Weaver’s Stand Against Patrolman Dismissal Fails
Councilman Fred J. Weaver pressed to dismiss Patrolman Ross M. Mead over conduct unbecoming an officer tied to the jail incident. The committee report was accepted with no suspension, Weaver denounced the process as a whitewash and sought a mayoral action, but the motion failed and the matter moved to the mayor for action.
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Somerset County
Fred J. Weaver
Ross M. Mead
Poles
Carnellfinn Weaver
Mulderick and
Nichols
Wirth
Blaine Kincaid
Porter
Uie
Weaver Laii
Mulderick
Miller
Weaver
Bane
Mayo Miller
Jobless Insurance Advice Notice for Employers
Employers warned of two dates in February when Corry Unemployment Office representative will be at the post office from 9 a.m. to 4 40 p.m. All employers must fill and return Form UC I by February 27, regardless of applicability to Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Act.
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Corry
Erie Cotnhw
Hey
Pennsylvania
Garland Road Job Awarded
Harrisburg reports contract awards by Highway Secretary Warren Van Dyke for Somerset bridge work and 49 miles of bituminous surfacing on routes in U and adjacent townships. The awarded paving includes reinforced concrete bridge work and concrete pavement projects, with the Baklwint Boos Paving Co of Cleveland listed among contractors and a state-advanced project total of $44,144.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Renu
Warren van Dyke
Somerset
Linco
Jenner
B. Renan
Sprig Creek
Pilisdeld
Baklwint Boos. Paving Co
Cleveland
Trans
Pine Grove
Motors Union Leaders Confer On Hours Wages
United Press reports General Motors and auto union leaders met in Detroit to set ground rules for wage hour and recognition talks marking the first conference since Gov. Frank Murphy helped secure a settlement after 44 days of strike. More than 100,000 GM workers returned to work as production plans target 225,000 units in March with union seeking recognition as the initial issue.
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United Press
Detroit
General Motors
Frank Murphy
Warle Seeks PWA Funds for Pennsylvania Projects
Governor George H. Earle said Pennsylvania's $42 million PWA request for state institutions would be forwarded by FWA assistant director Horatio Hackett after a meeting. He expects at least part of the funds and proposes a toll financed all weather highway from Carlisle to Pittsburgh. In a separate item, William Gill, 25, of Volant, died from a broken back after a crash near Sharon. driver John Brooks is hospitalized facing reckless driving charges.
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United Press
Washington
George H. Warle
Pennsylvania
PWA
Cal
Horatio Hackett
FWA
Roosevelt
Earle
Hackett
Mackett
Allegheny Mountains
Carlisle
Pittsburgh
Sharon
William Gill
Volant
Mercer Hospital
John Brooks
Lewis Faces Another Test on Miners Wages
Washington dispatch reports a widening schism between craft unions of the AFL and Industrial unions led by the CIO as 450,000 miners face a potential April 1 walkout over a five hour weekly reduction without pay cut. Negotiations set with Appalachian coal operators in New York to discuss wages and hours.
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C. L. Sulzberger
United Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
UMW
Miaja Directs Madrid Defense Amid Front Shifts
In Madrid on February 16 loyalists seized Robledo de Chavela four miles southwest of Hoyo de Manzanares cutting insurgent railway links to Avila. Gen Jose Miaja was named supreme military commander on the Madrid front with full control from El Escorial to Las Rozas and across to Aranjuez, including the Jarama sector.
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Irving B. Pflaum
United Press
Madrid
Braap
Robledo de Chavela
Hl Eacoruit
Avila
Jose Miaja
Maija
Diefense Junta
el Escorial
Las Reas
Aranjuez
Jarama River
Pouch Containing $10,000 Stolen On Boston Mail Run
A locked mail pouch carrying about $10,000 in registered mail vanished from a semi armored mail truck between the Arlington branch and the North Postal Station Friday night. Postal inspectors reported driver George Silva said he stopped in Arlington and Somerville en route to Boston and opened the compartment at each stop.
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Boston
Arlington
North
George Silva
Melfrage
Somerville
Planes and posses scour border for escaped convicts
Raleigh North Carolina reports authorities using airplanes and posses to search the South Carolina border for convicts who escaped from a prison on a farm yesterday. Three hostages who rode with the fugitives were found unharmed and not far from the scene. Local citizens and lawmen tracked the group across rural areas as the pursuit continued toward the south.
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United Press
Raleigh
Potich
Carolina
Prisoon Farm
Pitt survey backs steelworkers unionization and bargaining plan
A University of Pittsburgh study on the steel industry recommends steelworkers be organized with a national bargaining framework rather than plant level. The report argues for vertical organization aligned with industrial democracy and notes parallels to broader labor aims, while contemporary critics link it to CIO drives.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Ipiaude
Tniversity of Pittsburghy
Lililv Atten
Industriasi Jbor Iyaders
Rah J. Watkins
Bureau of ‘Twusiness Reaeareh
University of Pittsburgh
Whic
L. Gewidson Mayst
Umioniae
Tlewis
Hia Cio
Min
Barre administration floats plan to ax public service commission
Harrisburg Feb 16 The Barre administration urges legislation to abolish the Republican dominated Public Service Commission and replace it with a five member body. A companion bill would repeal the current utility act and remove the commission.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Barre
Tong
Publ Service Commission
Willer
Assembly
Publice Utility Commission
Leo A. Achterman
Monroe
Joseph Ominsky
Philadelphia
Thomas
Buchsman, Beaver
George H. Harle
Achterman
Ominsky
Legislature Backs Court Reform Plan in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's Democratic legislature endorses President Roosevelt's federal judiciary reform. A joint resolution urged Congress to pass the president's request for restructuring. The measure clears the Senate 20 to 14 and the House 145 to 53 amid Republican minority opposition.
