Baby boy born at Beth Israel Hospital amid Forte prediction saga
A Newark man Sidney Forte claimed a secret formula predicts offspring sex after his wife bore a baby boy at Beth Israel Hospital. Forte, who predicted a boy by March 7, noted delays in similar cases and now says the baby may arrive June 26 or 27, maintaining the boy will be born and his theory works.
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Beth Israel Hospital
Sidney A Forte
Llinen Supply Company
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Fortel
von the Fortels
Forte
Reform School to Be Dedicated in Harrisburg
June 19. Governor James will lay the cornerstone for a new $3,030,000 boys industrial school at White Hill Cumberland County across the Susquehanna from Harrisburg. The 94 buildings will house 3,400 boys transferred from Huntingdon, with dormitories, classrooms, an auditorium, gymnasium, athletic fields, and farming to aid self-sufficiency.
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Provernor James
White Hill
Cumberland County
Susquehanna River
Huntingdon
Ealing
Correc We
Ictention
Fragmentary 1919 encampment notes and travel hints
The text describes a generic scene from a page with scattered phrases about a canvas encampment, veterans, and a person named Charles W. Van orrn. It references a Pittsburgh trip and travel by train with incomplete names and places, yielding only fragmented, non-coherent details suitable for a minimal historical note.
Boy wins beat race in muddy regatta by narrow margin
The Gazette reports a tight finish in a local beat race where the winner edged out rivals including William Hive and Robert Peck. The event drew a larger crowd as spectators watched the boat race unfold amid strong competition.
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Poe
Tee
William Hive
Robert Peck
Somerset Independents Weigh Ties to CIO Over Highway Labor Row
Somerset County Independent Construction Workers Association voted to seek affiliation with the CIO, while Indy leader Victor Glessner favored the move only if the Public Works Administration backs the 160 mile Pittsburgh to Harrisburg express highway project and recognizes the independent union. Picketing and labor disputes with AFL contractors followed on three highway links, with two contractors signing pacts with the independents and state police guarding work on the third.
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Wwarkmoy Dan
Somerset County
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Hearne
CIO
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Athinaton
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Fiat
Faunne
Jarre de Levis
Public Works Administration
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Week-end toll lists many youths among dead
Pennsylvania reports a sobering share of young victims among twelve weekend deaths. Seven to seventeen year olds carried the tally, with Charles Crowley Jr. leaving a Father’s Day note of thanks before his fatal collision. An 11-year-old girl and other youths died in accidents, explosions, or drownings across towns from Pittsburgh to Erie and Windber to Meadville.
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Pennsylvania
Charles Crowley, Jr
Pittsburgh
Joseph Dinges
Bie
Dolores McCauley
Philadelphia
Rosemary McCarrick
Ann Marie Sherizler
Erie
Robert Gregory
Joseph Reese
Burgettstown
Meadville
Obituary for Elizabeth Orr Harbison and David Gilhuser
Obituary items report the deaths of Elizabeth Orr Harbison at 81 in Apulla after long illness and David Gilhuser of Homer City aged 68 from complications. Harbison leaves children Margaret, Elizabeth, and Margery, plus a brother Rev. Craighead. services planned at Presbyterian Church with burial in West Lebanon Cemetery. Gilhuser, a Homer City resident, leaves siblings and was a trucker by trade. funeral arrangements noted with nothing more.
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First Street
Apallo
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Roy Franklin
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Kent
Washington Semimate
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Woorte Cllege
Wooster
Robert A. Harbin
Near West
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Oleate
West Lebanon
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Totowa & Sthoke
David Gil- Nwsip
Iodiena
Benjanin
Isabella
Homer City
U'R
Patrick Casey
Blaiville
Luther Keller
Center Townshog
Blair Kelly
Indiana
Robinson Fu
Davis Genealogy and Funeral in Reynoldsville
George Miles Davis born 1859 in Trumville died at 2 30 am Saturday at home 115 Main Street Reynoldsville Survived by daughter Mrs Emma D Wilson and granddaughter Marian E Wilson Funeral services at his Reynoldsville residence 2 30 pm Tuesday with interment in Reynoldsville Cemetery conducted by Rev Samuel Hill at Nerbal Home 10 30 am Wednesday cemetery rites in Greenwood Indiana
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Samuel Hill
Wiler
Greenwood Cemetery
Indiana
George Miles Davis
Trumville
Reynoldsville
Emma D. Wilson
Marian E. Wilson
Maintreet
Chain store tax ruling upholds uniformity clash
The high court affirmed a Dauphin County ruling that a 1937 tax law discriminated against chain stores by taxing them differently from single outlets in the same class. Justices found the classification invalid and argued the act imposes unequal burdens, amounting to confiscation.
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John Yo Scott
Commonwealth
George Ross Hull
Scott
United States Supreme Court
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Florida
Lousla
West Virginia
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Hargest
Vhaii
Duce Hargest
Haifa Market Blast Raises Palestine Tension
International events unfold as Admiral Yarnell arrives at Tientsin from Peiping amid global crisis. In Haifa Palestine, 18 Arabs are killed and 24 wounded by a market blast, prompting security measures. Goebbels notes at a Danzig rally hint at Reich return, dampened by unresolved timing.
