Driving For Adjournment In House Stimulus Move
United Press reports the House served notice of adjournment as leaders push to finish the session by week’s end. The vote, opposed by wages and hours backers, clears the way for a final push on major tax and sugar bills and the $78 million program. Leaders promise action tonight or tomorrow to close the session.
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United Press
Washington
House
Arigrovine
Yiley
WNT
John J. O'Connor
Iholge Viles
Haise Paswe
Wagner-Stearill
Senate
Hugo
Supreme Court
Eanes
Extreme heat scorches the Midwest with record highs
Corry and other Midwest cities shatter heat records as temperatures surge into the 90s and 100s. Chicago tops 95 at 3 pm, while Lincoln reaches 100 noon. Omaha Des Moines Fort Wayne and St. Louis report near 90s to 100s as heat extends across the region.
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Corry
Tilay Ag
Telk
Chicago Airvices
Cotn Nats Fur
Simon Petsyting
Chicago
Bir
Mercury
Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb, Had 100 At Noon As 1d Omaha; Tes Moines and AL Forta Lea
Minn
Peoria
St. Louis
Mars
Central Db
Springnets
Mi Waulkes
Indianapolis
Lou's
Famed child wonder inherits fortune in Pittsburgh
Winifred Sackville Stoner Jr., once hailed as a child prodigy who spoke eight languages by age 12, may inherit a large English estate now valued only as relatives search for the 25 year old heiress. The mystery surrounds the disappearance as heirs learn of the potential fortune.
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Wonder
United Press
Pittsburgh
Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr
Miss Stoner
Democrats Swell Erie Margin in County Returns
The county tally shows 20,147 Republicans, 27 70 Democrats, and 253 Democrats against 190 Republicans in Saturday’s returns. The swing indicates Republicans losing ground as some switch to the Democratic banner.
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Gompilat
Nstait Ag
Minor school projects advance toward September openings
Superintendent Dewey reports rapid progress on city schools with completion of building work and removal of hazards. Minor projects include replacing two unsafe fire escapes, installing a few desks in one room at the junior high, and adding new toilets at the Comnard school. Parents are urged to send children to school with birth certificates and vaccination records for admission.
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Stuily
Ralph
Achoola
Lesky U
Jnnior High School
Comnard
Rural project delayed in Beaverdam REA work
Severe rains last week halted Beaverdam Rural Electrification work delaying completion to early September. Steamburg section to be energized soon, per A D Stainbrook treasurer of the Northwest Pennsylvanian REA Cooperative. District project to follow with remaining work tying Vicinity to the Saegertown substation.
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Beaverdam
A. D. Stainbrook
Northwest Pennsylvanian Rea Co-operative
Worl
Saegertown
Bodies of Americans Killed In Belgian Air Crash
Three American victims named Hyman Goldbloom of Pittsburgh, Prof. William Randolph of Uniontown, and Benjamin Mun of Long Beach, were brought home today aboard the Red Star liner Westernland after the crash of a Dutch airliner in Belgium on July 28.
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United Press
Tax plan revision outlined by Treasury insiders
A preliminary draft for 1938 tax reform aims to revise excess profits and undistributed corporate profits taxes. Treasury officials plan further study with Morgenthau and Magil, with Congress to begin deliberations by November. Proposals hint at moving away from minor "nuisance" taxes toward permanent reform while preserving most existing levies.
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Sandor S. Klein
United Press
Washington
Angeerie
House
Jnihe
Roosevelt
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenshaw, Jr
Roswell Magil
Willy Congressional
Iicome
Isco
Munition Plant Left Standing After Franco Drive
Nationalist forces under Franco hurled a sweeping offensive toward Santander. They states that wrecking of the important munitions factories in Reimsa was severe yet leaves the plant capable of rapid repair. Nationalist engineers count only minor repairs needed to resume operations and note 40 cannons and 40,000 shells left under construction can be finished for nationalist use.
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Santander
Edurier
Henday
Remosa
Generaiissimo
Francisco Franco
Reindsa
Organizer Missing Spreads Alarm in Ambridge
Nan Chariton a 44 year old leader of the Committee for Industrial Organization has been missing from his Ambridge home since Sunday. Police enlist in the search as authorities seek his whereabouts.
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Ambridge
Nornan Chariton
Committee For Industrial Organization
Jim
United States to Send More Marines to China
Washington reports President Roosevelt approved additional Marines for deployment to Shanghai and nearby areas as tensions rise with China. The administration seeks a $500 million relief appropriation to aid American nationals in war zones, with ships to sail promptly once available from Navy or Army transport stocks.
