Second Registration Day for Army Training Proclaimed
Governor Arthur H. James proclaims July 1 1941 as Second Registration Day under the Selective Service Act with Pennsylvania 422 local boards set to conduct registration. Citizens subject to registration must present themselves for registration on that day or as exceptions allow, and employers must provide time for employees to comply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Training and Service
United
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Territory of
Alaska
United States
Puerto, Rico
Selective Service Local Board
Pennsylvania
Mother Gives £150 to Soldiers in War Gift
A London area scene shows Bombardier Gloves and Gunner Phelps receiving a package from a well dressed woman who offers £150 in notes and a letter. The note explains the money is a birthday gift for a son killed in this or the previous war, asking the soldier to use it and God bless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Gunner Phelps
Royal Artillery
Phelps
Laddie
New Treatment Hailed For Severe Burn Cases
Johns Hopkins hospital announces a new spray form sulfadiazine treatment for severe burns. Reports describe remarkable results including a five year old girl saved by emergency use of the preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shillington
Del
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Pennsylvania Governor Declares Second WWII Registration Day
Governor Arthur H. James issues a statewide declaration urging Pennsylvania residents to participate in the Second Registration Day for the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. He calls on school officials to close summer sessions and emphasizes registration as an emergency, citing prior turnout of about 1.245 million and urging total civic cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
Ephrata Cloisters Preserved as Memorial of Religious Freedom
State officials announce plans to preserve the Ephrata Cloisters in Ephrata as a memorial and teaching site for religious history and tourism. The 18th century Seventh Day Baptists founded by Beissel built a semi monastic community with printing, mills, and communal living, later declining after Beissel’s death.
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Penna
de Deperiovens
Ger
Commonwealth
Ephrata Cloisters
Lancaster County
Ephrata
Department of”. Commerce
U. S. Route
Will
Pennsylvania
James
State Department of Commerce
Pennsylvania Historical Commission
Tate
Brandywine
Beissel
Birth of Son for Mr and Mrs Samuel F King Gordonville
Mr and Mrs Samuel F King of Gordonville announce the birth of a son at their home on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Gordonville
Ultra Violet Aids Potato Disease Detection
Prof. R. B. Harvey reports a method using invisible ultraviolet light to detect carrier plants of bacterial ring rot in potatoes. Ring rot, spreading to 37 states, can destroy half or more of the crop. the disease is seed-borne rather than soil-borne according to plant pathologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G-meri
R. B. Harvey
University of Minnesota
American Association For the Advancement of Science
The Name Is Familiar Factory of Plastics Father of Plastics
A 36 year old Belgian chemist Dr Leo Hendrik Backeland is credited as a pioneer in photography chemistry and is called the father of plastics for developing synthetic resin from formaldehyde and phenol. His work led to durable synthetic materials used in gears phonograph records buttons billiard pipes and electrical insulators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chem “Istry
Leo Hendrik
Phoebeland
United States
Backeland
Westerns Newspaper Union
Ancient Pewterers Guilds Guarded Trade Standards
The piece explains how pewter is alloyed mainly from tin lead copper and antimony with guild rules governing lead use. The Worshipful Company of Pewterers in England protected metal quality since the 14th century, requiring maker marks and symbols on pieces. In America no compulsory standards exist though traders still impressed a maker mark with initials or name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pewterers’ Guild
America
Rs Cee
First Christmas Crib Attributed to St Francis
The cradle or creche tradition began with St Francis and now appears in many homes during Christmas tide.
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St. Francis
Women for President Nominations in U.S. History
The article notes two women nominated for United States presidency, Victoria Woodhull in 1872 and Belva Lockwood in 1884, highlighting early female candidacies and the push for women’s political participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Eates
Act
Victoria, Woodhull
Belya Lockwood
Right of Way No Safer Promise for Pennsylvania Drivers
Keystone Automobile Club argues a 1920s Superior Court ruling makes drivers at intersections responsible for maintaining control and observing approaching traffic. Counsel Harrison G. Kildare cites the decision to claim both failure to stop and blind driving are negligent, even if another driver is at fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Automobile Club
Pennsylvania
Harrison G.‘Kildare
Superior Court
Kildare
Llewellin Setter Onset and Evolution In England
A detailed note traces the Llewellin setter to 1860s English breeding by multiple breeders with Duke and Rhoebe lineage from Edward Laverack. It explains 100 percent Llewellin status, grade versus straight bred, and the breed’s small size, high energy, and bird dog prowess. It also mentions the first exports to Canada and the United States in the 1870s. Bankers in Bucyrus Ohio plan to visit schools to teach money matters and promote banking careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
R. Purcell-Liewellin
Liewellin
Canada
United States
Duke
Rhoebe
Edward’ Laverak
Bucyrus
Ohio
Justice of the Peace Edgar Getz in Eire Insurance Office
Local notice lists Edgar B. Getz as Justice of the Peace in Eire and notes an insurance contact in Blue Ball Pennsylvania with phone 811 R 11, N H ex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar B. Getz
Justice of the Peace
Eire
Insurance Blue Ball
N. H
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I. Arthur H. James
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Canal Guaard
Selective Service Board
God
Jesus Christ
Our Lord
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Miracle
Christ K. Blank
Bareville
R.1
Haven
By, Felix
B. Stneycrmans and
Elmo Scott Watson
Dr. Baekeland
Johnny McCord
McSnort
Superior
New Holland
Frank L. Steller
Leacock
Leola
Henry M. Martin Notary Public Farm
Aponte Insurance
New ‘Holland
Kelser
D.C
Palmer
Chester A. Diller
Duke St. Lancaster, Pa
John L
Hamaker
Duke ‘Street
Lancaster
East Main
John L. Halligan
Holland, RD
Styer and Evans Real Estate and Insurance
New
Holland, PA
Victor D. Kling
Intercourse
Best
H. B. Slack
Intercourse, PA
Bell Phone
M.m.-Kling Auctioness
Holland, R. D
Amos E. Barkholder
Bank Building
New Holland, Pa
Wayne
Martin
Gappvince
PAL Automobile, Fire, and
Terre ‘Hill
Means
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