Church and Relatives Share Fisher Estate
The will of John S. Fisher former Governor of Pennsylvania probated last week left an estate valued around 300000 dollars. Major bequest to the First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana to pay 5000 toward building debt or fund if debt is absent. Robert M. Fisher, the governor’s son, and Savings and Trust Company of Indiana named executors to create trusts for wife Gladys Washburn and children Mary and John with educational and income provisions. Grandsons receive shares of stock and trusts. fifty acres of pine forest in South Mahoning Township set aside for grandchildren. Miss Mary Fisher inherits home at Plumville with income, and relatives receive specified annual sums. A gold watch and chain bequeathed to John Stuchell Fisher III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Fisher
Pennsylvania
First United Presbyterian Church of
Indiana
Robert M. Fisher
Commonwealth
Robert
Elmer White
the Savings and Trust Company of Indiana
Mary Fisher
Plumville
Helen Edwards
John Stuchell Fisher
Heat wave grips Pennsylvania as deaths rise
Blistering heat across Pennsylvania drives crowds to seashores lakes and mountains while the nation endures a continuing heat wave. At least 18 deaths occurred statewide over a two day period due to traffic drownings and ailments linked to the heat as officials forecast only gradual relief and scattered showers.
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Pennsylvania
Atlantic
Rocky Mountains
Philadelphia
New England
Great Lakes
Forfeits Collected in Raids on Two Houses
Seized by police in raids on two houses Sunday, 40 persons paid forfeits totaling $165. Fifteen fined $3 each and the proprietor $32, while 95 others in another place forfeited $5 each for creating a disturbance. The operator of the second house was fined $50.
Navy equips 4 destroyers for Marines in quick reaction plan
Washington July 22 The Navy said four WW II destroyers were being fitted for Marine Corps use as high speed transports with artillery tanks and landing craft to land advance forces anywhere in the hemisphere. The Marine Corps strength near 28 000 with a 34 000 goal includes converted transports and two ships Irquois and Mor macpean acquired for undisclosed purposes.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
House
Germany
Latin America
United States
Parris Island
S. C
Guatanamo
Cuba
No Feeth and a Canadian tooth tale in wartime
In Vancouver a loyal Canadian longs for a short war while living on sour soup. He sent his false teeth to the United States for repair before money controls. Now he cannot pay the bill across the border and fears a reunion may be impossible as his teeth remain abroad.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canada
United States
U S 10 Spend On Military Construction
Harrisburg July 22 The federal government has allocated 55 425 000 to Pennsylvania Housing Authorities and may spend more on barracks at army and navy bases or defense workers apartments. The state is entitled to up to 80 000 000 from the National Housing Authority. A five man board was created but not confirmed, leaving Charles Doyle to run housing efforts with one staffer. Lack of a board has hindered education and expansion of housing authority formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
National Housing Authority
Senate
Charles ¥. Doyle
Philadelphia
Aultman Wins Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Meet
Some 800 people at Coal Run watched the Aultman First Aid Team score 99.50 percent to win first place in a Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company contest. Lucerne Mines placed second at 99.35 percent, McIntyre third at 99.30. Prizes awarded by F. R. Vinton. Aultman members led by Captain Hugh Ruddock with six others.
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Coal Run
Aultman
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Lucerne Mines
McIntyre
Aultrian
F. R. Vinton
Hugh Ruddock
Arlie Shaffer
Eugene McCracken
Ira Turnbull
Norman Coy
James Matthis
Henry Turnbull
Odell Sutton
Bert Sheets
George Terify
Steve Harshyne
Donald Harris
James Warden
Lee Dominick
William Leese
Joseph Garry
William Lee Aultman
Signal Corps Seeks Applicants for Enlistment
The Signal Corps of the Army reopens enlistment with openings in high demand. Applicants need no prior experience, only unmarried status, a high school diploma, good character, and good physical condition. Selected enlistees are sent to school for specialist training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Corps of
Army
Signal Corps
Five Injured In Area Amid Multiple Crashes In County
A string of accidents left five people injured in the area. A head on collision three miles north of Plumville on the Punxsutawney highway sent Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Rettig to Butler hospital with serious injuries. two Rettig sons and a grandson were unhurt. Another crash harmed four year old Frank Lanetti after a fall from a rear seat. he was hospitalized in Johnstown. Ebensburg man James E. Sharpless suffered facial injuries and a Honda crash near Ebensburg. Barnesboro resident John Kablish sustained facial lacerations after a tree impact. State police attributed steering gear failure to Janyok’s car among other factors.
