Indiana Countians urged to take free X rays at fair
Indiana County tuberculosis officials urge residents to take free chest X-rays at the County Fair after a small percentage showed signs of TB in recent screenings. Two people previously X-rayed last year died of TB, prompting a countywide push for early detection alongside a lively afternoon and evening fair program featuring organ music, acts, and the Manhattan Gayities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Tuberculosis Society
Herb Gladfelter
Gene Dawn
Vanderbilt Brothers
Montana Kid
Jeannette and
Paul
Manhattan Gayities
Vanderbilts
Manhattan Group
Jeannette and Paul
Manhattan Guaylttes
Visitor's Day At Scout Camp
A large crowd of scouters, parents and friends will attend Visitor's Day at Camp Twin Echo today. The Scouts of William Penn Council host the event, with activities starting at 2:00 p. m. including games, demonstrations, an aquate carnival, and a buffet supper from 5:00 to 8:00 p. m. The day concludes with an Indian council fire. Ralph McCreary, president of William Penn Council, will speak during the council fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Twin Echo
Scouts of
William Penn Council
T. F. McCarthy
William A. Davison
McCarthy
Ralph McCreary
China on Verge of Dictatorship
China's Young China Party reports from Nanking and Kuling that Chiang Kai-Shek will resume absolute power under a special emergency decree. Shanghai dispatch notes the executive Yuan bans student demonstrations and petitioning, allows home searches without warrants for subversive activity, as civil war and economic strain test the new democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Young China Party
Nanking
Kuling
Chiang Kai-Shek
Executive Yuan
Young China (Minority) Party
District Meet Brings Fifteen Teams To Contest Title
Fifteen men’s first aid and visiting teams will compete for the district title with entries from Kent Lucerne Clymer Barr Arcadia and others. The complete meet program lists registration at 9:30 am and a full schedule of band concerts entertainment addresses and prize presentations including the Batety Awards and grand cavalcade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mine Company
Kent
R. & P. Coal Co
Cs Lucerne
Canal Co
Waterman
R. & F. Coal Co
Gracelon
Gracelan Coal Co
Hesbon
Heshbon Coal Co
Ernest
Yatesboro
Clymer
C. B. C. Coal Co
Barr
Commurdore
C B
C. Coal Co
Mack
Wilmore Fuel Co
Helvetia
Arcadia
Commodore
C. B. C. Commodore
Barr Slope
C. B.C
Dixonville
Arcadia Lucerne
Louie Naceo
Louie Nacveo
Jaws
Ernest Community
Fa' High School
Grand Cavatcade
R. Maloney
Burgess
WDAD
Blair Bente
Blue Ridge Pioneers
Electro Strings
Silver Creek Ramblers
Kanicks Frio
Allegra Mae Miller
Betty Claycombe
the Ranch Hands
Richard Maize
Pennsylvania Department of Mine Workers of America Entertainment
John Ghizzoni
International Board
United Mine Workers of America
Man
Finance
Chaimnan
Somites
Volunteer committees listed for event leadership roles
The document lists multiple committees and chairs for an event, including Finance chaired by J Quentin Wildeman with A L Bengston and others, Publicity chaired by J F Bragg, Program chaired by K J Craig, Advertising by L J Redding, and many more across Grounds, Sports, Entertainment, Dinner, and first aid teams with numerous named members such as C E Wassam, D Lostrici, H Younkers, J McEwen, and J Bragg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Magistrella
J. F. Bragg
C. P. Potter
Meet
J. Quentin Wildeman
A. L. Bengston
L. D. Kemmel
S. A. Magistrella
William T. Rachunis
A. J. Bengston
L. D. Kimmel
William T. Rachu
A. J. Benyston
L. 2. Kimmel
C. J. Wissinger
John McEwen
Harvey Younkers
W. D. Northover
Joseph Dobrosky
C. C. Larsen
Alex Morrison
Thomas Lymph
Donald Mikesell
Thomas Lostrici
C. TE. Wassam
Rex Lockard
Harry Graham
C. M. Craig
A. K. Bloom
John Stets
Louie Nocco
Fred T. Bass
James Lamb
Carl McCormick
Robert Fletcher
Mike Graham
John D. Leadbetter
