Twins birth spree leaves family of nineteen in Irn Pa
Yoman Griser, 31, and husband Arthur Tiger, 38, of Irn Pa, welcomed a set of twins along with ten other children. The Grisers, from Westinghouse Boiler Co background, recount a busy household with Agnes, 12, helping with chores and caring for siblings. Father notes meals and milk keep the brood fed as the clan grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irn
Diitma Griser
E Haa
Brad General Hospital
Fon
Arthur Tiger
Hreman
Westinghouse brakeCo
Europé
Griser
Agnes
Arthur
Sarah
Eddie
Dolores
Johnny
Etwins
Harry
Irma
Dorothy
Robert
Mary Louise
Bavia Paul
Venereal disease spike prompts talk of corporal punishment
In Frankfurt on July 13 U S Army officers said corporal punishment could curb a rising venereal disease rate among American troops in Europe. They reported officials in Washington had considered stockade confinement but warned an act of Congress would be needed to authorize such measures. The trend, up despite a prior disciplinary crackdown, showed 21 8 infections per hundred in Europe on June 16, with some areas more than doubling the average. Military officials cited fewer troops relative to demand, promiscuity among civilians and soldiers, and reliance on penicillin as factors in the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
U.S. S Army
Europe
Washington
McNarey
Garison
Playgrounds Head Named by Indiana Recreation Commission
The Indiana Recreation Commission names Miss Charlotte Moorhead as playground director for the remaining weeks of summer with Miss Rosemary Roche as assistant. Miss Margaret Lubald remains at Second Street Ground while Fifteenth Street Ground is led by Miss Jose Donnelly and Thaddeus Stevens by Miss Mary Elizabeth Carroll. Enrollment reaches 300 children as plans include a midget softball tournament and a pet show the week of July 22. Cooperation with Geo Miller and the Teacher’s College enables swimming lessons at the college pool one morning weekly supervised by lifeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Recreation Commysiion
Charlotte Moorhead
Rosemary A Roche
Margaret Lubald
Second Street
Fifteenth Street
Ji¢e Donnelly
Thaddeus Stevens
Mary Elizabeth Carroll
Geo
I Miller
Teacher's College J
Enlistment Drive Seeks Former WACs for European Duty
The War Department announces a special effort to reenlist former Women's Army Corps members for assignment in the European Theater. Eligible MOS numbers include 213 Stenographer 655 General Clerk 219 Statistical Clerk 2-1 Administrative N’ G Telephone Switch Operator Mh-Crylographic Typist 835 Supply Clerk. Local Army Recruiting Station accepts applications until a stated deadline. Cotton crops report steady growth in Belgium and nearby regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wer
Women’s Corps
John Axamith
Women's Army
Corga
Browo
Adj
PRY
Elks Elect Charles Broughton Grand Exalted Ruler
Charles F. E. Broughton, longtime editor and publisher in Sheboygan, has been elected Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The New York convention named him to lead more than 800,000 Elks across 1,500 lodges in 48 states and territories. Wade H. Kepner of Wheeling, W. Va, was the previous leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wis
Civic Reader
Charles FE. Broughton
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elke
New York City
Leslie R. Morgan
Hower
Indiana
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Wayne A. Snyder
Gmong Linse
Charles Broughton
The
Elks
Wade HW
Kepner
Wheeling
W. Va
Aclus
Mid-West
Broughton
Legion
Strike Ends In Trieste Amid Allied Mediation
Trieste ends a two week general strike affecting about 200000 workers after Allied authorities dissolve the strike committee. The city remains quiet with a single violence case reported as a worker is held for alleged strike breaking. A blast wounded six in a nearby area the same night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trieste
Gloriale Alrealo
Onen Aggcife 5
Liquor Clerks Union Head Quits amid Labor Dispute
Harrisburg July 1 Henry Jayer manager of a Pittsburgh liquor store resigned yesterday as president of the CIO Liquor Clerks local saying he had pricked at labor matters and that he had been a dupe. George J Bloom secretary to Governor Martin said Wayer had written a letter resigning as head of the Local My United Public Workers in protest of a threatened liquor clerks strike for higher pay. A Pittsburgh meeting voted for a strike Oct 2 with strike proponents present. In Philadelphia, over 200 liquor clerks voted unanimously to strike Oct 2 if pay demands are not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Henry Jayer
Hhquor
Pittsburgh
CIO
George J. Bloom
Avernor Martin
Wayer
Tocal My United Public Workers
Philadelphia
Vets Move For Special Session
