Indiantown Gap Hosts Second Summer Encampment
Indiantown Gap in Pennsylvania prepares for the 79th Infantry Reserve Division two week encampment. The Field Artillery Battalion from Bragg North Carolina arrives to train the 7th Artillery firing 105 mm guns. About 1500 reserve officers and enlisted men will train under Maj. Byrd Sargent with 10 to 12 hour days. Forty engineer units from seven nearby states participate as the division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Robert W. Wilson of Philadelphia, trains with early use of new recoiless rifles. The division’s reserve components include headquarters the 314th 315th Regiments and the 311th Field Artillery Battalion.
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Tmomantown Gap
Indiantown
79Th Insae
Batlion
Bragg
N. C
Byrd Sargent
Washington, D. C
2Nd Army
Pennsylvania
Robert W. Wilson
Philadelphia
Omar N. Bradley
Army Chief of Staff
Jacob L. Devers
Army Ground Forces
314Th
Military unit distribution across Allegheny region described
The 315th covers similar numbers of subordinate units east of the Allegheny mountains. General Wilson will be assisted by Brig. Gen. Albert H. Stackpole of Harrisburg as assistant division commander and Brig. Gen. J Calvin Frank of Harrisburg as division artillery commander. Col. J. B. Carroll of Washington will be the instructor in charge and Lt. Col. W. E. Simpson of Washington the division unit instructor.
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Allegheny Mountains
315Th
Wilson
Albert H. Stackpole
Harrisburg
J. Calvin Frank
Harrisburgh
J. B. Carroll
Washington
U. S. Army
W. E. Simpson
Jameson Memorial Hospital invites patient feedback on care
Patients at Jameson Memorial Hospital receive a self addressed envelope with a comment card on departure. The program seeks frank input to improve service and ensure patients feel hospitable, friendly and sympathetic attention. Haiti exports include cotton products making up about one sixth of the total.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
Haiti
Sparrows hawk on porch sparks a domestic feud
A fledgling sparrow hawk named Henry moves in and disrupts rural routine. He escapes his cage, climbs furniture, preens on begonias, and draws fire from a wife guarding porch, while fireflies light the damside night and a mountain laurel show unfolds nearby.
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Henry
Kestrel
Hawk
Mountain Laurel
Jacobs Resigns as Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
The White House announced on Tuesday the resignation of Joseph E. Jacobs as United States ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Ellis O. Briggs of Maine will replace him, now ambassador to Uruguay, with Christian M. Ravndal of Iowa succeeding Briggs as ambassador to Uruguay. The USS New Mexico, commissioned in 1918, was the first airship propelled by electricity.
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Washington
INS
White House
Joseph E. Jacobs
United States
Czechoslovakia
Jacobs
Ellis O. Briggs
Maine
Uruguay
Briggs
Christian M. Ravndal
Iowa
State Department
New Mexico
Ave
Free Methodists Hold Bible School Conference in New Castle
The New Castle District of the Free Methodist church held a Tuesday Bible school conference at the camp ground on Vine and Scott streets. Attendees from Mercer Oil City Ellwood Sharon Titusville and nearby areas heard district leaders discuss Sunday school growth and attendance. Plans were announced for a third annual Bible conference and camp meeting July 14 to July 24 on Croton district grounds with national speakers and a large tented main service.
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Vine St
New Castle
Free Methodist Church
Free Methodist
Marshall Field
Vine
Scott Streets
Mercer
Oil City
Ellwood
Sharon Titusville
Paul Splitstone
G.S. Woods
R. R. Blews
Sharon
P. C. Millard
H. H. Haskins
R. S. McGrew
Croton
Ers
Stop Me by Bennett Cerf and a Natchez Cold Joke
A Bennett Cerf anecdote recounts Bill Hall learning detail on a China trip with a famed book dealer who explains leftovers circulate through eateries. A Natchez scene shows a shivering old man near the Eola hotel during an unseasonable chill. Remains of stone age grain cakes appear in Swiss lake dwellings.
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Natchez
Miss
Eola
Bennett Celf
King Features Syndicate
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Commonwealth Af Pennsylvania Department OF Revenue
Safe and Sound
Commonwealth OF Pennsylvania
Department of Revenue
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BY Fontaine Fox
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Robert Macree
Paul McGaffie
R. S McGrew
Wandercrift
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China
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the Creamette Company
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