Fred Hancock
A. J. Bragg
Irving Hodgson
Mickey Vedder
Charles Dalquist
Arthur Anderson
Levi Smith
Fred Finn
Frank Kelly
R. W.beamer
A. K. Bleam
F. Pride
D. J. Price
Joe Cannigarre
Harry A. Canfield
Prank Edwards
WDAD
L. D. Kingmel
Soviet Move Triggers Kremlin School Closures Abroad
US views with concern over Soviet efforts to shut down schools for diplomats abroad as hundreds of dependents sail home from New York aboard the Pobuda. Officials in Washington weigh two explanations: to curb exposure to Western ideas or to relocate dependents to keep families together, with many mothers and children returning while others await further instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
New York
Oksana Stepanovna Xosenkina
Mikhail Lamarine
Russia
Russians Offer Asylum To Exiled Families In U S
Officials said the State Department will grant asylum to Mrs Kosenkina and the Samarines, Russian exiles who taught at a New York school for Soviet staff, as talks with Moscow continue. Washington weighs Molotov and Panyushkin notes amid broader Soviet demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Washington
New York
United States
Kosenkina
Samarines
Russia
State Department
Attend Vegetable Growers Convention in Baltimore
R B Stramin and RK Wagner of Indiana County attended the National Vegetable Growers Convention in Baltimore Maryland last week. Stutzman, a pioneer cabbage grower, also grows certified seed wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Stramin
Vinnondale
RK. Wagner
New Florente
Ballimore
Stutzman
Wagner
Indiana County
Torture Case Tied to Comic Books Shocks New Albany
In New Albany Indiana August 1847 Floyd County armlvials seek ban on comic books as three boys accuse torturing a fourth. A seven year old testified in Circuit Court showing welts and near death as the child described being stripped burned tied and hanged with a rope and matches. Psychiatric evaluation paused action. probation officer and officials noted possible influence of comics.
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New Albany
Ind
Aus
Floyd County
Arimvials
Pson
Kelley
Woody
Indiana County Farm Group Members List
A lengthy list of names and addresses linked to Indiana County Farm Group. The entry names individuals across multiple rural routes including Smicksburg Homer City Brush Valley Rochester Mills Penn Run and other communities with related households and the county agent William Cochrane noted. The document appears to be a roster or member directory for local agricultural activities and home extension work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Houck
Clymer R. D
Russell Crago
Home
R. D
W. G. Campbell
Armagh
Ira Reith-miller
Commodore
H. C. Cunningham
Brush Valley
Ida Allery
William Cunningham
Sue Ann Cunningham
Gilbert Parnell Speaks at Clymer Kiwanis Event
Gilbert S. Parnell Sr., Indiana attorney, delivered a talk titled A Design For Living at the Commodore Methodist Church in Clymer last evening. He urged planning for the future, serving others, and cherishing children while noting wars stem from selfishness. The Ladies Aid served dinner as President John Steele presided and W F Swift introduced the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert S. Parnell, Sr
Clymer Kiwanis
Commodore Methodist Church
Indiana
Mr. Parnell
Parnell
Ladies Aid
John Steele
W. F. Swift
Ralph White Wins B and O Soil Contest at Coudersport
Ralph White wins the B and O Soil Conservation Contest at a meeting near Coudersport on August 26. Jay B. Dilts of Marion Center accompanies him. Indiana County earns second year of first place in the state contest. last year Hugh Brown won top honors for his farm program. Harry Johnson on the Mack farm near town took first in County Class II for farmers with over a year of conservation work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coudersport
Jay B. Dilts
Marion Center
R. D
District Board of Directors
White
Indiana County
