World War Spanish Civil War Sparks International Tensions
Renewed insurgent bombings of British ships and charges about Fran co-Soviet violations threaten global repercussions. Battles rage as Mola drives toward Bilbao and Córdoba airstrikes target trains near Algeciras. Britain demands answers after Gallant was bombed and Thorpehall shelled. Italy and Germany face potential penalties for arms aid.
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Associated Press
Taly
Spain
Great Britain
Gallant
Garland
Palma
Mallorca
Madrid - Valencia
France
Russia
Italy
Germany
London
Cadiz
Emilio Mola
Bilbao
Durango
Ambotn
Cordoba
Villaharta
Cordoba-Penarroya
Mount Chimorra
Algeciras
Biscay
Borough Council Acts Swiftly on Police and Advertising
Council reviews police progress noting a spike in arrests for offenses and 265 parking violation tags with 165 issued to out of town drivers. A curfew proposal is discussed but not favored, while a ban on handbills is kept under advisement pending data from other boroughs.
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Burress
Yoolroom
Lichteberger
Council
Simpson
Thomas
Barber
Pennsylvania
Martin
Councilmans
Stughell
Bidding Wins Police Car and Truck for Street Dept
The Indiana Motor Co. was declared the successful bidder for the police car at 794 dollars and the Edwards Motor Co. won the bid for the truck at 977.44 dollars.
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Indiana Motor Co
Edwards Motor Co
Teacher Tenure Bill Signed in Harrisburg
Governor Earle signed a bill to protect teachers from dismissal without cause and to require a hearing for those about to be replaced. The measure, backed by the Earle administration, passed the Senate after House revisions. One senator opposed, citing district needs. The law lists valid dismissal causes as intemperance negligence immorality inefficiency and persistent violation of the school code.
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Harrisburg
Earle
Senate
House
Buckman
Settlement Ends Chrysler Sit Down Strike Grips Auto Industry
After weeks of negotiations the U A W A and Hudson Motor Car Co reach a settlement defining exclusive bargaining rights for union members at Chrysler plants. The pact calls for resumption of operations within ten days to two weeks and sets terms on grievances and seniority. Governor Murphy will convene separate talks with U A W A and Chrysler along with REO to wind down related strikes.
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U, A
Homer Martin
B. E. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Chrysler
Ward
Murphy
Hudson Motor Car Co
Reo Motor Car Co
Chrysley
Chrysler strike talks exempt key plant staff in new pact
The agreement excludes foremen, assistant foremen, timekeepers, plant protection workers, and confidential salaried employees from strike action. Union members pledge no sit-down or stay-in actions in any plant. Chrysler commits to reemploying striking workers as quickly as possible and to seeking dismissal of the injunction. The UWA will similarly dismiss its counter suit and answer.
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Ment
Chrysler
Drive to outlaw mistreatment of prisoners proposed
A bill nicknamed the third degree would impose a fine of 5000 dollars and a decade in prison for any policeman or official convicted of mistreating a prisoner.
Miss Weir Dies in Beverly Hills Funeral Details
Miss Weir died in Beverly Hills as the husband of Mrs. Mary Frances Harkins survives with a son Fred J. Harkins and daughter Ethel C. Burke of Pittsburgh. Burial at Coral Lutheran Cemetery follows funeral at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Blacklick. JOAN C. MILLER, son of H. B. Miller of Plumville, died in Milwaukee of heart ailment. WILLIAM STOUT, former Homer City resident, died April 3 in Central Falls Rhode Island. left widow A Cubban Stout, two daughters, a son, all of Central Falls.
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Mary Frances (Stoup) Harkins
Fred J. Harkins
Ethel C. Burke
Pittsburgh
Joseph C
Charles L. Harkins
Blacklick
Joseph C. Harkins
Railroad Street
Mr. Nicholson
Coral Lutheran Cemetery
Joan C. Miller
H. B. Miller
Plumville
Milwaukee
Wis
Mr. Miller
Indiana
William Stout
Homer City
Heilwood
Central Falls
R. 1
Cubban) Stout
Earl Carnahan
John Aspinall
Central
Alls
Jury Deliberates in Buffalo Newsboy Murder Case
In Buffalo New York on April 7 a grand jury weighed evidence to indict 18 year old Tommy Smuth the newsboy accused of murdering May Ellen Babcock.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Tommy Smuth
May Ellen Babcock
Presbytery to convene in Saltsburg next Monday
The spring meeting of Kittanning Presbytery will be held Monday and Tuesday April 12 and 18 at the Saltsburg Presbyterian Church led by Pastor Rev M Randolp Miller. Reports and routine business fill the docket, with a youth play The Tail of the Dragon Monday night and missionary updates from Rev Waller L Allison Tuesday morning. Officers and commissioners to Synod of Pennsylvania and General Assembly will be elected Tuesday.
