Secretary Swanson of Navy Dies After Long Sickness
Corry area WPA news reports a Navy secretary dies after extended illness. Organized labor opposes WPA wage scale, with 1,200 men to be re employed on a new highway program. Erie officials say most local WEA work remains, while some workers fear strikes and loss of jobs amid recent reforms.
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Corry Evening Journal
Swanson
NAVY
Corry
Erie
G. C. Cleaver
Works Progress Administration
Robert Cullin
the Journal
Exie
Harrisburg
Cleaver
Catlin
Erie County Board of Public Assistance
Journal Inguley
WEA
Erlendvir
Wistriet
WPA
Navy Secretary Claude Swan Dies in Virginia at 77
Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swan, a cabinet member since 1933 under President Roosevelt, died today in Virginia at age 77. The longtime administrator led naval affairs for six decades and shaped the department through wartime eras and peacetime reforms.
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Secretary of Navy
Claude A. Swansons
Roosevelt
Virginia
Monetary bill becomes law in Washington
President Roosevelt signed the conference report on the monetary bill late yesterday. Treasury officials say monetary powers restored, though private financial cycles remain uncertain about future policy. The measure, enacted after the original authority expired June 30, aims to normalize treasury operations amid ongoing debates over silver pricing and fiscal policy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
de Teal
Treasury
New Deal
Senaté
Pleas Guilty in Erie County Cases Faces September Sentencing
Four Erie county men pleaded guilty this week before Judge J Orin Waite to various charges including larceny and breaking and entering. Sentences are set for September 11 with several defendants already scheduled for that date. One defendant, Jack Daniel alias H A Hadad, awaits a Washington report on past records before sentencing. Clifford Morrison, earlier sentenced for drunk driving, was paroled for a period of peace.
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William Sederburg
Corry
Erie County
Mery
J. Orin Waite
Evie
Sederburg
Davison Fogle Lumber Company
Joseph Potosnal
Stinley
Sruehmanski
Erie
Michael J. Seheny
East Ath Street
Jack Daniel
H. A. Hadaad
Conrad
Mayard
FBT
Washington
Clifford ~ Morrison
Allegheny County
W. E. Hirt
Pardon Board Denies Clemency for Paul Ferry
Harrisburg July 7 The state pardon board refused to recommend clemency for Paul Ferry condemned to die for the murder of his wife. Ferry, whose insanity pleas led to repeated respites, has been declared sane and released from state hospital. his tenth reprieve delayed execution until July 17.
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United Frese
Harrisburg
State Pardon Board
Paul Perry
Erie
Ferry
Organized Labor in Pittsburgh Protests
United Press reports Pittsburgh central AFL and CIO groups adopted resolutions calling for repeal of the longer working hours without wage increases in the New Works Progress Administration program. The Steel City Industries Union Council condemned the wage reduction as an attack on the union wage structure, claiming to represent 188,000 CIO members.
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Organized Labor
Pittsburgh
United Press
New Works Progress Administration
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Steel City Industries Union Council
GIO
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Swanson, Veteran Democrat, Dies in Virginia Camp
Secretary of Navy Claude A. Swanson, a longtime Democratic elder statesman, died at 8:06 p.m. in a Blue Ridge fishing lodge on the Rapidan River in Virginia. He was 77. Swanson had served in the Senate and House, was governor of Virginia, and helped keep the Navy well funded. The White House announced the death, creating a third vacancy in President Roosevelts cabinet.
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United Press
Washington
Secretary of Navy
Claude A. Swanson
Democratic Party
Blue Ridge Mountain
Rapidan River
Virginia
White House
Roosevelt
Swanson
Hoover
Hus
London
Ramsay
MacDonald
United States
Long
Jug
Navy Department
Navy
Foris Department
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Navalaffairs
Murder Suspect Denies Slayings in Cleveland
A 52-year-old bricklayer, linked to 13 torso murders in Kingsbury Run, denied any killings after 36 hours of questioning. Sheriff O'Donnell threatened to use a polygraph. the suspect, described as a degenerate, offered contradictory explanations for blood stains and knives. No charges yet.
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United Press
Cleveland
Kingsbury Run
Martin O'Donnell
Senate bloc upholds embargoes on munitions
A 34 senator bloc led by Hiram Johnson vows to block any repeal or modification of the neutrality law shielding arms shipments to belligerents. They pledge unalterable opposition to removing embargoes on arms and munitions, defying administration efforts and signaling likely Senate resistance to Roosevelt allies.
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United Press
Washington
Hiram Johnson
Calif
Cary Mainain
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Corry Residents Hurded In Forced Plane Landing
Three Corry residents and an Oil City pilot escaped with minor bruises after a forced landing near Bethe College on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Robert Wolford and Ray Wolford of East Main Street were passengers in a Stinson aircraft piloted by F P Foust from Splain Airport Oil City. The propeller and one wheel were damaged but no serious injuries were reported. The Wolfords planned to return to Corry that evening.
