Blatt brothers honor mother with new theatre named Governor
Loyalist family in Pennsylvania plans to name their Somerset theatre the Governor in honor of their mother Mrs. Catherine Blatt. Charles John and William Blatt, who run 18 western Pennsylvania theatres, credit her with guiding their rise since 1903 despite adversity. The Governor will open late April in Somerset, with a brick front and steel letters.
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Pennsylvania
Rex
Corry
Catherine Blatt
Somerset
Heatre
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John
William Blatt
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Sueh Itwee
Owners-Labor Program Urges Two Main Points
United Press reports Washington April 9. Rail executives and labor leaders draft a two point program to ease railroad financial distress for Roosevelt. They seek restoration of credit to allow deferred maintenance and voluntary reorganizations to cut debt, while wage cuts are off the table due to the threat of a nation wide strike.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
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Bankuptcy
Brotherhoods
Measles Subside Reported With Two New Cases
Measles cases in the epidemic, numbering well over six hundred since January, continued to decline with health officials noting fewer than a dozen new cases this week. Health Director John D. Hanigan expressed cautious optimism that the peak has passed as scattered cases remain in the city.
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John D. Hanigan
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Corry Rod and Gun Club to repair Columbus dam
Morris Chapin announced the Corry Rod and Gun Club will sponsor repairs to the Columbus dam damaged by ice and high water. A committee Dan Depew Charles Hubertz and Milton Spaulding named to plan the work. A working bee will be held Wednesday afternoon April 42th for interested sportsmen to help restore the dam.
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Corry
Dan Depew
Charles Hubertz
Milton Spaulding
Columbus
Corry Rod and Gun Chip Algo
Plan changes in antitrust plan Washington April 2
The proposed report of the Federal Communications Commission on American Telephone and Telegraph Company policies and practices surfaces as a model for antitrust enforcement. Observers see adaptable recommendations for large telephony monopolies and broader federal oversight of the Bell System.
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United Press
Washington
Federal Communications Comission
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Volumnnnne
Hie Bell Syatert
Avert Strike Averted For State Construction Workers
Gov George H Harle announced a settlement preventing a walkout by about 16000 union swimmen in the States Authoritys 65 million institutional improvement program. The truce permits use of local relief labor first on 80 projects, then outside relief labor, and finally non relief labor outside building trades jurisdiction. The compromise ends a dispute over employment of outside non-relief workers when local relief labor is scarce.
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Prona Sarrigburg
George H. Harle
American Federation of Labor Building Trades
Lmving
Strikers Exercise Power as Michigan Plants Seized
Two thirds of lower Michigan stood under strikers power as sheriffs deputies and state police guarded Conaushets plants and substations. Utility Workers Organizing Committee members took over Croton Dam in western Michigan and six key plants fell under strike control before Dinabiling workers relinquished the plant per Consumers officials.
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Lower
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Conaushets Power Company
Utility Workers Organizing Committee
Croton Dam
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Consumers
Wilder Decree Will Become Absolute Now
Wirginix P. Wilder of Pittsburgh was granted permission by common pleas court to sue for an absolute divorce from Clinton B. Wilder of Warren Pa. The original petition filed in January sought limited divorce with alimony. The court did not grant support to the alimony claim.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Wirginix P. Wilder
Common Pleas
Clinton Bi. Wilder
Warren
Manstone Manutaghiters
Wildar
Budget and Supt Election On Board Agenda
After weeks of committee work on probable needs for the 1938 39 school year the Board of Education will consider the budget at the regular meeting Monday April 11. Budget committee headed by J R Dearing Aus on Johnson and Clarence Shoop will refine figures for tentative approval and taxpayer inspection before final action in May. A special meeting Tuesday April 12 will decide the four year superintendent election.
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J. R. Dearing
Auson Johnson
Clarence Shoop
Erte Man Kills Self With Gun
Burton Gray, 49, shot himself with a shotgun borrowed from a neighbor on a farm in Ohio Valley country after brooding over ill health. He had visited his sister Mrs. Ros Calkins and went to a neighbor’s barn to use the gun, saying he wanted to “kill an old dog.”
