District raid nets largest bootleg operation arrest
State and federal officers seized a major bootlegging outfit in the district with its main outlet in Cleveland. Six men were arrested and about 2000 gallons of alcohol, 5000 pounds of sugar, and 250 pounds of yeast were confiscated at a still on the Wenger farm two miles southeast of North West, Pa. Arrested were Leon Arnone, Rodeo Peggone, Archville Ferrando of Erie. Manuel Semando, Wesleyville. Lewis Dye, North West. and John Pagliaro of Cleveland.
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Vdern
Wistrigt
Cleveland
Agenta
Wenger Farm
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North Wast
Agonta
Lihorlo Arnone
Rodeo Peggone
Archville Ferrando
Erie
Manuel Semando
Wesleyville
Lewis Dye
North West
John Pagsslalum
Governor Must Intervene Reprieve Sought for Two Slayers
Report states Governor George H. Earl may grant an executive reprieve to Joe Senauskagum and John Polens, delaying their death sentences in the Metra Seminole case. The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons is expected to consider further reprieve at its April hearing. Authorities note the delay could keep the two from execution, extending lifelines in a murder case with ongoing appeals.
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John Polens
Hackviews
Metra Seminole
Youngsville Tay
Biy
Pennsylvania Board of Pardone
Spreme Goat
Ailear Covernor
George H. Earl
Pardena
Scott for Earle Jones ticket endorsement in Erie County
Local attorney Walter H. Scott announces his support for the Earle Jones Democratic ticket for the Third District State Assembly. He cites regular Democratic nominees and voter choice over party dictate, urging voters to back the slate.
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State Assembly
Walter H. Scott
Erie County
Tadey
Earle
Pennsylvania
Lexington Withdrawn in Pacific War Games Dispatch
Report from Honolulu states the U S aircraft carrier Lexington withdrew temporarily during Pacific War games due to a throat infection. Navy officials said the illness was not serious and the ship would stay anchored off Walkild while more serious cases could be hospitalized ashore if needed.
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Honolulu
U. S
Lexington
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Pacific Ocean
Sheva Wendaquarters
Wwe
Police clash at plant strike leaves officer injured
In Detroit on March 30 a policeman was injured and a United Auto Workers member arrested after about 466 pickets confronted police at the Federal Screw Works plant. It marked the fourth picket line since the union began protests.
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Detroit
Mare
United Automobile Workers Union
Federal Screw Works
Airikes
Tres Meye
Senate approves Navy supply bill amid war-time tensions
The Senate approved a 19,227,942 Navy supply bill without a record vote. It was sent to conference with the House which yesterday approved a war department measure, the largest pat since 1921, amid charges of a political campaign to urge war.
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Senate
United Press
Washington
Rouse
House Group Approves Reform Law Substitute
The House Reorganization Committee voted seven to two to report favorably four measures as a substitute for reform legislation granting the president broad powers to reorganize the executive department. Chairman John J. Cochran announced the decision after a brief executive session and said debate would be limited to six hours before amendments.
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United Press
Washington
Houze Reorganization Committee
Senate
John J. Cochran
D. Mo
House
Cochran
Public Utility Commission Acts as Supervisory Board
Pennsylvania's Public Utility Commission acts as a super board to curb dividends or debts to affiliates as Walter Biddle Saul argues in Dauphin county court over the Madison Company suit to void P U C regulation. Wallace D Walker of Meadville succeeds his father as president of Talon Inc a maker of hollowless fasteners.
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Hirririsburg
Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission
Walter Biddle Saul
Hiladelphia
Saul
Dauphin County
He-Comphssiin
Iadison Company
Meadville
Wallace D. Walker
Col
Lewis Walker
Talon, Inc
Launch of Roosevelt Highway Resurfacing Project Planned
The Company of Travelsvil Intinich will start work next week to trace and resurface the Roosevelt Highway from Corry to Range's Corners, weather permitting. Cleveland contractors, experienced in local road building, have begun groundwork as conditions allow.
