Park Extension Bill Heads Toward Governor for Approval
The Woodward bill authorizing 350 000 for Capitol Park Extension, prepared with Brunner Manning plans, is on first reading and headed to the Governor. Companion and related bills move through House and Senate calendars as end-of-session appropriation measures loom. Governor Brumbaugh and lawmakers will attend the Valley Forge dedication.
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Woodward
Capitol Park
Brunner - Manning
Harrisburg
House
Senate
Millersburg
Western Insane Hospital
Blairsville
Blood remedy promises relief for eczema and blood disorders
When the skin is inflamed with itching and burning eczema, a claimed blood treatment is advertised as the lasting solution. The Swift Specific Co. asserts its product S. S. S. has served for fifty years and invites readers to write Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta, Georgia for personal guidance.
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Swift Specific Co
Dept. M
Atlanta
Steelton Raises 8000 for Red Cross Drive
Steelton official kickoff for the Red Cross campaign sees 8000 subscribed toward an 20000 goal. Benefactors include Mr and Mrs Bent with 5000 and each local bank with 1000. expected progress noted at noon tomorrow. Teams and captains listed: McCurdy, McGinnes, Nelly, Cumbler, McEntee and their volunteers.
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Steelton
Red Cross
Harrisburg Street
Bent
John A. McCurdy
Ira Myers
Ross M. Frey
Jacob Yoselowitz
James P. Detweiler
L. E. McGinnes
W. E. Abercrombie
W. PF. McGinnis
G. M. Long
B. F. McNair, Jr
T. J. Nelly
M. M. Cusack
Walter Keister
J. H. Gerdes
R. M. Rutherford
M. A. Cumbler
Mark Mumma
D. Cc. Bishop
T. L. Gruber
W. H. Nell
T. T. McEntee
Frank Robbins
BE. F. Entwisle
G. O. Vickery
Quincy Bent
Two Playgrounds Opened This Morning and Meeting Tonight
Chairman Davis called a special meeting in the council chamber to discuss adding equipment to playgrounds and opening four grounds with instructors. The Fothergills playground, under Miss Jennie Green, opened this morning with hundreds of children enjoying the day. The Hygienic grounds, led by Miss Adella Fisher, opened this afternoon at 1.30. Supervisor Irwin oversaw both openings.
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Davis
Fothergills
Jennie Green
Adella Fisher
Irwin
Thomas Gardner takes office as police chief in Steelton
Thomas W. Gardner was elected chief of police last Monday night by the council and assumed duties this morning. Acting Chief Leon Hand will return to night sergeant. A meeting of the patrol will discuss plans to improve protection, and warnings against street corner loitering will lead to arrests. Also notes on a cow found tied at Second and Highland streets and transfers within the department.
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Thomas W. Gardner
Burgess Wigfield
Prine Department
Steelton
Leon Hand
Second
Highland
Gardner
Middletown notes travel meetings and local events
Mrs Harvey Beer and Grace visit Halifax while Rev James Cunningham H J Wickey and N C Fuhrman were elected delegates to the Dauphin County Sabbath Association in Millersburg June 26 and 27. Red Cross rummage sale raised 113 dollars. Many locals travel to Boston Philadelphia Chicago and Akron for visits and meetings. Troop 1 Boy Scouts camped at Clifton Springs. Water works repairs prompt reservoir diversion to filters. William Nagle visiting Pittsburgh.
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Harvey Beer
Grace
Halifax
M. IE. Sunday School
James Cunningham
H. J. Wickey
N. C. Fuhrman
Dauphin County Sabbath Association
Millersburg
Blanche Churchman
Red Cross Society
R. I. Young
South Union Street
Harry Mayer
Boston
Mass
Fuller Bergstresser
Chicago
Ill
General Synod of
Lutheran Evangelical Churches
H. J. Leeds
Reading
Charles Myers
Howard
Philadelphia
William
Signal Corps
J. Nelson Weirich
Pittsburgh
William Weirich
Pike Street
el Paso
Texas
John Sites
Altoona
Bressler
D. B. Zorger
Strinestown
York County
Morris Hipple
Akron
Ohio
Chauncey Straus
Penne
Sunny
Harry Weirich
Katie Brandt
Daniel Cain
Miss Kinsay
Thousands of Canadians in Britain awaiting repatriation due to limited steamship space
London reports about 40,000 dependents of Canadian soldiers stranded in Britain as passenger ships to Canada remain scarce. Many arrived with or after their men, some already back in Canada wounded or discharged, while others seek to join relatives killed or left behind. In a separate incident, James Murphy and Thomas Jackson were injured near Hummelstown, Pennsylvania when struck by a Reading train. Murphy lost a foot, Jackson was bruised.
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Britain
London
Canada
Hummelstown
James Murphy
Thomas Jackson
Mount Union
Reading
Middletown
Murphy
Harrisburg
Jackson
Hobart Names for Army Volunteers and Conscripts
In Hobart New Zealand the community uses distinct labels for recruits The volunteers are termed The Wents and those drafted by ballot or conscription are called The Sents On arrival at camp there is little friction between the two groups reflecting a smooth integration despite the naming divide.
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Hobart
New Zealand
Army Medical Board Ties Skin Tone to Nervous Shock Claims
London reports the Army Medical Board examining shock from exploding shells and similar nervous complaints in military hospitals. They are compiling histories of thousands of cases to compare nervous system soundness.
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London
Army Medical Board
English Cultivating Ground Vacated by Germans
A British headquarter department now oversees agricultural work in areas liberated from German control in France. Soldier farmers, many with prior farming experience, volunteer for field labor while enjoying springtime in the countryside. They are supplied with horses and British cultivated implements, seeds, and fertilizers as the army plans to cultivate about 30 000 acres in the Somme liberated area this year.
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France
Somme
New York Men in Gardens in West Albany
At the request of J E B Finklestein secretary of the West Albany Car Department Community Farm Association the National Emergency Food Garden Commission of Washington has supplied the association with its food garden primer to aid in cultivating a tract of land. The association is made up of men employed in the end department of the New York Central railroad.
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New York
West Albany
J. E B. Finklestein
Community Farm Association
National Emergency Food Garden Commission
Washington
New York Central Railroad
AIDS NEED FUNDS Plea for more support to aid work presented
John Yates secretary of the Associated Aids reported to the board yesterday on rising social work. He cited data showing monthly growth in activities and called for increased contributions to sustain expanded programs.
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John Yates
Association
Board of Managers
Rotarians Hear About Boy Scout Work and Final Meeting
Harrisburg Rotarians heard J. Howard Stine describe the Boy Scout movement and its early development. Stine, appointed Scout Executive for Harrisburg, will direct operations from the Telegraph building. The group will meet at BE. J. Lewis’s shoe factory, then tour Wellsville’s factory and dine, marking the final semimonthly summer gathering.
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Harrisburg
Wellsville
York County
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