Daylight Bank Robbery Suspects Nabbed in Wake of Bidred Heist
Federal agents and county authorities announced the solved daylight robbery of the First Quavenal Bank of Bidred last May. District Attorney C W Shal ward Frank Spinley of Buffalo New York was captured near Pittsburgh on Saturday night and signed a note admitting involvement. FBI issued warrants for Spinley and John Simmons, both described as fugitives released from Lewisburg penitentiary about two years ago for automobile theft. Edward J Kern, 29, was rounded up in a Pittsburgh rooming house on May 20.
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Qmethyort
Mewah
Federal Bureau of Ation
Qavenal Bank of
Bidred
C. W. Shall Ward
Frank Spinley
Ofuffalo
N. Y
John C. Archer
Pittsburgh
FBI
Spinley
John Simmons
Buffalo
Simmons
Lewisburg Penitentiary
Edward J. Kern
No Paper This Week From Perry County Democrat
Editor James S. Magea says no paper this week due to the grind of weekly production and a plan for rest and recreation, noting subscribers will understand.
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Carlisle
James S. Magea
Perry County
Gettysburg Picketts Charge Reenacted by Coast Artillery
Soldiers from the 71st Coast Artillery reenact the Union defense at Gettysburg on the battlefield marking the regiment’s first year. The display focuses on repelling Pickett’s charge with an anti aircraft unit stationed at Fort Story Virginia, led by Colonel E. W. Timberlake.
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Gettysburg
71St Coast Artillery Regiment
Pennsylvania
Tist Infantry
Pickett
Coast Artillery Regiment
George E. Pickett
James Longstreet
Ainal
Fort Story
Maryland
Virginia
Washington, D. C
E. W. Timberlake
Democrats Plan Budget Actions Amid Gov Conflicts
Harrisburg report details House Democrats led by Rep. Leo Achterman pursue shaping budget measures for final adjournment while awaiting Gov. James’s return. Negotiations stall over proposed local works program and a “little WPA” as Democratic and Republican leaders clash on relief and tax provisions.
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Harrisburg
Leo A. Achierman
Monroe
James
House
Achterman
Boston
Achtard
Harry Shapiro
Senate
Shapiro
Dretch
James A. Geltz
Robert E. Woodside
Night maneuvers and statue unveiling for General Long Street
Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet widow of the Confederate leader oversees night maneuvers with simulated anti aircraft fire and searchlight spotting demonstrations. The regiment will also participate in the unveiling Wednesday of a mounted statue honoring General Long Street.
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Helen D. Longstreet
General Long Street
Mines blast at Kent No. 2 traps six men dead
In the Kent No 2 mine a massive explosion trapped six miners as hundreds worked nearby. Rescue teams from KR P and other mines battled black damp conditions to recover bodies while officials prepared for an inquest. Names of the injured and uninjured were reported as rescue operations continued into the afternoon.
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Thomas Maydok
McIntyre
Stock
Alex Shorbon
Clune
John Sevier
Hawthorne
Clarion County
Albert Wysoteki
Windburne
Clearfield County
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Heath Clark
Edward L. Fleming
Indiana County
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Kent No. 2
Joe Primak
Indiana Red Cross
KR & P
Maines
Aultman
Coal Run
Triest
Iselin
Yatesboro
Corps of
J. J. Forbes
Pittsburgh
Industrial Collieries Corporation
Johnstown
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Seward
Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Company
Barnesboro
Hastings
Northwest Mining Exchange
Indiana Volunteer Fire Department
Indiana
Steve Cyga
Peter Federick
Kent
Theodore Federick
Frank Fulton
Rimersburg
John Gentile
Charles Hilliard
Coy Junction
Francis Kato
Daryl Laurerre
Joe Pevolka
Homer City
Salvatore Virone
Jeannette
Joe Kovalic
Blairsville
Joe Marazik
Joe Louisa
Ben Douisa
Charles Lucas
Walter Swalga
Dave Getty
Aukman
Todd Getty
Defense Bond questions where money goes
The Government spends Defense Bond funds in the United States. It helps train arm feed clothe and equip the Army Navy Air Force and Marines, purchasing materials and aiding workers, farmers, merchants, manufacturers and transportation personnel across America.