Route 6 Bridge Reconstruction Planned for Main Street Corridor
The article outlines a major project to improve Route 6 from the city line in Rangem Gomera. It calls for substantial bridge and roadway reconstruction to widen the parent artery and ease growing traffic. Uno Nichoway features in plans to restore the bridge to its former condition.
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Rangen Gomera
Penta
Uno Nichoway
Erie County Highway Projects Expand Westward
Construction bids for Route 6 and Roosevelt Highway upgrades total several hundred thousand dollars. F. & M. Doyle Co. awarded 34 miles west of Range’s Corners, with a second contract for 18.6 miles east to Pittafield. Work aims to ease heavy traffic and reconstruct sections west of the city. An alternate route via Spartansburg Meadville will be used during improvements.
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Holste
Range
Y Pobuh
Finton City
Erie
Roosevelt Highway
Corry
Enry
Pittafivld
Constellation Company
Geltyetatr
Warner
Weilcome
Ay Weacone
Dempie Joad
Agate
Wintve
Driscoll Lists Heavy Savings For State Power Customers
Dennis J. Driscoll of St. Marys told a Corry audience that Pennsylvanian utility customers saved $6 412 826 in the year, with $5 495 200 from commission orders and $917 626 from voluntary reductions. Electric and telephone led the gains, while gas water steam heat and bridge toll also contributed. He noted millions more were returned to customers with interest where deposits were held, and vowed to press rate reductions where unfair. The talk emphasized a public partnership among stakeholders and ongoing investigations affecting many ratepayers.
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Pennsylvania
Dennis J. Driscoll
St. Marys
Pennsylvania Public Guilty Commission
Corry
Driscoll
Commission
Driscol
Publi
Mussolini Signals Power In Speech To World
Premier Benito Mussolini declared Italy could mobilize 9 000 000 fighters and warned democratic powers to fear a rapid war as fascist strength demonstrated in a speech before the black shirts. He touted Italy's armed forces and Mediterranean fortifications while urging peace with Britain and signaling alliance with Germany amid the Spanish Loyalist crisis.
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Joe Alex. Morris
Ma Press Star
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Europe
Wrance
Widine
Spain
Ttalyetwui
Great Britain
Nazi Germany
Ror Wau
Shortage of Small Homes Drains City Amid Spring Move
City sees a real shortage of desirable six room houses and apartments as April and May move season begins. Realtors report eight small homes available at best and note high demand in a tight market with little change expected.
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Tocal Marter
SSS
Six Die After Cancer Serum Treatment In Florida
Dr. H A Day of the Orange County Medical Association ordered an investigation into deaths of six persons within 24 hours of cancer serum therapy. Thirteen more patients remain under observation and a 14th shows lockjaw symptoms. The serum's chemical and bacteriological analysis is under way. One physician treating all patients, a figure of some renown, had his name withheld.
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Orlando
H. A. Day
Orange County Medical Association
American Medical Association
Chicago
Fire damages farm barn Ignate Bor on Keimball road
A barn on Ignate Bor’s farm near Keimball Road north west of Unit City burned last night after a lantern exploded in the barn. About twenty tons of hay and several pieces of equipment were destroyed. Estimated damage is $5,000 with $1,200 insured. The blaze spread quickly. a Bem’s son was inside for evening chores. The fire department arrived before the house was damaged. one team of horses and 18 cattle were saved.
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Keimball HI Road
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Unit City
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Jones Serves Consumers Aide in Pennsylvania Campaign
Lebanon March 0 Charles Algill Jones Democratic state committee candidate for the gubernatorial nomination tours after a Lebanon rally he said he never represented a public utility. He and others from a Pittsburgh law firm often counseled consumers in cases against utilities, some reaching the U S Supreme Court. He vowed to victory for liberal government in Pennsylvania and never abandons a fight.
