Wampum Rotary Horse Show Draws Big Crowd Friday
The Wampum Rotary club hosted a benefit horse show at Pleasant Valley farm drawing about 1500 spectators after a rainstorm. Entries reached 164 across 20 classes with riders ages six to eighteen competing in seat and hand and five gaited events. Prizes included trophies ribbons and cash as proceeds support Deshon hospital. judges and officials hailed from Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Wampum Rotary Club
Deshon Hospital
Sexeniv
H. W. Marshall
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Ellwood City
Butler Beaver Falls
Beaver
Hillsville
Pride
Woody Crest
J. R. McGeorge
New Castle
William Lavery Sr
Cleveland
Judege
P. D. Lockwood
Midland
R. A. Brownlee
Claysville
Ray Connors
Bonnie Bee
Davis Stock Farm
Beaver Falls
Butler
Portland Women Taxi Drivers Oppose Posting Rule
In Portland Oregon women taxi drivers protested a city ordinance that would require all drivers to display names and home addresses on taximeters they argued the measure would expose them to retaliation as some male fares might follow them home.
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Portland
Ore
Local Man's Deed Abroad Is Praised
A Stars and Stripes clipping sent to Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Love notes the aid given by Set. William J Eardley of 329 Neshannock avenue and Sgt. Terrill M. Peacock of Ozark Alabama to a wounded Nazi aviator in England. They cut him from a burning parachute and provided first aid until medical help arrived.
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Stars and Stripes
N. J. Love
North Mercer Street
Morton Love
England
Wiliam J Eardley
Neshannock Avenue
Terrill M. Peacock
Ozark Ala
Eardley
Camden Chemical Plant Destroyed in Fire at Monsanto
A three alarm blaze at Monsanto Chemical Company No 3 plant in Camden New Jersey resulted from an explosion. Dense smoke hung over a ten block area as two workers were injured fighting the flames. The fire spread to a second building and a blacksmith shop and lampblack production halted. Officials cited possible incomplete combustion as a cause.
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Camden
N. J
Monsanto Chemical Company
Lampblack
U S Criticizes Large Government Pay Increases
Washington June 24 The joint congressional economy committee assailed phenomenal wage jumps in war agency staffing citing about 50 Federal employees with rapid pay rises. Examples include a 33 year old FEA worker advancing from 1080 to 3600 in 18 months and a woman moving from 1200 to 3800 across FEA and immigration service through 1941 42 and 1944. The committee stressed the list is not a formal report and was released for press use amid calls for scrutiny.
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Joint Congressional Economy Committee
Foreign Economic Administration
Immigration Service
War Production Board
FEA
War Relocation Authority
WRA
Harry F. Byrd
Local Red Cross Chapter Sees No Emergency Calls
The Pittsburgh area Red Cross chapter has received no requests for blood plasma or other aid for tornado victims. Miss Elizabeth Breslin, executive secretary, says no information about friends or relatives has been requested by locals. The Red Cross notes its role in supplying information and aid for disasters and wartime theaters.
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Red Cross
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Breslin
Breslin
Battle on Saipan Tapotchau Mount Gains Reported
Advanced Army Command Post reports Saipan is seeing rapid Marine and Army progress on Tapotchau the island’s highest point. Marine units faced light resistance as enemy forces retreat to the hills while artillery supports push toward Garapan and Tanapag Harbor. A ridge beyond Tapotchau is viewed as key to securing the mountain.
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Saipan
INS
Navy
Moun
Tapotchau
Garapan
Tanapag Harbor
Y M C A Secretary Saves 51 Campers
Wilbur S. Baird a YMCA secretary in Washington Pennsylvania directed 51 boy campers aged 12 to 14 to run to a hillside and lie flat as a tornado struck Camp Buffalo Blaine township Washington county. The force destroyed cabins and the dining hall. eleven boys suffered cuts from debris but all survived.