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United States
Ting
America
Broad tax plan targets many households with new levies
A congressional committee proposes a five percent tax on passenger transport fares over 36 cents across rail water air and bus to raise revenue alongside higher income corporate estate and gift taxes totaling about 3 315 billion. It also ponders a one cent per bottle soft drink tax and seven percent excise on new auto sales while boosting liquor and wine taxes but rejecting higher beer tobacco or gasoline levies. The plan includes a five percent levy on telephone bills and ten percent on various consumer goods, with further increases planned for radios refrigerators air cooling equipment and related items.
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Treasury
Defense Bond Ownership and Transfer Question Answer
A defense bond cannot be sold or transferred to a friend or dealer. It is registered in your name for your prospection. You may cash it after sixty days for the full amount paid plus any interest due. To purchase, visit the nearest post office or bank or write to the Treasurer of the United States, Washington, DC.
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United States
Washington
Local tax proposal extends to entertainment venues
A proposed tax increase would raise rates from five and one half to ten percent and impose annual charges of $15 for each bowling alley and a similar amount on every pool and billiard table. The plan targets entertainment facilities to bolster city revenue.
Congress Passes Record Funding Totals For Relief And Defense
Congress sent to President Roosevelt a suite of major funding bills totaling about 40.9 billion dollars. Key measures include a 910.9 million relief bill a 1.06 billion farm bill with parity payments a 1.196 billion supply bill for labor and security a 1.03 billion deficiency bill and a 54.18 million district of Columbia appropriation plus 25.0 million for Congress maintenance. The commodity credit corporation gains two-year extension and higher lending capacity to 2.65 billion. No signature yet due to Roosevelt at Hyde Park NC but experts say funds remain available.
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Roosevelt
Labor Department
The
Security Agency
District of Columbia
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Hyde Park
N.C
Missing Boat Off Great Island After Monhegan Trip
A party including women and children departed from Dyer's Cove on Sunday for Monhegan Island, 40 miles away. The boat reached Monhegan as scheduled but did not return by 3:30 p m as expected. Fog delayed search efforts with no trace found despite coast guard boats planes and ongoing attempts to locate the vessel.
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Dyer’s Cove
Great Island
Monhegan Island
Coast Guard
Soviet Defenses Hold In Arctic and Baltic Dragnets
Reports describe heavy Soviet aerial counteractions in the Murmansk region and along a vast front toward Lenin grad. Stalin’s High Command notes strong air cooperation as German claims of destruction are met with continued Soviet resistance and fortifications near Leningrad amid Baltic drives toward Dvinsk and Baranowicze.
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Murmansk
Black Sea
Joseph Stalin
Leningrad
Dvinsk
Latvvia
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Moscow
Tts
Russia
Baltic States
Germany
Minsk
Vilna
Best Prugsis
Baranowicze
Brest Litov
Victims and Survivors of Multiple Local Deaths Listed
Obituary notice lists Joseph Bedsyak 31 of Aultman born in Pittsburgh with widow Anne Kosic Bedzyak and children Mary and Joan, plus siblings and funeral set at St Anthony Church. Also John Lawrence Chorzak 21 of Iselin. William Muir Clark 52 of Aultman with family and funeral at his home. Albert Dooh 20 of Aultman with service at his late home and Oakland Cemetery.
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Joseph Bedsyak
Aultman
Pittsburgh
Andy
Katherine (Moleski) Hédzyak
Anne Kosic Bedzyak
Mary
Joan
Paul Bedzyak
Somerset
Michael Bedzyak
Mary Toy
Kittanning
St. Anthony Church
Fotnder Vincent Miukleski
St. Bernards Cemetery
Indiana
John Lawrence Chorzak
Iselin
Anna Hass
Anthony Chorzskin
Beatty
Iselin Holy Cross Catholic Church
Joseph Summart
Homer City
William Muir Clark
Aultmen
James G
Mary Muir Clark
Antrum
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company
Aultman Union Sunday School
Elizabeth Mac Cullough Clark
Olan Olsen
Margaret
Betty Jane Clark
Alex Clark
Youngstown
Edward Fetterman
Butler
James MacCullough
Mineral Point
Richard Anton
Culver
Oakland Cemetery
Albert Dooh
Josephine
Michael
Mary Fustos
Doch
Benton Herbor
Theodore Doch
Fort Slocum
Elmer
Ernest
Robert
Julius Doch
Joseph Sasalam
Clymer
Tony Rizzo
New Brunswick
N. J
Edward Foster
Registration day under way for 4000 Pennsylvanians
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania moves to register 4000 more young men for potential wartime service. A second registration day sets intake for those turning 3 years old since the first draft. State director Dr. William Mather Lewis estimates totals statewide by nightfall. Local boards operate 7 am to 8 pm. Governor James proposes three Danville appointees to Montour County draft board as officials urge Red Cross aid planning.
