British Flying Ace Bishop Downed 72 Enemies Before Return
Major William A Bishop, credited with 72 German planes, is reassigned from front line to a position with Britain’s air staff. He formed a hand picked squadron of mainly Canadians, earned the Military Cross, Distinguished Service Order, and Victoria Cross, then added five more victories on his final sortie before sailing home. Jacob W Springer, 50, died of acute alcoholism in Middletown jail, noted by Coroner Eckinger.
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London
William A. Bishop
Lord Weir
Edward Kemp
Militia
Bishop
France
Baron von Richthofen
England
Jacob W. Springer
Middletown
Middleton
Eckinger
War books lids close on year's big expenditure
Government records reveal a fiscal year ending largely in debt with expenditures surpassing any prior period. From July 1917 to June, outlays near 800 million dollars plus large shipbuilding, armament, and allied loans push daily costs to about 50 million. Receipts from taxes and bonds total over 2.25 billion. payments on Liberty Bonds approach 1.4 billion as war needs and purchases continue.
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Associated Washington
Ords
Army
Athos
United States
Belliison
Straining to the Last Point in Street Car Debates
Officials warn operating costs threaten street car service though public pressure keeps the transit system going. The piece argues the public needs and supports the street cars despite burdensome conditions and the risk of a breakdown.
Heinz Explains Variability of Food Rules in War Time
Philadelphia United States Food Administrator for Pennsylvania Howard Heinz explains that food conservation rules must be flexible due to perishable supplies, harvest uncertainty, crop conditions abroad, limited shipping space, and transportation congestion. He says wartime policy requires frank public explanations and legal cooperation to adapt quickly.
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Philadelphia
Howard Heinz
United States
Pennsylvania
Food Administration
Eleventh Flag Day Service to Be Held in Middletown
Middletown churchgoers will attend the eleventh annual Flag Day service featuring Rev. W N Yates of Harrisburg delivering the patriotism address. The program includes hymns, solos, a flag drill by sixteen girls, and an oration on The Flag on the Firing Line.
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Church of God
W. N. Yates
Fourth Street Church of God
Harrisburg
Charlene Fisher
J. B. Martin
Agnes Markley
Martha Swartz
D. F. Fisher
Old Glory
Paul Flury
Master Ward Keever
Every Myers
Maud McCammon
Truman Redfong
William W. Yates
Columbia
Miss Fisher
America
Sunday Schools Vote for Day in Dauphin County
Hershey June 29 Prohibition of intoxicating drinks as a war measure urged in resolutions passed by the Dauphin County Sabbath School Association at annual session. Delegates sent copies to President Wilson and Senators Penrose and Knox as Dr Landes urged a "Watch Us Grow" campaign to boost enrollment and promote democracy and Christ.
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Hershey
Dauphin County Sabbath School Association
Wilson
Penrose
Knox
W. G. Landes
Pennsylvania State Sabbath School Association
Landes
America
L. Grace Kane
Dauphin County
Millersburg
H. Howard Hoy
T. H. Hamilton
J. Warren Fortenbaugh
Harrisburg
A. J. Greene
Bertha Jacks
Hummelstown
H. C. Demming
William H. Repp
C. L. Dice
H. D. Jackson
Progress
H. P. Motter
Claude Keiser
Lykens
James W. Barker
Home Department
C. P. Hahnman
Temperance
A. K. Morrison
Myrtle Bachman
Middletown
W. E. Eby
Linglestown
J. E. Gipple
C. L. Kauffman
Highspire
William Blanning
Williamstown
George H. Seiler
Swatara Station
J. Frank Palmer
H. A. G. Harter
Howard Rogers
R. Taylor
Harrisburg Delegates to Convention From Central Conference
Harrisburg will send twenty of the 200 delegates at the Eaglesmere training camp for the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The five districts supply the delegates for a July 1 to July 8 program with morning classes and afternoon recreation. Attendees include Grace Methodist Church leaders and members such as Morris E. Swartz, Jr. and Carl Stoner, plus Miriam Brown, Gertrude Forsythe, Helen Appleby, and others from Camp Curtin and Ridge Avenue. Mrs. Ross Bergstresser teaches junior League methods at Epworth League Institute in Cazebain New York the week of July 8.
