Social notes from New Castle and nearby towns
A compilation of local visits and travels includes Samuel Kelly in New Castle on Tuesday and several families visiting relatives in York Sharpsville Weirton and Youngstown Other movements feature Cpl George Johnson transfers to Camp Haan and Keith Herbert’s graduation trip to Altus Oklahoma plus multiple patients and returns home from Creson and Ascertainments of furloughs and family gatherings across the region
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Kelly
New Castle
R. C. Ferguson
York
S. Hennon
Carl Booker
Louisville
C. F. Jackson
H. E. Woods
Sharpsville
George Bartley
Judy
Weirton
George Young
Cpl
George Johnson
Santa Maria
Calif
Camp Haan
Robert Kelly
Wenona Kelly
Youngstown
J. G. Bingham
Co. I. Repman
Shenango Presbytery
Donald Kelly
Camp Shelby
Sam Kelly
Lela Jackson
Guy Shugert
Skippy
Clarion
Paul Brown
F. L. Herbert
E. K. Herbert
Lillian Southern
Altus
Okla
Keith
Air Corps
Anthony Martin
Hershey
Magdalene Martin
Cresson
John Martin
Miss Martin
Hull Assures Small Nations of Equal Status in Postwar Talks
Secretary Hull held a series of diplomatic calls with Latin American ambassadors to reassure small nations they will not be sidelined by the Big Four in shaping the postwar world. He stressed an all inclusive world situation and a goal of equality for all nations during the forthcoming conference.
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Hull
Washington
International Peace Organization
Central American
Panama
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
Military Ballot Canvass Deadline Moved To July 6
Harrisburg reports the military ballot information canvass deadline extended to July 6 to finish absentee voter surveys. Gov. Edward Martin proclaimed military ballot day on July 7 as counties compile results including Allegheny 37,352 and Erie 6,590 with statewide cards over 251,118.
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Harrisburg
INS
Ralph C. Hutchison
State Defense Council
Jay
Edward Martin
State Elections Bureau
State Council of Defense
Allegheny
Blair
Butler
Clinton
Cambria
Crawford
Clearfield
Center
Dauphin
Erie
Elk
Forest
Fayette
Greene
Huntingdon
Lawrence
Mifflin
Meyer
Snyder
Mephreat
Warren
Washington
Tornado Toll Hits 155 Dead Across Three States
The toll from last Friday’s tornadoes reached 155 with Pennsylvania at 43 deaths, West Virginia at 108 and Maryland still counting. Red Cross relief teams set up headquarters in Clarksburg to coordinate rehabilitation for seven Pennsylvania and eight West Virginia counties. Garrott County Md. aids work includes finding foster homes for children displaced by the disaster. Army patrols ended. local police and civilian defense personnel remained on duty.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Waynesburg
West
Red Cross
Herbert Carmen
Clarksburg
W. Va
Garrott County
Carmen
McKeesport Honors Marine Hero Paige Parade
About 35 000 residents in the tornado damaged McKeesport area welcomed Marine Lt Mitchell Paige home. The Allegheny County native, World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, rode in an hour long parade amid cheering crowds and with his wife Mrs Paige at his side.
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Mckeesport
Mitchell Paige
Allegheny County
Paige
War Bond Sales Rise in Pennsylvania Fifth War Loan
In Pennsylvania the Fifth War Loan shows total purchases of 473,207,523 dollars, reaching 4373 percent of the state quota of 1,082,000,000. Corporate buyers total 31,500,000 dollars or 48.14 percent of the 640,000,000 bracket quota, state War Finance Committee chair G. Ruhland Rebmann Jr. reports. Individual buyers advance to 158,729,529 dollars or 35.91 percent of the 442,600,000 quota, led by Mathday's 15,383,402.
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Philadelphia
INS
Pennysyvania
G. Ruhland Rebmann Jr
State War Finance
Rebmann
Mathday
National Education Association Plans Three Day Pittsburgh Session
The National Education Association will meet in Pittsburgh from July 4 for a three day assembly focusing on education during wartime the role of education in the postwar world and a five year plan to expand and unify education associations. A separate report notes four year old John Schibik of Mt. Washington died after falling 20 feet from a street car trestle while crossing with his brothers.
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Pittsburgh
INS
National Education Association of the United States
John Schibik
Mt. Washington
John
First Baptist Bible School Holds All Day Park Picnic
Vacation Bible school at the Baptist church concluded with an all day picnic for pupils and teachers at a New Wilmington park. A program of games and swimming entertained about 101 attendees over the two weeks of Bible study. On Tuesday evening children presented the play God's Victory Garden with a cast of forty.
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The
Baptist Church
New Wilmington
Children of the Bible School
God's Victory Garden
Lend-Lease Probe Targeted at Secret Shipments to Allies
In Chicago on June 28, Reps Bertrand Gearhart and John Taber announced a congressional probe into accusations that lend-lease goods shipped to Australia and New Zealand were charged to Gen Douglas MacArthur’s war supply account. The lawmakers said the matter will be raised before the House Appropriations Committee upon their return to Washington.
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Chicago
Australia
New Zealand
Douglas MacArthur
Bertrand W. Gearhart
Calit
John W Taber
Ai N. Y
Gearhart
Taber
GOP
House Appropriations Committee
Washington
Former Librarian at Thiel Dies After Illness
Mrs Eleanor Morrison librarian emeritus of Thiel College died Monday night after a two month illness at Greenville. She served as college librarian for more than 20 years and was a sister of John L Morrison publisher of the Greenville Record Argus.
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Greenville
Eleanor Morrison
Thiel College
John L. Morrison
Record-Argus
Funeral Held For Tornado Victims
Funeral services for Merle Leppa rd Kenneth Gehl Baxter ly dren of Mr. and Mrs. Harold K Baxter of Dravesbore, who were killed in the freak tornado, were conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the R. L. Boyd funeral home. Rev. J. Yoder and Rev. Donald Woods led the rites with Scouts as pallbearers. Interment followed at Greenwood cemetery. Tungoil is becoming a new South African industry.
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Merle Leppard
Kenneth Gehl Baxter Lydren
Harold K Baxter
Dravesbore
R.L. Boyd
J. Yoder
United Breton Church
Donald Woods
Dewar Avenue Free
Marie Knight
Kathryne Nesle Allen
Pallbo Wers
George Hietsch Ceci
Gerald Repapli
Daniel Glaxner
Joseph McKenzie
William Merriman
William Sumner
Mwore
Crreenwood
Three Injured In Downtown Pittsburg Hotel Fire
A two alarm blaze at the Tavern hotel in downtown Pittsburgh injured three people. A night clerk and a policeman woke 23 guests as a fire started on the first floor coffee shop. Damage was estimated at $5,000 to the first floor and adjoining shops.
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Pittsburgh
Jin
Tavern
Hiseman Wiltman Brattnam
Wand
M. A Shapiro
Briddgeck
Man Injured In Fall From Cherry Tree
A man named W. C. McGrew on McCleland Avenue sustained head lacerations after falling from a cherry tree Tuesday evening. He was treated at the Ganeson Memorial Hospital at 8215 Pyom Tormts.
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W. C. McGrew
Tio McCleLand
Heaves
Oaneson Memoral Hospital
Tor Mts
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Motorola
E. Wash. St
Leon Pearson International News Service
Joe’ Talbot
South Carolina
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First Baptist Bible School
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