Bishop Walm Elected Moderator at Brethren Conference
Bishop Walm of Duntroon Ontario was chosen moderator of the Brethren in Christ Church in the United States and Canada at a June 2017 general conference attended by about a thousand delegates. Other officers named include C N Hostetter Sr and Jr as first and second assistants, Clarence Boyer as recording secretary, Henry M Hostetter and Rostetter as assistant secretaries, Enos Hess as reading clerk, and Homer Engle as assistant clerk. An amendment to the church constitution to retire deacons at 65 was approved unless districts vote to extend tenure.
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Florin
FT. Walm
Duntroon
Ontario
The
Brethren In Christ
United States
Canada
C. N. Hostetter
Washington Borough
C. N. Hostetter, Jr
Clarence Boyer
Dayton
Henry M Hostetter
Henry M. Rostetter
Enos Hess
Grantham
Reading
Homer Engle
Abilene
Kan
Obituary Timeline for Indiana County Residents
Obituary notices list Nancy Wachor Wells died at 93 after a stroke at her daughter Donahey’s Rayne Township home. Born January 11, 1844 in Gianee Jefferson County, she leaves 12 children, 32 grandchildren, 58 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren. Funeral Monday June 7 at 2:30 p.m. at the Donahey home with two ministers presiding. Burial in Oakland Cemetery. Additional notices: C. A. Brown of Bisville dies. Myrtle Lenora Cravener of Creekside dies. services for David Henry Fairbanks, 88, in New York City with burial in Urey Cemetery Banks Township.
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Nancy (Wachor) Wells
D. R. Donahey
Rayne Township
Wells
Gianee
Jefferson County
Samuel Wells
Indiana County
William Shilling
Brookville
Margaret Hile
Indiana
Olive Stear
James Heberling
Elsie Lukehart
Irvin Wells
Daniel Wells
Sagamore
Donshey
Samuel W. Shane
First United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
Clarence Schlotter
Grove Chapel Lutheran
Oakland Cemetery
Myrtle Lenora Cravener
Washington Township
James R
Charlotte Cochran
Fairman
Center Presbyterian Church
Creekside
George
Merle Barry
Elmer W. Cravener
Homer City
Mae Fairman
Elmer Carney
John A. Fairman
Charles Long
Vandergrift
Charles Steele
New Kensington
Roy N. Fairman
Barr Williams
Creighton
Jay R. Fairman
Porter Kelly
J. K. Boston
David Henry Fairbanks
Harry A. Reed
New York City
Fairbanks
Smethport
Urey Cemetery
Banks Township
Senate confirms urnpire board in party split
The Senate confirmed the urnpire board unanimously but Charles J. Kay of Somerset warned Governor Earle did not include cross party representation from the territory the road passes through. The commission will issue 36 001 000 to 65 000 000 for highway construction and supervision until tolls retire bonds. John B. Kelly resigns as Secretary of Revenue effective June 15. J Griffith Boardman to succeed.
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Senate
Charles J. Kay
Somerset
Earle
Bill Slipup Delays House Liquor Bill in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg on June 4 a Republican member, Henry Schumacher, blocked a routine liquor bill by opposing a packaging sale clause. The delay prompted a two hour debate before the clause was removed by a 176 to 8 vote. The three measures would grant Liquor Control Board power to license issues and revocations. The House also stripped local authorities of midnight closing powers.
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Harrisburg
House of Representatives
Cnr
Honry Schumacher
Brie
Henry van Sickle
Northampton
House
Liquor Control Board
Senate
Rockets and parachute tech aid long flight tests
Lindberg notes rockets can carry explosives faster and farther than projectiles. Professor Goddard reports they solved parachute construction to recover rockets with delicate instruments. He cites a gyroscope for stabilization and a streamlined lightweight projectile to extend fuel range for instruments and radio transmitters.
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Goddard
Estate Ties $25 Million to Oil King Descendants
A codicil allocates a $25,000,000 estate to beneficiaries and descendants of Mrs. De Cuevas with remainders to the Rockefeller Institute if lines fail. Upon death of any beneficiary, principal passes to descendants. if none exist, to the Institute. Executors and trustees named include John D Rockefeller Jr Bertram Culler and Thomas Debevoise.
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Rockefeller Institute
de Cuevas
John de Rockefeller, Jr
Bertram Culler
Thomas M. Debevoise
Negotiations in Steel Strike Spread and Tensions Rise
The Sheet and Tube plant at Youngstown halted after a box car collision disrupted operations. pickers faced surprise as rails were cut with acetylene torches nearby. In northern Minnesota SWOC pushed to organize iron miners supplying the nation’s mills, and Rep. John T. Bernard predicted a strong miners union. Ford plant actions in Hilmar California and Monising Michigan saw injunctions and police presence as tension rose. Reports claim near 90,000 Ford workers pledged allegiance or joined a Ford Brotherhood rival to the UAW, while official responses varied. A Timken conference followed later.
