Dismissal notices to WPA workers go out Monday
In Harrisburg April 1947 dismissal notices for 19 540 WPA workers in Pennsylvania will go out Monday under a federal order. The move follows a House vote approving 100 million dollars more WPA funds. State officials warn many will return to relief roles after a three week waiting period. Governors and WPA leaders discuss costs and highway projects amid a nationwide 200 000 roll reduction by next Saturday.
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Harrisburg
WPA
Pennsylvania
Col. F.C. Harvington
U.S. House of Representatives
Department of Public Assistance
Howard L. Russell
Secretary of Public Assistance
James
State Highway Department
North Mountain
Bradford
Williamsport
St. Marys
Ridgway
Poconos
Cumberland County
Labor Board
Senate Labor
Obituary of Mr. Martin Resident of Indiana County
Mr Martin, born July 28 1866 in Cherryhill Township, died of a heart ailment. A lifelong Indiana County resident, he belonged to Mount Nebo Presbyterian Church Smethport Lodge F and A M Williamsport Consistory and Ping Flats Lodge I O O F. He was a retired lumberman and former postmaster at Alverda. Surviving are his widow Mrs
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Martin
Cherryhill
Indiana County
Mount Nebo
William H. Harvey
Derry Township
Westmoreland County
Derry
England
Ambrose
Sarah
Pretty) Harvey
Sarah (Ryan) Harvey
William G. Harvey
Blairsville
Robert E. Harvey
Woodville
Sarah Cowan
Cokeville
Mary Burns
Pittsburgh
Margaret Jane Croasman
Miles Croasman
Hamilton
Jefferson County
Adan
Margaret (Guld) Beck
Eddyvilly
North Point
Dayton Academy
Ringgold Township
Republican Majority Boils Down Relief Plan to Four Points
Harrisburg April 1 The Republican majority in the Legislature narrowed the relief program to four points after three months of study. They advocate separating direct relief from other aid, unifying the department with unemployment compensation, liquor control, and new bureaux, directing unemployed to work on community projects, and a $9 million deficiency appropriation to sustain relief through May 31. The plan would remove about 6,000 direct relief staff from civil service, replace with a governor-appointed county board, and require monthly publication of aid recipients. Howard A. Russell supported work only if it does not supplant WPA-scale projects or replace local workers on payrolls.
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Harrisburg
Pi“Tye Republic
Department of Public Assistance
Liquor Control Board
State Relief Administration
Pennsylvania
John E. van Allsburg
R-Brie
House Welfare Committee
Federal’ Social Security Board
van Allsburg
Will” Py County Assistance Board
Howard A. Russell
Public Assistance
WPA
Wade
Obituary Notices From Johnstown Area Cluster
Obituaries recall Flora Nipps aged 80 of 314 Grave Avenue Johnstown and Vesta Davis of Indiana and Johnstown area, with details of survivors including Verna Nipps and William Nipps. Also noted are William H Harvey of Derry Township, Margaret Jane Croasman of Hamilton, Anna Palisin of Commodore. Funeral plans, cemeteries and pastors listed.
Wagner Act Denounced And Push For Revisions
A Washington committee of the chamber of commerce denounces the Wagner Labor Act for promoting public disorder and property rights abuses and proposes a six point revision. The plan seeks to separate unemployment aid from other assistance, merge civil service, aid programs, and liquor control, impose relief conditions, and add 9.06 million dollars in funds for the biennium. Meanwhile Republicans call for a four point relief program and the formation of a milk investigation panel. A box score shows 15 new laws in 13 weeks and 34.39 million dollars appropriated in the current session. The phkrole study commission presses revision of probation and parole, with E. J. Hiller aiding a Senate bill to create a state parole board and mandate maximum sentences.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Civil Service
Department of Public Assistance
Unemployment Compensation
Liquor Control Board
House
Harry Polikoff
State Milk J Contral Commission
Capitol Hill
Phkrole
Earle
Senate
Probation and Parole Board
E. J. Hiller
New York State
Fuehrer in Wilhelmshaven as Tirpitz christening noted
Hitler visited Wilhelmshaven where crowds cheered as he received honorary citizenship and watched the battleship Von Tirpitz launched. The ceremony featured Ulrich von Hassell’s wife breaking champagne on the ship and the Fuehrer saluting amid tense mood and heavy security.
