Army Cantonment Likely in Western Pennsylvania
Indiana, Bedford, and Blair Counties in Western Pennsylvania are being surveyed for a new Army cantonment possibly larger than Indiantown Gap. Expansion requires Congressional approval and Roosevelt's backing, with nine sites already chosen nationwide and each cantonment costing about 23 million dollars.
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Indiana
Pennsylvania
Washington
Indiantown Gap
Congress
Bedford
Blair
Buell Pennanana
Dirman
War Department
Runa ‘Committée
Hose Appropriations
Nazi Germany
Roosevelt
Snyder
Oregon
Virginia
Georgia
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
California
Only Injury A Torn Lock
Victor Woodrick a 23 year old flying cadet from Three Qaka Mich performs a complete twist in a two seater plane at Park s Air College. Civilian Instructor David J Mattis aged 96 remarks Woodrick was high and took control saving a near disaster. Woodrick escaped with a torn lock as his only injury.
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East St, Louis
Ili
Victor Woodrick
Three Qaka, Mich
Steed
David J. Mattis
Woodrick
Park
Air College
Mattie
Woodick
New 28th Division to train with dummy 37mm anti tank guns
At Indiantown Gap on July 11 officers disclosed the 28th Division's new anti tank battalion will use about 80 fabricated 37mm gun dummies for training due to weapon shortages. Training dummies, built by the 208d Ord nance Company, will be tested at A. P. Hill in Virginia next month.
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Indiantown Gap
Edward Martin
208D Ordnance Company
Raymond A. Brown
New York
A. P. Hill Military Reservation
Virginia
Army
Sard Fluid
Car L. Peterson Bradford
Ath Infantry
Draft mixup tests twins in Philadelphia register
Philadelphia on July 11 reports the draft registration of 31 year old brothers John and Joseph in the same family. Officials shuffled the cards and assign numbers 8 10 and 19, highlighting a surprising clerical coincidence amid the draft process.
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Philadelphia
John
Joseph
Smong
Cone maugh Dam Now in Prospect
The proposed 23 million dollar Cone maugh river dam near Saltsburg would double Western Pennsylvania flood control from six dams built or under construction. Army district engineer Lieut Col D Lee Hooper says it would lower Pittsburgh flood crest by about five feet, matching the effect of the four completed and two under way. Of the six dams, two are on Monongahela tributaries Grafton and Confluence while four sit on the Allegheny watershed Crooked Creek Mahoning Tionesta and Loyalhanna. Project total cost expected near 50 million dollars.
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Conemaugh River
Saltsburg
Pennsylvania
D. Lee Hooper
U3. Army District
Conemaugh
Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
Tygart River
Grafton
W. Va
Youghiogheny
Confluence
Allegheny River
Crooked Creek
Kittanning
Mahoning
McCrea's Furnace
Tionesta
Loyalhanna
Salts
Legion Picnic Set by Twenty-Seventh District
The Twenty Seventh District of the American Legion Auxiliary Units and Sons of the Legion invite friends to a fourth annual picnic on Sunday July 15 at American Legion Park New Bethlehem. A program with prominent speakers starts at 230 PM DST followed by musical performances. the regular meeting is at 430 PM.
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The
American Legion
Sons of the Legion and Friends
House and Senate Near Impasse on Draft and Strikes
Washington reports a month of debate ends with House and Senate at odds over a dual draft and strike control bill. The Senate favors broader authority to take over struck plants, while the House voided key strike provisions, leaving only mandatory deferment for men 28 and older.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Ireland Resists U S Bases Amid War Talk
Roosevelt states no known American base locations in Ireland or Britain while Wheeler claims possible construction. London says U S involvement is via direct British government purchases or lend lease. Belfast reports Americans on a top secret Northern Ireland project amid wartime tensions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ireland
Scotland
Wheeler
D-Mont
Belfast
United State
Coletrue- Hort
Northern Ireland
London
Foreign Office
Nese
United States
Britain
Germany
Cele Sen
Goodman Conducts Mozart as Benny Goodman Jazz Jam
Ten thousand fans at Robin Hood Dell welcomed Benny Goodman as conductor in a Mozart program with his swing band. Another crowd thronged the fence and slope outside as inside audiences cheered Mozart’s A Major concerto and the intermission jam. Kids on the aisles danced while Cootie Williams sparked the stage with trumpet, as a young girl and four boys joined the performers on stage.
