Postwar Planning Group Names 10 Members in Harrisburg
Governor Edward Martin announced a 10 member Postwar Planning Commission led by Henry W. Prentis Jr. The group will coordinate studies by municipalities and state agencies and prioritize actions under a proposed 50.9 billion bond program. Members include Charlies R. Barber Hannah Durham S W Fletcher Edward Hopkinson Thomas Kennedy Weir Keller Ira Lewis Richard Mellon and Melvin Vivian. Kingston hunter dealer Mark S James named executive director. The panel aims to study Pennsylvania water outlets Erie Lake and western rivers feeding the Mississippi while aligning with wartime end dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
INS
Pennsylvania
Postwar Planning Commission
Edward Martin
Henry W. Prentis
Lancaster
National Association of Manufacturers
Charlies R. Barber
Erie
Hannah M. Durham
Allentown
State Council of Republican Women
S. W. Fletcher
Pennsylvania State College
Edward Hopkinson
Jdr
Philadelphia
Thomas Kennedy
Hazleton
United Mine Workers of America
Weir C. Keller
Grove City College
Ira F. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Col
Richard Mellon
Selective Service
H. Melvin Vivian
Kingston Hunter
Mark S. James
General Assembly
Lake Erie
Delaware River
Union
Mississippi River
Europe
Tilghman Pioneered Wood Pulp Process in 1866
Benjamin C. Tilghman, an American inventor, discovered the commercial process for converting wood into pulp using acid and sulphite methods in 1866. He advanced early paper production and chemical pulping techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin C. Tilghman
Allied Air Forces Bomb France Belgium and Germany Rail Targets
Night and dawn raids hit railway objectives and airfields across Munich Paris Creil Le Bourget Chateaudun in France and Nelbreck and Kinghove in Belgium. Fortresses Liberators Thunderbolts Lightnings and Mustangs supported by Marauder and Havoc bombers struck communications targets while over 500 fighters engaged in combat.
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Munich
France
Belgium
Emmerich
Germany
le Bourget
Paris
Creil
Chateaudun
Nelbreck
Kinghove
Ninth Air Force
British Bomber Command
Air Ministry
Blue Network
Recklinghausen
Essen
Deaths of the Day Mrs Baer and others in the area
Obituaries from New Castle and surrounding townships note the deaths of Mrs. Sarah Emma Baer aged 86 of 11 East Wallace Avenue after a two week illness. She leaves three sons, eight grandchildren, a great granddaughter, and multiple sisters. Funeral arrangements are given with services at oge funeral home and Oak Park cemetery. Also listed are death notices for Gied, 65, and Mrs Elizabeth Smith with funeral plans and interment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Emma Baer
Wallace Avenue
Jameson Memorial Hospital
E. N. Baer
Baer
Lawrence County
John
Sophie Reinholt Keast
New Castle
Springfield
W. J. Baer
Harold Baer
C. S. McCullough
W. E. Mills
Rose Hill
N. Y
John Veach
Maplewood
N. J
Ocge Funeral
Burr R. McKnight
Oak Park Cemetery
G. Meade Gibson
Neshannock Township
R. D
Mercer County
Frank
Sadie E. Fisher Gibson
Mercer
Bessie J. Schilling
Lebanon U. P. Church
Greenfield
W. O. Allen
Volant
Gordon
Camp Mackall
N. C
Rowena
William Allen
Rey Patton
Homer Miller
Fair Oaks
Sharp Funeral Home
New Wilmington
Oil Refineries Reported Bombed in Hungary and Yugoslavia
Naples dispatch reports American heavy bombers attacking seven oil refineries in Hungary and Yugoslavia on June 14. Lightnings hit Keckskenet air field southeast of Budapest as heavy bombers targeted multiple refineries.
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Naples
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Keckskenet
Budapest
Funeral services for Mrs. Baldwin set Thursday
Interment for Mrs. Harry M. Baldwin of Farra gut street Pittsburgh and formerly of this city will be in Oak Park cemetery Thursday morning at 11 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Baldwin
Farragut Street
Pittsburgh
Oak Park
Funeral Rites For Clara E Frye At Residence
Funeral services for Clara E Frye 220 East Boyles avenue were held at the residence Tuas Gay at 2 30. Dr G S Bennett of the First Christian church presided Pallbearers named Russell Melvin Ian Champerlain Edward Olm tread George Zehner Fred Lucas and T W Bartholomew. Interment followed in Oak Park cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara E. Frye
East Boyles Avenue
Tuas- Gay
G. S. Bennett
First Christian
Military funeral for Aviation Cadet William J Stock
Aviation Cadet William J Stock killed at Aloe Field Texas received military funeral services Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 from A Darrell Burke funeral home. Rev J N Rainey of Central Christian church presided. Stock formerly of this city and resident of McKeesport before joining the army. Camp Reynolds soldiers served as pallbearers and firing squad. Interment at Oak Park Cemetery with Perry members conducting further services.