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Fuehrer
Scharnhorst
Wilhelmshaven
Greater Germany
Germany
Hitler
von Wirpitz
North Sea
Jadehusen
von ‘Krpite
Admiral von Tirpitz
Rome
Ulrich von Hassell
Tirpitz
Adolf von Trotha
Allen Asks For Subpoena In WPA Controversy
Washington April 1. Frederick Gaw a former WPA administrator in Westmoreland County Pa says Rep. Robert G Allen seeks to subpoena him to testify about alleged WPA misuse in 1936 politics Allen accuses William M Berlin of controlling WPA hiring and says Gaw offered to testify against him Gaw's charges mirror the Greensburg district dispute while Allen defends his stance against Senator Joseph F Guffey and will not run against him in 1940 WPA investigators visited Greensburg but declined to comment
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Washington
Frederick Gaw
Westmornland County
Rober G. Allen
D-Pa
Allen
Taylor
D-Cole
House Appropriations Committee
Jeena Gaw
Laughlintown
WPA
House Appropriations
Greensburg
William M. Berlin
Congress
Westmoreland County
Gaw
Berlin
Iid
Democratic Party
Joseph F. Guffey
Guffey
Germany lauds equal rights as battleships sail in salute
The German chancellor arrived by special train to Wilhelmshaven where 21 guns boomed from the Scharnhorst and Graf Spee as the 35,000 ton Von Tirpitz debuted. Nazi leaders and officers attended while Goebbels warned Jews are guilty and warned against war, asserting Europe’s state of alert.
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Berlin
Scharnhorst
Graf Spee
Airforce
Wilhelmshaven
Europe
Adolf Hiller
Germany
Goebbels
Miners Strike Longer Pact Sparks Regional Effects
Miners continue from page one with a temporally extended contract, noting implications beyond the Appalachian region. The Appalachian agreement remains central to the unfolding labor situation, affecting workers and neighboring areas.
Milk Commission Welcomes Investigation Ordered by Legislature
Harrisburg April 1 A spokesman for Pennsylvania milk commission says the board welcomes a Legislature authorized investigation into its workings He notes the broad, complex nature of milk regulation and the need to understand operations The inquiry was authorized by a House resolution assigning the Senate president and House speaker to name members and empower subpoenas to uncover the full facts
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Milk Commission
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Milk Conti Commission
Harry Polikoff
Earle
Department of Agriculture
House
Weldon Heyburn
Delawarey
George Shavlett
Chester
Senate
Libby Holman Weds Ralph Holmes Secretly in Washington
Libby Holman and her 23 year old actor husband Ralph Holmes secluded themselves on her Connecticut estate for a quiet honeymoon after a secret Washington wedding. Broadway friends had doubted a romance with Ralph Holmes and speculated she would wed his brother Phillip Holmes.
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New York
Libby Holman
Ralph Holmes
Connecticut
Taylor Holmes
Washington
Broadway
Miss Holman
Smith Reynolds
North Carolina
Phillip Holmes
Masked men shoot killer after jail escape in Panama City
Miles W. Brown, convicted last night of first degree murder for killing former employer Roy Van Kleeck, was shot dead early today after being taken from jail by a band of masked men. Sheriff John Scott said four or five masked men overpowered the jailer and Brown's body was found beside a country road about three hours later.
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Panama City
Fla
Miles W. Brown
Roy van Kleeck
Mercy
van Kleeck
John Scott
Brown
Johnny Goodwin
Cardinal Sbaretti Dies of Heart Attack in Vatican
Vatican City reports the death of Donato Cardinal Sbaretti at age 82 from a heart attack. He was secretary at the Holy Office and vice dean of the College of Cardinals, leaving the body at 80 members with ten vacancies. Pope Pius XII expressed sorrow.
