Communists Holding Back Air Power
Cmdr Harvey P Lanham, a Navy air leader from Los Angeles, says North Korean air and rail targets were limited as Communist air power must be conserved for desperate use. He describes gunboats mistaken for submarines, two Red planes shot down, twelve locomotives blown, and trains disrupted during a two day carrier mission over North Korea.
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Torvo
Navy
North Korea
Cmdr
Harvey P. Lanham
Los Angeles
Lanham
Chinnampo Harbor
Air Force
Tne
Chinnampo
Pyongyang
Parkwood News Social Roundup and Local Notes
Parkwood residents share travels and visits with Mr. and Mrs. M B Craig and son Arthur visiting Indiana. Conemaugh Presbytery met at West Union Church. Townsfolk attended the Indiana Fair Grounds on July 4. Blair Calhoun called on his sister in Indiana. Mrs Bessie Craig left for Detroit to aid a ill friend. Mr and Mrs Montgomery and daughter from Cleveland stayed with the Rupert family for the funeral of Tun Rupert. A shower for Mr and Mrs Hoover occurred at West Union Church. Haying slowed due to impending weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Craig
Arthur
Indiana
Ward Craig
Conamaugh
Local couples host gatherings at weekend dinner event
A extended list of attendees from Homer City area and beyond attended a Saturday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Leroy Kunkle of Cineon. The event featured family members from Rochester Indiana and St Louis along with several friends and relatives visiting Elizabeth 4eman, Mrs Kunkle, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Kunkle
Cineon
Kunsies Uruiner
Duu 4Eman
Rochester
New York
Kunkle
Airs
Elizabeth Zeman
Linda Ann
Gary Willamson
Indiana
Miro Kunale
Elizabeth 4Eman
Dean Kunkle
Sul
Mudh Sun
Dro
Bryan
Lateing
Mien
F W
St. Louis
Mich
Ard Miller
Beyai
Sehell
Sheir
Herbert Miller
Loledo
Alnu
Ard Campbell
Wrk
Colored People Urged To Attend Tuberculosis Event
The Indiana County TB Society asks all colored people to attend at Beulah Baptist Church at 7 30 Tuesday evening to see the Dorothy Maynor sound staging on Tuberculosis with group sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County TB Society
Indiana County
Beulah Baptist Church
Dorothy Maynor
40 and 8 Wreck At Johnstown Mammoth Event
The 40 and 8 fan-making organization of the American Legion will stage a mammoth wreck at the 40 and 8 home in Johnstown tonight. A bus load of Indiana 40 and 8 members will depart from the Indiana American Legion at 6 30 p m to attend the affair in Johnstown.
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The
American Legion
40 & 8
Johnstown
Indiana 40 & Sers
Indiana American Legion
Polo Death Now Solved
Police said they solved the Polo Grounds killing of Bernard Lawrence Doyle after a 14 year old confessed firing one shot from a 41 caliber pistol. The boy claimed no intent to hit Doyle as the Dodgers prepared for a doubleheader with the Giants. Doyle, a former boxing manager, lived in Fairview New Jersey.
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New York
Polo Grounds
Bernard Lawrence Doyle
Doyle
Robert
IM. Peebles
Central Park
Dodgers
Giants
Young Peebles
Fairview
N. i
Scouts Reserve Camp Seph Mack for Three Weeks
The William Penn Council announces Camp Seph Mack open for three one week sessions from July 9 to 16, July 16 to 23, and July 28 to 30. Joseph Busija leads the Handicraft Lodge with David Warner and William Kochur assisting. Camp features include Trading Post, medical supervision by Indiana County Medical Society, and a Health Lodge. Nearly 40 new Army Officers Wall Tents and cots equip the site. Reservations contact camp officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Busija
McIn Wre
David Warner
Punxsutawney
William Kochur
Ralph Smith
Lucerne Mines
Ellis Duke
Tunnellon
Samuel McKibben
Punxsutaw‘ey
Kenneth Study
Tunnelton
Joseph Mack
Indiana
Lisle Williams
King Cook
Thomas Androsky
Jack Leonard
Glen Campbell
Edward Skovenski
McIntre
Camp Seph Mack
Indiana County Medical Society
Daniel H. Bee
Ing Vamp
Seph Mack
William Penn Council
William Penn Camp Corporaton
MacArthur Free Hand In UN Korean War Command
The United Nations authorized a unified command under the United States with Gen Douglas MacArthur as supreme commander. Warren Austin announced the U S would accept responsibility, backed by 45 of 59 members, with the U N flag to fly alongside the U S banner in Korea. Washington expected a quick MacArthur selection.