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China
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt Oayue
Diego Catt
Zuni
Shike Cankleld
Tutane
Puntriuanly
Shanshai Unksili
Qelier
Shanghai
REPORT SIGNALS FROM SIX FLIERS LOST IN ARCTIC
Banks, Alaska, Aug 17. An emergency air route search is under way for six flyers missing after a plane crash near the North Pole. Russian and U.S. planes scour a remote ice field to locate the crew and establish a landing site. Signals from Moscow report a Soviet station intercepting jet transmissions as crews battle blizzard and head winds.
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United Press Taskbanks
Alaska
Aewss
Aagtle Lilly Laday
Candin Clive
Russo
Munsdin
Almski
Une Listh
Pele
Russia
Sivismunievanovsky
Ima Tighh Ri
Moscow
United States
Siders
North Pole
Momaine
Levynevsky
All Stone Laid On New Highway Progress
The Erie based Charles H Fry construction company completed grading from Beaversim to Route 6 and will begin laying stone for the base of the Corry Wattsburg section this week. Officials expect completion within a few weeks though weather may affect progress.
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Wattsburg
World Wi
Corry-Wattsburg
Charles H. Fry
Erie
Beaversim
Route 6
Man Held Sane After Threatening Roosevelt Life
Morton J. Wainwright, 72, of Winthrop, Massachusetts, former deputy U.S. marshal, was declared sane by an alienist at Boston Psychopathic Hospital after being indicted on July 1 for threatening letters to President Roosevelt.
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United Fras
Boston
Mass
U. 8
Marshall Morton J. Wainwright
Winthrop
Roosevelt
Police Hunt Peeper Again in Ward Street Incident
Neighbors reported a peeper seen climbing to a second-story window of Mr and Mrs Hutoll’s home on Mast Smith Street just after 10 o’clock. Police arrived but could not detain the suspect, who fled before officers could collar him. The incident echoes a prior complaint last year on Wright Street involving a window peeper.
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Smith Street
Andl
Hutoll -C
Tien
Campus slaying grips Kentucky college scene
Berba Ky August 17 A 20 year old Buren student poet Gherge Wells was killed after a date with a rival suitor and a second man who opened fire on Wells girlfriend. Wells died near the campus while the alleged assailants fled.
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United Press
Berba
Wells
Buren
Fiayes
Welle
Nin Joss
Han
Misy
Bhirgeli
Willian
Maine
College
Site for Traps May Be Bought Plan Cleaning
A city meeting discussed installing traps to protect sewer intakes on Sen ren Street from debris during flooding. Residents urged action as basins and traps would address backflow and health concerns in low-lying wards and the business district. Council reviewed a property sale option for 400 to fund the project, with officials pledging steps to mitigate heavy rains and sewer backups.
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Ayabe
Senren Street
Tihires
Guieyer
Cornel
Secutal
Wayne
Boniatreal
Alwert
Gounel
Geiree
Margaret King
Hasen
Strevis Suamley Nichols
Allin Nichols
Gill Street
Mienols
Thirry Mites
Sandburg
Coulticlan
Aulions
Madrid Admits Rebels Gaining Amid Heavy Casualties
The government acknowledged rebel advances under Franco in the north at Santander and Reinosa while claiming loyalists retook ground near Teruel. Reports describe brutal, near-simultaneous infantry charges against machine gun nests, with heavy losses for both sides and persistent frontal assaults.
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United Press Madrid
Branpag
Franco
Santander
Remissime
Reinosa
Teruel
MORE JAPANESE TROOPS ARRIVE FOR BIG BATTLE
Shanghai dispatch reports Japan launching a grand offensive to drive over 100000 Chinese troops from the Shanghai area. The campaign aims at establishing sea and land superiority while American observers note continued Japanese advances on multiple fronts and the potential for a prolonged conflict.
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Shanghai
Japan
Hemmrenn
Endrs
Changsha
Prasiaent
Jeffervon Whieleawailey
Tayitivss
Tony HiriWwo
Aele
Tnsielly
Noel Oe
Chtaisi Resiitva
Youth confesses slaying sister in rural case
A 15 year old Marek Tear Day in Wisconsin confessed to strangling his sister on a farm after an intimate relation claim. He said he killed her because she was going to tell. The alleged weapon was a 22 caliber pistol found on the scene.
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Oakland
Calif
Grammer School
Leonard Newhm
Contra. Costa
United Pecos
Marek
Liday
Yenith
Orie
Conterston
osuMe
Ager Frenth
Union City to Get New Post Office Project
A new 80000 dollar post office is planned for Union City as part of House appropriations. The proposal appears on an authorized post office projects list, including Sheffield 75000 dollars and Slippery Rock 75000 dollars. The Treasury and Post Office Department will choose which projects are undertaken from the second attested list.
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Yelrington
Vady Stil A
Sheffield
Slippery Rock
Treamy and Post Office Department
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