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Miliary
William J. Stock
Aloe Field
Tex
Willard Grange Honors J. A. Boak With Birthday Celebration
Willard Grange honors J A Boak a master farmer from Penn State with a birthday style program in the Willard Grange hall. Donald L Cameron presided Rev B A Schrieber gave invocation Scott Township high school orchestra performed Mrs Monas Stoner of Rose Point wrote a tribute song. Assemblyman W Sharp Fullerton noted Boaks impact on agriculture. Attendees included Willard Grange Gil bert E Long Pomona Grange and John W Cox Wilmington Grange with delegations from several local granges. Refreshments followed served by the social committee Anna Boyd chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn State College
Willard Grange
Pennsylvania
Boak
Lawrence Ferree
W. Sharp Fullerton
State Grange
Book
Gilbert E. Long
Williard Grange
Glenn Patterson
Pomona Grange
John W. Cox
Wilmington
Plaingrove
Lester Offutt
Arthur Wilson
Pleasant Hill
William H. Walton
Westfield
William F Fox
East New Castle
Dale Currie
Big Beaver
Chester Stewart
East Brook
M. M. Ingham
Liberty
Lioyd McCracken
New Bedford
Irwin Ropp
Shenango Presbytery
Herbert Leslie
Kensie S. Bagshaw
Ira C. Gross
Invasion Site Choice Aids Allied Landing Plans
The document argues the Cherbourg Peninsula on the west coast of Europe offers the best invasion site for Allies. It contends a 30 mile-deep supply base beyond mobile artillery range with water-protected flanks, supported by fighter bases, enabling flexible later attacks.
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Europe
Cherbourg
Short And Kimmel Extension Signed
President Roosevelt signed a Congressional resolution extending for six months the time in which Rear Admiral Husband Kimmel and Maj. Gen. Walter Short may be tried by courts martial for derelection of duty related to the Pearl Harbor attack. The move comes despite opposition from War Secretary Stimson and Navy Secretary Forrestal.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Husband Kimmel
Walter Short
Pearl Harbor
Kimmell
Short
War Stimson
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Austrian paper hanger to go out of business
PA NEWC reports PA NEWC Observes notes his uncle L A Campbell's fall while hanging paper and his reply that an Austrian paper hanger will be out of business soon. The piece also notes crowded city buses during rush hours and suggests riding during less busy times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Campbell
Crawford Avenue
Scout parties for locating crashed planes proposed by council
Dr. Ralph Cooper Hutchison, head of the State Council of Defense, said the organization of scouting teams to find crashed aircraft is under consideration. He noted about 600,000 people including firefighters, Boy Scouts and sportsmen could be mobilized quickly as Civilian Defense aids in locating lost climbers.
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Ralph Cooper Hutchison
State Council of Defense
Hutchison
Pacific Fleet Strikes Jap Shipping Across Western Pacific
Admiral Nimitz reports heavy carrier strikes against Guam Saipan Tinian and Rota with 124 enemy aircraft shot down on June 10 and continued attacks June 11 destroying multiple ships including one destroyer three corvettes seven cargo ships and damaging five freighters and escort vessels while suffering 11 Hellcat losses and eight pilots.
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Japan
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Rota Islands
Nimit
War Loan Drive Under Way Promotes Bonds for Victory
The V loan drive accelerates with house to house canvasses and store, theater, and bank sales. Retail staff push bonds and stamps, while rallies plan countywide enthusiasm. The goal is money, not just solicitors, with self starters urged to participate.
In Memoriam for Raymond J Nicholson Jr Two Years On
A memorial note from his mother and father marks two years since Raymond J Nicholson Jr died. They speak of a precious one gone and a voice that is stilled, with a vacant place in their home.
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Raymond J. Nicholson, Jr
Eight More Japanese Ships Blasted in Pacific Action
U S infantry on Biak Island resumed advance toward Borokoe airdrome as six enemy planes raided the position before being destroyed by Allied interceptors. Liberators and fighters attacked Palau Dublin Truk Satawan and Namoi airfields with large fires and heavy damage noted. A reconnaissance plane was shot down near Darwin and a Japanese transport was downed in the Haimahera sector. The Dakota description also notes the term iron horse coined by Sitting Bull.
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U.S
Biak Island
Borokoe
Mokmier Airfield
New Guinea-Bismarck Sea-Caroline Island
Palau
Philippines
Dublin
Truk Atoll
Caroline Group
Satawan
Namoi Group
Truk
Darwin
Morotai Island
Haimahera
Dutch New Guinea
Yanks Cut Off Rear Guard in Italian Theater
Allied forces press toward Narni as fighting swirls near Bagnoregio and Magliano. Eighth Army pushes 60 miles beyond Rome while Britons hold gains to the Pescara river and Adriatic sectors. Naval and air units pound Nazi positions as Keitel withdraws to northern mountain defenses.
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Narni
Tiber
Bagnoregio
Eighth Army
Rome
Magliano
Adriatic
Pescara River
Orbetello
Latera
Balsano
Avezzano
Mediterranean
Leghorn
Italy
Albert Keselring
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Martin
Mrs. Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Almira
East Washington Street
C. R. Thayer
Third U. P. Church
B. M. Wallace
Center U. P
Homer Henderson
United Presbyterian Church
Grove City
Stanley Thayer
Harmony U. P
Harrisville
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
Citizens Lumber CO
Fahnestock
Ellen Bear Fahnestock
Cleveland
Mahoning Funeral Home
William Allman
Westfield Church
Mt. Jackson Cemetery
Paul W Kennedy
O'Brien Avenue
Joseph B. Levyde
Highland
R. D. Bomer
William Mort
Chester Dean
Jay L. Reed
Samuel Deleone
Nap Millione
Charles Via
Charles Baker
Alvin Michaels
Harvey Theiss
Greenwood Cemetery
J. A. Boak
Grange
Kimmel
PA Newc
Big Run
George Washington Junior High
Arthur Alexander
C. C. Coulthard
Cascade Park
Rainbow Terrace
Canadian
Canada
Pacific
Nimitz
Memoriam
Britain
Ryon
Sitting Bull
Castle Stationery Co
N. Mercer ST
Lussin-Piccolo
Air Force
The
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Northwestern Mutual
Johnson Bldg
Daniel H. Treloar, JR
America
R. L. Boyd
Ue Ea
Jefferson ST
Cunningham & Weingartner
North Mill Street
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