Pennsylvania Association for the Blind Elects Officers
The Pennsylvan ia Association for the Blind held its regular board meeting at the Assacination Building 49 North Sixth Street where officers for the coming year were unanimously elected William S Steiner Indiana was named President for a second term with Paul J Strautiff as treasurer Mildred Gearhart secretary Frank Fieri 1st vice president and Staley Feldt 2nd vice president Also discussed were growth plans and ongoing industrial projects to train visually handicapped people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Association For the Blind
Assacination
North Sixth Street
Association For the Blind
Freda D. Restenberger
Pennal Association For the Blind
Harrisburg
Earl Quay
William S. Steiner
Indiana
Steiner
Paul J. Strautiff
Mildred Gearhart
Frank Fieri
Leechburg
Staley Feldt
Ford City
Pennsylvania
Navy Equality Plan Approved
The Navy moved to implement its plan for equality of treatment and opportunity for all personnel regardless of race religion or color. Secretary of Defense Johnson approved the policy following Truman's anti discrimination directive. The Air Force plan had been approved earlier, while the Army proposal was rejected for revision by June 20.
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Washington
Navy
Defense Johnson
Johnson
Truman
Army
New Board Debates Flood Dredging and Street Upgrades in Clymer
Clymer council discussed approved flood relief dredging for Two Lick Creek and Dixon Run, surface work on Walcot Street, and a possible Franklin Street elevation change. Budget costs exceed 25 000 and sidewalks repair, drainage plans, and damage responsibility were debated. A north end Franklin Street bridge expansion is planned with no property damages anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Two Lick Creek
Dixon Run
Clymer
Department of Forests and Waters
Thomas Pealer
Walcot Street
Franklin Street
Harrisburg
Dixon Run Land Company
Counciled
Kids Rell Dice For New Bibles In St Ives
In St Ives England on a June day six Blues, funded by a centuries dead Puritan legacy, were given to local children. The vicar and two church wardens oversaw a dice game where twelve youngsters competed for the Bibles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Ives
Eng
Caribbean Plane Crash Sparks Coast Guard Search
In Puerto Rico, rescuers using flares scoured murky waters for survivors after a chartered plane crashed in a rainstorm. Forty bodies and parts have been recovered. 64 aboard are believed dead, with 25 of 27 survivors swimming to shore. Captain D R Dexter led the Coast Guard base as the search continued with Navy craft. The wreckage includes wings and tail, while engines and fuselage remain in the ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Puero Rico
U. SS. Beri Oompers
Ad Coast Guard
Navy
D. R. Dexter
U. S. Coast Guard
United States
Chambers admits perjury in Hiss case amid spy-ring ties
New York June 8 Chambers testified he lied seven times before the federal grand jury to shield Alger Hiss and others accused of involvement with a prewar Soviet spy ring. He said his motive was to protect friends and avoid consequences, revealing the entire story despite earlier denials. Dr. Carl Binger observed the proceedings for the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Hiss
Hiss Beause
Courier
Red Spies
State Department
Carl Binger
Camp Reynolds Houses Plants
Greenville, Pa., June 8. The former 2400 acre Camp Reynolds has been transformed into a business and residential area. Five new industries occupy a 57 acre warehouse zone leased by the Greenville Business Men's Association, which owns 620 acres. Plans aim to zone the area as a suburb of Greenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Camp Reynolds
Greenville Business Men's Association
Grand Jury Returns 24 True Bills From County Court
Grand jury returns 24 true bills including cases against Roman White Township Adar Gapshea Ernest and Walter Bonin Howard Deabenderfer and Guy Michaels. Wiles Mam Midock faces a non true bill for assault and battery with intent to maim. Several cases not pressed. Mrs Helen Ott pleads guilty to morals charges and awaits sentencing June 26. Henry Cressley waives grand jury action pleads guilty to larceny with sentencing June 20. Jury inspection covered county and Willard Children’s Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Llewellyn Solinsky
Chambersville
Helen Jackson Ott
Indiana
Ott
Henry Cressley
Gipsy
Willard Children's
Ohio readies for rising relief costs
Ohio lawmakers and Gov. Lausche seek emergency legislation to allow county officials to issue bonds to cover mounting poor relief expenses. Hamilton County reports about 3 million needed this year. state welfare officials warn a 2 million shortfall in matching funds by July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lagache
Hamilton County
Wiliam H. Dedeens
Maurice A. Niehaus
Lausche
Harold M. Baron
Council weighs abandoned Washington Street and rail road avenue plan
Indiana State Teachers College asks council to abandon Washington Street from Tenth to the P R R. The college would open Rail Jeases Avenue from School Street to Washington as a public street, donating 30 feet along Elkin property. No action taken but favorable mood if rail line paving completed. council to advertise bids for street resurfacing funded by State Highway allotments. Zones extended to allow only fireproof construction near Water and Church streets. A new 1 1/2 ton truck may be purchased up to $3000 and 2nd Street moved 4.3 feet east. Tax penalties policy noted per Act 827.
