Fifteen Killed in Weekend PA Auto and Water Crashes
A summer weekend in Pennsylvania and neighboring states saw twenty two dead, fourteen from automobile crashes and seven from drownings. Notable victims include circus performer Vera Striggs, 35, who died after a 165 foot plunge, and individuals from Gettysburg Quakertown Smyrna Olean Pawtucket Falmerton and nearby towns.
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Preas
Ilvea
Pennsylvndia
Conionwealth
Attites
van Vera
Vera Striggs
Charleroi
Stanley Cullinan
Gettyburg
Robert White
Quakertown
Smyrna
Del
Herry Hutoon
Bldred
Olean
John Collier
Pawtucket
Delux
Falmerton
John Snyder
Leroy Snyder Willlama
Bomb Thrown at U S Embassy in Mexico City
A bomb hurled from a speeding car shattered windows at the U S Embassy in Mexico City. Police guarded the scene as authorities opened an investigation. Ambassador Josephus Daniels' private office window was damaged but the envoy called the incident of no importance. Acting Secretary Centero called to express regrets as extra police and guards increased security.
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Mexico
D. F
United State
Ambasasdor
Josephie Daniels
Ambaesador
Centceros
Maxwell Krause Improves Rapidly After Hospital Incident
Marwall Krause, 106 Hast Ctrest mut Strest, vice president and general manager of Krause Hardware, undercut a major operation at Good Samaritan hospital. In a week he is improving rapidly, according to his family. Only family may visit, hospital attendant stated today.
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Marwall Krause
Hershey Youth Hit by Car Seriously Hurt
James Smith, 16, of Norman Brith Hershey, was struck by an automobile yesterday morning in Hershey. He suffered a brain concussion and abrasions to the left arm and was hospitalized at Heraday. His condition was stated as nervous. His father works with the park golf group at Herebey. Members of the Quota Club of Lebanon plan a dinner event at Mrs Sara Tyson Rorsi's Colebrook home this evening with testing at Ninth and Cumberland Streets.
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James Smith
Norman Brith
West Chocolats Street
Hershey
Waa
Herebey
Quota Club of
Lebanon
Sara Tyson Rorsi
Colebrook
Ninth
Cowberland Streets
Jonas Livering Dies After Saturday Car Crash
Jonas Livering, long time janitor of Lebanon High School, died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital from injuries suffered in a Saturday night automobile crash between Sudeberg and Pine Grove. He was riding in a car that overturned after avoiding a head-on collision.
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Pine Grove
Lebanon High School
Livering
Farmer's
Lo Pine Grove
Hte Gon
John
Ala Son
Good Samaritan Hospital
John Licht
Pan
Good Will Fire Co Presents New Seagraves Apparatus
Good Will Fire Company presented its new Seagraves trucking apparatus to the city in a brief ceremony Saturday afternoon at the hall. Oscar Shay, company president, addressed Mayor John K. Sebraon and city councilmen, outlining the 1912 firefighting history and modernization, including motorization of the chemical wagon and old steamer, leading to the new apparatus.
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Good Will Fire Company
Seagraves
John K. A. Sebraon
Gand
Oscar Shay
Shay
Stella Neiswander Weds Emil Behermdt in Palmyra Home
Stella Neiswander of Hershey daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Neiswander wed Emil Carl Behermdt of Grantville in a small home ceremony conducted by Justice Amos Snavely of Palmyra. The bride wore white with green accents and will reside with her parents while both work in local industry and trades.
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Mise Stella Neiswander
Hershey
Charles Neiswander
Emil Carl Behermal
Grantville
Justico of the
Peace
Amos /Snavely
Palmyra
Snnvely
Hershey Chocolate Factory
Lebanon Valley College Opens Fifteenth Summer School
The fifteenth annual summer school at Lebanon Valley College opens today and runs until August 3. Three branches will be offered including the college department and conservatory of music at Annville, demonstration work at Hershey, and extension work in Hartford.
