Welles Outlines Postwar Aims For Peace And Opportunity
Sumner Welles declared postwar American objectives to secure fair peace and equal economic opportunities for all peoples. He warned that no peace comes while Hitler’s regime remains, speaking at a cornerstone laying for a Norwegian Legation wing with Norway’s exiled representative present. The address aimed to unite combatants against Nazi rule and to pressure German rulers in Europe.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Welles
Legation
Hitler
Germany
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne
Haakon VII
London
Norway
Three-man Civil Service Commission Named for Borough Police
Indiana Borough Council elected a three member Civil Service Commission for the police department. Robert A. St. Clair of Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp, Dr H Wilbur Black dental surgeon, and J Roy Maloney manager of Oakland Cemetery were chosen. Terms: St Clair six years Black four years Maloney two years. First meeting within a few days to name chairman and secretary.
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Civil Service Commission
Indiana
Robert A. St. Clair
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
H. Wilbur Black
J. Roy Maloney
Oakland Cemetery
St. Clair
Black
Compromise draft bill proposes guard and reserve exemptions
Senator Connally proposed a compromise draft to excuse certain National Guards and Reserves from further army service, arguing exemptions would apply when additional service causes hardship. He discussed the idea with Secretary Stimson and noted it could affect selectees and guardsmen, with local boards already handling deferments for dependents. Senate debate and potential approval by the Military Committee loom as a broader emergency declaration faces consideration.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Stimson
War Department
Texas
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Thomas
Utah
Barkley
Kentucky
Handicraft Focus Marked Indiana Playground Week
Director Alice Moorhead reports the third week of Indiana's Playground program centered on handicrafts. Children created water bottles, flower vases, and wooden plaques from crepe paper and jars. An annual pet show is planned for next week, date TBA, with invites to parents and friends to visit the three playgrounds and view the work.
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Indiana
Alice Moorhead
Aluminum drive at Homer City by Lions Scouts and Empire Theatre
The Homer City Lions the Boy Scouts and the Empire Theater run an aluminum drive in the borough. The Empire Theater announces a matinee Friday at 10 o clock when aluminum will be accepted for admission. Gearhart's July Clearance Sale.
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Homer City Lions
Boy Scouts
Empire Theater
Empire
Mangs
Local Board No 3 Men Given Draft Placings
The Indiana Local Board No 3 lists new registrants in Selective Service order from last week’s lottery. Names appear with registration codes and towns such as Heilwood Brush Valley Dixonville Clymer Montele Glen Campbell Rossiter Homer City Commodore Dilltown Huff and others, with page reference to see more on Page Two.
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Indiana Local Board
LeRoy T
Trinkley
Heilwood
Harry J. Jobe
Idamar
John H. Evans
Brush Valley
John A. Scott
Clymer
Steve Kostryk
Dixonville
George FF. Duchon
Nverett J. McCracken
Gipay
Harold F. Fletcher
Vincent A. Furginele
Montele
George Kurtz
Rossiter
Henry
Penn UN
John A. Stasky
Edward J. Benedick
Homer City
John H. Graham
Glenn C. Campbell
Gordon Hollingsworth
Armagh
Albert E. Spotts
Glen
John Britano
Dilltown
Robert F. Buterbaugh
Commodore
Clarence C. Marsh
Iirving
Hodgson, Jr. Rossiter
John G. Wood
Huff
Vernon J. Munau
Glen Campbell
Death claims Mrs. Sawyer and Mrs. Rupp in two obituaries
Two local obituaries note the deaths of Mrs Mildred K Sawyer wife of Lawrence M Sawyer VFW manager and Mrs Zelja Hill Rupp widow of Rev J C F Rupp. Mildred died after a long illness at Indiana Hospital with funeral plans to be announced. Zelja Rupp died at her Saltsburg home with services scheduled Friday at 2 39 p m in Saltsburg Lutheran Church and burial in Evergreen Cemetery Leechburg.
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Mildred K. Sawyer
Lawrence M. Sawyer
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Ard
Indiana Hospital
Zelja (Hill) ‘Rupp
Sattsburg
J. C.F. Rupp
Formany
Leechburg
McKeesport
Scotsdale
Morrisburg
Canada
Bridgeport
Connent
Saltsburg
Lewis A. Hill
Elia Hill
Maude Hill
Florence Hill
Frederick Haer
George E. Bowersux
D. D. Lerment
Evergreen Cemetery
Inquest Set for Thursday in Kent No. 2 Mine Deaths
The inquest into the deaths of seven miners killed in the June 30 Kent No. 2 mine explosion at McIntyre will open Thursday at 9 a.m. in the county courthouse. Dr. Edward L. Fleming, the county coroner, will preside.