Mrs John Garner Dies Wife of Former VP
NEW YORK August 18 Soviet consulate seeks access to hospital room of Mrs Oksana Stepanova Kosenkina 52 the Russian schoolteacher who leaped from a third story window. In a statement Vice Consul Chefurnykh called the police claim pure fabrication. Consul Yakov Lomakit would press for access to Mrs Kosenkina at Roosevelt Hospital. The teacher has received several blood transfusions since her leap last Thursday. UVALDE Texas August 18 Mrs John Neate Garner wife of Cactus Jack Garner dies at 4 30 p m in the family home. She served as his secretary confidante and right hand and died peacefully beside him. Funeral to be held at 4 p m today with burial in Uvalde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Zot
Chefurnykh
Eity Police
Oksana Stepanova Kosenkina
Yakov M. Lomakit
Kosenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Uvalde
Tex
John Néate Garner
Gactus
Jack
United States
Effie
South Texas
Garner
Tully
John J. Currie
Amarillo
Cactus Jack" Garner
Mariette Elizabeth Rheiner
Ettle
Cabinal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Garners
Ettie
James Stewart Named State
Indiana James M. Stewart Brentwood Calif movie actor Mastontown Orville Beal first vice president Prudential Insurance Co Meyersdale John Charles Thomas Los Angeles Calif concert and opera singer Mount Joy Kauffman T Keller Detroit Mich president Chrysler Corp New Castle Dr Thomas Francis Ann Arbor Mich dean of Department of Epidemiology University of Michigan Scranton James A Linen III Greenwich Conn publisher of Time Magazine Most Rev Patrick O Boyle Washington Archbishop of Washington Steve O'Neill Detroit Mich manager Detroit Tigers Baseball Club Sharon Thomas E Millsop Weirton W Va president of Weirton Steel Co Slatington Mark Reuben Everett Oklahoma City Okla dean of School Medicine University of Oklahoma Sunbury Dr Clade A Buss Palo Alto Calif Stanford University professor now on State Department assignment in Japan as advisor to General MacArthur West Chester Mark Sullivan Washington author and newspaper columnist Wilkes Barre Waller Carpenter Jr Wilmington Del chairman of board BE 1 DuPont De Nemours and Co Mildred Coughlin Mrs Patterson McNutt New York City illustrator and painter Hammond Edward Ham Fisher New York City cartoonist and creator of Joe Palooka Admiral Harold R Stark Washington retired chief of US Naval Operations Uniontown General George C Marshall Army Chief of Staff in World War II now secretary of state
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Page One
Indiana
James M. Stewart
Brentwood
Calif
Mastontown
Orville
BE. Beal
Hill Side
N. J
Prudential Insurance Co
Meyersdale
John Charles Thomas
Los Angeles
Mount Joy
Kauffman
University of Oklahoma
Sunbury
Clade A. Buss
Palo Alto
Stanford University
State Department
Japan
General MacArthur
West Chester
Mark Sullivan
Washington
Wilkes-Barre
Waller
Carpenter, Jr
Wilmington
Del
BE. 1
DuPont de Nemours and Co
Mildred Coughlin
Patterson McNutt
New York City
Hiss and Chambers Linked in 1948 Underground Network
In a New York hotel room confrontation, Whittaker Chambers testified that Alger Hiss joined the Communist party in 1924 and helped run an underground group in Washington intended to infiltrate the government. Chambers said espionage was one aim, while Hiss denied the charges and wept when urged to break with the Reds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Washington
Hiss
Chambers
Reds
American Maneuvers In Berlin
American forces conduct maneuvers in Berlin sectors with several hundred troops from the Third continuing exercises amid postwar tensions and occupation arrangements in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Thousands Pay Tribute At Babe Ruth Bier Line
