Kelly leads mass fitness drive for war effort in Philadelphia
Philadelphia civic leader John B Kelly outlines a nationwide plan to use public school equipment for mass physical conditioning. Doctors and physical education teachers would direct exercises for men and women as part of a broader effort to boost fitness and reduce wartime rejections. He seeks adequate funding from President Roosevelt and argues for stronger brain and body training alongside earlier military preparation.
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Bhmadelphia
Eat
Germany
Schol
John B. Kelly
Megyl
Kelly
Philadelphia
Aleady
Roosevelt
Schuylkill River
Legislature Budget Moves and District Reapportionment
The legislature proposes 4 million for distressed school districts and votes to increase the House to 209. Senate bills cover tax rules, alien employment bans, and surveys of abandoned mines for air raid shelters. Governor cites anti labor sabotage concerns, while state aid agencies weigh bond rules and hospital program delays. Lawrence urges House action.
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House
Senate
James
Army
David L. Lawrence
Fire at Milner Hotel in Harrisburg drives 128 to cold streets
A blaze at the Milner Hotel in Harrisburg sent 128 guests fleeing into subfreezing weather with nine inches of snow on the ground. A bell hop, Vander Bright, 28, fainted from smoke but was not seriously hurt. Firefighters battled three hours, starting on the third floor from a short circuit and spreading to the fifth. Manager J. W. Hicks led evacuation, while night clerk Frank Brady raised the alarm.
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Harrisburg
Milner
Vander Bright
W. Hicks
Frank Brady
Strawberry Street
City Hall
James H. McFarland
Senate Advances Budget Bills and Government Commission Change
Bills in committee to clear checks for the budget due from Governor James next Monday. The Senate reports out a bill by John H. Dent to expand the joint state government commission to 12 senators and 12 representatives. House Democrats warn passage could cost them control of the commission. The workmen's compensation bill would raise disability payments and include volunteer firemen. Two liquor proposals aim to ease club quotas and shift control back to county courts. The motor fund bill would divert about 7 million dollars yearly from gasoline tax reserves to city street care at a rate of one thousand dollars per mile.
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James
Senate
State Government
John H. Dent
Westmoreland
Joint
State Government Commission
House Democrats
House
Commission
Leo A. Achterman
State Control Board
Hardy Perennial
Benefit Ball Set Thursday to Aid March of Dimes
Preparations close for a birthday ball in the Armory Thursday night to battle infantile paralysis. The Campbell Orchestra is engaged, admission is 1 per couple, or 500 for extras. Tickets available at Hall's store or at the door. Other events are planned across Indiana County with expected higher returns than 1940.
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Armory
Campbell
Hall
Indiana County
Escapees In Brookville Creek Robbery Capture
Two men fled along the creek as dawn broke, were tracked by a deputy, and arrested after a gunpoint stop. Ross and Strawcutter allegedly hid in the hall. Ross faces robbery charges and Strawcutter with Reitz for auto taking. eight local patrolmen aided in the manhunt.
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Kline
Galbreath
Ross
Eisenhart
Raynoldsville
Strawcutter
Floyd Reitz
Brookville
Young Reitz
Eastern Front and North Africa Combat Reports Grow
International reports contrast fronts as British and Greek forces press Italian lines in Eritrea Ethiopia and Somaliland while Italian high command claims stiffened resistance. Battles swirl across Derna Tobruk Agordat Barenta and areas near Italian Somaliland amid fears of German air support in Albania. Premier Konoye’s stance in Japan is noted.
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Mussolini
Africa
Agordat
Midway
Italian Eritrea
Barenta
Associated Press
Albania
Japan
Fumimaro Konoye
Powers Proposes Legal Dog Racing and State Commission
Rep. John L. Powers introduces a bill to legalize dog racing and establish a state racing commission. It would permit pari mutuel betting, limit licenses to five tracks per year, and cap racing to 100 days annually. Similar bills have been introduced in every session for ten years.