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Lebanon Valley College
Annville
Hershey
Hartley Burs
Y P B Opens Its State Sessions This Morning
The twenty fifth annual encampment and silver anniversary celebration of the Pennsylvania Young People's Branch Federation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union opened at Church Center Myerstown with James A W Killip presiding. Greetings were extended to leaders by Mrs J G Kreider president of the Lebanon County W C T U, Mrs W I Kutz president of the Myerstown W C T U, and Miss Hathrya.
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Anova
Pennsylvania
Young People's Branch
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Church Center
Myerstown
James A. W. Killip
Prealdanc
Arlen Cooper
VY. P. B
Alrectora
Mra
J. G. Kreider
Lebanon County
Mra. W
Relief rolls grow in Pennsylvania as relief applications rise
The Commerce Department reported 2,628 more relief applications for the week ending June than the prior seven days. The release notes a reversal of a prior decline following the Blue Eagle ruling, with a pickup in the Philadelphia area and construction of over 700 new homes as a sign of improvement.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Auprome
NRA
Commerce Department
Blue Eagle
Philadelphia
Legion Post Organization at Mt Holly Springs
Norman Streicher of Annyville and Legion Post representatives will attend a new post organization meeting in Mt Holly Springs Wednesday at Odd Fellows Hall. A parade led by the Mt Holly Springs Odd Fellows Band and visiting drum corps will follow the meeting.
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Norman .Streicher
Annyille
American Legion
Legion Poste
Mt. Holly Springs
Odd Pottowa Hall
ME. Holly Springs
Odd Fellows Band of
Inventors' congress showcases gadget to separate laying chickens
Chicago today hosts the fourteenth annual National Inventors' Congress where inventors unveil a wide array of devices. Among curiosities are a gadget that separates laying chickens from non-layers and a pneumatic ladder, disposable diapers, and other odd contraptions drawing 700 investors and 9,500 manufacturers and distributors. President Albert G. Burne calls many inventors nuts yet notes ideas fuel invention as the congress runs through Friday.
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Chicago
Jevera
Albert GQ. Burne
Oakland
Cal
Ahauld
Mrs Marie Lawn Seriously Hurt In Auto Crash
Mrs Marie Lawn wife of Isadore Lawn Willow Street tailor and men s clothier was seriously injured in an automobile accident late Saturday afternoon on the river road near Montgomery Ferry Harrisburg hospital. The driver Mr Pleat and Mrs Lawn were admitted with multiple injuries including possible chest knee and rib fractures and facial lacerations.
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Marie Lawn
Isadore Lawn
Willow Street
Men’s Clothier
Polyelinta Hospitel
Harriaturg
Williamsport
Martha
Paul Pisat
Pisca
Pleat
Lawn
Harrisburg
Dawn
Tawn
Youth and Grandmother Die After Linglestown Crash
A Linglestown youth was killed and his 74 year old grandmother injured when the auto they rode in struck a tele phone pole on Janetown road three miles east of Nar rivburg. Driver Fred E. Menke of Linglestown died shortly after the collision. Coroner attributes death to spinal injuries and possible internal injuries. The grandmother Anna Catherine Mauko, 74, also of Linglestown, was hospitalized in Harrisburg in serious condition. Continued on Page Twelve.
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Linglestown
Orly
Janetown
Narrivburg
Fred E. Menke
Collinion
Dauphin County
Howard B. Milliken
Anra
Catherine Mauko
Alno
John
Harrisburg Hospital
Okay Sale of Fireworks In City Starting Today
City council and police officials at City Hall decided to permit local merchants to sell fireworks starting today. In recent years sales were forbidden until one week before July 4, but authorities now allow earlier purchases of shooting crackers and other Independence Day displays brought into the city from outside.
Mussolini Eden meet in Rome conference on pact
In Rome Premier Mussolini and Anthony Eden held a conference as Italian and British leaders pressed for a unilateral accord. In Beijing General Chin Teh Gillean resigned as governor of Chahar Province after Sino Japanese terms were not disclosed. In Dublin tension rose after a confrontation involving Irish representatives.
