron
United Auto Workers
Judith Coplon Homeward After Bail Pending Appeal
Judith Coplon returned to Brooklyn after being granted bail of 6000 dollars while appealing her case. The note records unclear details but notes her release and homecoming as part of ongoing legal proceedings. Also mentioned are two other defendants, Mase Cosion and Valentin A Gutotzhev, each sentenced to 16 years last week, with one awaiting a potential suspended term and possible transport to his homeland.
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New York
Brooklyn
Washington, D.C
Judith Coplon
Laborite MP Adam McKinlay Dies in Scotland
Adam McKinlay a Labour Party member of the British House of Commons died of a heart attack at his Dumbartonshire home. His death reduces the majority of the Alliee government and triggers the first by election to fill the vacancy in the new parliamentary session.
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London
UPI
Adam
McKinlay
Labor Party
House of Commons
Dumbartonshire
Scotland
Alliee
Thieves Break In At Monigus Ward and Company Store
Police report a burglary at the Monigus Ward and Company store in Tra ip Menands with thieves prying a dock door latch to enter. Two cigarette machines owned by Werten's vending company were smashed, a small cash amount and cigarettes taken, investigation ongoing led by Menands Police Chief A R Co funder and Chief William McTague.
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Monigus Ary Ward and Company
Tra Ip Menands
Neg Rm
A. R. Co Funder
Menanda
Sy An’ Bany Vending Company Werte
Ward Co
James W. Claydon
Menands
William McTague
Montgomery
Graff
Jaam
School 10 pupils present Irish program
Eighth grade pupils at School 10 performed an Irish program during a Thursday assembly under dancing teacher Miss Adelade Ott. The show featured a scene from Little Women, a Life of St Patrick eulogy read by Robert Kane, piano solo by Myra Rothenberg, and songs by several students led by Miss Margaret McGovern.
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Kelly Green
Adelade Ott
Listere
Erin
Robert Kane
St. Patrick
Louisa May
Alcott
Missea Rose Mary Ka
Kiwanis Club Hears Telephone Executive Visit
Kiwanis Club of Poestenkill heard Augard Carlson executive of the New York Telephone Co Albany speak on his trip to Colombia South America at the weekly meeting at Du Four's Ton Arthur McCormick Delmar Club president presided Delmar club conducted the mong Lt Gov Herman Moch of Rensselaer wag guest et boner
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Augard Carlson
New York Telephone Co
Albany
Columbia
South America
Kiwanis Club
Poestenkill
Arthur McCormick
Delmar Club
Delmar
Herman Moch
I Rensselaer
Albany Excited Over Green On Gen Sheridan
The Capitol in Albany displayed St. Patrick's Day decorations on Gen. Philip H. Sheridan but the green mantle vanished amid a theft. Governor Dewey ordered an investigation. the thief would be draped in orange if caught. Mayor Corstag pledged police help in the search for the Orange Pan.
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Philip H. Sheridan
Capitol
Albany
Kelly Greem
Thomas FE. Dewey
County Cork
Erastus Corstag
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Orr Ute
Christian Endeavor
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Fens
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Jesus
Nicholas] A. Consola
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Frank T. Concula
Benjamin Xistico
Nich Nlas Renda
Frank Chiera
St. Mary's Cemetery
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Ridge Road
Glens Falls
Barder
Siater
Earie Chapman
Glens Faile
George G.1
University of Vermont
Miriam Hantsman
Chester
Atkinson
Paneras
Harry Atkinson
Reedence
South Lake Ave
William N. Burnett
Memorial Methodists Church
David Livingston
Tanner
Thet
Openating
Beavers
Surpase Chemical Co, Inc
lAthans
Harry Aviward
Theodore Hudles
Delbert Terry
Howard Arnold
Lowell Chaetmas
Charles Berne
Priece
Elwood Hills Cameters
Simmons Fypeta Howe
Merth Adame
Stern
Serrita Stern
Cambridge
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Priest
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Senate House
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Arcadia Hardware
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Laborite
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