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John L. Powers
Kiwanians Honor Indiana High School Gridsters at Banquet
Mombera of the Little Indian team led guests as Indiana Kiwanians hosted their fifth annual football banquet at Rustic Lodge. President Nordby opened proceedings and Carroll Rupp acted as toastmaster greeting Coach Jay McWilliams Athletic Director Harold Lutz and Principal J A Lubold who spoke on past season and next year. Head Coach Bob Higgins of Penn State praised sportsmanship and shared game memories. Lynn Moorhead spoke for the squad and Earl Edwards showed film highlights from the Temple game and other top contests.
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Mombera
Indiana Kiwanians
Rustic Lodge
Wallace Nordby
Carroll Rupp
Jay McWilliams
Harold Lutz
J. A. Lubold
George P. Miller
Indiana State Teachers College
Mr. Rupp
Bob” Higgins
Penn State
Higgins
Lynn Moorhead
Earl Edwards
Penn State Temple
Willkie Tours War-Scarred London amid Bomb sirens and Talks
Franklin D. Willkie visits London during heavy bombing alerts. He meets Archbishop Hinsley at Westminster and talks with Rome’s leader about Catholic attitudes to the war. He notes no religious or racial distinctions in aid to Britain, tours St Paul’s Cathedral damaged by bombs, and meets Bank of England Governor Montagu Norman.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Willkie
Bank of England
Beadle
Montagu Norman
England
St. Paul's
Negotiations to Open in Saigon as Siam Front Pauses
A leader accepts full responsibility for the China incident amid costly efforts and no solution in sight. Fighting on the Thailand Siam border halted at 1 pm EST yesterday by a Japan arranged armistice. Peace talks, with Japan as arbiter, set to begin tomorrow in Saigon.
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China
Thailand
Siam
Japan
Saigon
Willkie Visits Britain Amid War News and Clergy Meeting
The diary notes Bishop Alexander Mann presiding over a 900-person gathering from 79 parishes as the Episcopal diocese plans budgets, elections, and a standing committee. Willkie aims to meet King George VI and London bombed areas, with British leaders and church figures receiving him warmly. News coverage highlights his fresh, impartial view of wartime Britain and continued Allied efforts in night fighter development amid a lull in German raids.
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Alexander Mann
Bovte
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Willkie
Mora
London
Privy Seal
Clement Attlee
Arthur Greenwood
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley
Westminster
Kingsley Wood
Lord Beaverbrook
United States
Veni
Vidi
The
News-Chronicle
America
Britain
Luftwaffe
RAF
Continent
Empress of Australia in wartime convoy tale and Kvichak aground
A garbled message reports torpedoed ships and lifeboats off Dakar while the Empress of Australia, a 589 foot liner used as a troopship, sailed to the Atlantic. Canadian press notes the U S Army steamer Kvichak ran aground near Sisters Rocks, Prince Rupert, as crews abandoned ship amid high seas.
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DE Gfsb
Empresa
Australia
Dakar
Deskawash
Empress of Australia
George VI
Stettin
Germany
Hamburg-American Line
England
Yokohama Harbor
Vancouver Far East
Atlantic
Freetown
Africa
Volendam
Victoria
B.C
Kvichak
Sisters Rocks
Prince Rupert
Winter Snowdrifts Halt Travel Across Western State
A severe snow event blanketed the western region with seven to twelve inch drifts and continued flurries across Armstrong, Indiana, Fayette, Somerset and Westmoreland Counties. State crews of up to 9 000 workers with 1 200 plows operated nationwide. Temperatures fell to 18 degrees at Kane and rain moved through Washington D C.
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Kane
Armstrong
Indiana
Fayette
Somerset
Westmoreland
State Highway Department
Berks
Lehigh
Monroe
Berga
Northampton
Lancaster
Washington, D. C
White House talks set stage for bipartisanship in lend lease
The White House conference on the lend-lease bill aimed at broad bipartisan support, with leaders from both parties present and the session described as exploratory. Roosevelt was urged to limit spending and require approval of aid recipients, while preparations continued for committee hearings and floor action. Secretary Morgenthau noted Britain’s postwar debt to the United States at $5.799 billion.
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White House
Senate
Barkley
McNary
Ore
Rayburn
D-Tex
Rep
McCormack
Mass
Roosevelt
Congress
Seasion
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
NBC
Morgenthau
Britain
United States
Kvichak in peril as storm threatens Alaska supply run
The Kvichak carrying supplies to defense projects in Alaska left Seattle Saturday night. The U S coast guard cutter Nemaha, about 120 miles away, sped to its aid. Wireless reports warned that the 23 passengers were taking to lifeboats at 1187 P M Pacific time and one lifeboat had capsized.