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United Press Three
Burton Gray
Fire destroys hangar killing planes at airport
In Miami on April 2 a major blaze destroyed the main hangar and 14 aircraft at the municipal airport. Estimated loss ranged up to $800,000. The scene involved noted planes and figures linked to early aviation, including designers and notable flyers, amid surrounding chaos.
Warle clears deputy in road workers intimidation probe
Harrisburg April 2 Governor George H Warle dismissed charges that Deputy Highways Secretary Roy Brownmiller intimidated state road workers after an inquiry led by John Sullivan. Sullivan found the allegations refuted by documentary evidence and testimony, concluding no coercion occurred.
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United Press
Harrisburg
George H. Warle
Roy Brownmiller
Earle-Jones- Mundy-Logue
Thomas Kennedy
Wondrow W. Jones
Highways Department
Warren
John Sullivan
State Civil Rights Bureau
Toas
Sullivan
Marfe Aid
Thousands of telegrams flood Pittsburgh over reform plan
About 25 000 telegrams from Pittsburgh voters poured in to Western Pennsylvania congressmen protesting the government reorganization bill as the House debated the controversial administration measure. Telegraph officials announced the figures and noted the surge in civic messaging.
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Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania
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Telegraph Company
House of Representatives da
Tenth death from serum in Orlando hospital
April 3 report confirms Edhward Bolte formerly of Chicago died after serum cancer treatment. He is the tenth death linked to two interchangeable preparations. Nine women and a man showed opticarium symptoms. investigators suspect a bacteria filtrate used for subcutaneous injections contaminated with tetanus. Other patients remain hospitalized in Orlando.
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Orlando
Fila
Edhward Bolte
Chicago
Cance Bolte
33 Remain in Race for State Office Berths
Harrisburg April 2 A sea of political action continues as 92 candidates seek major party nominations for governor US senator and secretary of internal affairs with today the last day for withdrawing before the May 17 primary. Crystallization around the two Republican ticket leaders shapes the field while Democratic insurgents back Charley Alvin Jones and oppose Gov. George Earle.
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Joseph Z. Guffey
George Earle
Senate
James J. Davis
Havin
Charley Alvin Jones
Organization
Linus
Thomas Kennedy
Cto-Gurrey
Robert G. Woodside
Allegheny County
Ait
Cyrus M. Silmer
Pottsyilte
Hurtan
Present Slump Nearing End Signals Major Decline
Boston reports from the American Institute of Finance show a survey of 19 U S business depressions since 1857. The current decline is described as exceeding all prior periods of low mood, averaging around 30 percent versus previous severe depressions averaging six percent, with specific references to earlier downturns and varying normal levels.
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United Press
Boston
United States
American Institute of Finance
Bolgeen
Roosevelt Asked to Accept Many Changes in Reorganization Bill
Washington April 2 Administration leaders after a telephone with President Roosevelt agreed to amend the government reorganization bill to satisfy opposition demands. A bitter coalition of Republicans and Democrats blocked progress. a compromise on date standing issues was approved by the president and House leaders. Termed amendments would empower Congress to override presidential orders within 30 days and exempt the Bureau of Plication from the general realignment.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Supreme Court
Lindsay Warren
N.C
Job
Congress
Bureau of Pilication
Hart Falls on Hotel Stairs in Corry
David Hart aged 55 of 580 Concord street fell while entering the European Hotel basement to use a restroom. He suffered a head wound and was found in the doorway at the bottom of the stairs. He was rushed to Corry hospital in a semi conscious condition with injuries not yet fully determined.
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IONES POSTPONES VISIT TO ERIECO
Advices from the Democratic Interim Committee indicate the visit of Charles Juin Monies to the county, set for next Saturday April 5th, is cancelled. Moen named for governor and will miss the trip to Pennsylvania to promote the campaign.
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Gemeuratie
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