Nonpartisan election of judges gains support in PA
Pennsylvania considers a 1937 bill to reestablish nonpartisan judicial elections. Rep. Albert J. O Connor proposes nominees run without party designation, primaries set nonpartisan ballots, and general votes separate from party votes. The plan echoes 1913 1921 trials and faces Gov. Earle scrutiny of political judges. Local counties Philadelphia Allegheny Dauphin Montgomery York Schuylkill may see changes.
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Ross Downing
United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Albert J. O' Connor
Cambria County
George H. Earle
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Dauphin
Montgomery
York
Schuylkill
Earle
O'Connor
Warden to Take First Vacation in Seven Years
Br ie, Jan 11 Matt Hess warden of the county prison leaves for a week in New York City with Mrs Hess for his first vacation in seven years. Deput y Jacob Biase will oversee the jail in his absence. The Rembrandt exhibit in Moscow drew 50 000 visitors in a month.
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Brie
Matt Hess
New York City
New York
Jacob Biase
Woman killed by freight train near Conneautville
Mrs May Peak aged 55 was struck by a northbound Pennsylvania freight train as she crossed the tracks en route to visit her parents. The train dragged her body about a hundred feet with death ruled accidental.
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Conneautville
United Press
Conneaut Viliue
May Peak
Pennsylvania
Peck
Hoover urges child labor ban amid constitutional debate
Former President Herbert Hoover backed a universal child labor ban and urged swift ratification of the child labor amendment. He criticized pressure on Court independence and called for orderly constitutional change, urging that twenty years is enough for states to address the issue and protect children's health and fair chances.
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United
Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert, Hoover
Roosevelt
Hoover
Congress
Tts
Supreme Court
Bar Assn to Probe Criticism by Earle
Harrisburg Jan 11 The Pennsylvania Bar Association moved to form a committee to examine Gov George H Earle's charges of laxity by the bar association. An executive committee approved appointing a tentative panel to study Earle's broad denunciation during its midwinter session.
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United Press
Harrisburg
George H. Warle
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Sterling G. McNees
Association
Barle
Butler election fight to be decided by assembly
In Harrisburg a contest over Butler county’s two seats in the 1937 Pennsylvania House will be resolved by the assembly. Democrat J Brady Murrin and Republican Albert B MecClester claim the seat after disputed returns and a court recount.
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House of Representatives
J. Brady Murrin
Albert McClester
Preston Williams
United Press
Harrisburg
State House of Representatives
Oil and Gas
Albert. B. MecCrester
Butler County
McClester
Murrin
House
Butler County Return Board
John H. Wilson
Butler
Prohibition
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Wilson
Christmas Seal Drive Tops Eleven Thousand Dollars
Erie county Christmas Seal fundraiser surpasses $11,000 with $188.11 added in the latest returns. Personal solicitors in the city contributed $180.16 and mail returns added $52.95, pushing the total toward the $12,000 mark while the county aims for $15,000.
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Erie County
Pa utility rate cuts save customers 20 million yearly
Harrisburg report credits Public Service Commission actions for about 20 million dollars in annual savings to utilities customers over four years. Reductions span electric, gas, water, steam, toll bridges, and telephone companies with most gains from formal and informal proceedings and earlier rate cases.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Public Service Commission
Commission
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
250 Dollar Robbery At Jewelry Store
Thieves smashed a plate glass window at A B Nelon jewelry store in Titusville early yesterday. About half the watches and diamond rings were stolen, totaling roughly 250 dollars. Patrolman found the scene at 5 am. No clues yet. Nelson is brother of Mrs Ralph Boyle of this city who is in the South.
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A. B. Nelon
Titusville
Nelson
Ralph Boyle
Death Claims Byron M Cray
Word came from Oshkosh Wisconsin of the death of Byron HL McCray formerly of this city. He died last night at a hospital there. Survived by his wife and four sons and one daughter, two brothers W H McCray of Migin Pennsylvania and C F McCray of Corry, and a sister Mrs Minnie Stearns of Ashville New York. Funeral services will be held at Oshkosh Tuesday afternoon with burial there.
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Oskash
Wis
Byron
HL. McCray
W. H. McCray
Migin
C. F. McCray
Corry
Minnie Stearns
Ashville
N.Y
Oskosh
Hit Run Driver Sought In Pittsburgh Death
Police press search for driver of hit and run that killed Mrs Maryamunds a 55 year old deaf mute while walking lone on Airport Road at night. Her death marks the fourth Pennsylvanian reporter death in the Western region over the weekend.
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Pittsburgh
Maryamunds
Airport Road
Pennsylvania
Junior P T A Planning Tea
The Junior Elementary P T A plans a tea in the Junior High School on Tuesday evening January 26. A short program is arranged and the public is invited. Mrs R S Dewey is chairman of the tea.
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Junior Elementary Parent- Teachers Association
R. S. Dewey
Medicine Prepared New VorA Warns Of Fatal Effects
A provisional warning is being devised to alert physicians and patients about the potential fatal effects of a new medicine. Distribution is paused pending the creation of a safety fiber warning for susceptible patient types.
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Ima Beler
Soviet Vacation Figures Reported in Health Resorts
The report states about 10,000 people received treatment at health resorts in the Soviet Union around 1836 while 1,670,000 rested in homes maintained by trade unions during vacations.
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Soviet Union
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