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Indiana State Teachers College
Washington Street
Tenth Street
Elkin
Railroad Avenue
Elkins
Indiana
State Highway Department
18Th Street
Church
Oakland Avenue
Oak Stret
11Th
Oak Street
Grant Street
7Th Street
Maple Street
7Th
5Th Street
Washington
Grant Streets
Church Street
4Th
Chestnut Street
Water Street
4Th Street
2Nd Street
Olive Street
Harrisburg
William Penn Council Scout meetings set for June 1940
The William Penn Council Boy Scouts of America schedules second quarterly meetings the second week of June. Districts Conemaugh Mahoning Valley and Purchase Line meet in Blairsville Punxsutawney and Indiana Pa. Leaders plan summer activities including the 1949 Historical Tour Punxsutawney Centennial and Camp Twin Echo. Scouters Round Table reviews training cards and activity plans. Cub Leaders map fall program and Fow Wow. Presiding officers named for each district.
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William Penn Council
Boy Scouts of America
Conemaugh
Lutheran Church
Liberty
Campbell Streets
Blairaville
Mahoning Valley
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Woodland Avenue
Punxsutawney
Purchase Line
First United Presbyterian Church Church
7Th Streets
Indiana
First Methodist Church of Indiana
Ward Hoover
Conemaugh District Scouters Round Table
Frank Noble
Conemugh
James W. Frank
Blairsville
Eugene Fry
Roy. E. Miler, Jr
Roy E. Miller, Jr
Dale Timberlake
Floyd C. Rankin
D. H. Hoffmaster
Indiana Methodist Church
Taft Pepper Clash Over Repeal In Senate Labor Fight
In Washington on June 8 Senators Taft and Pepper, two sharp anti labor law voices, prepared for a tense Senate clash over repealing the Taft Hartley Act. They are key figures as committee chair Elbert Thomas guides amendments toward administration support, including oaths, good faith bargaining, and curbs on opinions counted as unfair labor practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Chamber
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Lucas
Mllinois
Oak Ridge Strike Nears Deadline in Mediation Push
Tense management and labor leaders pressed mediation at Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Plant as a strike deadline loomed. Negotiators labored since yesterday morning, while William H. Davis urged intensified efforts to resolve the dispute and deter possible shutdown of uranium-235 production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge
Ten
Maratthon
Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Plant
Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel
William H. Davis
New York
CIO United Chemical Workers Union
Testimony Ties Owen Drunk Night of Killing
Riverside testimony showed John E. Owen was intoxicated the night he was killed. Pathologist testified at Mrs. Agnes Garnier’s trial for Dr. Cecil Bassnger’s murder. Garnier alleged to have argued over cocktail glasses with Owen prior to the shooting.
