Spending Summer In Indiana
Mrs. John H Fulton and family, living on the west coast, spend the past winter near Vallejo California visiting relatives at 661 Locust street. Mrs Fulton plans to return to California in the fall as she notes the urgent need for workers there and that nurseries aid parents to pursue war work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Fulton
Pacific Coast
Vallejo
San Francisco
Calif
Locust Street
Fulton
Ielaw
Roy E. Mac. Donald
Thomas Watson
West Coast
California
Peeler Wins First At Indiana Country Club Golf Luncheon
Kathryn Peeler captured first prize and Betty Sutton Bond earned second as 23 at lunch and 9 played golf at the Indiana Country Club yesterday afternoon. The women's golf luncheon will be weekly, with matches arranged daily and calls to Edna Wilhelm before attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Country Club
Kathryn Peeler
Betty Sutton Bond
Edna Wilhelm
T. W. Kredel
Catholic Daughters Celebrate 26th Anniversary in Indiana
The Catholic Daughters of America Court St Bernard No 339 in Indiana marked its twenty sixth anniversary with prayer. Retiring grand regent Mrs May Kinter and historian Miss Helene Lahr were honored with gifts as refreshments were served by Mrs Harriet McFee and committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Daughters of America
Court St. Bernard No. 339
Indiana
May Kinter
Helene Lahr
Harriet McFee
New Arrival at Creekside Park Family Welcomes Daughter
Mr and Mrs Lee Park of Creekside RD announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday afternoon June 20. The baby is named Carol Louise and is welcomed by the baby's brother Richard Lee who is very proud of his sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Park
Creekside
R .D
Carol Louise
Richard Lee
Elm Tree Blight Aids Call For Dinitro Sprays
County agents report elm trees suffer a galling blight called sinicockscomb gall with greenish herb like growths and honeydew. Experts advise dormant season spraying with a din itro oil solution, a method also used by orchardists before leaf-out to control the ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rete
Warner
Two New Jersey-bound women to work for Office of Dependents Benefit
Employed in New Jersey Miss Marcia Cunningham daughter of Mr and Mrs Gordon Cunningham College avenue and Miss Marjory May Beatty daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Beatty Indiana RD 3 left last evening for Newark N J where they will be employed by the Office of Dependents Benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Cunningham
Gordon Cunningham
College Avenue
Marjory May Beatty
Walter Beatty
Indiana
R.D
Newark
N. J
Office of Dependents Benefit
Birth of Randolph Carter Harrison in Blytheville Ark
Lieutenant and Mrs. Robert B. Harrison announce the birth of a son, Randolph Carter, born June 21 at Station Hospital Blytheville Arkansas. The mother is former Jane Jobe of Maple Avenue. The father serves as a twin engine flying instructor with the Army Air Forces Air Transportation Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Harrison
Randolph Carter
Station Hospital
Blytheville
Arkansas
Harrison
Jane Jobe
Ira i Jobe
Maple Avenue
Army Air Forces
Air Transportation Command
W. A. Harrison
Chicago
Marriage announced in Marion Center notes
Mrs Mary Hastings announces the marriage of her daughter Meredith to Lawrence Miller. Ceremony by Dr Hugh F Given at his home Saturday evening June 24. Bride attended by sister in law Mrs John Hastings and best man Jas B Hastings brother of the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hastings
Meredith
Lawrence Miller
Martha J. Miller
Marion Center
Hugh F. Given
John Hastings
Mr. Miller
Jas. B. Hastings
Military families and visitors in local town life
Local column lists names and visits across Homer City and nearby towns. Corporal Clarence Devinney and First Class Seaman Florence Baughman are among service members visiting relatives in Fort Leonard Wood and Washington. Numerous residents from Blairsville, Donora, Johnstown, Aliquippa, and New Kensington are noted visiting kin or recently moving to and from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Devinney
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Olynn Devinney
Florence A. Baughman
Washington, D. C
J. S. Baughman
Albert Schierer
Johnstown
George Schierer
George Sowers
Cleveland
Ohio
Elizabeth Fritz
Lon Johnstown
Baltimore
Maryland
James Good
Ruth Jane
Ethel
Iola Good
Lester Shaw
Pause For Prayer Idea Spreads Across Cities
Pittsburgh launched a daily interlude of worship for Allied servicemen as City Councilman A. L. Work promoted the Pause For Prayer. At the first service at 11 a.m. yesterday, he urged workers nationwide to halt at 11 each day and join in prayer, following the D-Day spirit of global prayer for safety and victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
