Light Showers Do Not Ease Northeast Drought
Scattered showers fell on drought parched New England but were too light to relieve crops or cut fire danger in tinder dry forests. New York and New Jersey, sharing a 27 day heat spell, saw continued scorching with little rain. Temperatures rose to the nineties from Michigan to Virginia, and New England woodlands remained closed to the public as a precaution.
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New England
New York
New Jersey
Michigan
Richmond
Future Club Is Now Organized
The Future club held its second monthly meeting at Cascade Park. Albert DiMuccio was elected president of the newly formed organization. Members planned an August picnic and were served refreshments during the meeting. The next meeting is set for the first Tuesday of July.
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Future Club
Cascade Park
Albert DiMuccio
Young Baseball Player Injured in Sliding Incident
Richard Glenn, 14, of A. D. 3, admitted to Jameson Memorial hospital at eight p.m. Tuesday for treatment of a fractured left ankle suffered while sliding into base during a baseball game.
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Richard Glenn
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Japan storm toll climbs past thirteen hundred
A national list counts 1,307 killed or missing in Japan as a typhoon and heavy rains sweep from the south to the northern islands. More than 200 vessels wrecked or adrift, with 929 fishermen among the missing or presumed dead. U S army reports no American casualties in Japan or Okinawa.
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Japan
U. S. Army
Okinawa
Child Drowns in Lakemont Park Lake
Two year old Robert J. Hughes, son of Chester L. and Mrs Hughes of Altoona, drowned while wading in a Lakemont Park lake. The incident occurred in Altoona on June 22 as reported by INS. The Oklahoma motto Labor Conquers All appears in the text.
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Altoona
INS
Robert J. Hughes
Chester L. Hughes
Lakemont Park
Deaths Of The Day In Local Area
Multiple obituaries list Mrs. Lottie Sturdevant Phillips 77 of 510 Waldo street died Tuesday at her daughter’s home after a lingering illness. Also noted are the deaths of Mrs. Harvey W. Sipe 80 of Mt. Jackson and Mrs. Philomena Gilbert 88 of New Castle with funeral arrangements and survivors. Additional notices include Mrs. Sara Untch 49 of 2408 Delaware avenue and others with details on calls, services, and burial plans.
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Lottie Sturdevant Phillips
Waldo Street
Dorothy Allshouse
Phillips
Crawford County
Levi and
Rebecca Jones Sturdevant
Central Christian Church
George Phillips
Dennis E. Sturdevant
DeCarbo
J. N. Rainey
Oak Park Cemetery
Harvey W. Sipe
Mt. Jackson
Sipe
Daisy Shaffer
Hillsville
John
Mary J. Kincaid Shaffer
North Beaver Township
Westfield Grange
Mt. Jackson U. P
James A. Crawford
W. F. Byers
Belmont Cemetery
Youngstown
W. S. Caskey Funeral Home
Philomena Gilbert
New Castle Hospital
Louise Ciccone
Sciota Street
Gilbert
Dilombardi
Italy
Pietro and
Rose Gizzio
Christ Methodist Church
Vito
F. P. Salmonetti
DeCarbo Funeral
Greenwood Cemetery
Sara Untch
John Untch
Delaware Avenue
Untch
New Castle
Katherine Bodendorfer Kraft
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Ladies of the Eintracht Singing Society
G.B.U
Katherine Kraft
Adolf Lang
Anna Orend
John Kraft
Westfield
N. J
Francisco Marvelli
Cunningham
Mike DeSantis
Italian Pentecostal Church
David Verzilli
Joe
Frank McCree
Anthony Micco
Antonio Romeo
Sam Macri
John Cinque
Lowellville
Annual meeting at Almira Home in New Castle
The New Castle PA News reports the annual meeting at Almira Home with officers elected for the next year. Burial plans are noted for several local individuals and funeral services are summarized for Cushions Fehl Marvelli and others with pallbearers listed. Local trustees from multiple counties attended and administration details are provided.
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New Castle
Almira Home
Acheson Urges Immediate Rearming of Europe
President Truman cites a working agreement to manage a still divided Germany and lists gains such as a potential Austria peace treaty ending Russian occupation in Hungary and Romania, lifting the Berlin blockade, and trade coordination among occupation zones with a UN General Assembly discussion planned for fall.
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Germany
Austria
Hungary
Romania
Truman
Berlin
United Nations General Assembly
Europe
Paris
Rev John M Fife Westfield Pastor Fatally Stricken
The Rev John M Fife longtime Westfield pastor who organized basketball and softball teams is fatally stricken. He spoke at youth rallies and held degrees from Grove City College Western Theological Seminary and the University of Pittsburgh. Survivors include his widow Elizabeth Mark two children and his parents. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Fife
Grove City College
Western Theological Seminary
University of Pittsburgh
Westfield
Poke Run
Elizabeth Mark
Nancy Beth
John M. Fife
Samuel Fife
Bridgeville
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Berlin Rail Walkout Persists With Calls for Fair Trials
Reported in Berlin, striking rail workers vow to continue industrial action. Promises of fair trials are linked to the handling of alleged crimes, with the western command promising due process in the sector where the incidents occurred.
