Johnstown to Meet Tech in State High School Clash
Johnstown prepares for a major Saturday high school basketball showdown with Tech for the state title. Harrisburg and nearby towns pledge support, with Emme E. Packer offering a silver trophy for the winner. Tech hopes to feature Bob Maxwell and Shorty Miller as officials anticipate a high-class game after a season of lopsided scores.
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Tech
Johnstown
Harrisburg
Emme
Packer
Lighteenth
Regina
The
Telegraph
Uniontown
Connellsville
Apollo
McKeesport
Pittsburgh
Williamsport
Monessen
Windber
Washington
Bob” Maxwell
Philadelphia
Shorty” Miller
Paul Smith
Bodies of those who fell in war to be returned
General Peyton C. March told the Senate committee that all American war dead will be brought home unless relatives request otherwise. He could not say when transport would begin. Senator Frelinghuysen cited about 60,000 total American deaths with 42,000 reported.
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Associated Press
Washington
Peyton C. March
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Congress
General March
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Committee
Baker
March
Fang
Ike McCord and His League Island Team Clash Saturday
Ike McCord leads League Island Navy against the Harrisburg Independents at Chestnut Street Auditorium on Saturday night. The former Harrisburg Central High coach will watch closely as he plays center. McWilliams and Trautwein from Greystock and Philadelphia Central High School respectively will also feature for their teams. The evening ends with the usual dance.
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Chestnut Street
Ike McCord
League Island Navy
Harrisburg Independents
Ike
Harrisburg Central High
Independents
McWilliams
Greystock Five
Trautwein
Philadelphia Central
Turf Monarch J K L Ross to Lead Postwar Racing Revival
Commander J. K. L. Ross of Canada is poised to become the sport’s new king after purchasing War Cup War Pennant and War Marvel for $75 000 He already owns top horses including Billy Kelly Sir Barton Milkmaid and Cudgel and plans to expand racing activity across Canada and Europe with American interest rising after World War II.
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Ross
Canada
Turf Monarch
America
England
France
J. K.L. Ross
A. King McComber
California
War Pennant
War Marvel
McComber
Billy Kelly
Saratoga
Sir Barton
Milkmaid
John E. Madden
Cudgel
Europe
Willis Sharpe Kilmer
Binghamton
N. Y
Leonard Billiard Match Draws Large Harrisburg Crowd
Harrisburg witnessed a big crowd at Leonard's establishment behind Kennedy's drugstore as two billiards matches concluded. Earnest Schweimetz beat Bruce Mingle 80 to 66 with one foul and an 18 point best run. John Fertig defeated Thomas Devine 100 to 57 in a foul-free, tight finish. Melrose Grammar School claims city football crown. disputes can arrange games via Truman Thompson Bell 2463 Dial 4347.
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Harrisburg
Leonard
Kennedy
Earnest Schweimetz
Bruce Mingle
Schweimetz
Mingle
John Fertig
Thomas Devine
Fertig
Devine
Melrose
Melrose Grammar School
Truman Thompson
Bell
Dial
Program Ready for Big Musicale in Harrisburg
A native Pennsylvanian lead unfolds at Fahnestock Hall Friday and Saturday as East Harrisburg Wom en's Christian Temperance Union presents Betsy Lane Shepherd soprano Sara Gurowitsch violoncellist and Helene Whitaker pianist. Notable praise from New York papers highlights Shepherd's singing while the program includes Liszt Debussy Graceland pieces and songs of Ireland England and Russia with the Red Cross auxiliary knitting next at 1314 Derry Street Thursday 9 30 to 5.
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Harrisburg
Fahnestock Hall
East Harrisburg Women's Christian Temperance Union
National Society For Broader Education
West High Street
Carlisle
Betsy Lane Shepherd
Sara Gurowitsch
Helene Whitaker
Pennsylvania
Fair Land
New York Telegraph
Gotham
New York Sun
Liszt
Rendi
Handel
Bizet
Bemberg
Sara
Gurowitsch
Louise
Depuis
Charpentier
Molique
Debussy
Paige Negre
Cyril Scott
Helene Itaker
Him
J. P. Scott
Sonny Boy
Pearl Curran
the Daily Maids
LaForge
Betsy Lane Shepyard
Granados-Kreisler
India
Rimsky-Korsakov
Pepper
Ireland
You
Roy Webb
Banard
Lonely Mountains
C. M. Spahr
East
How Chief Meyers Looks Batting in the Marines
A playful caption depicts Chief Meyers in Marine service with a comic take on his batting stance and makeup. The piece notes a marines salary and a humorous swing as part of the mock scene set beside a Canadian inn incident and a policeman’s quip about a “conscientious ejector.”
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Chief Meyers
Marines
Home shores tribute and wartime voices across nations
A collage of postwar reflections from around the world discusses honoring returning soldiers, Lloyd George on responsibility for the war, and letters from Lebanon and Paris. It notes a football injury at Good Samaritan Hospital, humor about stage stars, baseball trade chatter, and Knights of Columbus aiding soldiers with sporting goods and boxing efforts in Europe.
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Lebanon
Thomas C. Hughes
California
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hughes
Middletown Aero Squadron Eleven
Bethlehem Field
Paris
London
Biddle
Tells of Modern Merchandizing Methods
W R Bush of the Elliott-Fisher Educational Department spoke on merchan dizing methods at Hershey Department Store Employees' Association meeting. Sent by Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, the event included business, songs, and refreshments with eighty plus members attendance.
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Hershey
Hershey Department Store
W. R. Bush
Elliott-Fisher Company
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Comet Observed Report From Harvard Observatory
Cambridge observers relay a message from Professor Elis Stromegren of Copenhagen announcing a comet discovered by Professor Schorr, director of the Hamburg Observatory.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard College Observatory
Elis Stromegren
Copenhagen
Schorr
Hambur Oiservatory
German Statesmen and Press Wanted War in Last Days
New York reports show German statesmen and newspapers urged continuation of the war into late October despite the prospect of a humiliating peace. War Minister Scheuch claimed the army had not been beaten and that urgent action could rally resistance with American tanks cited as a turning factor. Socialist deputies pressed for accountability over Bernstorff-Wilson talks and questioned leadership disclosures on battlefield reality.
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Associated Press
New York
Germany
Socialist Party
Scheuch
Reichstag
Gustav Nose
Bernstorff-Wilson
Navy
George Ledebour
Marshal von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Time clocks eyed to curb teacher tardiness
Lancaster Pennsylvania reports habitual teacher tardiness may lead to time clock installation. President Slaymaker warns action if late arrivals continue. Chicago buyers hear candy prices unlikely to drop for at least a year per Western Confectionery Salesmen Association.
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Lancaster
Slaymaker
Chicago
Western Confectionery Salesmen's Association
Harrisburg Gunners Honored for Camp Perry Showing
A Harrisburg rifle team from Harrisburg and Keystone Rifle Clubs earns praise from Col. A M Winter of the National Match Teams Association for their civilian team at Camp Perry Ohio noting the governor Brumbaugh and Captain C A Dunn led a capable Pennsylvania contingent through September matches.
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Cassius A. Dunn
Harrisburg
Brumbagh
Pennsylvania
Camp Perry
Ohio
A. M. Winter
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Tarvisburg
Keystone
Winter
Washington, D. C
Martin G. Prambaugh
C. A. Dunn
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Rube
Columbia College
Green Ridge Sporting Club
Waynesboro Boys
N. E. Mickley
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R. A. Haley
R. L. Trone
Wildwood
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Chicago Nationals
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