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Youngstown
Minnesota
SWOC
John T. Fernard
United Automobile Workers
Harkle
Hilmana
Calif
Ford Motor Wo
Michigan
Frank Murphy
Newberry Lauber & Chemiesl
Ford Motor Company
Ford Brotherhood of America
Detroit
Ford
Labor unrest and strikes hit several U S firms
Roller Bearing Co cited as a possible prelude to restoring 6500 Canton Ohio workers. Akron Paytal Telegraph employee urged sympathy strikes at firm offices in other cities. Steel strikes halted material shipments closing Baltimore and Ohio shops and Chevrolet plant in Baltimore affecting about 3600 workers. Sit down strike of 150 aboard liner Florida to Miami aimed at union recognition. sailing canceled for Havana with 260 passengers after demand rejection by Peninsular and Occidental line.
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Roller Bearing Co
Canton, O
Akron
Paytal Telegraph Co
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Chevrolet Motor Company
Baltimore
Florida
Miami
Peninsular and Occidental Line
Havana
Assembly Approves Measures Across State Issues
The legislature advanced bills on labor disputes public prosecutors and senate district realignments. A conference on the farm electrification bill yielded the administration’s demand removing a clause restricting farmers from laying lines where utilities operate.
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Vania
Europe
Senate
House
Charles J. Margiotti
Sherman L. Strawer
Strawer
Allegheny
Lackawanna
Bucks County
Lehigh
Lebanon
Lancaster
Bedford-Somerset
Adams- Franklin
Philadelphia
John J. McCreesh
Harry Shapiro
Peggy Plans Upset Fire Disrupts Morning Outfit
Peggy who planned a trip yesterday and arranged clothing for an early start held to her final plans despite a fire and damage to her clothing. Helen, another daughter, recently returned home from Hood College.
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Peggy
Helen
Hoad College
Washington Deadlocks Begin to Break
Continent wide legislative activity points to a new session. A tenant farmer aid bill seeks 10 million dollars next year. Wagner housing slum clearance appears on the desirables list as financing methods are refined. Flood control and power projects gain support with regional planning urged. Action may stall until 1948 as Congress passes major measures this term including gold dollar revalue, cash and carry neutrality, trade net extensions, RRFC extension, soft coal controls, and Supreme Court retirement on full pay at 70.
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Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Supreme Court
Death of C P Smith Leader in State Police Formation
Charles Percival Smith, 63, longtime superintendent of the Lower Merion township police and a key organizer of the state police, died yesterday. He is survived by two daughters Mrs. C R Anderson of Harrisburg and Mrs. R A Vogel of Pittsburgh.
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C. P. Smith
Philadelphia
Charles Percival Smith
Lower Merion Township
C. R. Anderson
Harriburg
R. A. Vogel
Pitteburgh
Earle Signs Key Measures In Labor Plan
Harrisburg June 5 Governor Earle signed three bills advancing his labor program. The Workmen's Compensation Act raises injury payments and the 44 hour week covers women and children. Also enacted are a utility salesmen registration law, making the speaker of the house a state official, and authorization for merging neighboring boroughs.
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Harrisburg
Earle
New Duchess Dusted Up Castle In Romantic Match
A royal wedding tale unfolds at Wasserleonburg as the duchess, famed for six husbands, marries the duke in France. Edward carries her over the threshold amid alpine moonlight while 32 unemployed men hunt a prowling wolf dogging nearby flocks.
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Bluebeard
Gray Old Wasserleonburg Castle
Chateau de Cande
France
Evans Named Adjutant General of 28th Division
Harrisburg June 5 The Department of Military Affairs appointed Major Benjamin Franklin Evans of Wilkes Barre as adjutant General of the 28th Division Pennsylvania National Guard. He was transferred from the 53rd Field Artillery Brigade to division headquarters with the same rank and succeeds Colonel George W. Phillips who was reassigned.
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Harrisburg
Department of Military Affairs
Benjamin Franklin Evans
Wilkes Barre
Pennsylvania National Guard
Evans
53Rd Field Artillery Brigade
George W. Phillips
Markets Livestock and Produce in Pittsburgh
Markets report for Pittsburgh shows livestock prices with cattle and calves mostly steady and lambs down. Hogs steady with top yesterday at 11.90 and bulk at 11.75 to 11.85. sheep and lambs also weaker. spring lambs quoted 12.50 to 13.50. Produce demand slow with varied regional potato and apple offerings and mixed priced crates and sacks.