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Washington
YMCA
Buffalo
Blaine Township
Washington County
Wilbur S. Baird
Governor Martin ready to aid tornado victims in Pennsylvania
The governor’s office said Gov. Edward Martin notified aides at the State Capitol he would leave the Republican national convention in Chicago immediately to help supervise care for the injured and assist in housing the homeless after the western Pennsylvania tornado.
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Harrisburg
Governor's Office
Edward Martin
State Capitol
Chicago
Pennyivannia
Price Of Penicillin Expected To Drop
The Office of Price Administration said on Friday that penicillin prices to civilian hospitals should fall further as production increases. Actual selling prices have already declined, and the government currently pays under $3.15 per 100,000 Oxford units, a price noted for a single seller to civilians.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Oxford
Baby Delivered In Car Near Walla Walla Hospital
In Walla Walla Washington an infant was born in an automobile near a hospital. An eye ear nose and throat specialist delivered the baby and mother and daughter were reported as doing nicely though the attending doctor remained jittery.
Hotel New Yorker pledges room for Mrs Russell in New York
Mrs J. T. Russell of Newton Kansas asked for a room reserved so she could be in New York when the war ends. The Hotel New Yorker promised the reservation but said it would be subject to confirmation by Allied communique.
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New York
New Yorker
J. T. Russell
Newton, Kan
Russell
Al Smith to Leave New York Hospital
Former New York Governor Al Smith 70 years old was expected to depart St Vincent’s hospital where he has been resting after his wife’s death last month. He has not been well and the release was anticipated for today or tomorrow.
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New York
INS
al Smith
St Vincent’s Hospital
Smith
Social Security lump sum and survivor rules explained
Edward J. Linder of the New Castle Social Security office outlines a lump sum equal to six months of the deceased worker’s benefit. He details who qualifies for the payout, how relatives repay funeral costs, and urges readers to carry and present their Social Security card to employers. Also advised: notify the nearest Social Security Board office after a worker’s death and seek information at the New Castle office.
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Edward J. Linder
New Castle
The
Social Security Board
Linder
Board
Neshannock Avenue
Monday Prayer Band Meetings Set Across Local Homes
Monday prayer band gathers at Mrs Jessie White 708 West State Street at two oclock with Mrs Amanda Larry in charge. Sunshine Kensington club meets Monday evening at the Elm Street Y W Co A with Mrs Nina Cilmore as hostess.
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Jessie White
West State Street
Amanda Larry
Sunshine Kensington Club
Elm Street
Nina Cilmore
Ploesti Oil Fields Bombed Again by Heavy Bombers
Naples June 24 heavy bombers struck the already depleted Ploesti oil fields of Romania for the second time in 24 hours. The raid damaged oil supply lines in the Piatra region beyond the Oltul river and four engined bombers hit a major railway repair depot at Craiova.
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Naples
Insi
Amerway
Ploesti
Romania
Piatra
Oltul
Craiova
Allied Landings Reported By Nazis
Nazi transocean agency claimed that strong Allied forces were landing in the Caen-Tilloy area in Normandy to prepare a new thrust after Cherbourg falls. It said General Montgomery intends to launch an offensive in the Caen-Tilly sector once Cherbourg is secured.
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London
Nazi Transocean Agency
Caen-Tilloy
Normandy Front
Cherbourg
Bernard Law Montgomery
Caen-Tilly
Stassen Not Favored for VP by Ball Iffy Nomination Hints
Chicago June 24 INS Lieut. Comdr Harold E Stassen was ruled out as a VP possibility by Ball who said there is no interest in him for the ticket He expects Stassen to receive 69 to 65 votes and notes Dewey's nomination not yet certain The first ballot might settle the race and Ball expects Stassen's name to be presented at the convention.
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Chicago
INS
Joseph Sall
Ri Minn
Harold E. Stassen
Baill
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Ball
Stasser
Japs Claim Fifteen Planes Shot Down Over Guam
Japanese radio reported that 60 American carrier planes attacked Guam and that 15 were shot down with three Japanese planes lost. The FCC-monitored broadcast provides the asserted casualty figures and loss details.
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New York
Guam
FCC
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