Worst Quake In Japan Was 25 Years Ago
The 1923 great earthquake in Sagami Bay destroyed Yokohama and Tokyo, causing 143000 deaths and vast devastation from fires. Japan has endured over two thousand major earthquakes since the eight century, many linked to the Tuscarora Deep.
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Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
United States
Sagami Bay
Kansu
China
Shensi
Calcutta
India
Tuscarora
Pacific
Seventh Ward Auxiliary Father’s Day Dinner in Columbus Hall
A large crowd attended the Saturday Father’s Day dinner sponsored by the Seventh Ward Auxiliary in Columbus hall. Fathers received prizes, with B. Bundle the oldest and Mike Debelak the youngest honored. Special guests Frank Dattilo and Louis Ezzo spoke on Father’s Day.
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Columbus Hall
Christopher Columbus
B. Bundle
Mike Debelak
Bridget Izzo
Mary Jovanella
Mary Ezzo
Dinah Colli
Rose Leone
Contest at the Grounds Draws Wednesday Crowd
The event at the grounds on Wednesday afternoon starts at 2 30 PM. Great interest was shown in a similar occasion last summer and many are expected to attend this week.
Sailor Learns $100 000 Bequest From Cuban Planter
Otto Kroll, a Baltimore attorney learns he has been willed $100000 by Duan Cassaro, a Cuban planter. Kroll, once praised for saving Cassaro's daughter Dolores after a 1943 plane crash off Trinidad, refused a reward then. The Miami revelation follows his prior act of heroism.
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Duan Cassaro
Otto Kroll
Miami
Fla
Kroll
Cassaro
Dolores
Trinidad
Baltimore
Rose Point Pastor Begins Ministry At Mercer Church
Rev. W. M. Martin, pastor of Rose Point Reformed Presbyterian church, accepts call to Mercer Covenanter church and preaches first sermon there on June 27. He will serve both congregations, living at Rose Point with his wife and two children, preaching Sundays at 10 a.m. and handling weekly pastoral work. A 191? auto truck completed coast to coast trip in 46 days.
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W. M. Martin
Rose Point
Bridge Planned at Park to Span Big Run
City and Cascade Park officials announce a new bridge to span the Big Run for traffic to the pool and for Pittsburghers arriving by the B and O Railroad for a summer picnic, said C C Coulthard superintendent.
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City
Cascade Park
Big Run
C. C. Coulthard
Forty Thousand Harvester Workers Strike Nationwide
About 40,000 International Harvester Company employees, part of CIO United Farm Equipment Workers, walked off the job after a 30 day contract extension expired at midnight. Union President Charles Lawson said the walkout followed an all day session with management to avert the stoppage. The report notes that more than a third of U S movie theatres are in towns of 2500 or fewer residents.
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Chicago
INS
International Harvester Company
Cio-United Farm Equipment
Charles Lawson
Lake District
Second Baptist Choir to Perform at Mrs. Jackson Home
The Senior choir from Second Baptist Church in New Castle will be entertained Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Otha Jackson on West State Street. LAS VEGAS reports that about 94 percent of Nevada farm land is artificially watered and the state maintains around 3,500 miles of irrigation ditches.
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H. O. MacDougall
Watertown
New York
Billy
W. C. Castro, Jr
West
Madison Avenue
New Castle Hospital
W. C. Patterson
North Cedar Street
Patterson
Stuart
Ellen
Earl Ruehle
St. Margaret's
Puerto Rico
Hugh Stewart
Junior High Street
Sally Deegan
Gene
New Wilmington
Harlansburg
Cooking Club
Edyce Harlan
Second Baptist Church
Otha Jackson
West State Street
Las Vegas
Nevada
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America
Sneawin-Williams
E. Washington Street
West Washington St
Proctor & Gamble
Ee Prescription Services
Washington St
New Castle
C Paul
DeRosa’s
S. Jeff. St
W. Washington St
Countyline St
NEW Castle Drug CO
AAA
J.r.rick Motor Co
E. Washington
London
England
N. Mil St. Phene
Dewey
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Hugh Scott, Jr
Philadelphia
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
National Committee
Herbert Brownell, Jr
International
Seventh Ward
Columbus Society
Jean Wallace
Mahoningtown Playground
E. L. Schweinsberg Co
Neshannock Ave
de Vaux
Devaux
Mahgi Club
Nic
Helen Henderson
Meyer Avenue
Maud Dibbley
Missouri
Penney Learance
Oxford
Cynthia
Mercer Church
Elsie
Wilmington
Clen Moore
N. B.C. Crackers
Harvester Company
U. S
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