Legislature adjourns without relief for unemployed Pennsylvanians
Harrisburg July 10 announces the legislature adjourned without restoring relief for 565,700 jobless residents. Senate rejected a 60,600,000 tax bill package and the Democratic house blocked a 3,000,000 immediate aid measure. Expected conference talks to resolve revenue needs and relief funds continue.
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Morey J. Potter
United Press
Harrisburg
Senate
House
Legislative
Desa
Rarle
Sind
Tew
GOP
Ihe
House Senate
Road to Ruin Reflects Pittsburgh Business Boom
Western Pennsylvania business activity rose to 97.4 percent of normal last week as a Pitt bureau survey cites a surge driven by steel industry tensions and last minute order rush before price changes on July 1. The index nears boom era highs but remains 19 points below 1928 peak.
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Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
Bureau of Business Research
TANKS AND CARS PARADE BEFORE FORBIDDEN CITY
Reports from Beijing say Japanese troops staged fresh military demonstrations in the streets around the Forbidden City. Tanks armored cars and ferries filled with soldiers paraded for the third consecutive day amid tensions. An American photographer was manhandled but apologized after embassy intervention.
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Anneg
Priping
China
Beiing
Forbidden City
Star
F. M. Fisher
United Press
Fisher
Employment Wages in Pennsylvania See Broad Gains
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reports a five percent rise in employment and a twenty percent jump in wages for May compared to last year. Anthracite coal operators show large increases in hours and wages, with working time up 88 percent and payrolls 96 percent. Bituminous coal also rises in employment and payrolls. manufacturing and construction show net gains while retail employment slips from May 1835 levels.
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United Pres
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry
Former Brookville banker is released
Leonard Bernard Shannon, once Brookville farm boy turned bank president, walked from the Federal Penitentiary in Harrisburg at 8 a.m. today. The 58-year-old served one year and nine months of a three-year sentence for embezzlement and misapplication of funds from Jefferson County National Bank of Brookville. His confessed loss reached 50,784.88 from September 17, 1981 to November 9, 1992.
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United Press
Ubwisburg
Leonard Bernard Shannon
Shannon
Jefferson County National Bank 1
Brookville
Craft Union Leaders Pressure Lewis Faction in AFL Rift
July 10 war of words in Washington as AFL leaders demand compromise or suspension of John L. Lewis faction. John P. Trey reasserts drive to crush Lewis, presenting charges against the Committee for Industrial Organization amid council meeting near insurgent HQ. labor ranks urge solidarity.
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United Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
John P. Trey
Metal Trades Department
Lewis
Federation Executive Council
Committee For Industrial Organization
Prey
Roosevelt to Enjoy Cruise Visit Canada on Vacation
President Franklin D Roosevelt will depart tonight for a vacation cruise with three sons starting July 14 from Rockland Maine aboard the schooner Sewanna. The voyage along the Nova Scotian coast will end at Campobello New Brunswick where he and his mother keep a summer home before a return by train to Eastport and then Quebec to meet Lord Tweedsmuir.
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Frederick A. Storm
United Press
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Canada
Roosevelt
Rockland
Campobello
N. B
Maine
Bay of Fundy
Nova Scotian
Sevanna
Eastport
Passamaquoddy Bay
Quebec
Lord Tweedsmuir
Scouting Pasture Feasibility for Western Cattle
United Press reports western Pennsylvania grazing is insufficient for more cattle. Meteorologist W. S. Brotzman says drought areas cannot support an influx. Braddock congressman James L. Quinn proposed importing cattle for boarding, but farmers find pasture scarce and dry with feeding already necessary.
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United Press
Pettsburgh
Pennsylvania
W. S. Brotzman
U.S
Western
Catte
James L. Quinn
Braddock
U. S
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Midwest
Brozeman
Revue Postponed by Heat and Cooling Failure
Intense heat and a non functioning auditorium cooling system forced a postponement of the WPA Revue at the Senior High School auditorium. The event will be rescheduled soon under the Elmer C Capvier Post American Legion auspices.
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Elmer C. Capvier
American Legion
Launch Campaign to Enforce Milk Act
Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti and the milk control board launched a statewide campaign for strict enforcement of milk control acts. They warned dealers to apply for new licenses by July 20 or face arrest and urged district attorneys and judges to cooperate in prosecuting violators.