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Riverside
Calf
John E. Owen
Agnes Garnier
Cecil F. Bassnger
Irene Rich
Garnney
Owen
Los Angeles
Miss Rich
Pete Corales
Cyclist Killed in York Auto-Vine Collision
A 10 year old cyclist died after his handle bars became entangled with vines on a passing truck in York. He died five hours later at West Sida Osteopathic Hospital. Police said penalties had been practiced for years. Harvey Sheffer of West York identified as involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Harvey Sheffer
West York
West Sida Osteophasic
State Publishes First Complete Natural Resources Map
Harrisburg announces the publication of the first complete State Natural Resources Map by William S. Liven good Jr. secretary of Internal Affairs. The map shows locations of the Commonwealths principal sources of minerals, plants and animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
William S. Livengood, Jr
Internal Affairs
Commonwealth
Pollution Order Aims to curb stream pollution near Biglerville
Harrisburg dispatch reports that the Adams County Fruit Packing Distribution Company based in Biglerville faces a pollution order. It requires the firm to stop polluting streams or submit comprehensive plans for waste treatment systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Adams County Fruit Packing Distribution Company
Biglervills
Britain to clamp down if Labour wins next year
Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison warned that a Labour victory would trigger permanent government controls on private industry. He outlined a plan for state ownership of six more industries including meat wholesaling, cold storage, sugar refining, cement making, most life insurance, and minerals. Morrison spoke at the Labour Party conference, urging wage alignment with production amid ongoing hard times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackpool
Eng
Hebert Morrison
Gove
Britain
Morrison
Labor Party
Laborites
Housing Bill Heads Into Fight
Washington June 8 Democrats press ahead with a multi billion dollar housing bill despite a Rules Committee rebuff. Speaker Rayburn remained hopeful a House vote would occur June 27 unless the committee clears the measure earlier. The clash pits Administration housing efforts against Republican and Southern Democratic resistance in a party divided ahead of the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Rules Committee
Rayburn
D-Tex
Rules Committee
Rules
House
Market Tries To Recover Amid Slow Trading
New York markets edged higher for a second straight session though gains were small and broad activity remained light. After prices had fallen to a two year low and approached a five year low, traders warned that a sustained rally requires higher turnover and that historic market patterns from 1940 and 1947 may still play out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coe
Burgettstown Survives Lay Off
Burgettstown, California? June 6. Western Pennsylvania town shows unemployment ghosts fade as 700 workers idled by the American Zinc & Chemical Co. plant at Lapgeloth find new jobs. Only maintenance men remain. the plant will close at month end. A committee forms to lure new industries to Washington County town of 9,000 amid signs of economic pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgettstown
Pennsylvania
American Zinc & Chemical Co
Lapgeloth
Washington County
House Appropriations Committee Rejects $10 Million Sens eta Office Plan
The House Appropriations Committee refused $10,000,000 for a new Senate office building and denied $1,600 for piped in soft music for the Library of Congress. It approved basic funding to complete a $62,200,708 bill to finance the legislative establishment for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Library of Congress
Luther Evans
Senate
Government Printing Office
Botanic Garden
Revolts in South China Shake Nationalist Hold
Neutral military men warn internal revolts threaten Nationalists more than a Red offensive. In East Kwangtung Gen Yi Che-Tze expands control over seven counties awaiting Red reception. North Fukien yields nine counties to the Reds after a Nationalist commander revolt. Hankow area sees Gen Chang Chien switch allegiance and move thousands to the Communist camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
South China
Kwangtung
Yi Che-Tze
North
Fukien
Hankow
Chang Chien
Pat. Chung-Hsi
Central China