Harrisburg hosts hundreds of World War II veterans at a two day conference called by the Pennsylvania Veterans Committee to press Governor Marlin for immediate action on central rents, veterans housing, jobs and a state wortus law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Veterans Committee
William Milter
Philadelphia
Marlin
Invitation To Testify Open For Solon Continue
The Mead Committee has evidence that May acted as an agent for Cumberland Lumber Co, part of a small Combine, receiving 48000 for lumber never delivered. Senate investigators report May pressed for Batavie and Erie contracts, advance payments, labor, and terminations, with an alleged overpayment exceeding 1,000,000 dollars unrecovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead Committee
May
Cumberland Lumber Company
Cumberland
Little Combine
Senate
War Department
Army
Batavie
Erie
Booby Trap Murderer To Get Chair
A Henry County Virginia jury convicted 62 year old Amon J. Gusler of booby trapping and killing J Russell Smith at a Bassett furniture plant. He faces the electric chair after a one and a half hour verdict and sentencing set for next Tuesday. Gusler testified the plot stemmed from fear of Smith and a kiss he stole from Smiths wife during a party two years earlier. His son was present as the verdict was read. his wife and daughters left the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martainsville
Amon J. Guster
Henry County
J. Russell Smith
A S Hout
Gusler
Joel W. Flood
Smith
Bassett
Scout Heads Hold Confab
The Jily meeting of the Central District Committee, William Penn Council, Boy Scouts of America, at Indiana State Teachers College discussed re registration and special Charter Reviews for Troops 34 35 31 32 26 and 34 with district leaders and committee members. Harold Keele became Central District Chairman and efforts to complete district staffing and program plans were outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central District
William Penn Council
Boy Scouts of America
Laboratory School
Indiana State Teachers College
Joe Reschini
Ernest
Assumption Catholic Church
Iselin
Edgar B. Shuster
Indiana
Ralph Willis
The
Presbyterian Church
Charles Playford
First Waited Presbyterian Church
Reschini
Harold EB. Keele
Keck
Scowler
Paul J. Woodring
S. W, Boyd Harold
Fred Shaukis
J. BR. Reschini
C. L. Playford
Bill Simpson
Pawl McShane
Edward F. Walsh
Mark O'Hara
Midgar B. Shuster
Wayne S. Lockard
John EB. Davis
John E. Davis
W. D. Sievers
Scout
Scouting
Sgt Boyd Named New Marine Recruiter in Indiana Area
Sgt Robert N Boyd of the W U S I Marine Corps recruiting staff is assigned to the Indiana Post Office office to recruit aviation personnel and other enlistees. He replaces S Sgt O Farrell who moved to the Pittsburgh district. The enlistment program may end July 27 unless more enlistees arrive. Boyd adds that the Marine Corps offered the same day pay increases as the Army recently enacted by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert N. Boyd
WU. S. I Marine Corps
Indiana Post Office
Boyd
O'Farell
Pittsburgh
Marine Corps
Army
Josephine Soldier on ETO Air Police
Josephine Chaple, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Chaple, arrived in Germany and serves as a Register Clerk with headquarters of the U S Air Forces in Europe in Wiesbaden. He is a Blairsville High School graduate who enlisted in April 1945. Alfred S Dugan, Seaman First Class, ordered to sea duty aboard the U S S Ranger, son of Mrs Blanche Dugan of Indiana. In 1945 Sweden's merchant marine grew to 41 000 gross tons on 1 998 000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
Germany
Paul Chapla
Imes
Paul Chaple
Josephine
U.S. Air Forces
Europe
Chaple
Blairsville High School
Sweden
First Photo of Atomic Fireball at Crossroads Bikini
The signal flashed as K-26 cameras recorded the first atomic test bomb drop at Bikini. The image shows the full fireball before the mushroom cloud forms, capturing the initial explosion and immense glow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crossroads
Bikini
Training for USES counselors aids handicapped veterans
Intensive training for USES counselors in the selective placement program was given at the Pittsburgh office. District managers Allsworth and Fagan announced the program aims to match veterans with jobs by analyzing job requirements and individual abilities, proving handicapped workers can meet or exceed nonhandicapped workers. John Shaffer of the Greensburg office attended, with sessions stressing using abilities over disabilities and encouraging employers to hire handicapped veterans as sound business practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Employment Service
Pittsburgh
Harry B. Allsworth
Patrick T. Fagan
Greensburg
John Shaffer
Allsworth
Alsworth
Allaworth
Indiana
John M. Shaffer
Reds Launch China Attack