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Associated Press
Rome
Benito Muesolini
Gant
Anthony Eden
Duca
Lebanon Lucky Day Promises Big Savings Across Town
Local merchants plan Lebanon Lucky Day this Wednesday with extensive bargains and a profit share raffle. Prizes include a refrigerator a General Medicine hot iron and a universal electric oven all brand new from major suppliers. Events feature deliveries Thursday and a special Lebanon Weekly News edition detailing offers and participating firms.
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Gonnaral Medinix
George Krause Mand Ware
Semonta
Lebanon
Nowa
Labavon Daily News
Occas County
Weber Han
Legislature adjourned may be called back soon
The 1955 general assembly, which enacted taxes to raise 120 million dollars and set aside 348 million for two years, adjourned after a halted session. Leaders from both parties predicted a need for new refinancing, potentially prompting a special session in the fall or after year’s end. The assembly adjourned amid customary pageantry and strong rhetoric.
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Marrishirg
Assembly
Employers Pay Fair Wages, England? Hartinburg Says
Robert L. Johnson, Pennsylvania labor administrator, asserts most employers pay fair wages and reasonable hours. He notes six percent cheating by employer chiselers, citing department stores cutting wages and 48 hour weeks as a pattern that will be checked and corrected.
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Hartinburg
Robert L. Johnson
Pennsylvania
Raliet
Johnson
Joseph Beattie Celebrates Seventeenth Birthday
Joseph Beattie, 17, son of Mr and Mrs A Beattie of 743 Walnut Street, observed his seventeenth birthday Saturday amid gifts and congratulations. He is a member of the Lebanon high school student body. Also noted, Robert Neuman, 14, of Sixth and Willow Streets, who was reported missing, returned home to his family as authorities reported.
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Joseph Benitta
Robert Neuman
Aixth
Willow Rtreeta
Kodake
Harpel's
U B Conference Opens At Mt Gretna This Week
Western Pennsylvania Conference of Chelation Education of the United Brethren In Christ opened at Mt Gretna with an expected seven to eight hundred delegates. The week features daily programs including leadership training classes instructed by prominent ministers and church workers to educate current and prospective readers of the church.
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Western Pennsylvania
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
U. S
Jimmy Andrews Gains After Operation
A half year old child, Jimmy Andrews, son of Mr and Mrs J Arthur Andrews of 129 South Tenth, is recovering at the Lebanon Banatorum after an operation for masloidh last Wednesday. Surgeons Dr McFarlane of Columbia University and Dr John Li Groh and Dr Charles Gardiosr attend. Friends and playmates wish him a speedy recovery.
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Jimmy Andrews
J. Arthur Andrews
South
Lebanon Banatorum
McFarlane
Columbia
John Li. Groh
Charles Gardiosr
Returning Laborers Reveal Hardships in Alaska Colony
Transient workers from the Matanwaka band Colony describe brutal conditions in Alaska. Don Irwin, resident manager, rejects claims as exaggerated while laborers say they lacked baths for weeks, endured mosquito-plagued valleys, and sought return to California to support families.
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Alaska
Peek
State approves five educational projects countywide
Five educational projects across Anon county receive approval from State Educational Board officials led by C W Stine to fund adult education music classes natual ration classes and recreation activities for youths ages five to sixteen at Gertrude's parochial school Lehman Street and Richland borough. Schools will provide playment for teachers and managers, boxing and indoor sports, and classes in music and instrumental instruction for unemployed adults and others in Jabanon and Withun Hollman city.
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Cornwall Borough
Ton
Gertrude's
Lehman Street
Withun
Moravians Celebrate Anniversary at Lititz
Lititz Moravians gathered for an anniversary service on Linden Hall campus with attendees from Lancaster and York. The event included the traditional love feast with bone and coffee and featured speakers Dr. Paul Bohweliitz and Dr. S. H. Ow, who spoke on missionary work in Alaska and plans for a new outpost.
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8. H. Ow
Eldy
Bethlehem
Alko
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