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Kittanning
Presbyterian Church
Saltsburg
Rndolph Miller
Saltsbury
Waller L. Allison
India
Synod of
Pennsylvania
Grove City
General Assembly
Columbus
Ohio
Walter Kennedy
Public Utility Board at Work in Harrisburg
Harrisburg April 7 new Public Utility Commission began duties to regulate electricity gas and transportation issues replacing the 24 year old Public Service Commission. Three of five members took oaths for 6 to 10 year terms led by D J Driscoll Richard J Beamish and Donald Livingston. Two more may be sworn in today Guy K Bard and Thomas Buchanan.
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Harrisburg
Fennsivania
Public Utility Commission
Public Service Commission
D. J. Driscoll
St. Mary's
Richard J. Beamish
Donald Livingston
Media
Delaware County
Driscoll
Congress
Beamish
Livingston
Philadelphia
Guy K. Bard
Lancaster
U. S
Thomas ©. Buchanan
Beaver
Buchanan
Labor Trouble Shakes Local College Over Budget Fight
State college labor tensions flare as workers push for pay raises via a supplementary budget. Darrell Sams is reported to be organizing the employees while an organizer had earlier met with Dr Fausold about support to secure funding.
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Darrell Sams
Fausold
Harrisburg
Court bill questioned as threat to constitutional democracy
Fordham University Law School dean Ignatius M. Wilkinson told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Roosevelt court program is dangerous to constitutional democracy. He argued the plan aims to create vacancies to install justices favorable to social legislation and could make the court subservient to public opinion. Illinois Senator James O. Monroe urged a constitutional amendment, while Frank E. Gannett urged repudiation of a Farley speech alleging executive control of the Senate. Many senators signaled opposition to curtailing hearings, with Hughes proposing an end to the hearings in a few days.
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Washington
Ignatius M. Wilkinson
Fordham University Law School
Roosevelt Court
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wilkinson
Supreme
Fordham
James O. Monroe
Illinois
Frank E. Gannett
National Committee
Garner
Senate
Farley
Gannett
House
Burke
D-Neb
Ashurst
D-Ariz
Hughes
D-De
Administration
Lindberghs missing word from Vienna to Zagreb flight
Vienna officials had no word on Col and Mrs Lindbergh after they left Zagreb yesterday morning. Zagreb airport commander said the plane carried only 45 gallons of fuel at 11 32 a m. The aircraft’s fuel amount remained unknown.
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Vienna
United States Legation
Charles A. Lindbergh
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Ratowic
Forty-Five Apply for Citizenship
Forty five would be citizens parade with their character witnesses before President Judge E. B. Creps and Naturalization Examiner Starliper of Pittsburgh in court today. The court questioned applicants on qualifications and knowledge of government and key dates in American history, with most likely to be admitted today and tomorrow.
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E. B. Creps
Starliper
Pittsburgh
Auestiones
Fayette Mines Idle as Judges Hear Meyer Decision
Three hundred fifty Fayette County miners were idled as operators and union leaders met to finalize a wage agreement for the Pennsylvania West Virginia field. Jamison mine workers near Uniontown argued they did not receive orders to resume work and waited for a conference with company executives. West Chester and Philadelphia talks followed as union officials pressed for the new rates amid a nationwide mine wage increase. large Pittsburgh area producers shut mines to assess demand. In Chester County, Alexander Meyer faced sentencing after pleading guilty to murder in the death of 16 year old Helen Meyer, with counsel arguing for life instead of the electric chair. the court adjourned to issue a written ruling.