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Senate
State Board of Assistance
Milk Centro
Achterman
Focal Boards
Pennsylvania
William Mather Lewis
William J. Hamilton
Harrisburg
Congress
Selective Service
James
Charles Small
Austin C. Hartman
Mont Cerr
Danville
Montour County
4. C. Marts
Defense Council
American Red Cross
Knox calls for immediate use of navy to clear Atlantic of German menace
Washington notes Secretary Knox urged using naval forces to strike Germany, not just convoy, in a speech at Boston. Officials weigh policy shift amid war outlook and May 27 fireside reaffirmation of freedom of the seas. Analysts see potential Britain relief, Russian front impact, and intensified Atlantic operations. The Robin Moor case remains unsettled.
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Knox
United States Navy
Atlantic
Navy
Boston
Conference of Governors
Hitler
United States
Roosevelt
Britain
Russia
Reich
Robin Moor
Santa Barbara Quake Rattles Southern California
A strong quake rocked Santa Barbara and nearby cities as darkness fell on July 1. Downtown areas reported shattered windows bricks fallen from parapets plaster cracking in walls with similar damage noted in Carpinteria and Ventura.
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Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Carpinteria
Ventura
Santa Surbara
Mare Island Navy Yard dismisses 28 workers
Twenty eight skilled Civil Service workers at Mare Island Navy Yard were discharged after Naval Intelligence officers recommended action following thorough investigations. Read Admiral John W Slade, commandant of the 12th Naval District, said the dismissals were purely precautionary.
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San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
John W. Greenslade
12Th Naval District
Apollo Starts Celebration with Miss Apollo Pageant
Apollo marks its 126th anniversary with a week long observance in the Kiskiminetas Valley beginning with a 21 gun salute. The evening features a historical pageant titled Kiskicade and will crown Patty Sloan, 16, Apollo High cheerleading captain, as Miss Apollo and queen of the observance in a ceremony led by U.S. Senator James J. Davis.
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Apollo
Kiskiminetas Valley
Pretty Patty Sloan
Apollo High School
U.S
James J. Davis
Italians Surrender to British in Ethiopia Campaign
In Egypt on July 1, the British announced that three Italian generals and more than 3,000 officers and men surrendered after Ghimbi in southwestern Ethiopia capitulated on June 27.
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Egypt
Ghimbi
Ethiopia
Middle East Command
Obituary notices for Crow Brown Miller and several locals
Caroline Crow 81 lifelong Loop resident dies at niece’s Echo home after heart condition. Widow of William Crow, married 1880, he died 1938. Services Wednesday at Zion Methodist, Bear Porter cemetery. Norman F. Brown 80 dies near Rochester Mills. survived by Alice, son Jobe H., five grandchildren, six great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at Marchand Evangelical Church, interment Marchand Cemetery. Clark Lee Miller 53 Bolivar dies of heart attack at Bolivar Foundry. Survived by wife Matilda and multiple children. funeral Thursday Mt Tabor Church, interment Mt Tabor Cemetery.
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Caroline Crow
Loop
Aaron Neal
Echo
William Crow
Crow
John L. Weaver
Indiana
Zion Methodist Church
Church Cemetery
Bear Porter
Norman F. Brown
Rochester Mills
Oliveburg
Jobe
Margaret? (Bell) Brown
Marchand Evangelical ‘Church
Alice (Compton) Brown
Jobe H Brown
Kersey
Marchand Evangelical Church
Marchand Cemetery
Jordan Funeral Home
Punxsutawney
Clark Lee Miller
Bolivar
Bolivar Foundry and Machine Company
Miller
Matilda G. Miller
Joseph Moody
Steubenville
James Liebold
Smoleless
Wallace Long
Robinson
William Burker
Seward
William Hoover
Black Lick
Jess Carmichel
Gladys
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