A. L
Ensign Stewart Johnston Commissioned in Navy Reserve
Stewart Johnston son of Mrs Edna L Johnston 33 College Avenue was commissioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve on April 10 and reported to Fort Schuyler New York on May 29. He has served as assistant training specialist for the Rome Air Service Command with headquarters at Rome New York for the past year and previously worked as an instructor in the Personnel and Training Division at the same airbase. Before Army work he taught mathematics at Kane High School. He graduated in 1940 from Indiana State Teachers College and did graduate work at Duke University. Mrs Johnston, formerly Dorothy Wilson, plans to live in Blairsville for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Johnston
Edna L. Johnston
College Avenue
Naval Reserve
Fort Schuyler
New York
Johnston
Rome Air Service Command
Rome
N. Y
Army
Kane
Indiana State Teachers College
Duke University
Dorothy Wilson
Blairsville
Phillips and Daughters Visit Friends in McKeesport
Phillips and daughters Mary Louise and Patty spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Pett ed of McKeesport. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Mary Phillips who was visiting in the Pett ed home, Mr. and Mrs. James Hitchings of town and Mr. and Mrs. Evan Hitchings of Indiana spent Sunday in Pittsburgh, Mrs. Clarence Baker, daughter Beverly Jean and Mrs. Roger Rankin and daughter Janice were recent visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Burkett of West Lebanon, Mrs. John Barley of Indiana was a Thursday visitor in the home of Mrs. Raul Gromley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chartiers
Darla Dean Shaw
Frank Sacco
Camp Wheeler
Frank
Indiana
Joe Campbell
Blairsville
William Curtiss
Howard
Oscar
Raul Gromley
Deloris Blair
Aliquippa
J. S. Baughman
A. M. Frederick
D A Ferrier
C. I. Ferrier
Commodore
Alex Rutkowski
Mary Ann
Alice
Elizabeth
N. J
Alex Malnar
Town
Rutkowski
John, Vargo
South Homer
D. W. Marsh
Johnstown
Russell Rhine
John Laing
Virginia Stephens
Donora
Samuel McMillan
Charles Cooper
Mary Lou
New Kensington
Cooper
Gertrude Kunkle
H. A. Ripple
Ethel Peterman
Detroit
Mich
Bonnie Peterson
Harry Walker
Edgar Flickinger
Wilkinsburg
Alfred Phillips
George Hutchinson
Polly
Rex
Japanese push toward Canton links China fronts in war
War correspondent Preston Grover notes Japanese forces in China tighten a double strike at Hengyang, seizing rail control from Hankow to Hongkong and threatening American air bases. The move threatens supply routes along the hump and Burma roads, complicating Stilwell’s efforts to keep horizons open while linking new and old road networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Grover
Dewldt Mackenzie
China
Hengyang
Hankog
Canton
Hongkong
Myitkyina
Shanghai
New York
Hankow
Chicago
New Orleans
St. Louis
Saipan
Philippines
Hongyang
Kunming
Kweilin
Burma
Stilwell
Ledo
New Trial in Big Damage Suit
Pittsburgh June 46 The Pennsylvania Railroad was granted new trials by three common pleas court judges here yesterday in four damage suits arising from the Baden passenger train wreck of March 16 1941. Trials last November resulted in verdicts totaling 37950 the largest being 35000. Judge John Pogan said the court opinion that the verdicts were against the weight of the evidence. After witnesses testified they had seen loose ties before the wreck the railroad contended sabotage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Common Pleas Court
Baden
John P Fgan
Allied Pacific Battles Hold Back Japan In Monsoon Front
The report describes Japanese efforts to seize a rail line south of Hengyang as American airpower targets enemy advances. Fighting persists around Myitkyina with Japanese reinforcements moving in from the south while Allied forces rely on difficult jungle routes. Each theater presents uphill struggle with high stakes amid monsoon conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Hengyang
Myitkyina
Pacific
Fragmentary note on Allied landings and Chaotic Chita future
A brief, broken OCR fragment mentions a landing in China and a reduced number of casualties in a Cheita area. It references Allied hands and uncertain timing. The text is unclear but suggests wartime context and strategic concerns.
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Chita
367 839 G I Voters Tabulated
Harrisburg June 26 The state defense council reports 367 690 names for the military ballot canvass with 68 801 from Allegheny County leading. More than 66 000 names were listed yesterday to assist servicemen and veterans in the upcoming November ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pefmeylvanians
Agandes
Alfegheny County
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