Army Converts Silk Mill Into Supply Depot at Shamokin
The United States Army is converting a former silk mill in Shamokin Pennsylvania to a general supply depot. Col L D Douglas says full operation will start with 1,000,000 pounds of supplies arriving within six weeks. He notes materials for ordnance engineers chemical warfare medical and quartermaster departments will be stored.
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Associated Press
Shamokin
United States Army
Northumberland County
Medical
Quartermaster
C. K. Eagle Silk Company
Pennsylvania
Marietta
Lancaster County
Army
Signal Corps
Philadelphia
Douglas
War Department
New Cumberland
Schenectady
Col
Civil Service
Brookville Board fills teaching vacancies in commercial civics
The Brookville Board of Education elected Martha McGracken Grove City and Helen Louise White Kittanning to the commercial department and Lois Wagner South Williamsport to civics, replacing Ben Wilkins who resigned as football coach last Saturday. Lawrence McKnight will coach basketball and assume Wilkins's duties. Eva McCurdy joins English department. Dr H A McCurdy, former New Castle resident, is noted.
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Board of Education
Martha McGracken
Grove City
Helen Louise White
Kittanning
Lois Wagner
South Williamsport
Ben Wilkins
Wilkins
Lawrence McKnight
Brookville
H. A. McCurdy
New Castle
Ipoken
Polio Outbreak Leads to School Delays in 11 Counties
Pennsylvania health officials report 18 deaths and 250 cases from infantile paralysis across eleven eastern and central counties. Ban on gatherings for under 18 at public places and delayed openings limit the outbreak while Philadelphia and other districts adjust school starts and venues for minors.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
J. Moore Campbell
Bureau of Health Conservation
Dr. Campbell
Campbell
Parachiel
Lower Merion Township
Thompson's Borsoma Tablets Offer Kidney Relief
Distress of getting up at night hints at kidney issues. Thompson's Borsoma Tablets claim to flush out kidneys and strengthen the bladder, benefiting stomach liver and bowels. Available at your drug store. 1-19
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Thompson
Child Struck by Car Fatal in Silver Creek
A 12 year old boy Glenn Congdon of Forestville was fatally injured when he ran into a tourist car on August 29 near House 20 A Sheridan three miles west of the village. He died en route to Rhinehart Hospital. Driver Charles W Witman of Toledo said the boy darted from the roadside.
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Silver Creek
Aheridan
Glenn Congdon
Hurlbert Road
Forestville
Rhinehart Hospital
George E. Blood
Charles W. Witmant
Toledo
Congdon
Allegheny Graduate Joins Marine Corps Reserve
Robert E B Galbreath a 23 year old Reynoldsville High School graduate from Corty joined the U S Marine Corps Reserve for the duration of the national emergency to take advantage of the training program He was the first in 15 to pass enlistment examinations open to men 17 to 430 for either four years in the regular Marine Corps or the Reserve for the emergency Major Clifford O Henry Buffalo recruiting district calls him well qualified and notes he will receive the same training pay privileges and promotion chances with a shorter service time.
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Allegheny College
Corty
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Marine Corps
Robert EB. Galbreath
West Pleasant Street
2. A. Galbreath
Marine Corps Reserve
Galbreath
Reynoldsville High School
Aero Supply Manufacturing Company
Corry
U.S. Marine Corps
Clifford O. Henry
Buffalo
Big Parade Promises Spectacle at Stoneboro Fair Saturday Night
The Stoneboro Fair hosts a large parade on Saturday night with about seventy units expected led by Volunteer Firemen. After the parade comes the denim and bugle corps championship contest featuring groups like the All Girls Corps of Broughton and Sharpsburg Cadets. Notable participants include Scottie Walker, Amertsen Legion bugle champion, and Notrong, Western Pennsylvania junior champions, in a field of 60 performers.
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Stoneboro
George M. Cook
Pennsylvania
All Girls Corps of Broughton
Jimmie Perella
Plotstureh Symphonic Orchestra
Sharpsburg Cadets
Scottie Walker
Amertsen Legion
Notrong
Itinerant Held After Axe Attack in Kennedy Village
A 45 year old itinerant, Spencer Danley, threatened villagers with an axe causing panic in a Chattatiaua county village. Police surrounded the Albright home after Danley retreated and he was jailed for disorderly conduct.
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Wesson Pawlow
Deyly
Arthur Wheelock
Andrew Tishry
Albright
Pawlow
Jim
Apprience Justice Join Sample
Three Cars and House Damaged Near St Marys
A collision near St Marys injured two people and damaged three cars and a house. Leander Gerber and his wife suffered lacerations. a Cadillac owned by Robert Mion struck a parked car owned by Albert J. Weller after sideswiping another vehicle. Property damage estimated at 1200 dollars.
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ST. Marys
Ridgway
St Mays
Njhiijud
Leander Gerber
St. Maryn
Warren
Philadelphia
Saybrook
Albert J. Weller
Gerber
Helgelind
Michael Masterman
Automobile crash kills Ripley woman and others near Jamestown
An early Sunday crash near Sherman in Chantique County left Miss Mary Barley, 7, of Ripley, and Mrs Lora Allen, 68, of Jamestown, dead. Byron Crocker 59 of Sherman and two others were injured. the accident occurred about 11:40 p m and involved a Sherman Westfield road link.
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Jamestown
Maniey
Jamestown General Hospital
Lora Allen
Chantique County
Dames
Miss Allen
Sherman
Sherman-Westfield
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