Flying School Under Way At Indiana State Teachers College
Indiana State Teachers College opens flight training with 30 graduates eligible and 15 admitted under quota. Ground school set to begin next week as 90,000 dollars funds ground and flight training for 16,000 summer pilots nationwide.
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Indiana State Teachers College
William E. Grove
Johnstown
R. E. Herges
Roosevelt
Evil Aeronautics Authority
CAA
Army
Emery Bengy
Pennsylvania
Albright College
Fred Pierce Carson
Dickinson College
Soo Flying
Troopers hunt lone gunman after bank robbery
In Hummelstown on June 22, troopers and federal agents chased a lone gunman who wounded a bank employee and escaped with 3410 dollars. Clues included a blood footprint and a cardboard container with a hat and a Philadelphia newspaper. The robber wore taped facial strips and fired a shotgun, prompting a large manhunt.
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Hummelstown
Philadelphia
Hummelstown National Bank
Ray E. Gruber
Gruber
Swatia Creek
Hershey
Vacation tips from Canada for Indiana travelers
Earl Raymond of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce reports Canadian visitors may enter without passports and may bring food freely. They may not transport intoxicating beverages across the border, but alcohol can be purchased in Canada with a permit for a small fee.
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Earl Raymond
Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Woman Falls Fractures Knee on City Street
Mrs Steve Dunimire a 42 year old of West Lebanon sustained a fracture of the knee cap after a fall on Philadelphia street downtown yesterday afternoon. She was taken to Indiana Hospital for treatment. Strawberry Festival Episcopal Church music event set for June 22 on the church lawn weather permitting with Rectors Guild.
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Steve Dunimire
West Lebanon
Philadelphia Street
Indiana Hospital
Episcopal Church
Rectors Guild
Japan plans to deal herself a stronger hand
Tokyo sources say Japan will pursue a three point program to gain a stronger position in the southern Orient, seek closer ties with Germany and Italy, and adopt a negative stance toward any U S rapprochement. They report plans to pressure Britain over Hongkong and France over Indo China, with possible direct action if needed.
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Tokyo
Japan
Orient
Europe
Germany
Italy
Hongkong
Indo-China
South China
China
Yunnan
Britain
Burma
Soviet Russia
Company F Builds Reserve Enlists Inactive Guard Members
Captain Charles W Campbell of Company F announced that 25 young men in good physical condition may apply to join the inactive list of the National Guard. Those on the inactive list avoid drill and camp but remain ready for active duty if needed.
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Third Corps
Charles W. Campbell
Company Foday
National Guard
Campbell
Company F
Light signals ordered for Cambria and Indiana crossing
The Public Utility Commission ordered the Cambria and Indiana Railroad Company to install flashing light signals at the grade crossing over the railroad at a concrete bridge in Black Lick Township Cambria County. The project cost is estimated at 1778 dollars.
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Harrisburg
Cambria and Indiana Railroad Company
The
Public Utility Commission
Concrete Bridge
Black Lick
Cambria County
Tempest Brews Over President's Policies in Washington
The June 22 tempest centers on Roosevelt’s defense posts appointments to Stimson as Secretary of War and Knox as Navy Secretary, provoking Senate hearings, House exchanges, and calls for resignation amid disputes over foreign policy and aid to Allies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cabinieet
Senate Military Committee
Henry L. Stimson
Naval Committee
Col
Frank Knox
Navy
Stimson
Knox
Garner
Farley
Senate
Stimson-Knox
House
Harry Woodring
Hyde Park
Nye
R-Mnd
France
Minton
D-Ind
United States
England
America
Death claims Smedley Butler in Philadelphia
Blunt outspoken Major General Smedley D. Butler, a noted Marine Corps veteran, died at Naval Hospital in Philadelphia after an abdominal illness. Born July 30, 1841 in West Chester, Pa, he served from 1898 to 1931, led at Camp Pontane looks, earned the Medal of Honor, and once sparked an international incident with Mussolini remarks. He is survived by his widow, two sons, and a daughter.
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Philadelphia
Smedley D. Butler
United States Marine Corps
Naval Hospital
Butler
Marine Corps
Tientsin
China
Panama Canal Zone
Nicaranga
Mexico
Haiti
Camp Pontznez
Debarkation
Mussolini
General Butler
West Chester
Brandon Hotel Changes Hands In Spangler Opening Soon
Miss Helena Falger, owner of the New Commercial Hotel of Barnesboro, will reopen the Brandon Hotel at Spangler under new management. She has taken over both the Brandon building and equipment and will run the Spangler hostelry along with Barnesboro’s New Commercial Hotel.
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Brandon
Spangler
Helena Falger
Barnesboro
Miss Falger
Defense seeks halt to Park's inquiry into nominating petitions
Pittsburgh reports H Joseph Filner named by the prosecutor as a petition circulator asks Judge John P Egan to revoke the grand jury inquiry calling it a terrorizing fishing expedition He argues that those potentially indicted under the investigation are being deprived of constitutional rights Also a notice: no garment cutting at the Red Cross workroom Monday with an upcoming further announcement.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew T. Park
H. Joseph Filner
Filner
John P. Egan
Bicycle stolen from porch in Indiana Borough
Indiana Borough Police report the theft of a bicycle owned by Mary Agnes Pollock from the front porch of her residence at 666 Water Street last night.