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United Press Harrisburg
Charles J. Margiotti
Milk Control Board
Boar
Margiotli
Jettens
Forest fires rise as drought drains crops and lives
July report shows five million drought weary farmers seek relief as fires blaze across Michigan forests over 1000 acres, with 80 acre Hiawatha unit blaze and 300 acre Huron forest fire. Reinforcements rush in while farmers fear higher prices and government pays security wages to fund drought prevention efforts.
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United Press
Chicago
Michigan
Hiawatha
Upper Michigan National Forest
Huron National Forest
Stiles
New York
Dakotas
Minnesota
Illinois
New Yorkers Suffer On The Hottest Day In History
New York records an unprecedented heat wave with official readings at 102.8 degrees and city heat indices soaring past 115 degrees in midtown. Report describes sweltering streets as traffic officers work under extreme heat while citizens, including a distressed Italian mother with a naked baby, seek relief near Central Park and Broadway areas.
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Fred Myers
United Press
New York
4Nd Street
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
191 Street
Avenue A
Earle blames GOP senators for deadlock in Pennsylvania
Governor Earle launches a campaign against recalcitrant legislators in Pennsylvania. He targets State Senator Max Avon and accuses leaders like Joseph R Grundy and Joseph N Pew of blocking progress. Earle describes the crisis as critical as an armed invasion and vows to lead the drive for the 600,000 needy residents.
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Pew
Joseph R Grundy
Joseph N. Pew
Marle
Pennsylvania
Earle
Harrisourg
Fleet of Planes for Ocean Service Nears Launch
Washington officials confirm Imperial Airways plans a trans Atlantic sea plane service within six weeks. The project would link New York and London with faster weekend travel. American offices declined to discuss details.
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United Press
Washington
New Yorke
London
Imperial Airways
Great Britain
Will Drop WPA Probe In Pennsylvania
Harrisburg report says counsel for the Owlell Senate committee advised against appealing a federal court halt on the WPA inquiry. The circuit court of appeals was not in session. The special legislative session would end before review. Attorneys Schnader and Pepper advised the committee.
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United Prey
Harrisburg
Owlell Senate
WEA
Pennsylvania
Circuit Court of Apepeals
G. Mason Owlett
Win. A. Schnader
George Wharton Pepper
Murphy Forms Candidacy for Michigan Governor
Frank Murphy, who resigned as high commissioner of the Philippines commonwealth, officially announced his candidacy for Michigan governor on the Democratic ticket. He spoke on arrival in Detroit, saying he has decided to seek the state’s top post.
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Nnneg
Detroit
Frank Murphy
Philippines Commonwealth
Roosevelt
Michigan
Murphy
Washington
Union Station
New Fire Truck Sent Back to Factory for Face Lift
Corry's new 500-gallon Mack-International pump fire truck has been returned to the Allentown factory to have its hood and windshield redesigned to match streamlined modern equipment. The apparatus, mechanically sound, was rejected after a local meeting by the Corry Firemen's Relief Association, which is purchasing it, and will be revamped to conform with current styling.
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Corry
Allentown
Corry Firemen's Relief Association
W. A Zimmer
Mack International Builders
Scorching heat wave worsens drought feared across region
A brutal heat wave pushed temperatures to 100 degrees with no relief in sight. Record highs and rising food prices sparked concerns as roads warped and crops suffered amid widespread heat damage and emergency WPA relief efforts.
State Court Fails to Act in Clark Case
The Pennsylvania Superior Court adjourned without ruling on the appeal of State Senator Wh HL Clark of West Chester who was convicted of attempted bribery. The court did not act but issued opinions upholding the convictions of C A Bardolph former treasurer of Franklin Savings and Trust Co Pittsburgh and Herman Frias man a mortgage broker on conspiracy to defraud the trust company.
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United Press
Arilvadelphea
Pennsylvania Superior Court
Philadelphia
Wh HL Clark
West Chester
Franklin Savings and Trust Co
Pittsburgh
Herman Friasman
Weirton Employees Fight Unionization at Steel Plant
A committee for industrial orientation faces new obstacles as workers at Weirton Steel oppose changes. The Employes Security League began activity, signaling organized effort to oppose unionization amid claims of satisfactory current conditions at the plant.
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United Press
Weirton
W. Va
Committee For Industrial Orienteation
Weirton Steel Company
Employes Security League
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