Milk sample sent to lab after child death in Frenchville
Clearfield County coroner Dr Erhard said several cans of condensed milk were sent to Pennsylvania State College for analysis to see if the product caused food poisoning that killed a four year old boy and left others ill. The Chandler family from Emporium had bought the milk and the English family hosted vacationing relatives. The sick child fell ill after eating soup made with the milk.
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Frenchville
Erhard
Clearfeld County
Pennsylvania State College
James Chandler
Emporium
William Finglish
R. D
Philipsburg
Carol
Judith
Ister
Chandler
Janette
Anita
Donald Lee
Unity Sought on One Year Draft Bill Compromise
Washington July 25 Administrations leaders expressed willingness to compromise on a one year extension of military service for selectees guards and reserves if it would boost congressional support for keeping the army intact Senator Hill Alabama said he would not object to a reasonable restriction on added service and urged unity to pass the measure for its psychological effect at home and abroad Other senators proposed time limits while some urged extending service during any declared emergency and a joint committee worked out differences on a deferment bill likely to pass both houses next week The President would gain authority to seize defense plants if production interruptions threaten the defense program.
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Washington
Pi — Administration
Senator Hill
Alabama
Hill
Austin
RVI
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate
Thomas
Utah
Reynolds
D-Sc
Congress
Stimson
House
Inquest details negligence at coal mine blast deaths
Testimony shows gas buildup in rooms 42 and 44 of 3 North led to a fatal June 30, 1941 explosion. Mine foreman Ramsell and Elmer McGee faced blame for removing safety signs and failing to ensure ventilation and gas testing rules were followed. Commission urges classification as gaseous mine and full compliance with Bituminous Mining Laws.
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J. Wilmer Kinter
Redding
Ramsell
Kinter
Elmer McGee
McGee
O. K
Meee
Mcintyre
Steinheiser
Pennsylvania
Charles Ramsell
No. 42
Fleming
Wilmer Kinter
Oscar Peters
Stanley Gryczuk
Dale Getty
John Levier
Anthony Syro
Theodore Federick
Peters
Getty
Ramesell
Senator Wheeler Defends Against Smear Campaign Claims
Washington July 25 Senator Wheeler of Montana charged that President Roosevelt and Secretary Stimson are pushing a smear campaign against him and Lindbergh due to their opposition to administration foreign policy. Wheeler said he mailed about 1,000,000 post cards quoting Roosevelt speeches, though none targeted Army camps. The cards were financed by the America First Committee and distributed via Emil Hurja of Willkie’s 1940 staff.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Roosevelt
Stimson
Charles A. Lindbergh
Samson
United States
America First Committee
Emil Hurja
Wendell Willkie
Senator van Nuys
D-Ind
van Nuys
Lindbergh
Pennsylvania Capitol Roundup Clears Some Bills
A lengthy session ends with bills on truck weights and milk regulation advancing while others die. Governors actions loom on August 16, and a statewide primary ballot drawing is set for July 20. A whimsical crop of failed bills includes dog control, annual assembly convening, whipping posts, and legalized gambling measures.
Markets Show Mixed Livestock Trends at Pittsburg and Chicago
Salable hogs and cattle moved irregularly with hogs down up to 29 cents per hundredweight across weight classes while cattle offerings stayed steady to uneven. Calves and sheep held quiet prices amid modest demand as produce and grain markets show mixed signals from Pittsburgh and Chicago reports.
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Pittsburgh
International tensions rise as Japan and Allies clash in Asia and Europe
International scripts show Japan moving toward Indo Chinese bases and U S measures to curb exports to Japan. Soviet claims of destroying German divisions near Smolensk are paired with Luftwaffe raids on Moscow. Western air operations hit German naval bases as RAF losses mount.
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Sapanese
United States
Britain
Japan
Russia
China
Netherlands
Indies
Thailand
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Malaya
Burma
Philippine
Brest
la Pallice
London
Adolf Hitler
Strogorodsk
Leningrad
Porkhov
Polotsk-Nevel
Smolensk
Moscow
Zhitomir
Ukraine
Red Army
RAP
Kiel
Emden
Wilhelmshaven
Rotterdam
France
Japanese Shipping Marcus Sparse at Sea and Oil Embargo Talk
Forty two Japanese ships were reported at sea or turning back toward Japan. The Tatuta Maru, laden with 53,3888 bales of raw silk valued at 2.5 million dollars, vanished after being seen offshore. The Daini Ogura Maru sailed for Yokohama with 4.5 million gallons of California crude oil. The oil embargo, a possible response to Japan’s move in French Indochina, looms as Treasury Secretary Morgenthau returns to Washington amid heightened anti axis actions.
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Japan
Yokohama
United States
Pacific
Roosevelt
California
State Department
Indo-China
Trailers Considered as Temporary Homes for Homestead Residents
In Pittsburgh on July 25, Frank L. Palme director of the Allegheny County Housing Authority said trailers would be a very poor solution to the housing shortage but are being considered as an emergency measure for residents of Homestead who must move to make way for a $70,000,000 steel mill.
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Pittsburgh
Frank L. Palme
Allegheny County Housing Authority
Mystery Frances Charms Tennessee Infantry Postcards
A dozen members of Tennessee's 117th Infantry at Fort Jackson report daily postcards from Elizabeth, Tennessee addressed to First Battalion members ending with love from Frances. The unit asks who Frances is, noting no one knows the sender.