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United Press
Lebanon
Charles Algill Jones
Democrate State Committee
Pittsburgh
TI. 8
Supreme Court
T Am
Pannsylvania
Jones
Jewish Students Barred From Austrian Colleges
Vienna reports that Jewish students will not be admitted to Austrian universities. Education Minister Oswald Menghin said current Jewish registrations could be withdrawn at any moment and future regulations would include clauses targeting Austrian Jews with special orders for foreign Jews. The weather: showers tonight and Thursday, warmer tonight, colder Thursday.
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Union Areas
Vienna
Oswald Menghin
Tornado Wreaks Havoc in Columbus Kansas
A tornado cut a swath 100 to 300 yards wide through western Columbus. More than 50 people were injured and rushed to the city hospital, with many cared for at private homes. Nurses and physicians mobilized. fear some wrecked homes held victims buried in debris.
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Columbus
Kans
Trout season opens in New York state Saturday
Warm springlike weather has city anglers eager for the trout season. The season begins on the first Saturday in April, eight days to two weeks before Pennsylvania, with many predicting a large turnout if the weather remains mild.
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New York State
Pennsylvania
Trank Waltons
Margiotti vows to abolish spoils system in Pennsylvania
Attorney General Charles J. Margiotti, running as an independent for the Democratic nomination, promises to end the spoils system in Pennsylvania and replace it with a civil service, speaking over a statewide radio network. A separate item notes Mrs. Katherine H. Vance of New Castle died after a fall in her home, fracturing her skull, with transport to Ellwood City Hospital.
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Philadelphia
Charles J. Margiotti
Pennsylavenu
Attornay
Spolls Sytem
Pennnsylvania
New Castle
Katherine H. Vance
Vance Goal Company
Wir Pum
Ellwood City Hospital
Mexico Seizure of Oil Spurs U S Protest and Legislative Moves
Mexico City reports President Lavaro Cardenas consulting with leaders as Washington lodges a strong protest over Mexico's seizure of 40 million dollars in oil properties. A special congress session is urged to address expropriation, foreign indemnities, and tariff matters amid tense diplomacy.
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United Press
Mexico City
Lavaro Cardenas
United States
Mexico
Permanent Committee of Congress
Congress
Supreme Court
Edouardo Hay
Josephus Daniels
Dumfels
Hay
Pennsylvanian laundries pay women and minors starvation wages
Harrisburg reports Labor Secretary Ralph M. Bashore cites a survey under the 1937 wage law showing many women and minors in Pennsylvania laundries earn as little as five dollars a week. He notes hourly wages for shirt ironers range from 17 to 87 cents in Philadelphia and Allegheny County, highlighting health and efficiency concerns.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Labor and Industry
Ralph M. Bashore
Bashore
Delice Fl
Alitvey
Bashory
Philadelphia
Alle
Liquor Board Agents Join Marijuana Crackdown Effort
Harrisburg March 80 The liquor control board announced its 200 enforcement agents will assist in Pennsylvania’s campaign to stop marijuana use They were instructed to monitor sales of marijuana cigarettes notably on Western regions and report any breaches to Gov Marloyoalayday.
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Wy Moer
Harrisburg
Liquor Control Board
Leo A. Crossen
The
Liquor Board
George Hi
Marlo Yoalayday
Fishermen Strike in Erie Over Fish Price Cut
About 129 white fish fishermen in Erie Pennsylvania walked off the job protesting a five cent per pound price cut. The new rate dropped to 20 cents a pound as 20 boats stayed idle on the fishing grounds amid hopes a settlement could come later today.
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Erie
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Stelle
Naval Patrol Plane Crashes Off Honolulu Coast
A PBY patrol bomber crashed three miles southeast of Kaena Point on Oahu during maneuvers. The crew size was six, and no casualty information was learned immediately. The report notes the aircraft type and location. Whitney to be questioned in New York after pleading guilty to larceny.
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Honolulu
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Tellato
Kaen’ Point
Oahu
Whitney
New York
Icharet Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Rafiten Tie “Niksuiptey
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