Census shows Indiana County population rise in 1940
The 1940 census reports Indiana County total population at 79,796, up from 75,305 in 1930. Farms total 3,208, with 19,221 occupied dwellings and 407 unoccupied. Indiana Borough grows to 10,036 residents, Blairsville to 4,996, Clymer to 3,082, Homer City to 2,077. Full township and borough totals listed.
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Indiana County
Census Bureau
Indiana Borough
Blairsville
Clymer
Homer City
Armagh Boro
Armstrong
Banks
Blacklick
Ward
Brushvalley
Bristington
Burrell
Canoe
Center
Cherryhill
Cherrytree Boro
Clymer Boro
Conemaugh
Creekside Horo
E. Mahoning
E. Wheatfield
G. Campbell
Smicksburg
S. Mahoning
Washington
W. Mahoning
W. Wheatfield
White
Young
Million dollar orders fuel Pittsburgh maritime program
The Pittsburgh Commission for Industrial Expansion reports district firms have secured 45 million dollars in naval and maritime shipbuilding orders this year with about 40 million more expected. K. P. Allen, tied to the Naval Institute and Propeller Club, chairs the Maritime Committee and says total maritime spending for the year in the area will exceed 170 million dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Commission For Industrial Expansion
U. S. Naval and Maritime Shipbuilding
K. P. Allen
U.S. Naval Institute
Propellar Club of
United States
Commission
Maritime Committee
Hold Man in Auto Killing Charged with Manslaughter
Dominic Runco, 26, of Water Street Indiana, released on $1000 bond after a preliminary hearing before Justice Walter H. Jackson on the charge of manslaughter in the death of Thomas Kusnerik, 24, of Homer City. Kusnerik, a former barber of Ernest, was crushed when Runco's car left Route 110 near Ernest on July 27 and struck a parked car. The coroner's jury had urged a grand jury investigation.
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Dominic Runco
Water Street
Indiana
Justice of the Peace
Walter H. Jackson
L. G. Washington
Thomas Kusnerik
Homer City
Ernest
Kusnerik
Runco
Veterans Elect Local Men At 80th Division Meet
B Dwight Ray and Hugh M Bell returned to Indiana from Bluefield West Virginia where they attended the 80th Division Veterans Association convention. Ray was elected to the division executive council while Bell retires from that body. A P Terry of Wytheville Virginia was elected national commander by acclamation. Fredericksburg Virginia chosen as 1941 convention site. The group adopted resolutions favoring military training for Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees and universal military training. Gov Homer A Holt of West Virginia spoke at the closing session.
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B. Dwight Ray
Hugh M. Bell
Indiana
Bluefield
West Virginia
80Th Division Veterans Association
Ray
Hell
A. P. Terry
Wytheville
Virginia
Fredericksburg
Civilian Conservation Corps
Homer A. Holt
Commander Terry
H. R. Connell
George E. Deutch
Pittsburgh
Robert Higgins
State College
A. M. Dorsey
Welch
Russell L. Stultz
Newmarket
Rodney T. Bonsall
Philadelphia
Mark R. Byrne
Gregor Kosky
Alex Mahood
Harry Wyllentz
Fred Branson
Rufus ©. Barkley
Fairchance
Dwight Ray
John Mogan
Charleston
Frank Cocell
Washington
Farmer’s DUI conviction leads to license revocation
A North Carolina farmer, whose automobile license was revoked for drunken driving, began driving a tractor to town. The attorney general’s office said the switch to tractor driving was legally acceptable, reflecting the license revocation.
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Raleigh
N. C
Attorney General's Office
Army Uses Miss America To Recruit 60,000 More Men
Washington adds 60,000 volunteers to enlistment drive as former Miss America Marilyn Meseke promotes the cause. The army will deploy truck and trailer units to small towns with music and loudspeakers to attract crowds and explain service details. A nationwide ad campaign costing millions is planned to run for a month.
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Washington
Marilyn Meseke
Marion
Ohio
Uncle Bam
Mise Mébeke
Atlantic City
Fifth Corps
Columbus
America
Army
Muaot
AIM
Taft proposes voluntary training corps to replace draft
Senator Robert Taft proposes a permanent voluntary military training system aiming to train 1.5 million men without conscription. He favors a separate army training corps for ages 18 to 34 with a one year active service, then transfers to reserves, and high school college courses. The plan includes pay raise to 30 dollars a month.