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Alexander P. Meyer
Helen Meyer
West Chester
Hayting
Chester County
Pittsburgh
Fayette County
Cdal
Atta
Jamison Ming
Uniontown
Jamison
Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania Operators Association
Philadelphia
Scale Committee
Norths
West Virginia
Coal Association
Hagera Town
Virginia
Charleston
Philp Murray
United Mine Workers
D. Paul Mtcelee
Alexander Meyer
Commonwealth
Meyer
W. Butler Windle
Ernest Harvey
Macelee
Huntingdon Reformatory
Lake
Joseph G. McKeone
Coatesville
McKeone
Huntingdon
Chain stores warn Assembly over proposed tax impact
Hearing in Harrisburg heard chain store spokesmen oppose a plan to tax stores to fund fourth class district teacher salaries. Executives argued the levy would raise living costs and hurt markets, noting many chains operate at slim margins while some cooperatives and farmers supported the claim that the tax would squeeze buyers.
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Harpisburg
Apurt
George A. Boyer
Lehigh Valley Farms
Allentown
Hersey Chocolate Corporation
William Eden
American Stores
Eden
E. Francis Biddle
Philadelphia
Harry Wais
Weis Pure Food Stores
Sunbury
Walter Bishop
Daylestown
Jaymer
H. F. Hershey
Berks County Fruit Growers Association
J. A. Donaldson
Pennsylvania Cooperative
Fire Devastates Tondo District Homelessness Ensu es
A million dollar blaze in Manila's Tondo district destroyed over a square mile and a half, leaving more than 10 000 people homeless and one dead with eleven injured. Fire crews from the Manila department and Fort Santiago battled the flames for hours, as panic and narrow escapes punctuated the disaster. Relief agencies prepared to aid the displaced.
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Manila
Tondo
Fort Santiago
Manila Bay
Farm Price Index Rises in March Now Highest Since 1930
Farm product prices in Pennsylvania recovered a point in March after a February dip, according to J Hansell French Secretary of Agriculture from Federal State Rural Reporting Service figures. March prices were the highest for that month since 1930 with sharp gains in cotton cottonseed cattle sheep lambs fruit and gains in corn sweet potatoes butterfat and chickens. Declines in small grains tobacco veal calves and eggs offset part of the rise.
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Pennsylvania
J. Hansell French
Rop
Former Missionary Found Dead In Rail Yard Noose
Philadelphia April 7 The body of Dr Harvey Brokaw 67 a former missionary in Japan was found hanging from a brake wheel of a freight car in Reading Railroad yards He had disappeared yesterday from a private hospital where he had been a patient He was a native of New Jersey who spent 35 years in evangelical work for the Presbyterian Church in Japan and retired due to ill health His widow and four children survive.
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Philadelphia
Harvey Brokaw
Japan
Reading Railroad
Brokaw
de W. S. Ludlum
New Jersey
Presbyterian Church
Stocks and Utilities Market Patchwork: 23914 Values Listed
A dense OCR snapshot lists numerous stocks with percent values and company abbreviations. Major names include Coca-Cola, Chrysler, General Motors, Reading Co, United Airlines, Westinghouse, US Steel, Texaco, Penn RR, Standard Oil, and Union Carbide among others. The fragment shows percentages next to many tickers, reflecting market quotes or corporate figures.
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Air
Alco
Ohio
Calumet
Hee
Ches and
Chrysler
Coca-Cola
Cornwith and Son
Crane Co
del Lack
Douglas Aire
Gen Foods
Gillette
Hershey Choe
Hudson
Sid Oil
Cal
Ind
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Transamerica
United Airer Corp
United Corpays
United Gas Imp
US Indus Alco
US Steel
Vanadium
West UN
Hershey Strike Resumes Amid Deadlock Over Union Demands
Several hundred workers reoccupied the Hershey Chocolate plant as negotiations ended in a deadlock over a closed shop and union dues check-off. About 1,000 were said to re-enter the plant amid protests led by loyal employees. Parades in Palmyra featured banners urging workers to return, witnessed by M. S. Hershey and William F. R. Murrie.
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Hershey
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Committee For Industrial Organization
Palmyra
William F. R. Murrie
Markets Produce Pittsburgh April 7 Market Summary
Market report from Pittsburgh shows moderate demand for produce with apples at steady prices across several varieties and potatoes about ready for shipment. Livestock numbers include 750 hogs and 250 cattle with prices ranging from 8 to 12 dollars for various weights, and sheep and lambs showing mixed but steady to lower values.
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Pittsburgh
U. S
Dept. Agriculture
New York Baldwins
Starke
Virginia
Pennsylvania
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Alice N. Brett
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Ramblin Enzesfeld Castle
England
Appelbach House
Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Pinestlad
St. Wolfgang
Austria
Esa
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N. Y. Stock Exchange
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