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Fort Jackson
Tennessee
117Th Infantry
Frances
Elizabeth
Tenn
Roosevelt hints at oil embargo impact on war threat
President Roosevelt spoke in blunt past tense about why the United States has allowed Japan to obtain American oil, warning that cutting oil could have pushed Japan toward Dutch East Indies and war. Sumner Welles called the action aggression, while senators urged stern attitudes toward Japan and possible Navy use if needed. The president planned Hyde Park weekend but stayed in touch with Washington as oil industry on the West Coast pledged support if an embargo was ordered.
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Japan
United States
Pacific
Indo-China
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Capitol Hill
Treasury
Morgenthau
Bar Harbor
Roosevelt
White House
Dutch East Indies
Sumner Welles
Capitol
Norris
Ind-Neb
Dutch Indies
Pepper
D-Fla
Glass
D-Va
France
Hyde Park
Oil schedule for next week announced by county official
County Superintendent of Highways Tonkin issues the oiling schedule for July 28 to August 2 for motorists. Routes include Homer City to Austrian July 28, Dilltown to Brushvalley July 30, Lucyaboro to Brushyalla July 30, Deckers Point to Purchase Line August 1, and Gableton to Marion Cent s August 1, with several route numbers and dates noted.
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Highsways
Tonkin
Homer City
Austrian
Lucyaboro
Brushyalla
Dilltown
Brushvalley
Deckers Point & Purchase Line
Gableton & Marion Cents
Reverend Joseph Diamond Dies. Longtime St. Joseph’s Pastor
The Rev. Joseph Diamond, 57, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church since 1924 and former state chaplain of the B. P. O. E., died yesterday. Born in Philadelphia, he served in Warren, Pennsylvania.
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Elks Chaplin
Americans Sailing Home From Lisbon Amid War-Torn Journeys
Aboard the U S naval transport West Point hundreds of Americans including consular staff and families sail home from Germany Italy and Axis territories. A special train carried 66 tired travelers into Portugal completing a 248 person repatriation. Three ambulance drivers survived a torpedo attack aboard Zamzam and fled to Switzerland then joined the Lisbon group. Two others escaped earlier by leaping from a train in France.
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Lisbon
Germany
Italy
U. S
West Point
Portugal
Vilar Formoso
United States
The
Reich
Middle East
South Atlantic
Ray Colcord
Donald King
William Davidson
Switzerland
James Stewart
Thomas O. Greenough
Poitiers
Obituary notices from Blairsville and Loyalhanna area
Obituaries list George A. Brown of Loyalhanna township near Saltsburg and James Alexander Clark of Indiana R D 5. Brown was born in 1864, a former road supervisor and rural mail carrier, survived by wife Margaret and children. services planned at Robinson Funeral Home, Saltsburg. Clark, 56, miner, survived by siblings, funeral at Streams Funeral Home with Blairsville Cemetery burial. Also notes Ada McBryar St Clair of Indiana, services at her home with Greenswood Cemetery burial.
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George A. Brown
Loyalhanna Township
Westmoreland County
Saltsburg
John S
Emily (Drenning) Brown
Mann's Choice
Loyalhanna
Robinson Funeral Home
Salisburg
Edgewood Cemetery
James Alexander Clark
Indiana R. D
Thomas and
Margaret Ellen (Conner) Clark
Indiana County
Kale Drummond
Warren, O
Thomas Clark
Blairsville R. D
John Clark
Blairsville
R. D
William H
Ada (M'Bryar
St, Clair
Indiana
Harry Burton Boyd
Fist Presbyterian Church
Greenswood Cemetery
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Roy C. Heberlen
Westmoreland
Supreme Court
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Meredith Meyers
Democratic
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Elmer Kilroy
House Aeronautics Committee
Reuben E. Cohen
D-Phila
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Ohio
Iblacks
Idaho Long Whites
Bliss Triumphs
Chicago
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Tugwell
Puerto Rico
Rexford
Guy Tugwell
Brain Trust Storm Center
Indiana Dairy CO
Uniontown
George R. Armstrong
Fairchance
Alco
T and & F
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs
Hercules
Tlinois Central Int Harvester
Nick Can
Johns Manville
Kennecott Cop
Kresge
Lehigh Val Coalah Loew's Inc
Montgom Ward
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Central RR
North Ameria
Northern Pacific Packard Motor Pargin Pictures Hall A Penney (Jc
Penn RR
Pullman
Radio Corp
Amawoy Reading Co
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Socony Vacuum
Sperry Corp
Ind
Studebaker Corp
Swift and Co
Texas Corp
United Aircraft
United Corp
United Gas Imp
US Rubber
US Steel
Warner Bros Pict
West Union
West el and Migge Woolworth
Youngst Sh
Pennroad Corp
Lqual Notices
Wm. E. Pierce
Murray Butterbaugh
Avacvlate
NOMCE
Katate
M. LC
Roy
Hanks
Glen Gamppell
Scho’ W. Clark
Asa White Aire
John W. Clark Kerry
B.C. Watson
Banks Townhip
Montgomery Township
William Rookit Heire
Watson
John W. Clarket
Baia
Dutter White Watson
Co. Watson
Axis Group
John Gray
Warren, Pa
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