Elks On Hand For Convention In Miami
The 86th annual national Elks convention near in Miami expects about 12,000 delegates with a major influx today. Eight special trains and several planes arrive while 36 hotels will host visitors. early arrivals include 23 past exalted rulers as delegates from the east and west travel by car and air. Grand Exalted Ruler Emmett T. Anderson says 1,000,000 Elks nationwide are pledged to defend the American way of life amid sobering Korea headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Florida
Elks
Seaboard
Korea
Emmett T. Anderson
United States
Seventh Fleet Arrives At Formosa Amid Naval Tensions
The Seventh Fleet arrives near Formosa as Nationalist Navy leaders deny halting merchant shipping while claiming improved protection. Adm Kwei Yungcching says Red naval strength is small. Nationalist troop deployment to Korea stalls as MacArthur and Nationalist officers weigh holding forces unless Reds join Korean side.
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MacArthur
Scouts Plan 1950 Season Attend Seph Mack
Scouts from Saltsburg Punxsutawney McIntyre Indiana Ernest Marion Center Shelocta Lucerne Mines Homer City Clymer and Blairsville have made reservations at the Scout Office in 14 Weather Building Indiana Pa for the 1950 season.
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Weather Building
Indiana
Saltsburg
Piinxsutawney
McIntyre
Ernest
Marion Center
Sheloca
Lucerne Mines
Homer City
Clymer
Blairsville
Valuation of County Real Property Listed Falls To Detail
The market value and assessed value and valuation percent for Indiana County townships and boroughs are listed as prepared by the State Tax Equalization Board. Fallows-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
State
Cambria Lawmaker Frank J. Pentrack Dies at 61
Johnstown Pa July 8 Frank J Pentrack 61 Democrat member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives died of a heart attack at his home He was a funeral director former Fish Commission member active in sportsmen affairs once president of the Pennsylvania Skeet Shooting Association He is survived by his wife and three children Also New York July 3 Quaker State Oil Refining Corp acquired Titusville Pa petroleum properties from Cities Service Co The sale does not affect western Pennsylvania outlets and will supplement Quaker State properties in West Virginia Ohio and other areas.
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Johnstown
Frank J. Pentrack
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Pentrack
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Pennsylvania Skeet Shooting Association
New York
Titusville
Quaker State Oil Refiring Corp
Cities Service Qi] Co
Comppany
H. E. Branidli
Critics Service (Pa
Quaker State
West Virginia
Ohio
Thomas Vendy
Iselin
Clarksburg
Wilkesboro
N.C
Martha Venoy
Iselia
Leechburg Collieries Co
U .M. W of A
Brownstown
Venoy
Lawrence Called Back From European Vacation Storm
Mayor David L. Lawrence returned to Idlewild Airport amid fire over Pittsburgh probes. Governor Duff appointed Charles J. Margiotti as Attorney General to supersede Allegheny County District Attorney Rahauser, prompting a Grand Jury probe and a court fight.