Flood toll climbs as 54 bodies recovered in Kentucky
Morehead Kentucky July 1 rescue workers press on after a cloudburst swept a eight-county area. Fifty four bodies recovered and 117 still missing as swollen rivers rise. Red Cross reports final fatalities likely between 75 and 100. Flood caused $5 million in damage across the hard hit Hood area with typhoid precautions and water chlorination underway.
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United Prose
Morehead
Kentucky
U.S Weather Bureau
P. E. Blackerby
Red Cross
Washington
Summer Heat Reaches 94 in City As Humidity Persists
The Mercury rose to 94 degrees on official thermometers today with unofficial readings above 100 in the downtown area. Showers and cooler weather were forecast for the weekend, promising relief from lingering humidity and a sticky atmosphere.
Child Killed as Stairs Collapse in Rathmel, Pa
Two year old Gary James Peterson of Rathmel Pa died instantly when an old flight of stairs collapsed and fell on him near Punxsutawney Pa on July 7.
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Punesutawney
Gary James Peterson
Rathmel
Cole
Roosevelt third term clash moves to capital debate
July 7 Washington. The third term controversy stays in focus as two Democratic candidacies emerge and Harold Ikes plans to draft Roosevelt in 1940. Tekes Jolyon debate on air. McNutt resigns Philippine post by September 1, lifting the field for a full time presidential candidate within two months. Garner positions for campaign but no formal bid yet.
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United Press
Washington
Harold Nekes
Roosevelt
Tekes
Hugh Jolyon
NRA
John N Garner
McNutt
Roosevel
White House
Crash survivor in critical condition in Scranton
Scranton Pa July 7 Jean Johnson 19 of Avoca sole survivor of eight on a pleasure trip in observance of her Uirlicity was reported in very critical condition at Scranton State hospital Funeral arrangements were planned for seven victims of yesterday's crash at nearby Daleville Four were members of one family including a mother and two babies
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United Press Scranton
Jean Johnson
Avoca
Scraffton State Hospital
Daleville
Traher
Boy Falls Eight Feet Scars Left Leg Injury
Milford Wallace Anderson five year old son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Anderson RR 2 Corry fell about eight feet from a step ladder at home last evening. He sustained a fracture to the left leg. He received treatment at Corry hospital and was discharged this afternoon.
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Milford Wallace Anderson
Ernest Anderson
R. D
Corry
Corry Hospital
Post Office Receipts Soar Doubling First Class Standing
Postmaster Sullivan reports fiscal year receipts July 1998 to June 1999 totalled 45,914.89, up from 44,780.24 the year before, with six months this year exceeding last year by about 2,000 and monthly totals outpacing last year in all months except June. Continued solid sales could preserve the first class rating.
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Coty Post Office
Sullivan
Gorty Post
Lietispal
James P. Sullivan
Judy Isa
United States Postal Department
Gullivan
Artice
British Japanese Squabble Roils Far East on War Anniversary
On the second anniversary of the war against Chiang Kai-Shek, Japanese anger at Western activity in China grows. An army spokesman in Tokyo said Japan bears unprecedented hatred for Britons as police guard the British embassy amid demonstrations. In Hankow Japanese and French forces faced off at the French concession entrance after Paris refused a war anniversary parade entry. Emergency precautions? Shanghai and Tientsin authorities prepared for Japanese parades, while Chungking marked the day with blasts from jets and explosions. In the Manchuluo border region Japanese planes were attacked and Japanese claims said they shot down 84 Soviet planes in ongoing frontier clashes.
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China
Far East
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Tokyo
Hankow
Shanghai
Tientsin
Chungking
Manchuluo-Quter
Gov James Warns Distillers to Put Their House In Order
Harrisburg July 7 Gov Arthur H James warned the whisky distilling industry to end excesses or risk return to prohibition. He told distiller representatives at a meeting of distillers and liquor board that only by clean through the front door could the industry survive under his administration.
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Harrisburg
Fenn House
Spokies
Strikes spread as WPA wage protests halt work nation wide
Labor unions press a security wage plan challenging the prevailing wage for WPA projects. About 150000 workers idle as strikes extend from New York and Chicago to Milwaukee and Philadelphia, with Woodruff warning against replacing the prevailing wage. Philadelphia officials join the protest, aiming to mobilize roughly 175000 WPA workers across Pennsylvania.
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Nnlil
New York
Clueiae
Chiywhurtlis
Milwaukee
Minnweapolis
Ob Weisely
Clifton A. Woodrut
Woodrut
Marrnes
Philadelphia
Pemaet— Fc
Pennsylvaniia
WPA
Myyrisburg
Pro‘wast Siriloes
Panel Selected for Graft Jury Trial in Harrisburg
A 44 Republicans and 16 Democrats jury panel was summoned by Dauphin County Sheriff for the second graft trial in Pennsylvania. Judge Reese directed the panel to convene August 7 to relieve Judge Hughes, with the Supreme Court denying the defense motion for a change of venue. Bridegroom killed in Irwin as tractor accident halts proceedings on the $85.9 million new air weather highway project.
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Dauphint County
Earle
Fred S. Reese
Cumberland County
Supreme Court
Washington County
Howard W. Hughes
Veare
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