Reported massed Communist troops in Hopeh province launched an initial assault on government outer defenses around Tientsin and targeted the Peiping Mukden railroad garrison. U.S. envoy Marshall seeks peace as Manchurian commanders plan a meeting at Changchun amid reports of 10,000 troops moving north in Jieopeh toward Tungtlou and Setlitou near Vientsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
API
Hopeh
Tientsin
Peiping-Mukden
U. S
Marshall
Mukden
Changchun
North China Independent
Hsin Min Fao
Jieopeh
Tungtlou
Setlitou
Vientsin
Sagamore Man Charged With Assault Of Miss Umbaugh
Sagamore resident Mike Hornyak posted a $300 bond to appear before Squire Karl Watt of Kiltan on assault and battery and malicious mischief charges filed by Kate Umbaugh of Yatesburg. The hearing was set for Monday. Umbaugh said Hornyak knocked off her glasses during a park altercation and deflated her car tires after leaving the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Hornyak
Sagamore
Karl Watt
Kiltanjning
Kate Umbaugh
Yatesburg
Miss Umbaugh
Hurnyak
New Shannock Park
County relief total reaches 2152 in Indiana week
Relief payments in Indiana counties totaled 2152 for the week ending July H, down 20 from the previous week and up 1825 from the year-ago period. The figures highlight support to needy residents amid ongoing aid programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana ‘County
Tiny jail for sale in quiet Lawrence County town
KNON VALLEY PA July 13 The Lawrence County community of 375 offered its sturdy two cell jail for sale to help housing shortage. Burgess George Andrews joked the town is so law abiding no guests in 10 years. The oaken casement sits beside a church and a lodge hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knon Valley
HPI
Lawrence County
George Andrews
County Bond Sales Lower in June for Indiana County
Indiana County trails in June U S Treasury Savings Bond sales with totals of 117 077 75 across E F and G series. Westmoreland Cambria Armstrong Clearfield Jefferson counties posted higher totals while Indiana slipped from third to last among six neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
U. S. Treasury Department
Charles J. Miel
Indiana
iTune
Westmoreland
Cambria
Armstrong
Clearfield
Jefferson
W D Continues Enlistments In Discharge Grade
Ex GIs may reenlist in a grade matching their length and type of service. Lt John J Axsmith of the local recruiting office announced a June 30 deadline under War Department Pamphlet 12-16. Reenlistment requires three years. cannot exceed the discharge grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J Axsmith
War Department
Vicar Refuses Telephonic Wedding in England
Salisbury dispatch says Rev. F W White barred the plan to marry Maureen Chamberlain, 11, in a transatlantic ceremony with James Grider of Hot Springs New Mexico. The vicar withdrew services and the use of the vicarage after calling the idea not regal in England. The couple may have the ceremony performed by an American judge on the other end of the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
England
F. W. White
Maureen Chamberlain
James Grider
Hot Springs
N. M
Miss Chamberlain
Mass abductions by Hukbalahap in Luzon clash aftermath
Twenty Filipino women were kidnapped near Mayantoc by an armed band identified as Hukbalahap members after a battle that left 38 Hukbalahaps and one military police officer dead. Officials fear mistreatment but hope for safe return. elsewhere in Pampanga a clash between Hukbalahaps and MPs with civilian guards continues. Four Columbia County election board members convicted of conspiracy and fraud must serve three years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarlac
Luzon
Mayantoc
Philippine Army
Hukbalghaps
Naliaa
Ate Geewr Peees Cmt
Lubag
Pampanga
Bloomsburg
Columbia County Election Board
Tify
Hukbalahaps
Strangled Defending Daughter in Roxbury Apartment
In Roxbury Boston, a 12 year old girl, Eleanor Cronin, was attacked as a man entered through a first floor window. Her mother, Helen Cronin, 31, fought him off but was killed by a belt blow. Police pursued a negro suspect fitting a five six frame, dark clothes, colored glasses, in the Senament district amid floodlight searches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Helen Cronin
Roxbury
Eleanor
Cronin
Senament
Drive To Beat College Jam At Washington Conference
A conference on emergency problems in higher education promised full mobilization of educational facilities to tackle the college enrollment jam. Delegates from about 175 at American Council on Education discussed funding for temporary and permanent educational facilities and urged federal aid and lower surplus-property prices for schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Council On Education
Milton Eisenhower
Kansas State College
General Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
George §. Frank
Cornell University
