Alumni Reunion Names Olin Bracken New President
A Covey High School Alumni Association reunion at Jimlor High auditorium elected Olin W. Bracken president for the coming year. The 65th annual gathering drew 22 percent of members and guests, with 77 from the class of 1938 present. Wes Scott’s Erie orchestra provided dancing music as the evening closed.
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Olin W. Bracken
Covey High School Alumni Association
Jimlor High Auditorium
Wes Scott
Erie
Singing
America
Closs
Garl L. Heidt
St. Illzaveth's Church
Howard J. Sheen
Merrill Lillie
Antoinette Baressi
Association
Charles Hracken
WSB
Frank T. Babbitt
Geare~tary
Joe Pitcavage
Olin Bracken
Marjorie Peel
Adele McCray
Turd
Lena Cohen
W. G. Curtis Memorial Fund
Cora Crippen
Emma Heath
Heath
Bey H
Thompson
Italy Spain Pact Planned as Axis Talks Near Pact
Rome reports Count Galeazzo Ciano plans official talks in Medina around June 21 to pursue an Italian German Spanish alliance. A pact to create a third frontier for the Rome Berlin axis with France along the Pyrenees is under discussion after talks with General Franco. In Wilkes Barre a camouflaged distillery was found by federal agents, a war precaution-like discovery.
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Rome
Galeazeo Ciano
Medina
Cinn
Francisco Branco
Berlin
Francé
Pyrenees
Wilkes-Barre
Butler Township
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Ruth Rubens freed from jail in Moscow case
Mrs Ruth Marie Rubens, an American involved with her husband in a sensational passport fraud and inflation case, pleaded guilty to entering Soviet Russia on a false passport. She was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, time served, and freed to Moscow.
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Moscow
Ruth Marie Rubens
Moss
Nazi agitators stir trouble in Mexico again
United Press reports allegations that student demonstrations in Mexico City over the airplane death of Juan Sirubia were fomented by Nazi and anti Jewish agitators. Gen. Federica Montes announced the protests were not voluntary and warned of an anti Jewish leader sought for organizing the riot. Vicente Toledano Lombardo charged Nazi agents promoted the demonstrations and alleged cooperation with Italian and Japanese agents and Spanish Palangist fascists. He said agents provocateurs were part of a Nazi propaganda network targeting students to strain Mexico United States relations, claiming the German legation and Nazi party involvement.
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United Press
Mexico City
United States
Juan Sirubia
Federica Montes
Vicente Toledano Lombardo
Mexican Confederation of Labor
Mexico
United Spiles
Nazi Party
Legation
Mrs Roosevelt Under Fire From Nazi News Agency
Berlin reports the Deutsches Nachrichten Bureau attacked Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt over her role during King George and Queen Elizabeth’s Washington visit. The dispatch accuses her of staging a White House reception to showcase government officials and to curry favor with the royals.
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Sy Unites Press
Berlin
Deutsches Nachvighten Bureau
Franklin D. Roosevelt
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Washington
Wirs. Roosevelt
White House
Baptist Conference Closes With Pageant at Syria Mosque
The Pittsburgh Baptist Association wraps its three day meeting with a pageant titled Baptists and Religious Liberty at Syria Mosque. About two hundred participants, including men and women, take part in the historical production reflecting Baptist history and liberty.
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Baptist Conference
United
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Baptist Association
Religious Liberty
Syria
Unions Fight for Control of Plant Workers
In Detroit on June 9, two UAW factions clashed as Martin aligned with AFL ordered strikes at General Motors plants in Flint and Saginaw. The UAW CIO led by Thomas had just secured a Briggs contract ending a 70,000-worker strike, while Martin pressed for recognition and bargaining rights. About 800 workers at Flint’s Pivcher No 1 Buick body plant walked out, risking a broader shutdown that could affect Buick's capacity.
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United Press AX
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
R. J. Thomas
Congress of Industrial Organisations
Homer Martin
American Federation of Labor
Martin
AFL
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
Briggs
Matin Group
Briges
Pivcher No. 1
Flint
Buick
Ald
Two Way Probe In Murder Case
Funeral services were held for 14 year old Joan Stevens in Nesquehoning as two investigators pursue the case into killing by a policeman. State police and the district attorney’s office probe an alleged plot in the Pennsylvania anthracite region. Corporal Benjamin Franklin, 38, held on bond, fired at Stevens after she threatened him and a trooper.
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United Fire
Mauch Chunk
Joan Stevens
Nesquehoning
Pennsylvania
Oi Tute
Joan
Reb Banks
Corp
Benjamin Pranklin
Liberty
Oye
Finland to pay regular installment on war debt
Finland notified the Secretary of State that the regular installment on its war debt to the United States will arrive on June 15 as usual. In other news, Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co reported new orders totaling about 20 million dollars for May, the third highest May total in the company's history.
