State Plans Early Meeting On School Aid
State boards and education groups prepare for an early committee meeting to draft legislation to urge the Commonwealth to appropriate twenty five percent of the total wage cost of teachers in state school districts. The effort aims to collect district data on last year’s experience and assess tax base and salary expenditures.
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State Board of Education
Commonwealth
State Educational Association
Henry, W. Shoemaker
Altoona
Brumbaugh
O'Neil
Harrisburg
Chester and Darby Road
A. Merritt Taylor
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Public Service Commission
State Defense Commission
Attorney General's Department
Pennsylvania
Luzerne
W. D. Porter
Stephen H. Huselton
Allegheny County
Lancaster County Democratic Committee
Tyrone
Derry Township
Joseph W. Hunter
Butler
Chester
T. H. Gill and Company
Whitney Point
New York
Butler County
Allegheny
Cooperstown
Chester County
Pocopson Township
Dunlevy Brothers
Coatesville
Scranton Railways Co
William Mil
Technical High School Commencement Honors War Service
Forty eight graduates will receive their sheepskins Thursday evening at Technical High School with five class orators discussing war phases. Speakers Marcus Beard Holland Fred Henry Fred Essig Winfield Lob an honor the memory of former students now serving.
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Technical High School
Maurice Glenwood Beard
Gordon G. Holland
Fred Henry
Fred Essig
Winfield
H. Loban
Edgar Batten
U. S
Cassin
Royal Beckley
25Th
U. S. Aero Squadron
George Bell
112Th Infantry
Keystone
Harry Nell
Alfred Osman
Coast Artillery Corps
Willis Patterson
Fred Ramey
Herman Rhoads
Edgar Steward
Newton Hershley
National Army
Sam
Hennie” Cocklin
Pat” Patterson
Clarente Hempt
Pete’ Moore
Osman
Bud” Jerauld
Maroon
Forney
Tech Eleven
Harrisburg
Bolsheviks Driven Back by Semenoff Forces in Siberia
From Harbin June 7 General Semenoff leads anti Bolshevik forces to push back Russian troops across the Onon river in trans-Balkaria. Kolchak and Orloff unite for a railway offensive toward Vladivostok with 1 200 Russians and 600 Chinese plus 2 500 Chinese troops guarding the border. Bolsheviki concentrate near Pogranitchnaya and Grodokova while guarding the line to Nikolsk. Chinese forces stay on railway duty and Bolshevik bands stop westbound trains and draft young men.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Semenoff
Siberia
Onon River
trans-Balkaria
Admiral Kolchak
Black Sea
Orloff
Pogranitchnaya
Vladivostok
Kolchak
Kalmakoff
Pogranitchnnaya
Grodokova
Reuten
Nikolsk
War Note Reveals Joseph Firth Fate Premonition
Mrs James R Firth of Pottsville Pa received War Department news that her son Joseph was severely wounded on the French front shortly after writing a letter in which he said he had made peace with God and would face any fate with preparedness. He added that Germans attacked American troops with hundreds of devilish inventions.
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Pottsville
James R. Firth
War Department
Joseph
Women Munition Workers Fight Fire to Save Plant
London witnesses a display of bravery as twenty women munition workers, trained in fire drills, refused to abandon their posts as a shed loaded with live cartridges burned. They restrained the blaze until city firemen arrived, preventing destruction of the plant.
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London
House of Commons
Defied Law to Save Her Ancestors Graves
Kansas City Missouri Miss Ida B Conley a Wyandotte descendant was fined 100 in a police court Kansas City Kansas for destroying city property The charge was removing surveyors stakes in Huron Cemetery protesting an improvement she said would desecrate her ancestors graves
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Kansas City
Ida B. Conley
Kan
Twenty five years for Mennonites who object to war
In San Antonio on June 11 a court martial sentenced forty five conscientious objectors to life imprisonment, later reduced to twenty five years by Brigadier General J. P. O'Neil. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, designated as the place of confinement. Most defendants are Oklahoma Mennonites who refused both uniforms and noncombatant service. Trials occurred Friday and Saturday with defense offering no explanation beyond religious objection to physical force.
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San Antonio
Tex
J. P. O'Neil
O'Neil
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Oklahoma
Hall Decorations to Be Clothing Now For Hans
New York report notes a German clothing shortage has led to an order requiring municipalities to negotiate with societies for their utilization. The move shifts ceremonial hall decorations into clothing related use, affecting public spaces and cultural events.
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Hans
New York
Germany
Scranton Jitney Case Highlighted By State Officials
Scranton jitney operator facing penalties under state commission authority is discussed along with other Capitol items. Mayor Connell and officials from Scranton met with Governor’s office staff. James F. Woodward, Republican nominee for Secretary of Internal Affairs, visited. The Public Service Commission took no action on federal railroad rate changes and lease issues. Major appointments and state board reappointments are announced, plus planning talks with Brunner on the State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings.
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Diz
Scranton
Carbondale
Commission
A. T. Connell
F. C. Ehrhardt
Walter McNichols
H. C. Hubler
Ball
Hubler
France
Woodward
James F. Woodward
Kurtz
J. Banks Kurtz
Altoona
Capitol
Public Service Commission
Philadelphia
Sproul
William C. Sproul
Chester
George P. Donehoo
Coudersport
William H. Stevenson
Pittsburgh
Brumsbaugh
State Historical Commission
J. George Becht
State Board of Education
Charles H. Muhlenberg
Reading
Murray T. Killner
John D. Meyer
John C. Judson
Washington
Infantry
Brunner
Connie Ott W. Brunner
New York
State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
Ion Er Acte
Chester and Darby Road
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Mrs Daniel Mathias dies in Quincy home York county
Mrs Daniel Mathias of New Cumberland Pa died yesterday at the United Brethren Home in Quincy Pa after heart trouble. She lived at the Quincy Home for two years with her husband Daniel Mathias. She was a member of the United Brethren Church of New Cumberland and is survived by her husband and a sister Mrs Ayers of New Cumberland wife of Rev A R Ayres. Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 AM at the United Brethren Church Manchester York county.
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Daniel Mathias
New Cumberland
United Brethren
Quincy
United Brethren Church of
Ayers
A. R. Ayres
The
United Brethren Church
Manchester
York County
Farmer's Plow Unearths Ancient Stone Idol in Ohio Field
In Chillicothe Judge John W. Goldsberry's farm tenant Jacob Ott found a red clay stone sculpture while plowing. The bas relief figure shows a nearly complete female form with missing head and carved limbs, believed to be an ancient idol from a former regional tribe.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
John W. Goldsberry
Jacob Ott
Ott
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A. J. Simms
Harrisburg, Pa
G. Gordon Holland
Maurice G. Beard
Bolshevik
Berlin
Dr. Chase
Chase
United Medicine Co
North Tenth St
Mack's OY
Market Street
Doutrichs
Doutrich
Cea Hanel Cy
Hart Schaffner & Marx and
Kuppenheimer Clothes
Detroit
United States Food Administration
Lincoln
Gem
Premium
Prince
Chicago, Ill
Pal
Peoria
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