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Philadelphia
Benny Goodman
Robin Hood Dell
Mozart
Benny
Cootie Williams
Hitler Invasion Stalls Across Eastern Front
German forces driving eastward into Russia from the Minsk sector have halted in several areas, with a Soviet communique suggesting the 20 day Navi campaign was stopped cold. Nazi agency DNB blamed road clearance amid wreckage of Red Army equipment for the slowdown.
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Adolf Hitler
Russia
Minsk
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
France
DNB
Hitler
Germany Push Into Russia Stalls Amid Road Clearing
Berlin reports German eastward drive into Soviet Russia from the Bialystok Minsk area halted in places to clear roads of wrecked Red Army equipment. DNB notes vast Soviet losses and that heavy enemy material blocks must be moved. Luftwaffe claims 375 Soviet trucks and 191 aircraft destroyed yesterday in the Smolensk area east of Minsk.
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Berlin
Soviet Russia
Bialystok-Minsk
DNB
High Command
Red Army
Smolesk
Minsk
Germany
Nazi drive stalls as Russia asserts counterblows near Moscow
A wartime report from Moscow describes the German panzer advance halted near Moscow after 20 days of fighting. The communique claims German setbacks along the northern and eastern fronts with Soviet air and ground forces counterattacking, including heavy blows near Leningrad and the Dvina river. The piece notes Russian aviation engagement and heavy losses on both sides as the struggle across eastern Europe continues.
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Adpifler
Black’ Sea
Ostrov
Leningrad
Goering
Red Army
Reichswehr
A . Stat
Europe
Russia
Marion Center Youth Injured In Accidental Rifle Incident
Lawrence Talmon Fetterman Jr., a Marion Center High School student, was repairing a .22 rifle when it discharged, injuring his jaw and chin. The bullet lodged in the kitchen ceiling. he is recovering after being treated by Dr. C Paul Reed in Indiana.
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Marion Center
Lawrence Talmon Fetterman, Jr
L. Talmon Feterman
Marion Center R. D. 1
C. Paul Reed
Indiana
Indiana County Draft Call Based On Army Requisition
Indiana County local boards will furnish selectees per the latest United States Army requisition announced by Governor Arthur H. James. A total of 4440 men will report to examination stations from July 25 to August 8, with successful finishers likely called for induction within 10 days. Board No 1 lists 10 white and one colored, Board No 2 lists 10 white and two colored, Board No 3 lists 12 white selectees.
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Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
Indiana Board No. 1
Tait Improves After Fall From Scaffolding
Roy E. Tait of Pine Flats who fell from scaffolding on South 13th Street Wednesday afternoon showed improvement at Indiana Hospital this morning. He suffers a possible fracture of the left hip and chest injuries.
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Roy E. Tait
Pine Flats
South 13Th Street
Indiana Hospital
Taxpayers Face Higher Combined Taxes Says Treasury Experts
Washington reports Treasury experts warn next year’s tax load will be heavier with a new federal income tax plan. A married couple with one child earning 10000 would owe 1116 in federal tax, plus state taxes such as New York 260, California 693, Missouri 165, and North Carolina 348, depending on location. The analysis notes state taxes deductibility issues and ranges from 3 percent to 7 percent in top brackets, plus a surtax and a 10 percent defense levy.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
New York
California
Missouri
North
Caroline
York
North Carolina
Army transfers county soldiers to 18 weeks basic training
Five United States Army selectees from this district received orders at the Army Reception Center in New Cumberland to proceed to training stations for 18 weeks of basic training. Names include Mike Corndick Blairsville Lea J Kinna Livermore James E Robinson Bolivar Nick Gonder Mike Pendlyshok Ville. Others completed initial training at Fort Bray and were transferred to Indiantown Gap.
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Army
New Cumberland
Joseph A. Shedion
New Cumber AG
Mike Corndick
Blairsville
Lea J. Kinna
Livermore
James E. Robinson
Bolivar
Fort Monmouth
Nick Gonder
Mike Pendlyshok
7Ville
Camp Lee
Fort Bray
Indiantown Gap
Gunlckaburg
Sieve Te Neuss
Dat Ead Frank & Rink
Hamer Ry
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