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Finland
Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
Opposition Fails to Stop Signing Labor Bills
Harrisburg reports Governor Arthur J. Dames signed three labor bills, pushed by Rep. C Pranis Gillan and Rep. Sidney J Peale, relaxing work limits on women and injunctions. Protestors gathered outside the capital as the governor defended the measures and pledged future review.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Arthur J. Dames
Dive
C. Pranis Gillan
Pranttlin
Sidney J Peale
Sullivan
Gillan
Peale
Governo’ Dries
Duspleestrom
Ceara Mabar
James
City imposes strict fireworks ban beyond state law
Police official Dr Pini Gon alerts residents to a wet fireworks ordinance prohibiting all fireworks in the city. The local rule is stricter than the state measure that bans cap pistols and certain firework devices.
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Pinigon
Nazi Officer Slain in Prague Sparks Vengeance Drive
Prague June 9 A German policeman's murder triggers Nazi reprisals in Kladno with schools closed curfew extended and city under reinforced Nazi police patrols. A 100000 crown reward is posted for killers as arrests and interrogations rise amid defiance and strict orders.
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United Press
Prague
Kladno
Stern
Czech
Harrisburg Nominates Mrs Lewis for State Senate Seat
The Democratic state executive committee at a special meeting nominated Mrs John Frederick Lewis Jr as the party's candidate for state senator from the 2nd Philadelphia district for the November 7 special election. The panel also will decide statewide candidates for September’s primary. Roosevelt awaited senate action to place Leland Olds on the Federal Power Commission and cut Frank R McNinch from the agency.
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BEMS
Senate
United Press
Harrisburg
Democratic State Executive Committee
Mra
John Frederick Lewis, Jr
Philadelphia
Lewis
Olds
Washington
Roosevelt
Leland Olds
New York
Federal Power Commission
Frank R. McNinch
Congress Will Adjourn by July Fifteenth
Washington June 9 Senate Majority Leader Barkley said adjournment by July fifteenth is possible though not certain. Leaders expect to brief President Roosevelt two weeks before adjournment to aid planning for a Western trip to California and Alaska and to advance must legislation including neutrality.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
D. Ky
Congress
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Washieton State
Alaska
Barkley
Seek 3000 Bail to Release Mars Aviator
Camden New Jersey July 9 parents of Chastan Lee Eshelman two, today sought a 3000 bail to obtain release of their son from Camden county jail. The youth is held in connection with a 15 hour flight in a rented plane that crashed into the Atlantic about 300 miles from Boston. Authorities say the pilot headed toward Mars despite the family claim of Mars aim. Landon Hurt Rockland Ma June Alt M Landon, 1986 Republican presidential candidate, pressed on with his Maine coast fishing trip despite two fractured cribs.
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Camden
N. J
Chastan Lee Eshelman
Camsden County
Atlantic Ocean
Boston
Alielinay
Mara
Wis
Camden ¥. M. CA
Furpe
Landon
Rockland
Alt Mlandon
Maine
Proclamation for Flag Day in Corry City
Mayor Frank E Hepler urges Corry citizens to join Flag Day observances on June 1, with a civic duty to display the American flag and participate in Flag Day exercises at City Parks in the evening as government and industry permit. The proclamation notes June 1 as a legal holiday in Pennsylvania and calls for renewed loyalty to Liberty and Independence.
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Frank E Hepler
Corry
Hepler
Commonwealth of Pennays- Varta
Texas
Aofor
United States
Competitive Fire Drill Contests For Istanford Home Company
Fire drills and upcoming contests are planned for members of the Istanford Home Company. Training focuses on pumper use hose handling and apparatus deployment. Chief Andrew Paulson and Assistant Gnier will oversee teams for possible staged events after drills. The First Ward pumper test ran to Beaverdant with a barrel spotting in the Beaverdant stream to aid pumper use for neighborhood calls.
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Istanford
Andrew Paulson
Gnier
King George VI and Roosevelt Meet Congress in Washington
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth greeted members of Congress under the Capitol dome amid a packed event that included a hand clasp, toasts, and a pledge of Anglo American friendship. President Roosevelt hosted the royals and discussed shared concerns, with remarks touching on wartime alliances and future cooperation. The royal visit continued with tours and public receptions drawing large crowds and highlighting ongoing British American ties.
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Webb Miller
United Press
Washington
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Congress
Capitol
Roosevelt
Pombionio
Alateil
Qttine
Rowne Gelt
Amuricare
Farmers Paid Less Than Milk Costs In Pittsburgh Hearing
In Pittsburgh on June a hearing was told by H B Steele executive secretary of the Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association that farmers are paid less for milk than it costs to produce. He backed producers demand for the Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission to restore the basic retail price of milk in the area. The price had been reduced to 11 cents a quart last February and was under a six month trial.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Milk Control Cormmission
In Proposs
H. B. Steele
Dairymen’s Cooperative Sales Association
World Progress Administration Faces Strike Demand
A WHA spokesman says the agency would ignore a strike called today by the ABL Building Trades Council seeking immediate replacement of workers. The move centers on labor actions amid wage or job concerns.
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Pittsburgh
Jilne
World Progress Administration
WHA
ABL
Gounell
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Spain
Ruth Rubens
Will Jenn C. Chapple
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Democracy
Hoosewelt
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England
Potomac
King
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