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Indiana
Mary Agnes Pollock
Water Street
Unloaded Gun Discharges During Fayette City Parade
In Port Vue a revolver discharged accidentally wounding two Fayette City Fire Department members. Ralph Clegg, 22, hit in the abdomen, and Jack Beattie, 18, hip wound, rushed to McKeesport Hospital. Drill sergeant Earl Ophar, 33, borrowed the gun and claimed it was loaded. The incident halted the parade with hundreds watching.
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Pittsburgh
Fayette City
Port Vue
Ralph Clegg
Jack Beattie
McKeesport
Clegg
Ette City
Beattie
Earl Ophar
Ophar
Whitelaw
Berlin Bombing Hits Babelsberg Suburb in First Air Raid
Berlin endured its first real air raid of the war as waves of German aerial ships bombed Babelsberg near Potsdam. Seven injured in a Babelsberg garage hit. London reported a third wave of German raids on England with civilian casualties and fires but limited damage.
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Berlin
France
Adolf Hitler
Babelsberg
Hitler
Potsdam
UFA
Germany
Sevntn
Cologne
Rhineland
Isen
Essen
Bremen
England
London
Air Ministry
Death takes aged resident Deborah Sebring 78
Deborah Sebring, 78, Indiana's first telephone operator, died after a brief illness in White Township at 11:50 p.m. Friday. Born July 9, 1861 in Cherry Hill Township, she was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Surviving relatives include an uncle in Nebraska, a niece in Pittsburgh, and two Pittsburgh nephews. Visitation follows noon Sunday at Rubinsui Funeral Home with services Monday at 2:00 p.m. The Rev. Harry Burton Boyd will officiate and interment will be in Harmony Cemetery, Penn Run.
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Deborah Sebring
Indiana
White Township
John
Angeline (Evans) Sebring
Cherryhill Township
First Presbyterian Church
John Evans
Arapaho
Neb
J. O. Daker
Pittsburgh
Clair
Paul Lockart
Pennsylvania Bar Association Defers Defense Resolution
In Bedford on June 22 the Pennsylvania Bar Association endorsed a strong national defense but rejected a resolution for increased defense measures as outside the association’s jurisdiction. The convention concluded by naming a committee to study proposals for judge nominations by convention, extending current judges’ tenure and for nonpartisan selection of judges.
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Bedford
Pennsylvania Bar Association
W F W Disclaims Speakers Ideas At Encampment
York June report covers Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment where a state official labeled Colonel Charles A Lindbergh as a top fifth columnist. State Treasurer F Clair Ross denounced Lindbergh veering into subversive claims. The encampment adopted a resolution stating speakers’ sentiments do not reflect the encampment’s views.
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York
Pennsylvania
Charles A. Lindbergh
F. Clair Ross
Lindbergh
Ross
Blaze Levels Campbell Building in Hazleton
A fire in Hazleton destroyed the two story Campbell building downtown with an estimated loss of 35000. Fire chief George Brandau said the blaze started on the second floor at the national youth center and an explosion was heard as it broke out. The first floor housed Vogue Shoe Store and Barney Chenetz clothing stock was a total loss.
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Hazleton
Campbell
George Brandau
National Youth Center
Vogue
Barney Chenetz
Treasury Balance Near Two Billion With Tight Receipts
Washington June 22—Treasury reports June 20 receipts at 44,001,849.45 dollars. Net balance stands at 2,020,810,216.85 dollars with working balance included 1,293,412,414.58. Customs receipts for the month and expenditures around 9,373,000 dollars.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Haverford healer jailed for unlicensed practice
Jane Norhiston, 22, pleaded guilty to practicing medicine without a license and received six minutes in jail. Emersuon Gilbert, 43, of Hav erford, described his rites as ectoplasmic reanimating and claimed to cure with a Dr Walker. Judge George C. Clorayn also levied a $30 fine with the sentence, Dr B B Vincent Lyon testified as to accompanying a patient.
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Norhistown
Jane
Emersuon Gilbert
Haverford
Gilbert
Walker
B. B. Vincent Lyon
George C. Clorayn
Armistice report claims signed between Germany and France
NBC CBS relay a Compiegne report that Germany and France signed an armistice at 6 50 p m local time with Italy to follow six hours after an Italo French armistice. France and German officers depart for Rome as terms are not disclosed. Air raids across Europe extend the war as British and Italian actions continue.
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New York
National Broadcasting Company
Compiegne
Germany
France
NBC
Columbia Broadcasting System
William L Shirer
CBS
Compiegne Forest
Broadscast
Italy
Wilhelm Keitel
Cet
German High Command
Charles Huntinger
William C. Kerker
Kerker
Rome
Defense plants proposed to accelerate defense program
Washington reports that an 8 billion plan to build a chain of government munitions plants is recommended to President Roosevelt as part of expanding the defense program. The National Defense Commission suggests immediate funds and several score plants to produce powder, armor plate, and other munitions.
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Washington
Provident Roosevelt
National
Congress
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U. S
Martin Scranton
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania National Guard
United States of America
Smedley Butler
U. S. Marine Corps
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Savings and Trust Company
Mary Marvin Breckenridge
John Cabell Breckenridge
York Village
Jefferson Patterson
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U.S
W.F.W
Col. Lindbergh
Colomnist
Blaze
International
English Channel
Suez Canal
Alexandria
United Kingdom
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Tobotuk
Italian
Libya
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