Reform Bill Faces Setback in All State Primaries
Roosevelt administration reform measures drew indirect blows at the polls. In the Senate the government reorganization bill passed 49 to 42 on March 28, with Byrnes steering. Of the 42 who voted against it, only Royal Copeland has died since. seven Democrat defectors will be absent when Congress reconvenes in January.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
James ¥. Byrnes
Eyston Sets Land Speed Mark At Bonneville
Captain George Byston regains the world land speed record at Bonneville Salt Flats by averaging 357. miles per hour over two miles. The feat follows Cobb's 350.2 mph mark and marks the third record boost in two weeks as both drivers race to top the speed title with their Railton and Thunderbolt cars.
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United Press
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
George B. Z. Dyston
John Cobb
Byston
Cobb
Salt Ratse
Ryston
Blast injures students at Mount Tien High School
A gasoline blow torch explosion during an industrial arts class at Mount Tien High School injures three students and causes 800 students to evacuate as smoke fills the building. Police report no fatalities.
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Altoona
Mount ‘Tien High School
TWO ERIEITES KILLED AS CAR FAILS TO MAKE TURN
AP report from Westfield and Erie details a highway crash killing two Erie men and injuring two others near Westfield. Sim Corso 36 owner of Phillips Fruit Co and Frank Giammanco driven, plus James Salamone 22 and John Wianiswski 23 injured. In separate Erie crossing crash three sons of prominent Brie manufacturers and bank officials were injured, one seriously. William Spencer 16 fractured skull and thigh, Thomas Spencer 16, and Thomas W Crawford 18 treated at St Vincent's hospital.
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Westfield
Erie
Sim Corso
Phillips Fruit Co
Frank Giammanco
James Salamone
John Wianiswski
Giammante
Angola
William Spencer
Herbert R. Spencer
Eris Enamehing Co
Thomas Spencer
J. Spencer
First National Bank
Thomas W. Crawford
W. Lee Crawford
Griffin Manufacturing Company
St Vincent’s Hospital
Automobile Workers Reach Agreement
Allan Heywood regional director of the CLO announces an accord in the factional strife within the United Automobile Workers Union after consulting from Detroit, delivered during the state convention in New York.
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New York
Allan Heywood
CLO
United Automobile Workers Union
Heywood
Detroit
Retired city carrier feted at Pittsfield dinner party
Oliver P. Skinner, recently retired after twenty five years at the Corry post office, was honored at a large dinner party hosted by fellow postal employees at Pittsfield Thursday evening. About fifty two people attended. Postmaster James P. Sullivan led the program with readings and songs, gifts were presented, and Skinner expressed appreciation for the remembrance.
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Oliver PD. Skinner
Corry
Pittsfield
Tnn
James P. Sullivan
Merrill Lillie
John J. Boaid
James P. Sylvan
Clyde Hall
Elof Dahl
Harold Shannon
J. P. Sullivan
Spo
Meevill Lillie
Ernest W. Schuyter
Mr. Skinner
Schuyler
Gerry
George Asks Dems To Unite After Georgia Victory
Senator Walter F. George, who defeated Roosevelt in Georgia, urged Democratic unity in Atlanta. He urged party members to lay aside grudges and work for the common good, saying differences had been orderly and within the party and should be forgotten.
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Walter F. George
Roosevelt
Georgia
Repair of East South Street Pavement Underway
Work began on restoring pavement torn up by storm sewer work along East South Street from Mill Street to Kenley Alley. The WPA program funds graveling and improvements on East South and East and West Pleasant streets, with 15 to 20 workers starting at Mill South Street. The federal government set aside 38000 for labor, while the city covers material and equipment costs.
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Mill Street
Kenley Alley
West Pleasant
Mill-South Street
Club Rally for Scott Tonight in Erie County
A sizable delegation will attend the Democratic Progressive Club booster rally on State street in Birié in support of Walter H. Scott of Corry for State Assembly in the Third district of Erie County. Additional rallies for Erie City candidates and Fitzgerald for Congress are planned in coming days.
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Curry
Democratic Progressive Club
Birié
Walter H. Scott
State
Erie County
Thus County
Plana
Corry
Erie City
Assembly
Club
State Street
New Electric Clock Gift To Corry Hospital
A donor, unnamed, presents an electric clock to Corry Hospital installed in the lobby by Cur Hs, the jeweler. The benefactor is a prominent Corry woman involved with the institute, part of a series of gifts from clubs and individuals in recent years.
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Corry Hospital
Cur Hs
Corry
Vote Campaigns Of Bots Parties Well Under Way
Harrisburg Sept 16 Repub candidates shift eastward and Democrats to the west for a weekend of speeches that will push the November campaign forward. Senator James J. Day and Judge Arthur H. James will address the festival tomorrow. Davis to speak at Lehigh County Constitution Day dinner in Allentown tonight. Judge James tours 11 western counties. Bradford speech praises Pennsylvania industries. Democrats plan to draw leaders from across the state to Pittsburgh tonight. Gov Harris and other ticket seekers scheduled to speak. Senator Guffey back from Europe to face a Dauphin County grand jury inquiry. Grand jury investigation stayed temporarily by the Supreme Court.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Republang
Qulll
U.S
James J. Dayin
Torreeleetn
Superior Court
Arthur H. James
Davis
Allentown
James
Bradford
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
George Haris
Charles Alvin Jones
Thomas A. Logue
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Jspeak
Joseph F. Gutfey
Ftrom Europe
Guffey
New York
Dauphin caMniy Grand
Europe
Supreme Court
Plant Building TS Remodeling Underway for Raymond Co
Remodeling of the former Novelty Works plant has begun to convert the building into a warehouse for Raymond Manufacturing Company. Elmer McElroy holds the contract, plans call for divesting a section and lowering the front to one story. Galvanized steel roofing and siding will be used. project is expected to take about hire weeks.
