Gunfire at Fork Ridge Mine Tensions Escalate
In Harlem County near the Kentucky Tennessee line near Fork Ridge the Fork Ridge coal company mine was targeted as 100 vehicles led miners toward the mine after a two day standoff. Five men were killed earlier in April and the mine halted operations under a state brokered truce. Deputy Harmon placed the gunfire around 2 AM EST with shotgun and pistol clashes seen as miners and company workers faced off. Approximately 400 workers were employed at the mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middiatiera
Se Ridge
Bell
United Mine Workers
Fork Ridge
Harlem
Appalachian
Harlem County
Union Pituer-Picktty
Keen Johnson
Tennessee
Harrell
C. C. Harmon
Clairborne County
Fork Ridge Company
Trout Harrisburg Opens Record Trout Season Day
Pennsylvania reports a vigorous trout season start with 200000 anglers across streams. Weather favors fly fishing over worm baits as anglers use wet flies nypha streamer flies and bushtails while the commission notes lures beneath the water and uniform worm effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Fish Commission
Fragmented court note on Cameron ownership and custody
A garbled OCR segment references Mrs Cameron and a linked property or custody matter. It mentions Von Dusen Cameron, a person named Hoyle, a Mrs Bareon or Bare on, and an unclear note about ownership and evidence. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Dusen Cameron
Binkler
Cameron
Hoyle
Bareon
Forest Fire Wreaks Havoc Across County Lands
Firefighters battled multiple blazes across the region, with Dilltown brush fire consuming about 160 acres and a larger 300 acre fire near Spangler, both controlled after swift action by state crews. A major hill country blaze near Normalville destroyed Hillsview Church and two homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White's Woods
Charles Zerby
Gallitzin
Dilltown
Spangler
Elrer Township
Cambria County
Hastings
John Ahron
Tunnel Hill
Normalville
Fayette County
Hillsview
Springfield Township
Kooser
Baskersville
Somerset Township
W. M. Bearer
Ligonier
Forester
Forbes District
Hillside
Derry
Community event featuring Paul Woodring as MC
Paul Woodring led a social gathering with a trick horse and Lions choir. Dr Le Roy A King assemblyman William McMillen and Rotary president Ernest Stewart spoke briefly as community singing concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Woodring
M. C
Lions
LeRoy A. King
College
Wiliam McMillen
Indiana County
Wallace Nordby
Kirwanis
Ernest Stewart
Rotary
William
Jed
Military education plan eyed during Pennsylvania visit
General Martin and Dr. Francis B. Hage discuss integrating college extension courses into the year’s military training begun February 17. Leaders of religious bodies pledge support for morale and recreation while colleges, high schools, and National Guard members explore keeping up academic paths during service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Martin
al Moat
Miliary Reservation
Francis B. Hage
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Colle
Nurse Weds President's Son in Beverly Hills Ceremony
Romelle Theresa Schneider, 25, a Wisconsin nurse who cared for Captain James Roosevelt, 33, marries the President's eldest son in a simple civil ceremony. The First Lady attends, gifting a family heirloom as Roosevelt thanks supporters and prepares to return to duty in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Wisconsin
Romelle Theresa Schneider
James Roosevelt
U. SS. Marine Corps
San Diego
Roosevelt
Romelle
Secret Service
Mrs. Roosevelt
Charlotte
N. C
Miss Schneider
Independence
Wis
Rochester
Minn
Hollister
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt
Boston
Coal Negotiations Eye Resumption of Mines on Contract
Miss Perkins urges quick resumption of coal production as talks press, aiming to reopen two thirds of bituminous mines and return about 250000 miners to work. Southern operators oppose wage increases, threatening a split between Appalachian and northern regions despite Northern acceptance contingent on Southern agreement. Daily wage gaps and regional divides loom over the bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steelman
Miss Perkins
South
Miss Perking
Defense remarks on wartime equipment impact
A secretary asserts that the empire’s chief responsibility for equipment will bolster American industry, acknowledging that inevitable mistakes have limited results of great magnitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empire
Be in Place for Annual Commencement Exercises
Community readers noted in the notice that preparations are underway for the annual commencement ceremonies, with plans for procession routes and guest seating. Organizers urge graduates and families to arrive early and follow posted schedules for the exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rana
Goa
Steel wage deal at Big Steel ends with ten cent raise
A new contract between the United Steelworkers union and Big Steel subsidiaries sets a flat 10 cent per hour wage increase, raising the base rate from 63 12 cents to 72 34 cents. It provides one week paid vacation after three years and two weeks after 16 years, with holiday work rules described and a guaranteed share of the workforce on special weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collar
Unio
U. S. Steel
Big Steel
Pievences
the & W. Ge
Greeks retreat and Axis advances mark Greek theater worded
Reports from Athens say Greek forces withdraw from Corizza while German and Italian troops push toward Greece through a widening western sector. British reinforcements move to front lines as Axis forces claim success in the Mt Olympus area and along the Albanian front amid rumors of armistice discussions in Yugoslavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Hitler
