Government Aims At Total Preparedness
Washington report details a broad push for national readiness as Congress is asked to authorize 400000 Regular troops and $6558800 to strengthen the FBI and Justice Department units. Aliens face tight entry restrictions, foreign seamen lose shore leave, amateur radio operators barred from foreign contact, and defense steps are outlined as part of a sweeping home-front crackdown._PAGE TWO
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
States 'Department
United States
Federal Communications Commission
FBI
Department
Inter Faith Symposium Speaker From Pittsburgh
Dr William W Hague executive director of the Pittsburgh Round Table will represent Protestants at the Inter Faith Symposium at Indiana State Teachers College new auditorium Sunday evening. Rev Father Paul J Rock of St Philipp’s Cathedral Pittsburgh and Rabbi Jacob M Rothschild of Rodef Shalom Temple Pittsburgh also appear. Hague is a WWI veteran with the 110th Infantry 28th Division and 30th infantry, recipient of Purple Heart and Croix de Guerre, past commander of Pittsburgh City Post American Legion and of the 34th district, noted writer and active in the inter faith movement.
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William W. Hague
Pittsburgh
30Th Infantry
Pittsburgh City Post
American Legion
34Th
Red Cross War Relief Talk By Dorothy Thompson On Blue Network
Dorothy Thompson will speak for the American Red Cross war relief fund of 20 million on the Blue network from 7 30 to 7 45 p m EST today. Norman Davis warns of growing horrors in Europe and urges quick funding to meet the relief quota. Davis notes Germany as the first of 76 signatories to break the pact against bombing open cities. Have you checked the coupon on Page 1.
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American Red Cross War Relief Fund
Dorothy Thompson
National Broadcasting Company
Norman Davis
National Organization
Europe
British royal girls fund to buy cigarettes for troops
Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose head a British school children drive that raised 72,000 dollars to purchase 18,000,000 cigarettes for Britain's armed forces as an Empire Day gift. A separate event, Aaron Slick From Pumpkin Crick, presented by the Coal Run P T O and the Young Women's Bible Class, takes place Thursday at U P Church at 8 P.M. Admission 1 free and 5 cents.
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London
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
George VI
Oday
Britain
Aaron Slick
Pumpkin Crick
Coal Run Parent- Teachers Organization
Young Women's Bible
U. P. Church
Educator Sees Jobs Increase in Pennsylvania Graduates
Harrisburg June 6 News reports from Dr. Francis B. Haas superintendent of Public Instruction forecast an improved employment outlook for about 100000 pupils graduating this year. he noted 6000 more graduates than last year will be better informed on occupational opportunities and the need for ongoing training. Sons of the American Legion meet Friday per Rocco Viola with entertainment planned.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Francis B. Haas
Haas
Sons of American Legion
Sons of the American Legion
Rocco Viola
State agrees to build dam at Salisburg near Pittsburgh
The state of Pennsylvania accepts a $24,000,000 federally funded dam on the Conemaugh river near Salisburg for flood control near Pittsburgh. Approval by the Water and Power Resources Board requires protection of Kiskimindas School property, payment of direct damages to land and mineral owners, adequate reimbursement for lost local taxes, and that flood control be the primary purpose with no hydroelectric development.
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State of Pennsylvania
Conemaugh
Salisburg
Pittsburgh
Water and Power Resources Board
State Secretary of Forests and Waters
G. Albert Stewart
Stewart
Kiskimindas School
Will M. Whittington
Flood Control Committee
Injuries Fatal to Local Man on Route 119
Barney McGlade 64 of Indiana died after sustaining brain hemorrhages from shock and concussion when struck by a car on Route 119 near the borough limits last Saturday night. Coroner Edward Fleming ordered an autopsy with no inquest date. The vehicle was driven by Robert Burkley 21 of Lucarnemines. McGlade died yesterday at Indiana Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending contact with Philadelphia relatives.
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Route 119
Barney McGlade
Indiana
Indiana Hospital
Edward L Fleming
M. D
Fleming
McGlade
Robert Burkley
Lucarnemines
Bell Funeral Home
Philadelphia
Hay fever tied to higher IQ in Michigan study
Hay fever patients at the University of Michigan allergy department show higher scores on entrance exams. Dr. Buena Ventura Jimenez compares nine years of records with mental achievement tests, noting 5 to 10 percent higher results among allergic students. Phi Beta Kappa alumni were also more common among allergy patients.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Buenaventura Jimenez
University of Michigan
Jimenez
Phi Beta Kappas
Eaci
Woman Dies in Barber Shop While Receiving Care
Miss Mabel B. Johns of Apollo died after a heart attack in a Vandergrift barber shop on Tuesday morning. The long standing heart condition is noted. Born March 30, 1909 in Newrytown, she was the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Johns. Survived by brothers Orvie, Lloyd, Samuel and several sisters from several towns.
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Vandergrift
Mabel B. Johns
Apollo
Charles and
Elizabeth (Dunmire) Johns
Newrytown
Orvie Johns
Orville
Calif
Lloyd Johns
Mooween
Samuel Johns
Salisburg
Lesie Fleeger
Staltsburg
Martha Clark
Homer City
Dolly Baird
Bolivar
Bertha Shaffer
New Alexandria
Grand Jury Returns Bill Against Dixonville Man
The Indiana County Grand Jury returned a true bill against Alex Misko of Dixonville yesterday, charging an offense against morality. It was the fourteenth bill acted on by the investigative body, still in session today.