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Vania
Roosevelt
George H. Earle
Congress
Ren. Edward J. Thompson
Centre
Senate
House
House Judiciary Committee Faces Delays On President’s Plan
Washington report notes the House Judiciary Committee will likely delay action on the president’s plan. The session included members Mr Adoo and Mr Byrnes, with focus on executive session and potential Senate action tomorrow night.
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United Press
Washington
House
Comaniltou
Loxley
Commiltup
Evelon
MsAdoo
James Byrnes
Sinatonsil
le Postlien
Ani Byrne
Lonik Oven
Lie Judicial Yrozraen
Pleadings by Monaghan Told
Somerset Pa February 16 cries of My God am an old man and Dont do that echoed from the Bertillan room of the town courthouse as Frank Monaghan allegedly was beaten to death while in police custody. Ewa testified in the presence of Trooper Stacey Gunderman and six officials as Carry Coheran a Fayette county legislator described the scene from an adjoining office. The state charges that Gunderman and others beat to death 64 year old Monaghan the father of Dr Frank C Monaghan of Yale University.
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Unitedress
Somerset
Bertillan
Talon Town
Vth
Frank & Monaghan
Custady
Ewa
Tiny
Trins of Shute
Stacey Gundermial Furmurs
Carry Coheran
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
Gunderman
Monaghan
Frank C. Monaghan
Yat University
Youth movement canvass aims to raise funds for aid
A local committee launched a three day canvass to raise 1000 for the youth movement. The drive lists volunteers including Lee, Richi Testavher, and others to collect from residents while appealing to community pride and civic duty. The event was announced at a church gathering with Corry secretary M Dengst appointed as chair. Continued details appear on page iver.
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Antonita
Pryman
M. Dengst Corry
Chulmman
Yale
Uty
Dusanie Uwe
Lee Duya
Richi Testavher
Bowell
Teeiph FE Laven
Chile Alten
Reid S. Prawey
Re. Tavis Smh
Cty Cyrtsen
Cavemen
Alups Lemweerd
Fay
Chamsiry
Reverend B R Lewis Accepts Call to Daytona Beach
Reverend B R Lewis, longtime pastor of the Christian and Missionary Alliance church in Corry, resigns and accepts a call to serve at Daytona Beach Florida. The board of trustees has accepted the resignation. Rev Lewis and Mrs Lewis will relocate by May 1, with farewell services planned for the last Sunday of the month. The Corry church will miss his leadership as he moves to join the Florida charge.
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Ure
Lewia
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Pat Tye
Christian and Mtsimary Alilaner Chiilet
Laytuwn Beach
Theschurel
Mi Bewia
Jaca Puilpil
Clee Lion
Lewis
George BL Morgan
Corry
Wishea Lo Rey
Florida Charge
Young Women Sentenced in Aged-Man Robbery Case
In Clearfield Pennsylvania two young men who pleaded guilty to robbing an aged man were ordered to an indeterminate term up to years in the Muncy Industrial School.
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Clearfield
Muncy Industrial School
Steelworkers Seek $1 Daily Wage Increase
Representatives of 12,000 Jones Laughlin steelworkers at Aliquippa asked management for a wage increase of 1 per day for all employees.
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Istrel
United Press
Pittsburgh
Jones + Laughlin
Aliquippa
Strike Disturbance At Falconer Mills Injures Twelve
At the National Worsted Mills in Falconer twenty five hundred strikers gathered as a clash with deputies ensued. Payton Wils, son of the plant's general manager, was arrested on assault charges while George Rizzuto, strike committee chair, accused Wills of the attack. Police said the trouble began when workers tried to load relight cars with wool yarn for shipment.
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Falconer
Fab
Sone
Payton Wils
Julia G. Mills
George Rizzuto
Wills
Modest government loans urged to aid farm tenancy shift
President Roosevelt urged Congress to back a long range plan to aid low income farm families. The program seeks government loans to enable tenants to become farm owners, extend farm security and credit facilities, and create a new agency to oversee gradual ownership through long term, low rate arrangements.
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Congress
Fred C. Bailey
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Seerviney of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallice
Teniowen
Eany Credit Waals
Pros
Poker Farm Security Corporation
Paris
Easy Paymenta
Patrol to Adopt New Uniforms for State Patrol
Reports say Captain Ubertos Quarles will become superintendent and oversee a uniform overhaul. The force plans blue tunics with scarlet piping, light gray breeches, and matching trousers, with gold insignia and specific belt gear for officers and patrolmen.
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United Press
Tiarrashuiag
Web
Li Rosterson
Ubertos
Quayles
Wiste Highway Patrol
Memroe
Tv Patrol
Quarles
Tax Returnspour In As Deadline Nears
Secretary of Revenue Jonn4s estimates 415000 of 418000 personal property tax forms will be received by tonight. About 200000 blanks had been returned by midnight, with self assessing feature blamed for heavy last minute volume. Returns range from two cents to eight hundred thousand dollars in value, says division director L Flayt Hess.
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Jonn 4S
Selty
Sonal Property Tax Division
L. Flayt ‘Hess
Ald
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