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Kent No. 2
McIntyre
Court House
Edward L. Fleming
Boy Burned When Gasoline Fire Spreads at Station
Jack Cheskey age 1 of Indiana R D 5 is in fairly good condition at Indiana Hospital after his clothing caught fire while fueling a car at a service station corner Fifth and Philadelphia. He suffered burns to his hands legs and right thigh when gasoline spilled on his coveralls. Attendants quenched the flames and rushed him to the hospital.
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Jack Cheskey
Indiana
District coal pact unsigned delays Indiana agreement
Negotiations for a district coal pact covering mines in Indiana and seven neighboring counties are temporarily suspended. Provisions are generally agreed, with signing possible soon after the conference chairman calls a meeting. Talks began in New York on July 9 and recessed indefinitely last Friday. next meeting expected in Altoona.
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Indiana
New York
Altoona
Nurses Reach Norfolk Port After North Atlantic Ordeal
Four American Red Cross nurses rescued after their transport was torpedoed near Greenland and sank. Picked up July 5, they endured 12 days in an open boat with hardtack and meatballs, later treated for gangrene. They landed in Norfolk aboard a Navy transport under Captain Clarence Guibranson.
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Norfolk
Greenland
Great Britain
Red Cross
U. S. Navy
North Atlantic
Reykjavik
Iceland
Clarence Guibranson
New Orleans
Marion Blissett
Detroit
Mich
Victoria Pele
Auburn
Rachel St. Pierre
Boston
Lilian M. Pesnicak
Albany
Navy
Londonderry
Ireland
Gulbranson
U. S
Gideon Male Chorus To Sing At Penn Run Church
The Gideon male chorus of Johnstown will present a program at the Penn Run Church of the Brethren Thursday evening. Gearhart’s July Clearance Bale.
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Gideon Male Chorus
Johnstown
Penn Run
Church of the Brethren
Soviet Capital Engulfed by Nazi Bombers in Moscow Raid
German bombers struck Moscow in a second straight night raid as Nazi and Finnish forces pushed on fronts. Official dispatches claimed vast fiery seas engulfed the Soviet capital while German sources boasted heavy Russian losses and advances toward Kiev and along Lake Ladoga. Soviet reports admitted damage and casualties but called the raid a failure, insisting troops held positions in key zones.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Kiev
Ukraine
DNB
Rus
Lake Ladoga
Nar
Ume
Luftwi
Berlin
International
Japs In New War Prelude
Shanghai July 23 The predominant view among observers is that Japan is rushing military preparations for action in southeastern Asia and in the north A move into French Indo China is expected first with occupation of Saigon and other southern points followed by bases and concessions Pressure on Thailand for a northern air base to bomb the Burma road is noted Also a drive from northern Indo China into Yunnan is considered unlikely due to terrain and force needs Japanese troops planes and ships are reported concentrated at Hainan with transports near the Pearl River mouth
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Lee Clark
Shanghai
Japan
Asia
Saigon
Indo-China
Thailand
Burma
America
Indo- China
Yunnan
Hainan
Pearl River
Jean Decoux
Lee Japanese
United Service Organization Drive Plans Set
At a United Service Organization central committee meeting in the Weamer Building last night, plans for the big drive begin Monday July 28. Indiana Borough is split into five districts with district chairmen named and assistants to aid the effort. County Chairman J W Barretti S3 U U
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Central Committee of the
United Service Organization
Weamer Building
Indiana
Wigls Moorhead
Trict
Margaret T. Ploteerp
Walter
Lowly Spud Star Heads Camp Potato Celebration
A Camp Potato field day in Coudersport features a pageant portraying the potato’s discovery by Spanish explorers and its spread to Europe and North America. About thousand Pennsylvania potato growers join ceremonies honoring the crop’s Keystone State development with a potato blossom queen, two christenings, and a tree planting.
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Coudersport
Camp Potato
Ireland
South America
Europe
North America
Pennsylvania
A Braum
Coudersport No
Helen D. Will
He Pwewe
Willam
Snyder
American Potato Institute
J. A. Donaldson
Pennsylvania Coopera Tata Growers Association
L. Nixon
Tata and Agricultural Oere Pennsylvania Chale Tore
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