Ptolemais
Kozane
Yugoslavia
Chal Ead
star-Sarajevo
Ter Mabitiat
Mt. Olympus
Greece
Aegean
Alinkman
Veria
Salonika
Reuters
Klisura
Tepeleni
Corizza
Korizza
Albania
Mussolini
Berlin
England
Nazia
London Radio
Epp Re
Britain
43 Out of 100 Denied Relief in 1940
Harrisburg reports the State Department of Public Assistance denied 43 percent of applicants for relief in 1940. Of 565000 total applications, 412739 sought general relief, 96498 old age assistance, 60217 aid to dependent children, and 5768 blind pensions. Officials cite high ineligibility among old age cases and note 63000 cases were removed from rolls after investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Howard L. Russell
State Department of Public Assistance
Russell
Stock Market Snapshot Amid Turbulence and Company Names
A fragmented OCR list shows a surge of corporate names across industries including Am Rad, Anaconda, Bethlehem Steel, Boeing, Chrysler, General Motors, IBM, Con Edison, Dow, DuPont, Kodak, Reading Co, Studebaker, and Union Carbide among others. The text reads like a stock market scan with firm names, industries, and partial symbols, reflecting a chaotic listing of prominent players without coherent narrative or figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Redustio Am
snhSts
Anaconda
Atl Refining
Bald Loco Balt
Ohio
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Co
Briggs- Mfg
Budd Mfg
Ches and Ohio
Chrysler Corp
Column
el Coml
Solvents
Con Edison
Con
Curtiss Wright del Lack and
Weat
Douglas Aircraft
du Pont del Eastman Kodak
el Auto Lite
Gen
Controversy Over Atlantic Airline Subsidy and Shipping Bills
A debate over an $800,000 subsidy for a new transatlantic airline by American Export Steamship Lines divides supporters and opponents who warn of a practical monopoly. Senate actions target Tobey’s foreign shipments ban, shipping leasing, and government loan cotton, while Hoffman's House recess sparks routine session notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eixport Steamship Lines
Europe
Johnson
West
Capitol
Senator Tobey
R-Nh
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Barkley
Commerce Committee
Senate
House
Hoffman
R-Mich
Obituary notices for Myers Forney and Sickenberger
Obituaries detail John Martin Myers 80 dies at Diamondville at home after illness with survivors Lemuel Myers Indiana and Ida Owens Penn Run with services at Streams Funeral Home and Greenwood Cemetery. Arthur B Forney dies of heart attack while working at Glenn L Martin in Baltimore, survived by widow Dorothy and parents and multiple brothers. funeral in Parental home then Barnesboro Cemetery. Mrs Mary M Sickenberger 93 dies in Greensburg. funeral at residence with Hillview Cemetery. John Couser body to Greenwood Cemetery after services at Robinson Funeral Home. Thomas Joseph Stiles remembered in Wintondale with Mass at Cameron's Bottom Church. George Alexander Hawk 83, Dayton farmer, dies in Armstrong County Moore Kittanning. services at Wedding Funeral Home then Glade Run Church Cemetery. Surviving Hawk children include Ane Reita Herkimer and Mayme Cochrane among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Martin Myers
Diamondville
Adam and
Frances
Long) Myers
Church of the Brothers of
Lemuel Myers
Indiana
R, D
Ida Owens
Penn Run
Streams Funeral Home
Dorsey Rotruck
Greenwood Cemetery
Arthur B. Forney
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Corporation
Baltimore
Cherrytree
Samuel L
Nellie
Johnson) Forney
Patt
Dorothy
Kerr) Forney
Glenn
Samuel C. ‘Forney
Herbert H. Forney
Camp Meade
Harry E. Forney
Camp We
John W. Forney
Barnesboro Cemetery
Mary M. Sickenberger
Mary Putt
Clymer
Greensburs
Hillview Cemetery
George Alexander Hawk
Dayton
Armstrong
Ty Moore Kittanning
Vicenda
Glade Run Presbyterian Church
George W. Melntyra
Ane Reita
Herkimer
Mian
Geran Hawk
Dane
Liedhburs
Mayme
Bern
Liquor Hours Bill Faces Opposition In House Hearing
Patrick Magee of the Philadelphia Liquor Licensees Association urged the Hours committee against extending sale hours noting it risks greater violations and Sabbath issues. Dr. F Scott McBride of the Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League urged killing the bill and shortening hours. The measure would allow 6 AM openings and a later Saturday closing while a companion proposal to bottle sales failed by one vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Magee
Philadelphia Liquor Licensees Association
Hours
B. Poulson
Mens’ Dry League
House Committee On Liquor Control
America
Shepherd of Souls
Magee
Mage
F. Scott McBride
Pennsylvania Anti - Saloon League
Martin F. Kenehan
Farmer and wife burned rescuing cattle from barn blaze
A Hempfield Township farmer and his wife were seriously burned while saving cattle from their burning barn. They freed a cow named Meinhart before escaping the flames and were hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Hempfield Township
Joseph Greenville
Meinhart
College Weather Forecast with Showers and Cooler
A weather forecast notes showers and cooler conditions for today and tomorrow. Reading shows a high near 79 and a low around 44, with relative humidity at 5 percent. Barometric pressure today 20.62 inches, yesterday 29.78 inches. The United States Army Air Corps recently ordered Link Trainers valued at 4,007,412 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army Air Corps
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Cora Galena Fac
Mr. Putt
DeLos Campbell
George L. Leech
Wyatt Brown
Marrsburg
W. QO. Tyson
Raymond H. Hi
Nurse
Jimmy Roosevelt
Stimson
Germany
Gready
Andyrain
STEEL
State Department
John Couser
Robinson Funeral Home
Mesgers
John 5
Hess
William Frew
Thomas Joseph Stiles
Wintondale
Cameron's
Father Gallagher
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