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Indiana County
Alex Misko
Dixonville
Gas and Black Damp Fatal to Dentist in Mine
John Kobolinsky found the body of Dr Charles Chase 66 retired Clearfield dentist in an abandoned mine near Osceola Mills. Two workmen Foster Holt 46 and Nelson Lynch 60 also were overcome. rescuers brought Lynch out. Investigators cited carbon monoxide from a bus engine as the shaft’s hazard.
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Philipsburg
John Kobolinsky
Charles Chase
Clearfield
Kobolinsky
Osceola Mills
Foster Holt
Nelson Lynch
Holt
Lynch
Britains Chief Rabbi condemns conscientious objectors
London June 6 14 Britain’s chief rabbi Dr. J. H. Hertz issued a statement condemning Jews who claim exemption from military service on conscientious grounds. He said there is no basis for such a claim in Judaism, which ranks defense of country among the supreme duties.
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London
Britain
J. WH. Hertz
Dr. Hertz
Powder Keg at Eastern Penitentiary Riots Rumored
Rioting by nine long term convicts at Eastern State Penitentiary was brought under control but inmates refused meals. Warden Smith warned he felt as if he sat on a powder keg as ringleaders behind an escape plot fomented the disturbance. Guards subdued three attackers after clashes as the six remaining were isolated.
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Philadelphia
Eastern State Penitentiary
Herbert B. Smith
South
Atus
Smith
Lee Prison
Crown Colony Notifies Germans to Quit Hong Kong
German forces suffer heavy losses on the Western front as French reports claim German tanks trapped in a new defender’s quicksand. Nazi leaders allegedly foresee Paris falling within 15 days while pursuing a drive toward Le Havre and Paris, with 251 tanks destroyed near Chaulnes.
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Associated Press
France
Paris
Abbeville
le Havre
England
Chaulnes
Peronne
Nazis Make New Claims In Western Front Offensive
Berlin reports authorized German circles claim German armies thrust into the heart of France on the second day of a major offensive. French forces retreat at penetrated Weygand line points. Amiens and along the Ailette River cited as breakthroughs as Hitler directs from front headquarters toward Le Havre and the Seine.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Weygand
Amiens
Ailette River
Ailette
Oise
Aisne
Pari
Kaneva
Somme
Waygand
Paris
Sonne River
Adolf Hitler
le Havre
Seine River
Briton air raids hit German bases and Ruhr targets
British airmen raided from the French battle zone to the Ruhr region in western Germany. They attacked supply bases and lines of communications toward the Somme while striking at junctions and marshalling yards west of the Ruhr. The RAF reported six German planes down, one British plane shot down, and two missing. early hits were scored on air tanks captured by the Germans at Ghent.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
France
Rube Valley
Germany
Somme
Battlefeld
Paris
Thit Tight
Little Isle
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Ruhr
Ghent
Ministry
England
Local National Guard Units to Train in New York Maneuvers
Citizen soldiers from Western Pennsylvania National Guard units in 30 communities including Indiana Blairsville join intensive field training for First Army maneuvers with troops from 11 states in New York next August. The program plans nationwide simultaneous Army drills pending Congress funds. Units from Western Pennsylvania such as Duslaps headquarters, 3rd Field Artillery, and others in Connellsville Scottdale Monongahela Indiana Mt. Pleasant Latrobe Greensburg Waynesburg Blairsville join infantry, cavalry detachments, and various headquarters units across Butler Ere Kane Grove City Ridgeway Meadville Corry Ford City Warren Bradford Franklin and related detachments.
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National Guard
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Blairsville
New York
Congress
William R Duslaps
A3rd Field Artillery
With Field Artillery
Welard Medica Regiment
Coraopali
Huth Infantry
Washington
Connellsville
Scottdale
Alou
Monongahela
New Brighton
Somerset
Moness
Treasury balance report from June six data
Treasury balance details show receipts 21.22 million dollars and expenditures 21.07 million, producing a net balance around 2.0239 billion. Working balance listed at about 1.2075 billion. Customs receipts and fiscal year figures also referenced with several large totals.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Battle for Paris Deepens as German Drive Stalls
Paris reports say German motorized divisions and tank corps pushed along the Somme and Aisne lines but were repelled by French quagmire defenses. French tactics and fortified positions yielded, with two million soldiers engaged, and Paris' defense described as holding amid heavy losses to Nazi tanks, planes, and artillery.
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Paris
Adolf Hitler
Weygand
Somme
Aisne
Det Meetsing & Blitteriek
Germany
Maxine Weygend
France
Italy warns U S on mined coastal belt near Naples
Italian authorities inform the United States that a 13 mile coastal belt around Italy is mined and dangerous. The Washington liner is said to pass safely into Naples where it is due to dock. The disclosure signals Italy’s widening war preparations and tension with the Empire.
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Rome
United States
Italy
Washington
Naples
Empire
Thalys
International
Uni
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