Obituary notices from Indiana area July 1946
A batch of obituaries and funeral notices from Indiana Pennsylvania list mourners, birthplaces, and service details for Mary Elizabeth Frew Hugh Frew and others including Keller Ruffner Arkeatsick Condron and Rowe Byers. Surviving family members, church affiliations, funeral home contacts, and interment sites are noted with service dates and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Frew
Gompers Avenue
Indiana
John
Roseann
Green) Caldwell
Putxsutawney
Chambersville
Ambrose
Baptist Church of
H. S. Baltimore
MdDonald C
Dearborn
Mich
Nelson P
Waterford
Dean Chambers
Butler
H. G. Karst
Los Angeles
Calif
John Caldwell
Punxsutawney
Daniel Caldwell
Homer City
William Dickie
Blairsville
Robinson Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Mabry
Martha Benshoff Stutzman
R. D
W. D. Goughnour
Brushvalley
Leslie
Cramer
W. S. Crick
Jos. L. Gingrich
Benshoff Hill
Johnstown
Fannie E. Rowe Byers
Wm. S. Byers
Creekside
Earl Frech
8Th St
Creekside Methodist Church
L. O. Douds
Internment Ruffner
Germans Had Super Phase Microscope
San Francisco July 13 A special type of microscope kept secret by German scientists for about a decade has enabled expanded living cell research. The phase microscope lets observers view living cells without staining, unlike conventional microscopes. Germans reportedly developed the device about ten years ago and salvaged pieces from Zeiss labs in Jena. Col Arthur T Brice acquired the instrument for the Fort Riley VA Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Veterans Administration
Zeiss
Jena
Col
Arthur T. Brice
Fort Riley Veterans Administration Hospital
Plane Order Reduces Air Transport
New York July 13 A CAA order grounding all Lockheed Constellation airliners after a Reading Pennsylvania crash sharply cut international air transport. Major lines cancelled and consolidated flights while shifting Douglas Skymasters to fill gaps, aiming for near normal trans Atlantic service within days. AFL pilots chief Behncke urged grounding Constellations citing fire hazard in power plant induction system and exhaust flames posing fuselage risk, amid Lockheed and plant makers signaling two potential fire hazards in engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CAA
Reading
David L. Behncke
AFL Airline Pilots Association
Chicago
Constellation
Civil Aeronautics Board
Constellations
Lockhead Aircraft Corporation
Behncke
Burbank
Calif
Thirteen Die In Plane Crash In China Near Tsinan
Chinese dispatches report 13 killed and 33 seriously injured when a National Aviation C 46 aircraft crashed near Tsinan after taking off northbound. Only three of 49 aboard escaped injury, with two crewmen among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Tsinan
Chinese National Aviation Corporation
Mrs Belle Lowman attends sister's funeral in Altoona
Mrs Belle Lowman and her daughters Golda and Hannah attended the funeral services for her sister Mrs Mary Bundschick in Altoona. Several local residents including Gail Moorhead, Dorothy Moorhead, Betty, and Miss Elsie McKee visited with relatives. Florence Repine and Mona Jean Brown were guests of their grandparents Mr and Mrs Wm Kunkle. James Hamilton of California called with friends. Diannie Totti of Akronis vacationing with grandparents Steve and Mrs Barto. Dorothy Grimm has returned from hospital after a fractured wrist from a baseball accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Lowman
Golda
Hannah
Mary Bundschick
Altoona
Gail Moorhead
Dorothy Moorhead
Betty
Elsie McKee
Mona Jean Brown
Florence Gertrude Repine
Livermore
R. D
Wm. Kunkle
James Hamilton
California
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Yoman
Las
Wacs
B.P.O.E
Charles E, Broughton
Solon
Sgt. Boyd
ETO Air Police
Reds
China
Sagamore Man
W. D
Election Board
Huks
Harry Marlin Keller
Commodore
Indiana Hospital
Matthew and
Cedella (Rogers) Keller
Cool Spring
Lillian
Aaron) Keller
Arnold
Mary Catherine Berringer
Niagara Falls
Harry James
Cedella
Maurice Berringer
Alice Powell
Summerville
Nellie Hetrick
Maude Goodwin
Fredericktown
Stella Hagerty
Brookville
Lola Fenstamaker
Dan Keller
Commodore Methodist Church
Oakland, Cemetery
Barney Emanuel Ruffner
Hillsdale
Henry
Catherine
Butterbaugh) Ruffner
Sally Walker
Cherry Tree R. D
Raleigh
Mellie (Jamison
Arkeatsick
Archie and
Margaret (McQuown) Jamison
Brockway
Morning Side
DuBois
Peter Lind
Armstrong County
Croyle Funeral Home
Rural Valley
Robert Vozer
Alverda
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Joseph and
Fay
Graham) Vozer
Army Air Forces
Clinton
Alma Roselyn
Ruth
Vater
Sacred Heart Church
Pineland Cemetery
Strongseves Long Funeral Home
Barneshoro
Ellsworth Condron
Smicksburg
County General Hospital
George I
Dera (Fanhorne) Condron
Loretta Taylor Condron
Condron
Weather Report
Pencas
Kent
Scartm
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