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New York
David L. Lawrence
Pittsburgh
Idlewild
Ireland
Timuat
Dublin
Tim
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Charles J. Marchotti
Marglotti
Allegheny County
Lawrence
Urban Redevelopment Authority
Robin
Margiotti
W. Denning Stewart
Dist. Att
Willam
Rahauser
Michael A. Musmanno
Musmanno
Rnhouser
Margiott
Obituary of John Moorhead farmer in Cherryhill Township
John Moorhead, farmer and longtime Cherryhill Township resident, died July 10 after services at Hill Funeral Home Indiana. Born December 28, 1886, in Cherryhill Township, he was a son of Johnston and Almira Moorhead. Survived by five sisters, two nieces and two nephews. Interment Greenwood Cemetery followed services led by Dr. Harry Burton Boyd at Westview Cemetery, Indiana Memorial Hospital.
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John Moorhead
Cherrynitt
Booker
Westview
Indiana Memorial Hospital
Cumore
Johnston
J .Almira Stephens Moorhead
Cherryhil Township
Blanche Deyarmin
Olive, Haines
Mary L
Cherryhill Township
Harry Burton Boyd
Janet Cowie McLachlan
Indiana
Elm Street
Thomas and
Grace Charlton Cowie
Scotland
America
Elnora
Punxsutawney
First Methodist Church of
Indiana. Mrs. McLachlan
George McLachlan
Robert
Grace
John McLachllan
Thomas Cowie
Helvetia
William Crop
George Steele
Elizabeth
Robinson's
R. W. Falls
Oakland Cemetery
Margaret Wiles Wilson
Waterstreet
Wilson
Indian
Dewalt
Mary May Wiles
Mineral Ridge
Ohio
First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Bernell
Margaret) Shea
William D. Wiles
Struthers, O
Robinson’s
N. 7Th St
Ater
DST
Ross W. Porter
Oakland
Steve Demeter
Homer City
John
Susan Pavitch Demeter
Austria Hungary
Waterman No. 2
R. and P. Coal Company
St. Louis Church
Lucerne Mines
Tide
Mary Harkovich Demeter
John Demeter
Cleveland
Steve
Mary
Joseph
Europe
East Church Street
Homey City
Father M. Rosenthal
St. Bernard's Cemetery
Artillery Units Form In Main Battle Zone
War report notes artillery units forming in the main battle zone as U S and North Korean forces clash along the peninsula. MacArthur announces tank captures and advances, with air and ground actions reported across multiple fronts near Taegu Pusan and Pyongtaek. Casualties total about 240 with several missing.
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Pyongtaek
Emmett O’donnell Jr
Thhe U. S
11Th Air Force
Far East
East
Yongju
Chungju
MacArthur
Pyongtaek-Ansong
Chénan
Chonan
Mugung
Lamchok
Coms ‘Munique
Samehok
Rock Island Seized by Truman and Rail Strike Actions
The piece notes President Truman ordered that wages and conditions at the start of the Rock Island strike remain in force while settlement terms could become retroactive. Western lines keep rolling, while threats of broader labor action loom amid demands for a five day week with current six day pay. The National Geographic Society cites Shawneetown Illinois as a salt economy anchor in its early history.
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Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Truman
Chicago Great Western
Great Northern
Denver
Western Pacific
National Geographic Society
Shawneetown
Illinois
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Dorothy Arlene Olsen
Yorrance
Joseph Blagavicn
White Lawne Ship
Ovma
Jolene Orr
Polo
7Th Fleet
Formosa
Livermore
Joseph Kukulski
New Kensington
Eleanor C. Falencki
Natrona
Kukulski
Robert Swenk
Armagh
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Penne Banks Township
Black Lick Township
Blairsville Borough
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Treee
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Wea Wheatfield Teswistiya Trek Ee
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Quaker State Oil of Assembly
Uys Properties
Moma Bryan Neal
Home
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St. Francis Hospital
Reinhold K. Weber
Grove Chapel
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Pusan
Taegu
U. S
Suwon
Yongju-chungju
Tokyo
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Keith Laboratory School
General Motors
Buh! Planetarium
Kennywood Park
Earl Hognsting
Gazette Phota
Bell Funeral Home Amite Service
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