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Vatican City
Donato Cardinal Sbaretti
College of Cardinals
Pope Pius
Cardinal Sbarretti
Holy Office
Industry wide work rules amid pending contract talks
About 500000 workers kept producing under existing agreements while most regions await new terms. Alabama's Tennessee Coal Tran and Railroad Company paused operations to April 17. Appalachian operators report seven weeks of supply on hand for key buyers. Federal conciliator James F. Dewey has observed talks with no intervention urged by conferees.
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Alabama
Tennessee Coal Tran and Railroad Company
Appalachian
James F. Dewey
15 New Laws Enacted in First 13 Weeks in Pa Legislature
Harrisburg dispatch reports the 1939 Republican led Pennsylvania Legislature has enacted 1 law and appropriated 34.39 million dollars in 13 weeks. The box score lists relief funds for the needy, repeals of “investigation laws,” and numerous allocations including 332,500 for the World's Fair Commission and 75,000 to the Department of Justice.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House
Senate
James
Earle
Department of Public Assistance
Robert E. Woodside, Jr
Dauphin
Woodside
World's Fair Commission
Lieutenant Governor’s Office
Department of State
Department of Justice
Philadelphia City Council
Herman J. Tahl
Philadelphia Republican
Edward J. Coleman
Lackawanna Demerat
Coleman
Robert Millern
Lackawanna
Philadelphia
Robert Hamilton
Major U.S. Industrial Names in a Long Market List
A dense catalog of major American companies across industries appears, naming firms from Alchemic and Dye Allied to Union Pacific United Aircraft and Tex Pac L, illustrating broad market presence and corporate breadth in a historic stock listing. The compilation includes automakers, steel, chemicals, oils, electricals, and transportation groups, reflecting the era’s vast corporate landscape.
German influence warned by Dr Meyer at academy meeting
Dr Ernst Wilhelm Meyer former German envoy said millions of Germans distrust Hitlerism and reject its aims. He argued it cannot uphold religious freedom or Western values and that its international law is dead. Dr David Efron showed maps claiming Antarctica Germanica spreads through South America and noted Italian planes and Condor fields in Brazil with Malabrigo cited as a German naval base.
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Political Science
Philadelphia
Ernst Wilhelm Meyer
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Germany
Peru
South America
David Efron
Committee For Pan-American Democracy
Brazil
Argentina
Urugay
Efron
Syndicate
Condor
Luftansa
Malabrigo
Pacific
Market snapshot across hogs cattle and produce in Pittsburgh and Chicago
Reports from Pittsburgh show salable hogs steady at 180-220 lb ranges with sows down. cattle and calves mixed with top steers around 12.00 and calves 12.00 earlier. Produce demand slow with apples and potatoes steady. dairy and fruit prices listed for No 1 New York Baldwins and West Virginia Delicious. Chicago wheat and corn prices moved with Liverpool quotes, May and July contracts fluctuating near the day’s range.
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Ka Vcstou
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
Liverpool
Townsend Meeting Plan in Union Hall Clymer
Joseph E. Robb a Pennsylvania representative of Townsend national headquarters will speak at a Townsend meeting in Union Hall Clymer Tuesday at 7 30 p m Everyone Interested is welcome to attend announced I L Pearcy president The Decker s Townsend Club will meet as usual on the first and third Friday of the month
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Joseph E. Robb
Pennsylvania
Townsend Nation ‘al
Townsend
Union Hall
Clymer
I. L. Pearcy
Decker
Point Fywnsend
US Rubber U Smelt B and' M U & Steel Vangdium Corp Warner Bros Pict West Union
A garbled OCR fragment mentions US Rubber U Smelt, M U and, steel, Vanadium Corp, Warner Bros Pictures, West Union, Tel West El, Mig Wilson, and Co Woolworth. No coherent event or context is discernible among the scattered names and entities.
