Roosevelt Intervenes In WPA Wage Controversy Today
Roosevelt backs WPA wage policy amid national debate on security wages and 10 hour month. He confirms no strike against the federal government and plans talks with AFL leader William Green on prevailing wage issues. Pennsylvania and Erie district funds earmarked for road improvements under state highway department WPA projects.
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Venango
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Clarion
Forest
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Mercer
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Mgdway
T. Lamont Hughes
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
Rdw
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Imdie Emphysis
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Congress
Philadelphia
James L. McDevitt
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
AFL
Guffey Attacks Work of James Washington
Senator Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania, a New Dealer loyal to Roosevelt, used a July 14 speech to denounce the Pennsylvania Republican regime. He warned that if Republicans win in 1940, the state faces three more years of GOP failures, broken pledges, and corporate exploitation, contrasting with New Deal progress. He also predicted national upheaval if Roosevelt is not re elected.
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Washington
Joseph F. Guffey
New Dealer
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Pennnsylvania
Dames
Keystone
Franklin Roosevelt
Pope Pius Pleased With Theme of Peace
Detroit July 14 Pope Pius X17 expressed deep satisfaction over the peace theme at the eighteenth national convention of the Catholic Daughters of America. Cardinal Masse, secretary of state, sent a message of congratulations noting the Holy Father was touched by the devotion of Catholic Daughters and pleased with the convention’s emphasis on peace.
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Detroit
Pius
Quintuplets Born in Mexico City Reported by Grafico
Grafico reports five newborns two girls and three boys born Monday to Polita Alvaro de Carbonell, wife of Julian Carbonell, in Alvaro Obregon near Villaher mivea, Tabasco capital. Mother in delicate condition, quintuplets described as doing well.
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Grafico
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Villahermivea
Tabasco
Polita Alvaro Dé Carbonell
Julian Carbonell
Port given to Germany by Italy amid Trieste report
A report from Paris claims Italy leased the Adriatic port of Trieste to Germany for a 10 year development deal tied to resolving the German minority issue. Rome and Berlin dispute the report, but British and French experts warn it signals rising Nazi influence and potential naval access via the Adriatic.
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Mediterranean
Yent
Youth Admits Theft For Chum Confession Misleads
Robert Slater a 15 year old from Fredonia Pa confessed to stealing two letters containing 25 dollars from a mailbox. He paid restitution after learning the letters were not stolen and was released. The case puzzling authorities involved a mistaken belief a friend had landed in trouble and needed help.
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Mercer
Fredonia
Robert Slater
Tov
Young Slater
Optical Illusion Hill Believed Real In Leominster
In Leominster Massachusetts July 14 a high school principal Dwight W. Davis tested a magnetic level on his car to study a hill named the optical illusion. He announced the hill’s slope was actually a four degree downgrade and that the apparent drop is a perceptual illusion.
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Leominster
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Leominster Hill
Dwight W. Davis
Leominster High School
Davis
Jones Nominated for U S Jurist Post in 3rd Circuit
President Roosevelt nominated Charles Alvin Jones of Pennsylvania to be judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Jones, who sought the Pennsylvania governorship in 1938, would replace Judge J Warren Davis who has retired.
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U. S
Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Alvin Jones
Pennylvania
Aidge
Circuit Court of Appeals
Pennsylvania
J. Warren Davis
Madman Drowns Aged Woman in Bathtub
In Stuart New York a man shouted and dragged an elderly neighbor into a bathtub where she was drowned. The assailant, Walter Ferguson, then held his door against police and died during the confrontation, apparently of heart disease. Neighbors say he had been unemployed since a strikebreaking incident.
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Stuart New York
Walter Ferguson
Two Women In Race For Head Of Women's Clubs
Kansas City July 14 Mrs Rosa E Cunningham of Des Moines and Dr Minnie Maffett of Dallas Texas are opposing candidates for the presidency of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. New officers will be elected at the federation's closing business session later today.