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Novelty Works
Raymond Manufacturing Co
Raymond Manufacturing Company
Elmer McElroy
Tér
Mass Pleasant Street
Teds
Seek Union Of All Methodists Convened By Erie Church
Erie Methodist Episcopal conference at Oil City selected laymen to join the spring convention on church union. Delegates named include Dr. M. L. Barnard Brookville and Rev. S. T. Davison Girard. James H. Straughn of Baltimore urged union across factions before proceeding with denominational talks. Public safety hearings in Newark featured denial of speaking permits amid tensions.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Erie Methodist Episcopal Church Conference
Oil City
Erie Conference
M. L. Barnard
Brookville
T. Davison
Girard
James H. Straughn
Baltimore
Winion
Philly Solon to Deny Series of Graft Claims
Philadelphia legislator Rep Charles Melchiorre appears to contest testimony by Charles J Margiotti alleging graft in Gov. Burle’s administration. The Cohen house committee investigates beer and Sunday movie legislation payments tied to the party and state officials with figures and named witnesses including David L. Lawrence and J. David Stern.
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George H. Earle
Charles Melchiorre
Philadelphi
Cohen House Committee
Burle
Charles J Margiotti
Margiotti
Capital
State Democratic Organization
Focal
Hinvilved
Gommonwenlin
Seonstary
David L. Lawrence
Harry B. Ka-rodnery
Bare
Inter
U. & District
Mat New H. McCroakey
Philadelphi Contractny
Philadelphia Democratic
State Party
J. David Stern
Philadelphia Record
Camden Courier
The
N. ¥. Post
63 Get Letters at Junior High
Sixty three pupils at Junior High received letters at a morning assembly with a flag salute remarks by Principal Harold G Wolfe and welcome by Billy Beduze. Letters awarded by Wolfe include C in sixth grade Jeanette Hepler Ralph Hepler Gladys Hotchkiss Lawrence Morton Neva Wickins Neil Smith Betty Halfast Charles Mack and L in sixth grade Robert Alford Barbara Hurlbert Francis Long William Noxon Karilyn Phillips.
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Harold G. Wolfe
Billy Beduze
Mr. Wolfe
Barbara Anderson
Jeanette Hepler
Ralph Hepler
Gladys Hotchkiss
Lawrence Morton
Neva Wickins
Neil Smith
Betty Halfast
Charles Mack
Sth
Robert Alford
Barbara Hurlbert
Francis Long
William Noxon
Karilyn Phillips
Eignty
Confesses Thefts in Detroit Bank Robberies
Detroit federal agent John S. Rugas said Lee Billott McVey confessed to two bank robberies and the holdup of two bank messengers with total loot of $147,000 after three days and nights of questioning.
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Detroit
John S. Rugas
Federal Bureau of
Lee Billiott McVey
Bigs
McVey
Czech Sudeten seizure and Henlein arrest prompt Czech crackdown
Prague reports the Czech government outlawed the Sudeten German party, disbanded its storm troops, and ordered seizure of property. Konrad Henlein is sought for treason as authorities extend the crackdown across Bohemia and Moravia Silesia, with arms surrender mandatory within 24 hours.
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United Press Prague
Today
Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler
Konrad Henlein
Germany
Tishig
Staieten
Staeten
Sudeten
Bohemia
Moravia-Silesia
Hull and Roosevelt Confer On Latest European Developments
Secretary of State Cordell Hull met with President Roosevelt at the White House to review the newest European war reports as a cabinet session was summoned to discuss the war and its US implications. Both leaders appeared grave as Hull carried dispatches, and the president canceled a trip to Poughkeepsie to address a constitutional celebration amid the von Hinning crisis.
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Prac
Washington
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
White House
Flull
Europe
United States
Gray State Department
Hull
Wil Rfu
Mypeftaliose
Tull
Poughkeensie
Britain Faces Sudeten Crisis Decision as War Looms
London readers realized the day’s news shows Britain must choose between yielding to Germany over the Sudetenland or risking a broader war. As Neville Chamberlain returned from Berchtesgaden with Hitler’s demands, public worry grew that appeasement delays conflict but may not avert it.
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United Press
London
Neville Chamberlain
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Chamberlain
Europe
Britain
Germany
British Empire
Plans for 20 Mile Pittsburgh Super Highway
Harrisburg September 18 plans for a 20 mile super highway through Pittsburgh cost about 27 million were announced today by Highways Department Chief Engineer Samuel W Marshall. The divided four lane highway would have no dangerous intersections to allow traffic to speed through the city and provide easy access to all points, with the support of the US Public Roads Bureau.
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Harrisburg
Pittsbburgh
Highways Department
Eagineer
Samuel W. Marshall
Traffc
Public Roads Bureau
Marshall Wall
Barcelona bombing leaves many dead and injured
A September 16 bombing of Barcelona’s port area killed about 120 people and wounded 70 as three squadrons of planes struck the suburban port at 10 30 am. Most bombs hit the market district and many victims were women at the market. Air raid details note ships Stanlake and Boby were hit but crews survived.
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Einersee
Barcelona
Barcelonsia
Stanlake
Boby
Cleafly
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Philly Solon
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John H. Fertig
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