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United States
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Brrwin
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Palestine
Gayman
Free City
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Reich
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Democrat High Command Plans Candidates for High Courts
Harrisburg June 19 The Democratic executive committee will decide Wednesday the candidates for the Supreme and Superior Courts the party will support at the municipal primary September 12. Seats include Chief Justice John W. Kephart and Judges Keller Baldrige Hirt with Kephart ineligible for re election. Several Democrats named for both benches while Republicans anticipate their sitting judges seeking re election.
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John W. Kephart
Supreme Court
Judes William H. Keller
Thomas J. Baldrige
William E. Hirt
Superior Court
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James
Judge Hirt
Bombings Spike in Haifa Amid Arab Jewish Tensions
In Haifa a wave of terrorist violence leaves many dead and wounded as police and troops seal off the Arab marketplace. Earlier July bombings in Tel Aviv caused casualties and curfews while a broader White Paper plan sparked renewed unrest across Palestine.
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Sam
Tel Aviv
Palestine
House Proposal For Three Man WPA Board Viewed
Washington, June 19. A plan for a three man WPA board to share relief administration with Republicans aims to blunt criticism of WPA operations. The measure, a center point in the relief bill fight, faces sharp opposition citing policy making delays and past board troubles. Democrats warn Republicans risk cuts in WPA runs if opposed.
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Washington
Senate
TVA
Labor Relations Board
Moral rearmament movement draws world attention
In Moosehead Maine Mackenzie reports on a rising moral rearmament idea echoed by Roosevelt and supported by Hull Woodring Murphy Perkins Bankhead Barkley Hoover. European royals and leaders endorse a return to the golden rule as a path away from war, signaling a growing global crusade for peaceful ethics.
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Elkhart
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Treasury balance and Father’s Day tragedy in one notice
The treasury position on June 16 shows receipts of 99 864 556 19 and expenditures of 120 571 033 24 leaving a net balance of 2 884 403 975 79 with 2 205 985 542 10 poking balance. In Pittsburgh a seven year old boy Charley Crowley Jr died after being struck by a car while playing on Father’s Day.
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Washington
the Treasury
Senate Talks on 1.735 Billion Relief Bill Action
A Senate appropriations sub committee will begin closed hearings on the relief bill that passed the House, which would replace the WPA administrator with a three man board and impose relief controls, as Congress debates tax, monetary, and neutrality act revisions before adjournment.
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Markets and livestock updates from Chicago and Pittsburgh
Markets show opening wheat prices fractionally lower led by Liverpool weakness. Wheat July futures 71-70, September 72-71. Corn declined with July at 49-38 and September 51-3. In Pittsburgh hogs higher by 25 to 30 cents, cattle steady to higher with steers scarce, calves active and steady, sheep and lambs firm, and fat cows improving. Produce demand moderate with steady potato prices and regional stock quotations for Bliss Triumphs and Cobblers varieties.
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Stock market wrap and a prison escape note
A long stock listing mixes with a report that a female inmate received a five years to life sentence after an escape. The Ohio parole board denied release last year and she left a note to the reformatory superintendent seeking one last good time. She expressed sorrow for the escape and said she would return if her actions hurt the superintendent, adding that she loved Mrs Reilley most.
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Reformatory
Reilley Best
Submarine Probe Begins at Portsmouth Navy Hearing
A naval inquiry board opened in Portsmouth to question the four officers rescued from the sunken submarine Squalls as part of one of the worst naval disasters. The hearing, led by Rear Admiral William M. Tarrent, aims to determine how water flooded the hull at 240 feet, amid initial blame on an air induction valve failure. Salvage teams tunnel 31 feet under the vessel, with 16 feet remaining before towing the submarine to shallower water.
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PIA Naval Inquiry Board
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Nauwspapermen
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Sqalus
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Navy
Mystery grows in artist death in Brookside farms
Ray mond Brown a 43 year old commercial artist died from a bullet wound Sunday at his suburban Brookside farms home. Mrs Brown questioned for hours and released. she said she heard a shot while preparing for bed and found him wounded with a pistol on the bed. Detective Whisner and District Attorney Pari said detectives would continue investigating several angles.
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Brown
Murder Continued as Fink Denies Crime in Jail
Mrs Fink remains jailed after a murder charge. Hyter says county grand jury will convene July 5 to hear the case. Fink's father and relatives seek a sanity hearing, with Gren Baker declaring if she did it she was crazy and calling her jail image a wax figure.
Indiana County Sheep and Wool Pool bids opened
Directors opened 41 bids with William H. Grundy Co. of Philadelphia submitting the top offer. Medium wool priced at 30.57 per pound, fine wool 25 cents, rejects 26 1-2 cents, prices above last year. Wool to be carried to B and O station in Indiana for grading June 26 to 27, with Penn State specialist W B Connell conducting grading. New members may deduct 50 cents from wool check for membership.
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Court House
William H. Grundy Co
Philadelpia
Route 422
Indiana
W. B. Connell
Penn State
Rollocking Days Reunion Draws 1500 River Pilots
Northwest Pennsylvania reminisces as 1,500 old-time river pilots and woodsmen gathered for their annual reunion. The eldest attendee was Levy Nale, 93, of DuBois, reflecting on logging and rafting days on local rivers.
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Clarington
Pennsylvania
Levy Nale
DuBois
Eighteen of a Kind Celebrate Triplet Birthday
Pittsburgh report notes four year old triplets Jimmy Arthur and Tommy Mulling hosted cake and ice cream with eighteen others representing five other triplet sets joining the celebration.
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Jimmy
Arthur
Tommy Mulling
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