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Alaska
Seattle
U. S. Coast Guard
Nemaha
Total defense program aims at full employment
New Orleans report outlines a total defense program to employ 8,000,000 jobless. Howard C. Hunter, acting WPA commissioner, proposes funding civil and military airports, transcontinental highways, health laboratories, drainage to control malaria, and pools to absorb workers. He cites 8,000,000 unemployed and projects 2,000,000 absorbed by 1941 with a one billion dollar appropriation.
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New Orleans
Howard C. Hunter
Work Profacta
Hunter
WPA
Hitler
Washington
United States
Vessel Adrift After Rough Sea Near Alaska Port
The Kvichak, a 1,200-ton 200-foot ship owned by Alaska Packers and chartered to the U S Army, faced a perilous moment as heavy weather pushed waves onto the ship. After a half hour, all aboard were warned to leave the vessel as it settled on rocks while watertight doors were closed and the emergency wireless set operated to reassure crew.
Obituary continuation notes survivor details from local death notice
Obituary continues from page one noting the deceased was a former forrier by occupation and resided in Cherryhill township. Surviving relatives include his widow, Mrs.
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Cherryhill
Axe
Mre
Jealous husband fatally shoots wife at tavern
Jan 18 Satlin scene reports a husband shot his wife as she went to work at a tavern after failed reconciliation negotiations. The wife, Margaret Thompson Seabert, 20, was hit in the head, breast and arm. another bullet struck the husband. Deputy Coroner Frank Titus noted estrangement for months and threats. Nearby, Titus also reported the death of Frank C. Roudybush, 91, found in a barn near Cabot with a rifle bullet in his heart after a weekend visit.
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Satlin
Imaelt
Frank Tietum
Farl Seabert
Mra
Margarethompson Seabert
Seabert
Titus
Frank C. Roudybush
New Kensington
Cabot
Roudybush
Frank Titus
Memorial notices from Blairsville area death notices
Sally Hadden Chapman and family members receive friends after 7 p m at Robinson Funeral Home with services at 2 p m Thursday and burial in Harmony Cemetery. Robert Francis Bell a former Blairsville garageman dies in Daytona Beach Fla and services will be at Ferguson Funeral Home with interment in Oakland Cemetery. Thomas Ramsden of Penn Township dies in Pittsburgh Hospital with 14 grandchildren among survivors and services at his Enterprise home and Blairsville Cemetery. Galvin Eugene Ellsworth dies in Indiana Hospital with survivors including two stepsons and a sister and services at Bell Funeral Home and Greenwood Cemetery.
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Sally (Hadden) Chapman
Lottie Lyons
Cherryhill
Jane’ Evans
Swissale
Robinson Funeral Home
Harmony Cemetery
Robert Francis, Bell
Blairaville
Daytona Beach
Fla
John B.ard
Susan (Titball) Bell
Washington County
First Presbyterian Church of
Blairsville
Carnegie Lodge
Pittsenburgh
Syria Temple
Minnie (Sawers) ‘Bell
John Bell
Sligo
Ferguson Funeral Home
J. C. Stuart
Oakland Cemetery
Insana
Thomas Ramsden
Penn Township
Westmoreland County
Pittsburgh
Thomas
Elizabeth (French) Ramsden
Elizabeth (Ashton) Ramsden
Jane Carney
Wilkinsburg
Bertha Vannetta
Alice Miller
Stella Cotterill
Butler
Florence Short
Zelienaple
Betty Brown
Mary Ramsden
William Ramsden
R D
Enterprise
J. T. Davis
Galvin Eugene Ellsworth
New York State
Indiana
Clarissa Jane (George) Ellsworth
John George
Elderton
Harry Brickle
Punxsutawney
Lewis Ellsworth
New York City
Sara Bullock
Ellsworth
Church of God
Bell Funeral Home
Miller
Greenwood Cemetery
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Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Borden Co
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Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
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Nat Dairy Pr
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Ta Packard Motorway
Param Pictures
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