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Pittsburgh
Alabama Bliss Triumphs
California
South Carolina Cobblers
Georgia Cobblers
Smoke in transport triggers Panama fire scare
In Colón Panama on June 5 smoke from a hold crammed with 490 tons of explosives aboard the US Army ship Ludington caused a fire scare. Firemen inspectors chemists and army investigators surveyed Limon Bay after an isolated explosion fear, concluding the smoke likely stemmed from a chemical bomb with no fire under way.
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Colon
Panama
United States Army
Ludington
No. 5
Army
Limon Bay
Sherburne Whipple
Earle warns hard coal men over bootleg mining
Harrisburg June 5 Governor Earle warns anthracite operators to settle bootleg mining by year’s start or he will ask federal takeover of hard coal lands. He outlines a plan to boost production from 30 to 100 million tons, proposing federal leasing at $1 per acre with subletting to operators and small royalties, while eliminating land taxes and reducing freight rates to lower prices.
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Harrisburg
Earle
Dukes Wedding Moot Question Raised for Anglican Divorce Debate
The Rt Rev. George Craig Stewart, Bishop of Chicago, said the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield Wedding could spur broader discussion of marriage and divorce in the Anglican Communion. He suggested a Lambeth Conference 1940 debate and early talks in America, noting the Episcopal Church convention in Cincinnati next October will likely consider tightening the divorce canon, which currently allows remarriage after adultery for the innocent party.
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Chicago
George Craig Stewart
Duke of Windsor-Wallis Warfield
Lambeth
Canterbury
Stewart
America
Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
Earhart Delays Takeoff In Brazil Port Stop
Amelia Earhart postpones her world flight takeoff for an inspection of the monoplane while staying at a northeast Brazil port near Fortaleza. She arrived yesterday from Paramaribo when headwinds prevented reaching Natal. her next leg targets Dakar.
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Fortaleza
Brazil
Amelia Earhart
Lnast
Natal
Miss Earhart
Vna
Paramaribo
Dakar
Senegal
Atlantic
Homer City Man Lodged in Jail After Drunken Driving Arrest
Charles Fertal 22 of near Homer City waived a hearing before Justice of the Peace and was jailed in Indiana County Jail in default of bond to await court. He was nabbed Thursday by Detective Moore Deputy Irwin and Police Chief Campbell after a warrant for orderly conduct by his brother William Fertal. Found driving in Homer City, he was described as intoxicated by a local physician.
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Charles Fertal
Homer City
Justice of the Peace
J. D. HI
Indiana
Fertal
William J. Moore
Clair Irwin
A. J. Campbell
William Fertal
Charles
Center Township
Moore
Irwin
Campbell
Ferral
Stock Market highs and lows glimpse in mixed tickers
A dense list of stock quotes and percentage figures spans numerous corporations and sectors. The compilation includes auto, steel, oil, mining, and consumer firms such as Am Can, Am Rad, Am Tel, Chrysler, General Foods, Goodyear, IBM equivalents, Du Pont, Exxon, Sears, and US Steel, reflecting broad market activity with varied gains and declines.
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Alaska
Allied Stars
Am Can
Rolf Mill
Arm Ul
Auburn
Crane Co
Curtis Pub
Curtiss-Wright
Deere and Co
Douglas Aire
du Pont del
el Auto
Gen Foods
Goodyear
Hudson Mat
Hupp
the Harvest
Beck Walt
Sohns-Manville
Kennecott , AO 'A Kresge
Loews
Lorillard
Mack Trucks
McCrory Sirs
Mcintyre
Robb
McLellan
Phila
Studebaker
Swift and Co
Tenn Corp
Texas Car
Tex Gulf Sul
Tex Pac L Tr
Tide-Wat As
Transamerica
UN Carbide
Air Lines
Aire Corp
United Corp
United Aire Corp
United Gas Imp
US Smelt & At
US Steel
Warner Pict
West An Tel
West el
Woolworth
Federal Judge Refuses to Evict Sit-Down Strikers
Federal Judge George A. Welsh refused to order 250 sit-down workers from the Apex Hosiery Mill to leave, citing want of jurisdiction. The workers seized the plant May 8 amid a dispute over restraint of trade claims under Sherman Act and Clayton Act concerns.
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Philadelphta
George A. Welsh
Apex
Apex Company
Trapped in Cars Burn as Flames Kill Three in Crash
Three people died when two cars collided in Southbridge Massachusetts. One victim was identified as James C. Reilly, 46, of Southbridge, who drove one car. The other driver was in serious condition. the third victim remained unidentified.
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Southbridge
Mass
James C. Reilly
Palice
Reilly
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Steel Srike
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Earhart
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John C. Cosgrave
Johnstown
Robert R. Lewis
Coudersport
Edwin W. Nick
Erie
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George H. Ketterer
Altoona
Samuel L. Goodyear
Dickinson College
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AVL
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