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US Rubber U
U & Steel
Vangdium Corp
Warner Bros
Pict West Union
Tel West
Mig Wilson and Co
Woolworth
State educators say million cannot fix Pennsylvania schools
Harrisburg April 1 officials deem the $1,000,000 school relief bill insufficient to meet distressed districts' needs. Dr. Clarence Ackley notes it would ease conditions but not cure them as a $2,000,000 aid bill remains expected next week. The education department reports 262 aid applications across 44 counties, with many teachers behind salaries. Schuylkill County faces possible closures in 34 districts. eight districts in Schuylkill and Northumberland vote to strike April 15 if wages are not paid. Governor James commented on the proposed strike, noting districts that have applied for state aid from various counties.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Clarence BE. Ackley
Education Department
Donald P. Davis
Research Bureau
Schuylkle
Schuylkill
Northumberland
James
Varisous
Adams
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Butter
Cambria
Cameron
Carbon
Clearfield
Clinton
Fayette
Indiana
Lehigh
Lycoming
Northumbersland
Last Insurance Cases Settled in County Policyholder Suit
All 85 cases brought by the State Insurance Department against Indiana County policyholders of the Provident Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Braddock were settled before Justice Walter H. Jackson. Except for two dismissed for lack of evidence, judgments were entered against the defendants. Amounts ranged from $1 to $200, totaling $1834, arising from liability for unliquidated losses of the mutual company.
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State Insurance Department
Indiana
Provident Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Braddock
Justice of the Peace
Walter H. Jackson
Mutual Company
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0. S. House
Lottie (Perry) Martin
Donald A. Martin
Thomas A. Martin
Barnesboro
John C. Martin
A. L. Martin
Conemaugh
R. Allen Martin
J. J. Williams
Martha Ann Martin
Alverda
E. E. Napp
Stafford
Flora
Conrad) Nipps
Vesta Lillian Davis
Bertha McCullough
Washington Street
J. D. Swinehart
Wesleyan Methodist
Oaklandr Cemetery
George and
Baghel
Spencer) Davis
Orville Davis
Oneonta
Alvin Doyle
Unadilla
George Davis
Mrs.w. Eb, Brewer
Graceton
Earl Graffice
Salnsbury
Mich
Anna Palisin
Michael Palisin
Commodore
St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
A H. Turlik
Church
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
House Committee
Libby
Allied Stig
Anaconda
IL Armstrong Cork
Atlas Tack
Auburn Auto Aviation Corp
Bald Loco Balt & Ohio
Barnsdell Oil
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Beth
Eric RR
Gen
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Motors Gen
Goodrich
Goodyear
T and R
Gt North Ry
Hard- Walker
Hecker Prod
Hershey
Chac Houd-Hershey Houston Oil Hudson Motor Illinois Central Indust Rayon Int
Bus Machine
Int Harvester
Johns-Manville Kennecott Cop Kresge
Lehigh Port
Loew's
Mack Trucks
Macy
McCrory Stores
MelIntyre
McClellan
Mini-Moline
Montgom Ward Murray Corp
Nash-Kelvinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Cash Reg Nat Dairy
Nat Dept Stores
Nat Distillers
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Nats Steel N
Central RR
North Ameria Northern Pacific
Ohle Ol
Otis Steel
Packard Motor
Param Fictures
Penn RR
Philips Pet
Pitt Ser
Bob Procter and Gam Pub
Sve
Pullman
Pure Oil Radio Corp of
Am Radio
Keith-Orph Reading Co
Reming Rand
Repab Steel Reynolds Tob
Bschenley Distill
Seary Roebuck Shell Union On Simmons Co
Sogony- Vacuum
Southern Pacific Southern Ry Sperry Corp
Stand
Stand Oil
Cal Stand Oil Ind Stang OU NJ
Studebaker Corp
Swift and Co
Texas Corp
Texas Gulf Sylph
Tex Pac L Trust Tide-Wat
Fred Hartley
Center
New Jersey
Kearny
N. J
Paga One
Marc
Henry Hall
Age Street
Indigna
Penna
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