Turbutt Francis Soldier Landowner and Pennsylvania Official
Turbutt Francis born in Philadelphia June 24 1740 rose to lieutenant colonel in the Pennsylvania regiment and served in the French and Indian and Pontiac wars. He became a leading lawyer and early public official, acquired vast Susquehanna valley land, helped from Fort Augusta to Wyoming, and died in Philadelphia July 39 aad after long financial distress.
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Turbutt Francis
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Tench
Elizabeth Turbutt Francis
Ireland
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Foster Turbutt
Kent County
Turbutt
Sixtieth Foot
John Penn
Henry Bouquet
Francis
Fort Augusta
Sunbury
West Branch
Susquehanna
Milton
Northumberland
Watsontown
Wyoming
Connecticut
Northumberland County
Turbot Township
Turbotville
Cumberland County
William Plunkett
Continental Congress
Albany
Charles Biddle
Sarah
Thomas Mifflin
Foreign clerks dominate British export firms
Ninety percent of the foreign correspondence clerks employed by large export firms in Great Britain are foreigners. Many work for little or no wages in exchange for the knowledge and experience they gain.
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Great Britain
Parisian Sage Promises Lustrous Hair Growth
A leading hair dresser endorses Parisian Sage as the best product for making hair wavy soft and lustrous and promoting growth. The claim is guaranteed and McKee's Kut Rate Store and all druggists stock it.
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McKee
Fleet Corp Granted Control of US Merchant Ships
The United States Emergency Fleet Corporation gains full administrative control of the government merchant fleet while the Shipping Board remains a regulatory body. After bids are received the Fleet Corp will handle sales. the Board may approve contracts. The president pursued this policy after earlier opposition, following discussions with Shipping Board chairman O Connor about surplus ships offered to Henry Ford.
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International News Service
Washington
United States Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States Shipping Board
Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Merchant Marine Act
Congress
O'Conner
Detroit
Henry Ford
Fleet Corporation N
Banquet Opens Beaver Baptist Convention Activities
Beaverton's First Baptist hosts 14th annual Beaver Baptist church school and Young People's association convention. Banquet coverage notes covers set for 159 attendees Tuesday evening. T J Davies acted as toastmaster with John W Owens as song leader. A debate on girls versus boys followed, with Gladys Conner and Mary Margaret Turner for the affirmative and Clarence Crawford and Raymond Taylor for the negative. judges ruled in favor of the affirmative.
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Beaver Baptist Church School
Young People’s Association
First Presbyterian Church
T. J. Davies
John W. Owens
Gladys Conner
Ellwood City
Mary Margaret Turner
Harlansburg
Clarence Crawford
Raymond Taylor
Sharon
Four County K of P Outing At Cascade Park
Hundreds of members from Butler, Beaver, Lawrence and Mercer counties attend the Four County Pythian Outing at Cascade park. The program includes athletic events this afternoon and entertainment this evening, with visitors from the Pittsburgh district and the four counties.
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K. of P
Butler
Beaver
Lawrence
Mercer Counties
Cascade Park
Pythian Outing Association
Pittsburgh
Outing Association
Centennial Badge Sale Surges in New Castle Town
Centennial boosters report bold sales of five thousand badges and eight thousand booster buttons to residents and school sales teams. In one day nearly 700 badges were sold while 1 000 automobile banners moved out to motorists visiting the Legion Home on North Jefferson Street. Enthusiasm for the centennial grows ahead of the June 29 birthday party.
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New Castle
Legion Home
Jefferson Street
Predict Strike in England on June 30
London reports that possible strike in British coal mines was forecast for June 30. Leading coal operators, after a conference, announced that the present agreements with the men will be terminated on that date due to the seriousness of the industrial situation. Domestic servants emigrating from the British Isles to New Zealand are forbidden to marry until they have been two years in their new home.
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International News Service
London
British Isles
New Zealand
Daily activities at Gaston Park playground continue smoothly
About 175 children attend the Gaston Park city playground daily with Miss Ward and Ralph Day directing sports. New equipment enables hockey baseball volleyball basketball pushball and play on slides swings see-saw and sand piles. Younger children favor sand piles while older ones use slides most. Picnics boost attendance. About 250 children have registered. average daily turnout is 175 not counting picnic guests. Thyme and angelica are the only perfume flowers found in the Arctic region.
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Gaston Party City
Arctic
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