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Rosa E. Cunningham
Des Moines
Minnie AL. Maffett
Dallas
Tex
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Gunningham
Maffett
Rotary Club Plans Gl At Pindley Lake Camp For Boys
Rotary Club announces a three week pre scouting camp at Pindley Lake supervised by Thomas Boelats. Ten boys per session will join from Tuesday to Friday with activities including swimming archery tennis hiking and nature study. Registration at Western Auto store with cost around iti each and tent gear prepared by Thomas Roelofs.
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Rotary
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Thomas Boelats
Thielemis
Western Auto Store
Lester Lapus
Lapis
Rotary Giuliani
Thomas Roelofs
House Refuses Old Age Grant in Social Security Fight
The Hone today rejected Senate amendments to the Social Security bill and sent it to conference. Amendments would establish a minimum old age assistance grant of 25 dollars per month and require states to contribute at least 100 dollars per month per beneficiary for federal grant eligibility, with federal matching above that level. Additional proposals would set a 2 to 1 federal match for state contributions up to five dollars, with a scale thereafter.
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Senate
Len Edwin €. Johnson
Tom Connelly
J. Tex
New York Solon Takes Own Life in Ithaca Area
Thaga N.Y. July 4. State Senator Teer Tracel Stage 1, noted for public economy and agriculture, was found shot to death in a secluded woodland path near Ithaca. Coroner William TE said Smee died by his own action after a brief struggle. one bullet hole was found in the skull.
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Solon
United Press
THAGA
N.Y
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Tee Publica
Wooay
Ithaca
Seif
Smee
Staua
Francis Quinn to Speak at Brown Picnic Address
Erie attorney Francis B Quinn will deliver the address at the annual piome art reunion of the Jobst Brown Memorial Association, held at Newfrchmond, Crawfird bounty, on a Saturday in June. The event draws commuters and distant attendees with music by The Esquires and accordion duets by Ruth F. Bennett and Barbara Anderson, aiming for a large turnout and old-fashioned outing.
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Francis B Quinn
Erie
Ue Jobst Brown Memorial Association
John Brown
Newfrchmond
Crawfird Bounty
Dane Byron
Esquires
Ruth F. Bennett
Barbara Anderson
Gerry. Wil
Erie Swimmer Suffers Injury While Swimming
Paddy de chimtes Wels anid, 20, of the, was in St Vincent's Hospital today suffering a severe spinal injury after striking bottom turning handspring in the water off Peninsula Beach. He was rescued by three companions and reported in fair condition.
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ERI
Paddy de Chimtes
St. Vin- Cent
Peninsula Beach
City council backs sewer plan to relieve 2nd Ward flooding
The council considers a trial sewer along a tyorfoot line from Conc rere to East Way to relieve flooding in the 2nd Ward. Mayor Hepler says the project may require WPA aid and health officials will review the experiment, with hopes to ease property owners' burdens amid municipal budget constraints.
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Sue Spurouch
Concrere
Uy Carr
Hye Creek
I. Hepler
Couneil
Thalr
Fepler
Hepler
WEA
Governor Arthur Hi James Celebrates 56th Birthday
Harrisburg dispatch July 14 reports Governor Arthur Hi James leaving his desk to attend a family party at the executive mansion as he marks his 56th birthday anniversary.
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James
Harrisburg
Arthur Hi. James
Wind Heavy Storm Damages Corry Area Farms
A violent storm packing wind lightning and rain struck Corry and nearby territory between 9 and 10 last night. Property losses run into thousands with barns and tools damaged, including a barn that burned from lightning and a threshing machine hit. Insurance covered most costs. some farm buildings and crops were destroyed. two horses injured by a strike and a man hospitalized after being kicked by a horse. Continued report on next page.
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Dallas
Ay Howe
Wuibas
Swellba
Bart Sturer
Sheeley
Henry Warnshouns
Climer
Jas
French Creek
T Neckers
John ‘Haitink
Leslie Barton
Anhville Sigat Grove Road
Bart
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