Barberton School Explosion Triggers Triple Probes
Fifty seven people were treated after a blast at a converted eight room schoolhouse in Barberton Ohio. Investigations were launched by the Ohio state industrial commission East Ohio Gas and the Barberton school board into a gas leak blamed on a displaced gas main from nearby sewer work. Several children and a teacher were seriously injured including Frances Fisher seven Mary Mattingly seven Dorothy Young six Ella Chamber seven and janitor P S White among the most affected. Doctors described a violent explosion that collapsed the lower floor and hurled children from the building with many treated at Citizens hospital and the Barberton clinic.
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International News Service
Barberton
Witwer
P. S. White
Ohio State
White
Frances Fisher
Mary Mattingly
Dorothy Young
Ella Chamber
Maybelle Miller
P. J. McGuire
Dr. McGuire
Barberton Clinic
Citizens Hospital
Akron
Confirmation at Temple on Sunday
On Sunday evening at 8 o'clock June 4 at Temple Israel confirmation exercises will be held marking ten years of religious school training and induction into Judaism. Nine boys and girls participate under Rabbi Norman H. Diamond with various student talks and prayers. A reception follows in the vestry rooms and Bibles are presented by the Temple Sisterhood.
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Temple Israel
Norman H. Diamond
Lois June Reinhart
Paula Levine
Florence Sara Goldman
Israel
Marjorie Leatrice Fisher
Leatrice Paula Keller
Howard Robert Love
Edward Monroe Levine
Judith Klivans
Beverly Elaine Groden
Sisterhood of the Temple
A. H. Gonick
W. L. Cosel
Kathryn Bittner
Ruth Drescher
Helen Urmson Felch
Temple
Man Is Not An Aquatic Animal In Water
A Medical Society of Pennsylvania column argues humans are terrestrial and cannot endure water like true aquatic animals. It notes humans cannot close ears or nostrils, cannot maintain body temperature in cold water, and chilling constricts vessels, lowering resistance and increasing infection risk.
Castlewood G H E M Club Outdoor Party Set
The Castlewood G H E M Club of Castlewood and Ellwood City plans an outdoor party at Ewing Park Ellwood City on Thursday evening June 8 with Mrs Myrna Toth hosting. Others travel and visit in the area as common in news of local clubs and residents.
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G. H. E. M. Club
Castlewood
Ellwood City
Ewing Park
Myrna Toth
Withers Company Wins School Contracts in Raven and Woodrow Wilson Additions
The dismissal of an injunction allowed Raven school to award heating, plumbing and ventilating work to Withers Company of New Castle for 25140 dollars. The same firm also secured the Woodrow Wilson school addition heating contract in Youngstown for 8630 dollars.
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Youngstown, O
Raven School
Withers Company
New Castle
Woodrow Wilson
Youngstown
Swastika Used As Charm Against Evil Spirits
Historical note describes a swastika worn as an amulet to ward off evil influences or spirits, reflecting its cultural use prior to its modern associations. The practice is cited as a decorative or symbolic safeguard rather than a political emblem.
Missing Girl Is Sought After Police Interrogation
City police chief instructed matron Minnie Mc Kibben to question a local girl linked to the missing Ruth Jenkins who has been missing since Friday. Police cruisers made about twenty four hours of trips responding to calls about dogs drugs youth activity and other minor affairs. Three men were found sleeping in public places and taken to the station to finish their sleep.
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Ralph A. Criswell
Minnie McKibben
Ruth Jenkins
Funeral Friday For Prof. Mitchell
Grover Ivan Mitchell, professor of engineering physics at Grove City College, died after an automobile crash near Huntingdon Pennsylvania. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2:30 from Shelley Funeral Home in Grove City. His wife and son Ivan survived non life threatening injuries. Mitchell passed 14 hours after the crash.
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Grove City
Grover Ivan Mitchell
Grove City College
Huntingdon
Shelley
Mitchell
Ivan
Townsmen Plan Summer Programs
The Townsmen announce a summer-long schedule of activities for members. President Joseph R. McFate announced the plan at a dinner in The Castleton following a spirited attendance contest.
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Joseph R. McFate
Castleton
Attendance contest outcomes spark June to August events
Frank Clary's side beat Chris A. Clark's division by a small margin in the attendance contest. Glenn McCracken chaired the attendance committee overseeing the June July August affairs. At the dinner the losers performed stunts assigned by the winners. The piece notes that the patron saint of legislators is the inventor of the automobile and cites cars paying 38 percent of state tax collections.
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Frank Clary
Chris A. Clark
Glenn McCracken
Programs at Mission Spotlight Youth Prayers and Gospel Quartet
Tonight at City Rescue Mission the Senior High School Girls Prayer band leads a program. On Friday and Saturday evenings the Gospel Ambassador male quartet will present a program.
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City Rescue Mission
Gospel Ambassador
Nature Not Improving The Form Of The Cat
A brief note from The News by Mail notes that nature fails to improve the form of the cat, claiming no structural changes have occurred since earliest traces. The item appears as a short, period voice observation within a one year context priced at five dollars.
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Washington
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State of Pennsylvania
J. R. Long
David Irvine
Albany
N. Y
Loretta Kesler
Vandergrift
Wayne Kirkpatrick
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Chauncey Brown
Lester Wood
Doris
California
Robert Kirkpatrick
Evans City
Guy di Rita
Samuel Neal
Monongahela
Lillie Nelson
Loy Hogue
Lindbergh
Central Press
City Hall
Prof
Crusader
Sears
TN Ag
Gold Crest
S.A E
Saese Ae
Wile Eaorty
Nowtale
Sf .29
Old Battery
S.A.E
Sears, Roebuck
N. Jefferson St
D.G. Ramsey & Sons Hardware
Croton Ave
Adirondack
J. R. Frew Co. Orthits
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