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Harrisburg
Eaglesmere
Central Pennsylvania
Methodist Episcopal Church
Carl Stoner
Stevens Memorial
Miriam Brown
Gertrude Forsythe
Helen Appleby
Catherine Fredericks
Ross K. Berkstresser
Ridge Avenue
Elizabeth Hinkle
Grace Stoner
James Kulp
Ezra Park
Eleanor DeSilvey
Chester Bratten
BE. C. Keboch
Mildred Strawbridge
Camp Curtin
Ruth Taylor
Ross Bergst
Dinsmore Named Director for Harrisburg YMCA Boys Camp
A. H. Dinsmore will direct the Harrisburg YMCA boys camp to be held July 10 to 19 a mile south of Liverpool under Central YMCA auspices. C. W. Miller will be musical instructor. Open to boys aged 12 to 17 of good character, regardless of local YMCA membership. Cost estimated at $10. camp limited by capacity. Dinsmore oversees arrangements as boys work secretary for Central YMCA.
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A. H. Dinsmore
C. W. Miller
Harrisburg
Boys Work
Central Y. M. C. A
Former Local Minister Dies in Tennessee
The Rev. J. B. Polsgrove a retired minister formerly with Central Pennsylvania Church and long resident of Carlisle died in Chattanooga Tennessee on Thursday night Services are set for Allison Memorial Church Carlisle Monday at 6 o clock He served as pastor of the Fifth Street Church from 1900 to 1901
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Hollis Croll
London
England
William L. Croll
William Croll
Alice Marie Olcott
Church of the Savoy
Naomi Carmany
Zimmerman’s
Lower
Swatara
Wood Street
J. B. Polsgrove
Central Pennsylvania
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Carlisle
Chattanooga
Tenn
Allison Memorial Church
Fifth Street
SHORT LINE ROADS WAIT ON CONGRESS
Washington June 29 The Railroad Administration prepared a list of short line railroads to be turned back to their owners if Congress fails to extend the period for private operation. The list includes industrial lines whose owners favor private control, but many roads seek government operation and compensation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Administration
Congress
French Deputies Cheer Legal Fourth of July
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies hailed the Fourth of July as a legal French holiday. Cheers crossed party lines in an unusually united demonstration, noted as one of the war period’s most impressive in the chamber.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Public notices and state agency actions page items
State Game Commission officers are to report firearms searches for aliens and flag any disloyal gestures or explosives. Public Service Commission sets unusually short calendar with five matters. Berks county receives 36882.01 road tax bonus for township highways. Quarries barred for minors. boiler inspection rules loosened on steel. Governor Brumbaugh to speak in Pittsburgh. Ryan linked to possible Supreme Court bid. Wayne Sewerage Company rate complaints rise. banking meeting planned. Local editors and officials visit Harrisburg. tables of state election votes issued. Multiple city and county rate complaints filed with PSC. alms house remodel debated by York poor directors.
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State Game Commission
Joseph Kalbfus
Pennsylvania
Game Commission
Public Service Commission
Germantown
Overbrook
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transit Lease
United States Army
Lackawanna County
Coatesville
Coatesville-West Chester Street Railway
Ansewers
Wayne Sewerage Company
Berks
J. Denny O'Neil
Berks County
Bureau of Township Highways
State Industrial Board
Pittsburgh
Brumbaugh
State Educational Association
Ryan
Supreme Court
Michael J. Ryan
Public Service
North Wayne Protective Association
Lafean
Bank and Trust Company
J. H. Parsons
Port Royal Times
Capitol
Sunbury
Northumberland and Electric Company
Farnee
Clearfield County
New York Central
York County Poor Directors
State Board of Charities
York
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