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Washington
Robert Taft
Ohio
United States
Senate
Taft
Barkley
Kentucky
House Military Committee
National Guard
Army Training Corps
The
Ohioan
Sheppard
Borough police fine more parkers
Borough police fined four persons for overtime parking in the business district yesterday. The nine fines since last Saturday show a progressive schedule: first offense one dollar, second offense two dollars, third offense three dollars, and every offense thereafter nine dollars.
Steer Steals $150 in Bills From Farmer's Pocket
Aug 13 Butler locale. Farmer Max Luther recalls feeding cattle when a steer snatched a handkerchief from his hip pocket containing $450 in bills. He recovered two twenties and a ten but the rest vanished. Dance event advertised for Meadowbrook with all invited.
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Max Luther
German Aerial Blitz Presses Britain Across 200 Mile Front
AP reports Germans press the air war as hundreds of fighters bomb and strafe British coastlines from Dover to Portsmouth. RAF and Luftwaffe clash from the Thames to the Channel. Britain fears a possible cross-channel invasion as Goering’s pilots push hard and captured aviators show higher training and age averages.
Ministers Die in Australian Plane Crash Near Canberra
In Australia a Lockheed Hudson crash near Canberra killed Lieut. Gen. Sir Cyril B. White chief of the Australian staff and three Commonwealth Cabinet ministers Brigadier Geoffrey Street J W Fairbairn Sir Henry Gullett plus six others including aides and crew. Prime Minister Menzies called it a national calamity and cabinet sessions were postponed.
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Sydney
Australia
Cyril B. B. White
Commonwealth
Canberra
Melbourne
Geoffrey A. Street
Defense
J. W. Fairbairn
Air
Henry Gullett
Executive Council
Cyril
Col
Thornthwait
Street
Commonwealth Loan Council
Robert G. Menzies
South Africa
Dardanelles
House of Representatives
Henry Gullet
J. V. Fairbairn
Canada
Germany Prepares Early Hour Nazi Offensive Against England
Berlin reports indicate a swift Nazi push to silence British air defenses and land troops on the British Isles. DNB accounts claim raids targeted East Church airport and Portsmouth harbor while Channel battles raged, with heavy damage and fires along coastal ports and ship facilities. The German plan emphasizes destroying railways, harbors, gas tanks, and air fields before any land invasion attempt. An advisory notes the Portsmouth port as a chief objective for base facilities and warship upkeep.
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Berlin
England
British Isles
Poland
Norway
Europe
Germany
DNB
East Church
Portsmouth
Aldershot
English Channel
Walsend
Newcastle
South Shields
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Margate
Thames
British Coast Attack Over 80 Mile Front
British and German air clashes raged along an 80 mile stretch from the Thames Estuary to the Sussex coast. German bombers and fighters attacked seaside towns and inland districts while British Spitfires and Hurricanes claimed several German losses. Officials noted some casualties but asserted no major damage and warned of possible imminent invasion. Townspeople watched from streets as RAF planes defended the coast and long-range shelling reports remained unconfirmed.
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Associated Press
London
Egland
Thames Estuary
Sussex
England
British
Air Ministry
Berlin
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Hampshire
Thames
Portmouth
Haven
France
Kentish
Dors*niers
Heinkels
Junkers
Messerschmitt
Italian Editor accuses Greece of plans to seize Albanian lands
Rome reports Vir ginio Gayda, a Fascist editor, accuses Greece of seeking to annex part of Albania held by Italy. He cites Greek plans to use the Hoggia case as propaganda for southern Albania annexation and accuses Greece of aiding Britain. Friction with Yugoslavia stems from the Zara incident where a Fascist was killed amid local pro-Slav sentiment. Italian troops in British Somaliland clash with main British forces.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Greece
Albania
Gayda
Athens
Traling
Grée K
Sata
Ti Giornale’ D'italia
Zog
Hoggia
Porta Edda
Italy
Yugoslavia
la Tribuna
Zara
Leonardo Ciurcovich
Courts to settle debts for drafted men under War Dept plan
Washington Aug 13 The War Department sought Congress legislation to require courts to act as umpires in settling family obligations for men called to active duty Rent insurance and taxes would be adjusted by courts for National Guardsmen reservists and those under Burke Worth bill. Courts could order settlement schemes and enforce payment arrangements for servicemen unable to meet obligations during active duty.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
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Hugh Bell
Parkers
Meadowbrook
Adolph Hitler
Goering
Herr Hitler
Count von Neurath
Hitler
Josef Goebbels
Dover
Marshal Goering
Fastchurch
Thames River
Plattsburg
Britain
Sta
Cab- Gao International
Anthony Ferry
Whjb Orchestra
Ernst Rassumption
British Somaliland
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