Patrio tic Order Sons of America Convention Set for August
The Pennsylvania branch will hold its sixty-ninth annual convention in Philadelphia August 22 to 26. A patriotic pageant with 100 floats and over 25 000 marchers winds up the week on August 26. Delegates visit Betsy Ross grave, Valley Forge, Independence Hall, and Sesqui-Centennial grounds.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
The
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Chas. Plumm Helms
Order
Betsy Ross
Mt. Moriah
Hon
Washington
Valley Forge
Independence Hall
Steel Statue Showcases Pittsburgh Industry at Sesqui Grounds
The Pittsburgh Steel company offers a sixty foot high statue for the Sesqui-Centennial grounds. Three Vittor designed male figures form the main group depicting steel production with winged I beam centerpiece. Base relief scenes show furnaces and works around the feet.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Frank Vitter
Vittor
Labor College at Easton Lodge to Teach Socialism Guiding Principle
Lady Warwick donates Easton Lodge Essex to Labor to establish a college promoting socialist and communist education for the masses. Leaders plan to consolidate London Labor College and Ruskin College Oxford with access to diverse thought. Professor Bell and Bernard Shaw comment on education and revolt in society.
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H. K. Reynolds
London
Labor College
Easton Lodge
Essex
Lady Warwick
Labor Movement
London Labor College
Ruskin College
Oxford
Labor
Warwick
Greensburg Couple Learn of Son's Marriage in Syria
Dr. Thomas A. March and Mrs. March received a radiogram from Syria announcing the marriage of their son Francis A. March to Miss Sophia Hasstari of Harrisburg and Philadelphia. The ceremony took place in Beyrouth on June 3. Hasstari sailed May 6 from New York to join her fiancé, who works in Near East relief. Francis March previously spent seven years in China with Standard Oil Co. of New York.
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Greensburg
Thomas A. March
Greensburg Public
Women at London Bulb Factory Employed in Large Numbers
In a London factory more than 3,000 women and girls work on the manufacture of electric light bulbs. The workforce reflects the scale of domestic industry and the role of women in industrial production.
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London
Should Husbands Do House Work
Mrs Mildred Dyer of Redlands California cites ill health from five years as justification for her husband to do much housework Her letter praises Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound noting improved health and weight She asks if husbands should handle home chores and urges others to consider the remedy
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Mildred Dyer
Mrs. Dyer
Lydia E. Pinkham
Redlands
Calif
Route A
Lydia 5
Pinkham
Wife Who Slew Veteran Denied War Bonus
Comptroller General McCarl ruled that wives who kill their husbands cannot receive war bonus payments. Florence Ethel Williams of Verona, Pennsylvania, was named as beneficiary on an adjusted compensation certificate for her husband, killed in 1925. The act does not authorize paying the face value to a felonious killer, so the certificate is canceled as against public policy.
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MccCarl
McCar
Florence Ethel Williams
Verona
Veterans’ Bureau
Williams
McCarl
Falls 100 Feet Not Badly Hurt
Chester West Virginia June 10 Arthur Champion a bridge construction worker on the Ohio river bridge either jumped or fell about 100 feet into the water. He was rescued by a sand dredge boat crew and it is believed he escaped serious injury.
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Chester
W. Va
Arthur Champion
Ohio River
Paralyzed Man Found After Eight Days in Brush
Joseph Morrowchick lay helpless for eight days in woods near St Clair dam on the outskirts of Johnstown Pennsylvania. A passerby found him and he was taken to Memorial hospital in critical condition. He is believed to have been stricken with paralysis while tramping in the area.
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Johnstown
St Clair Dam
Joseph Morrowchick
Memorial Hospital
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