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Plumville
Punxsutawney
E. H. Rettig
East Butler
Butler Hospital
Lester Clark
Creekside RO
Rettig
Frank Lonetti
Frank Lanetti
Vintandale
John Kablish
Barnesboro
Miners Hospital
Spangler
Mike Janyok
State youths enter camp at Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania youths 1250 strong entered a ten day camping program to study and play politics and government. Sponsored by the American Legion and service clubs, most campers are sons of veterans. Municipal elections were held today in each city of 36 campers. Lectures and more elections continue through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
American Legion and
Service Clubs
Sons of Veterans
Man Held For Pair Robbery Near City Outskirts
Gilbert Bloss, 31, of Eria, was held today on a charge of holding up and robbing a couple in a parked car yesterday on the outskirts of the city. The victims were not identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
George Christoph
Gilbert Bloss
Eria
Russia demands popular government for Romania amid Baltic moves
Moscow pressed for a popular government in Romania following Russian occupation of Bessarabia and northern Bucovina. Romanian leaders met German and Italian ministers at the Black Sea resort after a note received Saturday. Observers say the issue ties to Romania's defense setup and Moscow’s aim to improve ties through a pro-Nazi administration.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Rome-Berlin
Moscow
Carol
Hihail Manoli- Escu
Black Sea
Mihail Tonsecu
Constantine Nicolescu
Florea Tyenescu
Bucovina
Bessarabia
Ion Gipurtu
Russia
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Baltic Countries
Soviet Union
Local College Goes On The Air At Indiana
The State Teachers College at Indiana will broadcast the second of two summer sessions on WHIB Greensburg Tuesday 3 to 4 pm The program begins with choral music by the College Summer Session Choir directed by Mary Muldowney The second half offers a one act radio play Country Cousins written and staged by the summer session class in radio education under Edna Lee Sprowls Announcers are Ronald Bond and Clark Trainer ISTC students Also listed is a 5 reel Kodachrome entertainment feature at Christian Church N Fifth and Water streets Tuesday evening at 8 with no admission charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers College At
Indiana
WHIB
Greensburg
Mary Muldowney
Department of
Music Education
Edna Lee Sprowls
Ronald Bond
Clark Trainer
ISTC
Halifax To Reject Hitler Offer Today
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax may deliver a no compromise reply to Hitler's peace offer as raids on Britain continue. British losses include a destroyer, submarine and minesweeper, while RAF raids target German bases and industrial sites.
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Halifax
Hitler
Associated Press
London
Lord Halifax
Britain
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Churchill
Vichy
France
England
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
British Isles
Fuehrer
Churelli
High Command
English Channel
Comunique
Germany
Marshall Hermann Wilhelm Goering
National Zeitung
Empire
United States
House of Commons
Messerschmitt
Wilhelmshaven
Hamburg
Bremen
Ruhr
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Bremer
Roosevelt seeks $500 million boost for export import bank
President Roosevelt asked Congress to raise the export import bank’s capital from 200 million to 700 million and to lift restrictions on its operations to aid Western Hemisphere neighbors amid Europe’s war. He urged supporting producers on both sides of the Rio Grande and preventing market dislocations from distressed selling while awaiting a return to normal world trade.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Rio Grande
Havana
Europe
United States
Western Hemisphere
Continents
Americas
Departments of State, Treasury, Agriculture and Commerce
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse Jones
Police arrest man after beer bottles tossed from hotel window
Patrolman George Speck confronts a downtown Pittsburgh man on the 12th floor over tossing empty beer bottles from a window. The officer tells him you are a public servant and to put his socks on his feet, highlighting a clash of civility and duty in a policing moment.
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Pittsburgh
Mussolini Receives Armored Train Gift From Hitler
In Rome Mussolini inspected an armored train presented by General von Pohl, a display of Nazi Italian military unity. The two warships Hood and Ark Royal were reported damaged in Mediterranean battles July 8 to 13, per Italian High Command.
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Rome
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Il Duce
Ritter von Pohl
van Pohl
Hitler
Germany
Italy
Wilhelm Querine
Fuehrer
Halian High Command
Hood
Ark Royal
Roo Yealy
France Vichy Grants Loans to Industry and Colonies
The Vichy government issued decrees authorizing private industries to receive loans up to 200 000 francs for six months to cover sales debts and essential raw materials. It also directed advances totaling 900 million francs to Algeria and nearby territories to secure food supplies. An exchange rate adjustment linked the Belgian franc to the French franc, reflecting wartime reconstruction measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Petain
Fia
Algeria
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Att
U. P
Western
Penna
James A. Reed
Missouri
Chicago
Reed
U. S
U. S. Housing Authority
Doyle
Lucerne
Portirlea
Christian Church
N. 5Th
Water Streets
President Roosevelt
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Receus
Axis
Riga
Historia
U.S.S.R
Cairo
Egypt
Tokyo
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