Thousands paid homage as sunrise found a quiet crowd at the Babe Ruth bier. Among those waiting were Aloysius White a war veteran from Poughkeepsie and others recalling the star slugger both in ebullient glory and in the era he defined. The line stretched through the night with mourners including Jerry Clifford and William Gamble of Brooklyn and Gerard Holste and his wife Rose of Baltimore. White recalled Ruth’s 1934 mercy tour to a Boston Red Sox Yankee game when the Babe sat him on his lap and shook his hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aloysius White
Maia St
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Italy
White
St. Joseph's Orphanage
Babe
Jerry Cliford
William Gamble
Brooklyn
Gerard Holste
Rose
Baltimore
Berlin coal offer marks western residents’ first winter aid
A Soviet News Agency report states western Berliners in the Russian occupation zone will receive 60 000 tons of coal as their first winter installment. The coal will be available in a few days to registered residents in the Russian sector, while a U S Army unit from San Antonio participated in operations nearby. Marshal Sokolovsky, commanding in Germany, outlined the aid amid Berlin’s encirclement by Soviet forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B.miller
San Antonio
Tex
Berlin
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Germany
Communism Declared Flawed By Swiss Psychiatrist
London report states Dr Charlot Strasser of Zurich told an international conference that modern Communism privileges one class and fails its aim of freedom and equality for all. He argued its focus on economic rights led to dictatorship of the proletariat and neglect of human rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charlot Strasser
Zurich
Strasser
Botton
Hue Mag
Dr. Strasser
Obituaries from Marion Center and nearby towns
Obituaries list Mrs. Bessie Wood Frost of Irvington New Jersey born 1873 Marion Center died August 11 surviving husband son and brothers. Also Mrs Bess Biss of Burnside died August 16 at Adrian Hospital Punxsutawney with a large family surviving. Arthur Stear of Punxsutawney dies after jeep crash August 16. Ofelia Michelotti of Clarksburg dies August 16 survived by husband Frank and several children. Hazel Rupert Snell funeral planned August 20 Plumville, and Sgt Wilbur Miller with services August 20 at Mount t own Cemetery Elming New York. Military honors noted. families listed with extensive survivor details.
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Marion Center
Irvington
N. J
Gazette
Frost
Albert Wood
Fred Frost
New Jersey
Frederick
Charles
James
Don Wood
Bessie Biss
James R. Biss
Burnside
Adrian
Punxsutawney
Joseph
Bertha (Wetzel) Barry
DuBois
Catherine
Maurice
Beulah Ray
Eugene Wolf
Howard
Ardelle
Punxsullawney
Charlotte
Betty
Grampian
Ofelia Michelotti
Clarksburg
Italy
Angelo and
Theresa Lorenzi
Holy Cross Church
Iselin
Frank Michelotti
Rudolph
Frank R
Mia
Cydia E
Girardi
Cleveland
Ohio
Alice M
Zuchelli
Misg
Lena R
Sonenia Palmeri
Long Island
N. Y
Vincent Lorenzi
Mys
Renaldi Michelotti
Listie
Holy ‘Cross
Stanley Zolnierzak
Iselin Cemetery
Mazel N. Rupert Snell
Hazel N. Rupert Snell
Adrian Hospital
Bowser Funeral Home
Plumville
Rey
Jennie Townsend
Rev
H. J. Gearhardt
Hin Cemetery
Rural Valley
Wilbur Lisle Miller
Wilbur Lisle Miler
Woodstawn National Cemetery
Elming
Set
Miller
417Th Infantry
78Th Division
Saver River
Echternach
Germany
Evelyn Frampton Miller
John Lisle
Harry T. Miller
Indiana
Percy
Berlin
Dwight
Elizabeth
Dee and
Noble
Blair Turley
Clairton
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Scout
Ris Aid
Dlon
St. Mary's Industrial School
Babe Ruth
Brother Herbert
St. Mary's
Brother Charles
Suzanne Marie Holmes
Waller C Holmes
New Orleans
Suzanne
Felice
Fuve
Frank Kelley
D. Kirke Hedden
A. Eugene Mancock
Indiana County Farm Group
Gilbert S. Parnell
Ralph White
Rome
Tyrone Power
Linda Christian
Vial
Albert Binsetti
John Garner
James Stewart
Bier
Weather Report
Bessie Wood Frost
Arthur C. Stear
Punxsutawney R. D
Smicksburg
Ambrose K
Etta May
Mot
Rev. N. A. Pearce
Round Top
Trade City
U. S
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