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Berlin
Drowning Victim Recovered After Allegheny River Search
Police and firemen used grappling hooks to search for 15 year old Anthony Zygmunciak who drowned in the Allegheny River near Etna after the youths were swimming with three brothers. The boy, ill recently, was one of 12 children.
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Etna
INS
Anthony Zygmunciak
Allegheny River
Zygmunciak
David Keasey Drowns While Swimming Near Sharon
Sharon police report 12 year old David George Keasey drowned last night while swimming in Yankee Run near Sharon. His body was recovered from three feet of water.
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Sharon
INS
David George Keasey
Yankee Run
Card Of Thanks From Falba Family
We thank friends neighbors and relatives for kindness sympathy during our bereavement and for flowers and cars donated. MRS JOSEPH FALBA AND FAMILY.
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Joseph Falba
Crack Up Water Delivery by Rome’s Early Aqueduct System
In the first century the city of Rome received water via the g t system of aque ducts. This historical note highlights how public water infrastructure supported urban life and growth.
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Rome
Flights Over U S by Iron Curtain Nationals Ban Planned
Washington officials announced a plan to bar Nationals of Russia and other iron curtain countries from flying American airplanes over the United States and possessions after this summer. The ban aims to tighten national security provisions and will extend to diplomats and newly arrived foreigners, plus Nationals of France Finland and a few minor countries denied foreign permits to Americans.
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Washington
INS
Russia
United States
Europe
France
Finland
U. S
Born residents who have not naturalized in the U S
People born in the United States who have never become naturalized citizens are known as native born non citizens. They hold U S birth rights but lack formal citizenship status through naturalization.
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The
U. S
Boys Ordered to Repair Window at Gilliland Property
Authorities instruct boys who broke a window at the Gilliland property on Quest Street to repair the damage.
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Gilliland
Quest Street
Truck stolen from Chicora found by city police
A truck owned by John Guisti of Chicora was reported stolen from that location and recovered by city police on East Falls Street. Separately, Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense was published January 10, 1776.
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John Guisti
Chicora
East Falls Street
Thomas Paine
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International News Service
Washington, D. C
Perle Mesta
Luxembourg
Oklahoma
Youngstown Hide & Tallow Co
D & B Products CO
Ichiong
Julian Goldman
E. Washington St
Mrs. Philomena Gilbert
Mrs
Cme
Reliatt
89, Inc
D. & W. Division
Castle Stationery Co
Mill St
Joseph B. Leyde
Rev
O. J. Warnath
Graceland Cemetery
Stephen Cushion
N. Liberty Street
St. Margarets'church
Joseph W. Lowney
St. Mary's Cemetery
H. W. Thompson
C. R. Denny, Jr
Arnold D. McCartney
K. J. Evans
E. P. Valley
Jack Solomon
Thomas Irwin
Board
J. Ward Reis
Howard C. Harper
George R. Ralph
W. Walter Braham
Roger W. Rowland
James W. Rhodes
Robert E. Armstrong
James D. Crawford
Roy Shira
Laura Laureil
C. E Trainor
George E. Harbison
Harold Heck
Jacob F. Rentz
Clyde W. Whittaker
J. Howard Frew
Gayle Blim
Charles J. Jaquish
Ralph G. Campbell
Robert A. Eckles
Robert A. Weingartner
William D. Cleland
Reuben J. Elliot
William D. Wallace
Arthur C. Brown
W. Walter Braham, Esq
Alex Crawford Hoyt
James E. Chambers
Joseph R. McFate
Jesse R. Cooper
M.D
J. Glenn Berry
Robert A. Eckies
James A. Rugh
Howard W. Kirk, Jr
Harold L. Gordon
Lola Harris
B. E. Sankey
W. D. Williams
Lawrence County
Venango County
Mary Hancock
Harry A. Kramer
Frederick L. Williamson
Percy Beers
Joseph C. Sibley
Butler County
Charles Wilder
Ben Williams
George Howard
J. E. Glaspey
S. L. Cheeseman
James Cunningham
Brant S. Wilson
Mercer County
Ray C. Gregory
Henrietta Magoffin
Helen Reed
Samuel Phillips
Norman D. Lamm
Robert Hanna
C. Q. Carver
Fred Daugherty
Acheson
Jesse N. Kerr
Dependable Jeweler
North Mill St
Mart Tutt
Microtone
N. Mercer St
Jack Gerson
Jeweler
Washington St
Staba
Rae Can la
Norman Houser
Indianapolis
Trenton
Houser
Eastman
Bell & Howell
Revere
Keystone
Camera Shop
North Mercer ST
U.S
Iron Curtain
Commercial Credit Plan
Jumer Discount CO
Boyd Home For Funerals
R. L. Boyd
Jefferson Oe
Aluminum
Adirondack
Citizens Lumber CO
Cor. Neal & White St
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