Extra Trout Cost Him 150 In Port Royal
John M. Kohler of Port Royal paid 150 and costs after fish wardens charged him with legal possession of 15 trout before Justice D C Teltzell in Walnut Juniata County. He was fined 60 for possessing six over the ten trout limit, and a further charge followed when nine more were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port. Royal
Dune
John, M. Kohler
Port Royal
Long
Perry
Juniata
Justice of the Peace
D. C. Teltzell
Walnut
Juniata County
Kohler
Obituaries for Cummings and Cessna Rumble Through Punxsutawney
Two local obituaries report the deaths of William B. Cummings of Punxsutawney at 101 Perry Street after a two month illness at age 71 and Lloyd Irvine Cessna of Glen Campbell at home from a heart attack at 53. Cummings, born March 28 1878 in Youngstown, leaves wife Mary, a daughter, three grandchildren, a sister and three brothers with funeral at SS CD church and burial in Calvary Cemetery. Cessna, born May 25 1888 in Smithport, leaves wife Alta Bennett Cessna, five children, his mother, two brothers, a sister and five half sisters with services at Glen Campbell Baptist Church and burial in Burnside Cemetery. Burial and funeral details are provided by Jordan Funeral Home and Raleigh Funeral Home Hillsdale respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Cummings
Punxautawney
Perry Street
Youngstown
William
Jane (McQueen) Cummings
Mary O'Connor
Francis J. Turner
Calvary Cemetery
Lloyd Irvine
Essna
Glen Campbell
Smithport
Banks’ Township
Indiana County
George and
Laura (Ginter) Cessna
Cessna
Alta Bennett Cessna
Howard L
James Carl
Lewis Clair
Starford
Mons E
Minta Bell
Laura Cessna Elkin
William Cessna
Rossiter
James Cessna
Gipsy
Aliene Painter
R. D
Anna Salsgiver
Edith Smith
Mollie. Wetzel
Doll McCall
Marion Center
Sara Smith
Snowshoe
Glen Campbell Baptist Church
Lester H. Norton
Raymond White
Burnside Cemetery
Raleigh Funeral Home
Hillsdale
Absentminded Burglar Escapes Down Window Ladder Forgotten
A Pittsburgh burglar fled a second story window after realizing he forgot the ladder. Police found him later in a basement away, with a back broken, recovering in a city hospital. Eleven-year-old Jean Corcoran witnessed the escape and alarms sounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jean Corcoran
Rossiter Man Injures Hand at Local Work Site
Clyde Pierce of Rossiter R D 1 was treated at Adrian Hospital yesterday for an injured right hand. Pierce was injured while working for the Clearfield Bituminous Corporation, according to the report received here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Pierce
Rossiter R. D. 1
Adrian Hospital
Wweaterday
Pierce
Clearfield Bituminous Corporation
James Craig Services Thursday in Yatesboro Pa
James Craig dies leaving wife, two daughters in Homer City and Yatesboro. Survivors include ten grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. A lifelong Presbyterian, he helped found First Presbyterian Church of Yatesboro. Services set for Thursday June 9 1940 at 2:00 pm at the home church with Rev M Thomas officiating. Interment Greenwood Cemetery Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. F. Moore
Homer City
Thomas Will
Economy Picks Up New Impetus
Senate debate shows tentative strength in an economy drive led by Senator McClellan who aims for a balanced budget trimming about three billion from Truman’s proposed spending of just under 42 billion dollars. He says veto by the President could be his responsibility while the Senate also cuts a major appropriations bill below House levels for the first time this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
McClellan
D-Ark
Congress
Senate Expenditures Committee
McCellan
House
Ecuador Pictures At Clymer Church
Missionary pictures of Ecuador will be shown this evening at the Clymer Christian and Missionary Alliance Church starting at 7 30 p m Milas Agnes Brown will present the slides and is scheduled to sail for Ecuador June 17 for her fourth term of service there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecuador
Clymer
Missionary Pictures
Clymer Christian and Missionary Alliance
Milas Agnes Brown
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Kramer
Bobsy Bigge
Caribbean
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Stephen Gacaick
Parante
Wm. Penn Boy Scout Council
Sen. Pepper
Gates
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Gatea
State
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